If you can get your hands on a PPM meter, check the PPM of your reverse osmosis water and see where its @... Those meters are also a good way to figure out when you need to replace your filters/membrane (just make sure the meter is usable below 100ppm, I made the mistake of buying 1 that starts working at 100ppm+)... But if your RO water is coming out @ less than 50ppm, you dont need to bother adjusting the PH... The TDS/PPM should be 0 unless your filter/membrane needs replacing or it has a permeation pump like mine which adds 15-30ppm of cal/mag back into the water after it strips it down to 0-PPM, which does not require me to ph.View attachment 3281436i followed subcool's super soil recipe from high times. i could not find roots organic for very cheap so i tried to make my own similar base soil. i used fertilome which is just peat moss, perlite, lime, and a wetting agent to keep the soil from drying too quickly. i added a little kelp, vermiculite(why not i had some), coco fiber, extra perlite because fertilome doesnt have much. and this fox farm 5-5-5 fertilizer which had some similar ingredients to the roots along with mycorrhizae. i found a soil test kit on clearance at a hardware store and seen what it said. im not sure the accuracy but the ph was around 8. i was a bit disappointed but stuck with it. NPK were all very high. i do my final transplant in 5 gallon grow bags and add some N bat guano to the top of the soil. so far it has been plenty to get me thru veg. i use RO water and ph every time. since the soil was a bit too alkaline i let the ro water ph go closer to about 6.1-6.5 instead of 6.3-6.8. not sure if it was a good idea but i know it's not going to kill them. anyone know if it really makes a difference to ph ro water for soil grows? since the ph is so unstable won't the water just change anyway when it gets absorbed into the soil? my RO comes out at 4.something. doesnt take much ph up to raise it. the plants seem all be healthy. little bit of the claw leaves going on on the smaller leaves by the buds. it seems like the plants are growing at a much faster rate than when i was using the FF trio. environmental conditions are virtually the same as before. thinking of using roots 707 next time if i can find a good deal on bulk. i've already been trying it for the base soil to mix with the super soil on the final transplant.
its going to have sum tasty bubble hashResin monsters!
Nice. I had 4 beans of 9lb hammer but the one I just started ended up male so saving it for pollen. Did you notice less branching on the 9lb hammer? My little male is straight up like a popsicle with hardly any lateral growth. What is there is small.
I had one pheno like that. The others took off and branched out. I only topped them once and they grew pretty fast.Nice. I had 4 beans of 9lb hammer but the one I just started ended up male so saving it for pollen. Did you notice less branching on the 9lb hammer? My little male is straight up like a popsicle with hardly any lateral growth. What is there is small.
I grew the hammer this year outdoors..must say its a crazy strain..lol..I got 2 females and 1 male out 3 planted...1 fem took 6 1/2 weeks and was fully matured..20% amber..the other fem took 8 weeks to mature...funny thing is they both looked alike and smelled alike..this is a no fool around strain...it kicks your ass down in the dirt...glad I took clones...my son won a oil competition using the hammer...wicked good taste..strong terp profile
best hash I ever made came from 9lb and quantum kush. The 9lb flavor is so good cherry/ blueberry / skunky. Just wait til after you cure for a while. It will knock you on your ass. It's my fav strain. I have more 6 more seeds out of 15. I kind of want a male to do some breeding. I have other breeding projects coming up first so...I grew the hammer this year outdoors..must say its a crazy strain..lol..I got 2 females and 1 male out 3 planted...1 fem took 6 1/2 weeks and was fully matured..20% amber..the other fem took 8 weeks to mature...funny thing is they both looked alike and smelled alike..this is a no fool around strain...it kicks your ass down in the dirt...glad I took clones...my son won a oil competition using the hammer...wicked good taste..strong terp profile
Oh I used the male pollen to cross the 2 females and also a Ace of Spaces..got seeds from all..cant wait till spring...I grow outdoors in a greenhouse...both plants reached 9 feet and tons of bud sites...and very liitle rot to speak of...rock hard buds...loaded in sugar...made some wicked dry ice hash with it...each plant came close to a lb dried..worth the grow ..its fire