Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

[GandalfdaGreen]

LA Haze. Varying phenos. LA Haze is in the back of the first picture too.

I will show the Afghani Haze pheno when I pull them out for shots.

 

[cancrusher]

Do not overwater the pellets. Do not mist them all the time. Leave them alone. Remind me as to what type of soil mix you are going to use? What can you get near you?

pretty much i dont have much of a selection around here, but i want to do it properly this time. would like to maybe get some regular soil and flush all the nutes out? so i can go in clean? i think that might have been my problem before. would like to go completely organic too, not a fan of chems lol

 

[cancrusher]

wish i could buy that fox farm ocean forest, looks good

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

If you could start with a great soil as a base we could build an easy mix that will kick ass and that you can use right away. Do not add anything else. This is the Rev's On the Fly TLO Quick mix. No cooking required. It's a bad ass mix according to the Rev.

1 part perlite
1 part ewc
1 part good bagged organic soil with Mycos in it
1 tbs of dry all purpose, all natural fertilizer with even NPK numbers like 5-5-5 per gallon of soil mix

 

[cancrusher]

If you could start with a great soil as a base we could build an easy mix that will kick ass and that you can use right away. Do not add anything else. This is the Rev's On the Fly TLO Quick mix. No cooking required. It's a bad ass mix according to the Rev.

1 part perlite
1 part ewc
1 part good bagged organic soil with Mycos in it
1 tbs of dry all purpose, all natural fertilizer with even NPK numbers like 5-5-5 per gallon of soil mix

i have looked for the worm castings but cant find them anywhere

 

[Steelheader3430]

Have you looked into online orders crusher? I know it will cost you xtra for the shipping but your obviously aware a change needs to come. Make the investment now so you can get to growing properly. I know the frustration of being inexperienced and ill prepared, let me tell you it feels good to have things running smoothly in the grow. I say search ebay for soils and do lots of homework. And don't be afraid to ask these guys anything they're awesome. If you gotta fork out another 30 bucks for shipping then eat peanutbutter and honey sandwiches instead of grabbing some on the go food. Thats what I do.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Have you looked into online orders crusher? I know it will cost you xtra for the shipping but your obviously aware a change needs to come. Make the investment now so you can get to growing properly. I know the frustration of being inexperienced and ill prepared, let me tell you it feels good to have things running smoothly in the grow. I say search ebay for soils and do lots of homework. And don't be afraid to ask these guys anything they're awesome. If you gotta fork out another 30 bucks for shipping then eat peanutbutter and honey sandwiches instead of grabbing some on the go food. Thats what I do.

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[May11th]

Gandalf, superskunk is good,you weren't kidding, I smoked 3 hrs ago and im still high. To bad I had a bad batch of phnenos from nivrvana. They dont put iff much smell after their dry but pack a punch and have a different taste to it.

 

[Mad Hamish]

i have looked for the worm castings but cant find them anywhere

Looks like you and me have similar issues sourcing stuff bro. If you can't find ewc you can substitute with a good organic compost while you get your worm bins going for now. Ordering online will be hard with Aussie customs. I read up a bit and pretty much anything alive or organic gets stopped. Not a bad thing, it is a very sensitive ecology and they are doing what needs to be done. I will get onto my PC in an hour or so and come post some suggestions my thumbs struggle with the phone...

 

[hyroot]

Make your own worm castings. Get worms from uncle jims worm farm online or a farm supply.

free fertz are even better.

 

[Mad Hamish]

Make your own worm castings. Get worms from uncle jims worm farm online or a farm supply.

free fertz are even better.

You can't import live worms from the USA to Australia mate. You can't have any organic stuff sent to the country from abroad, really. The reason is that Australia has one of the most sensitive ecologies on this planet. Anything foreign can cause a shitload of trouble when introduced. Pretty much everything that has been introduced from somewhere else has become a plague. Unfortunately ordering from US online stores is not an option for him.

I found a good supplier for worms in Oz:

http://www.kookaburrawormfarms.com.au/products.html

These guys not only have the worms, but the castings also:

http://www.wormsdownunder.com.au/wormfarmproducts.html

 

[st0wandgrow]

i have looked for the worm castings but cant find them anywhere

Do you have room in your yard to start a compost bin/pile? If you want more info on this just say the word.

I would also check and see if there's a local source of compost near you that you could buy (someone may even give it to you). A good source of compost is just as good as vermicompost (or ewc) and is very inexpensive.


edit: MH already covered this. Can't keep up with this thread!

 

[AllDayToker]

Came to my organic guys for my problem. Some of my fan leaves are turning yellow, and getting some brown spots on them. I'm thinking it's some kind of potassium toxicity, or possibly a phosphorus deficiency. Just need some help IDing and solving.

Plant is 3-4 weeks into flower, the problem is located around the upper middle part of the plant.
I've been feeding it blooming teas, just a starter recipe including seabird guano, high P bat guano, ewc, molasses, and Maxicrop.
I feed every 3rd watering with tea.



Let me know if you need anymore information then that. Thanks

 

[Steelheader3430]

Oh Australia?! Damn. Hamish it won't let me give you rep again yet. But it's coming dude. Hang in there crusher.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Came to my organic guys for my problem. Some of my fan leaves are turning yellow, and getting some brown spots on them. I'm thinking it's some kind of potassium toxicity, or possibly a phosphorus deficiency. Just need some help IDing and solving.

Plant is 3-4 weeks into flower, the problem is located around the upper middle part of the plant.
I've been feeding it blooming teas, just a starter recipe including seabird guano, high P bat guano, ewc, molasses, and Maxicrop.
I feed every 3rd watering with tea.



Let me know if you need anymore information then that. Thanks

Do you dilute the teas? Can I see the exact amounts of the amendments per gallon? I know it's against the grain in organics but I get a rough ppm range for the dilution of my teas. I think you have overdone it with you teas. I use teas once every 2-3 weeks. Mine are always 1:1 max. It's just my way.

 

[AllDayToker]

Do you dilute the teas? Can I see the exact amounts of the amendments per gallon? I know it's against the grain in organics but I get a rough ppm range for the dilution of my teas. I think you have overdone it with you teas. I use teas once every 2-3 weeks. Mine are always 1:1 max. It's just my way.

I never dilute my teas. The recipe is 2 cups of dry mix, (seabird, bat guano, ewc) with 5 tablespoon of maxicrop and molasses. I planned on making another batch today and when it's done in a couple days I can test the ppm.

When I first started teas I was told to feed like I would normal nutes, either every other watering, or every 3 waterings.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

This is for Hamish. It worked bro. I ran teas the whole way with a bubbler on the entire time to keep things fresh. I added new water and fresh tea stuff every 10-14 days. I kept my paint strainer in the res full of my goodies. I ran the pump only until the bottom quarter inch of the blocks were wet. I neglected these to the point of being indifferent as to their survival. They had no direct light ever. They did produce some nice little nugs full of healthy Kali Mist seeds organically grown. If these were under direct light I could have pulled off a killer harvest. I decided early to use it for seeds rather than kill them. I am so glad I did. There was no mold or anything. Don't laugh at the pictures. This was only to see if something could live this way. It turned out to be far better than flowers. I just wrapped all the taller ones together and tied them to the pump cord. Total abuse.

 

[mycomaster]

The first picture, I thought you were holding a culled plant upside down, LOL. What a cool idea to use em for seed production. I can only imagine how stretchy Kali could get without direct light, LOL. I bet that was fun to deal with, but the idea with fixing them on the cord seems to have worked nicely. After I refocused my gaze on the pics I quickly noticed what was going on, DUH. You should have a nice pull of seeds from those nugs. All it cost you was a little space & time. Gotta love that.

Who cares what some plants that you completely neglected look like, do I have to remind you what you've been posting the last couple of days. DANK!

Peace & Love.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

I never dilute my teas. The recipe is 2 cups of dry mix, (seabird, bat guano, ewc) with 5 tablespoon of maxicrop and molasses. I planned on making another batch today and when it's done in a couple days I can test the ppm.

When I first started teas I was told to feed like I would normal nutes, either every other watering, or every 3 waterings.

The problem with teas is that people start to use them as they would conventional bottled ferts. I know I made the exact same mistake in my last run. I posted the pictures up about a week ago to discuss the problem I had and how I am handling things differently. Post #1232 on page 124.

I would be very careful with the high P guano. Try plain water for awhile then go back into it with a lighter tea. People always say you can't burn plants with organics. I know you can. I did it.

 

[AllDayToker]

The problem with teas is that people start to use them as they would conventional bottled ferts. I know I made the exact same mistake in my last run. I posted the pictures up about a week ago to discuss the problem I had and how I am handling things differently. Post #1232 on page 124.

I would be very careful with the high P guano. Try plain water for awhile then go back into it with a lighter tea. People always say you can't burn plants with organics. I know you can. I did it.

Alright. I'll go back and get out the post. So a couple more plain waterings then feed with a diluted tea.

Thanks for info mane. I'm sure loving these teas how healthy the ladies have been looking, now I just got to get my feeding schedule down. I'll have to show off one of my other later I'm harvesting in a week, started teas when she was in week 4, now she is just DANK! She just did a 360 on me completely.
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Went back and read your post on pg 124, defiantly helped me out. Going to give my girls some nice plain water and come back with a little calmer, less P filled tea.

Again thanks