PavementPunk I made my own living soil with premixed nutrients and minerals and added peat moss, compost/manure, pumice, biochar, a little worm castings and worms maybe 15 or 20 from my backyard. It actually smells pretty good in the tent like good fresh soil. Or im i a weirdo lol. I feel like i did a decent job mixing the ratios and letting it cook for 3 weeks. It might be slightly light on nutrients but i do have a bit i saved for top dressing. Im hopeful this is a rewarding method. My other seedlings got a little stretchy. I used a heat mat for the first time and germinated directly into peat pucks. They popped a lot faster than i expected. This seedling has stayed compact. Hopefully this doesn't hurt things too bad. Environment has been pretty good. Got the light at 16 inches @ 44% power 🤞happy growing yall ✌️
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Peat Pellet
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Week 1. Vegetation
1mo ago
1/6
2.54 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
75 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
38.1 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Water Only Soil Mix
5.21 mll
PavementPunk Pretty sure the fly issue is negatively affecting 2 of my 3 seedlings. Wondering if living soil was a mistake. I put down some pumice around the base of these babies in a small circle as like mulch to hopefully protect their roots. Watered them only where my rocks are. I planted cover crops for the living soil watered everything in and covered it with some dry peat pumice mix i had. I hit that with a decent layer of diatomaceous earth too and another sticky trap or 2. Hoping this helps get it under control. I got a flying insect plug in trap on the way too. The BPP RF3 is looking pretty good and doing well at least there is that lol happy growing yall ✌️
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Week 2. Vegetation
21d ago
1/3
5.08 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
75 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
38.1 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Water Only Soil Mix
5.21 mll
PavementPunk Been a rough week. Only real notes i have are they got myco and fish and kelp. Bugs continue to be an issue. Living soil may have been a mistake
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Week 3. Vegetation
14d ago
1/4
7.62 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
68 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
0.38 liters
Watering Volume
43.18 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Water Only Soil Mix
5.21 mll
PavementPunk fish & kelp w myco + 1/4 strength hopefully helps. bugs suck hopefully thursday this WDG 3000 bti will tko them. The bpp rf3 was doing better than the other 2 for the first few weeks, now nycd and grape ape seem to have bounced back some and purple punch is suffering now. Im a hack. What is this grow!? Lol fml man. Few more days. I wanna start my photo seedlings soon. Im hopeful this living soil will be good once i get the flies dealt with. Still figuring out this light too. Wish me luck friends happy growing ✌️
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Week 4. Vegetation
7d ago
1/8
12.7 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
68 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
1.14 liters
Watering Volume
40.64 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Water Only Soil Mix
5.21 mll
PavementPunk This girl continuestostrugglethe most of the group. They all look better since the first full strength dose of wdg3000. I gave them 2 with a 1/4 strength myco+ dose in between. Gave some other living soil i have in a pot a decent but of it too to hopefully start getting rid of any fly larvae in there. I want this grow to bounce back even though its already half over. Maybe. I might need to do 1 more auto run instead of my photos next. Light at 80% 16 inches high
Happy growing friends ✌️
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Week 5. Vegetation
4h ago
1/4
33.02 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
64 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
0.38 liters
Watering Volume
40.64 cm
Lamp Distance
PavementPunk Instant compost tea (myco) and langenbeinite top dress. Watering every 72 hours. Light at 80% @ 16 to 18 inches. Flies mostly dealt with. Wdg3000 worked really well. Plants doing much better. Leaf tucking and a few runt nodes removed. Lets grow
Maybe some yellow sticky cards will help against the bugs? Edit: Oh, I saw you already use those...
The little black flies (Sciara analis) lay eggs in your soil and their larvea eat the roots of your plants 😟
@India_Calcoen, im certain they are affecting the plants. Yeah i need nematodes or something 😮💨 edit lol i got wdg3000 bti from buildasoil on the way. We shall see🤞
