What's everyone using

[Gentlemancorpse]

I second @Gweedo's Growroom , this was a great thread idea Frim. I know everyone lists this stuff in their journals but it's nice seeing it all aggregated in one place. Love seeing how many different ways people can be successful growing this plant!

 

[Frimpong]

I second @Gweedo's Growroom , this was a great thread idea Frim. I know everyone lists this stuff in their journals but it's nice seeing it all aggregated in one place. Love seeing how many different ways people can be successful growing this plant!

And very well too ! It's amazing how we all get er done

 

[Meatman]

I’m all soil I’ve been using roots organic for the past year just switched back to FFOF

Peat pellets to sprout beans, rapid rooters for clones(flipped upside down with new hole made so it stands up on its own) clonex to root. Than solo cup to 3/4 or 1 gallon to 3-5 gallon finishing pot.

Nutes fox farm soil lineup it’s like 10 bottles or something like that I’ve worked it down to 7 now

Seedlings have 40watt ge strips
Veg plants 240 watt led Meatman made
Flower 750 watt led meatman made
Flower 550 watt led meatman made

Ac tents, fans, filters, controllers and heat pads for seedlings

Ipm venerate, grandevo, regalia, captain jacks, evergreen 5.0 and maybe one more can’t recall at the moment

That’s about it ?

 

[thesunnyvalekid]

Ok so I will chime in on @Frimpong’s Q, I use just coco with a bit of bio-char, I don’t fiddle too much with pots, I have Rain Science, some plastic nursery pots whatever is clean, I recently changed to Nutrifield Coco it is a bit more expensive but I don’t rinse it, I charge it plant the seeds, heck I’m lazy. For the nutrients, the past year and a half I have been using Cold War Organics exclusively it’s a wettable powder, I water twice a day till run-off, for mature plants if they are dry or not, I water like if it was hydro. Also it has enabled me to stop messing with EC, PH and clean water, I do none of that anymore, just straight tap water mix the solution water. It is quite refreshing not to worry about that stuff anymore, it took a while to get the right strength correct but the plants will tell when it’s not right. When bud set starts and stretch begins I do top dress with rice hulls for silicate. I have a mixture of lights, I have a few OpticXL’s, two HLG’s and an old 1000 watt MH rusting somewhere. I grow in rooms now, no tents too restrictive for my style.

 

[Smokieokie]

I run small 1 gallon pots with Growers Choice high porosity coco. Switched nutes 2 runs back and not seeing any problems, just growth. I was using GH maxigro and maxibloom. Now I am using Hurricane Hydroponics full lineup with tap water ph'd to 5.8-6.0.
As for lights, I run a mix of HLG 135 and strips in my 3x3. In 2x4 I run a HLG 350 or whatever it is lol, has three boards lol. In 2x2 veg a HLG 135 board. Just single t5's over seedlings and clones. I clone everyway possible, plugs, aeroponic, rockwool, doesn't matter, whatever is laying around and depending on how many I need.

 

[GthaEnigma]

@Meatman love the plug hack, thanks!

 

[Meatman]

@Meatman love the plug hack, thanks!

Hell ya some old timer showed me that like 15 years ago lol

 

[MostHigh]

Promix bx straight outta bag. 2,3,or 5 gallon plastic grow bags depending on the plant. Emerald Harvest full line, grow, micro, bloom. Recharge. Big Foot bennies. Kelp. Fulhumix. 6 tube 4 foot fluoro,400 watts diy led in veg. 2 x 1000 watt Medicgrow led w/ reds in flower 1. 1000 watt hortilux on quantum ballast, 600 watt digilux on nanolux ballast, 2 x Magnum hoods no glass in flower 2. Sealed room w/ CO2, dehuey, mini split Most important thing in my room? The love and support from my peeps at pH

 

[JollyPete]

Coco, compost, perlite, vermiculite, a scoop of forest detritus and calmag to start, 15gal fabric bags, fulvic + humic foliar spray throughout the grow, FF Cha Ching during flower and that's pretty much it. Poopie blurple LEDS inside during the winter/to start, and good ol' VA sun outside.

 

[DopeDaniel]

3x3 bed with BuildASoil DIY kit I added EWC for some of the compost and montmorillonite for extra ca and minerals. I am using thier Craft blend for reammending. BlueSoak hose w/gravity feed.

I do pots too but those need topdressing (3 gal and smaller but looking to do some 15 gal this next round) I use the dr. Earths 444 or flower girl and ewc 50/50 1T/gal pot size each every 2 weeks up to about week 5 or 6.

For liquid feeding I will use TM-7, FertiNitro plus (aminos), super K fulvate and ThermX70 (yucca extract supper concentrated 1 drop gal) as needed.

I've tried a bunch of different Myco products in the past but currently don't use anything and havent seen any adverse result. There are some in the dr. Earths and that gets used through veg.

Lights - t5 for seeds and early veg diy cxb3590 for late veg and flower. I added a CMH over a year ago and will be removing it. Also had some GLA boards but there is somthing about an excessive number of cobs distributed over the canopy. My wife would probably shoot me if I bought any more lights so I want what I have.

IPM - botanigard was a great recent addition for me. Grandevo, vinerate, regalia, spinno, pyganic, bti, btk are in the arsenal. Sulfur burns too.

2x ACinfinity 6in for ventilation needs, will be going for thier oscillating fans when my current ones die. Maybe thier multizone controller will be available by then.

 

[DopeDaniel]

Forgot about this little beauty too.

Steam cleaner, works great on the dehue coils and almost any other non-living surface. That Husquivarna hand pump sprayer is the best small economy sprayer I have used too.

 

[Dino Party]

Back in FF Happy Frog again, amended with more perlite and fed Jacks 321. Its nothing fancy but it works for me. I tried Promix, and just couldnt seem to get it dialed in. for every person I saw saying to treat it like hydro and pH for it, i'd find an equal amount of people swearing by running 6.6-6.8 or even higher/not pH'ing at all and having great results. I just couldn't get it to work consistently for me.

 

[Dino Party]

OH yeah I also ran Nectar for the Gods soil for a couple runs a few years back, i felt that even with additional perlite it stayed a little too damp. I saw others had the same feelings as well. I think they have a few different recipes now so I wouldnt count them out, I just dont have any more desire to mess with it any more.

 

[pwnytailjoe]

I feel I'm absolutely clobbering it rn with Promix and pH tips from @Dino Party (ph on the border of 6.3/6.4 - bouncing back and forth between 8-part Floranova and 1-part depending on what the plant looks like it needs, with a plain water in between).

Traditionally have used FFHF for veg and FFOF for bloom. Tried Big Rootz and a local version of that last year and was unimpressed. Decided to never buy bagged soil again. Will probably transfer from Promix to living soil at some point but will choose Promix over coco for the time being.

I've used GH/ Monsalto Floranova since I started and don't see myself departing from that anytime soon.
I did try coco amended with Down To Earth in 10-gallon fabric pots outdoor a few years back and really liked the results but my mix was off a bit and was running somewhat hot and I flushed most of the nutes out trying to fix that and ended up finishing with Floranova.
I've got enough 600W HPS's in the garage to outfit half the neighborhood but been using a Spider Monkey SF4000 + Viparspectra XS1500 in the 5x5 and XS 1000 in the pre-flower/veg tent since January '21.

Also added a portable AC to the room last year to replace a window unit that really sucked.
AC Infinity 4" + 6" for tent exhaust and lung room exhaust.

Cheap-ass HM Digital pH meter.
Plant Therapy for IPM, fly strips for whatever may fly through.

 

[gorillaguy]

I was using FFOF as my medium in 7gal FF trio w/ botnicare Cal-mag and Liquid Karma & Beastie Bloomz for weeks 3-6.
I had to feed FF nutes every other watering at half dose, and Cal/Mag almost every watering at 4-5ml/gal otherwise I'd show Mag deficiency. (LED)

5x5 tent and 700watts of mixed HLG lighting

I've recently switched over to 60/40 mix of Coast of Maine Stonington and Roots original
I use The Roots Terp Tea Bloom, Terp microbe and Terp Tea Elemental(calmag) and FIsh shit
Veg (clones) 2-3 weeks in 1gal w/ Roots, then transplant to 7gal w/ the mix for 2 weeks before flip.

Running this mix through a 9 week cycle I have only had to top feed 1tsp per container twice with bloom and once with elemental just incase(LED) Ive made a few teas out of the microbe charge. Otherwise just normal waterings every 2 days w/aerated PHed tap & fish shit.

Have run into zero issues with nute burns or deficiency. Everything looks super healthy and fades nicely by week 8.

No more measuring bottled nutes, I save time and hopefully money with this dry terp teas since theyre cheaper. Now I just need to look into reusing and resupplementing this soil since Coast of maine is like $50 a bag
but I forsee it being cost effective since i can reuse soils with organics and I wont be dealing with toxic salt build up from synthetic nutes.

 

[Psychobilly]

I've mainly gone with the Technaflora line up. I love it to be honest. I did try Remo but seemed to cost more and the results were.... we got more Technaflora this week. I haven't actually gave any nutrients to the plants yet but may give them a small dose this week.

 

[Jewels]

I turn my compost in a pit of sandy/clay soil.
Ready product is mixed with bunny dung. Started using coco and compost in their litter box. Nitrosoma and bact'r can grab the ammonia quick and continue the cycle.
Litter pans are added directly to ready product.
Perfect for amending garden beds , raised planter media, houseplants,,,
I like to water Cannabis everyday. In order for this to work as container soil, I need to lighten it up with 50% coco.


I found a good supply. ?



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I won't say it's perfect, but it's perfect for me. It is not only free ; and also loaded with silica from the constant supply of lettuce compost.
I dig it.
Cradle to grave product.
It is gentle enough to germinate seeds and yet virulent enough to finish plants.

This was 9 weeks and still looking fresh.

I am going to run again in the same soil, see if I can't fade them out a bit more.

 

[HBZ]

I turn my compost in a pit of sandy/clay soil.
Ready product is mixed with bunny dung. Started using coco and compost in their litter box. Nitrosoma and bact'r can grab the ammonia quick and continue the cycle.
Litter pans are added directly to ready product.
Perfect for amending garden beds , raised planter media, houseplants,,,
I like to water Cannabis everyday. In order for this to work as container soil, I need to lighten it up with 50% coco.
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I found a good supply. ?
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I won't say it's perfect, but it's perfect for me. It is not only free ; and also loaded with silica from the constant supply of lettuce compost.
I dig it.
Cradle to grave product.
It is gentle enough to germinate seeds and yet virulent enough to finish plants.

This was 9 weeks and still looking fresh.
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I am going to run again in the same soil, see if I can't fade them out a bit more.

Im not sure how this couldn't be considered perfect...Nice!

 

[Dino Party]

Oh yeah I've also run nectar for the gods before. Cash must be their nectar, and they think they're the gods. what an overpriced line.

 

[Quack503]

Hey just kind of curious what everyone's been up to lately in the grow . I'm still using a ProMix and coco mix . Switched over to HLG boards and I am currently using Gaia Green 444 and 284 w some mykos here and there . Love to hear what everyone else is doing.

Sun, rain, moon,mammoth P?, bio live, earth worm castings, bio char.