Is she ready/bud po rn!

[tyke1973]

Looks Fire Bro,I would go on Tricone Color now ,Soon has they are Milky ,But i would still Push them by another 7 /14 days .

But sure does Look Fine,I have never been a fan of Big Bud ,But Northern Lights i like ,Also the Cookie Cross looks great

 

[Dr. Who]

Greensand, nettle

Greensand is a non-renewable material...It also is more for very long term soil use. No-till organic is a method that would use GS well.... I skip it favor of other sources.

Nettle is also a bang up N source.

Banana peels worked into soil = Fe supplement.
Don't forget everyday rust.

Thing is, many Fe problems are brought on by other issues. pH, High P and a big likely - is imbalanced micro's period.... Copper, Manganese, Ca and others all work well when in balance. Potassium (if the soil is leeching - don't do run off watering in organic soils anyway) blocks Fe....

 

[Greenthumbs256]

"No denying that, and they indeed eat the same precious nutrients and compete for them in the root zone"

so you're not adding any N to the container?

Without adding N- the grass will win the N competition as the cannabis suffers N deficiency.= competition.
Pot size is not as relevant as plant/root zone size in this consideration ?
I looked at your journal and think your plants look awesome!
I'm not saying your grass is hurting your grass. see the smiley, and the just sayin

I do add nitrogen if u go to my journal I have a list of my amendments and plan on tweaking those amendments gunna make a new post about it later, but that's the only time I add anything really other than top dressing ewc and compost and sst and aact! Nothing else is fed to my girls at all! And also I have two types of pots; the mothers in no-till rlos and re amended rols that get reamended every cycle those are the clones!

 

[Greenthumbs256]

My roots don't go near the surface unless I put coco chunks or bark mulch over the top so growing grass in that zone shouldn't hurt at all since the roots are pretty shallow and can provide the constant moisture needed to have the cannabis root to grow into that zone. It takes up to 45 days or more for clover to start fixing nitrogen and I don't see many grasses that fix N. The science isn't much on cannabis and companions but that's because they couldn't study it. I'd lean towards alfalfa and clover rather than grass for N fixing. Really you'd want to grow a control next to it and see if there is that much of a difference.

From what I can find in articles I get bad info alongside the info on cover crops and most of what I find is for growing outdoors in the off season to till back into the soil to keep the nutrients from washing away. Companion planting is different than cover crops. Cover crops retain nutrients and cover the soil from washing out or blowing away, keeping those nutrients in play at the root zone and some are nitrogen fixers that make the soil better but the nodules have to be composted to release the N into the soil for other plants to use, from my understanding. Companion plants keep bugs away and provide some things to the soil or absorb toxins. But it's hard to discern what's science and what is lore with good statements right next to lines like these "He avoids plants like cucumbers, melons, and squash, which are prone to powdery mildew." as those types of powdery mildew do NOT affect cannabis. But there is no mention to avoid hops, mj's cousin, which is susceptible to russet mites and the same variety of powdery mildew. Even in this article there is still no mention of grasses other than buckwheat, that fix N.
https://www.projectcbd.org/sobre-cbd/sustainability/marijuana-not-monoculture

Great info buddy thanks, and I do use alfalfa, barley, and clover as my companion crop. This is my first cycle trying it out I've decided it's not worth it in 3g smart pots(that's what my clones flower in) in those small pots I have noticed it's more of a hassle can't say for sure how much it helped! Now on the other hand the mother in 10g smart pots it's amazing they hardly ever go dry around 10 days between waters and teas and they love it! I will for ever use companion crop with my big girls!

 

[Greenthumbs256]

Greensand is a non-renewable material...It also is more for very long term soil use. No-till organic is a method that would use GS well.... I skip it favor of other sources.

Nettle is also a bang up N source.

Banana peels worked into soil = Fe supplement.
Don't forget everyday rust.

Thing is, many Fe problems are brought on by other issues. pH, High P and a big likely - is imbalanced micro's period.... Copper, Manganese, Ca and others all work well when in balance. Potassium (if the soil is leeching - don't do run off watering in organic soils anyway) blocks Fe....

BTW I am using no till but only for mothers the rest of my girl are just living organics and recycled every cycle with amendments, since you don't like green sand could you recommend me something else!

 

[Greenthumbs256]

Greensand is a non-renewable material...It also is more for very long term soil use. No-till organic is a method that would use GS well.... I skip it favor of other sources.

Nettle is also a bang up N source.

Banana peels worked into soil = Fe supplement.
Don't forget everyday rust.

Thing is, many Fe problems are brought on by other issues. pH, High P and a big likely - is imbalanced micro's period.... Copper, Manganese, Ca and others all work well when in balance. Potassium (if the soil is leeching - don't do run off watering in organic soils anyway) blocks Fe....

I will be making a new post later this week to tweak my recipie I want to start using aloe powder and coconut powder with my plain waters as well as the teas and top dressing. But I'm going to replace a few of my ingredients and add some other like basalt I wanna add and looking for a good iron cal mag type of amendment

 

[Dr. Who]

BTW I am using no till but only for mothers the rest of my girl are just living organics and recycled every cycle with amendments, since you don't like green sand could you recommend me something else!

In the no till? Na, go ahead and use GS there for an initial amendment. This can take over a year to become available. So use SRP or something to help with earlier availability.....Garden gypsum (powdered) is nice and adds so more Ca compounds too.

Rock Phosphate's - Your Basalt will do.
Granite
Soft rock - contains heavy metal content. Good for initial amending

All work... Watch your metal contents in SRP. Meaning, don't re-amend with it..

 

[Greenthumbs256]

I harvested her!

 

[BigHornBuds]

Nice looking smoke, good job