Rocky Mountain High Grow Journal (CFL's exclusively)

Don't know how I forgot the 'snap' test but I did. I just checked and they are still 'folding' over rather than snapping. Not quite dry yet. Last plant I placed an oscillating fan under, not on, and they dried in 2.5 days. I'm hoping without the fan it will take closer to a week.

Thanks guys, my mind is at ease.

danm dawg well if you were close we could have a cigar haha

I know i could read back and find it but do you think that you could explain this turkey baster method of watering?

Crdbrdnrollersk8 said:

I know i could read back and find it but do you think that you could explain this turkey baster method of watering?

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Get a turkey baster and give the plant 'sips' of water not 'gulps'.

The idea is to have the moisture in the upper portion of the soil and not at the bottom. If you have a 'snake' root, then, IMHO, you have given the plant too much water. Nutes are absorbed by the little root hairs and not the big thick main tap root.

I prefer clay pots _ because they wick away the mineral and salt build ups, but there are a lot of benefits of using plastic.
You can grow a 4 foot plant in a 7" pot, using CFL's, no problems

Your Grandfather said:

Get a turkey baster and give the plant 'sips' of water not 'gulps'.

The idea is to have the moisture in the upper portion of the soil and not at the bottom. If you have a 'snake' root, then, IMHO, you have given the plant too much water. Nutes are absorbed by the little root hairs and not the big thick main tap root.

I prefer clay pots _ because they wick away the mineral and salt build ups, but there are a lot of benefits of using plastic.
You can grow a 4 foot plant in a 7" pot, using CFL's, no problems

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So i water like everyday instead of every 3 or 4? And what do you mean by snake root?

Yeah, water everyday, very lightly. On my 2 gallon pots I give them 4-6 turkey basters full, it holds 1.5 ounces, each day. that gives them about 6-8 ounces of water everyday rather than 4-5 cups every 4-5 days.

On my seedlings, one per day, veggy plants in 1 gals 2-3 each day.

For me it works very well as I can get my 'every other watering' feeding schedule intact (fox farm), since I'm watering everyday, they get nutes every other day rather than every 8-10 days.

The snake at the bottom is when the tap root shoots to the bottom of the pot and then 'swirls' around the bottom making a 'snake' if you will. Ideally you want the roots to utilize as much of the soil as possible rather than waiting at the bottom of the pot for the water to show up. Make them search and u turn back to the top filling in the soil on the way.

Good luck

Farm Hard

Thanks a lot for your help. This sounds like a very good idea.

Checking in to say hi. Hows everything RMH? Tomorrows game day and Im off, ill be high as a kite watching football and drinking beer all day, enjoy your weekend bro!

I've decided to go ahead and wrap up this journal.

The second plant I harvested gave me right at 15 grams, very dry, maybe too dry.

I will continue to update the yields in the other journal, Satori Seed Grow by RMH.

Thanks guys, I truly appreciate all the helping hands and encouragement, I could never have done so well with our your help and support.

THANK YOU!

damn with all the money invested into the cfl setup u could of bought a 400 metal halide for only 125-150 dollars... but their lookin good though. keep up the good work. im also using Foxfarm products and im growing the AFGOOEY strain, good luck

hey man....one of the better ones to follow.....its been a trip...thanks to you and all your efforts......we'll be seeing in your other venues! cheers!

PS is afigooey really a strain.....thats a cool name!

I guess thats a real strain i got the clones from a friend. i also googled it and found out that it originated from cali.. its a cross between AFGHANI#1 and MAUI HAZE.. he got sour diesel and Kabul goin on right now... i will post pics in my journal soon. my clones are only 4 inches tall.. i want to be able to to get 2-3 clone off the 4 babies before i throw them into the flowering box with a 1000w HPS. nice pics tahoe58 how much did that box cost u?

cool man....that's prolly purdy nice smoke! appreciate the dig for the background.....walk on!

Damn those are nice! Hope mine turns out even half as good as one of your plants.