Some Funky Stuff - African Haze F2

@xanado18, Pungeant smell is what YOU! whant. Hehe but I agree if I just smelled the bud like a normal flower it would smell like rotten shoes. But all the complexity comes after a little maturation and patience. Rubbing the stems also gives different aromas. After wet trim final smell on hands was Cinnamon, Pine, and Varsol paint thinner.

@sativaman, Thanks brother! Hoping my tastes/smells come out like how you were saying, right now it’s got a real poopoo smell 😂 not a bad thing though right?

@xanado18 Always happy to help my friend. So to continue on this subject, yes, you could definitely use some sort of home depot mulch and clover seeds. One thing I do want to make clear is a majority of people have accepted using fabric pots to improve drainage. However, the top of the line fabric pots (like GrassRoots) have a liner which really aids in keeping moisture in the pot. Most cheaper fabric pots don't have this liner, causing air to constantly wick moisture from the sides of the fabric pot, especially if there is a lot of airflow, or really low humidity. I have just setup my Final Flowering containers for my next grow. They are 15 gallon nursery containers, using Coast of Maine Stonington Blend soil as my base, and incorporating other local ingredients to include in the mix (includes sand, crushed clay, glacial rock, and volcanic rock). I filled the bottom inch with rock (I used lava rock, but any small-medium rocks should do) and covered that inch of rock with another inch of sand (I used sand from a local stream, but you can use construction sand, builders sand, play sand) The rocks prevent the sand from leaching out the bottom, and the sand prevents that bottom area from becoming Anaerobic, not allowing organic matter to sit in a pool of water is essential to preventing root issues. Now after this layer, I added my base soil mix (make sure it is well-moistened, but not soaking wet) and lightly packed until there was about 5 inches left at top of container. I then put an inch of earthworm castings, followed by 1-2 inches of bokashi compost and a mycelium rich Mulch. I kinda went around your question, but yes it seems there may be some pockets of hydrophobic soil in your medium refusing to become moist. I think a cover crop could help, just remember its not going to become useful until the clovers spread a good enough. A good way to look at it is in nature, it isn't often you see bare soil with nothing on top of it. The Earth naturally protects itself from drying out by growing cover crop and trees losing their leaves among many other splendid interactions. Good luck don't hesitate to ask anything more :D

@@GreenGrows, Hey, thanks for your response brother!! I was actually considering the whole cover crop thing, and thanks for giving out a lot of good knowledge here. But since I have your attention at the moment, I have a few more questions! Maybe ill try to throw down some clover if I can find it. What do you think, If I say, pick up a bag of mulch from home depot(or do you have a better suggestion, one that I can go out and make happen tomorrow), and just throw clover seed on the soil then cover that with a layer of mulch? How deep should that mulch layer be? How much/often should I be watering in order to get the peat soil to the right wet consistency again? it seems like the top absorbs the water, but if I dig a few inches down it's almost bone dry. I'm definitely going to do my own research, you've done a lot for getting my ball rolling with this extensive post, but any more help would be really appreciated!! Thanks Again!!

@Dahoola, Thank you kindly!! Blessings to your grow 🙌

@sativaman, thanks for the feedback! so if .7 gal every two days isn’t enough, what would you suggest? I feel as though my soil is only getting wet at the top and the bottom, and the center is staying dry, killing off microbe activity. (It feels hollow in the center) Is that possible? I’m gonna try kick it more potassium and I been dropping Epsom salts in there 1/2 tbsp per

@xanado18, Might be right .7 gal is not enough. Also it is not underfed! Good luck!

@sativaman, right so, https://buildasoil.com/products/buildaflower-top-dress-kit?_pos=1&_sid=547950f5d&_ss=r&variant=952957049 is the top dress, I added a hefty amount and mixed with bokashi. I’m running Oregon’s only nutrients( the full line) at half strength as well, with recharge, mammoth P and a tablespoon of epsom was applied on the last feed. Was watering .7 gallons every two days, but I’m starting to think that that wasn’t enough to moisten the whole 7 gallon pots.

@xanado18, thanks for the good words man.They are already producing huge flowers so I would just advise to stay tuned :)) By the way,did my answer help solve the problem?

@HighRoller909, Thanks! They just keep goin and goin and goin...😴 As long as I don't fry them into submission I think ill have a very solid harvest. I remember when I first started up, you helped me with one of my very first grow questions. Thanks for that, Good luck with those stretchers, they already look like they're gonna stack insane amounts of flower!

@HighRoller909, i would gladly make that trade too... those tiger flowers are looking amazing!!

@sativaman, yep!

@Platinouuu, Theyre chopped and drying at 18.3 celsius and 58 percent humidity, getting trimmed tonight tomorrow and probably the day after. pics to follow! :)

@TrickOrTrip, Thank you kindly! Can’t wait to see your skunk harvest those colas are way more stacked than mine were off my skunk #1 🤘

@sativaman, yeah man! The migro light kicks ass!!

@Platinouuu, thanks bro, yeah they're on the path to a full recovery so I'm hoping for the best! I've been growing in hydro and figured I'd give soil a try, and ive learned so much already from this run! thanks for following and the kind words! much love bro😎