2017 Outdoor Grow

Budley Doright

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I just learned about this but have you tried any amino acids? I was watching videos and apparently they help in the uptake of calcium which in turn can drastically increase mold resistance.
Nope .... well didn't help my auto's, I use it on a few of my outdoor grows every couple of feedings and still got PM on my auto northern lights with a vengeance but only the auto's. it does seem to help mag/calcium uptake though with my water makeup. I use it every res change in my hydro grows and has stopped all leaf blotching.
 

Budley Doright

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It has a low toxicity rate. It is used mainly on apples, peaches, pears, grapes, blueberries, cherries and almonds. I will post or link some data on it for all that is curious. I have never heard of it used on tobacco and we grow tobacco and have for the last 20 years.
The reason I mentioned tobacco is the fact it is listed in the application instructions and only mentions using it on seedlings. That is why I would probably not use it in my crops close to harvest. I may try predator wasps next year just around auto harvest time, just for snickers.
 

T-Bag

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Nope .... well didn't help my auto's, I use it on a few of my outdoor grows every couple of feedings and still got PM on my auto northern lights with a vengeance but only the auto's. it does seem to help mag/calcium uptake though with my water makeup. I use it every res change in my hydro grows and has stopped all leaf blotching.
I just got some in the mail so I havent seen for myself if it works. Supposedly it can make your brix so high that bugs wont even want to eat your crops. Anyways you never know but I figured it sounded like it was worth a try. The sun came out today here for the first time in a week and I didnt see any mold on my plants fingers crossed! I also didnt get any amino acids in time for my outdoor but I did use quite a bit of neem, kelp and alfalfa meal which I think helped fend off anything like that.
 

Budley Doright

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I just got some in the mail so I havent seen for myself if it works. Supposedly it can make your brix so high that bugs wont even want to eat your crops. Anyways you never know but I figured it sounded like it was worth a try. The sun came out today here for the first time in a week and I didnt see any mold on my plants fingers crossed! I also didnt get any amino acids in time for my outdoor but I did use quite a bit of neem, kelp and alfalfa meal which I think helped fend off anything like that.
I do like using it with my hard water but not to long into flower, it's got enough nitrogen to screw up flowering, made that mistake only once lol.
 

T-Bag

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I do like using it with my hard water but not to long into flower, it's got enough nitrogen to screw up flowering, made that mistake only once lol.
Ahh good advice. I put just a little bit about 1/4th the low dose into my flower res in week 4. I was going to put a little next week because I think they are a little cal deficient(I had a moisture issue in veg). Maybe Ill skip week 5 I was going to add the same dose again. Some plants got more yellow as flower went on but they all still going to make it to the end just fine. I got raw aminO and it says its a 16-0-0 and it says to use it until week 7 O..O
 

Budley Doright

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Ahh good advice. I put just a little bit about 1/4th the low dose into my flower res in week 4. I was going to put a little next week because I think they are a little cal deficient(I had a moisture issue in veg). Maybe Ill skip week 5 I was going to add the same dose again. Some plants got more yellow as flower went on but they all still going to make it to the end just fine. I got raw aminO and it says its a 16-0-0 and it says to use it until week 7 O..O
I stop at about week 5ish of 12/12 as it seems to prolong flowering for me.
 

psychadelibud

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I just learned about this but have you tried any amino acids? I was watching videos and apparently they help in the uptake of calcium which in turn can drastically increase mold resistance.
I use seaweed juice, catalyst, oyster shell flour and cal mag. I have plenty of calcium in my girls system and you are right, I learned from growing tomatoes for years and years that calcium is very important along with trace minerals for mold and rot resistance.

I'm purely organic so far. Just stating that IF and I mean if I absolutely have to use Captan then I will as I have tons of money invested into this years grow.

This is my first year going 100% or at least 99% purely organic and I will say for sure I have had way less insect problems and mold/fungus problems than my previous 15 years using straight chemical fertilizers and sprays.
 

T-Bag

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This is my first year organic too and I went fucking ham with the amendments. I pretty much used down to earths WHOLE organic line. Then added some bird shit and insect frass. ALL my plants had spider mites when I put them outside. Now Im proud to say NONE of my plants have spider mites :D I cant wait until next year because now I know how to do a super soils and let it decompose over the winter and have to do very little feeding next year.
 

Biggchong

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Exotic kimbo kush did not have a single nug make it. Mold from top to bottom.
The starbux from DVG = ragweed. Did not even bother to trim.
Blue diesel was OK. Typical outdoor mids.
Sour Power, meh. Slightly above mids.
Ditto for the Karmarado Og

Winners are Mycotek Dog cage and DNA Silver Kush.
 
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