medicalguy09

@proud_to_grow_loud, ha! Good stuff man! Can't wait to see how your organic grow turns out!

@medicalguy09, It didnt stress the plants, the smell got stronger and it stressed me out! LMAO!

@medicalguy09, too much of anything can stress them out. Your best bet is to let the soil do everything for you. Im pushing these babies as far as they will let me. Im changing my grows every series. Next series Im going to focus strictly on the microbes and fungal percentage. Im going to just feed them and let them do all my heavy lifting. The key to growing is what works best for you. if you like salts, IE bottle nutes or anything that is not from organic sources... they love and are easy to burn your plants. The thing is that I dont want to ruin any grow so doing the easiest thing is letting the soil feed my plant and I will keep feeding the soil from now on. I have learned that microbes make everything a plant needs. if you have the right microbes and fungal dominance then your plants will have everything it needs. too much water can be an issue when trying to grow fungal dominance in a soil. keeping a mulch layer of wood shavings and chips with a few layers of soil and organic matter at the top 4 inches of the pot. Potato bugs and worms plus beneficial nematodes will help breakdown the organic matter. Organic matter such as Alfalfa meal, spent coffee grounds, dried banana peel powder, avocado, dried grass powder, dried leaf powder, and oyster shell crushed, gypsum, vermiculite, chopped up cannabis leaf, organic grass or grain seed sprouts, soaked plain organic oatmeal, blue corn sprouts blended into a slurry... randomly add these to the soil for foods but there is always one constant, Kelp meal! *****Kelp has amazing properties that boost everything. hit that kelp up and get some dry amendments always making sure your calcium is high. *****Alfalfa grain sprouts have loads of plant growth regulating hormones in it. when you let the alfalfa sit in water and sprout roots, it naturally has loads of goodies! ***************Caution! if your soil doesnt have everything the plant needs when you add the Alfalfa grain sprouts.... it will start to show calcium deficiency. so load up on calcium which is a nutrient that is used to build cell structure and carry other nutrients to the plant where its needed.

@proud_to_grow_loud, Awesome! A lot of that is wayyy over my head but I will take notes. I didn't know potassium silicate could stress them out (if I am reading that correctly). I use silica once a week, 3ml/gal. I'm on first grow so don't have much to compare it to.

@medicalguy09, the smell so strong! I had to get another filter. Been doing loads of stuff to bring out terpenes and aTrichomes. My research lead to stress and potassium silicate which I made a solution of Diatomaceous Earth and liquid bone meal. The DE I broke down in acid and neutralized it. Then ph'd it. Added the liquid bone meal and added it end of last week. The beginning of this one. The smell reached a whole new level. When the house stinks and youre tent has negative pressure from exhaust fan... gotta get a new scrubber!

Looks great! Nice and fat!

Beautifull choice on that White Widow (fem).

@medicalguy09, I actually ended up backing off the intensity a small amount. I noticed a small amount of burn on the tips of most leaves. At this point, I'm not sure if it was the light, or if she started dipping into the super soil at the bottom of the container. I know this Auto strain is very sensitive to nutes. Anyhow, I am at about 80-85% @ 21in and she's doing fine. My meter shows roughly 600-ish PPFD.

I :heart: first grow diaries!! your plants look great, good luck!! :cat::heart::bulb::seedling: