7Munkee's Perpetual Organics and Earthboxes

[Galgrows]

Man that reveg one really came around quickly less than a month ago she was harvested? I've allowed many of my indoor photos to really pull the green out of the leaves late in flower I kinda like it LOL.

 

[Greenadian]

Looking damn good Gal Whats your Ai controller reading out for temp?

 

[Week4Bytch]

The Qleaner is a Subcool cut?

Sorry... I had to Google it... lol, YES a Subcool cut, been wanting to try some of his gear. Might just grab a few beans of this one. Way cool, have you tried this one before? The Qleaner? Well shit.. some OG Qleaner beans are hard to find.

 

[7munkee]

Sorry... I had to Google it... lol, YES a Subcool cut, been wanting to try some of his gear. Might just grab a few beans of this one. Way cool, have you tried this one before? The Qleaner? Well shit.. some OG Qleaner beans are hard to find.

Not yet. But I am sitting on 4 seeds. I want a proper grow room first and hopefully that will come in late spring. I have to get out of this unventilated closet.

 

[7munkee]

Man that reveg one really came around quickly less than a month ago she was harvested? I've allowed many of my indoor photos to really pull the green out of the leaves late in flower I kinda like it LOL.

I just top watered it with Recharge and a bit of fulvic acid. I did add 2 tblsp of Neemseed meal for a bit of nitrogen and a tsp of kelp meal I think a week or so ago. I probly have enough nutrients in this box still even after 8 rounds to let this reflower. The fulvic acid and Recharge helps mine it for the plant.

 

[pnwbluntman]

I am trying to fully understand these earth boxes, I have experience with almost every way to grow, I get using mulch will help with soil CO2, but I don't know enough about them to make any kind of senses on them other than they have a drip tray and a cover. I was seeing something about how one wasn't cycling properly and caused root rot? How are they supposed to cycle? If I could get a rundown on one that would be great. I am always interested in learning about things I don't know a lick about.

 

[7munkee]

I am trying to fully understand these earth boxes, I have experience with almost every way to grow, I get using mulch will help with soil CO2, but I don't know enough about them to make any kind of senses on them other than they have a drip tray and a cover. I was seeing something about how one wasn't cycling properly and caused root rot? How are they supposed to cycle? If I could get a rundown on one that would be great. I am always interested in learning about things I don't know a lick about.

Earthboxes have 2 corners that soil go to the bottom. These must be packed tight with soil or it want wick water properly. I dont think I packed the soil on one tight enough because it docent wick the water up all the time. I have 4 in total and three work excellent. This is my fault and not a problem inherent with the Earthbox.

 

[Week4Bytch]

I am trying to fully understand these earth boxes, I have experience with almost every way to grow, I get using mulch will help with soil CO2, but I don't know enough about them to make any kind of senses on them other than they have a drip tray and a cover. I was seeing something about how one wasn't cycling properly and caused root rot? How are they supposed to cycle? If I could get a rundown on one that would be great. I am always interested in learning about things I don't know a lick about.

The drip tray is a reservoir holding water, you are basically watering from the bottom. I have two in the garage just waiting to be used, just need a tent to put them in right now. Learning from @7munkee

 

[7munkee]

Started another Earthbox (3rd inside) but this time I started with 10 gallons of Coast of Maine Bar Harbor blend

To this added 2 gallons of castings (wriggle worm), 3/4 cup of Neemseed meal, 3/4 cup of Seabird Guano, 1/2 cup of Kelp meal, 3/4 cup of crabmeal, 1/2 cup of sprouted barley, a handful of gypsum, 4 cups of BuildASoil mineral mix, 1 tblsp of crushed biochar (made from white oak), and 1/4 cup of Thrive organic 4-4-4. I added the Thrive because it has 4 different species of Glomus.

When I had this mixed I sprinkled a couple TBSP of kashi on top and watered with Recharge+ fulvic acid. Covered it up and 1 week later I am presented with a beautiful mycelium bloom.

Not sure what I am putting in it yet My seed line up is:

Durban Poison (fem)
Bruce Banner 2.0 (fem)
Qleaner (reg)
Bubble Gum (fem)
OG Kush (fem)
Moroccan Bleida (regular landrace from a buddy who went there)
Blue Widow (fem)
Original Glue (fem)
White Widow (fem)
Querkle (reg)
Thug Roze (reg)

I also have 4 tubes of unknown seeds, 2 of which are from Aeque Genetics. I am leaning towards Bruce Banner 2.0 because it's strong as fuck and my 2 kids love it. It's too much for THIS old man because it makes me panic.

My reveg of the Girl Crush is ready to go in the flower tent this weekend when I pull the Querkle. I will let it veg a week or two before initiaiting flower.

 

[pnwbluntman]

Started another Earthbox (3rd inside) but this time I started with 10 gallons of Coast of Maine Bar Harbor blendView attachment 2561218

To this added 2 gallons of castings (wriggle worm), 3/4 cup of Neemseed meal, 3/4 cup of Seabird Guano, 1/2 cup of Kelp meal, 3/4 cup of crabmeal, 1/2 cup of sprouted barley, a handful of gypsum, 4 cups of BuildASoil mineral mix, 1 tblsp of crushed biochar (made from white oak), and 1/4 cup of Thrive organic 4-4-4. I added the Thrive because it has 4 different species of Glomus.

When I had this mixed I sprinkled a couple TBSP of kashi on top and watered with Recharge+ fulvic acid. Covered it up and 1 week later I am presented with a beautiful mycelium bloom.

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Not sure what I am putting in it yet My seed line up is:

Durban Poison (fem)
Bruce Banner 2.0 (fem)
Qleaner (reg)
Bubble Gum (fem)
OG Kush (fem)
Moroccan Bleida (regular landrace from a buddy who went there)
Blue Widow (fem)
Original Glue (fem)
White Widow (fem)
Querkle (reg)
Thug Roze (reg)

I also have 4 tubes of unknown seeds, 2 of which are from Aeque Genetics. I am leaning towards Bruce Banner 2.0 because it's strong as fuck and my 2 kids love it. It's too much for THIS old man because it makes me panic.

My reveg of the Girl Crush is ready to go in the flower tent this weekend when I pull the Querkle. I will let it veg a week or two before initiaiting flower.

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I haven't had a chance to smoke any blue widow. Sounds like a blue dream cross with white widow? No matter what you plant in that one, I definitely want to stay up on your posts. I love learning different things, I like the concept of bottom watering with using live soil. It looks very healthy. Also having living soil helps with the plant up taking nutes, so I definitely see a lot of positives doing this kind of grow. I have cloth pots with a coco mix that I run in my experiment tent. I have a few mothers I run in live soil with a few males I keep in a green house outside of my house. Then my main flower room I run a hydro setup. If I switch my mother's to these, I feel like I could keep them healthy for longer. I usually start new mothers each year once Its spring, and the old mothers go outside to flower. Keeping a mother for a year takes a bit of work to keep healthy for taking clones.

 

[pnwbluntman]

The drip tray is a reservoir holding water, you are basically watering from the bottom. I have two in the garage just waiting to be used, just need a tent to put them in right now. Learning from @7munkee

I appreciate the explanation. It makes more sense now. I definitely like the concept

 

[7munkee]

I haven't had a chance to smoke any blue widow. Sounds like a blue dream cross with white widow? No matter what you plant in that one, I definitely want to stay up on your posts. I love learning different things, I like the concept of bottom watering with using live soil. It looks very healthy. Also having living soil helps with the plant up taking nutes, so I definitely see a lot of positives doing this kind of grow. I have cloth pots with a coco mix that I run in my experiment tent. I have a few mothers I run in live soil with a few males I keep in a green house outside of my house. Then my main flower room I run a hydro setup. If I switch my mother's to these, I feel like I could keep them healthy for longer. I usually start new mothers each year once Its spring, and the old mothers go outside to flower. Keeping a mother for a year takes a bit of work to keep healthy for taking clones.

I grew out a Blue Widow before I had my stroke, but to be honest I cant remember much about it, other than the azure colored leaves. I have always been an organic veggie gardener for at least the last 30 years but I did not think you could do it indoors for cannabis becasue organics take such a huge soil volume to stay healthy and viable. Then I watched a video on YouTube by BuildaSoil and learned that you CAN. The trick is keeping your microbiology alive. This is done by reinnoculating it often, using humic/fulvic acid, and keeping it the correct water ratio. The Earthbox keeps the soil moisture perfect.

 

[7munkee]

I appreciate the explanation. It makes more sense now. I definitely like the concept

Two of the 4 corners are 'wicking' corners. There is an elastic cover that comes with them that acts like a mulch cover keeping the moisture in and the bugs out. Initially you just water on the top as normal, but when you feel that the roots have reached the bottom and are poking through the screen and into the reservoir, you can go ahead and fill it to the 3 gallon capacity. There is a black tube you pour the water in and a overflow if you overdo it.

 

[pnwbluntman]

I grew out a Blue Widow before I had my stroke, but to be honest I cant remember much about it, other than the azure colored leaves. I have always been an organic veggie gardener for at least the last 30 years but I did not think you could do it indoors for cannabis becasue organics take such a huge soil volume to stay healthy and viable. Then I watched a video on YouTube by BuildaSoil and learned that you CAN. The trick is keeping your microbiology alive. This is done by reinnoculating it often, using humic/fulvic acid, and keeping it the correct water ratio. The Earthbox keeps the soil moisture perfect.

I have only been growing for almost 20 years now. I have been around it since I was knee high. I have some baby pics of me playing around my uncles outside plants lol. I do inoculation and all of that. But the earthbox sounds more efficient and better for helping the microbiology thrive. I have a really old timer that owns the local soil distribution for the farm lands out here. He has so much knowledge on soil and sells nutes and so many different additives. He has been a blessing to know. Also he lets me bring him leaf samples, his buddy runs a bunch of tests that brakes down what nutrients are thriving and what nutrients are lacking in the plant, helps dial in nute schedules for different strains so they are always healthy and growing to full potential. Since he is running sample checks for his crops that are large enough to matter checking levels, it doesn't cost me a thing compared to what he is paying for the tests.

 

[7munkee]

I found the video that turned me onto them

 

[pnwbluntman]

I found the video that turned me onto them

Just watched the video. That's pretty cool you can keep using and plant next to an old stock for a perpetual grow. What's he is doing is pretty dang close to how I grow my outside plants when Its that time of year for me here. I love doing outdoor grows! I have always had good luck with outcome with my outdoor. I will be posting pictures of next outdoor season for me. The biggest pain in my @$$ is dealing with the deer out here. I have to run an electric fence and cattle panel every individual plant. They are very destructive and persistent. If they want to try something, they keep coming back to figure out a way to get them a taste. I found out the hard way the first year I moved out to where I am now. Had one of three completely uprooted and ate up, with a few green sick deers stuck around my property for about a day and a half. The stock was almost three inches thick, and they went to town. I chased them off a few times before that thinking they wouldn't be interested in good ol Mary. But they wanted to have a little party I guess lol.

 

[7munkee]

Just watched the video. That's pretty cool you can keep using and plant next to an old stock for a perpetual grow. What's he is doing is pretty dang close to how I grow my outside plants when Its that time of year for me here. I love doing outdoor grows! I have always had good luck with outcome with my outdoor. I will be posting pictures of next outdoor season for me. The biggest pain in my @$$ is dealing with the deer out here. I have to run an electric fence and cattle panel every individual plant. They are very destructive and persistent. If they want to try something, they keep coming back to figure out a way to get them a taste. I found out the hard way the first year I moved out to where I am now. Had one of three completely uprooted and ate up, with a few green sick deers stuck around my property for about a day and a half. The stock was almost three inches thick, and they went to town. I chased them off a few times before that thinking they wouldn't be interested in good ol Mary. But they wanted to have a little party I guess lol.

Yes, no till. Nature has fungal networks that can get nutrients 100 ft away if it needs to and we try to replicate that by not disturbing the soil and by keeping a decaying layer on top to constantly recycle nutrients.

When I defoliate, I cut up the leaves and feed them back to the soil.

 

[7munkee]

Chopped the Querkle down Friday. 1/2 the leaves were crisp so I tugged them off before hanging it my basement stairwell. It's 58 degrees there and when the leaves start to dry I will slip a garbage bag over them to retain humidity. This is the only time of year I can actually hit close to 61/60. You can smell almost a sour grape in my kitchen. I hope it tastes as mouth watering as it smells.

My Girl Crush reveg is busy munching some leaves I fed it from the Querkle last week. Feeder roots have broken through it in several spots. I have only been top watering it with a tsp each of Recharge and fulvic acid every Saturday. It has been on low light, less than 400 ppfd for the last month or so.

My 3rd Earthbox is still busy munching all the goodies since mixing I started some Blue Widow I've had for almost 10 years. Fingers crossed they pop. This will be the first grow in this Earthbox.

Gonna move the reveg upstairs where its warmer and put it in my flowering tent which is now empty. I will let it veg till these Blue Widow have caught up in height and flower them all at once.

 

[pnwbluntman]

Chopped the Querkle down Friday. 1/2 the leaves were crisp so I tugged them off before hanging it my basement stairwell. It's 58 degrees there and when the leaves start to dry I will slip a garbage bag over them to retain humidity. This is the only time of year I can actually hit close to 61/60. You can smell almost a sour grape in my kitchen. I hope it tastes as mouth watering as it smells.

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My Girl Crush reveg is busy munching some leaves I fed it from the Querkle last week. Feeder roots have broken through it in several spots. I have only been top watering it with a tsp each of Recharge and fulvic acid every Saturday. It has been on low light, less than 400 ppfd for the last month or so.

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My 3rd Earthbox is still busy munching all the goodies since mixing I started some Blue Widow I've had for almost 10 years. Fingers crossed they pop. This will be the first grow in this Earthbox.
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Gonna move the reveg upstairs where its warmer and put it in my flowering tent which is now empty. I will let it veg till these Blue Widow have caught up in height and flower them all at once.

Have you tried the cannakan? And do you use a hydrogen peroxide solution for germination?

 

[7munkee]

Have you tried the cannakan? And do you use a hydrogen peroxide solution for germination?

I use coco coins. and tap water. I dont even pH.