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I've switched over to BuildASoil 3.0 at @Idlewilder recommendation and really like it. Much better drainage and less compaction than the coast of Maine Stonington blend and it seems to feed for longer. Top dressing with more 3.0 in veg then the BuildAFlower top dress after flip. So far, so good. Really enjoying not having to mix many nutrients right now. I'm so busy lately that even saving just the few minutes it takes to measure and mix everything is really nice. I do add recharge every couple weeks and some silica in early veg which has helped beef up the stems a lot. Just need to automate my watering now!
Lights I'm using the CaliLightworks SolarExtreme 500 COB and the HLG Blackbird 600w QB for flower and a DIY 280w QB in veg.
Lights I'm using the CaliLightworks SolarExtreme 500 COB and the HLG Blackbird 600w QB for flower and a DIY 280w QB in veg.
BH
Tha Dank Hoarder
medium :indoors I go 100% coco for first stage pots ( want a huge root mass) than Iām using coco with rice hulls ( coco is a silica whore and rice hulls are very strong in that) than 10% (1.25 cups every 1 gal) of worm casting. Since I have a worm bed I even let the worms stay in the poop vs sifting it it, itās amazing to see every scoop in the medium thereās worms and they are eating the organic material and pooping all over , love it
if outdoors, I use soil/pestmoss but same methods. Thing was only reason I didnāt do both coco and soil this way (alive medium ) cause I couldnāt get a direct answer it was a good method, whatcha know lol
in coco living soil. I use grow beds (10 gal) and key is to never allow that medium to over dry out since itās alive and also .itās amazing to see h miles and rove beetles happy to be there cause thereās enough organics and stuff to eat they donāt die off or leave . After using a more heavy and retaining medium not only am I using 30%+ less water but when using a living mediumit only requires half the amount of nutes given (my rez teaās are less than 800ppm always ). Another benefit is the ease of not burning ur plants pnce u have a well feed medium , the plant will tell the microbes what they want and their circle of life is to be their Allie . People need to realize without this living relationship in organics wouldnāt be there but the benefit is I can add things that arenāt in the npk/nutes of current intake but the plant and microbe decide when itās wanted vs synthetics where itās there and now, I was using synthetics for many years and it never helped my yields and I always was playing scientist when a living soil u could water only water for such a big amount of time or tea em all the time and they will show happiness ethier way. Key is why so many think it sucks is they arenāt making a living medium or their setup isnāt allowing the colony become worth while. But once you have this alive medium not only are ur not throwing away ur medium anymore but awesome part is u have IPM for free .
city picker ( bed) really cool design cause u have 2 gals of water under the medium but it canāt touch no matter how much u water, than thereās a air tube to the water. making ur medium moist enough and the balance of having a soil but a water source under it. made a huge diff very even same size pot and not having that extra bonus. Shoot if u werenāt top dressing u could fuck fungus gnats by omly watering the bottom and keeping top dry ( not my method )
tea compost: raw NPK Silica , Cal/mag, Epsom salt , Terp Tea Line , Pond zyme , Grow more bio-cozyme , Southern AG biological fungi (over 100x stronger than hydro guard, same species ), Regalia ( every 14 days), liquid BTI 8%, Raw grow microbe/Roots organic bio-force (every 1-2 weeks , stop week 6 of bloom), I re-add molasses ( raw dry molasses extract ) every 1-3 days to guratee microbes are feed. I try to use my teaās within 8hrs and make small batches aka 35-55 gal rez.
best all in one microbes/fungi , from drought resistant, n/chitin/p/k intakers and protection/defense = bioforce
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back of label, itās always about the species and spore count
Top dress: worm poop sprinkled over (1-4 cups per 10 gal) + Terp Tea Line, Elemental , seabird guano ( week 1-5 , reason = boost only P vs PK for coco) , essential earth , neem meal ( 1-2 times per season) , crab/shrimp meal ( high calcium % and chitin ) or mealworm & raw grow microbe
my line sounds complicated but thereās nothing easier than adding a few scoops into a rez and topping em every 2 weeks ( I donāt even add any top dressing to flower room or final pot, just teaās every watering). Another thing and factor is I am ocd as fuck and I did math of all these things and use . this isnāt expensive what Iām doing , exp vs bottled vs lines and my broad modes make this sooo easy to use but also have so much proās and add onās for instant āhigh populations even on first round of using ur medium. Example a lot only use root based focused species of microbes but using drought resistant , defense and intakers. Ur biological benefits are such a game changer even if not organics, they work for both and these companies selected for use on both.
best tea brewer vs stones out there! It can be made but for the cash itās np for me, I have 3 are 3-5 years old and work perfectly!i let em run 24/7 and they are very durable. Key is having a good pump ( I use the 110 watts). nothing More annoying than cleaning or replacing air stones, exp for organics cause it def will happen more often. Having a good brewer makes all the differance and u can clean it np with some iso and a paper towel in seconds. Thing payed for itself first month and than some! Plus the bubbles are game changer
Main dry amendments/bio force
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lights = HLG to Timbers
if outdoors, I use soil/pestmoss but same methods. Thing was only reason I didnāt do both coco and soil this way (alive medium ) cause I couldnāt get a direct answer it was a good method, whatcha know lol
in coco living soil. I use grow beds (10 gal) and key is to never allow that medium to over dry out since itās alive and also .itās amazing to see h miles and rove beetles happy to be there cause thereās enough organics and stuff to eat they donāt die off or leave . After using a more heavy and retaining medium not only am I using 30%+ less water but when using a living mediumit only requires half the amount of nutes given (my rez teaās are less than 800ppm always ). Another benefit is the ease of not burning ur plants pnce u have a well feed medium , the plant will tell the microbes what they want and their circle of life is to be their Allie . People need to realize without this living relationship in organics wouldnāt be there but the benefit is I can add things that arenāt in the npk/nutes of current intake but the plant and microbe decide when itās wanted vs synthetics where itās there and now, I was using synthetics for many years and it never helped my yields and I always was playing scientist when a living soil u could water only water for such a big amount of time or tea em all the time and they will show happiness ethier way. Key is why so many think it sucks is they arenāt making a living medium or their setup isnāt allowing the colony become worth while. But once you have this alive medium not only are ur not throwing away ur medium anymore but awesome part is u have IPM for free .
city picker ( bed) really cool design cause u have 2 gals of water under the medium but it canāt touch no matter how much u water, than thereās a air tube to the water. making ur medium moist enough and the balance of having a soil but a water source under it. made a huge diff very even same size pot and not having that extra bonus. Shoot if u werenāt top dressing u could fuck fungus gnats by omly watering the bottom and keeping top dry ( not my method )
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tea compost: raw NPK Silica , Cal/mag, Epsom salt , Terp Tea Line , Pond zyme , Grow more bio-cozyme , Southern AG biological fungi (over 100x stronger than hydro guard, same species ), Regalia ( every 14 days), liquid BTI 8%, Raw grow microbe/Roots organic bio-force (every 1-2 weeks , stop week 6 of bloom), I re-add molasses ( raw dry molasses extract ) every 1-3 days to guratee microbes are feed. I try to use my teaās within 8hrs and make small batches aka 35-55 gal rez.
best all in one microbes/fungi , from drought resistant, n/chitin/p/k intakers and protection/defense = bioforce
bio-force ā Aurora Innovations
www.aurorainnovations.com
back of label, itās always about the species and spore count
Top dress: worm poop sprinkled over (1-4 cups per 10 gal) + Terp Tea Line, Elemental , seabird guano ( week 1-5 , reason = boost only P vs PK for coco) , essential earth , neem meal ( 1-2 times per season) , crab/shrimp meal ( high calcium % and chitin ) or mealworm & raw grow microbe
my line sounds complicated but thereās nothing easier than adding a few scoops into a rez and topping em every 2 weeks ( I donāt even add any top dressing to flower room or final pot, just teaās every watering). Another thing and factor is I am ocd as fuck and I did math of all these things and use . this isnāt expensive what Iām doing , exp vs bottled vs lines and my broad modes make this sooo easy to use but also have so much proās and add onās for instant āhigh populations even on first round of using ur medium. Example a lot only use root based focused species of microbes but using drought resistant , defense and intakers. Ur biological benefits are such a game changer even if not organics, they work for both and these companies selected for use on both.
best tea brewer vs stones out there! It can be made but for the cash itās np for me, I have 3 are 3-5 years old and work perfectly!i let em run 24/7 and they are very durable. Key is having a good pump ( I use the 110 watts). nothing More annoying than cleaning or replacing air stones, exp for organics cause it def will happen more often. Having a good brewer makes all the differance and u can clean it np with some iso and a paper towel in seconds. Thing payed for itself first month and than some! Plus the bubbles are game changer
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Main dry amendments/bio force
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lights = HLG to Timbers
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GthaEnigma
Canna-Arborist
A combo of 707 blend from roots organic and coots mix. Terp tea grow and bloom outside. Gen hydro inside modified to 2 pt bloom 1 pt micro with cal/mag. I run midline on strength but it is for testing purposes and not for headstash.
GthaEnigma
Canna-Arborist
Lights are 1 hlg 100 and a 65 w chilLed dimmable in veg and a hlg diablo 200 in flower.
Rozgreenburn
"The Philosopher, is Stoned"
Full on organic super soil, water only with a floral tea every 3 weeks. Been recharging the same medium for a year and a half!!! I love the fact that my medium will keep going.
the only time I dump the medium is due to unhealthy plants, which is extremely seldom!
the only time I dump the medium is due to unhealthy plants, which is extremely seldom!
Brokehoe
CHOOSE YOUR TITLE
A master never reveals his secrets.
.... or is that a magician? Oh hell.. ?
I use the Phenohunter gifted Ac infiniti 4x4 with the @HydroRed / Phenohunter gifted 4x Cobb 200w light.
I run the Mars hydro ts1000 or the @Meatman gifted blurple in the 2x2 Mars hydro tent.
Medium: has been Coco Loco mixed with peat moss and perilite.
Nutrients: fox farm cultivation nation micro and bloom. Dr earth's flower girl for top dress.
Ipm: Dr earth final stop insecticide and fungicide. Safers insecticidal soap. gnatrol wdg
I'm changing this up.
Just purchased a bale of Pro-mix hp and love it. Also Recharge and ful-humix.
.... or is that a magician? Oh hell.. ?
I use the Phenohunter gifted Ac infiniti 4x4 with the @HydroRed / Phenohunter gifted 4x Cobb 200w light.
I run the Mars hydro ts1000 or the @Meatman gifted blurple in the 2x2 Mars hydro tent.
Medium: has been Coco Loco mixed with peat moss and perilite.
Nutrients: fox farm cultivation nation micro and bloom. Dr earth's flower girl for top dress.
Ipm: Dr earth final stop insecticide and fungicide. Safers insecticidal soap. gnatrol wdg
I'm changing this up.
Just purchased a bale of Pro-mix hp and love it. Also Recharge and ful-humix.
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Idlewilder
Underground Chucker
-Build a Soil 3.0 with Build a Flower top dress
-Tribus, Recharge and Soil Balance Pro
-Terp Tea Grow and Bloom plus Elemental
-HLG 200w diablo x 2 in flower, HLG 260w Bspec in veg
-AC Infinity tents/fans/filters
-tap water
-Tribus, Recharge and Soil Balance Pro
-Terp Tea Grow and Bloom plus Elemental
-HLG 200w diablo x 2 in flower, HLG 260w Bspec in veg
-AC Infinity tents/fans/filters
-tap water
Buckeyetoker
In Bloom
Mars sp-3000. Happy Frog and Megacrop....throw some worm castings, Mycos and other things here and there. The new Megacrop v3 has everything in it. I mix 105 grams to a gallon (I use 3 gallon jugs from Walmart with 315 grams) for my concentrate. Then I pour either 3,4 or 6 ounces of concentrate per gallon of water. Im no scientist, Im not trying to mix a bunch of stuff together. I worry zero about PH. It works out to .03 cents a gallon. And I get big fat stank ass buds! I don't think it could get much simpler with amazing results. Check it out.. Greenleaf Nutrients ā Hydroponic and Soil Nutrients
thenotsoesoteric
American Ninja
This run I'm stepping away from coco and synthetic nutrients. I ran just ocean forest soil for veg. And for flower ocean forest that i added some fox farm dry flower fertilizer and will top dress with same dry fertilizers.
Trying for a straight water run. Tired of fussing with mixes and ipm. With coco the spinosad drenches dont seem to last long enough to kill off larvae properly but with soil its got plenty of time to do its thing.
My last go with ocean forest failed in flower run due to me letting soil dry out way too much. This run im keeping them moist and it seems to be working but ill know in a couple weeks when they get flipped.
Lights are all hlg boards. 65s for veg and 288s for flower. Really like the simplicity of boards vs hids. No bulbs, less risk of fire and no uv exposure.
Trying for a straight water run. Tired of fussing with mixes and ipm. With coco the spinosad drenches dont seem to last long enough to kill off larvae properly but with soil its got plenty of time to do its thing.
My last go with ocean forest failed in flower run due to me letting soil dry out way too much. This run im keeping them moist and it seems to be working but ill know in a couple weeks when they get flipped.
Lights are all hlg boards. 65s for veg and 288s for flower. Really like the simplicity of boards vs hids. No bulbs, less risk of fire and no uv exposure.
Buckeyetoker
In Bloom
The reason I use Megacrop with Happy Frog (or Ocean Forest) is because after about 3-4 weeks the plants have drained the nutrients from the soil. Keeping the soil moist is definitely the way to go 1. due to stress from drying out and 2. much less run off each watering, especially using fabric pots. Im with you on only wanting to water. Im really close to that...other than just pouring 4-6 ounces of a concentrate in the water Im pretty much there...good luck. Nothing better than just watering!
Skunky Dunk Farms
Cannabinoid Receptor
Sunshine 4 mix all around. Don't know why I ever drifted away from it. Earthworm castings, vermeculite.
General Organics full line with there Si and Grandmas blackstrap mollases. And the occasional epsom. Micos.
Build soils with guanos during potting
2x2 clone tent, 18w 9000k under counter led. Pc fan.
2x4 seed tent, 1 - 244 watt 4100k Kingbrite qb, 4" inline on speed control.
4x4 veg tent, 2- 244 watt 3500k Kingbrite qb's, AC I finity 6" inline with controller 67.
8x12 flower room, 2 Magnum XXXL 6's with a pair of 315 cmh 3500k and 4200k in each hood and 4 Sun System dimmable ballasts for a total of 4, 3- 244 watt Kingbrite qb's, 2- 6" inline fans with controllers, 5- 16" ocillating fans.
8 foot Smart Pot long bag
General Organics full line with there Si and Grandmas blackstrap mollases. And the occasional epsom. Micos.
Build soils with guanos during potting
2x2 clone tent, 18w 9000k under counter led. Pc fan.
2x4 seed tent, 1 - 244 watt 4100k Kingbrite qb, 4" inline on speed control.
4x4 veg tent, 2- 244 watt 3500k Kingbrite qb's, AC I finity 6" inline with controller 67.
8x12 flower room, 2 Magnum XXXL 6's with a pair of 315 cmh 3500k and 4200k in each hood and 4 Sun System dimmable ballasts for a total of 4, 3- 244 watt Kingbrite qb's, 2- 6" inline fans with controllers, 5- 16" ocillating fans.
8 foot Smart Pot long bag
Chip Green
In Bloom
Roots 707 or Promix HP. Much of my current usage is likely a mixture of both, reused, partial re-ammend with Espoma Dry Tones of all sorts.
MegaCrop as a base, good ol' fashioned MaxiBloom for supplemental. Smiled on with good fortune, the tap water in my area is absolutely amazing.
Lighting is some combination of 315W CMH units, and LED strips/boards. Much of the LED is DIY strip configurations using Bridgelux EB, or Samsung. I also have multiple HLG QB Rspec, and a few QB96 elites. all single board units with individual drivers.
MegaCrop as a base, good ol' fashioned MaxiBloom for supplemental. Smiled on with good fortune, the tap water in my area is absolutely amazing.
Lighting is some combination of 315W CMH units, and LED strips/boards. Much of the LED is DIY strip configurations using Bridgelux EB, or Samsung. I also have multiple HLG QB Rspec, and a few QB96 elites. all single board units with individual drivers.
rightweedofthefreeworld
Stretching
Currently running FFoF with the trio of liquid nutes and the soluble trio, pretty run of the mill. I like soil, the flavors it brings and plan on switching to General Hydroponics for a Blumat Tropf system in one of the tents to try it out with plans to expand it into a second one. Hand watering can be a bit tedious so short of going full on hydroponics I figure it would be the easiest to tryout, hoping to increase quality and yields.
Beyond that, run 3 tents, 2 4x4's and 1 2x4 with 2 Maxisun pb4000's and 1 pb2000, they run on the warm side but have ran them at about 70% light intensity or the room gets too warm and the tents overheat, if I had the funds I'd put in a portable AC unit but that might be next year.
Beyond that, run 3 tents, 2 4x4's and 1 2x4 with 2 Maxisun pb4000's and 1 pb2000, they run on the warm side but have ran them at about 70% light intensity or the room gets too warm and the tents overheat, if I had the funds I'd put in a portable AC unit but that might be next year.
Willie
š Crush Genetics š
tents.....30x60, 32 special, 36 x 36, 21 x 21 veg
Lights.....HPS...and some led households
Soil...changes by availability, but currently is Coast of Maine potting soil, COM Lobster compost, Perlite mix
Nutes......Jacks 321 every watering. I use about a half cup of Flower Girl per plant during flower
Pot...3, 5, and 7's in plastic...........I have tons of fabric pots but only use them outside and mostly for veggies
Venting.....Two 6" AC Infinity and one 4" AC Infinty
Lights.....HPS...and some led households
Soil...changes by availability, but currently is Coast of Maine potting soil, COM Lobster compost, Perlite mix
Nutes......Jacks 321 every watering. I use about a half cup of Flower Girl per plant during flower
Pot...3, 5, and 7's in plastic...........I have tons of fabric pots but only use them outside and mostly for veggies
Venting.....Two 6" AC Infinity and one 4" AC Infinty
HOGBACKMAGIC14
In Bloom
i am running KISS and she is a wet kisser lol
kiss keep it simple stupid method will always perform well and has for me
it is a weed after all but i love her anyways the only thing that
impressed me one year a buddy was Korean farming method with fermentation all that shit but
he had it down and grew healthy trees i tell ya
i use this and totally fine with its performance
GENERAL PURPOSE PRO-MIX
EARTHWORM CASTINGS
COMPOSTED COW SHIT MIX IT ALL UP AND WOAH UP GROW A NICE PLANT ?
what i do and always have had good success you could add other stuff of coarse but its simple and works
inside i use promix and castings with foxfarms nutes
i tried the floranova from GH and had some issuse with it so i don't think i will use again
this is what i didn't like about it messy shit thick as hell very gritty
2 the salt build up is awful even with flushing and cutting back amount of nute did not resolve this
so i went back to foxy tiger bloom thats it āļø back to greener frosty pastures yeayyah
kiss keep it simple stupid method will always perform well and has for me
it is a weed after all but i love her anyways
the only thing thatimpressed me one year a buddy was Korean farming method with fermentation all that shit but
he had it down and grew healthy trees i tell ya
i use this and totally fine with its performance
GENERAL PURPOSE PRO-MIX
EARTHWORM CASTINGS
COMPOSTED COW SHIT MIX IT ALL UP AND WOAH UP GROW A NICE PLANT ?
what i do and always have had good success you could add other stuff of coarse but its simple and works
inside i use promix and castings with foxfarms nutes
i tried the floranova from GH and had some issuse with it so i don't think i will use again
this is what i didn't like about it messy shit thick as hell very gritty
2 the salt build up is awful even with flushing and cutting back amount of nute did not resolve this
so i went back to foxy tiger bloom thats it āļø back to greener frosty pastures yeayyah
HBZ
āļøš„š FORAGER of FIRE šš„āļø
I've tried damn near every product over the years..The way i do now is how I've been doing it for a very long time now..Basic soil recipe.use it over and over amending as I go also ..Clean out old roots ..amend..water and leave sit.Two parts happy frog one part ocean forest one part peat moss.earth worm casting and lobster compost...Lil kelp meal..Lil bio-live..lil fish bone mean all from down to earth..lil powdered dry spent bud after dry icing..Nutes are Earth juice veg and grow.botanicare bloom pro..botanicare calmag.molasses..alaska fish. Silica blast gold.technoflora seaweed and fulvic acid..VEG.. Every once in awhile.. Alaska fish..Earth juice grow..calmag. once or maybe twice.silica gold..technoflora seaweed and fulvic acid..BLOOM..Earth juice bloom.two cap fulls per gallon..one capfull of botanicare bloom pro.Every third watering..every once in awhile early and mid bloom...calmag..seaweed.. molasses..fulvic acid and then top dress late mid bloom with granulated humic acid and budswell bloom guano..a small touch of sul-po mag(langbeinite).. late bloom..straight h20....Ive not found anything that bring the frost and TASTE that earth juice does..Hope that didn't sound like a damn trainwreck lol just typing as I'm thinking how i do things..Of course some things get adjusted here and there all these strains want different shit at different times...But that's the skinny of it all..I used to run straight hydro and used GH nutes Lucas formula..Awesome growth..huge buds..flavor and quality..mehh not for me..went organic and fell into this routine and it's not broke so I probably will never fix it...just second nature now
Gweedo's Growroom
Yoda Fired Up
This thread is awesome ? ? ? ?
I split my room since I've got 2 big lights so I do 2 5 x 4s with one diy 565w samsung meanwell combo strip light over each supplemented with 2 cali liggtworks 24w uvb fixtures one over the top of each strip light, this go I did one side synthetic in second run coco/perlite with jacks 321 recharge and tribus original other side was my coots based living soil also with recharge and tribus, everything gets tap PhD to 6.6 on the soil side and 5.8 on the jacks side, environment is kept in check with the ac infinity controller 67, love it as it data logs temp rh and vpd made making changes a shitload more targeted toward stage of growth, best 50 bucks I've spent yet
I split my room since I've got 2 big lights so I do 2 5 x 4s with one diy 565w samsung meanwell combo strip light over each supplemented with 2 cali liggtworks 24w uvb fixtures one over the top of each strip light, this go I did one side synthetic in second run coco/perlite with jacks 321 recharge and tribus original other side was my coots based living soil also with recharge and tribus, everything gets tap PhD to 6.6 on the soil side and 5.8 on the jacks side, environment is kept in check with the ac infinity controller 67, love it as it data logs temp rh and vpd made making changes a shitload more targeted toward stage of growth, best 50 bucks I've spent yet
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