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Hello guys
I just started my first diary here, sadly im already a few weeks in.
Had a big problem with fungus gnats from the start, the plants are slowly starting to recover.
(Watered with nematodes and set up a few yellow-traps, there are almost none flying around now...)
Since i live in germany im thinking about waiting with switching to bloom phase until the start of August / September due to temperatures above 30 degrees outside at summer that would probably kill off all the smell from the buds and make the drying phase become way too short (probably around 5 days, but i'd like to be at 10 at least) - as far as i can tell, comment please if im wrong - or when the whole grow-space is filled horizontally (likely to occurr first, maybe i'll transfer one or two plants out of the tent then and let them bloom separately) due to space problems...
Has anyone experience with drying in the refrigerator? I believe humidity is a big problem then but maybe if i let the air refill every few hours and put in a small fan or two im fine? It's the only place where i could get temperatures below like 28 degrees celsius in hot summer and I'd like to dry them at 15-20 degrees if possible
Any thoughts would be appreciated !
Love
Mintberrycrunch
They're growing...i accidentally broke the main-stem on one of the plants.
I fed them too much of bio-grow and heaven, also i dont know why i gave them top-max and bloom, im an idiot :-P
Since the leaf tips are burnt now i will give them only acti-vera and heaven and later on feed them according to the original biobizz schedule for their all-mix....
I tried out uploading the pictures to Ottcouture cannavisor which states there's a potassium deficiency in all of the plants. on the RQS website it says applying a potassium-rich spray like fermented fruit juice, maybe i will try that out. I will also check the pH of the runoff next time i give water.
I bought a bag of solution containing bacillus subtilis from my local garden shop, will add them to the water next time.
05/28/2024 :Just watered (tap water brought to pH 6.6 + Bio-Heaven + Acti-Vera + bacillus subtilis) and measured the EC of my runoff and got a slaying 2,3 which i totally wasnt prepared for and a pH of 6,8.
If I'm right I definitely won't have to add any fertilizer (the main part of the soil consists of ordinary universal flower-earth that probably already has enough fertilizer in it for a few more weeks) although i've read that soil EC consists of more than just the salts from the fertilizer in the earth so it's meaningless to use it as a measurement for overfeeding etc.
I bought a bag of bacillus subtilis to add to the water from my local garden shop.
I read that bacillus subtilis is also functioning as a fungicide.
Can i still use mykorrhizae / trichoderma fungi or is it a waste?
Just because something is listed as it does not always mean it will be effective.
This is a snip it from google.
Bacillus subtilis GBO3 is a bacterium that is used as a fungicide on flower and ornamental seeds, and on agricultural seeds including seeds for cotton, vegetables, peanuts, and soybeans. The bacterium colonizes the developing root system of the plant and thus competes with certain fungal disease organisms.
Maybe the bacteria does not interfere with none pathogenic fungal species of the plant. Or maybe they're not good at combating the ones in the other product.
These where a few study done about this. foot note, I did not read them but it might have the information your looking for given the title, but it does use very specific spices of fungus and bacteria. IDK if yours are the same. different strains of the same bacteria can have different results, so best to not over think it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145286/
and another one
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780869/
High Phosphorus content in the medium will prevent a lot of mycorrhizae from even growing. and most cannabis feed are high P in folower so I don't think you have much to worry about, I would still use all the products but maybe do a test of it first on one plant first and see how it does. Give it a week or two to show any issues.
Good Luck!
I bought a bag of bacillus subtilis to add to the water from my local garden shop.
I read that bacillus subtilis is also functioning as a fungicide.
Can i still use mykorrhizae / trichoderma fungi or is it a waste?
Just because something is listed as it does not always mean it will be effective.
This is a snip it from google.
Bacillus subtilis GBO3 is a bacterium that is used as a fungicide on flower and ornamental seeds, and on agricultural seeds including seeds for cotton, vegetables, peanuts, and soybeans. The bacterium colonizes the developing root system of the plant and thus competes with certain fungal disease organisms.
Maybe the bacteria does not interfere with none pathogenic fungal species of the plant. Or maybe they're not good at combating the ones in the other product.
These where a few study done about this. foot note, I did not read them but it might have the information your looking for given the title, but it does use very specific spices of fungus and bacteria. IDK if yours are the same. different strains of the same bacteria can have different results, so best to not over think it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145286/
and another one
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780869/
High Phosphorus content in the medium will prevent a lot of mycorrhizae from even growing. and most cannabis feed are high P in flower so I don't think you have much to worry about, I would still use all the products but maybe do a test of it first on one plant first and see how it does. Give it a week or two to show any issues.
Good Luck!
Watered with adjusted nutrition, plants contuinue to grow...
I'm spraying them with tap-water mixed with Alg-a-mic (2 mL / L) on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
The highest plant reaches 19 cm, and the lowest 13 cm. Will try to further stretch the biggest plant out, but getting space issues to some sides...stretched out the tent a little bit by improvising xd.
Probably will have to replace the pots into a different order.
Will do some defoliation soon and then decide which stems i want to keep.
running the light on 60% light intensity with a distance of 30-45 cm (38 cm)
Decided to cut the wires off the plants and let them grow in height.
The smaller plant outrooted its pot and i've been putting it into its final one.
The plants are growing.
Since im working at the moment im not looking after them as much as i would normally, but i guess that may be benefical to them 😂
Starting to get slightly burnt leaf-tips.
Will leave the Fish-Mix Out again for the next few watering Sessions.
Mintberrycrunch
