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Well, slap me thrice and hand me to my mama! Definitely try to give them something else to munch on! It seems a bit weird to feed something you might not want around, but I'm not sure how you'd get rid of them otherwise. That's why in my grow I opted to work with them instead. Mulched leaves...

I have likely thousands of pill bugs in my grow. If I don't feed them dried leaves, they will begin to crawl out onto the tent floor in search of food. They leave the cannabis alone--with one caveat. If any leaves are dragging on the soil surface, they will nibble those up as far as they can...

Between Kratos, other informative threads like this one, and my own research/experience, I am coming into the mindset where I plan to not amend my soil with any mineral/nutrient inputs. In building my own vermicompost (technically a big pile of soil) with native regolith, leaf mold, grass...

So quiet in Organics lately! Plant on the right is doing incredibly well (finally), so I trimmed and topped it. Left plant is just that: left. The new seedling is doing hand-over-fist better than the other two did! Regarding the first two's slow initial growth, I am continuing to blame the...

Depends on what you're trying to do (soil makeup). Your tent size may play a part in the decision. If you are new to soil and have an average-size place to grow, I would recommend five-gallon pots filled with a basic soil recipe. Keep it simple.

I don't have any kind of light meter, but I don't run lights as powerful as yours. I can see why someone might give you that advice! Still, you might be able to save on that cost by getting to where reading the plants is more natural. Based on your soil (assuming you mixed it for this grow and...

Plants look green and vibrant, though a bit rumpled like they're getting lots of light. Makes me wonder about your light setup? Not sure on strain--or strains? Are they growing well, or kinda slow? The one in the bottom right looks a little haggard for some reason. Otherwise, nothing alarming...

Sorry, don't remember what your medium is? Watering every day in soil seems odd, unless you've got a big plant. For proper soil, top watering should be done when it's sorta dried out--but it should be fully saturated when it is watered. With organic soil, you don't really want runoff most of...

Pictures are two days apart. Plant on the right is coming out of it. Great improvement! Plant on the left has had it worse all along, and may get replaced by the seedling. Leaves have white on them from a light DE dusting (some have been munched on). I've taken to mulching with straight...

I was not going to read this post. But then I saw it was in all caps and knew it must be important.

Would you happen to have any pictures of your box and net pot as you were building? Or after you pulled it apart at the end of a grow? No big deal, just trying to picture what you're saying. I guess I could also ask the dimensions of your box that's sitting on that 6" net pot? I don't remember...

I also just thought about you. You're welcome.

Awesome post! I never thought about a (wick dia) : (soil depth) ratio, but it makes sense. The guys over in the SIP thread have found that too much of a soil wick (or too many wicks) can introduce too much water to the whole planter. I am having greater consistency in the soil now with my...

Awesome piss post. Heh. I'm trying to be funny, but I truly do love it. I typically #1 in my backyard every time. Why put it in the toilet? I don't save my urine, but I definitely spray my leaf piles. I have enough leaf piles that I wish for more bladder! Funny thing: the nitrogen/leaf pile...

When it becomes necessary, I have been top-dressing with dry fertilizer, and keeping a jug of compost tea on hand. With mulch on my soil surface, the top stays wet enough to break down the fertilizer. I just hit it with a 1/4 cup to a 1/2 cup of 4-4-4 every two weeks. If the leaves lighten in...

Definitely. I cut a corner due to Life Happening, but won't be cutting that particular corner again! One of the two new seeds didn't sprout. The other went from underground to fully popped and straight up in one 18-hour light cycle! Still too early to decide what I'll do (four-plant max by law...

I sure hope you're right. I'm in no hurry to pull the old ones up. We'll see what happens. The edges of leaves are starting to lighten, so I'm thinking potassium is locked up by the hot soil. I have plenty of bud to tide me over, so I'm just watching! Only reason I started some backups is...

The bed is wicking well! I mulched the top with leaf mold and dry leaves, and I haven't needed to water. The soil stays consistently moist all the way up to the leaves, and it starts to feel damp about seven or eight inches down. I haven't dug further than that yet. The plants pretty much quit...

Good questions, and I'd be interested if someone tried. I think any material would work to wick water, as far as growing mediums go. For instance, the material that wicks my reservoir is 3/4" aggregate. If that will wick water, any viable growing medium will. But then, as you suggest, feeding...

Hey myke, with all that time saved running SIPs, fire up a worm bin! ;)