Pnw Outdoor Grow 2018

OldManRiver said:

Decided to conduct an experiment. Got one of the bloom booster products on the market, Heavy 16 Fire, on the advice of my friendly grow shop owner. I am going to try it on half the plants, and see if it makes any difference. Running 3 ml of that, 15 ml of Botanicare Pro Bloom, 1 ml of MammothP batcerial booster, 2 ml of Gen Hydro Micro for the test population, 20 ml of Botanicare Pro Bloom and 2 ml of the micro for the control.

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Have you used MammothP in the past? I have a sample 60mL pack that I ordered online from their website. With my daily feeding/watering, I figured I have a 2 week supply at 1.25mL/4 gallons bucket (5mL/day will give me 12 feeding/waterings). I'm going light because I have a highly amended soil. I plan to dose the girls during weeks 3-4. Is your application rate high because your not using a highly amended soil?

45North said:

Thanks for the freebies OES

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Docs dank seeds are the freebies

Wishbone said:

Nice experiment, doing something similar on a few of my girls, just my no till soil on all but one, and a full bottle feed on single plant. Yours will be more scientific with a larger population of each.

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Should be interesting. The big plant pairs will have this treatment for all of flowering. The little girls will get it only for a couple weeks. Five plants total will be the mix, four plants will be control. I have been sceptical of additives for a long time, as they just list high P and K as the ingrredients. Apparently they are not required to list other 'active' ingredients. The web site for the Heavy16 products is wonderfully uninformative, listing NO information. And they wanted $53 for a pint of the shit. Well, inquiring minds want to know, and I'm gonna find out if the stuff is BS.

I have been reading about 'luxury consumption" of potassium, which is the apparent phenomenon of the plant being able to consume extra amounts of potassium. That implies that there may be something to these bloom boosters. The best way to find out is a test, and its underway.

1stGHgrow said:

Have you used MammothP in the past? I have a sample 60mL pack that I ordered online from their website. With my daily feeding/watering, I figured I have a 2 week supply at 1.25mL/4 gallons bucket (5mL/day will give me 12 feeding/waterings). I'm going light because I have a highly amended soil. I plan to dose the girls during weeks 3-4. Is your application rate high because your not using a highly amended soil?

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I have never used it before, got a free sample from my friendly grow shop. I used a high initial rate, in case it contains actual microbes, to get a high innoculation rate. If it does contain microbes, a single dose should be sufficient. If it doesn't, I am skeptical that it can be more help than simple molasses.

Bud porn from the light dep gals. Two to three more weeks, I'm guessing.

Got a little burn on one of the little girls from the bloom booster mix. Gonna back it off 20% next time.

Pics of the day. The plant on the left end of the row is an original glue. The other two single plants are the chem dawgs. Those stakes are eight feet tall. The one chem dawg is six feet by six feet, gonna be a big yielder.

I haven’t posted in a while because it’s just been a waiting game for the stretch bloom.
Gorilla Cookies
Iranian diesel
Blue cheese
Washing machine ( more like corn stalks, I was expecting much shorter for indica dominate. Really showing the skunk side)

Topped at 4th node

I know the thread is outdoor, but that's where I keep my greenhouse. Here's a pic after trellising the 2nd level on the right side. I know i have "spacing" issues, but that's what you deal with trying to keep the wonderful stink from annoying the neighbors. Along with 14 beautiful ladies there's also packed in there 3 fans for circulation and a 1700 cfm activated carbon filter sytem to help with that stink. 2 "hedges" for the record.

Did someone say hedge? Pics of the day

One of the little girls foxtailed on me. Must have had a light leak, or a problem in covering while we were on vacation.

Fed everyone today. Tuned down the experimental nutes by 30%, 2 ml to the gallon, plus 15 ml botanicare bloom, plus .5 ml MammothP, 2 ml GH Micro. Rest of the girls got just 15 ml botanicare plus 2 ml GH micro to the gallon. Big girls got about 1.5 gal each, lil girls got about a quart.

The chem dawgs are starting to show flowers.

OldManRiver said:

Did someone say hedge? Pics of the day

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You’re about to loose satellite reception lol.

I started my bloom nute's last week Thursday. The True Bloom bottle said an initial soil drench dose at 5mL/gal then 2mL/gal afterwards twice a week. I alternate with foliar feedings at 2mL/gal twice a week. I'm supposed to begin Paleo Bloom nutes this week at 5ml/gal every feeding for two weeks. Then 10mL/gal every feeding for two weeks. Then 15mL/gal for two weeks. Also using Sea Green at 2mL/gal every feeding. A couple ladies are beginning to stack. I'll post pics mañana as tonight's feeding was a little late.
Hey OMR, how's that Mammoth P working? I'm going to use my sample around the beginning of September.

Use the P in between feedings. Sooner the better. It helps break down food for an easier uptake for the plant.

My pre / early flower ( use now, has nitrogen) 1x per week

My late flower ( no nitrogen) food