Official Gaia Green Grow Method

Hash Hound said:

I've been using DrE as my go to nute for over ten years. I've used each alone all the way through a grow and 50/50 or layering the two.
Great product. I rarely have deficiencies unless it out eats what I amended the soil with (1-1.25 c per 7g bag). I brew a nice frothy DrE tea to keep things going too.

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nice to hear!
i like touse roots organics original soil, what is your go to?

Coming soon to the U.S., but still missing the basics.

copkilller said:

nice to hear!
i like touse roots organics original soil, what is your go to?

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I mostly use Black Gold Organic or Promix Organic

Pheno hunt this summer
Banana kush fem
Bruce banner fem
Kushy kush fem

First picture is my mutated purple haze. it sprouted with only one cotyledon. I have the side branches tied down to let the center catch up. I never topped the plant. It looks pretty neat though I think.. ran into some under feeding issues with my PHC(front left plant) that I then over fed with a tea but she's bouncing back alright.. on the right is my gelato kiss she is the youngest but has outgrown the others and has a awesome smell. They are all roughly 6weeks old, I've top dressed once with 4-4-4 and worm castings and I've fed a tea with molasses, castings, kelp, alfalfa, oyster shell flour and very little seabird guano.. I'm excited to flower these plants. But I don't think they are big enough yet.

Day 32, Autos

Organic amendments
Coco 40% / Peat 30% / EWC 20% / Perlite 10%

They just got 50/50 Veg/Bloom nutes
4-4-4
3-9-4
Neem Meal
Insect Frass
EWC

Third round with this promix hp
Cold Tap water only

I add 1/3cup off garden lime each 5 gallon pot and 1/2 Cup off 444 in the pot then i transplant from 1 gallon pot .

First top dress today 1/4 cup off each product 444 284 and worm casting

In 1 week i flip 12/12


Keep it green !

If anyone from the dry amendments area could help me out that’d be cool lol

All Autos
Day 40 from surface
Down to earth amendments

I think I’ve over fed these ladies. I’ve been having some trouble with under watering. It takes them around half a day to perk back up but then still don’t seem super happy after a watering. Last image is a whole day after a full watering

GreenBean 420 said:

If anyone from the dry amendments area could help me out that’d be cool lol

All Autos
Day 40 from surface
Down to earth amendments

I think I’ve over fed these ladies. I’ve been having some trouble with under watering. It takes them around half a day to perk back up but then still don’t seem super happy after a watering. Last image is a whole day after a full watering

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Is your water too cold maybe?

myke said:

Is your water too cold maybe?

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No not at all. I’ve been using distilled water jugs that are sitting in the garage so they’re def around 70ish degrees. You think if I overwatered earlier that maybe the soil got compacted and now it’s even more difficult to find the sweet spot?

Does water soak in nicely or just run to the edges and out the bottom?

myke said:

Does water soak in nicely or just run to the edges and out the bottom?

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It’s soaks in pretty quickly. I grabbed a Dr Meter (moisture meter). And checked them all yesterday. Scale is 1-10. They were reading a 7ish pretty much and the wedding cake was already drooling. Pot was super light, but the meter said the soil was almost in the “wet” zone (8-10).

GreenBean 420 said:

It’s soaks in pretty quickly. I grabbed a Dr Meter (moisture meter). And checked them all yesterday. Scale is 1-10. They were reading a 7ish pretty much and the wedding cake was already drooling. Pot was super light, but the meter said the soil was almost in the “wet” zone (8-10).

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I have a similar meter,not 100%.maybe try watering less more often.Keeping the moisture in?Watering by far is the hardest thing.Some bottom water a little and a little from the top.

myke said:

I have a similar meter,not 100%.maybe try watering less more often.Keeping the moisture in?Watering by far is the hardest thing.Some bottom water a little and a little from the top.

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Someone just suggested that on the organic FB group. Said try 5% of pot volume waterings but more often. Someone suggested transplanting into a more aerated medium! That’s not even an option at week 6 with an autoflower right haha?! I’ll try the new watering routine and hope things smooth out

GreenBean 420 said:

Someone just suggested that on the organic FB group. Said try 5% of pot volume waterings but more often. Someone suggested transplanting into a more aerated medium! That’s not even an option at week 6 either an autoflower right haha?! I’ll try the new watering routine and hope things smooth out

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Watering was the reason I went to sips,was too hard to get perfect.Now in sips my soil reads 9.9 everywhere and plants love it.Go figure.

myke said:

Watering was the reason I went to sips,was too hard to get perfect.Now in sips my soil reads 9.9 everywhere and plants love it.Go figure.

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If my lights were too intense that wouldn’t cause the drooling would it? Or the fact that they’re being run 24/7?

GreenBean 420 said:

It’s soaks in pretty quickly. I grabbed a Dr Meter (moisture meter). And checked them all yesterday. Scale is 1-10. They were reading a 7ish pretty much and the wedding cake was already drooling. Pot was super light, but the meter said the soil was almost in the “wet” zone (8-10).

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I don't know if I'd trust a Dr. Meter more than my own observations. In my experience, the plant needs both water and air, but it's difficult to give both at the same time. Water it until the pot feels nice and heavy. Once the pot is lightweight and obviously dry, water it again. That gives the plant a chance to breathe in between waterings.

Trust your judgement over what a Dr. Meter says, that's what I'd suggest.

Why not adjust your schedule for 18 hours of light per day? It could also very well make a difference. Good luck, let us know what happens and I hope you figure it out.

I have four plants going right now; they're all Ortega by Mr. Nice Seeds and looking great so far. I got lazy and used some leftover Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil for the 1-gallon pots. I'll top-dress with Gaia Green 4-4-4 in small amounts each week, then transplant using Pro-Mix HP with Gaia Green's Power Bloom at a ratio of 1 cup per 5 gallons of Pro-Mix for the 7 gallon pots.

It should work, I'm just wondering how necessary it is to mix it in advance and moisten it to compost for a while first. I've heard that growers have had good luck without composting in advance and just wondering what your experience might be with this.

GiovanniJones said:

I don't know if I'd trust a Dr. Meter more than my own observations. In my experience, the plant needs both water and air, but it's difficult to give both at the same time. Water it until the pot feels nice and heavy. Once the pot is lightweight and obviously dry, water it again. That gives the plant a chance to breathe in between waterings.

Trust your judgement over what a Dr. Meter says, that's what I'd suggest.

Why not adjust your schedule for 18 hours of light per day? It could also very well make a difference. Good luck, let us know what happens and I hope you figure it out.

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I just got the meter two days ago because of all these watering issues. I was trusting myself to water a weightless pot but that didn’t seem to be working out either. They were still pissed. So I figured grab a meter and see what it’s saying. I’m worried the peat and coco are all compacted together at this point. At least the strawberry pie is doing great still…

edit. I haven’t changed to 20/4 or 18/6 because the temp in the tent will drop to like 63-65 degrees and the humidity will go up to like 70%. Although I have a dehumidifier coming Friday. Will 63-65 be ok for nighttime temps as long as the humidity is in check?

GreenBean 420 said:

I just got the meter two days ago because of all these watering issues. I was trusting myself to water a weightless pot but that didn’t seem to be working out either. They were still pissed. So I figured grab a meter and see what it’s saying. I’m worried the peat and coco are all compacted together at this point. At least the strawberry pie is doing great still…

edit. I haven’t changed to 20/4 or 18/6 because the temp in the tent will drop to like 63-65 degrees and the humidity will go up to like 70%. Although I have a dehumidifier coming Friday. Will 63-65 be ok for nighttime temps as long as the humidity is in check?

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My photos run 80 day and 65 night.