Build a Fishstick

[unclefishstick]

Giving build a soil 3.0 a try...

started out with 3 plants in a 3x3 tent under 2x mars hydro sp150.

2x hammerheads Destiny and one cherry cookies,initial wetting of the medium done with roots organics trinity,quillaja powder,rootwise,and beauveria bassiana...

 

[unclefishstick]

week 1ish,just ro water

 

[unclefishstick]

week 2ish,used some epsom,verde,and microbe+ for foliar feed,otherwise ro water

 

[unclefishstick]

in the meantime got 3 more bags of soil,got 2x super boof,1 stoney's kush,and 2x hammerheads nem x mac into build a soil,this time 3 in smart pots,10,7,and 5 gallon and 2 in #5 pots.
watered in the same as the other plants,trinity,rootwise,quallija powder,and beauveria bassiana

 

[unclefishstick]

week 4 ish, got a 24hr brewed tea of roots organics veg terp tea,rootwise,quajilla powder,and beauveria bassiana

 

[unclefishstick]

and the other 5

 

[Hammerhead]

 

[exploziv]

Looking good, always nice to catch a thread like this from first page! Good luck!

 

[unclefishstick]

moving things along in build a soil world,hauled two more bags home,along with 50 bamboo stakes,some more insect frass,a new 2 gallon bucket,

20 cute little square pots and new plant tags for some upcoming pheno hunting...

 

[unclefishstick]

but onto the plants...
cleaned out my led room,moved a couple of mars hydro lamps in,i'll replace the sp250 with a fce4800 and bring a 4x4 tray in,prop that up on 3 1/2 gallon buckets and put the 9 smallest plant in that and have the 4 biggest plants under the other lamp...just up-potted 5 more plants into 5 gallon pots,some fabric,some plastic...

so,i've got 2x hammerhead's destiny,2x hammerheads nem x mac,2 super boof,2x strawberry mac from relentless,1 stoney's kush,1 honey banana,and one sugar lips from relentless.

planning on letting them veg for another couple of weeks,and i'll top the tallest plants to even things out a bit and get cuts and flip them to flower when it hopefully cools off some

 

[Ca++]

I just learned how time moves faster for gods, so we can't actually see them amongst us.



Do you notice praying before you water, then heavy looking leaves afterwards?
That would be the RO, if you do.

 

[unclefishstick]

I just learned how time moves faster for gods, so we can't actually see them amongst us.



Do you notice praying before you water, then heavy looking leaves afterwards?
That would be the RO, if you do.

why would ro cause that?

but no,haven't seen that unless it manifest as crinkled leaves,but that's genetics on the plants that have shown anything like that

 

[Ca++]

Osmosis. The salts inside the roots want to attract water, and the lack of salt in the water, offers no resistance. The result can be a rapid movement of water into the roots. Causing a heavy droop, and water movement within the plant, with a low salt count.

At the extreme, droopy watery things, instead of firm perky one's.

 

[unclefishstick]

Osmosis. The salts inside the roots want to attract water, and the lack of salt in the water, offers no resistance. The result can be a rapid movement of water into the roots. Causing a heavy droop, and water movement within the plant, with a low salt count.

At the extreme, droopy watery things, instead of firm perky one's.

the tap water here is super high in calcium,last time i checked it was like 550ppm so all but unusable in it's raw form,and my ro water runs around 50ppm...and it hasn't been a water only run by any means,along with teas they get leftover veg nutes,the general organics line...and at some point i'll spring for bokashi earthworks carbon humate nutes...

but so far so good,the plants seem to be thriving

 

[Lester Beans]

Osmosis. The salts inside the roots want to attract water, and the lack of salt in the water, offers no resistance. The result can be a rapid movement of water into the roots. Causing a heavy droop, and water movement within the plant, with a low salt count.

At the extreme, droopy watery things, instead of firm perky one's.

I have watered plants with RO water for a few decades now and never observed such a thing. Most likely that would occur when humidity is high.

Unc, those plants have that special green! The green of health! I'm looking forward to your results as I'm a big fan of build a soil and use quite a few of their products.

You herb always looks amazing, it will be interesting to see if there are differences in aroma and flavor. That's where I saw the largest gains.

Sub'd

 

[unclefishstick]

alrighty,that's better...

 

[Hammerhead]

When my dry backs are right the plants will pray even after feeding. Roots that dont get good dry backs will cause droopy plants. It can also cause other issues. Large pots take much longer to dry. I still use a cheap moisture probe to make sure the medium is dry enough at the bottom for a feeding. Dry backs are important.

 

[unclefishstick]

glad i checked the plants tonight,some needed watering...still hotter than i would like outside and in the grow space so just gonna have to wait on flipping them to flower...

 

[unclefishstick]

moving along...just got some neem seed meal so i need to get in and top dress with that and some more insect frass...

still getting the watering dialed in,still been hot out....wednesday i'll brew up some roots organics terp tea grow with rootwise,BB,and quajilla for thursday's watering...

 

[PlastikeRubba]

Blue, hooded, crinkled leaves with hotdog petioles and interveinal margin bleaching. Definitely looks like Buildasoil.

Ask a Buildasoil fan boy why their plants look like that, they'll tell you it's normal.

Ask Buildasoil why your plants look like that, they'll blame your poor microbes. Quajilla extract = antimicrobial soap suds, so maybe they have a point.

Ask anyone else why Buildasoil plants always look like that.. "It's buildasoil what do you expect?"

those plants have that special green! The green of health! I'm looking forward to your results as I'm a big fan of build a soil

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