That’s what I do! Straight well, Water! But I lucked out with the pH! Right around 6.8 at least two years ago when I checked it! And an EC of .3! 150 ppm! Couldn’t ask for closer! When I fuck them up, I can’t blame the water! And I don’t feed! Terrible cook!06/02/2025
Unfiltered well water, ph 7.3. Hard with build up of lime or calcium. Don't care. I'm not using a watering can of ph adjusted water every watering. Straight out of the hose, even when I feed. Wahh Wah but the plants might suffer uptake. LOL
This what I consider amending the soil. Existing soil is organic and contains organic nutrients, but, it has to be ammended.
Soil watered in each container, at a rate of 4 gallons adjusted as follows.
08 tbls (120 ml) Big Bloom
04 tsp (20 ml) Cal-mag
08 tbls (120 ml) Epsom Salt
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) Nitrogen
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) Phosphorous
1/4 tsp (1.25 ml) Potassium
Starts moved to grow area.
I hate perlite, all that annoying white stuff coming to the surface. Same soil, Kellogg Raised Bed and Potting Soil (organic plus). 9 bucks, 2 cu ft Home Depot. There is enough forest products in it to keep it loose and moist. Not paying twenty bucks a bag for Ocean Forest. I only check ph of water going in. Rarely check runoff. Know absolutely nothing about. EC or ppm. More or less only react to what my eyes see.That’s what I do! Straight well, Water! But I lucked out with the pH! Right around 6.8 at least two years ago when I checked it! And an EC of .3! 150 ppm! Couldn’t ask for closer! When I fuck them up, I can’t blame the water! And I don’t feed! Terrible cook!and I think you ought to listen to your wife more often! I think she’s been sneaking around doing some research! I’m with her 100%! and I hope she picked Ocean Forest! And told you to throw in extra perlite! Lol! Good luck!
I hear you! A lot of people don’t like it because of that reason! But at 22 bucks for 4 ft.³ it’s cheap and it works for me! And my soil is four year old OF going on five and it tends to break down a little And I lean towards over aerating! It’s hot here, so my soil has to act like a swamp cooler! And my pot don’t have to win in any beauty contests! Never pH! Never feed! Just throw it together every year and plunge headfirst into the abyss!I hate perlite, all that annoying white stuff coming to the surface. Same soil, Kellogg Raised Bed and Potting Soil (organic plus). 9 bucks, 2 cu ft Home Depot. There is enough forest products in it to keep it loose and moist. Not paying twenty bucks a bag for Ocean Forest. I only check ph of water going in. Rarely check runoff. Know absolutely nothing about. EC or ppm. More or less only react to what my eyes see.
She is interested in switching from Foxfarm to NPK Industries RAW products. Real spendy but they offer a full line of fertilizer that you mix, and a feeding schedule.
https://npk-industries.com/collections/all-products
Thanks! My quandary over NPK RAW was bag size. After investigating, 2 oz bags should equal 33-6 plant grows (2 per year = 16 years) If that is true and it works well, I'm good for a lifetime.I hear you! A lot of people don’t like it because of that reason! But at 22 bucks for 4 ft.³ it’s cheap and it works for me! And my soil is four year old OF going on five and it tends to break down a little And I lean towards over aerating! It’s hot here, so my soil has to act like a swamp cooler! And my pot don’t have to win in any beauty contests! Never pH! Never feed! Just throw it together every year and plunge headfirst into the abyss!OF is 16 bucks a bag here! Have close to 300 gallons of it! But when you amortize the cost over four or five years, it winds up being about three or four bucks a bag!
All you can do is give it a whirl! Outdoors is usually pretty forgiving! Indoors is another story!Thanks! My quandary over NPK RAW was bag size. After investigating, 2 oz bags should equal 33-6 plant grows (2 per year = 16 years) If that is true and it works well, I'm good for a lifetime.
The majority of reviews from experienced growers were positive. Guess I'm trying to sell myself on the switch.
https://images.app.goo.gl/nQNCD1TQvNqY9hPWA
OK so my style is top for four leads and let'emAll you can do is give it a whirl! Outdoors is usually pretty forgiving! Indoors is another story!
Full speed ahead! Give me warp 10 Scotty!6/9/2025 (31 days) - Cotyledon still Happy! Secondary ready. Roots starting reach into the 15-gallon soil. Soon, transplant into the fifteen. One more soil prep, humic acid and root microbes. Nights 50°F + - Days 80°F +. Got a little droopy yesterday from heat.
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Unfiltered well water, ph 7.3. Hard with build up of lime or calcium. Don't care. I'm not using a watering can of ph adjusted water every watering. Straight out of the hose, even when I feed. Wahh Wah but the plants might suffer uptake. LOL
This what I consider amending the soil. Existing soil is organic and contains organic nutrients, but, it has to be ammended.
Soil watered in each container, at a rate of 4 gallons adjusted as follows.
08 tbls (120 ml) Big Bloom
04 tsp (20 ml) Cal-mag
08 tbls (120 ml) Epsom Salt
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) Nitrogen
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) Phosphorous
1/4 tsp (1.25 ml) Potassium
Starts moved to grow area.
Five weeks today. Top or Not to Top. 4, 6 or 8 Leads. Grow season is only four months. Envisioning the clear panel roof.Well, come on Montana! Let’s have a look at them!the outdoors that is!
Your grow season is a little longer than mine. If I make it to October I'll be good. I'd like to add a clear roof before the cold. If that happens I might stretch past HalloweenMan i'm deciding also if i top them or not. Like you were pretty short on the growing season we might get abit more time but who knows. My thoughts are if there healthy and growing quickly it should not slow them down with topping. I may do just 2 to find out my will be short anyway don't think i'll get them over 6ft if that.
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