Something Old and Something New

[derek420colorado]

Beauty, thanks for the tips. I've learned alot in my few years of growing a couple auto's at a time, and it's really all thanks to these forums and people like yourself.

Just in case you're interested, my experiment is going to try 3 different regiments.
All are in 2 gallon fabric pots of Pro-mix HP with 20% extra perline. Pre-soaked with 0.5g/gal Megacrop and Sweet Candy

Pot 1 will be a control pot where I am giving plain ph'd water only until it asks for a feed. And when it does, it will be single doses of light Megacrop/Sweet Candy, maybe 1-2 g/gal.

Pot 2 will be using most of Greenleaf's line (Megacrop, sweet candy, Bud explosion, and sea kelp) at their recommended strengths, alternating feed-ph water-feed.

Pot 3 will be a feed every watering at low dose of Megacrop and sweet candy, but will be trying out a hybrid approach of bloom nutes with Fox Farms Tiger bloom at the start of flowering and transitioning to Bud explosion for the last half of flowering. Basically I've read that the plants like more P in early flowering and more K later and this may help get closer to those requirements.

We'll see how it goes, if things turn out interesting I may create a post to share the results. If all hell breaks loose I'll probably keep it to myself and cut my losses lol.

I like your idea of ore soaking with mega crop. I might try that honestly. Do you have a link to a journal documenting this approach?

I would def use the method, I think @pop22 turned me on to, when i was using the kind soil a few years ago. Which is basically pot up your pre soaked or “hot” dirt all the way up. The. Take out about a solo cups worth of that dirt and replace it with just your plain base dirt with no NPK, or very little any way, this allows the seedling some time to develop a good little root system before it gets to the nutrients. I have found this to work really really well. It’s like a time delaued fuse for your little ones. I am using this method right now and my babies are super happy.

 

[4d-Rock]

I like your idea of ore soaking with mega crop. I might try that honestly. Do you have a link to a journal documenting this approach?

I would def use the method, I think @pop22 turned me on to, when i was using the kind soil a few years ago. Which is basically pot up your pre soaked or “hot” dirt all the way up. The. Take out about a solo cups worth of that dirt and replace it with just your plain base dirt with no NPK, or very little any way, this allows the seedling some time to develop a good little root system before it gets to the nutrients. I have found this to work really really well. It’s like a time delaued fuse for your little ones. I am using this method right now and my babies are super happy.

Thanks, that’s an interesting approach to layer the non-charged soil on top for the seedling. I’ve heard that sort of thing for Fox farms soils or other Nutrient enriched soils but I’ve never considered it like you’ve mentioned with the same soil. Might give it a try sometime.

The grows I have linked in my sig I believe I used the pre-soaked charge method with 0.5-1g/gal MC. If interested check them out.

 

[Truth seeker]

I decided to make a journal and come hang out with the newer growers for a bit.

I have three plants started. All three at different stages. I don't count days so it's hard to say how old the oldest one is right now. The oldest happens to be my last Mephisto Blue Toof seed. My guess is that its about 3-4 weeks old. Next is a fem auto cross I made with Mephs Sour Stomper crossed to Sweet Seeds Devil Cream. I'd say she's about 2 weeks old. Lastly is Night Owl Seeds Tyrone and Sour.. Which is Tyrone Stomper crossed to Sour Stomper. She's just breaking her shell.

All three are in 2.2 gal autopots. The older two have airdomes, the T&S will not.. The older two are already on the res and airdomes are on. Im growing in a 4x2x5 tent with a 315w cmh, using a 3100k bulb. I'm experimenting with a new soil (VermiFire) so there may be a few hiccups.. But that's how we learn right. I grow organic, so there won't be any ph'ing or making gallons of feed. The res is half full with plain RO water with just some Aloe water added. If I need to, I'll top dress when called for.

I don't really have a game plan this grow (I usually do).. I think I'll take a cut of the Blue Toof and grow it out to show how autos work with cloning. I know a few other people are planing to do the same thing soon, so this will be another example. If anything. I plan to grow for yield I guess. Even though I know that yield is mostly controlled by the plants genetics, I will try to maximize what I have to work with. Ill post pics when my lights come on in a couple of hours!

Feel free to ask questions, heckle me, watch silently, give advice, ect!

Wish me luck!

Hey just curious...do you recommend any flower/bloom nutrients? I’m already using advance nutrients trio micro,grow,bloom and want something for flower any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks

 

[Proph]

Hey just curious...do you recommend any flower/bloom nutrients? I’m already using advance nutrients trio micro,grow,bloom and want something for flower any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks

Hey there! To be honest, I don't recommend much at all. If you have the trio, that's all you should need. Im not big on spending extra money on nutrients and "boosters". There are a bunch of options to boost P and K, sugar/carbs... like molasses. But its all personal choice. I would wait until the plant is flowering and let the plant say/show what it needs. I don't like predetermined feeds, lol.

 

[Truth seeker]

Hey there! To be honest, I don't recommend much at all. If you have the trio, that's all you should need. Im not big on spending extra money on nutrients and "boosters". There are a bunch of options to boost P and K, sugar/carbs... like molasses. But its all personal choice. I would wait until the plant is flowering and let the plant say/show what it needs. I don't like predetermined feeds, lol.

Ok thanks a lot man I’ll just stick with what I got for now