400w Querkle Grow

If you ever have any more questions about high cbd's or anything really feel free to hit me up. I offer a free patient guide service that helps people learn about what strains may or may not help as well as any thing else in the industry that is confusing. My ultimate goal is to help folks navigate and successfully consume cannabis to treat their ailments. In some cases especially new patients may have issues dealing with the anxiety of some of the stronger varieties so I want to be there so they have a knowledgeable person there to ask questions about what is and isn't normal when medicating. I want everyone to have a good experience and not misunderstand this wonderful plant.

psyte said:

Since it sounds like you deal with pain similar to what my wife deals with, I really appreciate the info about your personal experiences with the high cbd strains. Sounds like I need to get some of those cannatonic seeds once I can afford it (pretty standard price actually but more than I can afford right now). That's too bad about the dispensaries taking advantage of the demand. I wish the mmj community would refuse to participate in the profit driven motives that have completely corrupted our mainstream medical system. But that's what pushes a lot of people to start growing for themselves I suppose.





Nice looking plants. Have you harvested any? If so, did you get a lot of popcorn? I'm curious if my harvest was typical for this strain.

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no harvest yet. the furthest along is 3 weeks, just getting crystals starting

silverpanic99 said:

If you ever have any more questions about high cbd's or anything really feel free to hit me up. I offer a free patient guide service that helps people learn about what strains may or may not help as well as any thing else in the industry that is confusing. My ultimate goal is to help folks navigate and successfully consume cannabis to treat their ailments. In some cases especially new patients may have issues dealing with the anxiety of some of the stronger varieties so I want to be there so they have a knowledgeable person there to ask questions about what is and isn't normal when medicating. I want everyone to have a good experience and not misunderstand this wonderful plant.

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wow. Tweek that paragraph abit and you have a mission statement my friend! Awesome goal

That's very cool. It really is an amazing drug as far as the wide variety of symptoms it can treat successfully with none of the dangerous side effects of pharmaceuticals. But like you say, if you don't have a lot of experience with the different varieties and which is best for each specific ailment, you can definitely run into some difficulty. I personally quit mostly because I can't find anything that doesn't either give me anxiety or make me lazy. But my secondary reason for quitting is that I don't have a card or serious medical ailment that requires mmj; but I am a caretaker (growing only for my wife) and I take my responsibilities as a caretaker more seriously than my desire to use mj recreationally.

rocknratm said:

no harvest yet. the furthest along is 3 weeks, just getting crystals starting

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Cool... keep the pics coming. I'm at about a week and a half and I think BlazinL is a bit past 2 weeks now, so it would be great to compare grows as we go along.

Thanks for your kind words ya'll. Ok back to your grow journal...this is a good one btw.

Got my Northern Lights Special seeds today, earlier than expected. Took only 11 days and considering there were two weekends during that time, that was pretty damn fast. Interestingly, the UFO was Northern Lights x Big Bud... unfortunately, it's an auto which I really have no interest in.

psyte said:

Got my Northern Lights Special seeds today, earlier than expected. Took only 11 days and considering there were two weekends during that time, that was pretty damn fast. Interestingly, the UFO was Northern Lights x Big Bud... unfortunately, it's an auto which I really have no interest in.

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sucks you got an auto as a freebie.

I placed two orders origionally, my freebie on one was better than all the others! I got a 10 pack mixed fem, and diesel by seedism (which sucked imo, maybe try another phenotype). My freebie was special queen (AMAZING, best I have) and the other was a cali hash plant x hindu (or hindi) kush. I got lucky

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sucks you got an auto as a freebie.

I placed two orders origionally, my freebie on one was better than all the others! I got a 10 pack mixed fem, and diesel by seedism (which sucked imo, maybe try another phenotype). My freebie was special queen (AMAZING, best I have) and the other was a cali hash plant x hindu (or hindi) kush. I got lucky

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Yeah I got some better ones last time, but I really only have room for strains specifically selected for my garden, so I haven't used the freebies or any of my various bag seeds yet. Some day it might be fun to just do and entire grow of random seeds though.

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Set up a simple drip system today. On to testing it out and getting it dialed in. Mostly it's for when I'm away for longer than a few days but if it works out well I might continue using it on a regular basis.

Random question for anyone who might be reading that uses reservoirs or drip systems or anything where water mixed with nutes is stored for more than a few days...
How do you keep it from getting nasty? It seems like any time I keep water w/ nutes for more than a few days, even in a sealed container, it starts to smell like a fish tank.

are you using h2o2?

that may just be what it smells like...

It just smells like fertilizer when I first mix it, but after a few days it stinks like a dirty fish tank. Seems there has to be some bacteria growing in there.... but whether it's good, bad, or neutral, I have no idea.

I've noticed the same thing in my bubble clone bucket if I don't change the water for a few days and I've tried using H2O2 to extend the time between water changes. But even using concentrations as low as 1ml/gal seems to slow initial root growth. But then I've read about hydro systems using as much as 15ml/gal, so that leads me to believe it would be safe to use at that concentration in my drip system without fear of damaging the roots. Since I use chemical ferts and no organics I'm not concerned about it killing the good bacteria since the ferts pretty much do that anyway. What concentrations would you recommend?

I have just heard and seen videos on hydro growers using h2o2 to help with bacteria/algae/etc. I don't think it would cause any issues with roots but your saying you have seen it so I am not sure. I think it really depends on the strength of the h2o2, you can buy 3% up to 35% h2o2, to determine amount needed. I can point you in the right direction of a good youtube video if you want it. i think it was a dwc vid.

Yeah if you have the link I'll definitely check it out.

Did some more research and found a good article:
http://www.quickgrow.com/gardening_articles/hydrogen_peroxide_horticulture.html

Other info I came across had some speculation that it can be problematic if you use organics as it may kill beneficial bacteria (some people don't agree with that though since beneficial bacteria loves oxygen). Either way, I don't use organics so it shouldn't matter. Looks like it can also help with over watering since it adds oxygen, which may be helpful while dialing in the drip system. I didn't come across anything saying it would damage established roots unless used in too high a concentration. I think I'll start with half the dose recommended in the article and go from there.

Noticed a second issue with the reservoir water/nutes... after a couple days the pH is going up too. My tap is a bit high and after mixing nutes I have about 8.0-8.5pH. I use General Hydroponics pH Down to drop it to about 6.0. I measured it this morning and it's up to 7.0. Not too worried about it being 7.0, but if it keeps going up that could be bad. I just mixed a new batch today with 5ml/gal h2o2, so I'll see how that works out. I don't think that will do anything to help with the pH unless it's bacteria growth that's causing it to go up, which for all I know could be the case.

hey psyte h202 should be very beneficial to roots. i use 50% h2o2 so the really strong shit and i use 2ml per 10l (about .7ml per gallon). i notice that it actually speeds up root growth. kills bad bacteria. although i have heard it can kill good bacteria also but this is only an issue if you are using organic nutes as they are not readily available to the plant and actually need to be broken down by bacteria before the plant can take them in.

h2o2 also helps break down any damaged roots and promotes extra oxygen in the water as over 2-3 days the H in the h2o2 breaks down slowly releasing all the O into the water.
if your having trouble keeping your water fresh and u have ample oxygenation (airstones, fluming, waterfalling whatever your chosen method) i may suggest u live in a warm climate? would i be right? res temps will turn shit sour very quickly.

keep res outside of tent away from heat. if heat is a major issue u can keep your res in a larger bucket with water in that and add large frozen ice bottles in the water this will keep your res cool.

otherwise using a natural tea or a similar product may help i use general hydros florablend. its a great product for promoting healthy roots however i have changed nute lines this grow and will be using cycos "zyme" which upon opening the bottle i found to be nearly the same as florablend, so im guessing any zyme product would be similar. theres a few on the market i think.

hope that helps

That is a lot of very useful info my friend. Much appreciated!

I'm using 3% drugstore hydrogen peroxide, so after reading how high a level you're using with good results I'm going to go triple what I put in there before (can't see that being a problem since you're using the equivalent of over 100x what I originally put in). That will give me 15ml/gal of 3%.
Do you do any type of bubble/aero cloning? I've tried that amount in my clone bucket and while it kept it fresh much much longer, it also took nearly twice as long to see roots.

this is the link for the dwc system where he uses h2o2 I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUr670ShjsI

Thats .7 not 7 it should still be fairly weak.