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hoping mine ends up looking as good as that!

@TaDaaDa,@TaDaaDa, super soil doesn't need flush is so so wrong. Again one huge misconception from people who don't understand the science of organic growing. Super soil doesn't need flush only if its made properly. Let me explain. When you make a super soil you mix your basic soil with organic amendments. These amendments at their majority (except all guano's and blood meal) are not available to the plants until the microbes in the soil decompose them. A proper recipe of super soil in order to not need a flush must be able to give only the amount of nutrients a plant will need for its entire life and not more. So if a plant starts to showing deficiencies ( especially nitrogen ) near the end of its life then you know the recipe is good. If it doesn't then you know that you put too many amendments or you had a bad ratio of regular soil and super soil. At the second case inside the soil there are nutrients at mineral form ( decomposed from the microbes and available to the plant ) and amendments that have not decomposed yet ( not available for the plant ). So what you have to do is to flush in order to get rid of that mineral nutrients so the plant will use its own. After the flush microbes will continue to decompose any amendment that have left in the soil but at lower but at lower rates since most of them have already decomposed. Off course flushing with molasses is again a huge misconception since these carbohydrates give a huge direct energy to the microbes that will start to decompose again at very high rates. What i am trying to say is super soil or not if you over do it you will have buds full of nitrates that make the smoke harsh and destroying the beautiful taste that organic growing can give.

@mad_scientist, OK point taken. This go around I want a baseline that is the least amount of effort. So this time I won't be running extra water through the plant. In either case, I still only water with tap only the entire process. So the difference would be to over saturate and create a ton of run off for a "full flush". Next time I will try that but I want to see what quality I can produce with the least effort this time. Thanks for the info on this especially related to Organic growing!

@mad_scientist, no flushing needed. 100% natural super soil and tap water. That's it.

@Mrs_Larimar, I don't think so. There are still tons of white pistils.

I'm totally high right now, but what if I accidentally came up with some crazy growing technique where after accidentally starving the plant right at flower then after it struggles I give it food. This results in a bud that is more desperate to be pollinated and somehow creates a unique product or high quality product. Anyway, we will find out because that is what has happened. Most times accidents create the big discoveries. Can't get mistakes / accidents though if you aren't even playing the game and that is the only way to learn in life.

What a pretty plant! Nice!

@Mrs_Larimar, I think it's quite clear that plant 2 ran out of nutrients from the Super Soil and it affected it's bud size. It was not the light. One pot I put almost double the Super Soil in the bottom and it is the one doing much better. I raised the lights back up to 18 inches as it was burning when I went down to 10 / 12 inches. I watched it close and as soon as I saw the burn I moved it back so not much damage was done. Everyone says 1 lbs super soil per gallon of pot but mine takes about double that. Plant 2 was 5 lbs and clearly it was not enough. Hopefully plant 2 will finish strong using Canna Coco.

Fishing sinkers for training, such a good idea

@TaDaaDa, our most welcome. And experimenting is great, that is how we learn and grow. The plants do not look harmed at all so what you are doing is working quite well. 18 inches sounds a lot safer 😊. My house I just use AC to control the entire house. Being in the basement sure helps the temps highs. Maybe you could invest in a small AC unit for the room your growing in? Where I am I could find a unit for $75-100. Will check back on your grow soon. Nice chatting and best of luck with the girls 👍👊

@blendmedmedman, thanks! Why 16? I've never heard of that? Thanks again for the tip.

@babbabluespear, Thanks! That was an original idea. :-) Works really well. Buy the 2 oz and the 2.5 oz and then use the tomato training wire. You can double up on the branch if it's super strong and then just adjust and move outward as it grows out of the training. If the weight is more than enough to train and bends too much, lengthen the wire and rest the weight in the soil. Adjust the length and bend to the exact training bend you need!

@Stick, thanks so much for the great info!

Hi @TaDaaDa! Well, if you want a combination, good spectrum+power+coverage, you should look for "QuantumBoards", these panels rely on Samsung mid power LED (lm561c or even better lm301b) which are the new big thing in the growing industry. These are probably the most effective grow lights onto the market nowadays. Growers with good coverage usually get more than 1g/w. The drivers are dimmable, so you can control your light power (and your electricity bill). They're usually dimmed at 25% during veg stage and 75% during flowering stage, depending on the driver's power capacity and the size of the board(s). If you cannot afford the official QuantumBoard from HLG, you can try to go DIY, many companies are selling the same boards they use at HLG. Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊

Nice flowers ;)

@JusGrowIt88, I agree that 7.5 is not ideal. I am trying an experiment this time around to see what I can grow with the least amount of effort. No nutes (homemade composted and amended soil), no PPM, no hydro, no PH of water and finally using tap water (hence the 7.5). Plant 1 is starting to put on weight and plant 2 will come around I think, but it's growing completely different. Only variables are that it is under a different 300w LED and it sprouted 3 days after plant one. It seems like it is 2 to 3 weeks behind plant 1 even though it's only a few days. Plant 1 went to flower very fast. When I moved the lights super close I watched it closely everyday and when I saw burn I moved it back. I didn't know until then how close I could get. I think I'm solid now at 18 inches. As far as temps, I can't really get lower temps as the area does not have AC but is in a cool/er area. Thank you for the good ideas and suggestions on lights!

@MSNL_Seeds, ... she is now in full flower.