Growing by your self sucks

[20sackzack]

Yo organicdisciple looking good over there in sactown man! Sounds like you killed it last season and are getting ready to do it again. Im pretty close to you in the 530, you should check out my little grow if you got time and give me some tips. Anyway, looking forward to seeing some more pics. Good luck this season bro

 

[neongreen]

Looks like you're off to a great start OD! Look forward to seeing you smashing it this season!

 

[Hemphrey Bogart]

Nice start, OD! I'll be following along for sure.

HB.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Yeah man, I like straight out of tap. Simple works best for me, little chlorine hasn't bothered me yet. I'm thinking about installing a good filter. I have a well on the property that I need to investigate develop.

Often when I do consulting for people that adjust their PH, I check their meter calibration and it's 2 or more points off and there is no calibration solution on site. I've trashed some many PH meters over the years, tried to keep em wet etc. I'm really happy to see them gone from my garden. I'll use strips if I need them.

hell yea. got to love organics, never owned a ph metter. dont even know what a PPP meter looks like lol. i also like simple. i was looking at a Tallboy but they water really slow, from faucet im getting 5 gals per 30 seconds with my Dramm beaker. love that thing. and i like watering in minutes lol

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Looks like you're off yo a great start OD! Look forward to seeing you smashing it this season!

Nice start, OD! I'll be following along for sure.

HB.

thanks guys! appreciate the love. took some pics today, it was hot today. 100 degree mid may! sheesh. this summer is gonna get hot. plants were holding up well though.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Here we have some plants I have yet to plant. The smaller ones are blue dream X GDP, Sour Strawberry kush, and Sugar bear from IRC. Big ones from left to right is Blueberry Headband, Plushypinez ( plush berry X GDP) and Pwerple. I forgot Pwerple cross but I'll find out. Have some beans in 3s that I'm waiting to sex. One showed me nuts today. That's the empty pot lol. Those are Sour trax and Spaceballs. I'll find those crosses again. Thinking of giving them a nice foliar evening, maybe some em1 and protekt. What other products are folks using around here?

 

[OrganicDisciple]

dont know why pics are sideways. annoying lol

 

[neongreen]

What other products are folks using around here?

After my soil is amended I don't use any products, just feed with home made nettle (for veg) and comfrey (during flower) teas. Can't beat free stuff IMO

 

[jbarsk8]

Nice job organicdisciple

 

[OrganicDisciple]

After my soil is amended I don't use any products, just feed with home made nettle (for veg) and comfrey (during flower) teas. Can't beat free stuff IMO

are you no till?

Nice job organicdisciple

thank you. so far so good i think. its going to be long summer. .

 

[neongreen]

are you no till?

I'm trying to be as much as possible - my two main beds had their amendments/manure raked (rather than dug) in this year, so looking forward to seeing how they do.

Other than that I have a few holes which had amendments/manure dug in, but I realize now I could have top dressed and then made a void in the middle where I could have filled in with a bit of lightly amended soil/compost and then sown into that.

Also going to have a few containers which I'll be mixing soil for very soon.

 

[dono]

Looks good man.

I did a no till in coco but kinda regretting it now. The non tilled part is much more compacted than the tilled, meaning that's just less open space for roots to fill in etc. The fabric pot can only hold so much volume of stuff before it splits open or doesn't allow more roots to fill in because of too dense a medium, I fear. Even if roots penetrate by further compacting medium, I am worried it makes the medium less airy. Kinda like a nail going through wood.

Guess I'll find out. I took a thick pronged pitchfork and dug a foot in and twisted to break up at least the top layer of the outside edge of the pots. Not near the center so I don't damage roots.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Looks good man.

I did a no till in coco but kinda regretting it now. The non tilled part is much more compacted than the tilled, meaning that's just less open space for roots to fill in etc. The fabric pot can only hold so much volume of stuff before it splits open or doesn't allow more roots to fill in because of too dense a medium, I fear. Even if roots penetrate by further compacting medium, I am worried it makes the medium less airy. Kinda like a nail going through wood.

Guess I'll find out. I took a thick pronged pitchfork and dug a foot in and twisted to break up at least the top layer of the outside edge of the pots. Not near the center so I don't damage roots.

I'm trying to be as much as possible - my two main beds had their amendments/manure raked (rather than dug) in this year, so looking forward to seeing how they do.

Other than that I have a few holes which had amendments/manure dug in, but I realize now I could have top dressed and then made a void in the middle where I could have filled in with a bit of lightly amended soil/compost and then sown into that.

Also going to have a few containers which I'll be mixing soil for very soon.

I belive coco breaks down allot faster then peat Living mulches are pretty critical to no tills also as the roots break up the first foot of soil which is the most critical for your plants along with many ither benefits. . Notice the root ball doesn't really get further then 12 inches. I like liVing mulches. I will do some white clover in a couple weeks along with alfalfa hay. I like to wait for the roots to want to dig deep before I cool them off with a mulch and invite them to the top layer. Ill then be chopping the clover and top dressing as stretch comes. Give them a healthy dose of N and amended soil for there stretch and flowering period. I really like the way clover keeps the top soil very spongy and aerated.

It's funny though. I floated thru some threads last year and seen guys tilling there soil. Now moving there soil and claiming no till. The whole point of no till is to not disturb the soil in anyway so your mycelium growth goes undisturbed. Not to disturb your whole soil food web. I don't know all the major reason bit I do know to to touch it lol. I would be doing no till but my pad isn't permanent. I know the concepts just haven't gotten into the science too much because I haven't been able to apply it yet. One day I'll have my raised beds and setting it forward.

Well I've got another 2 holes to dig. It's beautiful day out here in the 916!

 

[dono]

I have much to learn about organics. I tried it my first season outdoors from an indoor background, came up short of expectations, and decided to ditch the learning curve and do hydro outdoors. Because every season, I swear will be my last.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

I have much to learn about organics. I tried it my first season outdoors from an indoor background, came up short of expectations, and decided to ditch the learning curve and do hydro outdoors. Because every season, I swear will be my last.

I've never done any type of bottle feeding. Started with organics so I don't know what expectations I'm having lol. Seems like if your dialed in with bottles you know what and when the plant needs what incase of deficiency. Organics for me is hard to treat if a problem does occure. Seems like theres allot of knowledgeable folks on this forum to maybe help a growmie out incase a problem does rise. I hope everything goes smooth. Last year was very stressful since it was my first full time real grow.I do like the extremely low maintenance of organics. Me having a full time job is what really put me on to organics before I even attempted a grown

 

[vapeorbong]

building a basic drip irrigation literally changed the game for me....so much less work

 

[OrganicDisciple]

building a basic drip irrigation literally changed the game for me....so much less work

Yea I'm going to look into them. Having more time spent managing the plant sounds allot more fun.

What are the guys using for IPM around here? I cycle azamax, take down and weekly green clean with my Hudson. I'd like to get rid of azamax but it does work very well. I don't really like neem. Don't like the residue or the smell.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

So is anyone outdoor yet full term without supplemental lighting? I noticed some plants are showing sex hard. Didn't know if it's a myth about moon cycles and what not about plants showing sex. My plants have been on 16/8 for weeks before planting. So I'm just curious how often they will show sex? And what to really watch out for incase I'm looking at preflowering? Thanks

 

[plantingplants]

Hey there, following along. I'm outside with my seeds and no supplemental lighting. They're just now showing sex at ~5 weeks old so I'm crossing my fingers they don't flip in the next two weeks. Just look for lots of pistils clumped in the new growth.

Last year, I released predator mites (californicus, I believe? to prevent russets), as well as lacewing eggs. I had a scare in the middle of the season and sprayed with sulfur (and burned them :x, and subsequently freaked out the next 3 months about whether or not the buds would smell like fireworks), but that was it. No problems.

I'm looking forward to my living white clover mulch this year! I love the no-till idea. It speaks to the lazy in me.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Hey there, following along. I'm outside with my seeds and no supplemental lighting. They're just now showing sex at ~5 weeks old so I'm crossing my fingers they don't flip in the next two weeks. Just look for lots of pistils clumped in the new growth.

Last year, I released predator mites (californicus, I believe? to prevent russets), as well as lacewing eggs. I had a scare in the middle of the season and sprayed with sulfur (and burned them :x, and subsequently freaked out the next 3 months about whether or not the buds would smell like fireworks), but that was it. No problems.

I'm looking forward to my living white clover mulch this year! I love the no-till idea. It speaks to the lazy in me.

Yea I'll keep my out. Thanks. Seems like my clones might be. I'm going to transplant then into bigger pots and ride it out. My plants thay are from seed are just showing sex again. I believe I'm over 14 hours daylight so I hope there fine.