Delisious Critical Jack Herer

sponge

Well-Known Member
Greetings. I started out with hydro and spent a long time learning the curve before starting. I've decided to go to soil after putting a Pineapple Chunk clone in a 1 gallon bag full of just Fox Farms Ocean Forest and seeing the results.

I have some ingredients already kicking around that I'll be using and I was hoping to get some recommendations regarding ratio and the best time to transplant/flip for my specific setup.

This first run is all seeds with 2 freebies - 5th element, and trueberry. One Jack Herer will be used to make a Bonsai mom big enough to do 8-10 clones at a time.

  • 8x7 closet
  • 600watt cooltube vented w/filter
  • passive intake/sealed door
  • summer exhaust vent shoots directly out skylight
  • winter skylight is closed and exhaust helps heat upstairs
  • 1 gallon grow bags in 8" saucers
  • additional 400w T5 only really usable in winter I think(needs testing)
I have the following ingredients:
  • Pro_mix 2cu/f potting soil mix
http://www.lowes.com/pd_120975-1803-120975_0__?productId=3733135&Ntt=pro-mix&pl=1&currentURL=?Ntt=pro-mix&facetInfo=
  • Just Natural organic manure
http://www.lowes.com/pd_328071-29629-960023_0__?productId=3426614&Ntt=manure&pl=1&currentURL=?Ntt=manure&facetInfo=
  • Hydrofarm super course perlite
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055F49P2/ref=sr_ph?ie=UTF8&qid=1416397357&sr=1&keywords=perlite
  • Lime
http://www.homedepot.com/p/LIME-RITE-40-lb-Pelletized-Lawn-Lime-54050860/100348791


That will be it for this run, however any suggestions for the next run are welcome. I do also have all my hydro stuff including Dyna-Gro grow + bloom, pro-tekt, aquashield.

Aside from those ratios I'm also looking for suggestions about when to flip. Right now I have two that had the tap root pop out last night. I've heard for a 1 gallon setup anywhere from as soon as the root pops out to waiting 2 full weeks before flipping. What is the census here on that?
 

sponge

Well-Known Member
Hope you all don't mind, I'm just going to bump this once for the night crew. Right now my biggest concern is a ratio for the ingredients. I have enough info to get a rough estimate what I should use but an experienced suggestion is always preferable to winging it.
 

Cpappa27

Well-Known Member
I got this recipe from DannyBoy a while back. h depot near me still has some stuff. mb yours too. nurseries will also have stuff. i never used happy frog or fox farms. i'm sure its good but its hot so you have to dilute it. anyway here's what i used:
peat/perlite at 70/30 or promix (same thing)
1 40lb bag composted manure (never dehydrated manure it will burn), or leaf compost...that's your N
10 lb bag worm castings (more N)
1 handful dolomite lime
1 handful epsom salts
1/4 cup azomite
1/4 cup greensand
1/4 cup rock phosphate
1 bag horticultural grade charcoal
humic acid, add as directed or leonardite

i never had any burn probs and never had to add any chemical ferts on my runs which all ran about 8 weeks. if you're growing sativas which take 8-15 weeks you may need some more nutes towards 8 weeks.

also here is subcool's new supersoil mix. i don't use the blood/bone meal because i never let the stuff mellow for a month, i wanted to use it right away. when i mixed in the meals i got some really mean claw:
6 Bags of Roots Organics, 2 Bags of BioBizz Light, 2 bags of Biobizz Coco
25-50 lbs Earth Worm Castings (Wonder Worm)
5 lbs Bloodmeal 12-0-0 (Down to Earth)
5 lbs Fish Bonemeal 3-16-0 (Down to Earth)
5 lbs Bat Guano 0-7-0 (Down to Earth)
3/4 cup Espom Salts
1 Cup Dolomite Lime
2 tbs. Humic Acid
2 Cups of the following:
Crab Meal
Alfalfa Meal
Oyster Shell
Kelp Meal
Azomite
 
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