Cure for the Summertime Blues

Who is ready for Summer? What a better way to get through a hot summer day than some cool lemonade to wash those blues and global warming away. How about some dank ass Purple freakin' Lemonade! Week 1, Day 7. Birthdays are always on Friday, although these girls (PurpleLemonade x4) are only 5 or 6 days I will count Friday (2/28) as day 7. They are all looking good at the corner of happy and healthy in their rich beds of organic goodness. I have been working on this formula since I started growing about a 18 months or so. Anyway, I am using a 2:1 ratio of Coco coir/ Soil. I also add organic perlite (not pictured) to the mix at about 15%. Now, the soil I'm using is premium organic stuff, good for 30 days of growth without supplementing. The Coco coir is certified organic and grown far from the ocean so there are no salts to wash out. After that is all thoroughly mixed I add the real goodies: Nature's Living Soil inoculant that has everything you need to go from seed to harvest. They recommend 1 lb./5 gallons of soil. I use 2 lb/5 gallons because I use a Coco coir heavy soil mix (preferred because I can determine water needs easier than a 100% soil mix). I also use Recharge from start to finish once a week to keep the soil happy and healthy. Then, I have Coast of Maine's Squid juice (2-3-0) if they need a little supplement to get them to the end. I feed with RO or double filtered well water keeping the beginning ppm at a minimum. I adjust the pH with GH because of ease of use. Otherwise, I try to keep the inorganics introduced to the grow at a minimum. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention earlier, I started the seeds in recycled paper cups with Coast of Maine Seed Starter Mix that I amended with more Coco coir. After 4 days I put them in their final beds. I have a perpetual grow going and I am harvesting something every week or two so I threw in some pictures of some of the other goodness going on over here too. So, hop on the bus Gus, and lets see if we can come up with a cure for the Summertime blues. Thanks for turning on and tuning in. All questions and comments are welcome. Peace