Aussie Growers Thread

Alarmclock

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I use greenleaf nutrients - megacrop (bought 10kg about a year and a half ago and still got 9kg ish) as my base from start to finish.

during flower i boost it with mono potassium phosphate to boost the pk levels and get the nitrogen level down a bit

I also foliar feed nts’s cmb trio through veg until week 3ish of flower. I also have some nts k-rich to foliar in late (week 5-7) flower but i haven’t really used it much because it just feels a bit wrong but I will next run

I also normally use mycogold in my coco to promote healthy roots but I need to order some more.

keen to add a few other things to my lineup like some MAP (mono ammonia phosphate) to boost p in early/mid flower, some nts products (tri kelp, fulvic acid, Brix fix, and phos force) to fill some gaps and up my foliar game. There’s a few other nts lines I’d like to run but $$.

I also probably need to work on my IPM strategy but I’m a little lazy and just treat outbreaks as I get them.
I just doing some homework (either 420bigbud.com or friendlyaussiebuds.com) said should be washing the coco every 15 days and talked about coco being buffed and pre treatment. Is it really an issue or just drama queen shit.
 

reza92

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I just doing some homework (either 420bigbud.com or friendlyaussiebuds.com) said should be washing the coco every 15 days and talked about coco being buffed and pre treatment. Is it really an issue or just drama queen shit.
I do neither. Discard about 20% runoff with each feed to prevent salt buildup.
 

JimyTheCook

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On that subject, Yep! Totally agree.

'Can't be arsed cutting & pasting, so I'm 'Gonna ramble a bit here in response to Jimy's query.

A Bokashi bin (No! NOT Bukkake ;) ) is the way to go. Feed the run-off juice with diluted molasses & allow it to ferment in a large fermenting vessel.
If I were (as a brewer) to give you a recipe, I'd say "It depends....". Guess? Half a litre will adequately do 30-40L of dilute molasses. Choose your own dilution ratio).

What you're doing here is increasing the microbial activity. Specifically, you're feeding/fermenting Lactobacillus bacteria. If anyone remembers an old post from Ozcocoloco (or paid attention & made notes.....;)), he was adding malted barley to his mix. Reason being, malted barley is absolutely fucking RIFE with Lacto. bacteria.......beneficial to soil, microbes, & helps the plants metabolise the nutrients in the soil.

Add your own Seasol/worm-juice & you effectively have your own Go-Go juice..

Sorry, I like brewing my own stuff, rather than buying a bottle.
An they reckon people who smoke arent switched on like the rest of the worlds sheep. Always great info on this thread. Ive spent many hours reading about pros an cons of mollasses added to feedin plants although never seen anything about foliar feed with it but i assumed it would have to be better then plain water..
The bokashi bin seems like a good simple an hassle free way to go about composting an creatin a base for good fertilzer much the same as having a worm bin plenty of goodness and is easy as setting the thing up an letting it do its thing.. Although as luke said and cheers for postin the link to it, they look good but dunno if i could fork out $200 to buy it.
 

JimyTheCook

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easily the best live racing you will find are Sprintcars and Speedway Motorbikes. 2min in is the start for anyone who hasnt seen them. Crazy fkrs.
Man there mental some of the stacks they have in those sprintcars is unreal. An the bikes are much the same apart from there isnt a cage stoppin them from gettin smashed by other riders.plus there mental bastards
 
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reza92

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I seen a bloke on you tube saying mollasses goes into roots and plant uses it as a "carbohydrate"(his word)
this is a pretty hotly debated topic (a bit like flushing) personally I belong to the train of thought that cannabis (Like most plants) doesn’t absorb sugars through the root zone but rather expels excess sugars (made as a byproduct of photosynthesis) through the roots. If the plants doing it’s job properly it’s already making more than it needs if it can actually absorb any.
 

JimyTheCook

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this is a pretty hotly debated topic (a bit like flushing) personally I belong to the train of thought that cannabis (Like most plants) doesn’t absorb sugars through the root zone but rather expels excess sugars (made as a byproduct of photosynthesis) through the roots. If the plants doing it’s job properly it’s already making more than it needs if it can actually absorb any.
Wen i posted about mollasses i was hoping it wouldn blow up about it as its debated everywhere acrros many forums. I Dont have the khowlege to say weather or not the plants absorb the sugars or not but i agree it is benificial to the plant non the less an i will continue to add it in my feed schedule from time to time.
 

reza92

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Wen i posted about mollasses i was hoping it wouldn blow up about it as its debated everywhere acrros many forums. I Dont have thr khowlege to say weather or not the plants absorb the sugars or not but i agree it is benificial to the plant non the less an i will continue to add it in my feed schedule from time to time.
its 100% beneficial to the microbes which are also beneficial to the plant. It’s a knock on effect. Microbes are what make dirt work, healthy microbes = healthy soil = healthy plant. But using molasses in a sterile system that doesn’t contain microbiology is, IMO, useless.
 

Alarmclock

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Plant roots are able to absorb sugars from the rhizosphere but also release sugars and other metabolites that are critical for growth and environmental signaling. Reabsorption of released sugar molecules could help reduce the loss of photosynthetically fixed carbon through the roots.Oct 31, 2011
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pub...


To technical for this white duck.
This says everyone is right. If your getting good results why change
If it aint broke dont fix it
 

reza92

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Plant roots are able to absorb sugars from the rhizosphere but also release sugars and other metabolites that are critical for growth and environmental signaling. Reabsorption of released sugar molecules could help reduce the loss of photosynthetically fixed carbon through the roots.Oct 31, 2011
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pub...


To technical for this white duck.
This says everyone is right. If your getting good results why change
If it aint broke dont fix it
As I said. Hotly debated even with the horticulture community
 

reza92

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I have allot to learn
Don’t we all. I’m still learning and relearning stuff. Sometimes information changes

the beauty of science is it’s always evolving, even farming these days takes generally atleast 1 person on farm to have a degree, farmers are really looking at their soil as an investment now focusing on thing like carbon sequestration, promoting microbial growth etc. long gone are the days of just slamming super phos and other salt based ferts into the dirt (well mostly there’s still those stuck in there ways) Willy nilly.
 
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OzyM8

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@JimyTheCook .

Can you post a photo of the leaf stuff you had going on overnight, I can’t find it now...too much car chatter in between, n it’s been a busy day.
Also is that plant also showing signs of the new tip growth necrosis?
Cheers, I’ll try to help.
 
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Lucky Luke

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Don’t we all. I’m still learning and relearning stuff. Sometimes information changes

the beauty of science is it’s always evolving, even farming these days takes generally atleast 1 person on farm to have a degree, farmers are really looking at their soil as an investment now focusing on thing like carbon sequestration, promoting microbial growth etc. long gone are the days of just slamming super phos and other salt based ferts into the dirt (well mostly there’s still those stuck in there ways) Willy nilly.
farmers in my part of the state are mainly university educated, younger and have more than one farm.
 
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