Thehermaphroditemaker
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone, been wanting to start a little journals to show off my babies. First of all, I'm doing this as a hobby rather than a business venture. (Not that I'm judging, but it's not worth the risk for me.) I love growing plants and as soon as summer comes I'm growing tomatoes and vegetables the same. It's not worth the money and I wish it was 100% legal for everyone. I've read the research and I know the medicinal benefits, so I think we all deserve to grow and produce our own cure rather than depend on the pharmaceutical companies. No disrespect to law enforcement and what they do and how they protect us in ways I probably take for granted. Anyway, now that that's out of the way let me break down my grow:
I mixed 1/4 batch of superoil as detailed by subcool. I'm not a potster on grass city, but here's a great link for smaller batches: http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/928638-subcool-super-soil-smaller-batches.html
1/4 Recipe
2 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
6.25 to 12.5 lbs of organic worm castings
1.25lbs or 20 ounces steamed bone meal
1.25lbs or 20 ounces bloom bat guano
1.25lbs or 20 ounces blood meal
3/4 lbs rock phosphate <- I didn't use the rock phophate.
3/16 cup or 3 tablespoons Epsom Salts
1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons sweet lime (dolomite)
1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons azomite (trace elements)
1.5 teaspoons powdered humic acid
The only additives I've used is a little soul synthetics amino acids in the early grow, liquid karma, molasses, cal-mag, and the trinity additive by roots organic. I used the Roots Organic and biobizz light as my base soil. I'm using 1000W of light along with supplemental CFL lighting in a 4x4 grow tent with an exhast and intake. I've been using rain water for a good portion of the grow, hence the cal-mag.
I got the 1000W ballast and gear from HTG supply, which was cheap as hell, but has been working great. Their customer service is sublime - I got a broken bulb and they replaced it for free without me even having to ship back the broken one.
As a side note this is the second time growing in soil and I had a horrible first experience in soil with fox farms without a pH meter. Big tip for all growers - get a pH meter unless you make supersoil mix. I had major problems late flower along with heat issues - so I'm hoping this research and approach pays off. I also hope others look into it and become successful too.
I'm going to post them in flowering, but if anyone wants to see the veg pics I'll post them. I'm at week 3 of flowering and my plants have always been extremely bushy and short with a lot of nodes with very little stretch even after 6 weeks of veg. I gather this is because of my 24/7 light cycle. I had some issues with too much foliage so I have trimmed a few oversized fan leaves on the top to open them up a bit, but overall I've let them grow naturally with a bit of LSTing.
The Full Moon variety and WW are form Nirvana - both feminized for convenience and space. The north and western plant in the first pic are the Full Moon - very broad, almost indica leaves. The smell so far is very mild and hardly noticeable. Not your super skunk smell some prefer. The plant in the front is basil. All planted in the recommended 7 gallon bucket. I have also top dressed them with the supersoil once lightly, and will do so again in a week probably - they're relatively hardy, heavy feeders from the looks of it. (The Full Moon are anyway, the white widow is much more sensitive to too much nutes, and is a bit smaller.) And finally, the superosil was cooked for about 6 weeks before use with rain water, molasses, and a bit of liquid karma.
Week 3 Flowering:
Full view, front:

Crown of northern Full moon:

Side view:

I mixed 1/4 batch of superoil as detailed by subcool. I'm not a potster on grass city, but here's a great link for smaller batches: http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/928638-subcool-super-soil-smaller-batches.html
1/4 Recipe
2 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
6.25 to 12.5 lbs of organic worm castings
1.25lbs or 20 ounces steamed bone meal
1.25lbs or 20 ounces bloom bat guano
1.25lbs or 20 ounces blood meal
3/4 lbs rock phosphate <- I didn't use the rock phophate.
3/16 cup or 3 tablespoons Epsom Salts
1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons sweet lime (dolomite)
1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons azomite (trace elements)
1.5 teaspoons powdered humic acid
The only additives I've used is a little soul synthetics amino acids in the early grow, liquid karma, molasses, cal-mag, and the trinity additive by roots organic. I used the Roots Organic and biobizz light as my base soil. I'm using 1000W of light along with supplemental CFL lighting in a 4x4 grow tent with an exhast and intake. I've been using rain water for a good portion of the grow, hence the cal-mag.
I got the 1000W ballast and gear from HTG supply, which was cheap as hell, but has been working great. Their customer service is sublime - I got a broken bulb and they replaced it for free without me even having to ship back the broken one.
As a side note this is the second time growing in soil and I had a horrible first experience in soil with fox farms without a pH meter. Big tip for all growers - get a pH meter unless you make supersoil mix. I had major problems late flower along with heat issues - so I'm hoping this research and approach pays off. I also hope others look into it and become successful too.
I'm going to post them in flowering, but if anyone wants to see the veg pics I'll post them. I'm at week 3 of flowering and my plants have always been extremely bushy and short with a lot of nodes with very little stretch even after 6 weeks of veg. I gather this is because of my 24/7 light cycle. I had some issues with too much foliage so I have trimmed a few oversized fan leaves on the top to open them up a bit, but overall I've let them grow naturally with a bit of LSTing.
The Full Moon variety and WW are form Nirvana - both feminized for convenience and space. The north and western plant in the first pic are the Full Moon - very broad, almost indica leaves. The smell so far is very mild and hardly noticeable. Not your super skunk smell some prefer. The plant in the front is basil. All planted in the recommended 7 gallon bucket. I have also top dressed them with the supersoil once lightly, and will do so again in a week probably - they're relatively hardy, heavy feeders from the looks of it. (The Full Moon are anyway, the white widow is much more sensitive to too much nutes, and is a bit smaller.) And finally, the superosil was cooked for about 6 weeks before use with rain water, molasses, and a bit of liquid karma.
Week 3 Flowering:
Full view, front:

Crown of northern Full moon:

Side view:
