ocean forest, happy frog, perlite, coco grow

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

LSTed

LSTed

 

[KingSkillz]

Looking good

Looking good

Similar to my soil. 7-10 gallon fabric pots

 

[SooperSmurph]

Hiya, Ocean Forest has been a great base for mixes for years, check the link in my sig for the side by side I did with Amazon, Ocean, and Black Gold

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

Similar to my soil. 7-10 gallon fabric pots[URL=https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=66431&pictureid=1579838&thumb=1]View Image[/url]

Bushy, nice!

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

Hiya, Ocean Forest has been a great base for mixes for years, check the link in my sig for the side by side I did with Amazon, Ocean, and Black Gold

Nice posting. Always good to know what makes a strong foundation. Thanks for the info Bro!

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

Last pic shows 2 wilting. Indicative of a possible Hotspot unless I under watered those 2....

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

25 days of veg

25 days of veg

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

 

[FunkBomb]

It looks like that soil mix is working pretty well.

-Funk

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

It looks like that soil mix is working pretty well.

-Funk

Yep, it's also serving the intended purpose of holding moisture until 3-4 days. two wilted after i hadnt been over there for 4 day but revived no problem (probably got some roots to expand in those 2)

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

30 days of veg

30 days of veg

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

18hrs vs 24hrs veg test.

18hrs vs 24hrs veg test.

Split them into room1 and room2. 18hrs in room2 and 24hrs in room1. Bottom pic is room1

 

[FunkBomb]

Plants are looking good. For veg I usually do 24/0. Do you plan to flower in those black grow bags? Have you considered fabric containers or smart pots?

-Funk

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

Plants are looking good. For veg I usually do 24/0. Do you plan to flower in those black grow bags? Have you considered fabric containers or smart pots?

-Funk

Yep at this point I dont plan on going bigger than 5 gal. The bags are.75/ea so thats why i used them. This is a "inexpensive as possible" grow . Helping my buddy while he was in jail. HE GOT OUT TODAY!

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

LST ALL THEM I OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

LST ALL THEM I OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

Defoilated and limited stress trained (LST) them to expose the mid to lower shoots. I usually bend the main meristem down just past the next set of shoots using green plant tie wire and in this case pushing it plastic bag to anchor the wire. The red arrows shows the direction the meristem is pointing.

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

almost flower time, 1-2 weeks away

almost flower time, 1-2 weeks away

Moved them all to Room 2. Going to add a 3rd light soon

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

flower day 10

flower day 10

 

[ChasingGreen]

What kind of veg results did you see from the 18 vs 24 hours of light? I currently run 18 in veg, but I've been wondering if going back to 24 would help with node spacing being shorter? It seems like the plants stretch at night when the lights are off.

Looking great!! I use a similar soil mix, but I hadn't tried adding coco yet. I might do that next time. Do you think it really added anything?

 

[Dr.Greenthmb420]

Its actually hard to tell on this round as i had a bad phenotype from one mother resulting in 4 clones that were all in the 24hr veg room. It was stretched out more but Known from what i seen more recently from that mothers phenotype. But the 18hr room they seemed less stressed, water uptake was obviously slower, electric bill less etc. So definitely some other benefits to explore there. Id say this has more difference in those factors than any of the plant's physiological response.