PavementPunk I made my own living soil with premixed nutrients and minerals from KIS Organics 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. This seedling 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. Hopefully this doesn't hurt things too bad. Environment has been pretty good. Got the light at 16 inches @ 44% power π€happy growing yall βοΈ
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Peat Pellet
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Week 1. Vegetation
21d ago
1/8
5.08 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
75 %
Air Humidity
21 Β°C
Solution Temp
21 Β°C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
38.1 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Water Only Soil Mix
5.21 mll
PavementPunk Sorry im a day or 2 late w my diaries. Pretty sure the fly issue is negatively affecting 2 of my 3 seedlings. Sigh. Wondering if living soil was a mistake. I put down some pumice around the base of these babies in a small circle as a 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 also gave them all a good bottom watering more to keep the soil moist than to actually water the seedlings, while keeping top layer dry for the flies. 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 βοΈ
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Week 2. Vegetation
15d ago
1/5
7.62 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
75 %
Air Humidity
21 Β°C
Solution Temp
21 Β°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
8d ago
1/4
10.16 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
68 %
Air Humidity
21 Β°C
Solution Temp
21 Β°C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
0.38 liters
Watering Volume
40.64 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. Got it about 16 inches from canopy @ 65% easing it up to 80% over a week or 2. Wish me luck friends happy growing βοΈ
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Week 4. Vegetation
10h ago
1/4
15.24 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
24 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
66 %
Air Humidity
21 Β°C
Solution Temp
21 Β°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 is doing ok but not near as big as she should be, still good recovery. 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. Idk
Happy growing friends βοΈ
@Natrona, im probably to blame. The soil sat outside uncovered cooking for 3 weeks. Pretty sure thats where my bugs came from. I didnt realize covering it was so important
@Natrona, thats smart. idk i figured some rain and air would be fine. I mixed it in a large probably 55 gallon tote outside but the top to it is long gone. It probably wouldn't have fit anymore anyway. I thought about wrapping a garbage bag around the top.living soil is super attractive to flies...Idk i didnt see this becoming a huge issue lol or i would have covered it or brought it inside. Sighs lol i got this wdg3000 stuff coming but it doesnt get here for like a week. This grow is just hit π
