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[suffolkpunch]

in proper noob fashion when i sexed them i finished to get a smoke

 

[Ninjadogma]

Cool propagation hack for strawberries. Give a runner its own patch of dirt to lay down a root before you cut it from mom. There's a similar hack for cannabis. Haven't done it but you're putting a medium on a branch and getting root bumps to grow before you snip the cutting. Somebody here on the farm shared it once.

If you've never tried this stuff or even just dusted a hole with myco before dropping a plant in it, I suggest you try. I move in the evening and they're out in the full sun next morning without penalty. Not promoting the brand although it is great... Talking about the general fungal assist. Biggest issue I have is forgetting to use the shit.

 

[grayoldnproud]

Cool propagation hack for strawberries. Give a runner its own patch of dirt to lay down a root before you cut it from mom. There's a similar hack for cannabis. Haven't done it but you're putting a medium on a branch and getting root bumps to grow before you snip the cutting. Somebody here on the farm shared it once.
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If you've never tried this stuff or even just dusted a hole with myco before dropping a plant in it, I suggest you try. I move in the evening and they're out in the full sun next morning without penalty. Not promoting the brand although it is great... Talking about the general fungal assist. Biggest issue I have is forgetting to use the shit.

That's what we do with our strawberries. It's kind of the same principle as air layering cuttings from live new growth on limbs in a few fruit trees.

 

[suffolkpunch]

smoked some forced dryed popcorn last night rocked my socks
grew wedding cake and lsd for my 1st indoor effort , lsd very nice the other not so good
will make a diary of the soars next run well impressed so far
some badly trimmed barneys lsd

 

[BearWater]

You guys should see me trying to get this coco going in a bucket! “Monkey fuckin a football” over here!

 

[suffolkpunch]

You guys should see me trying to get this coco going in a bucket! “Monkey fuckin a football” over here!

ive never had a go at growing in coco , easy in soil dont have to worry bout ph and all that , another night closer to chop

 

[BearWater]

ive never had a go at growing in coco , easy in soil dont have to worry bout ph and all that , another night closer to chop View attachment 2618596

Same! I’ve done soil, and peat based (love that shit). I’m only doing the coco to start the seeds. the peat and perlite just aren’t airy enough, and I water log it (I suck at seedlings) lol. I figured the seeds will go into the the water and crack, then directly into mini solos of the coco. give them a few days to a week and then up pot?

looking good!

 

[suffolkpunch]

Same! I’ve done soil, and peat based (love that shit). I’m only doing the coco to start the seeds. the peat and perlite just aren’t airy enough, and I water log it (I suck at seedlings) lol. I figured the seeds will go into the the water and crack, then directly into mini solos of the coco. give them a few days to a week and then up pot?

looking good!

i use these , ive found they work perfect for seeds seedlings and cuttings , i know im a mudslinger and set in my ways, they do coco will have to try but ive had 99% success rate why change ?

 

[BearWater]

i use these , ive found they work perfect for seeds seedlings and cuttings , i know im a mudslinger and set in my ways, they do coco will have to try but ive had 99% success rate why change ?View attachment 2618620

Thanks for sharing : ) looks like some good stuff!

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

You guys should see me trying to get this coco going in a bucket! “Monkey fuckin a football” over here!

I should’ve responded earlier to your question about washing or buffering coco, essentially the answer is YES, to both. Coco can become contaminated with saltwater during the procurement process so it’s washed to get excess salts out of it, and then buffered with cal mag .
Buffering coco coir is a critical preparatory step because raw coco coir naturally contains high levels of
sodium and potassium and has a high Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), which can lead to nutrient lock-out. Without buffering, the coir will "steal" calcium and magnesium from your nutrient solution and release sodium/potassium, resulting in severe Cal-Mag deficiencies in plants.

 

[Vick_Vinegar]

ive never had a go at growing in coco , easy in soil dont have to worry bout ph and all that , another night closer to chop View attachment 2618596

Looking real good. Mate, I started growing in Coco but quickly got sick of the constant fiddling with EC and pH. Still use Coco as a base for potting mix but it's mixed with peat, compost and rock dust.

Can't go back. I enjoy just throwing water in the tray most days. All I have to do is make sure me water is roughly neutral and it's all good to go. Feed once a week but I don't measure anything. Just pour a gulp out the bottle and move on.

I still treat it like Coco in a sense where I water every day, if not twice but just don't really have to worry about what goes in or out. Which is great for a lazy man.

 

[suffolkpunch]

Mate, I started growing in Coco but quickly got sick of the constant fiddling with EC and pH. Still use Coco as a base for potting mix but it's mixed with peat, compost and rock dust.

Can't go back. I enjoy just throwing water in the tray most days. All I have to do is make sure me water is roughly neutral and it's all good to go. Feed once a week but I don't measure anything. Just pour a gulp out the bottle and move on.

I still treat it like Coco in a sense where I water every day, if not twice but just don't really have to worry about what goes in or out. Which is great for a lazy man.

yep suits me fine , not lazy just got limited time to play
trim jail is bad enough

 

[suffolkpunch]

hardest thing i found so far is climate control , have to do it manual (need to upgrade ) found a happy medium now as tested on autos while veg/sexing not the best effort for sure but learnt alot , shola hammed right now on barneys lsd will find photos in abit , look shite but to befair good smoke and high

 

[suffolkpunch]

my 1st attempt , day before chop

 

[suffolkpunch]

my 1st attempt , day before chop
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my 1st attempt , day before chop
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gorilla glue auto was over the moon with my achievements at the time

 

[Ninjadogma]

Same! I’ve done soil, and peat based (love that shit). I’m only doing the coco to start the seeds. the peat and perlite just aren’t airy enough, and I water log it (I suck at seedlings) lol. I figured the seeds will go into the the water and crack, then directly into mini solos of the coco. give them a few days to a week and then up pot?

looking good!

I had some clones passed along to me that were started in solos with coco. I dropped them into my favorite dirt blend. Having that coco root core changed my entire watering regimen for those plants. I work with a pretty finnicky medium that has both coco and peat in it and it's very unforgiving in a dry climate... It'll turn hydrophobic in a day if I'm not careful. But with that coco core they have to be watered for weight daily and then watered for runoff every 4 days. I like it, but plants got a little fucked while I was figuring out the cadence. Normally that soil just needs a quick pulse across the top every day and then normal dryback watering every 3 and that's how I get it to behave.

 

[Ninjadogma]

I should’ve responded earlier to your question about washing or buffering coco, essentially the answer is YES, to both. Coco can become contaminated with saltwater during the procurement process so it’s washed to get excess salts out of it, and then buffered with cal mag .
Buffering coco coir is a critical preparatory step because raw coco coir naturally contains high levels of
sodium and potassium and has a high Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), which can lead to nutrient lock-out. Without buffering, the coir will "steal" calcium and magnesium from your nutrient solution and release sodium/potassium, resulting in severe Cal-Mag deficiencies in plants.

And what people rarely bring up is the buffer wears down over time whether it was prewashed or you did it yourself. I've read it can be rebuffered mid grow with gypsum but I don't play with straight coco.

 

[Hossgrows]

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

And what people rarely bring up is the buffer wears down over time whether it was prewashed or you did it yourself. I've read it can be rebuffered mid grow with gypsum but I don't play with straight coco.

You can probably keep up with regular cal mag waterings without other nutrients mixed in like once a week or something. Idk I messed with coco for a couple years off and on. I never knew about washing and buffering until after a few grows that went sideways with horrible nutrient deficiency and lock out issues mid to late flower. I switched over to organic amendments with a three part mix of ewc, peat, and perlite and or pumice. Been growing either organically or in living soil ever since. I recently purchased a starter pack of greenleaf nutrients and might be trying my hand at coco again.

 

[expat]

Char is awesome while we talk mediums. I added it to my outdo last year. I cheated and had it soak in nutrition solution first.

I tried a couple of pots with coco but I didn't really get the point. It's part of my soil now. It's airy but you can get soil as airy or at least very close, no? But it depends on your grow style. Indoors I can understand people want the precision of an inert medium.

Good morning from Portugal