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Freedom 35
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I don't think I'd go above more than 18% at the absolute maximum. Anything more than that and I always found things to be more muddy in consistency than I like. EWC contains more humus than soil or compost alone and therefore hold much more waters. That results in a need for more aeration materials, which in turn gets you to a point where an extremely large portion of your substrate is inert. This isn't ideal for nutrient retention. Especially if your only drainage material is perlite, in which a significant portion of it will eventually float to the top of the soil resulting in some undesired compaction at the bottom of the bed. That's the main reason I started using a combination of different aeration amendments including permatil. I highly suggest that stuff. Love it.
With beds, the best route to go is like Weird and Lapides - just add worms and let them slowly work their way through the soil. Just another reason I suggest keeping castings at a lower % when building the soil - especially in a bed where you have the option to truly mimic nature.
dank.Frank
With beds, the best route to go is like Weird and Lapides - just add worms and let them slowly work their way through the soil. Just another reason I suggest keeping castings at a lower % when building the soil - especially in a bed where you have the option to truly mimic nature.
dank.Frank
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can always topdress the castings later
yeah great points frank. i do have a mix of lava rock, expanded clay, pearlite and some other rocks in there currently. so, when i mix stuff up, say i do four cu ft of peat. ill say, ok 25% of that is 1 cu ft. so 1 cuft of ewc goes in, then 1 cuft of lava rock. so is that 18% or 20% or 25%? i know it ends up 18% but i always think of it as 25%. i just noticed that i think. hmm.
the plan is to have live worms in there by summer. this years goal is to go fully no till. so i was thinking the new bed might only get 10-15 % ewc and a few lbs of live worms
the plan is to have live worms in there by summer. this years goal is to go fully no till. so i was thinking the new bed might only get 10-15 % ewc and a few lbs of live worms
I think that'd be a better option. Not to mention, EWC are one of the most expensive soil inputs you can purchase. Add worms and let nature really sort itself out and through self regulation come into balance.
dank.Frank
dank.Frank
yeah i used to put a lot less ewc in before i started getting 40lb bags from a local bait shop for 5$.
so today i replaced the temporary metal halide bulb with a new hps. i decided to try replacing both my 1k with new cheap ipower bulbs, just to see whats what. at the time, hortilux 1000w super hps bulbs jumped from 54 to 59$ on amazon and i thought maybe new cheap bulbs are better than good old ones. well one of the lights arrived slightly broken of course. the ceramic tube around the supporting metal thing, the long one, eas cracked and chipped off on the end. there was some shit rattling around inside the bulb. seems amazon quit putting packing materials in with multiple item packages. i got a tarp in the same order and they were all loose in a huge box. next time i get bulbs online, ill be sure to get them by themselves.
anyway, the other one was fine and it looked brighter than the older hortilux bulb. i know the ipower bulbs are only good for a round or 2 but thats ok with me its just temporary.
plants also got tea tonight. photo update coming tomorrow. had some cold issues this week and it might have slowed everything down some.
so today i replaced the temporary metal halide bulb with a new hps. i decided to try replacing both my 1k with new cheap ipower bulbs, just to see whats what. at the time, hortilux 1000w super hps bulbs jumped from 54 to 59$ on amazon and i thought maybe new cheap bulbs are better than good old ones. well one of the lights arrived slightly broken of course. the ceramic tube around the supporting metal thing, the long one, eas cracked and chipped off on the end. there was some shit rattling around inside the bulb. seems amazon quit putting packing materials in with multiple item packages. i got a tarp in the same order and they were all loose in a huge box. next time i get bulbs online, ill be sure to get them by themselves.
anyway, the other one was fine and it looked brighter than the older hortilux bulb. i know the ipower bulbs are only good for a round or 2 but thats ok with me its just temporary.
plants also got tea tonight. photo update coming tomorrow. had some cold issues this week and it might have slowed everything down some.
ok so heres some pics after the 48 hrs dark at start of flowering, 1/5/17. everything jumped a few inches, heres the bed
side shot, untrimmed
side angle of mom
the replacement bulbs came in 2 days from amazon, packaged much better this time. the bulbs were each in their mfg box, in individual shipping boxes inside the amazon box with bubbles ect. new bulbs were totally different. different design, packing, different box. heres the two together, old on bottom, new on top
side shot, untrimmed
side angle of mom
the replacement bulbs came in 2 days from amazon, packaged much better this time. the bulbs were each in their mfg box, in individual shipping boxes inside the amazon box with bubbles ect. new bulbs were totally different. different design, packing, different box. heres the two together, old on bottom, new on top
heres the pics from tonight, 1/12/17 one week of flowering. plants averaging an inch a day stretching, have jumped about 6-7 inches
kinda hard to tell, cause i placed the trellis finally. its even with the tops a week in, well see how she goes. cleaned up underneath the girls
heres a nice side angle of the bed
canopy close up
kinda hard to tell, cause i placed the trellis finally. its even with the tops a week in, well see how she goes. cleaned up underneath the girls
heres a nice side angle of the bed
canopy close up
heres a pic of the untrimmed bush of a mom... thats right
heres where the bed cracked
electric boogaloo
and the veg tent...
10 of the seeds came up and got cold for a day, looking a little rough
5 bubba kush x blueberry and 5 casey jones, sscdh x chemsour male on the right
gg4 clones, cut yesterday
heres where the bed cracked
electric boogaloo
and the veg tent...
10 of the seeds came up and got cold for a day, looking a little rough
5 bubba kush x blueberry and 5 casey jones, sscdh x chemsour male on the right
gg4 clones, cut yesterday
aaaaand moms, fresca revegging front right, beat down gg4 back left
got some of my old genetics back today and a couple new things, thanks to a helpful friend.
made a cozy quarantine tray behind my recliner to keep an eye on them, just in case. some of the cuts are unlabeled though, so ill have to run them to solve for x. no problem though, list follows
green crack
bubbas girl
tangie
og chem x casey jones
sour d
strawberry double d
great white shark
man the tangie cuts smelled insane. like a clementine pine tree son. splurt.
got some of my old genetics back today and a couple new things, thanks to a helpful friend.
made a cozy quarantine tray behind my recliner to keep an eye on them, just in case. some of the cuts are unlabeled though, so ill have to run them to solve for x. no problem though, list follows
green crack
bubbas girl
tangie
og chem x casey jones
sour d
strawberry double d
great white shark
man the tangie cuts smelled insane. like a clementine pine tree son. splurt.
Everything seems to be moving along nicely. 
Just curious, whatcha using for a veg light?
Just curious, whatcha using for a veg light?
handy andy - thank you, sir
vanilla phoenix - just a 400w mh for the solo cups - moms currently under t5s
seeded - thanks man!
the krowberry bagseed is coming along nicely, i wont be able to take cuttings from it until feb. but i am very excited to run it. if any of you have ever even heard of this cut, please pm me and tell me. uk growers, looking at you. my wife had the pleasure of moving some krowberry a decade ago. it is forever seared into my mind as the strongest purple. my single bagseed was pulled from a pound and set aside until now. hopefully i can do her justice. if shes decent im going to work the bejeesus out of her.
vanilla phoenix - just a 400w mh for the solo cups - moms currently under t5s
seeded - thanks man!
the krowberry bagseed is coming along nicely, i wont be able to take cuttings from it until feb. but i am very excited to run it. if any of you have ever even heard of this cut, please pm me and tell me. uk growers, looking at you. my wife had the pleasure of moving some krowberry a decade ago. it is forever seared into my mind as the strongest purple. my single bagseed was pulled from a pound and set aside until now. hopefully i can do her justice. if shes decent im going to work the bejeesus out of her.
Krowberry...sounds interesting
You want some killer seeds to sort - hit your GG#4 with that chemsour x sscdh male.
You'll be sorting plants that make massive flowers. Seriously. Don't skip your opportunity to maximize the pollen that male can put out.
Larry OG x SSCDH - this is what Phillthy was working on before the male was lost -
Granted, your male is an outcross of the male used here - but to a very potent strong chem family plant. Should still pair up really well with plant like gg#4 that already has great yield. You'll find some crazy frosty high yielding potent plants. If it can blow up an OG like that, imagine what it can do to an already high yielding plant like the glue. Winners for sure.
dank.Frank
You'll be sorting plants that make massive flowers. Seriously. Don't skip your opportunity to maximize the pollen that male can put out.
Larry OG x SSCDH - this is what Phillthy was working on before the male was lost -
Granted, your male is an outcross of the male used here - but to a very potent strong chem family plant. Should still pair up really well with plant like gg#4 that already has great yield. You'll find some crazy frosty high yielding potent plants. If it can blow up an OG like that, imagine what it can do to an already high yielding plant like the glue. Winners for sure.
dank.Frank
VP - it is interesting. ill post more info about her soon
nickman - grab a couch buddy this is the long haul. welcome
TNT - yeah its a labor of love, this thread represents my journey to implement master plan Freedom35
heres a photoupdate from last night, 1/19/17, 2 weeks in
canopy shots
bed side
mom side
did more cleaning under the plants on the 18th, pulled alot out.
also ordered a new 10k a/c finally...
cracking seeds and rooting new cuts updates coming in a day or two
ttfn fools
nickman - grab a couch buddy this is the long haul. welcome
TNT - yeah its a labor of love, this thread represents my journey to implement master plan Freedom35
heres a photoupdate from last night, 1/19/17, 2 weeks in
canopy shots
bed side
mom side
did more cleaning under the plants on the 18th, pulled alot out.
also ordered a new 10k a/c finally...
cracking seeds and rooting new cuts updates coming in a day or two
ttfn fools
hahaha. Good. I'd only be disappointed if you didn't. 
dank.Frank
dank.Frank
