ILGM GSC Extreme Nature's Living Soil

12/08 I've decided that it was a mistake to put up the scrog, I need to focus more on learning the basics of pruning, the under skirt is a mess and the net is a pain in the ass. Just trying to clean this mess up, started brewing a Compost tea of 1 Cup Earthworm Castings, 1 Tsp Humic Acid Powder, .25 cup Insect Fras, Azomite, and Kelp Meal, 1 TBSP Bat Guano, and 2 TBSP Unsulphered Molasses, which I should have put in first. 12/09 Fed them each a little over 1 liter of the compost tea trying to put a quarter of the feed in the bottom of the tray, put enough to fill it and it is empty by the time I complete an entire watering rotation so that's good. The idea is this should be enough food to push them to the finish line especially if they are a 70 day cultivar and this is day 43 ish since they popped from the dirt, so that leaves 27 days..ish with at least 14 days of no feeding at all that means 13 days of heavy feeding of Phosphorus to plump these girls up. Also manned up and used a pot and stand to get Amy off the ground, I was worried from my last auto grow that hermied late in flower due to light fluctuations that I've become OVERLY cautious. 12/10 Ok first impressions post Tea..the girls look great nice and green EVEN green across the canopy. The girls in the back were a little darker green than the two ladies in the front and the differences don't stop there. The girls in the back are more developed bigger buds, frosty, the tent has a very nice smell. Amy looks a little happier now that she has access to more sun, I am really kicking myself on this grow, I should have left them alone but, it's about the lessons on the way. Now other than tucking some leaves and pulling the dead and dying I'm just going to let them do their thing. I really hope Trudy Judy is just messing with me and will pack on the weight, I mean…come on. 12/11 Watered each girl with a liter of 6.2 water, and let's be clear it was not that simple. First cleaned my water bucket because each day the ph was drifting higher which is weird, I do keep my air stones running in there but I figure hey if they run in aquariums 24/7 more air meh. But I decided to clean everything, cloroxed the water bucket and recalibrated the Bluelab, oh yeah this was on the 10th not today errr…whatever, then I filled the 5 gallon bucket that I use as a reservoir and put that back in the lab with the stone and let that run for 24 hours, tested and ph'd the water down to 6.2. Then I noticed the rust spots on Gina!!! Panicked like an idiot, I knew they were susceptible to Calcium deficiencies and that is exactly what it looks like. But I topped dressed the soil with Crab Meal…. And it only looks like it is on Gina. I'm thinking it could be an imbalance in the soil I haven't watered to run off since it's organic, and I can look back at what I've done and see that THIS is the first time they've had plain water all freaking week. So I think I'm going to water Gina with a little Epsom salt tomorrow, look over each girl more carefully and skip the next feed for a water and reset back to feed. I'm also done with packaged nutrients, reading the labels I have most of the stuff that's in here in one form or another so I'll figure out a simple organic feeding chart. 12/12 Checked on the girls, Gina's calcium deficiency isn't getting worse not that I would expect change in 24 hours, but I can see the deficiency on the back leaves, no water today so I am going to top dress with Epsom salt tomorrow, noticed the bottom fan was powered off probably due to the power outage two days ago, turned on and increased flow to the bottom of the pots. 12/13 Did more research this is a Calcium deficiency not Magnesium so Epsom salt is a no go, I was trying to avoid using CalMag as a liquid supplement by adding Crab Meal to the top dress but I think the real problem is the soil is TOO HOT! Maybe going with the living soil technique wasn't such a great idea, if the soil is too hot and out of balance I don't think I will have enough time to correct Gina, this is a 70 day strain and today is day 50 so maybe one more feeding 12/14 All nice and even green across the canopy….the canopy is uneven as fuck! Trudy Judy is tall and lanky her buds are starting to plump up with is good. Calcium deficiency on Gina…sigh, I don't see anything on new leaves, but the old leaves are spotting up. I am seeing a few spots on Rosa, which is par the course. The two ladies in the back are the best developed plants seem to be on schedule AND are showing Calcium deficiencies. The two ladies in the front are just freaks, Amy is short and deep green I'm concerned about Nitrogen Toxicity but I don't see any leaf curling.