Growing by your self sucks

[plantingplants]

Yes. I have a thread in the Organic Soil subforum you should check out. As I understand it, any high compost mix will have high K. The soil can only hold so many nutrient ions and so when there is too much of one ion, be it Calcium, Sodium, Potassium, etc, then they outcompete the others. As far as I understand it anyway.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Yes. I have a thread in the Organic Soil subforum you should check out. As I understand it, any high compost mix will have high K. The soil can only hold so many nutrient ions and so when there is too much of one ion, be it Calcium, Sodium, Potassium, etc, then they outcompete the others. As far as I understand it anyway.

More reason to get the soil test. I'm glad I put off joining this forum so long. There are some big dogs in here. Thanks for keeping me up to speed bro

 

[plantingplants]

Yea this board is full of very knowledgeable people. I'm stoked to have found it.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Did some more LST to my XXX OG x Alien Kush today. Canopy canopy canopy. That's what I am for. Just to give you and idea this plant is about 2 ft tall at canopy right now and hole is 45 inches wide

 

[Organic Grower]

Yes. I have a thread in the Organic Soil subforum you should check out. As I understand it, any high compost mix will have high K. The soil can only hold so many nutrient ions and so when there is too much of one ion, be it Calcium, Sodium, Potassium, etc, then they outcompete the others. As far as I understand it anyway.

Not any.. I think it depends on the compost and what it has been fed. Most greenwaste composts have high levels of K like you say.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Here's a little 1 week update on Rugburn OG. She's really starting to take off. I went for a little dig to see how far roots have spread and my first handful contained 2 worms. Lots of organic matter in there for them to feast on. Always been told that's a good sign of soil biology.

 

[neongreen]

She looks great OD! Apparently there is such a thing as too much organic content, and soils with more mineral content are considered to be closer to the ideal. I'm still getting my head around it too A good healthy population of worms is still considered to be a good sign (I think!) though

 

[OrganicDisciple]

She looks great OD! Apparently there is such a thing as too much organic content, and soils with more mineral content are considered to be closer to the ideal. I'm still getting my head around it too A good healthy population of worms is still considered to be a good sign (I think!) though

I can see the basalt glistening on the top soil lol. I think that's what I see anyways. Last year I built 1000 gallons with 33% organic compost. This year when I altered Coots mix with a bof of alfalfa anf a bit more kelp I used only worm castings. So I added 100 gallons of worms castings or half yard along with 1/3 perlite 1/3 emerald green peat moss. For a total of 300 gallons added. When I built the first 1000 gallons I did glacial at 3 cups per cuft. So Id think that my mineral content is there. But in a week or 2 I'll get that soil test done for sure. All soil was mixed together and has been sitting since February

 

[neongreen]

You might not have the ideal organic content, but your girls should still do well. The worms should certainly help by breaking down the organic content, and worm casts have a high mineral content I believe + humus which the plants really love.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

You might not have the ideal organic content, but your girls should still do well. The worms should certainly help by breaking down the organic content, and worm casts have a high mineral content I believe + humus which the plants really love.

What would be considered ideal?

 

[neongreen]

I can't remember exactly, but I think around 20%?

 

[OrganicDisciple]

I can't remember exactly, but I think around 20%?

Castings are at 25 %.. Id think that with the amount of amendments I put in there last year and this year it'd be very rich in organic matter. Well I guess I'll find out soon.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

So what types of caging are good? I'm seeing allot of tall cage I'm jealous of.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Really takin root here. Lovin how this true second season of mine is starting off. But if my neighbor doesn't start getting off his ass and spraying his plants he's going to be missing fence boards so I can do it my damn self. He's killin me. Or maybe all the bugs will fest at hid house lol. Either way dude needs to step his game up now before his problem becomes mine.

 

[KRUNKZKREATIONZ]

Looking good over here bro!! I'll be around! Just made the account..

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Looking good over here bro!! I'll be around! Just made the account..

Good to see you man! Get that post count up real quick so you can start showing off those gorgeous genetics.

This is the creator of Plushypinez that I'm currently running. Biggest girls in the garden atm. Plushypinez is Plushberry X ( purple pineberrey X GDP) I have yet to have flower pics but he has many. I'm sure he wouldn't mind dropping some here. Dude is talented and Im very stoked to be running this line this year.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Hey peers, so it seems as if I may have a little pre flowering going on. Will disrupting there dark cycle with even just a few seconds of intense light keep this from progressing and force them back into veg

 

[neongreen]

Pre flowers are normal, and there is no way to stop them apart from pick them off, which would be pointless.

Perhaps you meant that they have actually started to flower for real? If so, there's not really much you can do about that either. It should stop soon anyway. Some of mine are also doing this, so I took the opportunity to do some pollination

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Pre flowers are normal, and there is no way to stop them apart from pick them off, which would be pointless.

Perhaps you meant that they have actually started to flower for real? If so, there's not really much you can do about that either. It should stop soon anyway. Some of mine are also doing this, so I took the opportunity to do some pollination

Yea I'm under the impression they may have started flowering. I'm seeing pistols in top new leaf sets. Pollinating is the absolute last thing I want to happen lol

 

[neongreen]

Nothing wrong with a little pollen chucking

Since you don't want the early flowering, probably a good idea to make a note of the date for next year. Around here (52N) sexually mature plants put out before mid May will usually start to flower, so it's best not to put out plants before then unless you want an early crop of seeds like I do!