The IC Organic Growers Community Thread.

[VerdantGreen]

Hi all , this may or may not work, but i felt we might need a general Organic chat thread now that some other threads are over. The idea here is that everyone is included.

We all have different wants, needs, limitations and philosophies. We tailor our grows to fit our lives, but at the end of the day we are all organic and everybody can compare notes, swap tips and thrash out ideas, chew the fat (of the land), learn from each other and offer support.

let us know how you grow, how it's going and whats on your mind - whether its recycled, bottles, pots or beds, till or no-till, soil or soilless - n00bs and experts all welcome!
Feel free to throw up some pics, in fact i will put up some seeds for the best plant pics posted if that is ok with the mods - more about that later.

If you are running a grow diary elsewhere on IC then post up a link, let us know where you are.

Lets see what grows from this. Please keep it inclusive and open-minded.
Bubba Kush x Sour Bubble (Fat bubba F1)

VG

 

[MrSterling]

Woo! Thanks for the reboot VG.

 

[VerdantGreen]

No problem MrS! - i may be naive and idealistic to think we can move beyond the 'tribal' stuff that has led to many of IC's most notable organic growers staying away from this forum, but if it doesn't happen then at least i've tried.

You dont have to post pics to participate in this thread, but, Going back to the competition for the best plant pics, I'll put up a pack of Mr.Greengenes Cherry Bomb (Maui Wowie) seeds for a prize at the end of the summer. This is a pure legit maui line that Mr.G has maintained since the 70's and they are some cool and rare genetics - This is what Reeferman used as one side of his Cherry Bomb, but these are the originals, a proper IBL with great vigor.
some quite pretty pink pistils in some of the phenos

VG

 

[Corpsey]

I just started 2x 25gallon notill beds, soon to build 4 more out of landscape fabric and zipties!
i was just starting these two in veg to see how they do, then once i have room in the tent i will build 4 more. plan is to vert 2x 600 stacked in flower with two levels, 3 beds on the floor and 3 on benches above the floor beds. used to just do 5 gallon ROLS, so onward and upward.

strawberry d x c99 clones with barley friends..

ogbubblegum clones in a clover and vetch forest..

 

[vStagger Leev]

Great thread Verdant!

Great thread Verdant!

This is how I roll with organics. Down to earth "Pro Organic Mix" soil which contains

-sphagnum peat moss
-organic worm compost
-perlite
-oyster shell
-mycorrizhae/ bacterias
- coco coir
- diatomite

As for nutes I use BioBizz... no PH, no fuss... mix, aerate, and watch the magic happen. Once a week I make a high phos guano tea once into bloom. The plants really react to these methods, my recent round yielded 2lbs/1K, and I know theres room for improvement! Here's some nug porn from the past and present. Much love OG fiends. SL



^^^ 3 kings



^^^ Blue Heron



^^^ Casey Jones



^^^ Drizella



^^^ Backyard organic Diesel Wreck

 

[xmobotx]

3rd cycle in a 3 gal/ micro in my 24x24x36 space w/ CFL & LED

my own hybrid from bagseed monster-cropped clone @ ~7 weeks {she'll go 10 - 12}



crappy camera ~lol

 

[MrSterling]

Vg, I meant Greengenes when I said h3ad's Cherry Bomb of course.

 

[VortexPower420]

Sweet,I haven't been around in a little while, real busy planting a huge veg garden and I have a kid on the way so internet time has been limited.

I see a lot has changed in the month or so I have been gone. Old faces gone and new ones everywhere, I love paradigm shifts, it was getting hostile in here.

Its a shame some folks egos get the best of them, the knowledge that some of them have amassed and brought to us was outstanding and really helped open my eyes and I am sure a lot of others to some great tricks (sprout teas, fast teas, Aloe, coconut etc) to help push plants to the max, but at the same time scared a lot of people off.

There are more then one way to skin a cat.

I personally push using the least environmentally damaging methods to produce the best medicine possible. For me that means making my own worm castings, varied Ca sources, local rock dusts, using only fish hydrolyzes, aloe/coconut, alfalfa/ seaweed/compfrey/locally sourced herbs top dressing and teas, living mulches and reusing my soil.

I have had great results and will post pic tomm after my final chop for a little while. I have to move these babys out to make room for my new one, trading up a bunch of girls for a little boy.

Thanks mods and you old schoolers for keeping it real.

Timbuktu

Here is some random old pics

 

[inreplyavalon]

Crushing it as usual Stagger. How often do you mix nutes/keep reservoir?
Sweet Poster too. Been to Family Affair at Horning's, years ago. 2002 maybe. Would be hitting Cheese there this year if it were not for Phish's California dates somewhat overlapping.

Vortex Best of luck with your soon to be breathing air little boy! Its a whole new world. Birth is some profoundness to bare witness to.

 

[vStagger Leev]

Crushing it as usual Stagger. How often do you mix nutes/keep reservoir?
Sweet Poster too. Been to Family Affair at Horning's, years ago. 2002 maybe. Would be hitting Cheese there this year if it were not for Phish's California dates somewhat overlapping.

Vortex Best of luck with your soon to be breathing air little boy! Its a whole new world. Birth is some profoundness to bare witness to.

Thanks bro, I mix fresh nutes/ and fresh h2o daily. No RO involved, just de-chlorinate 24hrs and mix nutes fresh.

The CHeeeeeeze, gonna get some of that shit again this year... it'll be my 5th, and is the one festi of the year I look forward to more than any other Gotta love some phish too though Thanks for the kind words bro! SL

 

[VortexPower420]

Thanks inreply, It will be a trip, i'm sure the most intense on I have ever had.

Timbuktu

 

[DARC MIND]

keeping it "Real"

keeping it "Real"

"Organic Living Soil"

Nigerian Moon

Kali mist x Burmese x Maui Wowie

g13haze x pure Power plant

kandahar afghani 1971/thai stick 1976 x IBL maui wowie 1979

thnx to Mr chz captain stan

diversifying the plants catching "all the light"

while keeping the topsoil microbial engine running at full swing

 

[vStagger Leev]

BioBizz nuggets....

BioBizz nuggets....



Feeding your soil with every watering is the way to go... amazing flavors, great yields!

 

[BugJar]

Patient, Farmer, and Deadhead.

and an ass on occasion, but here to contribute.

 

[MrSterling]

Great pics, all! StaggerLee, very glad to see you here as well. Vortex, grats on the upcoming child.

Darc, I also have that Kali x Burmese x Cherry Bomb - glad to see the results of the seed. Is that TOxCB or BOxCB btw? What's the other half on that Nigerian cross?

 

[Weird]

recycled living soil fed with teas and ammeneded with ewc (recycled CHEM grow promix 4 + recycles into recycling. before that I was growing transitionally ewc promix pureblend with bloom boosts and then chem salt ferts before that fwiw) soil at this point is about

biggest

prettiest? (such shitty pics)

ill find and up some better pics of others

 

[RicoT]

Anyone care to clarify two things for me?
1. The diastatic malt doses CC was using in the last ROLS thread..? Was it 1/2tsp per gal?
And 2. Whether the malt enzymes and/or fulvic is to be used every watering in conjunction with aloe and silica..?

 

[VerdantGreen]

nice pics everybody! you cant argue with a well grown plant!
i'll post up some of mine when i get a minute...

rico, i'm trying the malt powder, afaik its 1 tablespoon per gallon once a week. my plants seem happy with it, although they also seemed happy before i used it, so who knows as yet....

VG

 

[MrSterling]

Great timing! I was just about to ask this myself. Working on a new foliar feed for today and managed to find diastatic malt at the store.

 

[teemu shalanie]

wow Im impressed I usually am a chem guy , but I do organics O.D every year at cabin I post up pics I lurking , trying to pick up some knowledge in ORGanics, very nice stuff guys
RESPECT
TS