Thundercat
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I've got my journal in my sig line. I actually just started using floralicious plus this grow.
3x1000 watt indoor medical grow
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highnotlow
Well-Known Member
Thanks, Im outa here.
Friedrice
Active Member
I am back! holy shit is has been a rough month.
The family is finally moved in.
I'm sorry I had to disappear for a while the dispensary i was working for was in the process of starting up a storefront and we were having worries about being raided.
Im glad to see everyone is calling me a fake and stuff now and the info i was giving was false...
Does this look false?:
If you dont believe those pictures are mine i'll gladly take a few and have my middle finger pose for you.
I HAD TO HANDLE SHIT.
I had to move my whole setup to a new location, deal with the dispensary worries, and on top of ALL that having to deal with my mother being diagnosed with cancer.
3 nodules on her upper right lung to be exact.
I had to take her to the doctors multiple times for check ups, pet scans, a biopsy, and a laundry list of other items.
I had 2 young children move into my home so i had to find a new location.
Wasn't easy.
Most of my plants i had to give away because of this.
Kept a couple and started up a few more 2-3 weeks back.
Thanks
The family is finally moved in.
I'm sorry I had to disappear for a while the dispensary i was working for was in the process of starting up a storefront and we were having worries about being raided.
Im glad to see everyone is calling me a fake and stuff now and the info i was giving was false...
Does this look false?:
If you dont believe those pictures are mine i'll gladly take a few and have my middle finger pose for you.
I HAD TO HANDLE SHIT.
I had to move my whole setup to a new location, deal with the dispensary worries, and on top of ALL that having to deal with my mother being diagnosed with cancer.
3 nodules on her upper right lung to be exact.
I had to take her to the doctors multiple times for check ups, pet scans, a biopsy, and a laundry list of other items.
I had 2 young children move into my home so i had to find a new location.
Wasn't easy.
Most of my plants i had to give away because of this.
Kept a couple and started up a few more 2-3 weeks back.
Thanks
Friedrice
Active Member
Everything was rigged improperly just so I could get going again.
I was in such a scramble because of my family and possibly LEO's coming to my home.
So I stopped posting cause i was paranoid.
As I speak I'm finishing up getting the new location into gear.
Btw, Thundercat, since YOU doubted me here is how you do it:
Here is the key to fixing up a nice soil:
Like I said I run 50% organic/50% chem nutes.
I wish I had taken pictures when i was making the dirt for the new batch but at least here is how you do it
Ill just tell you for now and take pictures when i mix my soil for the clones.
Go to any nursery or hydro store and ask them to recommend a good potting SOIL, not a potting MIX.(If you are not familiar with soils)
A mix usually isn't pre-charged with nutrients or is very low in nutrients.
Buy the best potting soil they recommend.
If this potting soil doesn't come with perlite and sphagum moss buy some.
Sphagum moss retains water well and lowers the PH of the soil.
Perlite is used for drainage and also lowers soil ph.
Now most soils come around a ph of 6 unless stated otherwise(acidic soil)
So if you have to add perlite and sphagum moss understand that the ph is going to drop substantially.
I buy soil with this stuff already in it most of the time.
Im using FFOF at the moment.
The FFOX I used for the plants in the pictures above was about 6.2ph.
Which is perfect.
Now you dont want the ph to stay at 6.2ph the WHOLE time inside the soil.
You want it to sway between 6.0-7.0. That way the plant is able to absorb all the nutrients it needs.
How do you get the ph to sway you ask?
DOLOMITE LIME.
Go to any garden store and buy DOLOMITE lime.
No other type, strictly DOLOMITE.
This buffers the ph of the soil to about 7.0ph over time while also adding plenty of calcium and mg which they love.
If your soil comes with perlite/sphagum moss and has a ph of over 6.0 add 1tbs per gallon of soil of dolomite lime into the dirt.
If you have to add perlite/sphagum moss add about 1.5-2tbs of dolomite lime per gallon of soil.
This will give the soil the ph swing it needs.
Add about 1 cup of perlite per gallon of soil if it doesn't come with it
and about a handful full of sphagum moss per gallon of soil.
Adding molasses is up to you, but know that it messes with the ph to be sure to compensate for that.
Molasses from what i've read helps build bacteria/sweetens buds.
I really dont need it because by the time the molasses kicks in ill be using chem ferts.
After you have tossed the perlite/sphagum moss/dolomite lime in mix in some 6.2-6.5ph RO water with it and get the soil saturated.
Place some ocean rocks at the bottom of your pot and start putting in soil.
Make sure to give the soil a good squeeze before putting it in the pot and also break the soil so its loose in the pot and not in chunks.
More to come.
I was in such a scramble because of my family and possibly LEO's coming to my home.
So I stopped posting cause i was paranoid.
As I speak I'm finishing up getting the new location into gear.
Btw, Thundercat, since YOU doubted me here is how you do it:
Here is the key to fixing up a nice soil:
Like I said I run 50% organic/50% chem nutes.
I wish I had taken pictures when i was making the dirt for the new batch but at least here is how you do it
Ill just tell you for now and take pictures when i mix my soil for the clones.
Go to any nursery or hydro store and ask them to recommend a good potting SOIL, not a potting MIX.(If you are not familiar with soils)
A mix usually isn't pre-charged with nutrients or is very low in nutrients.
Buy the best potting soil they recommend.
If this potting soil doesn't come with perlite and sphagum moss buy some.
Sphagum moss retains water well and lowers the PH of the soil.
Perlite is used for drainage and also lowers soil ph.
Now most soils come around a ph of 6 unless stated otherwise(acidic soil)
So if you have to add perlite and sphagum moss understand that the ph is going to drop substantially.
I buy soil with this stuff already in it most of the time.
Im using FFOF at the moment.
The FFOX I used for the plants in the pictures above was about 6.2ph.
Which is perfect.
Now you dont want the ph to stay at 6.2ph the WHOLE time inside the soil.
You want it to sway between 6.0-7.0. That way the plant is able to absorb all the nutrients it needs.
How do you get the ph to sway you ask?
DOLOMITE LIME.
Go to any garden store and buy DOLOMITE lime.
No other type, strictly DOLOMITE.
This buffers the ph of the soil to about 7.0ph over time while also adding plenty of calcium and mg which they love.
If your soil comes with perlite/sphagum moss and has a ph of over 6.0 add 1tbs per gallon of soil of dolomite lime into the dirt.
If you have to add perlite/sphagum moss add about 1.5-2tbs of dolomite lime per gallon of soil.
This will give the soil the ph swing it needs.
Add about 1 cup of perlite per gallon of soil if it doesn't come with it
and about a handful full of sphagum moss per gallon of soil.
Adding molasses is up to you, but know that it messes with the ph to be sure to compensate for that.
Molasses from what i've read helps build bacteria/sweetens buds.
I really dont need it because by the time the molasses kicks in ill be using chem ferts.
After you have tossed the perlite/sphagum moss/dolomite lime in mix in some 6.2-6.5ph RO water with it and get the soil saturated.
Place some ocean rocks at the bottom of your pot and start putting in soil.
Make sure to give the soil a good squeeze before putting it in the pot and also break the soil so its loose in the pot and not in chunks.
More to come.
Friedrice
Active Member
As far as nutrients, like I said a while ago, never buy an all in one nutrient solution.
Buy two or three different ones and make sure they have all the needed nutrients.
These are:
Nitrogen(In ammonical, nitrate, and urea form. I look for ones with high urea content.)
Phosphorus
Potassium
Boron
Copper
Calcium
Iron
Manganese
Molybdenum
Zinc
Magnesium(even though there is dolomite lime)
Chlorine
Cobalt
Make sure as many as possible are chelated.
I use these:
Grow-More 20-20-20(higher in ammoniacal nitrogen and nitrate)
Jacks classic 20-20-20(higher in urea)
Dyna-grow 7-9-5
The reason I use dyna-grow is because it has the rest of the micro-nutrients that grow-more and jacks simply does not have.
The key is using all of them in the correct time and manner, which im going to show you guys later in the forum for whoever is still with me.
Ill be posting pics of my new setup by tonight or tomorrow morning.
If anyone has questions feel free I am here and back.
Buy two or three different ones and make sure they have all the needed nutrients.
These are:
Nitrogen(In ammonical, nitrate, and urea form. I look for ones with high urea content.)
Phosphorus
Potassium
Boron
Copper
Calcium
Iron
Manganese
Molybdenum
Zinc
Magnesium(even though there is dolomite lime)
Chlorine
Cobalt
Make sure as many as possible are chelated.
I use these:
Grow-More 20-20-20(higher in ammoniacal nitrogen and nitrate)
Jacks classic 20-20-20(higher in urea)
Dyna-grow 7-9-5
The reason I use dyna-grow is because it has the rest of the micro-nutrients that grow-more and jacks simply does not have.
The key is using all of them in the correct time and manner, which im going to show you guys later in the forum for whoever is still with me.
Ill be posting pics of my new setup by tonight or tomorrow morning.
If anyone has questions feel free I am here and back.
Friedrice
Active Member
Right now the big plant in the picture just showed its pre-flower pistils so i'm soaking 8 rockwool cubes and am going to clone her.
Im 80% sure she's female and shes going to be a good one at that.
Im pretty sure I have at least 2 males in this bunch but we'll see.
Im also pretty sure i got at least 4 females.
Which is a decent ratio I suppose.
I have them under a t'5 right now with a couple compact bulbs because im setting up the veg area.
By tonight they will be under two t'5 lights, a couple t8's, and some more compact bulbs giving them plenty of light and space to grow.
The other tall one to the left im pretty sure is a male but im going to take a clone and sex it to find out.
We'll see!
Im 80% sure she's female and shes going to be a good one at that.
Im pretty sure I have at least 2 males in this bunch but we'll see.
Im also pretty sure i got at least 4 females.
Which is a decent ratio I suppose.
I have them under a t'5 right now with a couple compact bulbs because im setting up the veg area.
By tonight they will be under two t'5 lights, a couple t8's, and some more compact bulbs giving them plenty of light and space to grow.
The other tall one to the left im pretty sure is a male but im going to take a clone and sex it to find out.
We'll see!
hugaddiction
Active Member
no worries man, thanks for the post 
. plants look great, some beautiful indica genetics you got there. keep up the good work, and keep on posting! take care
. plants look great, some beautiful indica genetics you got there. keep up the good work, and keep on posting! take care
Friedrice
Active Member
Cloning 101 Class
Well I soaked the rockwool cubes for 24hrs in RO water that didn't get above 6.2 ph.
I tried to keep about 5.8ph.
Next I pour 1/2 gallon of ro water and add 1/2tbs of Dyna-gro Cloning solution
Comes out at a ph of 6.2
Time to break out the PH down
Voila! 5.3ph achieved!
Now as far as choosing clones, I prefer clones off the bottom rather then the top.
My reasoning for this is because they have been around longer and are used to the environment that its in.
Just a habit of mine
When taking clones you want to take them as close to the stalk as you can.
Use a knife or box-cutter and cut at a 45 degree angle.
Don't use scissors.
I try to take clones all the same size(3 full nodes)
After taking my 8 clones this is what she looks like:
Right after I take the clones I soak them in the water with cloning solution for at least 15 minutes and get everything else set up in the mean time.
I pour myself a little bit of Dyna-grow cloning solution on the side as well.
After the clones have soaked for 15-20 minutes I take the clones out dip them into the solution and put them in the pre-soaked rockwool cubes
After that im put them under 2 t8 fluorescent lights.
After this I spray the bottom tray of the dome and the upper part of the tray with the RO water with solution in it.
(only for the first spray though!)
Cover them up and let cook for 7-10 days
We'll check back on them in 7-10 days
Well I soaked the rockwool cubes for 24hrs in RO water that didn't get above 6.2 ph.
I tried to keep about 5.8ph.
Next I pour 1/2 gallon of ro water and add 1/2tbs of Dyna-gro Cloning solution
Comes out at a ph of 6.2
Time to break out the PH down
Voila! 5.3ph achieved!
Now as far as choosing clones, I prefer clones off the bottom rather then the top.
My reasoning for this is because they have been around longer and are used to the environment that its in.
Just a habit of mine
When taking clones you want to take them as close to the stalk as you can.
Use a knife or box-cutter and cut at a 45 degree angle.
Don't use scissors.
I try to take clones all the same size(3 full nodes)
After taking my 8 clones this is what she looks like:
Right after I take the clones I soak them in the water with cloning solution for at least 15 minutes and get everything else set up in the mean time.
I pour myself a little bit of Dyna-grow cloning solution on the side as well.
After the clones have soaked for 15-20 minutes I take the clones out dip them into the solution and put them in the pre-soaked rockwool cubes
After that im put them under 2 t8 fluorescent lights.
After this I spray the bottom tray of the dome and the upper part of the tray with the RO water with solution in it.
(only for the first spray though!)
Cover them up and let cook for 7-10 days
We'll check back on them in 7-10 days
Friedrice
Active Member
Nice setup!
Beech
no worries man, thanks for the post
Thanks guys!
Friedrice
Active Member
neoprene? is that the rubbery type stuff that diving suits are made out of?
how did that work out? Can roots bust through that stuff?
Watering must have been kind of tricky cause in my thinking neoprene wouldnt stay moist?
SOMEBEECH
Well-Known Member
Yes, They were 3" with slits...Inserted into a 5g buckett i cut holes in and added airstones to where the little dropletts splashing the stems.Worked great,still use for something i think cut worthy,At the time I was running a 20plant perp and needed alot of cuts.
Now im on a pheno hunt,and buying seeds every month till i find ONE!
Beech
BleedsGreen
Well-Known Member
Glad your back and troubles are behind ya!
Friedrice
Active Member
Me too man
Thanks!
Alright now I get it. I've seen something like that at my local hydro store. Asking $300 bucks for it so I just kept walking haha.
What strains have you been messing around with? Anything note worthy?
BleedsGreen
Well-Known Member
Right now I have a smorgusborg going, Lemon OG, Purple OG, Kannalope Kush, OG18, Candi Kush, Pinnapple Chunk, OG, Mobydick, Deadhead and Blueberry