Peach Ozz x dosidos using LEDs,Synthganic on GH flora

[simonkay]

3rd grow in this room and 3rd time on these LEDs,still haven't got used to how powerful these lights can be as the cool heat is misleading compared to HPS lights. But let's hope I can dial it in better with lights + nutes

Breeder: Marie Verde seeds from Aztecaseeds
Strain: Peach Ozz x Dosidos 9-10wk flwr
Soil: Mother Earth Groundswell performance soil
Amendments: Lime, Bone meal, Feather meal, mycorrhizae, rock dust, EWC, perlite, vermiculite.
Nutrients: GH Flora Nova grow + bloom + cali magic, Kelp, Humic acid, great white myco, potassium humate
LIght: 1x 150w Grass Land led for Veg/ 2x 240w farmlite led for flower
Pots: Seedlings - Root riot cubes
Veg- ac infinity 1gl fabric transplantable
Flower - ac infinity 3gl fabric pots/ 5gl air pots
Miscellaneous: sealed flower room with veg tent using ac Infinity 79 controller on humidity triggers with a window air conditioner, 4 inch carbon filter from G Hydro & 2 16" oscillating fans.

Also the 2 jack herer beans are autos so even though I pulled them out I decided to wait a couple weeks before popping so it wouldn't mess with my canopy height so quickly

Pre soaked in Kelp and humic the planted with great whit myco into the root riots after 14 hrs. 6 out of 8 popped on these peach Ozz seeds, the 7th tried to break the surface but just didn't make it even with some encouragement, no 8 never got out the gate

This is also the 1st time I'm recycling soil so I used the same bags I finished my previous round with. I was told I didn't need to add any more amendments as the soil would still have something for a week. Can anyone confirm that?

Will use the same recipe as last time but this time not forget to use the potassium humate halfway and will try to push the feed a lil stronger during flip as I had transplant stress last time from popping these nursery bags straight into final pots.

LFG grow together growmies

 

[simonkay]

Stretched quick so will keep closer to light next time but for now had to bury stems in these AC infinity nursery bags (1gal). Transplant was done with great white myco sprinkled in and mixed into the water. I don't normally use nutes at this stage does any body start on 1/4? Thinking of trying it next time if it's safe
Got 2 zkittles freebies going as well

Also going to recycle this soil for the 3gal pots. I've been told I don't need to add amendments again, can anyone confirm if this is true?

Also check the spider keeping my tent in check from those pesky pests will give first feed 5-6 days after transplant making it day 10-11

 

[simonkay]

First feed done, 4 peach plants took off 2 are runtz.
Got jack's in the background also on Sam's feed not doing much but I assume autos concentrate on roots first before shooting off?
The 2 zittles in the foreground aren't happy with their bag in bag transplant. Next time I'm not following these instructions as it's clearly a stress factor when transplanting.

Also playing with mulch layers this round to keep the top layer more moist & keep microbes happy, can anyone recommend good mulch materials? So I far ive just chopped citronella and Vicks plant from my balcony and used those to get started.

Also got a homemade yoghurt pot cloner, gonna put a lid on it and see which plants take off, I've had roots come in after 4 days but then it got a bit of rot after 10 days so will keep practicing

 

[Bilber]

Usually, and take it for what it's worth as I don't use soil, when you reuse soil, it is best to reamed the soil....

With what? I am not sure....

For what it's worth......

You're doing an awesome job so far not knowing......

I do love that you're trying new things.....it'll help you, me and others figure out what or what not to do.....

Sounds shitty, but I'll try anything once....

If it doesn't kill my plant, I consider that knowledge....

If it kills my plant, I consider that knowledge....

 

[simonkay]

Usually, and take it for what it's worth as I don't use soil, when you reuse soil, it is best to reamed the soil....

With what? I am not sure....

For what it's worth......

You're doing an awesome job so far not knowing......

I do love that you're trying new things.....it'll help you, me and others figure out what or what not to do.....

Sounds shitty, but I'll try anything once....

If it doesn't kill my plant, I consider that knowledge....

If it kills my plant, I consider that knowledge....

Thank you bro appreciate the feedback, I was told originally I could just re use the soil but now I got it clarified that I can still add following amendments for a new cycle in 4gals of soil; 1/2 cup feather & bone meal, 1cup lime, couple Oz's myco n tricho and some ECW, about 1/3cup rock dust. 4cups perlite 1cup vermiculite.

I'd imagine I only need to top up the soil with a tiny bit of ECW, perlite and vermiculite each run, then add the same amounts of the above amendments and keep going right. Plus I'm letting all the leaves compost into the soil.

 

[Bilber]

Thank you bro appreciate the feedback, I was told originally I could just re use the soil but now I got it clarified that I can still add following amendments for a new cycle in 4gals of soil; 1/2 cup feather & bone meal, 1cup lime, couple Oz's myco n tricho and some ECW, about 1/3cup rock dust. 4cups perlite 1cup vermiculite.

I'd imagine I only need to top up the soil with a tiny bit of ECW, perlite and vermiculite each run, then add the same amounts of the above amendments and keep going right. Plus I'm letting all the leaves compost into the soil.

I'm sorry.....I don't have any knowledge of soil and the amendments to use......

I do hope everything works out with you and your grow though!

 

[simonkay]

Finally cleaned my extra filter sleeve and boy has.the ppfd gone up forgot how white is was.
Been upping the feed to 15ml from 10ml grow, but watering in between, plants liking it so far although one showed slight cal mg issue so probably couldn't handle the feed so gotta be careful, 2 runtz growing slow and the 2 jack autos catching up.
Got some fire gelatto in Mexico so shout out to the farmers who grew this Cancun finally upped its game.

 

[ILGMTransplant]

I feed my compost with Alfalfa cubes to balance the C:N ratio of Fall leaves, cardboard, peat, wood, etc. Then there’s things like Azomite, Langbeinite, gypsum, oyster flour, calcium phosphate (minerals) feather meal, cottonseed meal, soybean meal, kelp, fish meal, fish bone meal, neem or Karanja cake, etc (nutrients) to provide an additional known\calculable NPK to the pile. Or you could buy premix things like Craft Blend or DTE BioLive. I get organic Alfalfa, thoroughbred horse cubes from a farm store. Happy growing

 

[ILGMTransplant]

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[simonkay]

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Definitely tryna find a balance between synthetic and organics so this will help, I finally found a similar supplier in Mexico as BAS don't deliver here.
But thank you I use a lot of BAS knowledge to improve on everything I'm doing, just gonna order me some alfalfa & potassium heavy seaweed+ langbenite so I have organic N+K amendments to use with my flora nova base grow n bloom.
Then If all goes well I'm gonna do a full organic run side by side something like this to see if theres any difference in final flavour

 

[ILGMTransplant]

Definitely tryna find a balance between synthetic and organics so this will help, I finally found a similar supplier in Mexico as BAS don't deliver here.
But thank you I use a lot of BAS knowledge to improve on everything I'm doing, just gonna order me some alfalfa & potassium heavy seaweed+ langbenite so I have organic N+K amendments to use with my flora nova base grow n bloom.
Then If all goes well I'm gonna do a full organic run side by side something like this to see if theres any difference in final flavour

I use flora nova bloom during flower sometimes as well, not this grow tho trying to go full organic this time! Good luck and happy growing!

 

[simonkay]

Pushed the girls to the limits (15ml grow) & saw some weird bubbling texture on the top leaf of one plant & a bit of calcium issue on another so fair to say a lot of PPMs in soil so gave some water N myco before eventually topping a couple days later. Glad to say they were praying within hours of topping and I have since cut the feed back 15%. Also used the plant materials from topping to feed the soil and keep it happy for the microbes
Jack's starting to show bud sites so next feed will be half grow half bloom for it

 

[simonkay]

Hi growmies been busy this week harvesting the pineapple kush in flower and doing a quick deep clean which included repositioning the carbon filter so I can move around the tiny veg tent better , got the peaches transplanted into 3gals. This time didn't follow the instructions from ac infinity which say drop the bag straight into new pot as I've bad 2/3 bad experiences, instead did Jorge Curventes method of using 1/2 strength feed and a little pre watering the small pots the day before with myco, glad to say they were praying within hours of transplant. Used bee pollen for the first time so will be excited to see if it does anything for microbes and enzymes etc. found this lil fly in the tent but luckily only one since sprinkling diatomaceous earth all over the soil to stop any babies coming up
This week been a bit cold so humidity hitting high 60s for a few days and the plants didn't really drink much so gotta delay feed a few days so put up light in the meantime to keep warm which is crazy cus it's the first time Cancun has felt cold (15C at night)

 

[simonkay]

Update after getting smug doing a successful transplant with them all praying the week hit a cold snap, apparently the coldest Cancun has had in years , the humidity hit high 60s so they stopped drinking for a week when I finally thought they were ready I gave them another feed only.for 2 to really sad as in constantly dropping. Ive waited a week a no real response not sure if its root rot cus the pots have consistently felt heavy I haven't fed nothing since Thursday and 10days before that so they've barely had anything. I've been told to saturate it with water & myco which I will try tomorrow.

 

[simonkay]

So a lot has happened since mid Feb, turns out I killed half the roots with this max feed then caused it to wilt as the plants couldn't drink the volume of water I gave thus causing lack of oxygen. What's crazy is 3 of them took off on the same feed & 3 couldn't hack it. Not sure if you can blame that on F1 seeds but hey I've managed to cut a clone off one of the dying plants so let's see if I can make a comeback.
Also found out about the pitfalls of dry spots as I top watered and none of it reached the roots for the next 5 days even though it made the pot really heavy . The moment I bottom fed it perked up in hours.

Just when I thought I was good with 3 on of them hit me with the nanners. According to TLOs the Rev this style is usually from genetics not light leaks etc although I did have some extra light coming out my veg tent which I've since cut out.

I've made a worm bin so added the hermie as a sacrifice with all my fruit, Avocados, rock dust , a lot of stuff recommend in TLO book as well.

If things weren't bad enough I had 2 light cuts this past week luckily I was home & got to test this battery pack I got off Amazon and it did the job just fine. Hopefully the couple mins it takes to get out doesn't do too much harm.

So down to 2 from 6 sometimes you gotta take the good with the bad.

What did I learn from this cycle;
don't continue the max feed once the leaves go dark green.
Water more lightly and if you start bottom feeding continue. I will purchase yucca to cut this problem with dry spots and water in 2 lots to encourage more airflow at the bottom.
Only push them on the days the canopy stays below 30© degrees, as I've had high vpd here n there. So no more ,50-55rh will have to keep it more 53-58ish with this heat

Onwards and upwards. The next cycle as already begun as I finish out the 2 survivors.