cancrusher
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i have another ak47 just sprouting up now, this one is in a peat pellet.. thought i'd try a different approach
Total Noob using teas and I am a believer
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Mad Hamish
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Ear-mark for bubble hash my friend. Either that or BHO. I'd say bubble hash, though. Bubble affords you the opportunity to cure it out and age it well, if you have ever smoked Moroccan weed v/s Moroccan hashish, you would realize how much of a difference in quality smoke it can make for.
And it will give you another thing to burn all that energy of yours on brother
Mad Hamish
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I am very happy you took my advice and came to see The Wizard! And I enjoy the thought that you are from Oz bro. Soon you really will be the Wizard of Oz, things happen at a cracking pace once you join The Green Factory (as I call this thread). Your plants' health will increase exponentially from this point on. These boys know their shit. Absolute MASTERY of the art of organic growing.
I know how hard it is to get good weed in Oz bro. I'm a Saffa and many friends have spent serious time there. Only the Kiwis have a harder time at getting a good smoke from what I have heard.
Take Gandalf's word and you will soon have the best reefer you have ever seen.
Anyhow, a tiny tip for helping your plants dry out a bit sooner: Place them on a heating mat for a bit, but with the temps your soil is at only switch it on at night. You can also give the pots a little squeeze until you see slight cracks in the soil surface, this will allow air to move down to the roots. Careful, though, just slowly increase pressure until you see the first slight crack in the soil surface. Over-watering is EVERYBODY's first mistake.
Good to have you around bud. I've got somebody to speak metric to now LOL.
GandalfdaGreen
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You guys are all the best. I have so much respect for all of you. The Green Factory is all of ours. You are all full of such great info to share. I love reading your posts guys. You guys make me a way better grower. We will only get better with time too. I use the tip of a little squeeze of the container myself.
GandalfdaGreen
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- You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Mad Hamish again.
cancrusher
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still looking a bit droopy..but still hopeful. other plant is starting to take off a bit too. will add pics soon
Mad Hamish
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When it comes to plant recovery, measure your time-periods in 3 day segments. That is about the time it takes to see the difference. Keeping a log with pictures really helps you keep it in perspective. Especially seedlings, the lowest leaves will most likely not recover but you will see a whole bunch of healthy growth soon enough. Remember, right now they are growing roots, not yet shoots
GandalfdaGreen
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I was wondering how many times you guys transfer your plants from solo cups on up. I am in a solo for 2-3 weeks. Next is a gallon for 3 weeks. Then the final 3-5-7 depending on what works for me at the time. I have been giving roots a bunch of thought lately. I cut some rootballs that had become bound the other day. I want to avoid the plant being root bound until the final container. I also noticed that roots which are root bound from the get go do not fill out the final container as well. How do you guys do it?
Trousers
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I don't like to transplant. In my current grow the seeds were put in 3 gallon pots right after they popped and will stay there until the end.
I am starting seeds right now and will be putting them in 8 inch pots from a nursery and then go into the final pots once they show sex.
I have often wondered if it would be beneficial to cut off the roots that are swirled and bound.
I am starting seeds right now and will be putting them in 8 inch pots from a nursery and then go into the final pots once they show sex.
I have often wondered if it would be beneficial to cut off the roots that are swirled and bound.
Mad Hamish
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Gandalf, I personally don't like them getting root-bound at all. I had a nice long talk with a woman that ran an indigenous tree nursery, she reckoned that once they get into that spiral, they stay in that spiral no matter what you do, the roots keep on swirling about. She had a very simple fix for this in younger plants: Square pots. She also recommended transplanting my trees out into square holes and never round ones.
Square pots are very hard for me to find, so I plant in smallish plastic bags with some extra holes punched in along the sides at the bottom. I simply watch for when roots are getting plenty in this area and then transplant. Sometimes they are still a bit fluffy and not bound, and this works GREAT. If they are doing the full spiral, I very, VERY gently tease them apart. This is heart-pounding business really, she never showed me but warned that too much teasing is NOT good. When it comes to the trim, just the VERY tips of the thickest roots get a snip, really not much at all. about a centimetre or so at most gets cut off. It REALLY helps a lot, kinda like topping a plant at the growth tip makes it split this does the same. But the clipped root needs to dangle slightly, not be part of the root 'vortex' or it will make no difference.
I only transplant once, they start in their small bags, I think those will be 1/2 gallon or perhaps a bit less, and then off into the pots or big bags. I try to go for 15 litres, but for my outdoor I can go 25 litres or even 50, if plants are not going into a prepared bed that is. This year I have got a bed with about 100 gallons of prepared soil for one single girl. She's going to get HUMONGOUS in there LOL. It's actually not mine, this is what I gave my wife for her birthday along with a female Gigabud and Critical+ seed. Large soda bottle for scale:
Divide by roughly 3 and you get gallons. Ebb and Flow I go straight into 20cm Hydroton pots right after clones have roots. There I also drill some extra holes in the bottom of the pot in a ring around it. Quite a while before the plants are finished the roots will extend a fair bit out and start tangling up in the root-mat. Seeing as I can flood the Hydroton up to 4 times a day they stay healthy and keep goin' till it's quite a mess down there.
Anyhow, I thought you'd appreciate these pics of my little frost-monster So friggin happy I saved the Tahoe mate. Calling off the hit on Swerve was a good idea. He can be really French I know, but the man sold me some good gear. Bit sensitive to cockups as we all know, but that was my fault. Won't happen again. I apologised to him in public and everything.
Square pots are very hard for me to find, so I plant in smallish plastic bags with some extra holes punched in along the sides at the bottom. I simply watch for when roots are getting plenty in this area and then transplant. Sometimes they are still a bit fluffy and not bound, and this works GREAT. If they are doing the full spiral, I very, VERY gently tease them apart. This is heart-pounding business really, she never showed me but warned that too much teasing is NOT good. When it comes to the trim, just the VERY tips of the thickest roots get a snip, really not much at all. about a centimetre or so at most gets cut off. It REALLY helps a lot, kinda like topping a plant at the growth tip makes it split this does the same. But the clipped root needs to dangle slightly, not be part of the root 'vortex' or it will make no difference.
I only transplant once, they start in their small bags, I think those will be 1/2 gallon or perhaps a bit less, and then off into the pots or big bags. I try to go for 15 litres, but for my outdoor I can go 25 litres or even 50, if plants are not going into a prepared bed that is. This year I have got a bed with about 100 gallons of prepared soil for one single girl. She's going to get HUMONGOUS in there LOL. It's actually not mine, this is what I gave my wife for her birthday along with a female Gigabud and Critical+ seed. Large soda bottle for scale:
Divide by roughly 3 and you get gallons. Ebb and Flow I go straight into 20cm Hydroton pots right after clones have roots. There I also drill some extra holes in the bottom of the pot in a ring around it. Quite a while before the plants are finished the roots will extend a fair bit out and start tangling up in the root-mat. Seeing as I can flood the Hydroton up to 4 times a day they stay healthy and keep goin' till it's quite a mess down there.
Anyhow, I thought you'd appreciate these pics of my little frost-monster
So friggin happy I saved the Tahoe mate. Calling off the hit on Swerve was a good idea. He can be really French I know, but the man sold me some good gear. Bit sensitive to cockups as we all know, but that was my fault. Won't happen again. I apologised to him in public and everything.
mycomaster
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Your going to have a monster on your hands with that plot of earth Hamish. Or at least your wife will, LOL.
I like to up-pot or Xplant a couple of times when I'm doing the just water thing. I find that the ladies like getting some new soil, and when I do Xplant I always add some extra mycos that also makes them very happy. It's also nice to be able to add plant specific amendments when you do. For instance, say you have a plant that just kills the Mg, it's easy enough to pop some into the Xplant container say in the form of some epsoms or something. You can't go crazy with it or anything, but a little can go a long way when it's in the soil, you know. If you have THE complete bad @$$ soil you can probably get away with the one big pot after the cup, but it also makes the thing a bigger pain in the butt when you have to move it around. I don't mind the extra Xplanting, it just takes a little more time which I have plenty of for now. I know some don't. I do something like 1,3,5-7. Have a great night everyone. Peace and Love.
I like to up-pot or Xplant a couple of times when I'm doing the just water thing. I find that the ladies like getting some new soil, and when I do Xplant I always add some extra mycos that also makes them very happy. It's also nice to be able to add plant specific amendments when you do. For instance, say you have a plant that just kills the Mg, it's easy enough to pop some into the Xplant container say in the form of some epsoms or something. You can't go crazy with it or anything, but a little can go a long way when it's in the soil, you know. If you have THE complete bad @$$ soil you can probably get away with the one big pot after the cup, but it also makes the thing a bigger pain in the butt when you have to move it around. I don't mind the extra Xplanting, it just takes a little more time which I have plenty of for now. I know some don't. I do something like 1,3,5-7. Have a great night everyone. Peace and Love.
cancrusher
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ak47 seems to be looking a bit better.(last pic)
also, on the other one there seems to be black spots showing up? and dont know if you can tell but the new leaves seem to have reddish tips. its about 40 days old, dont know what strain. will just water with ph'd water from now
also, on the other one there seems to be black spots showing up? and dont know if you can tell but the new leaves seem to have reddish tips. its about 40 days old, dont know what strain. will just water with ph'd water from now
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Steelheader3430
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Hey Gandalf remember these? If the pic will load.
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Steelheader3430
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Now take a look! They showed flower on 9-1. 
Thanks Gand! Its hard to get good pictures with my poor ambient lighting but I'll work it out for some bud porn come finish. Hey cancrusher good things happen when you hang out with this crew. These are ak48's.
Thanks Gand! Its hard to get good pictures with my poor ambient lighting but I'll work it out for some bud porn come finish. Hey cancrusher good things happen when you hang out with this crew. These are ak48's.
Mad Hamish
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NIIIIIICCCEEEEEEE! Who's a happy camper now eh! Well done. Standing ovation
GandalfdaGreen
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Just be sure that you don't overwater it. Let me know when you are going to water again. I think they will be fine from here.
Steelheader.....I am happy beyond words. Good job man. Less is more. Looks like you will be getting some nice flowers.
Hamish and Myco.....I appreciate the help with the roots. I think that I need to do something so they don't get caught in a small spiral ball vs a 5-7 gallon spiral ball. I see my roots throughout the whole pots but the dense core ball is only a gallon and a half. I want bigger roots. I love looking into this stuff. It is exciting to keep moving ahead to dial your shit in. I know I can improve what I do by a bazillion percent. Soon I plan to really customize the feeding of each strain/pheno. I am getting closer thanks to everyone that posts here.
I love the pictures Hamish. I can't tell you how much I enjoy thinking of what's up in SA. I think about your spring coming bro. I'd be up in the high peaks with my splitboard looking for the fresh until there was no more.
Have a great day guys. I am happy for the Myco family. The vibe is a nice one. Take it easy.
Trousers
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I bought a pair of $15 sunglasses that are made for hps lights.
I take pictures through them with the HPS lights on and they come out pretty good.
Cell phone pic through my HPS glasses.
?? (probably Ingrid) X Superpower loving the organic soil mix
Banana Kush x Blue Dream
This one sucks nutes and is a bit light colored. I hit it with some tea that day and it has regained some of its color.
I'll be trying out a new tea mix soon.
both plants are at 15 days flowering in the pictures
I take pictures through them with the HPS lights on and they come out pretty good.
Cell phone pic through my HPS glasses.
?? (probably Ingrid) X Superpower loving the organic soil mix
Banana Kush x Blue Dream
This one sucks nutes and is a bit light colored. I hit it with some tea that day and it has regained some of its color.
I'll be trying out a new tea mix soon.
both plants are at 15 days flowering in the pictures
Mad Hamish
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Trousers do you perhaps have a link to where I can order some if those shades? Works brilliantly, pics look great bro!
OneStonedPony
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Great thread. I'm a former hydro grower, and I would never go back to chem nutes. Rabbit manure, EWC teas and Guano teas get it done for me. Frosty buds, with real intense flavors and aromas. You just don't get that with chem nutes IME.
Trousers
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Mine were called Lummi, but I can not find them now.
These should work:
http://www.hydroponics.net/i/137339
They are $13.66 shipped in the USA.