Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

[st0wandgrow]

I guess you can go about answering this question in the FUN way... Crop some a little early, then some at your usual time, and for shits and giggles why not a tad later too. SINGLE plant. Let it all dry and see which you prefer yourself. I like to wait a little later than most people. Most strains are so potent I don't mind losing a bit of THC, but later crops always have insane flavour. I wait till the tops have a little 'golden' sprinkling. Looked so good on the Diesel, gold on purple...



Same here. Even my soil mixes are MUCH more minimal than most recommend. I do make sure it is properly limed though. This gives me a bit of wiggle-room to play with my plants, give them teas and top-dress etc. I used to do the same with hydro, start with a low EC around 1.2 and push it up slowly to 1.5. After a few runs you can see what it eats a lot of and what not so much, is it Mg heavy? Does it love N? Does it munch away at the Ca during flower? Using less, you can tweak more to specific needs.



Stow, exactly how do you use/prepare your aloe? I've not had much chance to research the use of it for cannabis, but I have more aloe than you can imagine. I could probably harvest a few tons if I cut them all down. They grow wild here.

Hamish, I've been using the freeze dried aloe, and before that bottled aloe so I'm not the best person to ask about fresh aloe. I've read where some people boil it for a few minutes, and others literally cut open a sprond and liquefy it in a blender, then apply. I water weekly with an aloe/Ful-Power (and sometimes Pro-tekt) mix, which I just put some in to a spray bottle and mist. I also use aloe on my cuttings that are going in to a rapid rooter which has seemed to work well. Nice white roots in 7-10 days.

I really need to get a few aloe plants in the mix. That and Comfrey. One of the big dogs uses comfrey and ewc as a layer of mulch on his indoor containers. Brilliant using a bio accumulator like comfrey as mulch imo.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Hamish, I've been using the freeze dried aloe, and before that bottled aloe so I'm not the best person to ask about fresh aloe. I've read where some people boil it for a few minutes, and others literally cut open a sprond and liquefy it in a blender, then apply. I water weekly with an aloe/Ful-Power (and sometimes Pro-tekt) mix, which I just put some in to a spray bottle and mist. I also use aloe on my cuttings that are going in to a rapid rooter which has seemed to work well. Nice white roots in 7-10 days.

I really need to get a few aloe plants in the mix. That and Comfrey. One of the big dogs uses comfrey and ewc as a layer of mulch on his indoor containers. Brilliant using a bio accumulator like comfrey as mulch imo.

That is how I am going to do it. I am looking for a mulch layer. Thanks st0w. It's so hard to try and read everything.

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[RedCarpetMatches]

Hyroot and Green Santa are aloe experts. I guess I should start some Japanese aloe, horsetail, and comfrey like a pro.

 

[May11th]

Lmao its the secret ingredient for sticky icky buds lol

Ill check out my aloe I use when I get home and post a link guys. So far my blueberrys love it. My flowering plants are suffering from a not so great soil combo. So the leaves look rachet . Ttyl guys

 

[Mad Hamish]

Cool beans, I figure I'll just squeeze some juice and dilute a bit and test on one baby first. See how it rolls. If I dig it then I'll open the taps and give 'em all the aloe love... Thanks Stow.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

I want to try some of those sprout teas. I recently saw a cannabis seed sprout tea. It was incredible. I forgot where I saw it.

 

[hyroot]

Hyroot and Green Santa are aloe experts. I guess I should start some Japanese aloe, horsetail, and comfrey like a pro.

I have figured out a much simpler way of using fresh aloe for clones.. Take the leaves and let the sap drain for a little while. Then cut the tip of the leaf. Squeeze the leaf enough to break the cellulose and loosen the gel. Not too much. You want the gel to stay in the leaf. Once the gel is loosened up. Just dip the cutting in the leaf. The gel comes off much easier and stays with the cutting rather than fileting the leaf.

For foliar or soil drench I have been letting the sap drain. Then puree the whole leaf (multiple leaves). Then strain the slurry goo. Add to water then puree again. Then add that mix to more water for a foliar or add mix to bucket of water or tea just before feeding / watering.

I want to try some of those sprout teas. I recently saw a cannabis seed sprout tea. It was incredible. I forgot where I saw it.

They are awesome. Results are fantabulous. I've only done barley seed sprout tea. Cannabis seed sprout tea, I feel like I would be wasting good genetics.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

TH Seeds Darkstar. Smooth. Earthy. Faint sweet menthol taste. Feels pretty strong. Relaxing. Leaves a sweet minty taste in your throat and on the back center of your tongue when you breath in and out. Seems pretty nice. Half a blunt in and your head feels very uplifted. Still tastes really nice. Looks a little like the Engineers' Dream. I am keeping this strain. Holy cow it's strong. My head, neck, back, legs, etc., all feel really relaxed. I did not give this plant the attention it deserved. I have a nice mother of her. I swear it acts like Vicks on your lungs and clears them.

 

[May11th]

Sweet. That dark star is a freebie at herbies. How long was thr flower time, you'll have to let us know how long the high last. Good shit gandlaf looks tasty, and pefect for me because I love vicks lol

 

[mycomaster]

I've heard alot of great things about the Darkstar. Looks like they were correct. All the ways you're describing this strain is right up my alley man. I love all the pics, and descriptions you've been giving lately. It's nice to get info, with pics from somebody you trust. Seriously, you have such a talent, and love for what you do. It's really inspiring to come in here, see all this Dank, and try to keep up in some way, love it. Keep up what ever you're doing bro, it works a charm. Peace, Light, and Love.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Sweet. That dark star is a freebie at herbies. How long was thr flower time, you'll have to let us know how long the high last. Good shit gandlaf looks tasty, and pefect for me because I love vicks lol

56-60 days. I am still flying happy.

I've heard alot of great things about the Darkstar. Looks like they were correct. All the ways you're describing this strain is right up my alley man. I love all the pics, and descriptions you've been giving lately. It's nice to get info, with pics from somebody you trust. Seriously, you have such a talent, and love for what you do. It's really inspiring to come in here, see all this Dank, and try to keep up in some way, love it. Keep up what ever you're doing bro, it works a charm. Peace, Light, and Love.

Thanks bro. It takes a village to raise a grower. We have a fine village going.

 

[Tazbud]

Ah, that looks very ridiculously tasty Gandalf!!

It's madness how these organic compounds are found in various forms in many back yards yet so many growers fall for the bottled magic. Here's my Comfrey patch:



You could grow it easily enough in a tub, we had it at another house and the maintenance was just smiling at it now and then... No shit, also, I wish it smoked nice- it grows nuts!!

Planted these ^ about 2 1/2 weeks ago and already cut and dried a couple of big handfuls. Mixed with a generous amount of dried clover, some dried kelp (grabbed some with some molusc shells from the rocks when last at the beach haha) (clover was courtesy of our lawn).

Mad!! I have a nice big aloe plant, had it for years. These things too, they go off- throwing out pups and almost no maintenance. For me it's almost easier, definitely a more wholesome feeling experience grabbing stuff from the yard than the net

 

[hyroot]

Gandalf that looks dank. That nug reminds me of some black domina I did years ago when I was first starting out. it was dank too

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Ah, that looks very ridiculously tasty Gandalf!!

It's madness how these organic compounds are found in various forms in many back yards yet so many growers fall for the bottled magic. Here's my Comfrey patch:

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You could grow it easily enough in a tub, we had it at another house and the mainenace was just smiling at it now and then... No shit, also, I wish it smoked nice- it grows nuts!!

Planted these ^ about 2 1/2 weeks ago and already cut and dried a couple of big handfuls. Mixed with a generous amount of dried clover, some dried kelp (grabbed some with some molusc shells from the rocks when last at the beach haha) (clover was courtesy of our lawn).

Mad!! I have a nice big aloe plant, had it for years. These things too, they go off- throwing out pups and almost no maintenance. For me it's almost easier, definitely a more wholesome feeling experience grabbing stuff from the yard than the net

That is fantastic. I was just saying I am going to use in as a mulch layer in another thread combined with ewcs. Now I can't find it anywhere. Welcome to the party. Hang around. I would love to see how you do things.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Gandalf that looks dank. That nug reminds me of some black domina I did years ago when I was first starting out. it was dank too

That inspires my next smoke. Power Skunk. Black Domina x Super Skunk. Black Domina was always a power strain.

 

[Tazbud]

Cheers Gandalf, I think iv'e read that this morning too. Thanks for all the great stuff you guys go to the trouble to share.

I'm a gorilla in my own home , back to a KIS / one or two plant organic grow from now on so hopefully I can join in now and then as I keep learning.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Here is a strain of great interest to me. I want to get a male to cross with my JTR. I have these in the fridge. The Psychosis is a clone only pre 1990 Sensi NL5 x Haze. That is a cool strain.

http://www.breedersboutique.com/webshop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=55

http://www.breedersboutique.com/webshop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=52

 

[May11th]

I want some g13, its all I hear about from my dad and his friends, my dad never grew organic but used a lot of organic stuff but not full, his friends talk about his weed still 15 yrs later sayibg his g13 is the best theyve had even compared to new shit. I sucks to not be able to find a gene.

 

[hyroot]

I want to get some space bomb and cross it with my 3 phenos nl#5 x sfv og, cheese berry kush, and cheese og. I just need some loot and some place to breed.

 

[Mad Hamish]

I want to get some space bomb and cross it with my 3 phenos nl#5 x sfv og, cheese berry kush, and cheese og. I just need some loot and some place to breed.

NL#5 x San Francisco Valley OG sounds DANK. That's quite a deadly combo.