whats wrong with my plant?
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briccksquad
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exactly what you need to do
sativa indica pits
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both work fine. I like to mix a tiny bit in the top of a soil, 1-2 tablespoons max. But I also like to mix it right in the water, let it sit around just a few min in your case but I leave wood ash water in the buckets for weeks. and just use it every 3-4 weeks depending on how much soil there is, how big the plants are and so on. gypsum is a good source for calcium and sulfur. and as danny boy said epsom salt for mag-nesium
sativa indica pits
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just missed this,,, What I do and im sure there are people who do it different, But I like to start in say lg dunkin donut cups, 2-3 weeks later transplant into 2liter bottles, 2-3 weeks later t-plant into the next size pot and keep a transplant cycle of about every 2 weeks. there are a number of reasons I do this. 1 it makes the root system huge. 2 it makes sure the roots always have new and fresh soil to explore. 3 it saves space in the grow room, 4 the plants have a quick wet-dry cycle like 3-4 days. this is important because when your soil dries up the roots search for water. it takes a long time for 5 gal to dry up with a small plant. 5 if there is a problem with a plant, its much easier to flush or fix a smaller pot than 5 gallons of soil. I will always end up in a 5 gallon bucket or larger but it takes me about 5-8 transplants to get there. Just when t-planting, be really gental with the root ball. I cut most all my pots and tape them back together unless the soil releases easy. I never t-plant from dixie to 5 gal pot, found it works much better as I described. You will see tons of healthy white roots in a layer in the bottom of each pot every t-plant. I have had some plants make a layer of roots a 1/2 in. thick in 3 weeks, they love new soil!! while im here try some mycos also, it works with the roots and grows in your soil, very good for roots.
lava rock is awesome for roots, perlite for drainage, vermiculite and peat for water retention. I try to leave out fert when mixing my soil, I like to add it as a top derssing when the plants are older, root ball is bigger and the plants can handle fert better. I will thro in a few hand fulls of compost to my mix to get some beneficial bacteria in there as well as the mycelium from myco's, they work together with the roots and make the soil perfect!!
thats a run down of my soil, short version...lol but soil it the base for all your plants, spend some extra time and money on this step and your plants will pay you back come harvest day!!
any questions??? I know you must have a few, fire away
dubcoastOGs
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briccksquad
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bitchin cuz he is trying to help some1 in need, get over yourself
sativa indica pits
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yea really?? wtf qfb man so you have nothing better to do than post that,,,, where is all you good info? oh your packed with info man, dick more like it...
He is just a little sore from last night. I used his post to prove I was right when he was telling me I was wrong, that is like a total facepalm. sorry bout that hahahaaa
and how is my post wrong now? Or should he ask you how to make a good soil, Why dont you post something usefull. try to help someone maybe.... I would advise
everyone to follow this dude's advice, oh ya thats right he dont have any, cant seem to pull his head out of his ass long enough to help someone, accept He was wrong and I was right, and get over it... get over myself when i dont have any help to offer yes, until then get used to it.
Hmmm, im board, im going to marajuana plant problems, hyjack peoples thread's, offer nothing, and wine like a little baby when someone calls you out, proves you were wrong by your own post, shit man you cant get much worse than that..... thats a bad day...lol
One last thing, so where is the dub coast? you deffinitly belong there!!
sativa indica pits
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and yes I left a few things out to see if he would pick up on them and ask about it, just saying why do you want to prevent him from learning anyway? this is exactly what I was talking about last night/this morning. Im sure you must have a bunch of pics to show us how much of good grower you are? feel free to post them anytime...
i will, lets compare pics dub coast and everyone can decide who is a better grower ok, we will leave it up to riu, pic contest best looking grow, or biggest grow, what else? oh biggest bud..
i will, lets compare pics dub coast and everyone can decide who is a better grower ok, we will leave it up to riu, pic contest best looking grow, or biggest grow, what else? oh biggest bud..
Matt P.
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Wow didn't think this thread would start a fight. Lol. Anyway I'm only here to learn and fix my problems and grow better medicine for me and my patients. Back to the subject at hand. Ya i trans plant 1 time. From small dixy cups right into 5 gal pots. And I thought it was better that way so it was less stress on the plant? Guess I was wrong. I would love to do my own soils ect. But the only slow time for me is in winter. The rest of the time I work 80 or more hours a week sometimes and don't have a lot of time on my hands. Anyway wish I new about the wood ash before I went out and bought a bunch of lime online. I'll put some Epsom salt and some wood ash for now and do the lime in my soil when I trans plant my new babbys into bigger pots.
sativa indica pits
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lime will work just fine... Wood ash just has every heavy metal mj uses. hard wood ash is the best. soil like I said is your starting point, make it strong and the plants will be strong. Im not telling you to just do it like this,, experiment, take 2 same strain, same age, same size cuttings, place one into a 5 gal. t-plant the other one like I described, and see what works better for you and your grow.
I teach a class of caregivers at my doctors office. I am a care giver myself and only want people to grow better medicine. I also have a full line of seeds, all my own crosses and hybrids. Other caregivers in the group, like myself write down our current problems, new ideas, feed back on meds, put them all together and find the answers,see what works and what dosent, by research, tests, trial and error. its really fun actually
I teach a class of caregivers at my doctors office. I am a care giver myself and only want people to grow better medicine. I also have a full line of seeds, all my own crosses and hybrids. Other caregivers in the group, like myself write down our current problems, new ideas, feed back on meds, put them all together and find the answers,see what works and what dosent, by research, tests, trial and error. its really fun actually
dubcoastOGs
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hang on, I just wanna get this straight. Your all over the place in multiple threads.
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You grow in soil....?
and you Ph adjust your plain water, or nutrient regime before watering your plants...?
and you really think, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the ph of your soil would drift without you doing so first?
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You grow in soil....?
and you Ph adjust your plain water, or nutrient regime before watering your plants...?
and you really think, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the ph of your soil would drift without you doing so first?
sativa indica pits
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just for shits and giggles, i went to my grow room today after all this ph doesnt matter talk ok.... not try to piss you off, or dis on you or say you are wrong ok,,, just clam down a bit and hear me.
I took my un adjusted water, tested it it was 7.5,,, I said fuk it, watered a few of the 100% perked up healthy looking plants, do you waant me to go get a pic of one of the plants right now, i will, the leaves folded down, looked like death..... A few hrs later worse,, so I took 4.0 water, about 1 cup each dumped it at the base of the plant, they are starting to lift back up and look like they did right before I gave the 7.5 water. now this is not overwatering. I have a very good soil mix and its doing anything to buffer the ph , i left a few plants to see just how long it will take to buffer by them self,,, let me go take some pics for ya.
dubcoastOGs
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ok, since we're being nice now.
Respectfully, Can you answer me why people don't ph adjust their compost tea's?
Respectfully, Can you answer me why people don't ph adjust their compost tea's?
sativa indica pits
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they actually dont look that bad, the leaves are dying off the bottom?