First Time in a Long Time....

cannabiscrusader said:
Keep in mind that dry amendments need time to break down and be available to the plant. I would put a few scoops of the happy frog on top until you add those. Earth worm castings and compost mixed with the dr earth, then scratched into the top layer of soil. Doesn't have to be dr earth if you can't find it.
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Did more reading posted on another part of Rollitup the Dr Earth will be here Friday.... Canceled the Farm Fox... Would you agree with this feeding chart? Also have the 4-4-4 on its way. Started swap over to 12/12 on the 8th so would say we are start of week 4
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cannabiscrusader said:
Not my post, just screen shot for my buddy that uses that line. I use dr earth 4-4-4, and flower girl 3-9-4. Those take a while to break down and become usable. Ff is a good place to start tho
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I was looking at the bottles on the last page thinking about how I would use them in real soil when I don't use those nutes or grow in real soil but have been using organics in ProMix HP for my base the last couple of years and getting the hang of it when I've grown using soilless and hydro nutes or DWC for ages.

That screenshot looks a lot like what I was thinking should work OK so I'd second that idea.

If the plants are still in the stretch phase then a bit of the Grow wouldn't hurt but likely not needed unless some fading is happening in the older fan leaves around the bottom. Big growth spurt during the stretch and they can use a little extra N at that point.

HyperBud said:
Ill check out my local place and see if they carry the Dr Earth, and just save the Farm Fox lineup for the next grow.
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Go with that FF stuff. Dry amendments are going to be too slow and they need a boost ASAP. I'd mix up about 1/5 strength of each and give them a good soaking. I've been working with the Gaia Green dry stuff for a while now and mix it in to my ProMix before planting in it and try to let it sit and 'cook' for a few weeks before moving plants into it. I also add DynoMyco and some carbs with it so all that stuff is working together. Cooked a few plants on my first tries but getting it dialed in better now. DWC is so much easier for me. :)

:peace:
 
Like ol' med said, those dry amendments take some time to break down. You could put 1/4 cup of both the 4-4-4 and flower girl into a 5 gal bucket with 4 gallons of water. Add some castings if you have them. Bubble it for a day or so with a cheap air pump and stone for a fish tank.
The dr earth has microbes embedded in the granules that you can activate a little quicker. When you pull the air stone out and you see a mucus film on the stone, it's ready. Just water as usual, or use it to water in 1/2 cup of top dressed flower girl. The microbes in the brewed tea will go to work a lot faster making those snackey cakes ready for the ladies. (Sorry, just watched biodome with the wife)
Since you already bought the dr earth, I think you would be doing yourself a disservice by not at least considering a sip. I just built 2 more yesterday, super easy. It's like an autocorrect for anything you could think of, aside from mites. Fuck mites

Just so you are aware. A year from now you will be in your garden and think, at what point did it begin to get like this? Surrounded by plants, buckets, gizmos, bags of random crap, junk in a tote you "might need for the next grow". Today, right now was that point. Welcome to thebongsmilie academy
 
@OldMedUser @cannabiscrusader @Tiflis , so as of right now I have some worm casing tea brewing that will be ready for the use tomorrow night. As of writing this post I still have intentions of returning the FF as it’s not really a direction I wanna go any longer. So when the Dr Earth stuff gets in I’ll dress with it and also give them about 2.5 cups of the tea. I have had some paling leaves near the bottom so I’ll also toss a little of the soil I have left over on top. And that will also give me some soil to mix the Dr Earth into.
 
@OldMedUser @cannabiscrusader @Tiflis , so this I hope is the lowest I’ll ever be in the garden, letting the tea sit and wanting to add the nutrients today I underestimated how dry the pots were. Figure I could do the watering/tea/fert all tonight. I know they will bounce back but I also know that this should of never happened… I will be posting another picture tomorrow when there all bushy again…
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Mine look like that almost every time I get around to watering them so I wouldn't worry about it. They've been surviving for about a year with treatment like that. :)

:peace:
 
Looking good!

Is your light always that close?
I found I degrade the trichomes on the very top if the light is that close. I move mine up and dim it down a bit around week 5.
 
cannabiscrusader said:
Looking good!

Is your light always that close?
I found I degrade the trichomes on the very top if the light is that close. I move mine up and dim it down a bit around week 5.
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Has been for the grow I’ll take that into account and raise it a little more, not sure I really want less light though? Feel like that will just slow growth. Always assumed that the light intensity should be all the way up to help with light penetration
 
Not until the buds start to swell on top. I'll take a pic of some buds I have that were too close. They were maybe 16" away. I run 4 viparspectra xs2000 in a 4x8. They were on %100 last round about 18". I have them %75 at 20" now. No noticeable change in growth.
I do perpetual, so my comparisons are side by side 3 weeks apart
 
Here are 3 prime examples. Trichome pictures are from the same bud. One from the top (mostly amber), and one at the bottom. Harvested early because of the light burn
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A bit too close IPC_2023-04-07.23.15.04.0000.jpg
 
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