Diary PCBuds mini-grow

[PCBuds]

I decided to hang my plants outside of the closet so that I can start another plant in the closet.

I prepared my planter.
I just pulled out the stalk and some of the bigger roots, then dug a hole and filled it with fresh coco/perlite.
I didn't use the seedling starting mix this time.

I redid my window planter too, and found that I hardly had any clay pellets in the bottom, less than an inch, so I found a few more pellets in my old used soil and then I added some gravel to bring the level up to about 2 inches.
I didn't have any mesh in that planter either, so I used an onion bag as a mesh, and also added a wick to the bottom so that it will start wicking.

I dug a bit of a hole and filled it with fresh coco/perlite as well.

So that planter is ready to go too.

 

[ReikoX]

So what are you going to start next?

 

[PCBuds]

So what are you going to start next?

I'm starting a Ghost Rose in the closet and a GLo F2 on the window sill.


I should add to my thread that ReikoX has sent me more seeds,..




"ReikoX 03-26-2022, 13:18
I dropped a card in the mail for you. I sent you a couple packs of seeds, both feminized autos.

Ghost Rose is a cross of Mephisto's Ghost Toof and Delicious Seeds' Sugar Black Rose. It is the cousin of the Dark Devil x Sugar Black Rose you have grown a few times now.

GLo F2 is an F2 of an accidental cross of Mephisto's Grape Walker Kush and my JLo F1. These are brand new tester seeds. I've only grown two plants. Both were on the smaller side, but very frosty."



ReikoX says that people have grown one pound plants with the Ghost Rose, so I am going to try one in the closet.


I'm going to start a Ghost Rose seed today, then start the GLo F2 after the Ghost Rose is planted in a couple days.
I don't want to get the seeds mixed up, so I will start them one at a time.

They should mature together with the same timing, so I can start nuting, and switching nutes at the same time for both plants.

 

[ReikoX]

Yeah, that Ghost Rose can produce some nice plants. It's very popular at overgrow. Makes some decent smoke too.

 

[PCBuds]

Yeah, that Ghost Rose can produce some nice plants. It's very popular at overgrow. Makes some decent smoke too.

Well, if I can get it to grow to 42 inches tall, then I might be able to finally get a 1 pound plant.

So, I won't remove any leaves, and she gets only veg nutes until she is done stretching, or she gets to 42 inches.

I'm going to set the planter on a small bucket to raise it up higher, and use just the ceiling strips until she's got some height to her.

I'm not going to bother with RH or a dome, but I will spray the top of the coco regularly.
I might stop spraying if I get mold, or just stir it under?
I see how it goes.

 

[PCBuds]

 

[f-e]

For coring root systems out of pots, I have a sturdy kitchen knife with the pointy end removed and rounded. The idea is, I have 120mm of blade, that I can't jab though the bottom of the container. There are knifes made this way, but the ideas the same.

 

[PCBuds]

For coring root systems out of pots, I have a sturdy kitchen knife with the pointy end removed and rounded. The idea is, I have 120mm of blade, that I can't jab though the bottom of the container. There are knifes made this way, but the ideas the same.

I didn't want to disturb anything.
I figure that the old roots will work as wicks and as a nutrient source?

 

[PCBuds]

,. I have a sturdy kitchen knife with the pointy end removed and rounded,..

I Stabbed into the roots with my shovel and any roots that were too big to stab, I cut with my pruner.,..

 

[PCBuds]

For coring root systems out of pots, I have a sturdy kitchen knife with the pointy end removed and rounded,..

Forget "Rounded",..

I'm going old-school with a dandelion cutter.

I'm going to cut a V-notch into the point of my shovel and sharpen it.

I might even install a couple metal cutter blades on the shovel ??

 

[PCBuds]

I'm going to attach a dandelion cutter to my shovel !!

Or maybe I'll just sober up. Lol

 

[f-e]

Post hole digger lol

I'm usually potting up in to something that size, so taking a core out that will accept a rootball pulled from a smaller pot, is a big part of my plan.

I guess you will be sticking a seed straight in? so you don't want to waste any substrate. Just get the roots out.

I have not used extra enzymes or any such thing. I think the roots break down just fine, like in nature. Our growing roots are not likely to be susceptible to decomposing, as compost is just that. The roots just don't seem worth thinking about. In an inert hydro with no ecological balance, this might change. Roots do get lame by mid bloom. That's not what we are doing though.


I don't know how pissed you are, but I'm probably about 8 hour ahead
Cheers!

 

[PCBuds]

I guess you will be sticking a seed straight in? so you don't want to waste any substrate. Just get the roots out.

Yeah, I'm going to put a sprouted seed right in the middle of each planter.
I tried to plant the seed directly into the used substrate before my last plant to see what would happen, and it got about ¾ of an inch long and croaked.

I figured it was the nutes in the substrate that killed it, so I dug a 6 inch wide by 6 inch deep hole and filled it with fresh, unnuted coco/perlite.
I did the same with the window planter, but with a smaller hole.

I think the roots break down just fine, like in nature. Our growing roots are not likely to be susceptible to decomposing, as compost is just that. The roots just don't seem worth thinking about. In an inert hydro with no ecological balance, this might change. Roots do get lame by mid bloom. That's not what we are doing though.

Yeah, that's what I figure. If the roots don't break down, then they are just inert substrate, and if they do break down they feed nutrients to the plant.

I don't have an inert hydro setup. I've got lots of organic matter and critters running about and I like leaving them something to eat.
There's also algae inside the big planter and there was some growing around the stalk of the last plant. (either that or some kind of moss?)

I don't mind seeing that at all.
There's plenty of nutes and oxygen for everyone.

Somehow, for some reason, I don't have fungus gnats. I may still have soil mites and I've got at least 2 types of springtails.
I still see the occasional fungus gnat flying around the house, but I don't have an infestation.
I think my planter is fungus gnat proof because critters in the soil are eating the fungus gnat larvae?

I'll see how it goes with spring here now and the bugs start coming out.


I've realized recently that I have to keep a close eye on my PH and aim for 5.8-6.0 and treat it like a hydroponic setup.

With everything going on in my planter, including decomposing roots, the PH likes to float around.

I don't know how pissed you are, but I'm probably about 8 hour ahead
Cheers!

I'm sober now and it's 8 o'clock in the morning here.
I'm pretty sure that England is 5 hours ahead of my eastern time zone in Ontario.

In my sober state of mind, I've decided not to get all carried away and build a post hole digger.

I may still cut the point off my garden shovel though.
A flat mouth on the shovel will chop through roots better,..

 

[PCBuds]

I cleaned, oiled and deshrouded my kitchen fan,..

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There was almost no oil in the felt.
The fan hasn't been used for that long, so it was done like that at the factory.

They probably do that on purpose so the fan will fail just after any warranty expires, so you have to buy another one.

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I put a drop of crazy glue on the nuts so the don't vibrate loose.
(It works great if you don't have LockTite.)






All done,..




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My pictures disappeared again.
I'm trying to reload them

 

[PCBuds]

That didn't work.

I'll start over,..

 

[PCBuds]

It's been about 24 hours and Reiko's Ghost Rose has cracked.

All of Reiko's seeds have been Really eager to grow.

Every single seed of all the different strains that he sent me have cracked within 24 hours.

The tap root has that green membrane on it again.
I can't remember if all of the sprouted seeds had a green membrane ?

 

[PCBuds]

She's ready,..

She's planted,..

Next up, Glo F2 for the window sill,..

They are only a day apart, so they should be better timed for growth and nutes.

 

[f-e]

I'm struggling with pH issues. It seems, after transition, they start whopping the P down, causing a big upward swing. One that locks out Fe and Zn. Though all my other diagnosis have been wrong, so don't listen to a word of it

The bearing is the right stuff, but I don't see the felt reservoir. It is just a felt washer for end float restriction?
I like the look of the bearing housings actually. I quite fancy one could take a ball race of some kind. You could gain a little room for maneuver, placing washers between the bearing housings and the laminated part. I can almost see one in there. The back one would be favourite from experience. Though why do just one..

 

[PCBuds]

I'm struggling with pH issues. It seems, after transition, they start whopping the P down, causing a big upward swing. One that locks out Fe and Zn. Though all my other diagnosis have been wrong, so don't listen to a word of it

Yeah, that's what seems to be happening for me as well. The PH was stable until later on during flower.
I think that I had calcium lockout after the PH rose close to 7

This is a picture of Calcium deficiency from "The guide to sick plants".
It looks exactly like my window plant did,..

EDIT: This was my window plant,..

The spots on the leaves look rusty.

The bearing is the right stuff, but I don't see the felt reservoir. It is just a felt washer for end float restriction?
I like the look of the bearing housings actually. I quite fancy one could take a ball race of some kind. You could gain a little room for maneuver, placing washers between the bearing housings and the laminated part. I can almost see one in there. The back one would be favourite from experience. Though why do just one..

It's more of a bushings than a bearing, there are no balls or races.
The felt is under the round "clip" that holds the bushing.
It's quite large and can hold quite a bit of oil. The oil, sort of "seeps" into the bushing where the armature shaft goes through it.

You can just see a bit of felt through the holes.
It would draw in all kinds of oil.

 

[PCBuds]

The bearing is the right stuff, but in don't see the felt reservoir. It is just a felt washer for end float restriction?

You can see the felt better in this picture,..
The outside circumference of the bearing is rounded so that it can pivot slightly to stay in alignment with the armature shaft.

The felt is quite thick.

If you were to oil the bushing from the backside, the oil would have to work it's way past the bushing and the bushing housing to get into to felt.

You can apply the oil directly into the felt if you apply it here,..