The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[Yes4Prop215]

I've been eyeballing ca25 lol….but yeah about 1-2 tsp per G sounds about right. i always combine with PPD, but now since its flower and my plants are stll dark green I'm gonna just go light. i dont have all the fancy AEA stuff so i supplement it with other bottled bloom nutes.

just laid down my 2nd heavy top dressing of Dr.Earth and soluble kelp. that combo is like growing gold, my Mendo homie who placed high in several emerald cups put me onto the dr.eart…..used it on my indoors and deps and it sends the buds into overdrive they seem to swell quicker and put on some serious baseball sized colas with heavy weight. i also add alot of soluble kelp to the top dresses and the nodosum definately is a factor in that.

i want to lay down some high PK guanos on my light dep, i usually skip the guano but several sour diesel growers swear it helps bring out more fuel diesel smell. dont know how true that is but since I'm plugged with sours i thought it would help. also out of ALLL the strains I'm growing this year, sour D is the only one that wants to stay light green even after the top dresses and twice a week foliars. the sour D vets say the same thing that it needs a N boost halfway through flower so I've been hitting it with PPD heavy.

 

[furrywall11]

I've got a lot of sd going in my 2nd round and I've been gingerly increasing the nutes for the last couple week to good effect. A search shows that sd is indeed a very heavy feeder. They've been easily taking 3 times the nutes that my first round did...just keep feeding until they get dark green and waxy..they aren't supposed to be a light green!

 

[Madjag]

I've been eyeballing ca25 lol….but yeah about 1-2 tsp per G sounds about right. i always combine with PPD, but now since its flower and my plants are stll dark green I'm gonna just go light. i dont have all the fancy AEA stuff so i supplement it with other bottled bloom nutes.

just laid down my 2nd heavy top dressing of Dr.Earth and soluble kelp. that combo is like growing gold, my Mendo homie who placed high in several emerald cups put me onto the dr.eart…..used it on my indoors and deps and it sends the buds into overdrive they seem to swell quicker and put on some serious baseball sized colas with heavy weight. i also add alot of soluble kelp to the top dresses and the nodosum definately is a factor in that.

i want to lay down some high PK guanos on my light dep, i usually skip the guano but several sour diesel growers swear it helps bring out more fuel diesel smell. dont know how true that is but since I'm plugged with sours i thought it would help. also out of ALLL the strains I'm growing this year, sour D is the only one that wants to stay light green even after the top dresses and twice a week foliars. the sour D vets say the same thing that it needs a N boost halfway through flower so I've been hitting it with PPD heavy.

Which Dr. Earth product do you recommend for flowering time?

 

[bigherb]

Which Dr. Earth product do you recommend for flowering time?

Flower girl

1luvbigherb

 

[Madjag]

Thanks biggie.

 

[TriSierra]

Which Dr. Earth product do you recommend for flowering time?

You can make your own Dr. Earth for 1/4 of the price. Flower Girl is simply Fish Bone Meal, Feather Meal, Sulfate of Potash, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp Meal, Humic Acid. Depending on your soil test, you could customize it to better work with your existing soil.

Our flower mix is Fish Bone Meal, CalPhos, Alfalfa Meal, and BioAgs Cytoplus. Should come out to about $0.60/pound. Top it with Worm Castings or good compost.

 

[milkyjoe]

+1 on the cytoplus...some good chit mang

 

[TheOutlawTree]

What kind of ratio's are you using to mix up your DIY Dr. Earth mix TriSierra?

 

[TriSierra]

What kind of ratio's are you using to mix up your DIY Dr. Earth mix TriSierra?

Depends on stage of plant life-cycle, but really just look at what your trying to accomplish. I prefer more calcium and magnesium in my mix as most of our soils are already high in soluble potassium.

Equal parts Fish Meal, CalPhos and Alfalfa (or 50# bags of each tumbled in a large trash can) is a good start. Adding Cytoplus and a Myco source sweetens the deal. Crushed oat brand (25# bag) and Sulfate of potash (go light) are also good additions. If it was for transition, I would an additional N source.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

we mixed up amendments last year and its definately cheaper but damn its a terrible job, even with respirators we got covered in dust and i had fish meal in my taste buds…gave me terrible headache. is there a better way to get it mixed than by hand lol…what kind of mixers do a good job and how many LBs can they mix per round?

 

[theJointedOne]

Cement mixers work well, also industrial grade masks.

I love mixing amendments, kelp is my favorite, smells good and bare hands all good!

 

[ponolove]

I ran a mixer for 2 weeks last spring, it rang in my head for another 2 weeks

 

[Donald Mallard]

Cement mixers work well, also industrial grade masks.

I love mixing amendments, kelp is my favorite, smells good and bare hands all good!

I Like the kelp too , nice smell ,
ive been using this product (http://www.acadianseaplants.com/)
and im very happy with the results ...

 

[TriSierra]

I ran a mixer for 2 weeks last spring, it rang in my head for another 2 weeks

just wait till your wife needs a breast pump for the newborn - 12 months of that thing will have you waking up for months/years to phantom breast pump noises.

We roll a heavy duty trash can to mix it - fill it half way, seal it with bag and tape. Messy yep. Cheap and easy tho.

 

[Shcrews]

heat wave this week, daytime is supposed to be over 100 for a while. I hope the weather stays nice for another month or so, but then bring on the rain! Havent been able to take a proper shower in like 3 weeks. Good thing i'm alone on a mountain.

Looks like harvest here will start in about 2 weeks, and go until mid october. 9 different varieties this year. harvest will be staggered and work shouldn't pile up too much.

I will only have a few 10+pound plants this year since most of the garden is triple-planted and i dont want to count those as one plant, but i expect some of the triple-planted 800's will yield well over ten.


Here's 3 Dream Beavers in a 800

 

[Hillside Growin]

we mixed up amendments last year and its definately cheaper but damn its a terrible job, even with respirators we got covered in dust and i had fish meal in my taste buds…gave me terrible headache. is there a better way to get it mixed than by hand lol…what kind of mixers do a good job and how many LBs can they mix per round?

I used to use a harbor freight cement mixer with a trash can lid on top load it up with about 100#s and let it run for 10-15mins. Depending on volume.
A paint mixer and bucket can work on smaller scales too.
Screws I love your thread great shots

 

[milkyjoe]

For top dressing why do you need to mix em?

 

[TriSierra]

For top dressing why do you need to mix em?

makes it quicker to lay down a mix then individual amendments - if you hitting 48-60 pots its make it worth it.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

yea i guess i wouldn't have to mix if we just did one at a time, but then it would be layered on top of the pots. i just dont see it evenly distributing unless one was able to water very carefully and try to use the water stream to mix it up. but still doesn't seem as efficient as laying down just one mixed layer that would leech down into the soil evenly.

 

[ponolove]

Another reason I prefer sprayers. Easier soaking my top dressings and have definitely cut down my water usage.