Grow Mediums Son of Hobbes Does Kindsoil Live Testing for the Cannazone

[Son of Hobbes]

Alright, beans germinating/germinated and starting off several in 1 gallon pots for 2-3 weeks before transplanting into the auto pots. I also have a 2 gallon smart pot that I have two Stone Dragon regs put in, it was the remainder of the Kind Soil I had left, so I put in the bottom layer, then mixed the rest up about 50/50 with coco coir to see if I could plant my seedling in that. I'll... let you know how that goes Hoping to have a mix of Stone Dragon, Tombstone, Blackberry Stone to choose from for the Kind Soil test. Gotta be a female somewhere in there at least...

 

[Son of Hobbes]

I have a huge silverfish in my small tent. Scared the piss out of me. Don't normally see them that big. Fast little bugger too.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Viewer Discretion is advised. Got 'em! Haunt my dreams and my grow tent NO MORE silverfish!

 

[Son of Hobbes]

2 day old seedlings in a 2 gallon pot with Kind Soil on the bottom and a 50/50 mix of Kind Soil and coco-coir (and a bit o' perlite) on top. Have a few autos in 1 gallon pots that I'll wait until sex and transplant into the autopots with the Kind Soil mix setup.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

My pots are full. I don't know if it was the right thing to do according to the directions but I put like six solo cups worth of promix in 5gal airpots then 2.5 lbs of Kindsoil then the rest Coco loco. I put the promix first just so I didn't lose any of the good stuff. All watered in with ph'd water. Sorry again but I had to use pH down. I tried the earth juice crystals but NOT! Theres like no easy way to measure them. 1/8 tsp does zero, 1/4 tsp drops it outta site I'll play with them but for now it's general hydro pH down

I bought two containers of Earth Juice dry crystals after using up my 2 pound package of General Hydroponics pH Down, I'm noticing a MASSIVE difference in quality. The Earth Juice is NOT consistent at ALL. With the General Hydro, I could put in in the smaller spoonful to the brim of the cap and BAM, instant every-single time had the pH I was after (my tap water is pretty consistent.) With the Earth Juice, it's ALL OVER the map man. No rhyme or reason no matter how consistent the dosage. I don't know if I have a bad batch or what but I'm so far not impressed at all. Just pain in the butt to have to constantly check the pH. I've used so much pH up in the past couple weeks, and I NEVER have to use the stuff. EVER. Had the same bottle for over a year and a half.

/end pH rant. haha!

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Oh I see how it IS fellas. Out me as "not a bug guy." Jerks. hahaha! In my defense, it IS the 6th picture on a google image search of Silverfish

https://www.google.com/search?q=sil...guDMAhUn94MKHegjDq4Q_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=633

Oh crap... I never actually clicked on the picture. It says right in the description it's a house centipede. Well it was SCARY looking.

I concede defeat to my house centipede master. Smoke's on me this round lol.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Update!

Well I had planted a bunch of REGULAR beans (because that's all I had on hand) and put them in 1 gallon pots for the purpose of this test. I didn't want to waste the opportunity in case I had males in the bunch, so I took four Blackberry Stone's and brought them to sex in 1 gallon pots using pure coco-coir and my normal nutrient regiment of Sea Grow 16-16-16. Once they sexed, I moved them to the autopots (which happened just a few days ago) and now after the transplant, I am continuing on using only pH'd water as recommended for the soil. Any leaf problems in these pics (taken just today) were from pre-transplant. I will continue to veg them out and flower until completed using only water.

The plant in the smaller 2 gallon pot on the far right is actually what I had left over for Kind Soil. I wasn't planning on showcasing it, it was just actually kind of a "well crap, there's a tiny bit left and this is what I have, so... for shits and grins let's put this in a pot!" I was advised I would probably have problems going straight coco-coir with my seedlings with Kind Soil. The mix in the 2 gallon pot is the layer of Kind Soil on the bottom, then the rest is coco-coir, perlite, and I mixed maybe a cup full of Kind Soil into the TOP layer of coco-coir. It's actually done surprisingly well! Not the biggest of the betties but it's holding it's own for something I have literally ONLY given pH'd water through it's entire life!

And here's a lineup of the four that were just transplanted:

Curious to see how these babies finish out! My impressions so far is that this is an EXTREMELY easy system, provided it works for the needs of the plants. In my comparison here I have 4 plants were fed nutrients via my normal schedule (and now switching to the Kind Soil system to finish veg and flower,) and one literally just KS from start to finish!

Was also warned they may not work well in autopots, I'm still working on hooking up the system but have been hand watering since transplant. The root balls were place RIGHT on top of the KS layer though, so they should easily be hitting it for the leach/wicking.

More updates coming, just wanted to get these babies sexed before posting pictures of possible male parts all over haha!

Appreciate the opportunity from @Kindsoil !

 

[Son of Hobbes]

are you using phosphoric acid to PH? it looks like you are.. second i get that it was successful and i don't ever want to detour growers from what works but i would not recommend to any growers to add kind soil anywhere near the seeding start area. our soil is very strong and generally can or will kill seedlings especially if too much kind soil is near the seed or even clones.

The only pot that had KS mixed anywhere near the seedling was my 2 gallon, and to be honest man, it actually did pretty well for what it was! I understand your warning though and in the future probably wouldn't try it, BUT, with my coco growing I start my seedling in pure coco and water at 1/4 strength nutes (non KS.) So for me, I just wanted to see if I could take the KS product and go pure coco with it to see if I could achieve results with it. Next time around I'll likely go with a light seedling mix to get it through until the taproot reaches.

Appreciate the feedback! I'm still damn impressed with what I've got for only using water

I know a few of you have stated that you dont like the Earthjuice Down Crystals, but you have not really stated WHY. Lets talk about what it is you dont like about it? Does it eventually climb back up on ya? What are the issues you all are having? @Son of Hobbes, didnt you have issues with it? Is it simply a product you arent used to?

I'm using Earthjuice Down crystals to pH the water. I'm starting to pick up on the curve for earth juice dry crystals, but I've only used General Hydroponic pH Down (again, DRY granules,) and I still prefer that to earth juice. Maybe just personal preference, but I feel like I have to CHASE the pH around a lot more with Earth Juice. With the GH pH down, it was one small fill of the small side of their including measuring cup and it perfectly pH'd my tap water every time. With the Earth Juice, it seems more like I have to babysit the smallest amounts to check. Will say this though, little goes a long ways comparatively! I guess my shock was more "aren't they all kind of the same?" Nope. I'm learning to use it though, and I damn well better because after this jug of crystals is gone, I bought a backup (before trying it) just in case I ran out. Durrrr.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Little update:

 

[Son of Hobbes]

And part deuce:

Below here is that 2 gallon pot I mixed the Kind Soil with coco-coir (not recommended.) Still green as a green can be though!