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Grow diary mission impossible (low to medium budget lol)

Sorry I deleted the google serach because it made no sense. All potassic soap is made with potassium and all castile soap is made with potassium after digging more so maybe I was right and theyre the same? Im still confused, both use vegetal oils and...
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Im confused, arent those both potassic soap? Well the one on the right has more additives like citric acid and the peppermint thing but I would use just the one on the left which I assume it has potassium and oils like the one on the right but less of them. Or is it adviced to use both? I mean more oils are not gonna hurt, the soap will stay there for longer which is good because potassic soap without oils has a very short life, but potassic soap always has some kind of vegetal oil as far as I know. Traditionally in Spain it was olive oil and some form of potassium, but its too expensive now and perhaps the ones used now work better. But olive oil is more fatty than most other oils so I would assume you also need less.
The sprayer container is empty : ) im just using it as the applicator. Yeah i went with this stuff because the regular dish soap just isn’t the “Castile” based soap and this stuff has the mint smell! : )
 
Its natural mint flavorings from peppermint plants extracts (2 types of species). Dont worry thats not harmful chemical, and its not artificial. And citric acid is also a good organic pesticide. (I have the memory that you were worried about the additives in that soap but they seem to be harmless, and I might be remembering wrong xD)
 
Jesus christ had I noticed that I would spared you of reading my rumbles 🤣
🤣 HAHA! no worries brother! you always bring the good shit so ill let you ramble away! 😆✌️ 🙏 its all appreciated! : )

well as far as being worried about the “magic soap” im using, i never was concerned (i may have mentioned something in a previous post that i dont remember lol) now the name brand “dawn dish soap” is something I was concerned about. i read it’ll work but not as good and does have some synthetic compounds in comparison to the bronners and Capt’s soap.

again, thank you for contributing any and all your thoughts and info on this thread! its much appreciated! : )
 
Back in the day, I almost killed plants using soap based preventatives! I think there are a lot cleaner ways to deal with stuff nowadays! I think soap can gunk up the works! But you might have to spend a few bucks! Just two cents! Just my experience with the soap!
 
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Back in the day, I almost killed plants using soap based preventatives! I think there are a lot cleaner ways to deal with stuff nowadays! I think soap can gunk up the works! But you might have to spend a few bucks! Just two cents! Just my experience with the soap!
Two cents always appreciated chucky! : ) well… it’s done so we’re going to find out. Sure hope it wasn’t too hot of a batch 😬
 
Back in the day, I almost killed plants using soap based preventatives! I think there are a lot cleaner ways to deal with stuff nowadays! I think soap can gunk up the works! But you might have to spend a few bucks! Just two cents! Just my experience with the soap!
With potassic soap in particular? Was it outdoors? I dont know Ive been using potassic soap for a long time (in veg only) and nothing ever happened to them but I never needed to use it more than once or twice. Also if Im close to flower I prefeer hydrogen peroxide with ciitric acid but that might also not be enough for pests outdoors but it does the trick for me. What is the best pesticide in your opinion?
 
With potassic soap in particular? Was it outdoors? I dont know Ive been using potassic soap for a long time (in veg only) and nothing ever happened to them but I never needed to use it more than once or twice. Also if Im close to flower I prefeer hydrogen peroxide with ciitric acid but that might also not be enough for pests outdoors but it does the trick for me. What is the best pesticide in your opinion?
It was outdoors. Young plants that had some mites! Maybe a foot tall! Sprayed them with, safer insect killing soap! 2% potassium salt of fatty acid! They went into a serious wilt, and I thought they were goners but they pulled out of it after about a week! Never used it again! Switched to pure crop1 and it does the job and the plants actually seem to enjoy it! Since I moved the grow area to a wide open space, I haven’t had much problem with pests! Haven’t sprayed in four years! No mites! The occasional thrip or aphid problem that are pretty easily controlled by blasting with water! I don’t have enough experience to have an opinion on pesticides! I just wanted to relate what happened the only time I sprayed them with the soap!
 
No wilting or burning yet : ) 🤞🏻

And the littles are doing! The oldest sfv has roots to the edge of the solo already and Capt’s banner X LSD are growing like crazy! Power plants for sure! Was Just out there doing the full stressed out spray bottle waterings! As of now I’m still going with I suck at seedlings and do kill them! So for now…so far so good ( SO WHAT!?) that’s for you Fig!🤣✌️they are a little leggy so I raised the height of the light and turned it up a bit. They’ll get buried on their next up pot
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No wilting or burning yet : ) 🤞🏻

And the littles are doing! The oldest sfv has roots to the edge of the solo already and Capt’s banner X LSD are growing like crazy! Power plants for sure! Was Just out there doing the full stressed out spray bottle waterings! As of now I’m still going with I suck at seedlings and do kill them! So for now…so far so good ( SO WHAT!?) that’s for you Fig!🤣✌️they are a little leggy so I raised the height of the light and turned it up a bit. They’ll get buried on their next up potView attachment 2491052View attachment 2491053View attachment 2491054View attachment 2491055View attachment 2491056View attachment 2491057View attachment 2491058
You must have an amazingly long grow season. Nice!!
 
It was outdoors. Young plants that had some mites! Maybe a foot tall! Sprayed them with, safer insect killing soap! 2% potassium salt of fatty acid! They went into a serious wilt, and I thought they were goners but they pulled out of it after about a week! Never used it again! Switched to pure crop1 and it does the job and the plants actually seem to enjoy it! Since I moved the grow area to a wide open space, I haven’t had much problem with pests! Haven’t sprayed in four years! No mites! The occasional thrip or aphid problem that are pretty easily controlled by blasting with water! I don’t have enough experience to have an opinion on pesticides! I just wanted to relate what happened the only time I sprayed them with the soap!
Holy molly that stuff is expensive but I did some diging and yes, its not only a pesticide its also a bio-stimulant. The principle is the same as with potassic soap but instead of creating soap by using potassium salts they use SELF-ASSEMBLING NANOPARTICES (colloidal micelle) 🤯 no wonder is that expensive but it must be really good like you said and its also safe for bees and beneficial insects like potassic soap!
 
Look at all those buds starting to pop!!! 👍🏼

Looks good back there @BearWater 👊🏼
Yeah those back two on the right, the others are starting to flower though! : ) I was squeezing them yesterday😆 nothing to potent yet but I’m sure it’ll start coming on eventually!
 
Nice. Hope the monsoon season is kind to you this year.
Thanks Ghost! Yeah when i was up in the big mountains growing i remember laying in my tent watching the wind blow everything sideways LOL! We plastic wrapped everything but still what a site!😬

i have some emergency plastic just for that situation here if i need it. itll be rude and crude but id rather not have it raining on my buds towards the end. but who knows! these cali blues could finish up on the early side of things. i had them vegging for a good while in the shed before i threw them out! : ) ✌️
 
Got the SF6L all plugged in for the seedlings, humidity was getting a little low. hey @Bigalmoby hows your humidifier doing? Mine makes a funky noise when turn it on, if i turn the unit off it keeps making that noise for minute then shuts off. If i do that a few times the noise goes away🤷‍♂️ 🤣 it still humidifies and shuts off according to the sensor so thats good!

i know PutThatAway had nothing but problems with his! : / and he got the run around with customer service. so think im just going to run it till the wheels fall off it! 😆
 
TGR had some seeds going out to various peeps of the farm and i happen to be on that list! 🤩 got some hash plant father x norther lights mother. im calling mom&pops mystery mountain medicine🤣 thats not at all the name! though it could stick so you never know. thank you TGR✌️

and of course i dropped them in some water last night! they’ll get added to the shed!
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