Be careful with them, they're powerful, I put 200w of the clu048 1212's in my nursery/early veg tent and nearly fried everything, heat wasn't an issue, I didn't have the height for the light intensity given off them, the tent IS only 4 ft tall though.
So I made myself some CalPhos...
and tried it out, applying it twice, as a nicely diluted foliar and feed, in the time just before flower.
Probably did more harm than good, though I will not blame it for the midgrow distress the Sour Stomper got into either, not alone anyway. In this case, I have no need for scientific clarification of the validity of my choice, though the acetic acid is not exactly beneficial to the microherd, whilst the CalPhos (? can it even be called that) content is not accordingly high enough to be worth the effort anyway. But end of the day, all that...?
It just didn't feel right.
Eggshells added to the wormbin along with feedings will do the job just as well, nicely preprocessed by the time the EWC gets added to the soil.
So many and diverse learning experiences arose from this lovely, scary, and wild grow!
Ah, the Sour Stomper. we shall meet again!
The total dry weight came down to 232g in the end.
The top colas, which were so near the light, dried to 1/4 of their weight,
whilst the bushy part of the plant, getting less heat, dried to 1/5.
Makes sense, something I'll take more note of in future.
Possibly I could've given the bush another week or so to foxtail and densen up for a few grams more. But hey, she did great, and, given the potency she's hinted at from the test smoke right before jarring, will be liked even if the buds are a tad fluffy.
After pondering some, I'm pretty sure the major yield gain came from the LST, that allowed the tertiary branches to grow out. Not every strain will bring this gain, as not all strains have this trait of wanting to grow out auxiliary branches with such vigour. But with the Sour Stomper, it works - and yes I'll be seeing if I can replicate next year
Plant size and yield (taking the tertiaries out of the equation) turned out to be perfectly proportionate:
Mephisto describe the plant as 50-70cm height and 60-80g yield.
Mine was 99cm tall and gave me 120g (Main colas and secondaries together).
And the extravagant overall growth, I am putting down mainly to the feedings of living matter via plant part smoothies, SST, and kelp juice. I definitely have found my style for now, along with the assortment of microbe-rich substrates and composts I have begun building.
I do have this feeling I may consider complementing the fresh-feed style with things like FPEs in future, given I live in a cold climate. But I'm also thinking of an indoor open garden bed next to the dining table, growing tomatoes, salads, herbs... The Make-Your-Own-Meal Urban Minifarm
Cheers and thanks for joining me on this ride!
LMAO as you can tell by my av, I LOVE SOUTH PARK fucking hilarious. thanks for that, gave me a great laugh.
i think i'm in love lol
Hahaha...............welcome to the 'Club'
haha!oh you are quitely forgiven, what breathtaking pix (literally!), thank you!
Tis a great pleasure for me to think and write of these things, Shluby! Very glad for the companyI was checking out the earlier parts of this thread that i missed....
the chlorophyll juice for the plants..... and other smoothies for that matter.... seemed to give you some nice results (and that dudes veggie garden!). I think i'm going to start doing some stuff like this. What kind of greens do you like to use?? I have the 12 variety cover crop from BAS that i could start, and also some barley grass that I could do as well.
I also think i'm going to start blending the food scraps and put them into the compost bin I have working instead of having them piled up in the freezer more so than they already are for the worms lol. I'm gonna add some more leaves to that compost bin i have going, and i'll start adding small amounts of the veggie puree on the weekends when I use fresh veggies when i'm home (juicing scraps would be PERFECT for this!!!). Just work them into the compost bin right? I'm gonna watch some more of those videos as well. Thanks for the awesome links. Sorry for the bombardment of questions lol
edit: ever do a cannabis leaf puree?????
Though yes I have continued using the method onmy "normal" plants, they're getting the juice from chopped veggie scraps I prepare for the worms and my soilifying experiment.
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Hey did u make the lights that's what I need they have the similaritie to the amare 450+UV with the colors n all good job if u did build then and nice grow area
Yeah, both self built and the spectrum I was aiming for was inspired by the amares..............
Nail some boards together into a square or rectangle, cut some screen mesh (like for a screen door, you can get that stuff at home depot or similar store). Nail it to the boards. Now you can sift your castings, don't make it too big you gotta shake that shit yourself tho! Lol
Copy that. I only grow out doors to. I find it less time consuming
Settle down kids. .mmmckayyy don't do drugs mmmckayi think i'm in love lol
