Mikedin’s Living Soil Adventure and Living Soil discussion topic

[Mikedin]

cant believe how fast these girls are growing, really kinda amazing, they just look better by the day, already huge plants, drinkin a TON and happy with it, filled the nets quick, ill let them stretch up over the next 15 days or so, new nets will be here in a day or 2 to put on the upper frame, really pleased how quickly they came together, worth the time, and we're ready for flower stretch to fill the nets!, i have 4 more stretch nets coming, they will be pulled tight to the frames for full net coverage wall to wall however they want to fill in.

 

[RGWD0202]

cant believe how fast these girls are growing, really kinda amazing, they just look better by the day, already huge plants, drinkin a TON and happy with it, filled the nets quick, ill let them stretch up over the next 15 days or so, new nets will be here in a day or 2 to put on the upper frame, really pleased how quickly they came together, worth the time, and we're ready for flower stretch to fill the nets!, i have 4 more stretch nets coming, they will be pulled tight to the frames for full net coverage wall to wall however they want to fill in.

Damn dude, they are looking really healthy some serious growth! Love the scrog setup, I can’t wait to see how they fill those screens up.

 

[Mikedin]

Damn dude, they are looking really healthy some serious growth! Love the scrog setup, I can’t wait to see how they fill those screens up.

They are doing awesome, can’t believe how healthy they look, dropped the hours to 16/8 today, I think in 3 days I’m gunna drop to 14/10 then wait 2 days and go to 12/12 I’m thinking there’s gunna be a healthy stretch in here haha

The color on these girls is excellent, nice and consistant, starting to catch a blue hue here and there on the bigger fans

 

[Mikedin]

New delivery has arrived,

2lb Kashi blend
1 lb Build a bloom
3lb Pushin P high Phosphorous mix
10lb Craft blend

Also have
Horticultural aloe
Big 6 macronutrients
FPF
Build a flower

Plus all the usual Gaia, fish bone meals, and my usual organic amendments, I plan to not incorporate those this grow, will use em if I feel it’s needed, but with what I’ve seen I don’t believe it will be needed

now once these girls get top dressed they’ll get a mulch layer of rice hulls then I’ll start coming up with the new mix for the 3x3 tent

Currently thinking 12 gallon pot, may pick up a 15 gal quick before I set up everything

I’m thinking a 15-20 gal would be best in the 3x3 being a solo plant don’t wanna go overkill but want the carry over of nutrients after each grow, main goal is not to deplete the soil of available nutrients ever

1 bag of BAS light recipe
1 cu ft promix BX
1/2 cu ft EWC
1/2 cu ft rice hulls
1 cup craft blend (may increase based off tota soil volume)
1 cup kashi blend
1/2 cup gnarly barley
1/2 tsp big 6

Water with
Build a bloom 1tsp gal
1ml FPF / gal (every other watering)
1/2tsp horticultural aloe

Lots of new feeds and gear to play with now that it’s all here it’s time to start dialing in, really feeding this soil building that rhizosphere and microbe population and seein what living soil can do!

One of the mothers in the last pic will be the 3x3 plant I’ll take another cut before I flip it

Kahuna #2 / Frostette #6 / kahuna #3

 

[Mikedin]

Few readings off the Ecowitts these are a lifesaver. Now I know before I even leave work if I have a watering ahead of me when I get home, I can see the rate they drink each watering at, I’ve seen some options I may upgrade eventually, I think a lot of the EcoWitt can be tied in to control blumats I’ve been considering getting the blumat system for the 30’s but we’ll see, I’m not much for keeping a res etc I know feeds don’t go through the blumat system so top waters would still be required if I wanted to give say build a bloom etc

Temp / RH / pressure taken after lights out, haven’t looked into the pressure much, that’s my next rabbit hole to investigate and see how I can play with that

 

[RGWD0202]

Few readings off the Ecowitts these are a lifesaver. Now I know before I even leave work if I have a watering ahead of me when I get home, I can see the rate they drink each watering at, I’ve seen some options I may upgrade eventually, I think a lot of the EcoWitt can be tied in to control blumats I’ve been considering getting the blumat system for the 30’s but we’ll see, I’m not much for keeping a res etc I know feeds don’t go through the blumat system so top waters would still be required if I wanted to give say build a bloom etc

Temp / RH / pressure taken after lights out, haven’t looked into the pressure much, that’s my next rabbit hole to investigate and see how I can play with that

The blumat drippers are all gravity and work great once you spend. Few days getting them dialed in. The res can be a pain to keep clean even with just water but it saves a ton of time in watering. The style that is triggered by the Ecowitt seemed a little bit complicated but would be the way to go if you can swing it. And yea I still top water with my microbe inoculants, buildabloom

I think 12 gallons would be sufficient but 15 I think is ideal for living soil at the small side.

I’m getting ready for my first male pheno hunt and have never done that before. I am starting to think I won’t have room in my 2x4 to veg 11 plants until they show sex. Assuming all 11 pop, while keeping my keeper from my last run in there too.

 

[Natep]

The blumat drippers are all gravity and work great once you spend. Few days getting them dialed in. The res can be a pain to keep clean even with just water but it saves a ton of time in watering. The style that is triggered by the Ecowitt seemed a little bit complicated but would be the way to go if you can swing it. And yea I still top water with my microbe inoculants, buildabloom

I think 12 gallons would be sufficient but 15 I think is ideal for living soil at the small side.

I’m getting ready for my first male pheno hunt and have never done that before. I am starting to think I won’t have room in my 2x4 to veg 11 plants until they show sex. Assuming all 11 pop, while keeping my keeper from my last run in there too.

Have you ever tried the earthboxes or the city picker pots? Easiest way to water

 

[cannafarmer420]

Hit that 4x8 time lapse
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Growing quick

 

[RGWD0202]

Have you ever tried the earthboxes or the city picker pots? Easiest way to water

No, it was either those or the raised bed and went that route instead. But they bang out good plants

 

[Natep]

No, it was either those or the raised bed and went that route instead. But they bang out good plants

I have a 4x4 bed in one tent two 15 gallons in another and 2 city pickers in the other. I couldn’t tell you what I like best. They all have perks

 

[Week4Bytch]

Few readings off the Ecowitts these are a lifesaver. Now I know before I even leave work if I have a watering ahead of me when I get home, I can see the rate they drink each watering at, I’ve seen some options I may upgrade eventually, I think a lot of the EcoWitt can be tied in to control blumats I’ve been considering getting the blumat system for the 30’s but we’ll see, I’m not much for keeping a res etc I know feeds don’t go through the blumat system so top waters would still be required if I wanted to give say build a bloom etc

Temp / RH / pressure taken after lights out, haven’t looked into the pressure much, that’s my next rabbit hole to investigate and see how I can play with that

Blumats are are a two edged sword.. when they work they work well, but when one doesn't... where did all that water on the floor come from!!

 

[Mikedin]

The blumat drippers are all gravity and work great once you spend. Few days getting them dialed in. The res can be a pain to keep clean even with just water but it saves a ton of time in watering. The style that is triggered by the Ecowitt seemed a little bit complicated but would be the way to go if you can swing it. And yea I still top water with my microbe inoculants, buildabloom

I think 12 gallons would be sufficient but 15 I think is ideal for living soil at the small side.

I’m getting ready for my first male pheno hunt and have never done that before. I am starting to think I won’t have room in my 2x4 to veg 11 plants until they show sex. Assuming all 11 pop, while keeping my keeper from my last run in there too.

I’m thinking 15 would be better as well, I’ll see, after this little trip I had to go on due to some unfortuante events I may cool it on buying some stuff for a bit and use what I have. But I’m crazy and change my mind by the minute so there’s still (a lot of) hope

Will be back in a few hours but will be lights out for the 4x8 and it’ll be close for the 4x4 but I gotta open her up and water wether it’s dark or not (she’s in veg still I diddnt flip her, only flipped the 4x8) , Frostette is looking close to low on the EcoWitt so I’ll grieve her a good dousing and then hit them all heavy tomorrow and get em back where I want em, wife did great while I was gone

 

[Mikedin]

hell yeah she kept the mothers in great shape too!

Few more hours driving till I get home though lol

 

[Mikedin]

Growing quick

Hell yeah brother! From what I’m seeing that last time lapse was nothin lol, these look huge on camera they had to have had quite a stretch over the past week, plus lights were flipped 3 days ago… actually probably around day 4?

 

[Mikedin]

Blumats are are a two edged sword.. when they work they work well, but when one doesn't... where did all that water on the floor come from!!

True true. I wish it was cheap enough to set up an emergency auto system that ya don’t depend on a normal routine but can be used if you gotta step out for a week, but it’s so damn expensive to do it just for a “what if”

 

[Mikedin]

Rice hulls have arrived, got all I think I need from BAS to rebuild the soil for the next run, thinking I’ll be adding the rebuild a flower, and once I’m into flower a shade a bit of the Pushin-P I’ll switch to build a bloom now in waterings, maybe combined with the FPF

Besides that, I’ll mulch the clover, then cover that with build a flower, about an inch worth per pot, then cover all with the new rice hulls

New additions to the veggie seeds also arrived while I was gone, gotta get ready for that soon too

 

[uzi4u]

True true. I wish it was cheap enough to set up an emergency auto system that ya don’t depend on a normal routine but can be used if you gotta step out for a week, but it’s so damn expensive to do it just for a “what if”

dang I have the carrots and drip rings on order, now yall got me sketched out!

 

[Mikedin]

dang I have the carrots and drip rings on order, now yall got me sketched out!

No time to play with these girls, fucking full on BEAST mode already filled in a 4x8

 

[Mikedin]

Update, kahunas have broth had cover crop chopped and dropped

Each got

1/2 cup of gnarly barley on top of mulched cover crop

topped with 10 cups of build a flower

12 cups Rice Hulls

Watered in with 3.5 gallons of water total, split between them

3tsp build a bloom

1 tsp aloe

Nets installed and secured 12” above current plant tops

 

[Mikedin]

Frostette time lapse in the 4x4!