I'm not sure I follow? Stomata close when humidity drops too low to prevent over transpiration, or exhaling too much. They also close up at night.
Exactly.
I'm thinking evolutionarily.
Like if the stomata evolved to close in order to not over transpire, then that means that moisture can be pulled out of the plant by the surrounding environment if they weren't closed. Otherwise they wouldn't have that function, they'd stay open all the time.
If moisture can be pulled from the plant by its environment, then logically it should be possible to put it back into the plant the same way.
Hmmmm, not really, the Relative moisture content inside the leaf is 100%. Its the principle of diffusion where the higher concentration of moisture moves toward the lower concentration, from Inside the leaf to dry air outside.
Mind you if you drench the plant then it would equalize the moisture pressure on both sides of the leaf surface, perhaps allowing the stomata to remain open and nutrients to travel freely through them.
So for foliar feeding to be the most effective, the environment should be humid enough for the stomata to be open beforehand and remain open throughout the feed?
Dude. Fkn right FTW. The last time I used coco was almost a decade ago, in 3 gallon plastic containers and while it was good, it wasnt like this. Not even close. The 1 gallon fabric pot and multiple waterings makes a HUGE difference. Cant see myself growing with anything else if the flower cycle goes as good as veg.coco fabrics ftw :)
Dude. Fkn right FTW. The last time I used coco was almost a decade ago, in 3 gallon plastic containers and while it was good, it wasnt like this. Not even close. The 1 gallon fabric pot and multiple waterings makes a HUGE difference. Cant see myself growing with anything else if the flower cycle goes as good as veg.
You guys got me thinking about trying out a coco-only grow! Those are some beautiful plants.
It's essentially water and nutes multiple times a day? Water pH at 6.5?
Out of sheer laziness I think I might have found my favourite curing technique so far. With everything going on lately travelling to Mexico and Nova Scotia I havent had a lot of time to trim my last crop, so I left most of the crop dried on the stem, untrimmed loosely piled in rubbermaid totes for the last 3-4 weeks, with the lid tightly sealed. Im finaly getting around to trimming it and I'm absolutely blown away at how much better it all smells and tastes. I'm floored... All the strains are much smoother and more flavorful than usual. Super impressed.
Im now discovering I've made a big mistake though. I should not have tossed that forbidden zkittlez mom. Oh man what a mistake. When I tried it after a couple weeks drying and a week or so curing I was thoroughly unimpressed. It wasnt very good. But now after the month cure on the stem in a tote, it's nothing short of amazing. Candied fruit and berries and cotton candy flavored smoke. Similar to sin citys spiked punch but sweeter. Really really good. I guess I'll just savor this ounce lol..
I've got more seeds of it to go through so maybe I'll luck out and find it again.
dude i just want to say ive spent the last hour or so reading through this thread. Then i come upon this vid and now have 30 mins to watch! Hell yeah dudeYou should check out this short doc made about them, it's very well done. Their grow is basically a large scale version of how you grow. They're a great bunch of dudes.
Kevin is a frickin plant wizard. Lots of knowledge dropped in this vid too
Honestly I'm running it the same as I did rockwool pretty much. I keep a res of nutrient solution, right now set to 1.4ec 5.8ph, made up of 0.2 lakewater plus 0.1 calcium silicate, brought up to 1.1 ec with pbp grow and then 0.3 ec pbp soil/coco bloom added on top of that.
Irrigation comes on 3 times per light cycle, first time for 2 mins, second and third for 1 min. My light are on 3pm-9am, so right now they get fed at 4pm, 10pm, and 4 am.
I'll need to adjust obviously when I switch to 12/12 tomorrow. Any tips on how to transition the multiple feeds @cemchris? I'm thinking dial it back to two feeds, one two hrs after lights on, and one 4 hrs before lights out. But I'm not sure that theyll slow down the drinking that much...
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