Caygeon Holler Ka nuh buhs w/ Sporty

[Badcableman]

I must have missed the reason for not using the 4 gal pots... Simply a matter of wanting smaller size and fabric for breathability & moisture control?

 

[Marzcanna]

POTS for Autopots...

This is what I'm not using, these 3.9gal pots. I wanted just one for the foto but their jammed together so fkn tight I can't get them apart ffs.

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I am however going to use my 1gal fab pots and set up as follows. Pot sock in first, fab pot, special order plastic pot rings (I made em lol), cover on aquavalve and let the good times roll

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There will be a layer of coarse perlite on bottom then coco/perlite 70/30ish. No air domes for these smaller pots. I bought some 2gal square fab pots but I don't like the fit plus it's just more medium.

What ya'll think...good idear, bad, ugly...need my head checked maybe

OOO those gray valves make all the difference looking good Sporty

 

[sportyridr]

I must have missed the reason for not using the 4 gal pots... Simply a matter of wanting smaller size and fabric for breathability & moisture control?

A few factors

tent only 3 x 3 actually 32" x 32"
height is an issue with those 4gals as well, tent only 5'3" so need all the space I can get :)
plants won't get rootbound in fabric pots allowing use of smaller pots but can still grow big plants if allowed
saving on medium because of above - I already have 35gals of used pro-mix I'm trying to find a home for (goin to look into giving to local community veg grow op)
yes for sure the breathablity

 

[sportyridr]

Feels like Home again Autopot system is ON...more later

 

[Marzcanna]

Feels like Home again Autopot system is ON...more later

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im guessing that chair is for admiring the plants and not like mine being used for the tanks lol

 

[sportyridr]

im guessing that chair is for admiring the plants and not like mine being used for the tanks lol

Haha Marz, it's so this Ole boy can wheel around and do the gardening. My back thanks me.

 

[sportyridr]

After a shitty restart I think we're back albeit not in grand form by any means just yet. But I'm working on that.

I should have just started these in the 1gal to start with. Up potting after 3 days was a bit iffy but with wife's extra hands they're in.
Just to add there was a tap root at the bottom of 3 of the four pot.

These were dropped in, APs turned on and top watered 1ounce just at perimeter of their footprint and so far I haven't looked back. The pots are saturated as they are supposed to be and they sit in about 1 inch of water.

Noticed 1 pot yesterday with little to no water, gave the lines a check & squeeze it filled up. Thinking air bubble at the T. Anyhow it's fine now.

This tidbit I read about wicking is working perfectly for adding small plants and turning system on and go. I used a wide flat cotton shoelace, works like a charm.

Now ya see it

Now ya don't

I had to add some extentions to my light as
It's only ever been used for flower and it's up high. My driver is mounted on wall outside tent at back so I was a bit short changing from prior setup. Currently runningmy 240w 3500k Kingbrite at 25% and about 12 to 15k lux.

Here's the strain lineup, always seems to change and it did. Mostly due to my stupidity. Nutes are currently at .4ec & pH is 5.9

New experiment for clones/moms. We now have some in Promix as always, I am flowering my Fat Banana mom so took some cuts rooted em. One in amended soil that will get my str8 nasty tap. The other in Coco will get ro w/ standard low dose synthetic nutez.

Made some stoner cookies this week. No thc, they're just yummy cookies for when ya get the munchies.

Few more...

Day 1

Day 2...we have growth.

Temps got a lil nippy last night, will address that today. Dialing in everything again.

Soon I'll have some Gelato OG, then a lil Bubba Kush...then Fat Banana to get me thru....then by mid to late Nov harvests will be kinda steady again.

I guess that is all. Been busy but I like it that way, just not too busy.

 

[sportyridr]

One last pic...f×*k this stupid weather...

 

[Marzcanna]

After a shitty restart I think we're back albeit not in grand form by any means just yet. But I'm working on that.

I should have just started these in the 1gal to start with. Up potting after 3 days was a bit iffy but with wife's extra hands they're in.
Just to add there was a tap root at the bottom of 3 of the four pot.

These were dropped in, APs turned on and top watered 1ounce just at perimeter of their footprint and so far I haven't looked back. The pots are saturated as they are supposed to be and they sit in about 1 inch of water.

Noticed 1 pot yesterday with little to no water, gave the lines a check & squeeze it filled up. Thinking air bubble at the T. Anyhow it's fine now.

This tidbit I read about wicking is working perfectly for adding small plants and turning system on and go. I used a wide flat cotton shoelace, works like a charm.

Now ya see it
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Now ya don't
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I had to add some extentions to my light as
It's only ever been used for flower and it's up high. My driver is mounted on wall outside tent at back so I was a bit short changing from prior setup. Currently runningmy 240w 3500k Kingbrite at 25% and about 12 to 15k lux.

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Here's the strain lineup, always seems to change and it did. Mostly due to my stupidity. Nutes are currently at .4ec & pH is 5.9


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New experiment for clones/moms. We now have some in Promix as always, I am flowering my Fat Banana mom so took some cuts rooted em. One in amended soil that will get my str8 nasty tap. The other in Coco will get ro w/ standard low dose synthetic nutez.

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Made some stoner cookies this week. No thc, they're just yummy cookies for when ya get the munchies.

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Few more...

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Day 1
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Day 2...we have growth.

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Temps got a lil nippy last night, will address that today. Dialing in everything again.

Soon I'll have some Gelato OG, then a lil Bubba Kush...then Fat Banana to get me thru....then by mid to late Nov harvests will be kinda steady again.

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I guess that is all. Been busy but I like it that way, just not too busy.

Looking really good there Sporty. Really liking the way you setup the APs. Im sure you going to enjoy them. I have no complaints with mine, still checking up on them once a week and its been working great, this is the least work ive done in the garden yet seems like they getting explosive growth..win win hey lol

 

[Marzcanna]

One last pic...f×*k this stupid weather...

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Is that snow? Cant be rain can it? has to be snow...

 

[sportyridr]

Is that snow? Cant be rain can it? has to be snow...

No sir that's rain...I screwd that up...meant ro post the pan right picture

Pan left

Pan right

All I did was not show neighbors house...same time same place just feet away lmfao

 

[sportyridr]

Looking really good there Sporty. Really liking the way you setup the APs. Im sure you going to enjoy them. I have no complaints with mine, still checking up on them once a week and its been working great, this is the least work ive done in the garden yet seems like they getting explosive growth..win win hey lol

Thanks man. Pretty sure after I see what the next few weeks bring in growth I will love em. The price tho not so much.

I put enuff mycorrihaze in there the roots may blow through the fabric . Bring it on

 

[Marzcanna]

Thanks man. Pretty sure after I see what the next few weeks bring in growth I will love em. The price tho not so much.

I put enuff mycorrihaze in there the roots may blow through the fabric . Bring it on

Don't be surprised if you walk in one morning and find you have some monsters creeping out the tent and sitting on that chair of yours lol

 

[SSgrower]

Your right about the weather, what a storm. Here on the coastal bend we got some rain but not too heavy. Your plants look like they are doing ok, cheers & good vibes.SS

 

[sportyridr]

Don't be surprised if you walk in one morning and find you have some monsters creeping out the tent and sitting on that chair of yours lol

Brother, I've got rope, twine, wire and a bevvy of other stuff layin around...there will be bending & pinching & snipping if need be. I'll show em who's boss. It's probably not going to matter about the 1gal pots for plant size I'm thinkin.

Getting everything dialed in, trying to do some better. When your at the mercy of a non sealed room & our weather there is only so much I can do. Maybe Santa will bring me one...

 

[sportyridr]

Your right about the weather, what a storm. Here on the coastal bend we got some rain but not too heavy. Your plants look like they are doing ok, cheers & good vibes.SS

All we got was the some nasty rain, never seen it rain as hard as it did for a few days. Some local towns got flooded, quite the mess in a few spots. Not anywhere near the devastation as elsewhere. We are safe up here at the state line

Thanks SS, trying to keep ec/ppm low so they don't get to stretching too much. I usually Veg under much smaller lights so this is a bit new. Happy I have the Lux Meter App on my phone to keep my lighting just right. Really noticed a difference last grow using is as well and not having over crispy bud before drying lol..

 

[sportyridr]

Here is Day 3...

I have set the Wyze cam time lapse up for this grow.
It only will do 30 days at a time so will just need to reset the 1st of each month. Also set to snap a pic every 8 minutes.
We'll see how that works out...

 

[sportyridr]

Interesting...

Seedsman seeds Big Bud & White Widow have the twistys @ .4 ec while the Strainly seeds Forbidden Fruit & Ghost Train Haze from Sea of Green are plugging right along...just an observation

SEEDSMAN

Sea of Green Strainly

Any thoughts? I think as they get a lil bigger they'll be just fine I'm not growing Pansies here lol.

 

[sportyridr]

I'm thru my first week with my expensive plastic contraption called autopots.

All went well until it didn't.
I was able to curb the Mag deficiency within 24ish hours on day 5/6. It seems my Epsom/ LAB foliar worked nicely. I also upped the cal mag for this next week.

This Magnesium deficiency comes with every grow whether I was using promix or now coco.

Reasons for this maybe???

Coco was pre buffered by me following coco for cannabis instructions. EC & pH was in line. Nothing was added to coco except perlite & mycorrihaze. No crazy ammendments.

Mix order....silica, calmag, megacrop Mr fulvic, drip clean. I need to make a video of the bubbling/ fuzziness when I add the Megacrop. Wondering about precipitate but no major amounts left behind.

First nute mix was with.2.5ml calmag/gal. Now up to 5ml for week 2 to be sure I'm clear.

Is it the Megacrop maybe? I have ground up the megacrop to get rid of the little balls and make a more even mix thinking that would help. No change from previous grows in different medium.

Too much light? Lux at 11/12k. I've never run my kingbrite for veg but I have same issue regardless of what lights I use but the KB def brings it out more than my other lights.

2nd week ec .8 & pH 5.9

Here is this morning...so quick improvement.

TO NOTE:
Stems are quite loose in the coco as the plants were never top watered. I needed to pat the soil down a bit around them as they were getting wobbly. This won't be an issue moving forward as all plants will be further along when added to system. An fyi in case anyone down the road reads this. No one except 3 people do now lol.

Here's a Fat Banana that I'm going to flower out. I had her as a mom for a while. She just got defoliated yesterday. Last FB Clone was done in 52 days so this will get me thru til the current autopot grow is fini. Even with the added Silica @ 1/2 strength she's a bit brittle as you can see

So...then there's this going on in here. My closet of....any & every experiment I come up with.

The clone experiment with soil vs coco has soil mostly kicking cocos ass so far but the nute mixes are not very equal. Just going to be give away clones anyways.

Got some older stuff here but they are Auto's & regs to boot. Going to try to micro grow the Fems in here. Got 2 of each started Green Headband, Super 90 and Super Lemon 105.

Only have the Washing Machine & Nicole Kush/Orange Cookies left.

Slow & steady wins the race...cpl more from the Memphis Zoo

Guess that's enuff rambling....

 

[PipeCarver]

I'm thru my first week with my expensive plastic contraption called autopots.

All went well until it didn't.
I was able to curb the Mag deficiency within 24ish hours on day 5/6. It seems my Epsom/ LAB foliar worked nicely. I also upped the cal mag for this next week.

This Magnesium deficiency comes with every grow whether I was using promix or now coco.

Reasons for this maybe???

Coco was pre buffered by me following coco for cannabis instructions. EC & pH was in line. Nothing was added to coco except perlite & mycorrihaze. No crazy ammendments.

Mix order....silica, calmag, megacrop Mr fulvic, drip clean. I need to make a video of the bubbling/ fuzziness when I add the Megacrop. Wondering about precipitate but no major amounts left behind.

First nute mix was with.2.5ml calmag/gal. Now up to 5ml for week 2 to be sure I'm clear.

Is it the Megacrop maybe? I have ground up the megacrop to get rid of the little balls and make a more even mix thinking that would help. No change from previous grows in different medium.

Too much light? Lux at 11/12k. I've never run my kingbrite for veg but I have same issue regardless of what lights I use but the KB def brings it out more than my other lights.

2nd week ec .8 & pH 5.9

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Here is this morning...so quick improvement.

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TO NOTE:
Stems are quite loose in the coco as the plants were never top watered. I needed to pat the soil down a bit around them as they were getting wobbly. This won't be an issue moving forward as all plants will be further along when added to system. An fyi in case anyone down the road reads this. No one except 3 people do now lol.

Here's a Fat Banana that I'm going to flower out. I had her as a mom for a while. She just got defoliated yesterday. Last FB Clone was done in 52 days so this will get me thru til the current autopot grow is fini. Even with the added Silica @ 1/2 strength she's a bit brittle as you can see

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So...then there's this going on in here. My closet of....any & every experiment I come up with.

The clone experiment with soil vs coco has soil mostly kicking cocos ass so far but the nute mixes are not very equal. Just going to be give away clones anyways.

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Got some older stuff here but they are Auto's & regs to boot. Going to try to micro grow the Fems in here. Got 2 of each started Green Headband, Super 90 and Super Lemon 105.

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Only have the Washing Machine & Nicole Kush/Orange Cookies left.

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Slow & steady wins the race...cpl more from the Memphis Zoo

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Guess that's enuff rambling....

I started from the bottom of the page and though wholly fk this guys got Tortoises in his back yard...now that's exotic to me. Oh ya nice grow...I forgot what I was here for lol.