Total Noob using teas and I am a believer
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GandalfdaGreen
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Your plants look sweet st0w. Healthy and green. She has a nice striI need to find a great Bubblegum eventually. I am running my Bubblegummer from Female Seeds one more time to see what I can get from her. The last run I overdid the teas with her and messed her up. I need to graduate to the tomato cages. Nice job.
GandalfdaGreen
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I honestly would like too but I have a long way to go until I get there. I hope my teas are working.
st0wandgrow
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No, but this guy does, which is why I follow his advice. He's forgotten more about teas than I will ever know.
http://microbeorganics.com/
st0wandgrow
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You're not alone.
RedCarpetMatches
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You ain't kidding. They're so cheap that I usually just slit the bag for an even easier transplant. Anyone drill holes in nursery pots for air pruning?
Rrog
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I like the Velcro Geopots for transplanting. I also raised worms in my basement in two 30 gallon geopots last winter. Make a shit-ton of compost. Fed them Bokashi. Overall no bugs (that I didn't want), no smell and the temp was whatever the basement was. Like 63F. Fabric pots I think are one of the more beneficial things to come out in a while
Mad Hamish
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Yup, the bottom third of them get holes. No fabric pots in South Africa. Dammit.
Anyhow guys, RIU is giving me some hassle uploading pics, so if you are interested, here's my update on the Gage forum:
https://gagegreen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2494&p=32816#p32816
I will try get some extra pics uploaded here soon.
hyroot
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I used to use grow bags. The last couple rounds that I used them I turned them into air pot bags. Worked well. Very tedious to make that many holes in them.. I then graduated to fabric pots. Picked up some smart pots at a black Friday sale. Then got viagrowtm pots. I liked the viagrows at first. But they are tall pots and aerate too much
then I got root pouch pots. Same thing as smart pots and much cheaper. I like those. I use 7 gals. Eventually I want to step up to 10 gals .
then I got root pouch pots. Same thing as smart pots and much cheaper. I like those. I use 7 gals. Eventually I want to step up to 10 gals .
RedCarpetMatches
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I would like to try 5g air pots, like Trouser mentioned, and compare to some drilled out pots that Ham mentioned. The cone shapes of the air pots make sense in "guiding" the root to the hole of da pruning...
GandalfdaGreen
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I use both fabric, 5 gallon buckets, and nursery pots. I screwed up and did not get the velcro zips.
Steelheader3430
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Did you try punching holes in then with a .45 casing?
RedCarpetMatches
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Paper hole puncher might work. I know a hot philips screwdriver does.
hyroot
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I used a Philips screw driver.(no heating). I tried doing them flat but it was a pain. Then filled them up with soil. Poked holes in the sides. And rotated it as I poked holes. I didn't have a drill handy at the time. Best way would be to leave bags folded in a pile like new. Take a drill and drill holes through the pile of bags. Get them all in one swoop. For 5 gal grow bags. It took me 30 min to poke a zillion holes in each pot. If I had a drill at the time......
GandalfdaGreen
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Here are a few pictures of my male Starlet Kush. I noticed he was really dank early in veg. He was outside and did not even blink at the temps which dropped to 30 last night. I wanted to see what would happen. I cut a few limbd and dipped them in clonex and now they will be placed over wax paper for the pollen drop. He smells so dank. I think I chose a nice male to try some crosses. He is more sandalwood them chem in scent. As a matter of fact he does not smell of chemdawg at all.
Sorry for the hair in the picture. This one was outside so I can't take the blame for that one.
See the crystals on the nanners.
Sorry for the hair in the picture. This one was outside so I can't take the blame for that one.
See the crystals on the nanners.
GandalfdaGreen
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Thanks Rrog. I love the crystals on the "nanners". I think the male flowers are really cool to look at. Such a wonderful and continuously surprising and inspiring plant. There is no doubt in my mind that the actual growing of your own medicine has very special healing powers too. I have never been so "close" to my plants before. Growing organically has changed the game. I will never look back. Growing can teach us so many valuable life lessons.
May11th
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I freaking been underfeeding again. I have a ca and p deficiency
Gandalf, for a 32 gallon brewer would you still use 1 tbs per gallon of nutes? I been using only 16 per 32 gallon brew. Also cpuld you point me in the right direction w a veg and flower tea recipe, I have a ton of nutes but if you list something I dont have ill go buy it.
Gandalf, for a 32 gallon brewer would you still use 1 tbs per gallon of nutes? I been using only 16 per 32 gallon brew. Also cpuld you point me in the right direction w a veg and flower tea recipe, I have a ton of nutes but if you list something I dont have ill go buy it.
RedCarpetMatches
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What PH are your teas? I know molasses can bring my teas to 4.5.
GandalfdaGreen
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Use this for everything. If you want to exchange FF 3-8-8 during bloom then go for it. You can add a touch of high P bat guano during bloom. A touch. Don't get all crazy. If you need your ppms a little higher then dilute less. I dilute based upon stages and what the plants look like. My well water plus my teas at 1:1 are at a ph of 6.63. I don't play with a thing. The lowest my ph goes with dilution is 6.45. A huge key I have found is a sweet smell that my teas make when they are ready. There is a window for this smell of about 24 hours.
1 tbsp of mollasses
20 drops of G.O. Camg+
1 tbsp of dry all purpose ferttilizer NPK close to 5-5-5-. I use this.....http://www.coastofmaine.com/fertilizers-lobster_kelp.shtml
1 tbsp of kelp meal
1 tbsp of high N all purpose peruvian guano
1 tspn of liquid fish fert with some N in it
1/4 cup Big Bloom by FF
Bubble 24 hours then add:
1/2 - cup of fresh compost or ewcs. I alternate.
Bubble 24 more hours.