Keeping It Real: An Organic Journey
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DonTesla
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made 60 liters of base brotha!! not neccy BUT, could use some ammendmentsHere is our recipe that worked well for us. Its a good starting point for anyone just getting into organics.
6gal bag black earth
2gal coco coir
2gal perlite
2gal fresh worm castings
Amendments:
2 cups dolomite lime
1/2 cup blood meal
1 cup bone meal
1 cup dry all-purpose
1 cup crushed eggshells
1 cup brown rice
5 cups steer manure
We fed with activated teas throughout veg and for the first few weeks of flower. This unknown strain flowered for 10 weeks after being vegged for roughly 5 weeks. It was topped for 4 mains at the second node and was LST'd to allow the lower growth to form an even canopy. We made the mistake of flowering in too small a pot which was roughly 1.25 gallons. We operate on a very small scale strictly for personal headstash focusing on quality over quantity. We are soon getting tents but will likely do one more in the homemade cab. Next run will be in a 2.25 gallon smart pot. We have also expanded on our inputs for the next batch of soil. Also looking at making a vegan mix for the future. This next run we will also be incorporating insect frass to the activated teas.
and dee 3 gallos. and a partner to blaze this ACE wit. its staring me in da face. haha
DonTesla
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drumroll.....
Stay tuned fellow organic peeps...
DonTesla
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hey mon what it do? Have you decided to switch up the pots at all yet? a brotha is now vegging in fabrics, and flowering in plastic (as well as fabric at the moment)..
For fabrics, love the one gallos. I'm thinking a 3gallon, maybe 5 is prob dee max for smart pot thats getting moved around a lot tho.. i think the risk for soil structure / aggregate damage is a lil bit high but they sure make wicked root balls, we love dat
But Dons be down for a 70gallon fabric, even, IF it didn't require frequent moving and rotation.. for ex, a backyard grow/scrog/or an indoor long flowering saliva like black forrest 9+ month beast.. i could see that taking up an area or tent,lol.
that said, the 5 gallon hard plastics are nice for 8 toppers (handles are handy) but i want to move to 16+ toppers in 7 gallon pails after this next one.. finding me groove, dawg..what do you like, bruh?
DonPetro
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So frosty yet totally green and healthy! Is she in the 2.0 or the ROLS?
DonTesla
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that bad girl is sitting in your fine ass 2.0 supersoil. the next soil batch gets its tea tonight, its nice and frothy atm...
DonTesla
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Upful BANGERRR Mon!
cannakis
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have you tried Blue Mountain Organics, especially their Super Plant Tonic! only available on ebay. cheap and Really good for bottled nutes, and honestly some organic growers who only amend soil use the spt with waterings!Oh Cool, because even though I would like to progress to making my own Teas and such..for me at the moment its just "Bottled" Organics..I do research the companies that interested me..the first I have used/still using is BioBizz which I've been very happy with, but(kind of) I feel maybe this year in trying another "Organic" Company/Product...been looking into Advanced Nutrients, now not everything they do is Organic but they do have 8 Products that they state on the Site to be Organic...the First I will be trying are Ancient Earth and Nirvana...for me these are quite expensive(well compared to BB) and yes I know that I could probably make these as TEAS for a fraction of the price...just not an option yet.
Peace
EDIT: I'm about to start reading "The Rev"
DonTesla
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Shat son, I didn't know you cure before you dry that's what Ed rosenthal's book is saying. Harvesting chapter..
"curing, the process after harvest but before drying, during which many of the cells metabolic processes continue.."
Some other notes from my read:
-Some plants ripen top first, others bottom first, but usually outer edges ripen first as well.
-buds continue to cure at about 60-70*F or 21*C and a 50% humidity (below 40% promotes drying)
-"cells retain moisture and convert complex carbs back into simple sugars and break down some pigments / chlorophyll"
(Turning bud lighter green)
-important to regulate humidity so it remains 45 to 55%.. Higher promotes mold, lower stops curing processes
"curing, the process after harvest but before drying, during which many of the cells metabolic processes continue.."
Some other notes from my read:
-Some plants ripen top first, others bottom first, but usually outer edges ripen first as well.
-buds continue to cure at about 60-70*F or 21*C and a 50% humidity (below 40% promotes drying)
-"cells retain moisture and convert complex carbs back into simple sugars and break down some pigments / chlorophyll"
(Turning bud lighter green)
-important to regulate humidity so it remains 45 to 55%.. Higher promotes mold, lower stops curing processes
DonPetro
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Yup, thats right bro...when you hang it up it is already curing.
DonPetro
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Were you checkin out the beginning of this thread today like i was?
DonTesla
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I like to do that every once in a while, lol.. its like a time capsule. love this thread, all our threads. we gotta make a copy of em every month, in case it ever goes down. i plan to blow up and frame some of our best pics, and re-print others on canvas.. i keep a back up of the pics too but an overall backup, even if every 2 months, would be only 3 back ups each a year. that'd give us 6 saves a year