Texeda Timewarp Outdoor - Ontario, Canada

cannetix Inc

cannetix Inc

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Strain: Texada Timewarp (From Clone) - Planted May 24 Ontario, Canada - 43rd parallel

Medium: Soil

-70% Sphagnum Peat
-20% Compost
-5% Sand (High trace element content, obtained from Bancroft, Ontario)
-5% Clay

Inoculated with Mykes Mycorrhizae & 25+ Strains Rhizobacteria

Veg Fertilizer:

None

Bloom Fertilizer:

Gaia Green Power Bloom (2 - 8 - 4) (One time Use, Pre-Flower)

-Fishbone meal
-Bone meal
-Glacial rock dust
-Potassium sulphate
-Fossilized carbon complex
-Rock phosphate
-Greensand,
-Kelp Meal
-Gypsum
-Bat Guano

Homemade Kelp Ferment (One time Use, Pre-Flower)

-Spring Water
-Marine Phytoplankton & Kelp Powder
*Fermented for 2 weeks


Foliar Spray (Twice Weekly, Stopping Half-Way Through Bloom)

-Silica
-Calcium Carbonate
-Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom Salt)

Flush (NOT YET STARTED)

Advanced Nutrients "Flawless Finish" (2-4 times with Distilled & Deionized Water 2 Weeks Pre-Harvest)

Pesticides Used:

-Safers BTK
-Spinosad
-Bonide Copper Fungicide

Photos: (10 weeks Into Flowering)

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cannetix Inc

cannetix Inc

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My Homemade Compost Formula
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I use about a 25/25/50 mix of lawn clippings, decaying leaves, & kitchen waste

I innoculate with Pfeiffer Biodynamic Compost Starter which is an Organic compost starter that contains over 55 strains of nitrogen-fixing bacteria and decomposers, as well as a mix of various enzymes. I also innoculate my compost pile once per year with a few dozen earthworms from my local fishing shop. I am a strong believer, speaking from both experience and a background in Ecology & Environmental Biology that the microbiome is the single most important factor in plant growth, at least in reference to a soil medium. With good compost and a healthy microbiome, you should require very little, if any fertilizer.

I keep my compost pile dark (using an enclosed, vertical composting container) and moist as I prefer to see adequate fungal growth. Especially in composting, fungi are particularly important decomposers capable of breaking down many of the more complex molecules unaffected by bacteria thus acting as the first step in the microbial composting process. I prefer to see mushrooms fruiting in my compost as this is a sure sign of healthy mycelial growth.

About 2 weeks before mixing my grow medium I also apply my homemade kelp ferment to my compost pile. This is something I only started doing last year when I dumped some leftover solution into my compost pile and days later saw a massive explosion of sprout growth. The top of the compost pile became matted with dense green sprouts even in the absence of light due to the lid being placed on the container. The spouts grew approximately 6" in height before yellowing and dying off. It may be the nutrient content of the kelp solution or a particular plant-hormone such as gibberellic acid stimulating the germination and growth of seeds present in the compost, but regardless of the science, it seems to be highly beneficial to plant growth.

I keep my compost pile at a constant Ph. of 5.5 with the addition of milk, vinegar, and coffee grains all of which slowly acidify the compost medium without allowing the ph to drop too low. Studies indicate an increase in microbial, primarily fungal growth in low ph compost mediums so long as Ph. does not drop below 5 at which point overall microbial activity decreases due to ammonia loss and a number of other factors.

Another benefit to adding coffee grounds to compost is that worms seem to love them for one reason or another, possibly due to their moisture content and grainy consistency that resembles soil or compost but with a much higher concentration of nutrients.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18752936 The use of coffee grounds in vermicomposting
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC291241/ Effect of temperature, moisture, and Ph. on aerobic composting
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655475/ Contrasting Soil Ph effects on bacterial and fungal growth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19042126 The effect of low ph levels (<5) on microbial activity in compost
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763327/ Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria as Inoculants in Agricultural Soils
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591488/ Soil Inoculation with symbiotic micro-organisms promotes plant growth and improves yield in a model plant species
 
relect

relect

Well-Known Member
I have a cut of texeda timewarp from the old guy that has been growing it for 35 years on texeda. It's a great outdoor strain. Done before everything else. Mold and pest resistant. Sucks for indoor growing, gets all viney and floppy.
 
fn217

fn217

Active Member
I for one have really enjoyed your posts. You cite many more sources than most of the people belittling and attacking your info. Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. But I think that the multitudes of people attacking your posted information throughout several threads in the advanced section need to relax. If we are all in search of knowledge, there should be much more "working together" than what appears to be ganging up.

Keep posting your sources. I'm enjoying it. Until more true cannabis based research occurs, we are all working with the best we have, which is research on other plants that may or may not be closely related to cannabis.

Keep doing your thing, your plants look great.

Can we get a "full body" shot?
 
SageFromZen

SageFromZen

Well-Known Member
cannetix Inc said:
My Homemade Compost Formula
​
I use about a 25/25/50 mix of lawn clippings, decaying leaves, & kitchen waste

I innoculate with Pfeiffer Biodynamic Compost Starter which is an Organic compost starter that contains over 55 strains of nitrogen-fixing bacteria and decomposers, as well as a mix of various enzymes. I also innoculate my compost pile once per year with a few dozen earthworms from my local fishing shop. I am a strong believer, speaking from both experience and a background in Ecology & Environmental Biology that the microbiome is the single most important factor in plant growth, at least in reference to a soil medium. With good compost and a healthy microbiome, you should require very little, if any fertilizer.

I keep my compost pile dark (using an enclosed, vertical composting container) and moist as I prefer to see adequate fungal growth. Especially in composting, fungi are particularly important decomposers capable of breaking down many of the more complex molecules unaffected by bacteria thus acting as the first step in the microbial composting process. I prefer to see mushrooms fruiting in my compost as this is a sure sign of healthy mycelial growth.

About 2 weeks before mixing my grow medium I also apply my homemade kelp ferment to my compost pile. This is something I only started doing last year when I dumped some leftover solution into my compost pile and days later saw a massive explosion of sprout growth. The top of the compost pile became matted with dense green sprouts even in the absence of light due to the lid being placed on the container. The spouts grew approximately 6" in height before yellowing and dying off. It may be the nutrient content of the kelp solution or a particular plant-hormone such as gibberellic acid stimulating the germination and growth of seeds present in the compost, but regardless of the science, it seems to be highly beneficial to plant growth.

I keep my compost pile at a constant Ph. of 5.5 with the addition of milk, vinegar, and coffee grains all of which slowly acidify the compost medium without allowing the ph to drop too low. Studies indicate an increase in microbial, primarily fungal growth in low ph compost mediums so long as Ph. does not drop below 5 at which point overall microbial activity decreases due to ammonia loss and a number of other factors.

Another benefit to adding coffee grounds to compost is that worms seem to love them for one reason or another, possibly due to their moisture content and grainy consistency that resembles soil or compost but with a much higher concentration of nutrients.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18752936 The use of coffee grounds in vermicomposting
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC291241/ Effect of temperature, moisture, and Ph. on aerobic composting
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655475/ Contrasting Soil Ph effects on bacterial and fungal growth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19042126 The effect of low ph levels (<5) on microbial activity in compost
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763327/ Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria as Inoculants in Agricultural Soils
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591488/ Soil Inoculation with symbiotic micro-organisms promotes plant growth and improves yield in a model plant species
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Damn dude! Look at you go!
 
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