World Of Hempy

I do too! :)
I went soil for a long time now. But still peeking at the good hempy peoples. Life is a bit of a mess but plants are doing great. Have a bunch of Bubblegum auto's going while i get my veg on with Breeders Boutique Dog's and Emerald triangle Black Berry Og's. Pulling out the aerocloner tomorrow and will have a bunch of hempys running under one of the lights. :)
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Dog S1 "Stretch pheno" (Gf thinks it looks fake. Like plastic :))IMG_6960.JPG
Dog S1 "Bush pheno"IMG_6961.JPG
Bubblegum autoIMG_6964.JPG
I guess ill have a few questions starting up on hempy's again. Glad i know this place will bring me friendly advice. Hope you are all good!
 
HydroGp said:
I do too! :)
I went soil for a long time now. But still peeking at the good hempy peoples. Life is a bit of a mess but plants are doing great. Have a bunch of Bubblegum auto's going while i get my veg on with Breeders Boutique Dog's and Emerald triangle Black Berry Og's. Pulling out the aerocloner tomorrow and will have a bunch of hempys running under one of the lights. :)
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WOW .. those are some healthy verdant ladies right there. Nice dude.
Ditto on the life thing (on the + side) having nice bud and being able to grow it yourself is always a positive though. :)

Keep up the good work and don't let life get you down. peace.
 
Wow, today I was watering/nutes I noticed some off color in the leaves of two plants. I checked the rinsate and the pH was 5.2. It has been running 5.8 to 5.95. My feeding nutes or just water is pH'ed to 5.85 to 6.0, The only thing that has changed was the addition of the two inch coir layer placed on top of the plants. Now, I soaked the coir in a large tub of rain water twice, avg pH of my rainwater in 6.45. I drained it and flushed it with 6.0 pH adjusted rainwater twice. Then I put two inches over the top of my 65/35 Perlite/coir. I did put Clonex on the stems of the plants when I buried them in the coir. That would not change the pH of the water, there was not that much used.
So, I did a triple flush, love the base hole installed just for this purpose. Plugged drain hole with tape and filled each bucket with 6.0 to 6.1 pH rainwater, three times, and would remove the base stopper and let it drain completely. Only used the base drain the first two flushes, on the last one I removed the tape I have covering the drain hole and let it drain from there. I caught the rinsate and the PH was 5.95. Total of 15 gallons used on the 5 two gallon buckets. Going to water with straight pH'ed rainwater again the next watering then go back on my nute program.
I hope this was understandable, buddy came by with some new grow and we got stupid.bongsmilieHe helped me with my task.

So I will track my rinsate for a bit. As I said I was having no issues until I added the two inch coir layer to the top of my buckets.:wall:

Peace out,

GR
 
gr865 said:
Wow, today I was watering/nutes I noticed some off color in the leaves of two plants. I checked the rinsate and the pH was 5.2. It has been running 5.8 to 5.95. My feeding nutes or just water is pH'ed to 5.85 to 6.0, The only thing that has changed was the addition of the two inch coir layer placed on top of the plants. Now, I soaked the coir in a large tub of rain water twice, avg pH of my rainwater in 6.45. I drained it and flushed it with 6.0 pH adjusted rainwater twice. Then I put two inches over the top of my 65/35 Perlite/coir. I did put Clonex on the stems of the plants when I buried them in the coir. That would not change the pH of the water, there was not that much used.
So, I did a triple flush, love the base hole installed just for this purpose. Plugged drain hole with tape and filled each bucket with 6.0 to 6.1 pH rainwater, three times, and would remove the base stopper and let it drain completely. Only used the base drain the first two flushes, on the last one I removed the tape I have covering the drain hole and let it drain from there. I caught the rinsate and the PH was 5.95. Total of 15 gallons used on the 5 two gallon buckets. Going to water with straight pH'ed rainwater again the next watering then go back on my nute program.
I hope this was understandable, buddy came by with some new grow and we got stupid.bongsmilieHe helped me with my task.

So I will track my rinsate for a bit. As I said I was having no issues until I added the two inch coir layer to the top of my buckets.:wall:

Peace out,

GR
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Sorry if I missed this in a previous post but ... Why do you use rainwater?
I have a faint memory of someone saying their tapwater was had a quite high ph, can't remember if that was you.
 
I use rainwater too. If its frozen i buy mineral water.
My tapwater is so bad cause im first in line from the water plant. As they said:" You get more of most things, chlorine,chalcium, etc. To ensure people in the other end of the line gets the required minimum". Bad luck..
But im very happy with rainwater. Low on ec makes for a stronger feeding of what i wanna give them.
 
Moebius said:
Sorry if I missed this in a previous post but ... Why do you use rainwater?
I have a faint memory of someone saying their tapwater was had a quite high ph, can't remember if that was you.
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When I first moved here in 2012 I checked the pH of the water, old habit from the golf biz, and it was almost 8. Checked the ppm, 797. Went to the city and ask for water report, it was all within state limits barely. So I started collecting rainwater (pH 6.3 to 6.5) for my compost teas, container garden and now its also used for my indoor garden. My capacity is around 200 gallons but when I know I have a good rain coming I dump and refill with the storms.
When people say, Oh hell, water quality don't matter!, they have never tried growing turfgrass with bad water. LOL Oh yes, I do aerate the water before using.

I don't believe that someone was me though Mo. Only joined RIU in late 2012. But I like many others have bad water. Now bad water will grow cannabis, but you will have many more problems. I have a friend in NM that has some fairly nasty water to use and he don't get much rainfall. But he grows some fucking killer WW but constantly bitching about different problems.

Peace out,

GR
 
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Looking great Hydro. I can see why she thinks Dog S1 looks fake, so deep green and shiny and not a blemish anywhere.

Love the look of that BG auto too. Nice clusters. Like my SS brotha said it is good to see so many of us still around.

Interesting stuff about the rainwater Gr8. Did you build/buy a collection unit? I've been thinking about
devising something to collect rainfall and give it a try this spring/summer. Would any certain material, say
steel versus vinyl be preferable? I was simply going to build a 4x4 section of "roof" to runoff into a gutter/downspout
setup and drain into a collection barrel.

Also do you have problems with mosquito or other bug larvae?

Here is an update on my feminizing shot. Took some of the riper buds off the Big Buddha Chiesel.

Four thumb sized buds have yielded over 150 nicely developed seeds with another 1/2 dozen popcorn buds to go.
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Peace
 
Thx guys.
I have never had bugs running hydro. Now that im in soil im constantly battling spider mites and small flies :/ I get them down with a chilli spray but they just bounce back again..
I aerate the rainwater too.
Looks great stoneslacker. I wanna do some breeding! Dog bx2 clone have just rooted so its gonna be sexed now :)
I have Jack Herer x Goji Og forming seeds.
Then i wanna do Dog bx2 x Black Berry Og.
Also Black Berry Og x Dog s1/Both phenos.
Got a pack of Pakistan Chitral Kush i wanna get busy with too. Going Indica mad for awhile :)
Stay great.
 
SS, I have up to 300 gal capacity. The barrel is next to my shop and the rain runs off the roof into the barrel. It is a smokey white plastic so I have it covered in a tarp to keep the sun off it.
Trying to get a 500 gal in black.
I use those mosquito blocks, the microbial kind, they work fine and do nothing to my plants.
 
ok so I went to the store and I think I got the wrong nutrients I got the dry maxibloom which I thought was part of the Lucas formula but now I'm starting to think I'm wrong anybody use maxibloom dry inside of the hempy?
 
Sire Killem All said:
ok so I went to the store and I think I got the wrong nutrients I got the dry maxibloom which I thought was part of the Lucas formula but now I'm starting to think I'm wrong anybody use maxibloom dry inside of the hempy?
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Lucas Formula using General Hydroponics Dry Nutrients (Maxibloom)
MaxiBloom and MaxiGro are dry nutrient also from General Hydroponics. It turns out, Maxibloom, used in a ratio of 7 grams per gallon of water*, is very close to the original Lucas Formula (above.) You do not need MaxiGro, and so this is the cheapest and easiest recipe to use.

Add 7 grams of Maxibloom into 1 gallon of water*, and then adjust the pH, and stir vigorously to dissolve the Maxibloom in the water. I advise putting the 7g of Maxibloom into a cup of warm water, dissolving it, and then adding it to the remaining gallon of water, before pH adjusting and mixing again.

If you are using coco coir, watch for a nute buildup, may need to flush more or use the Head formula.

GR
 
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Sire Killem All said:
ok so I went to the store and I think I got the wrong nutrients I got the dry maxibloom which I thought was part of the Lucas formula but now I'm starting to think I'm wrong anybody use maxibloom dry inside of the hempy?
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I have used the GH maxiGro and maxiBloom for hempy...seemed to work good for me

I use a milk frothier to mix up....way better than the shake method
 
gr865 said:
Wow, today I was watering/nutes I noticed some off color in the leaves of two plants. I checked the rinsate and the pH was 5.2. It has been running 5.8 to 5.95. My feeding nutes or just water is pH'ed to 5.85 to 6.0, The only thing that has changed was the addition of the two inch coir layer placed on top of the plants. Now, I soaked the coir in a large tub of rain water twice, avg pH of my rainwater in 6.45. I drained it and flushed it with 6.0 pH adjusted rainwater twice. Then I put two inches over the top of my 65/35 Perlite/coir. I did put Clonex on the stems of the plants when I buried them in the coir. That would not change the pH of the water, there was not that much used.
So, I did a triple flush, love the base hole installed just for this purpose. Plugged drain hole with tape and filled each bucket with 6.0 to 6.1 pH rainwater, three times, and would remove the base stopper and let it drain completely. Only used the base drain the first two flushes, on the last one I removed the tape I have covering the drain hole and let it drain from there. I caught the rinsate and the PH was 5.95. Total of 15 gallons used on the 5 two gallon buckets. Going to water with straight pH'ed rainwater again the next watering then go back on my nute program.
I hope this was understandable, buddy came by with some new grow and we got stupid.bongsmilieHe helped me with my task.

So I will track my rinsate for a bit. As I said I was having no issues until I added the two inch coir layer to the top of my buckets.:wall:

Peace out,

GR
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Got a silly comment; I noticed in your coco prep no mention of loading with cal. When I open up a new block my final soak is in a10 to 20ml/gal cal/mag then rinse. Untreated coir will pull cal out from wherever it can. No Cal = limited nute uptake. Maybe ???
 
You are correct I loaded the mix coir but the cap is a new block and I did not load it. I do use 3ml/gal Cal/Mag during feeding but thats not enough to override the coco. Will still bind up in the coco.

Thanks there Watt, guess I am going to need to make a list, this ol stoned mind just can't hold it all. I will replace the cap with loaded coir tomorrow prior to feeding.

GR
 
I don't think you have to change the cap just bump up the cal for a watering, it will catch up quick enough.

I've got something I haven't seen before, it's general unhappiness. I've got 3 girls all the same strain, 2 seem to be very happy the third has canoed, twisted and clawed leaf most all in the upper growth. The transition started near the end of wk1 when I switched from the dual 400w cmh, to the 1k hps. Started at 30 inches all cringed, so I took the hood to ceiling, 3 days later 2 happy 1 not. Any ideas??
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WattSaver said:
I don't think you have to change the cap just bump up the cal for a watering, it will catch up quick enough.

I've got something I haven't seen before, it's general unhappiness. I've got 3 girls all the same strain, 2 seem to be very happy the third has canoed, twisted and clawed leaf most all in the upper growth. The transition started near the end of wk1 when I switched from the dual 400w cmh, to the 1k hps. Started at 30 inches all cringed, so I took the hood to ceiling, 3 days later 2 happy 1 not. Any ideas??
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If you have ruled out a light problem, then have you check the pH and ppm of the rinsate? Nitrogen, I know you monitor better than to have a N problem.

If you hear grinding tonight it is me racking my brain, :peace:
 
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