Okay, you are probably wondering why, I'm using 2 large terracotta pots compared to the 2 tiny air flow hydro pots. Okay, so here MY reasoning. So, the whole purpose, of this powder, is to turn normal organic soil into topsoil/humus. So, why start making top soil then only to disturb it to change into a bigger pot of fresh soil. Well, it takes up to 2-4 weeks for this formula to turn soil to topsoil. Really, if I had the product before I started my grow, I'd of made a batch of from ordinary soil and soaked it in the solution, hence having the topsoil ready and on hand, cause at the moment the plants won't get much help from this stuff, so, for the first 2-4 weeks I mixed a 4l of high grade Cacti planting mix to give it that organic boost until the soil transforms into Humus/topsoil. So, when I mixed .5 of the powder with 6.3 ph water after 20mins the ph was up and around 9.3-9.5 and PPM were in the 700+ and increasing, especially when I added a little how water the PPM jumped up, cause this stuff works best in okay heat conditions, supposedly there's billions of micro whatever doing there work and that's what transforms the soil. So, I had to think on my feet. I didn't want to risk giving it such a high PH. So, I made up a batch of .3 in 500ml of 6.3 PH PPM78. After 20mins it went up to 7.8. .4 of a no of lemon juice brought it right down to 7.05 PH 500PPM. Both organic plants got 500ml feed of supersoil formula at the start and another 150ml of 6.3ph distilled water after 12hrs of light.
Got there first 18 hours, am going to water again this time with just PH 6.3 PPM 78 21c temp, 250ml each when reaches 24 hours planted. Then 12 hours later another 250ml, or around that. Fan comes on to suck filtered air in 20mins on and 20mins off, 24/7 I turn the speed up to full when the light is on half speed when off. As plant goes into flower will run filtered air until Harvest.
Update. 42hrs
To my surprise as I was switching to its next 6hr dark period I noticed first signs of growth. Going to water with 250ml of supersoil formula tomorrow and 100-150 of 6.3ph distilled water. And I'll just water straight ph water the rest of the weak, on growth/color assessment supersoil formula will/won't be add accordingly
52 hrs gave her 50ml of supersoil formula following another 250ml of distilled PH 6.3 water over the 3rd day lighting period. I'll give it another 250ml per organic plant over the space of day 5 lighting period. And each day between 150ml spread out over the lighting period for the first week. And then will give updates on changes. Updates on pics will still come for this plant for the remaining of this week.
HUMIDITY CONTROL 12/25/21
So, I noticed when the light is on after a while the humidity can get as low as 52% but goes up to around 55 when the intake fan comes on. So, I got a bowl, put it in between the terracotta pots with some hot water and epison salt and when the fan is off it can go up to 67% and 60% after a few mins of the intake fan being on. So, really happy with an easy fix, it stays around 60-65% when lights are off and intake fan on/off 1/2 1 being turned on for 20mins and turned off for 40mins. Small portable fan on all the time, only when it's being charged it's not turned on.
Update 2/1/22 So, the CBD is doing great you see how she's starting to take shape, but be a very good plant for clones if that were the purpose. I have 1 CBD AUTO seed left, so when these 5 grows are over I'm going to grow the CBD and get 4 good clones and I'm hoping to take 2 clones and keep them on ice from Tangerine Dream Auto. Its mad, the 2 best plants are the ones that need very little up keep. 1 water feeding a day whether it be distilled water, voodoo juice or the next supersoil formula feed which is on D11. But, yeah, these are the healthiest, biggest and most developed plants of the 2 strains growing in different conditions. I was going to be TDA in hydros but I'm thinking I'll just go the organic route.
REPORT ON METHODS USED AND RESULTS FOUNDED.
Great looking plant, she is the most matured looking by far, so far the supersoil feeds have given everything the plant needs, I was a bit worried with them being so young that the mix would be to rich, but as stated on the formula it breaks down nutes and helps control uptake, it's weird, the EC is high and the PH is very high but again, it stated that PH problems would be a thing of the past. So for results, Yeah, plant is going really well, (Touch Bud(
Those photos in the dark, They are starting to cake up fairly nicely. I think as long as you do the dry / cure right even if they are not the densest buds you should still have some great smoke. Having managed large grows & been around big bags I prefer smalls myself. One of our buyers that pre-ordered most of the crop from the big facility I managed, Literally would break down a pound bag and somehow steam out the moisture from all the stems & weigh the stem before and after and bitch at us if there was any major weight accounted for by this. At the highest level, people are incredibly neurotic almost to a fault. up to 100lbs was 1750 per pound so I guess they have good cause to be. I always found regardless in bulk purchases the stem loss from large quads was not worth it. I prefer bags of smalls that literally have 0 stem weight to them you get much more in the end you would be surprised. In this market high volume sales trump high per cost sales, You can do better offering ounces of premium smalls at 50-60 a bag. People pay a premium for big buds when really all they are, Are smalls connected to a stem that you can't smoke. If the weed is good its generally good all the way through & when you hand trim high-end product you trim it TIGHT there can be no gap in the buds or you break it down. Generally, only the tops are held as big structure buds or tops off your side branches which all get packaged up into quad packs.
@gottagrowsometime, I did not make it on purpose! It was a bag seed we got from a bag of nuken buds. the plant through out 3 seeds though I will gladly gift you them as nobody else has shown interest in it yet and I still have 1 more original seed that came from the bud like its twin that I germinated. DM me friend! It finished incredibly fast around 7 weeks tops and did not resemble nuken at all in aroma or flavor.
@LegacyMarketFarm, ah well if you are buying a 100lb then yeah I'd say your at least getting 1-3lb of stem right? Great you have some1 who can take all that. Oh btw I seen this was your own seed you made for part of the grow. I seen it on a comment you wrote. What is the seed like can you DM me what it is, I'd be interested in making a small order in a few wks. Know it's nothing compared to what you sell and might be more of a burden. But I'd love to try or even hear about it.
These do not look bad AT ALL man good work. Once they begin to finish their vertical growth completely remember to start opening up your temp gaps between lights on and off to beyond 10 degrees less lights off and a little more each week until harvest. Keep it up man I know you can do this one!
@gottagrowsometime, Our pleasure π we are always happy to hear this!!! We'll definitely enjoy watching you grow!! Looking forward to watching your progress! πͺ
@Fast_Buds, Thanks for dropping by fast_buds. I love your plants. Not once have I had issues with 'em they grow and germinate to perfection. My go 2 breeder from now on. Strawnana is my next grow. Thanks for taking we time.
@Fast_Buds, Hey, I'm really impressed by your seeds. The genetics are solid, and are very resistant to toxs and so on. Pleasure to grow. Have 3 dif FB strains, 1 of them GZA the new strain. Can't wait to get the whole 3 dif strains up and running. Thanks for dropping by and excellect CService.