Oaksterdam t-5 veg 600w hps flower

Drella

Drella

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Ok so Grow 2. got eight male clones the first time around, but this time i got eight Oaksterdam clones- 2 LA OG, 2Quirkel, 2Ogkgc, 1Hindu Skunk, 1WWAR WWX 3 cheese.
The setup
Medium- sunshine aggregate soiless mix
Botanicare Pro- grow and bloom mix
Superthrive- for veg and foliar feed
Kool bloom- flower booster
4-4't-5's for veg
1- 600w hps for flower
Day six, hope everythings going ok out there for everybody, me, i can't complain. Day six of veg, or six days from getting the clones. Six are in pots now, the other two will be within four days. Kinda slow right now, but nothing to complain about! Excited about using the sunhine aggregate mix this time around, i like the thought of me controling the nutes. Don't get me wrong, FFOF is amazing, but this new soiless route costs 1/4 price, and i control the nutes the entire process. I would suggest FFOF for first timers b/c the only important thing would be PH ing your water for the first three weeks. the male clones are long gone now, and i have moved on, and slowed down. I have the babies under 24hrs of light this time around to speed it up, and take away the chance of hermie, light leak, headaches. Surprisingly they don't shrivel before they sleep, because they don't sleep, very interesting. But no ill effects noted from the 24hrs of light.
 

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i wont be missing this one, scribed!bongsmilie

Hey bro What number is your sunshine mix? i think i might go soiless on my Killerskunks.

Also did you put any additives in it such as perlite,casting or the such and if so what percentages?
 
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Rydub said:
i wont be missing this one, scribed!bongsmilie

Hey bro What number is your sunshine mix? i think i might go soiless on my Killerskunks.

Also did you put any additives in it such as perlite,casting or the such and if so what percentages?
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Rydub! great to see you here, sunshine 4 mix, comes in a huge bale! super cheap, and lots of perilite in it, real good water filtering. the only thing i add is my nutes, Botanicare Pro Grow for veg- it has fish meal, composted seabird guano, kelp, amino acid, rock phosphate, potassium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, and calcium carbonate, 3-2-4. real good nute for beginners because everthing is in it. i also like that i control the amount of nutes, thirdly four bags of FFOF would have been like $100, the whole bale was like $40, with a lot left over!
 
Drella

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Great to have everyone here, thanks for all of the love! babies are looking great! new growth is making drella a happy man! To things to ponder today, first, look how amazing and dense the hindu skunk is looking! Second, is the swelling in the second picture normal. every other main stem is tiny compared to this one, which is twisted, green collored, and swelled. Not that worried, because of the new growth, but just wondering if this is normal. HAPPY GROWING OUT THERE!
 

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Drella said:
Rydub! great to see you here, sunshine 4 mix, comes in a huge bale! super cheap, and lots of perilite in it, real good water filtering. the only thing i add is my nutes, Botanicare Pro Grow for veg- it has fish meal, composted seabird guano, kelp, amino acid, rock phosphate, potassium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, and calcium carbonate, 3-2-4. real good nute for beginners because everthing is in it. i also like that i control the amount of nutes, thirdly four bags of FFOF would have been like $100, the whole bale was like $40, with a lot left over!
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Hell ya brother, i think you did the right thing by going to Sunshine #4 I have seen some crazy buds being grown in that mix. I have had about enough of ffof my self. i think i will go soilless this next round too.
 
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Rydub said:
Hell ya brother, i think you did the right thing by going to Sunshine #4 I have seen some crazy buds being grown in that mix. I have had about enough of ffof my self. i think i will go soilless this next round too.
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right on, i feel you! FFOF still runs hot with some strains. nute burn when you initially transplant if you don't flush soil first, but then what's the point of having already nute enriched soil. this time around by keeping logs on all clones, and amounts of nutes, i can let the plants tell me how much they need! now i working with a cheap, but professional, medium that i enrich specifically to each plant.
 
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so about this botanicare stuff :-) how much per bottle, and how much per feeding? every other feeding? give me the low down? i personally have only used FF nutes with my owd addition of neptunes Fish and seaweed. and well u see my babies :-)
 
Drella

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chrisg420 said:
so about this botanicare stuff :-) how much per bottle, and how much per feeding? every other feeding? give me the low down? i personally have only used FF nutes with my owd addition of neptunes Fish and seaweed. and well u see my babies :-)
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stick with what you know if it works. but if you feel like trying something new, botanicare is defn the way to go! I get it for $18.95 a quart. 2tbsp a feeding for mature veg. 1/2tbsp for newly transp clones. i only use botanicare pure blend pro grow and superthrive during veg. and botanicare pure blend pro bloom, and cool bloom for flower. still searching for more nutes to boost things, but i feel these are sufficient. also i use california tap water, a lot of people use drinking water, but i feel there are minerals in the water that the plant needs, i haven't seen any nute burn, or stress, or mineral deposits in my pots, and many old timers swear by tap water.
 
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Drella said:
stick with what you know if it works. but if you feel like trying something new, botanicare is defn the way to go! I get it for $18.95 a quart. 2tbsp a feeding for mature veg. 1/2tbsp for newly transp clones. i only use botanicare pure blend pro grow and superthrive during veg. and botanicare pure blend pro bloom, and cool bloom for flower. still searching for more nutes to boost things, but i feel these are sufficient. also i use california tap water, a lot of people use drinking water, but i feel there are minerals in the water that the plant needs, i haven't seen any nute burn, or stress, or mineral deposits in my pots, and many old timers swear by tap water.
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I'm starting to like the chloramine in my tap water actually. It helps control bacteria in my rez and such, and it's such a small amount I can't taste it. After 5-7 days, some stuff starts growing in my rez and that's when I hit it with H202. General rule of thumb, if it tastes good to you, it does to mj too. Plus who wants to waste 20 more dollars to buy cal-mag when it's FREE in tap water :lol:
 
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Someguy15 said:
I'm starting to like the chloramine in my tap water actually. It helps control bacteria in my rez and such, and it's such a small amount I can't taste it. After 5-7 days, some stuff starts growing in my rez and that's when I hit it with H202. General rule of thumb, if it tastes good to you, it does to mj too. Plus who wants to waste 20 more dollars to buy cal-mag when it's FREE in tap water :lol:
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Defn some good hydro hygiene tips there SG. not trying to talk crap, but i was thinking the same thing about cal mag. why do people buy drinking water and then buy cal mag? when tap is free and has crutial minerals in it. like i said not trying to talk crap. if it works for you, don't change it!
 
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Drella said:
Defn some good hydro hygiene tips there SG. not trying to talk crap, but i was thinking the same thing about cal mag. why do people buy drinking water and then buy cal mag? when tap is free and has crutial minerals in it. like i said not trying to talk crap. if it works for you, don't change it!
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true i was just thinkin on adding in some of your stuff maybe, like put a 1/2 tbl spn of botanicare and FF :-) who knows what ill try next time. i deff know that putt a few tbl spns of fish emulsion on the hole before u transplant is created a huge differnce on them 3 plants bongsmilie:lol:
 
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