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Tri_Cho_Me Goes No-Till

Tri_Cho_Me

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Hey ya'll,

Starting a new diary. This will be my second grow, however first with no-till practices.

You may have seen me around the forums, or from my other diary: Tri_Cho_Me's First Grow & Grow Diary.

I first stumbled upon no-till not that long ago. Shortly after I had already begun what I'm running now (Fox Farms Ocean Forest/Happy Frog). I immediately knew after reading up on it, that this was the way to go. Try and emulate Mother Nature. Duh! Then I found no-till individuals on Instagram and saw how their plants looked. All I can say is holy cow! The color and perkiness of the plants is undeniable. I had to give it a go.

So here we are today. I have already put in quite a bit of work on this prior. I have a thread going called Let Me Run My No-Till Plan By You. It goes through in detail what I used in my mix (build-a-soil), my failed adventure of a veg cabinet, and ultimately the purchase of a new veg TENT. :biggrin:

Ultimately, I will have four, 10 gallon Smart Pots going at all times. Two of the pots will be in my 4x2x4 veg tent. The other two will be in my flower tent, which is 4x2x7. This first round, two of the no-till pots will sit idle until the round currently in flower finishes.

Light currently is the leftover 2ft, 4 bulb T5 from the failed veg cabinet. I am upgrading though to a 300W LED for better coverage.

For my first grow I did Strawberry Kush. This round I wanted to lean more Sativa since the Kush is Indica. So I threw a couple Sour Diesel beans in a wet papertowel Friday night. By Sunday afternoon they were ready to go in the dirt. I put them in the corner a little bit, but not too far, the roots will still have plenty of room. I am hoping I can just cut off the base of the stem as close to the soil as I can get. Then cover it up and plent a seed in the opposite corner next round. Then a different corner the round after that, etc. I've heard of people digging up the majority of the root mass, and I have heard of people leaving it in letting the worms and soil bilogy to take care of it. I am going to try the latter.

Let the party begin! :woohoo:



Thanks for stopping by!

Tri_Cho_Me
 
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Fiddynut

Active member
Hey ya'll,

Starting a new diary. This will be my second grow, however first with no-till practices.

You may have seen me around the forums, or from my other diary: Tri_Cho_Me's First Grow & Grow Diary.

I first stumbled upon no-till not that long ago. Shortly after I had already begun what I'm running now (Fox Farms Ocean Forest/Happy Frog). I immediately knew after reading up on it, that this was the way to go. Try and emulate Mother Nature. Duh! Then I found no-till individuals on Instagram and saw how their plants looked. All I can say is holy cow! The color and perkiness of the plants is undeniable. I had to give it a go.

So here we are today. I have already put in quite a bit of work on this prior. I have a thread going called Let Me Run My No-Till Plan By You. It goes through in detail what I used in my mix (build-a-soil), my failed adventure of a veg cabinet, and ultimately the purchase of a new veg TENT. :biggrin:

Ultimately, I will have four, 10 gallon Smart Pots going at all times. Two of the pots will be in my 4x2x4 veg tent. The other two will be in my flower tent, which is 4x2x7. This first round, two of the no-till pots will sit idle until the round currently in flower finishes.

Light currently is the leftover 2ft, 4 bulb T5 from the failed veg cabinet. I am upgrading though to a 300W LED for better coverage. Should be here this week!

For my first grow I did Strawberry Kush. This round I wanted to lean more Sativa since the Kush is Indica. So I threw a couple Sour Diesel beans in a wet papertowel Friday night. By Sunday afternoon they were ready to go in the dirt. I put them in the corner a little bit, but not too far, the roots will still have plenty of room. I am hoping I can just cut off the base of the stem as close to the soil as I can get. Then cover it up and plent a seed in the opposite corner next round. Then a different corner the round after that, etc. I've heard of people digging up the majority of the root mass, and I have heard of people leaving it in letting the worms and soil bilogy to take care of it. I am going to try the latter.

Let the party begin! :woohoo:

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Thanks for stopping by!

Tri_Cho_Me
Nice work Tri_Cho_Me.
I'll be paying attention to this grow closely since I'm planing on going in a similar direction. I've been reading a lot over the weekend about organic high brix growing and it sounds great. Having never been a gardener I was very intimidated at first with organics. I thought they would be more complicated but the more I read the more it seems simpler.
I hope this method goes well for you. If your currant grow is any gauge I think you'll rock it.
 

Tri_Cho_Me

Member
Nice work Tri_Cho_Me.
I'll be paying attention to this grow closely since I'm planing on going in a similar direction. I've been reading a lot over the weekend about organic high brix growing and it sounds great. Having never been a gardener I was very intimidated at first with organics. I thought they would be more complicated but the more I read the more it seems simpler.
I hope this method goes well for you. If your currant grow is any gauge I think you'll rock it.

Thanks man! I appreciate you following along and keeping it positive and encouraging. :tiphat:

Tri_Cho_Me
 

Tri_Cho_Me

Member
Where are the sour d seeds from

Purchased the Sour Diesel and Strawberry Kush through ILGM.

Just received an additional order from Nirvana. Should have lots of fun with some of those. Jack Herer was the freebie offer. Have 5 of those to pop eventually.

Tri_Cho_Me
 
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Tri_Cho_Me

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Update!

Update!

Hey everyone! Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves with friends and family.

Just a quick update. The two Sour Diesel seedlings are looking good. Pretty easy so far. Just watering with a dropper once a day.

The new LED came in from Mars Hydro. Fills the 4x2 space perfectly.

Enjoy!

November 22


November 26


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Tri_Cho_Me

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Boring Times for the Sour Diesel babies

Boring Times for the Sour Diesel babies

Second set of leaves coming in.

Can see some egg shell I top dressed with a couple days ago.

Holding up the seedlings with some flexible plastic Christmas hooks. The soil is so loose, and the roots haven't really taken hold yet, so I wanted to make sure I could have a fan on but not blow them over.



Tri_Cho_Me
 

Fiddynut

Active member
Second set of leaves coming in.

Can see some egg shell I top dressed with a couple days ago.

Holding up the seedlings with some flexible plastic Christmas hooks. The soil is so loose, and the roots haven't really taken hold yet, so I wanted to make sure I could have a fan on but not blow them over.

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Tri_Cho_Me
Looking good Tri_Cho_Me.
Looks like the babies like that soil. The action is so slow when they are so young but they are cute and will be picking up in a couple weeks. The color is real nice on those leaves. I know you just planted them but I'm already looking forward to a smoke report on the SD. It's one of my favorite strains. If it's legit your carbon filter better be working well as I've herd it's one of the most obnoxious smelling strains. It can be a lot of work to trim as well. Looks like your rocking it on two grows at once and that has to be exciting. Keep up the great work.
 

Tri_Cho_Me

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Looking good Tri_Cho_Me.
Looks like the babies like that soil. The action is so slow when they are so young but they are cute and will be picking up in a couple weeks. The color is real nice on those leaves. I know you just planted them but I'm already looking forward to a smoke report on the SD. It's one of my favorite strains. If it's legit your carbon filter better be working well as I've herd it's one of the most obnoxious smelling strains. It can be a lot of work to trim as well. Looks like your rocking it on two grows at once and that has to be exciting. Keep up the great work.

We shall see! Hoping things go well! They are cute, but need to grow up faster!

Tri_Cho_Me
 

Tri_Cho_Me

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Looking good Tri_Cho_Me.
Looks like the babies like that soil. The action is so slow when they are so young but they are cute and will be picking up in a couple weeks. The color is real nice on those leaves. I know you just planted them but I'm already looking forward to a smoke report on the SD. It's one of my favorite strains. If it's legit your carbon filter better be working well as I've herd it's one of the most obnoxious smelling strains. It can be a lot of work to trim as well. Looks like your rocking it on two grows at once and that has to be exciting. Keep up the great work.

Notill for the win!

Damn straight!

Tri_Cho_Me
 

Tri_Cho_Me

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12/3/16 Sour Diesel

12/3/16 Sour Diesel

I top dressed with some malted barley last night and watered it in. I have two of the no-till pots in the veg tent, and two sitting idle right now. However, I am still trying to do the same things with them so its consistent. If they both benefit from something I do great, but same goes with the bad too.

I have noticed these little white bugs over the last several weeks and finally figured out they are beneficial mites! Specifically, Hypoaspis Miles.

The second set of leaves has filled out nicely. More area for photosynthesis to occur! I am ready for some explosive growth! Let's do this!



Thanks for stopping by!
Tri_Cho_Me
 

Fiddynut

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I top dressed with some malted barley last night and watered it in. I have two of the no-till pots in the veg tent, and two sitting idle right now. However, I am still trying to do the same things with them so its consistent. If they both benefit from something I do great, but same goes with the bad too.

I have noticed these little white bugs over the last several weeks and finally figured out they are beneficial mites! Specifically, Hypoaspis Miles.

The second set of leaves has filled out nicely. More area for photosynthesis to occur! I am ready for some explosive growth! Let's do this!

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Thanks for stopping by!
Tri_Cho_Me
Looking good Tri_Cho_Me.
Your baby's look great. Nice color in those leaves. Makes since to treat all 4 pots the same since it's all alive. Keeping the soil happy will lead to the soil keeping your plants happy.

Congratulations on the beneficial mites. They should work for you now keeping fungus gnats and other larva out of your garden. Biological pest control rocks!

Your girls should take off soon now that they have a couple more "solar panels". After the first few the growth seems to increase exponentially. Looking really good. Keep it up...Fiddy
 

moses wellfleet

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In, not sure what the bugs are but I don't think they will cause a problem. There are all sorts of critters in living soil! Watch out for fungus gnats, I just been hammered by them!
 

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