Mephisto Genetics Tyrone Special K.I.S.S grow journal

[HubbaBubba]

Hey Hubba, thanks for posting that info in !

And sure, part about autos, is to get there sweet spot watering wise.

Ah the sweet spot, tricky.

I thought I knew about watering, I've been gardening for a few years.
But having a CO2 meter in the grow room to estimate and graph plant metabolism helps.
I don't want to say too much and put my foot in my mouth (again), but wetness and silicon made big changes in CO2 levels. Maybe I can use the info to really fatten up the colas over the final 3 weeks.

 

[HubbaBubba]

Day 45 @Birdu2
Here is that smallest cola, denuded, defoliated, striped of her fan leaves. How can a cola develop without solar panels?
I don't understand, but if @Corgy can grow with just milk for nutes, then I can grow without fan leaves.

13cm of cola:

And here is a close up....so much frost on the sugar leaves.... can't see a calyx, don't need 'em

Damn the laws of plant biology, full speed ahead.

 

[Corgy]

elementary, my dear Dr. Siliconestry........grow WITH milk power and WITHOUT solar panels.........what could possibly go wrong......?

Say, it does look like you spilled a bucket of powder over that cola.........beautifully, symmetrically spilled

 

[Birdu2]

Day 45 @Birdu2
Here is that smallest cola, denuded, defoliated, striped of her fan leaves. How can a cola develop without solar panels?
I don't understand, but if @Corgy can grow with just milk for nutes, then I can grow without fan leaves.

13cm of cola:
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And here is a close up....so much frost on the sugar leaves.... why do I need buds?
View attachment 493922
Damn the laws of plant biology, full speed ahead.

Holly Molly !!!!! Thats insane beautiful Bubba !!!

 

[HubbaBubba]

Holly Molly !!!!! Thats insane beautiful Bubba !!!

Thank you kindly,
What do you think about defoliation? Is it mass delusion, optical illusion, group think?

It is hard to argue with 5lbs 10oz dry from one plant:
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...osensitive-monsters.47308/page-13#post-910801

But does defoliation help 60 day Autoflowers?
Am I defoliating too late in flower? Should I snip more? I could take off some lightly frosted sugar leaves.

 

[JohnnyShake]

Always learning something new on AFN.
The 250ml bottle is $130 on Amazon http://tinyurl.com/nw9azdw
That is about $2000 per gallon, too expensive for me but I like learning new stuff.
Looks like Aptus FASiLITOR is using boric and silicic acid and PEG 400 in a lower pH, lower concentration for easier absorption. Convenient for hydroponics, but not sure I want PEG 400 (Polyethylene glycol) in my buds.

Is Aptus FASiLITOR really just Silliforce.... re-branded, repackaged, re-marketed, and with a massive price increase: http://agro-solutions.us/solutions/siliforce/

I have become a cynical, jaded, bitter, grumpy grower when it comes to nutes and might never forgive companies for encouraging overfeeding AND flushing... so greedy. I am slow and stubborn to add anything to my simple tomato plant food.

Aptus FaSilitor says their silicon is bio-available immediately.
Others silicon additives might take time for the all the big particles to break up into small pieces the plants can use.
Does it make a measurable difference for you compared to the cheaper stuff like Dyna-Gro Pro-tekt?
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Siliforce and FaSilitor do appear to come from the same manufacturer. Hrmmmmm.

 

[HubbaBubba]

Siliforce and FaSilitor do appear to come from the same manufacturer. Hrmmmmm.

If it is really the same stuff then I admire the Aptus alchemy, they are turning sand into gold.
Maybe Aptus has tweaked the formula and added special ingredients?

I thank you again for making me look closer at silicon.
From now on, when mixing fresh growing soil I will mix in 5% DE (Diatamaceous Earth).
Good for the soil and it gradually breaks down into bio-available silicon as plants use it. Simple, cheap, easy, and one less bottle.

$22 for 10 lbs on Amazon http://tinyurl.com/p5nlhht
That is easy enough for me, and thank goodness,
because the two bottle system of nutes AND silicon is wearing me out.

 

[Birdu2]

Thank you kindly,
What do you think about defoliation? Is it mass delusion, optical illusion, group think?

It is hard to argue with 5lbs 10oz dry from one plant:
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...osensitive-monsters.47308/page-13#post-910801

But does defoliation help 60 day Autoflowers?
Should I snip more? I could take off some lightly frosted sugar leaves.

Hey Bubba what ever you are doing seems to workpretty good, i still dont have much experience on growing .... im just learing the besic things now ...... i will defenetly star to play more as i go ...... and lear for people over here like you

Keep it going ... looking foward to ear about the smoke repport

 

[HubbaBubba]

Day 49 Too many leaves, gotta snip more for air flow and light

Ahhh, that is better:

 

[HubbaBubba]

Aggressive trimming is working better than I hoped

10 colas fattening up:

The leaves are pretty healthy, the photo is tinted yellow from the warm white CFLs