Absolutely astounded with my first organic live soil grow..(never going back to Fox Farms)

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by buckethead129, Oct 30, 2023.

  1. It was just such a fun and learning process

    Coast of Maine - Stonington blend : Raised Bed mix (50:50 ratio ) [​IMG]
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    I also use the Stonington blend Linny plant food and the Fishbone meal buds n blooms- top dress amendments..[​IMG]
    8 week veg - 5 five plants turned into four after one Hermd on me[​IMG]
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    The four plants filled up the 4 x 4 amazing[​IMG]
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    Day 51 (today) [​IMG]
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  2. That's an amazing looking garden. Congrats and welcome to the Organic brotherhood.
     
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  3. basically the same as my mix which is promix,ewc,compost,kelp,lobster and bone meal but i add bat guano and a touch of dolomite lime and and perlite lots of perlite does that mix contain perlite?
     
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  4. NO, it looks like he uses the good stuff, pumice. :thumbsup: ;)
     
  5. So easy right??
     
  6. Lots of different stuff. a blend of five different mycos, earthworm casting lots of organic stuff.. I think I’m gonna go a couple more waterings with this stuff because, the fade is happening nicely.. but I noticed one of the leaves completely shriveled and I don’t want it to be that dependent on the nutrients in the plant yet I mean I’m thinking I have another 14 days or so
     

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  7. Yes, there is some pearlite in it.. I mixed extra in because the raised bed mix has none.. that’s just like compost and kelp meal and all kinds of good stuff. if you use just that it would be impossible because it’s too muddy..
     
  8. if it is a fan leave dont worry just let them fall off they usually start dropping as the buds swell dont chop early whatever you do I am taking my moby dick plant as far as she will go maybe 12 weeks if needed
     
  9. how much pumice and what kind do you add per cubic ft?
     
  10. the plant in front looks like the leaves are tacoing? not that it matters at this point it would be impossible to not have a great harvest but you may want to look into it could be heat stress?
     
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  11. Just messing with you a bit Soso, both pumice & perlite pretty much do the same thing but pumice doesn't get soggy, is more or less permanent & costs a shitload more. Yes I use perlite if the wallet is light. I am big on rice hulls at the moment. Measure That kind of stuff??? Shirley you jest?
     
  12. i actually didnt know what pumice was i used perlite and vermiculite in the one i am cooking now
     
  13. It is a volcanic (???) porous stone used in Bonsai often. Lava rock is porous too but too big to put in pots, under them. :thumbsup: There's more than 1 way to get where you wanna go. :Love-Plant:
     
  14. Probably a little bit.. it was a few degrees warmer the past few days n the humidity. Humidity was a little bit higher. I also moved the lights up about one inch after that photo was taken. Going to see how close I can ride that line “between Light stress and resin” sounds like n emo band


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  15. Probably a little bit.. it was a few degrees warmer the past few days n the humidity. Humidity was a little bit higher. I also moved the lights up about one inch after that photo was taken.


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  16. yes thats exactly the way to do it you will see bleaching you will know its too close
     
  17. Yep, so far no bleaching just a little bit of curled tips. I’m also attributing that to a lot of the nutrients being eaten up out of some of the leaves too. I might give them one more round of compost tea today just to get me through that last couple weeks. I gave them about a quarter cup of earthworm castings a few days ago that might be good enough.
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  18. do you just put the EWC on top of the soil then water? this late in the game it wont matter much but if you plan on recycling your soil it is a great idea to keep that nitrogen going! everything i have read on topdressing says it takes a good while to see the benefits but either way You are doing something right your plants are Killer hopefully my seeds arrive and i can grow that same genetics and see if i can screw it up like always lol
     
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  19. #18 buckethead129, Oct 30, 2023
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    I’m hoping my no how played a little bit of a role in the nice uniform canopy at least ;) I definitely have that down. I can use a screen to my advantage pretty well. I can’t wait to see how fat these things get in the next couple weeks I think I’m gonna do the compost as well, but I actually read earthworm castings for grade for the last couple weeks of flower without having to use something really potent. I think my compost tea will be nice too because it’s .05-6-6 and I can mix it like 1 ounce at a time and gallons of water


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