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Dirtbag
In Bloom
The one you circled on the left is Lavanda cream from Kalishnakov Genetics, I've never grown it before and it is not really filling out like the rest of the strains in here.. The one on the right is either the Bubba or a violator top poking out.., I think it's the VK though.
I posted a pic of the whole VK plant in the other corner but it disappeared on the last page, so I'll post it again..lol.
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the thing about it is... he actually called it LMAO... he told everyone it was about to happen... respect
Dirtbag
In Bloom
Did I? Hahaha I do smoke a lot of weed lol.
Was It over at the farm? I dont recall what I've shared here compared to my other diary over there... I do recall saying that my new pruning method combined with tweaking pk a week before flip should cause fast budset and dense stacking during a rapid stretch. These are some new techniques I'm playing with that I picked up from a couple head growers of Big LPs I know. I'll pass the respect on to them lol, but I appreciate the compliment. Sometimes it really is who you know.
yep..it was all so cryptic.. u musta been baked LOL...talking like you were getting ur secrets from russian spies.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
Hahahaha I'm always baked dude, and I love a good old fashioned conspiracy.. Straight up though, Some of the dudes that help me out are very highly regarded in Canadas legal industry, and theyve shared some tricks with me they keep close to their chest. I'm not gonna spill all their beans..
Plus let's be honest, I was just fuckin excited lol...
do you mind elaborating? The addition of PK boosters along with timing, frequency, and duration have always been different across everything I've read.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
For sure, one week before flip I start using bloom nutrients (1-4-5 in my case) on top of my base nutes (3-2-4) at a 70/30 ratio of grow/bloom. About 5-7 days later the plants explode with preflowers and when they do is when I flip. I continue feeding 70/30 for the first week of stretch and slowly increase the bloom nutrients to 60/40. At the end of stretch I drop the ppm about 25% and dial the pk back a bit.
Week 8 or so I'll dial N back by transitioning completely over to the 1-4-5 over the course of a week and dropping ppm to around 350 or so, then finishing them with 10 days of plain water.
Giving the plants 24-36 hrs of darkness before going to 12/12 will also promote a faster budset.
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So that I understand correctly, when introducing bloom, you are still trying to maintain the same PPM by fixing the ratio - instead of 100 grow, 70/30 grow/bloom, to 60/40. The only time you start dropping PPM is at the end of flower. But you are NOT just plopping PK on top of your regular nute base.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
Hmm.. sort of. I'll be feeding about 1.2-1.3 base before I start adding bloom ratio nutes, Then when I start to blend the two I'll use about 1ec base (including 0.2-0.3 starting water) and 0.5 ec bloom 1-4-5.. for a total of 1.5ec. maintain ec in the rootzone as close to 1.5 as possible until the end of stretch, then I drop it back to 1.2 - 1.3 or so. I'm currently using 0.8 ec base/grow and .2 Bloom, mainly so low as I'm finding I need to feed a lot less with the added microbes in there.
Ahh gotcha. Just a tad more total on the PPM when you're adding bloom, with a reduction in base.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
Bingpot. I think the pruning method is equally important too, when I flip, each main branch is stripped right up to the top node, and 3 or 4 sets of leaves. The only buds I keep are what develops during the stretch.
Dirtbag
In Bloom
Thanks man, Its been a lot of little things done right this round I think. Really had the attention to dedicate to it and was taking advice from some heavy hitters. Really seems to have paid off so far.
