The Irish Growers Thread!

[ThatSpudGuy]

Just picked up this. Cheap as fuck but it will do while I save for a better one.

Same one ive been using the past year lol

 

[theslipperbandit]

Just picked up this. Cheap as fuck but it will do while I save for a better one.

Does it come with buffers for calibration like ph 7 and 4? Ur also gonna meed some storage solution

 

[Naes]

Uh! How much? Link?

€15 on EBay.
Sent from Dublin.

@ThatSpudGuy
Do you have to calibrate it much ?

 

[Naes]

Does it come with buffers for calibration like ph 7 and 4? Ur also gonna meed some storage solution

It does indeed bro.
Have to buy storage solution separate though.

 

[theslipperbandit]

Since I've had my bluelab with auto calibration ive had to calibrate it about twice so far butbill randomly pop ot into ph 7 to see how she reads

 

[theslipperbandit]

It does indeed bro.
Have to buy storage solution separate though.

Ive found amazing bulk deals on ph solution sachets on eBay...but I do buy in bulk especially after crop

 

[theslipperbandit]

Great thing about taking notes on ur feeding (I use syringes to get bang on doses) is that if ur pen ever breaks u follow those notes on how u got ur ph to 6.5 and 6.6 so that if ur pen breaks you wont fuck up whilst waiting for a new pen.

When it happened to me before I didnt take notes but I follow the same routine every time(bit anal about routine) when my pen did land I tested my feed n it was 6.6 lol but for peace of mind I always ph my feed but not foliar for obvious reasons

 

[theslipperbandit]

Gf hates him on the couch but when shes out..boys time but in fairness he gave me this look

So I couldn't say no, even though he takes up more of the couch than I ...

 

[ThatSpudGuy]

€15 on EBay.
Sent from Dublin.

@ThatSpudGuy
Do you have to calibrate it much ?

I calibrated when i first bought it and once before i started my recent grow so not that many times. Second time it wasnt even off that much

 

[Naes]

I calibrated when i first bought it and once before i started my recent grow so not that many times. Second time it wasnt even off that much

Any advice on using coco coir?
Been reading up on it and seems a lot easier than soil.

What nute range do you use with it ?

 

[ThatSpudGuy]

Any advice on using coco coir?
Been reading up on it and seems a lot easier than soil.

What nute range do you use with it ?

Use a ph of 5.8 when using coco. You can use most soil nutrients but i like to stick with a coco coir nutrient because they come as one a+b rather than grow and bloom a+b. Im using canna coco a+b but only because i couldnt get vitalink coir a+b in 5litres. Just make sure to add some calmag because coco tends to leach onto calcium. Coco is very forgiving so its very hard to over water in it. Mix it with some perlite for best drainage.

 

[Naes]

Use a ph of 5.8 when using coco. You can use most soil nutrients but i like to stick with a coco coir nutrient because they come as one a+b rather than grow and bloom a+b. Im using canna coco a+b but only because i couldnt get vitalink coir a+b in 5litres. Just make sure to add some calmag because coco tends to leach onto calcium. Coco is very forgiving so its very hard to over water in it. Mix it with some perlite for best drainage.

Great info man.
Do you mix A and B into the same litre when feeding ?
I always mix a lot of perlite with my soil so no stress there.

Have you any recommendations regarding the coco coir bricks ? Brand or make.
How many would you need for 10 x 12litre pots ?

 

[theslipperbandit]

Use a ph of 5.8 when using coco. You can use most soil nutrients but i like to stick with a coco coir nutrient because they come as one a+b rather than grow and bloom a+b. Im using canna coco a+b but only because i couldnt get vitalink coir a+b in 5litres. Just make sure to add some calmag because coco tends to leach onto calcium. Coco is very forgiving so its very hard to over water in it. Mix it with some perlite for best drainage.

Must be a ball ache watering all the time or havebyou a drip feed? The constant watering in coco I find annoying but yeild n taste is insane so I was wondering having two to 3 small tanks feeding slightly different solutions so if needed I can switch the drips to match what the leaves are asking or does that just sould like a ball ache

 

[theslipperbandit]

Id suggest doing a few more soil grows till u can read ur plants better mate.
Coco has better yeilds but requires more watering but saying that I know a load of guys starting in coco.
My plants always been soil, coco drip n NFT

 

[ae86 grower]

*Ahem*

sorry kit, turn of phrase is all....

 

[ae86 grower]

Get on the yellow pH pens off eBay it's a must phnis so important!!

You should follow the feed schedule when in flower your ladies need more food

Silca is used as a pH up because it's a building block of the plant cell wall. Handy it raises the pH to.

Get a ppm pen when u have a few quid spare not super important but handy so u can manually up feeding when u know when to after u learn more about the plant and the environment

Can't stress it enough pH and follow the feeding lay out once in flower veg is one thing u can recover from easily but fuck it up in flower and your playing caught up all the time

Miracle grow is whooper as a feed just pH it and boom u can't fail basically

You don't have a lock your organic your just under feeding don't stress give them what the instructions say feed take a breath and in a week u will see them look great again.

I have never in my 10+ years of growing got a lock out in organic feeds

I turned away from organic because it's to slow I couldn't tasted the difference and mineral nutes are easier to fix issues in the plant with

underfeeding ,maybe ph off the scale, or hard water ..any of these can cause a lockout even with organic feed same as you growing 10 plus years, hard to tell from couple leave pics, but i would lean that way more than nute def, as he has had salt build up etc...

also told him same up the feed plants will be fine ...

 

[ae86 grower]

Missus woke me up at half fucking 3 this morning cuz I was snoring..couldn't get back to sleep ffs

hahahaha hate that,i love my sleep and to have it interupted is killer..

 

[ThatSpudGuy]

Great info man.
Do you mix A and B into the same litre when feeding ?
I always mix a lot of perlite with my soil so no stress there.

Have you any recommendations regarding the coco coir bricks ? Brand or make.
How many would you need for 10 x 12litre pots ?

Glad to help man. Yeah just dont mix them together 1st then put into water just put a straight into the water then put the b. I was always using canna coco coir but recently just bought my coco retail so i got 200 litres of coco coir bricks for 20 quid on amazon .no major brand but just flush it first before using it.

 

[Naes]

Just back from the tent to check on the lassies.
The large fan leaves are turning more pale. But the small leaves near the bud look dark green and shiney.

 

[ThatSpudGuy]

Must be a ball ache watering all the time or havebyou a drip feed? The constant watering in coco I find annoying but yeild n taste is insane so I was wondering having two to 3 small tanks feeding slightly different solutions so if needed I can switch the drips to match what the leaves are asking or does that just sould like a ball ache

I mix my nutes in a big 120litre res and just use a 5litre drum to water each plant. I have always said i would introduce a drip feed just never got round to it so its not that much of a ball ache just get a small pump and your res and some tubing. Id suggest to make your own drip rings from some tubing and a t pipe because youd need to use two tubes and two normal drip feeders because they dont water the pot fully with only one of them if you get me