My first organic grow!

Hay guys! (And dannyboy!!!)
I just wanted to post a thread for the noob chem users out there.
I grew two rounds of chem grows and then got into organics and I fkn loooove it!
Its way easier to maintain the plants, it takes less work, is cheaper and produces wayyy better than chem nutes, especially for noobs (in my opinion at least).
My plants smell better, they are more healthy and robust, leaves are darker and always pointing to the lights, etc.
I have yet to harvest my whole plant but just the looks of her blows my mind away.
Oh, and the smell!! The smell is like if you were to take a bunch of lemons and limes and crush them up and smell them, so fruity and citrusy! I love it!
The only problem I had for this current run was that I got spider mites about 3-4 weeks ago and couldnt do anything to get rid of them so that probably didnt help the plant much.. She still looks great though!

So the soil I used was subs super soil on the bottom 20% of my 5gallon geo pot and then I used promix for the base soil with some dolomite lime in there for PH buffering.
I did feed her throughout flower with bat poops high P (only a little bit), alfalfa meal, kelp meal, comfrey, glacial rock dust, vermicompost, liquid seaweed all mixed with about a teaspoon of molasses.
Im still working on gathering more supplies, I feel like im forgetting something here lol.. That is the majority though.

I brew AACT's with the vermicompost and some local forest soil that I gathered on my own and throw a bit of molasses in there for some food, I also add a bit of rock dust for fungal food and fungal housing.

I am growing my own aloe vera and am going to do sprouted seed teas for my next plant, she sprouted 2 days ago!! Wahoo!!!

If anyone has anything they think I should add then leave me a comment I always appreciate advice, helpful criticism!

Oh I guess I should add what kind of lights im using!
I have a 250watt LED light with like 7 different spectrums in it and I have 4 40watt red CFL bulbs, one might be a 26watt but I dont think so. Thats for flowering and I use 8x26watt bulbs for veg, mostly blues but there are a couple reds in there too.
When I make a better veg space thenI will add more bulbs but I cant right now and it seems like they are doing just fine in there.

Anywho, here are my pics!!






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Thanks for reading over my thread!
Leave me some feedback and I will be super happy!!

Beautiful man, well done! nothing better than organic. Great pics btw.

Great pics man!!! what strain is this? and would it be possible to get a pic set a little farther back so i can see the whole set up?? thanks!

thanks fellas!! she is my pride and joy haha.
the strain is "afghani"
she is 64 days flower right now, i will probably pull the rest of her in 4 days or so, she still has a few clear tricomes.

freedom: if you go in my journal and scroll through you will see what i grew her in, its pretty ghetto but it works!
i will post pics a bit later of the whole set up here too though.
i really want to make a new flower area but i have no room!

thanks for the comments guys
i advise all noobs to try their hand at organics, its easy, fun and greatly rewarding!!

Hmm.....Nice.....The high P guano use may be just a tic high, but no problems I see overall!
You should consider letting her go another whole week then wash for 1 more! You will be surprised at the quality levels of running that much longer!!!! It's right at the cusp of 1- 2 weeks more....at least 7 more whole days minimum!

Looking good for your first organic though!

Ur soil mix sounds delicious and nutritious and ur pix are first rate. Plus rep

Dr. Who said:

Hmm.....Nice.....The high P guano use may be just a tic high, but no problems I see overall!
You should consider letting her go another whole week then wash for 1 more! You will be surprised at the quality levels of running that much longer!!!! It's right at the cusp of 1- 2 weeks more....at least 7 more whole days minimum!

Looking good for your first organic though!

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I will take your advice and let her go at least 7 more days, i have a few buds from yesterday just to see if theres any difference (which im sure there will be!) theres no red tricomes except on the tips of the sugar leaves and thats only the tips.
I only used the guano twice in the past month and it was only like a teaspoon of it, i have been running plain water for the past week and a half i would say and the leaves are starting to fade nicely thanks for the feed back!

dannyboy602 said:

Ur soil mix sounds delicious and nutritious and ur pix are first rate. Plus rep

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Delicious and nutritious just like steaks!!
Thanks for the rep danny!
I wanted to show you my progress most of all haha
I have read 95% of the organic stickies in the past month or so.
Its been an awesome journey

also, you remind me of someone I used to be really good friends with, cats, fractals, weed, etc.

nova1992 said:

thanks fellas!! she is my pride and joy haha.
the strain is "afghani"
she is 64 days flower right now, i will probably pull the rest of her in 4 days or so, she still has a few clear tricomes.

freedom: if you go in my journal and scroll through you will see what i grew her in, its pretty ghetto but it works!
i will post pics a bit later of the whole set up here too though.
i really want to make a new flower area but i have no room!

thanks for the comments guys
i advise all noobs to try their hand at organics, its easy, fun and greatly rewarding!!

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Awesome!! im gonna check it out thanks man! and honestly ghetto or not u did a fantastic job, its not all about the equipment, sometimes its about the technique... hahaha i guess that goes in a lot of areas though huh?

Freedom35 said:

Awesome!! im gonna check it out thanks man! and honestly ghetto or not u did a fantastic job, its not all about the equipment, sometimes its about the technique... hahaha i guess that goes in a lot of areas though huh?

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I think a lot of things in life are like that!
I just got 82% in my horticultural course so I learned quite a bit about organics there, if you have a passion for plants then I would try to get into a course if I was you. It was only 6 weeks.
I make tweaks all the time to the box she is in. Its small so sometimes she grows into the bulbs and gets burnt.
I just need some cash so I can build a better box for her!

Thanks for the "good job" it feels good to show off!!

i bet man i gotta say im a bit jealous wat a crazy little grow! and ya know i was actually thinking of switching my major and pick up those classes! how did u like them? fun/boring? interesting?

Freedom35 said:

i bet man i gotta say im a bit jealous wat a crazy little grow! and ya know i was actually thinking of switching my major and pick up those classes! how did u like them? fun/boring? interesting?

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haha ya it is pretty crazy, its hand made with love!
personally i really liked the class, it was 6 weeks full time. i would get up at 6 am, leave by 7:30 to get to my class by 9am, the bus ride was loooong. but it was worth it, i learned a lot and got 82% on the course without studying so its easy.
my course is over 4 years though, its a trade so i go to school then get a job, build my hours up and then go to the next 6 week lvl.
i really really liked it, the first lvl was pretty much everything teaming with microbes the book is about then i learned the flower types, tree types, perennials and what not, plant parts etc. lvl 2 will be much more exciting!

every course will be different though. if you have a passion for plants and the soil then i would take a class. i think most people on here would enjoy the classes

damn man that sick! i think that was what i needed to hear to finally make the switch so thank u! i love plants and learing all about them. shit i probably already spend 2 hours a day on my laptop doing research already! tomorrow im going to pick some classes up and get it all figured out

Teaming with microbes? Damn son, I tell everybody to read that just to understand ORGANIC! The chapter on teas is worth the price of the book alone!
Ok peeps,,,,,here's the book......GET ONE!

http://www.amazon.com/Teaming-Microbes-Organic-Gardeners-Revised/dp/1604691131

Again,,,nice girls!

nova1992 said:

I will take your advice and let her go at least 7 more days, i have a few buds from yesterday just to see if theres any difference (which im sure there will be!) theres no red tricomes except on the tips of the sugar leaves and thats only the tips.
I only used the guano twice in the past month and it was only like a teaspoon of it, i have been running plain water for the past week and a half i would say and the leaves are starting to fade nicely thanks for the feed back!

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Ah yes I see the reason for my P concern now is moot. The strait water is the slow yellowing.....Man that's going to taste SOOO GOOD!!!! Hats off to you!

GO ORGANIC and BE happy!

Freedom35 said:

damn man that sick! i think that was what i needed to hear to finally make the switch so thank u! i love plants and learing all about them. shit i probably already spend 2 hours a day on my laptop doing research already! tomorrow im going to pick some classes up and get it all figured out

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I think you will really enjoy the classes! i spend about 5 hours a day on these fourms reading, the organics section is great!
you will meet like minded people there too which is nice
im glad i could help make your mind up!

Dr. Who said:

Teaming with microbes? Damn son, I tell everybody to read that just to understand ORGANIC! The chapter on teas is worth the price of the book alone!
Ok peeps,,,,,here's the book......GET ONE!

http://www.amazon.com/Teaming-Microbes-Organic-Gardeners-Revised/dp/1604691131

Again,,,nice girls!

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fantastic book!! i read it in 2 days lol

Dr. Who said:

Ah yes I see the reason for my P concern now is moot. The strait water is the slow yellowing.....Man that's going to taste SOOO GOOD!!!! Hats off to you!

GO ORGANIC and BE happy!

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thanks for the complements
i think i could have hit her harder with P and probably K too but it was my first time and i was a bit hesitant to load her up. she mostly got AACTs and i fed her when i "read" that she needed food.
i hope she is yummy! she smells like a fkn lemon lol, its great. if i closed my eyes and someone put her then a lemon infront of my face, freshly cut lemon, i wouldn't be able to tell the difference!

nova1992 said:

I think you will really enjoy the classes! i spend about 5 hours a day on these fourms reading, the organics section is great!
you will meet like minded people there too which is nice
im glad i could help make your mind up!

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hahahaha awesome man thanks again! and thanks for the rep!

Freedom35 said:

hahahaha awesome man thanks again! and thanks for the rep!

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no problem! Thank you for the feedback!