Creating a truly perpetual garden, and keeping it rolling.

[Frankster]

Here we go in here, more updates to follow. Coming into week 3, I believe.

 

[Frankster]

Gorilla's and Blueberries.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Gorilla's and Blueberries.


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looks great man! Love when the pistils stand straight up. Happy flower indeed.

 

[Frankster]

looks great man! Love when the pistils stand straight up. Happy flower indeed.

Well it's certainly something I've noted in the past, but never associated with health. I suppose I should be trying to maintain the straightness over time.

The plan this time around is to back off a little, and not drive them so very hard. See if they still develop nicely, and yield sufficiently. I've been using a few newer techniques these last runs, and refining so many different aspects of my grow, it's difficult to measure efficacy of some techniques. That said, most of it's been some of the pruning, and defol stages I've changed up, trying to fill in/harden those larfy low spots. Distribute bud development a little more evenly. Trying to rid myself of pesky fat colas, but keeping end result. Better light penetration, ect.

Also, doing more with less on the fertilizer front. I did go as high as 1500 ppm yesterday, but I'm going to back it down some, going to assess it right now, actually. I've been ramping up the monopotassium ratio's right now, and trying to push Ca+, tapering N slightly. Feeding sugars, humics/fluvics, enzymes, fermented organisms. Still doing some light foliar, but not for much longer.

 

[Frankster]

A few more pics. Certainly not as straight as earlier, some tips are ambering up some. I'll think about doing another second defol here by the end of the week, or so, perhaps.

 

[Frankster]

The cool little scale that came with the Pharmacopeia & Fromulary of the United States 1880. Just cracked the book last night to see some of it's pages.

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[Frankster]

 

[Frankster]

A few more closeup shots. I really do think your right mimed; I can see it now. These girls are really dense and smelly for their age. The sugar is just starting.

 

[MIMedGrower]

The breeder at CH9 pointed it out to me when I showed him pics of my grow. He speaks French and then Spanish and some English but said. “Straight Pistils nice. Happy plants”

 

[Frankster]

The breeder at CH9 pointed it out to me when I showed him pics of my grow. He speaks French and then Spanish and some English but said. “Straight Pistils nice. Happy plants”

Fuck yea bro, that's good info, tells you a lot of information.

Front 4x4 is now up and running;

I've got some overgrown, crowded, abused mystery "highs" that were plucked from random 25% and above bag seeds, hopefully there's a gem or two in here somewhere. Think I've also got a maybe 3 auto's trying to create some feminized pollens. The brown couch isn't used and needs to find a new home, I think I can give it to an associate who's just moved into a new place.

 

[Slickrick82]

Auto's are a bit droopy, so I'm concerned, any comments are appreciated, and taken under advisement.
Backed off the nutes a bit, and I think it may be too much nitrogen, or phosphate, if'n I'm right... (or both) Been bringing up the phos and potassium a bit, but I'm probably lagging on the mono-potassium phosphate, is my guess.

They look good I'm trying to do the same type of grow. What I do is use foxfarm oceandorest till they grow as big ass they can get before it runs out of the nutrients it has in soil then transplant my ladies into purple cow IndiCanja living soil let vegi for bout nother week or so then flower. I dnt use nutrients to me idk feels like chemicals that were putting in our flower.so I go organic soil way. But anys yeah grab urself a bag of this wount regret it .

 

[Frankster]

They look good I'm trying to do the same type of grow. What I do is use foxfarm oceandorest till they grow as big ass they can get before it runs out of the nutrients it has in soil then transplant my ladies into purple cow IndiCanja living soil let vegi for bout nother week or so then flower. I dnt use nutrients to me idk feels like chemicals that were putting in our flower.so I go organic soil way. But anys yeah grab urself a bag of this wount regret it . View attachment 1173721View attachment 1173722

Yea, I've used frog and ocean forest for years, until switching over to the coco again and doing my current gig. Certainly salts are more work, but both methods have upsides. As a microbiology, organic and bio chemistry major in college, I don't really look at "salts" though the same lens as most people, I suppose. Many of my salts are becoming active metabolites by the time the plant is uptalking them. It's taken awhile, but I'm getting there. But yea, I get that "chemical" taste, and my current grows have a surprising cleanness, and organic bag appeal to them. It's all in the organisms brother.

Aside from the incredibly high cation exchange capacity of up to 100meq/100g, and growth rates that rival a hydro setup without all the inherent risk factors. I guess what I'm really digging about the coco is not lugging those huge bags of soil around anymore, (small upstairs apartment) I get my coco in bricks delivered in the mail, and it' makes life much easier, since I'm mostly operate on foot w/backpack. One brick expands 7x its size, and can be used for multiple, multiple grows.

I've got a truck, but it's been parked for years now. I even carry all the food we eat on my back. Guess I'm just weird that way.

 

[Frankster]

I like compact plants, and it takes some work. Some training techniques, always keep your tops low, then then your bottom growth can get up top, then do it over and over again. Taking a few strategic fan leaves often help, if your light is coving shoots. I think I learned this technique from mimed, thanks brother.

Some pics of tie downs. and repetitive notching that occurs from tying it over and over again.

 

[Frankster]

That one in the back is almost looking diploid to me. I'll take some closer, better pics once I take it out for feeding again.

 

[Frankster]

 

[Frankster]

Simply the best fertilizing solution I have ever seen, or used, ever. It truly is a living salt at this point. Chuck plum full of microorganisms, enzymes, phosphate flowering precursors, vitamins, minerals and Carbon Dioxide.

 

[Frankster]

Some pics today of the blueberries.

 

[Frankster]

an oldie but goodie

 

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[Frankster]