Walter's World: Blumats/AlienOrganics/GSC/'91/SCMK/GrapeApe/WiFi...

[KennyPowers]

lookin very nice and healthy walter! im going to be borrowing that nifty schedule you posted up when i fux with the blumats here in the next round of ladies. keep up the great work bro!!

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

Looking great. Still interested in the blumats.

outwest

Mix just enough coco in with your super soil to improve wicking and this will save you hours of work with your setup.

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

lookin very nice and healthy walter! im going to be borrowing that nifty schedule you posted up when i fux with the blumats here in the next round of ladies. keep up the great work bro!!

Thanks duder! Awesome, Any questions fire away. ill be sure to keep you posted if i make any changes. When are you gonna be setting yours up?

 

[KennyPowers]

Ill be setting them up around the beginning of February so Ive got a couple weeks to plan a bit still. Probably will just try a light or two to start and go from there. I have 3/4 PVC lines ran into the room that used to feed drip lines so that part is covered. I can modify the lines/barbs inside the room however this project requires.

I do have a couple threads bookmarked but haven't done too much reading on them yet. I will inevitably have some questions so thanks for the offer! Definitely keep me updated on how the schedule works for you. Right now I hand water Canna, feed teas and alot of those other supplements so the rez/top feed plan is a perfect transition.

What units are you using? I know one guy using them and he said he got the maxis. I then asked if he had a wide-set vagina and dont remember any more details.

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

Everything is gay metric euro sized. It will def take some MacGyver skills to modify the 3/4 line for the Blumat drips but it will have crazy good pressure when you figure it out. Im using 3 Blumat Maxi Pads per 8 gallons of media in a NC10.

 

[midwestdensies]

Thanks duder! Awesome, Any questions fire away. ill be sure to keep you posted if i make any changes. When are you gonna be setting yours up?

big fan of aeration and coco in super soil mix. New setup looks clean, I myself have always wondered whats up with the blumats as well. Peace
MW

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

big fan of aeration and coco in super soil mix. New setup looks clean, I myself have always wondered whats up with the blumats as well. Peace
MW

Aeration is good forsure! With blumats you can't use chunky perlite, hydroton, grows stones. The "carrot" needs good soil contact to create the suction. If a chunk is resting against the carrot it will create a dry spot and make the water drain from the carrot and flood your room. This is just what I've read. I've def got more chunks in my mix than I wanted but it's working awesome. I think they are alot less finicky than people make them out to be. Buuut if you treat it as such it's almost fail safe.

 

[Pancho-N-Lefty]

What would you say your ratios on your soil mix are Walter?
Looking F'ing grand bro keep that shiz on the up!

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

Thanks brother, 3 parts coco, 2 parts promix hp, 1 part ewc. Some insect frass and alfalfa meal up in there too.

 

[Pancho-N-Lefty]

Nice thats pretty close to what I'm runnin' now...;)

 

[KennyPowers]

Thanks brother, 3 parts coco, 2 parts promix hp, 1 part ewc. Some insect frass and alfalfa meal up in there too.

very nice walter. it looks like im headed right in the direction you are. i have been kicking around the idea of amending the coco a bit and this sounds like a nice mix you have here. have you ever tried rock dust/azomite? was thinking about adding a bit of that as well.

 

[outwest]

At what point is it no longer coco and becomes soil?

outwest

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

@ KP. Never used the Rock dust. What's its function?
@OW. It would take alot of organic matter to amend coco into soil. Maybe something like this? 2 parts compost, 2 parts coco, 1 part ewc and then frass and any other organics. Not really sure, but that sounds like soil.

 

[KennyPowers]

Walt the rock dust is for trace minerals. Ive seen it talked about alot since I started reading about soil. Sub and Alien both use a type of rock dust in their blends. Here is a blurb from the Azomite website..

AZOMITE®​

is a mined natural mineral product. For over sixty years livestock and crop producers have utilized this unique material from central Utah to improve livestock and plant growth. Assays reveal that the material contains a broad spectrum of over 70 metabolically active minerals and trace elements.​

Outwest Im not positive, I think its going to come down to the ratios like Walt said. Compare the ingredients of Roots and Happy Frog below..

Happy Frog - Composted forest humus, sphagnum peat moss, perlite, earthworm castings, bat guano, humic acid (derived from Leonardite), oyster shell and dolomite lime (for pH adjustment).

Roots Original - Coco fiber, peat moss, perlite, pumice, premium worm castings, bat guano, kelp, fish bone meal, soy bean meal, feather meal, greensand, leonardite and alfalfa meal.

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

Day 16...I love going into the growroom and seeing all my ladies praying. The best part of constant organic food, they never stop praying.

First Frost Purple Jones and Grape Ape

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

After looking at these pics closely, I also see the edges praying for some Cal/Mg. I will go in and spray the bottom halves of the plants with epsom salts during the dark cycle today. I didnt think I would have to worry about it since Im using PBP, Ej Micros, and filtered tap water. I guess i need to up my cal/mg dosage somehow.

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

My dad took these shots while he was here the last week. His White Balance looks waaay more accurate than mine. Ill get there sometime....

 

[midwestdensies]

Nice update. Super clean.
MW

 

[KILLERCHEF420]

Hell yeah man your room and girl look great were running similar amendments too I used azomite,glacial rock dust, and soft rock phosphate to add calcium and magnesium along with trace menerals and on top of that kelp meal, alfalfa meal, EWC'S, insect frass, and a little humus soil and for aeration im using rice hulls and hydroton I didnt use any guanos or anything with a high NPK in the mix and I mixed everything as to the amendments directions and I think thats the way im going to be doing it from now on I love soil but with the inconsistencies from brand to brand I decided ill just amend good coco and get a little faster growth out of them being it is still mostly coco with a little extra kick for the girls I like the blumats as well man I wanted to try them out this round but didnt have the $$$ anyway great work brother ill stop back in to see how things turn out much respect

PEACE
KILLERCHEF

 

[WalterWhiteFire]

Nice update. Super clean.
MW

Appreciate it mang! Thanks for noticing!