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I’d check the older bags before using them. Open them up and if it smells sour or anything other than fresh soil I wouldn’t use it. Your friend is right that it could have bad bacteria in it if it has sat that long. Any beneficial microbes are probably long gone. I will also agree there are...

Anytime. I grow all organic in soil. Only liquids I use are molasses and Super Thrive in the beginning. This testing kit will save you a lot of leg work overtime. Just test between grows and see where your levels are. I compost in aerated solid totes and let them decompose for 2-3 months and...

These plants are in soil that ranges from 2-4 years old with between 5-7 grows worth of use. Granted I amend the soil whenever I can.

I reuse my soil all the time. But I add all my leftover plant parts, root balls, branches, trimmed leaves and other food scraps from fruits and veggies. Soil is always reusable, but get a testing kit to see what nutrients need rebuffering. Found out recently that my soil has low phosphorus...

I have always done just a wet paper towel on a regular ceramic plate with great success for germinating seeds. Leave in an area where it is fairly dark and just make sure the paper towel stays moist. Most fails are because of junk beans. If they don’t sprout in 72hrs then it’s not worth growing...

The next month will be a long slog of waiting and watering. The flowers are coming along, and I’ve got plenty of beans on the way. I’m guessing between 100-200 from what I’ve seen so far. The veg tent is beginning to fill out, so I’ll have to try and not let them get too crowded over the next...

It has surely been an interesting week in the garden. Had to bin one big plant that had recurring PM issues. The other three plants will be checked daily for any signs, and infected leaves removed until harvest. The other flower tent had some sneaky monkeys. One Peyote WiFi grew two sizable...

It’s that time again. Another Saturday, another update and photo show. The flower tents are chugging along nicely. The ones with water underneath are teaching me a few new things about how to keep them happy. One isn’t doing great at the moment. It has stem rot on a main stem and has climbed...

Saturday check in. The stretch is finishing in both flower tents. May do another round of defoliating tomorrow. Other than that, just sitting back and watching the stack for the next couple months. I did find a male to cull this week in the veg tent. I figured it was male by week 2 because it’s...

Busy week this week. Had early signs of PM in one flower tent so I did a heavy defoliation in both flower tents. Then gave EVERY plant a good dose of Bush Doctor fungicide. Took time yesterday to transplant the little ones into 3 gallon pots. I’ll take time tomorrow and get them all tied down...

Last, but certainly not least is flower tent #2. The left side is 2x PGC and the right is 2xPWF. These are a bit different than the others because I am using an aquifer soil combo. The pots are 7 gallon square fabrics. They have a hole cut in the bottom which houses a net pot with hydro rocks...

Next, the first flower tent is 6x Purple Ghost Candy and 2x Peyote WiFi. They’re tagged, but I couldn’t tell you which is which in the photos. I have an 1800w led fixture and 4x 250w equivalent led shop lights for flowering. Each flowering tent is setup identically. They have been at 12/12 for...

Weekend update. This will be a three part update. First is veg tent, second will be first flower, and finally second flower. I topped the little trees this morning. I have over 2 months I can invest into training and topping so I intend to use that to my advantage for the next flower cycle. I...

Been a while since I’ve done a grow log. This is a grow I started around early February. I try to run a perpetual harvest between three tents. The first tent is for starting veg, and the other two are for about a month of veg then transition into flower. I was running an 8x4’ tent for a couple...

My two cents. After your seedlings do their first initial stretch from hatching and breaching topsoil, get them out of the soil and refill the cup and bury them right below their first true leaves. To be more detailed take your solo cup. Carefully isolate the seedling and its beginning root...