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What’s been your most wasteful purchase?

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What’s been your most wasteful purchase?

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Captspaulding said:
If you get a real indication of transplant stress at all, auto or reg, something in your process MAY be a touch aggressive. How do you go about unwinding rootballs if I may ask growmie?
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Transplant stress is only something I think about. I had one root ball fall apart, but the plant is okay. It just took a little longer to get going. They're all looking great. I think this is my best soil mixture so far. I'm also trying a different watering method.
 
#84
Captspaulding said:
Hey man, that’s dope, I kept dropping g my phone wrapped in paper reaching around the lights footprint taking readings, broke stalks, chipped a screen saver or two, now I just roll around with my ghost busters equipment and pretend to know what I’m doing. I make laser noises when I’m taking readings. It makes it work better.
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You have a lot of plants. I only grow three at a time. I'd probably change my methods if I were tending a lot of plants. It's no doubt much easier to spend time probing the soil and such when there are only three plants.
 
#89
LoveGrowingIt said:
You have a lot of plants. I only grow three at a time. I'd probably change my methods if I were tending a lot of plants. It's no doubt much easier to spend time probing the soil and such when there are only three plants.
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Yeah, the soil probe end of my meter is my handle. I definitely don’t use it for ph or dampness. I can lift a pot, and I grow in soil, I have ph gear, but I think it’s all under some wobbly tables that need steady. I know my ph wand is 🤣👊🏻
 
#90
Oldchucky said:
After the third or fourth Amazon prime delivery in a week, my wife morphed into Sherlock Holmes!
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Oh oh here she’s comes 👊🏻🤣
Homie better get his shit all in one spot, and get it all together. He’s fixin to have a really bad day. When the misses volunteers Retrieving delivery workers scalps, you definitely missed the memo.

I wish I could see the savage beating that I know is going to ensue.

Just kidding, I’m sure Mrs chucky is lovely, calm cool and collected, with the hidden daringer loaded 😂
 
#92
Oldchucky said:
Actually, she morphed for the last time about a year and a half ago! I was like a caged animal suddenly set free! Now the prime vans are wearing ruts in my driveway! L O L.
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Remember funny farm with Chevy chase?
This can’t be too far off the mark….

If he knew what was good for him. 😂

 
#94
LoveGrowingIt said:
Transplant stress is only something I think about. I had one root ball fall apart, but the plant is okay. It just took a little longer to get going. They're all looking great. I think this is my best soil mixture so far. I'm also trying a different watering method.
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Nice! I never water to runoff myself. What are you going to switch up bro?
 
#95
LoveGrowingIt said:
Yep! There sure are many ways to grow. Moisture probes are just another tool. They're helpful when used properly.

By the way... I used a suggestion of yours when I transplanted from nursery pots directly to the final 5-gallon pots. (I think it was your suggestion, anyway.) I matched the moisture of the final pot with the moisture of the nursery pot, and used a moisture probe to do it. FWIW, I also matched the temperature of the soil by putting the big pot in the tent for a day before transplanting. I figured matching the moisture and temperature would help reduce transplant shock. It seemed to do so. All the plants are doing well.
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Glad to hear that they are doing well! That was me, I find that it really forces the roots to spread out and makes some gnarly root balls come flower time. Look forward to seeing how they turn out
 
#96
Captspaulding said:
Nice! I never water to runoff myself. What are you going to switch up bro?
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It's not really a new thing. It's just a departure from the dry-and-drench method. I've been spraying the surface of the soil with several ounces of water once or twice daily. (Yes. I weigh the sprayer before and after spraying.) The goal is a consistent amount of soil moisture from top to bottom, without interfering with gas exchange. The reason is to keep the roots and microbes alive and well at every level of the pot. The natural tendency is for soil to be increasingly moist from the top to the perched water table. So, basically, I'm trying to counter the effect of gravity.

This plant has been watered using this method since it was transplanted a few weeks ago. I use a soil moisture probe to check the moisture level from top to bottom in order to keep the moisture at a consistent level. It also hasn't received any nutrients. The light is an AC Infinity T22, currently at step three. I plan to top it above the fifth node, and it's getting close.

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cannafarmer420 said:
Glad to hear that they are doing well! That was me, I find that it really forces the roots to spread out and makes some gnarly root balls come flower time. Look forward to seeing how they turn out
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Yep. I've all but given up on sprouting seeds in paper towels, even though that's how I started the one in the picture. I'm also planning to sprout seeds in the final pot. I did that with another plant and it's doing well. I believe there's a benefit in letting the tap root grow down to the perched water table. That gets more water to the plant and enables the growth of more lateral roots.
 
#97
LoveGrowingIt said:
It's not really a new thing. It's just a departure from the dry-and-drench method. I've been spraying the surface of the soil with several ounces of water once or twice daily. (Yes. I weigh the sprayer before and after spraying.) The goal is a consistent amount of soil moisture from top to bottom, without interfering with gas exchange. The reason is to keep the roots and microbes alive and well at every level of the pot. The natural tendency is for soil to be increasingly moist from the top to the perched water table. So, basically, I'm trying to counter the effect of gravity.

This plant has been watered using this method since it was transplanted a few weeks ago. I use a soil moisture probe to check the moisture level from top to bottom in order to keep the moisture at a consistent level. It also hasn't received any nutrients. The light is an AC Infinity T22, currently at step three. I plan to top it above the fifth node, and it's getting close.

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Yep. I've all but given up on sprouting seeds in paper towels, even though that's how I started the one in the picture. I'm also planning to sprout seeds in the final pot. I did that with another plant and it's doing well. I believe there's a benefit in letting the tap root grow down to the perched water table. That gets more water to the plant and enables the growth of more lateral roots.
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I feel like upping your ratio of perlite may greatly aid you in this quest.
 
#98
Captspaulding said:
I feel like upping your ratio of perlite may greatly aid you in this quest.
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Noted. There's plenty in there, even if it doesn't look like it. There are also rice hulls, coir, earthworm castings and compost. So, it's a nice loam texture. I reuse soil and compost it between uses. I have maybe a 4-grow rotation. I'll think about adding more perlite the next time I mix, though.

Some of the white powder on the top is baking soda. I recently read that it kills fungus gnat larvae. They eat it and die. Spread it loosely on the top and spray it with water, but only enough to penetrate about the top half-inch of soil. Repeat once a week for three weeks. It works! After seeing some gnats, I applied it twice. Now, they're gone. I haven't seen any harm to the plants. I'd be careful not to use too much of it, though.
 
#99
LoveGrowingIt said:
Noted. There's plenty in there, even if it doesn't look like it. There are also rice hulls, coir, earthworm castings and compost. So, it's a nice loam texture. I reuse soil and compost it between uses. I have maybe a 4-grow rotation. I'll think about adding more perlite the next time I mix, though.

Some of the white powder on the top is baking soda. I recently read that it kills fungus gnat larvae. They eat it and die. Spread it loosely on the top and spray it with water, but only enough to penetrate about the top half-inch of soil. Repeat once a week for three weeks. It works! After seeing some gnats, I applied it twice. Now, they're gone. I haven't seen any harm to the plants. I'd be careful not to use too much of it, though.
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Really? Damn ok. That’s actually pretty clutch man. Baking soda is inert enough for that job. It makes good sense actually. I’m screenshotting this if you don’t mind. 👊🏻🤡
 
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