Learn how to 'bottom water' (and feed). Simply put, place the plant in a tray of some sort that will hold water, you want it at least 2" high. Fill the tray with about an inch of water to start, then let the soil soak it up. Since the water's just running off, you may need to do this a few times to really get the soil moistened well. If there's water left after several hours, you can remove it if you like. Once you really get it down you'll be able to add just enough water that it will be soaked up and the soil won't be left too wet, but just moist.
By using this method you can water less frequently (according to your style of every other day right now), yet more thoroughly. Once the plants get really going though, you may find yourself back in daily watering territory.
Capillary action, IN action.
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No problem, I don't recall bottom-watering being a specific post or thread subject here. And no worries, all you did was bump an active thread. :)
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Sorry for the delay. Have been busy harvesting and setting up the next cycle. I loved the bubba so much I am going to do a majority of her next and a rest a GSC cut I got from the same source as Bubba. Not sure if it is a real GSC as there is so much crap that goes around. But he usually always has fire and it came highly recommended. So needless to say I am eager to run it.*Thank you for sharing, seriously*
Can you post your ratios please? I am looking to do something quite like this and you have already blazed a trail, so to speak...
This, about 17 +/- a gallon of Premier peat moss,10 gal of rice hulls,6 gal of EWC,3 cups Green sand,dolo 2 cps,Gypsum 2 cps,Dio earth 2 cps, 1 Kis Nutrient pack(makes 3o + gallons),had to compromise on this,Biofora fish and seaweed compost 1.5 cu.ft,Humasolve. Watered in with tea.:cool::D
4.5 GPW really that must have been wet weight with stalk and fansSorry for the delay. Have been busy harvesting and setting up the next cycle. I loved the bubba so much I am going to do a majority of her next and a rest a GSC cut I got from the same source as Bubba. Not sure if it is a real GSC as there is so much crap that goes around. But he usually always has fire and it came highly recommended. So needless to say I am eager to run it.
I yielded a modest 4.5 gpw with the above mentioned mix supplemented only by Aerated Compost/Guanos teas.
This time I will be doing the same also with a heavy dose of BioCanna line of BioFlores and BioBoost.
As far as my ratios for this particular mix to make little over 180 gallons of medium:
21 cu. ft. Botanicare CocoRox as the base (Cocorox is just Coco already pre-mixed with Diatomite, I will be adding 4 bags of larger sized Diatomite as well to my next mix to make it a little more aerated.)
120lbs Earth Worm Castings
60lbs Alaskan Humus
36oz Humic Acid Ore
12 cup Azomite
26 cup Insect Frass
10lb Kelp meal (Will be trying 20lbs next run)
10lb Oyster Shell
10 cups Dry Molasses
10 cups Pyroclay
20 cups Alfafa Meal
20 cups of Soft Rock Phosphate and Chicken Manure mix (Will be replaced by 20lbs of straight Chicken manure next run)
2.5 cups of Neem meal (Will be upped to atleast 5-10cups next run)
2.5 cups of Karanja meal (once again will be upped, just heard too much of Neem or Karanja can inhibit microbial growth, but I saw no such occurence, so I will be upping amounts next cycle)
25lbs Fossilized Seabird Guano
20lbs Fossilized Bat Guano
My teas usually include a variety of the above ingredients depending on what stage of their growth cycle they are in.
I am also in the process of making my own compost instead of having to buy EWC and Alsakan Humus which I highly recommend to any future Veganic/Organic grower.
My mistake as I typed that too fast without checking for typos. Obviously meant .45gpw :dead:4.5 GPW really that must have been wet weight with stalk and fans
I have the platinum GSC from the guy who developed it for Berner... that doesn't look like it.Here's a mystery. I got this cut as platinum og but it doesn't grow or smell like platinum. It smells like something along the lines of a Jack herrer family.
I thought gypsum didn't shift pH. I see you've learned about malt. ;)
When you say home-made rock dust, I'd like to know more about what you did.
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