Rexel
Active member
Hi,
I've ressurected this account and I will start journaling. I'm on other sites too and people who knows my setup recognize me from other places.
I've been growing on and off since early 2000's mostly in hydro with HP Aero, DWC, flood tables and soilless with Promix/Coco Coir.
Currently I'm growing Bruce Banner the second run. I sprouted 8 seeds and ended up with one Strawberry Diesel leanong pheno that is really potent and yields well.
I'm doing something different this run with 8 hours of light and 16 hours of darkness in flower. I will finish them off last week or two with 6 hours of light. I've only seen positive morphological changes so far with more flower sites and shorter internodal length.
I started with two cutting that I vegged for 4 weeks and then I flipped them to flower and went on holiday. One feed line got clogged so then I was down to one plant that I needed to work with. Raised the net and spread her out. I've secured all of the main tops for better support.
Here's some pictures from the actual grow:
At flip
Coming home from 2 weeks holiday one dead plant.
Removed the dead plant, lifted the netting and spread her out.
Yesterday 50 days in
Same pheno last run under 12/12. I think I let her go 83 days last time. Hope for a shorter turnover hopefully done in 70+ days.
I will update with regular monitoring of leachates/runoff. I currently feed 1.0 EC pH ~7.0 in flower 5x a day growing in Coco Coir. I follow plant response and leacheates to dial in pH and EC of the input.
Last couple of weeks output's been around:
1.0 EC in, EC 1.4-1.5 EC out. pH 7.0 in. pH 6.2 out.
I try to stay under 1.8 EC on sativa dominant on leacheates. pH is usually higher in veg and early flower to later crash in late flower with everything going on in the root zone.
I feed a copy of Jacks 3-2-1 that I mix from mineral salts. Hit me up if you want a recipe on a identical copy of Jacks 5-12-26 or 0-12-26. I've posted the recipes elsewhere but want to focus this on the actual plant in progress.
I mix that with Calcium nitrate at 4:2 ratio in flower with the smaller portion being Calcium Nitrate. I use potassium silicate as pH buffer and for overall structure and health that I order from the local hardware store. Potassium silicate is used to impregnate and seal concrete and 30% concentration is typical, that's better than 8.6% in Pro-tekt from Dyna Gro/Superthrive.
For chelators I use my own humic acid extract that I make from leonardite. I boil it in potassium hydroxide for 12 hours and then mix and dilute it in 5:2 ratio with kelp extract. The only commercial product I still use is Biobizz fish mix at 2.5ml per 10 liters of water to add some flavour with the organic sulfurs, lipids and amino acids.
Feel free to ask any questions about the grow or setup.
Cheers!
I've ressurected this account and I will start journaling. I'm on other sites too and people who knows my setup recognize me from other places.
I've been growing on and off since early 2000's mostly in hydro with HP Aero, DWC, flood tables and soilless with Promix/Coco Coir.
Currently I'm growing Bruce Banner the second run. I sprouted 8 seeds and ended up with one Strawberry Diesel leanong pheno that is really potent and yields well.
I'm doing something different this run with 8 hours of light and 16 hours of darkness in flower. I will finish them off last week or two with 6 hours of light. I've only seen positive morphological changes so far with more flower sites and shorter internodal length.
I started with two cutting that I vegged for 4 weeks and then I flipped them to flower and went on holiday. One feed line got clogged so then I was down to one plant that I needed to work with. Raised the net and spread her out. I've secured all of the main tops for better support.
Here's some pictures from the actual grow:
I will update with regular monitoring of leachates/runoff. I currently feed 1.0 EC pH ~7.0 in flower 5x a day growing in Coco Coir. I follow plant response and leacheates to dial in pH and EC of the input.
Last couple of weeks output's been around:
1.0 EC in, EC 1.4-1.5 EC out. pH 7.0 in. pH 6.2 out.
I try to stay under 1.8 EC on sativa dominant on leacheates. pH is usually higher in veg and early flower to later crash in late flower with everything going on in the root zone.
I feed a copy of Jacks 3-2-1 that I mix from mineral salts. Hit me up if you want a recipe on a identical copy of Jacks 5-12-26 or 0-12-26. I've posted the recipes elsewhere but want to focus this on the actual plant in progress.
I mix that with Calcium nitrate at 4:2 ratio in flower with the smaller portion being Calcium Nitrate. I use potassium silicate as pH buffer and for overall structure and health that I order from the local hardware store. Potassium silicate is used to impregnate and seal concrete and 30% concentration is typical, that's better than 8.6% in Pro-tekt from Dyna Gro/Superthrive.
For chelators I use my own humic acid extract that I make from leonardite. I boil it in potassium hydroxide for 12 hours and then mix and dilute it in 5:2 ratio with kelp extract. The only commercial product I still use is Biobizz fish mix at 2.5ml per 10 liters of water to add some flavour with the organic sulfurs, lipids and amino acids.
Feel free to ask any questions about the grow or setup.
Cheers!
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