Organic Growing Made Easy & Fox Farms Ocean Forest!

SOMEBEECH

SOMEBEECH

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trichome fiend said:
...what I've found is, it's the plant size/pot size ratio that determines how far along you'll get before your plants start to go deficient, not to mention your light source, exc...if all is "optimal" as they say, a guy could run an 8 week strain from clone with little to no veg (straight to flowering) in a 3 gallon pot with no problem until near harvest, just giving water throughout the whole grow...but, a sativa dom clone straight to flowering in a 3 gallon pot would probably need a transplant to stay attractive...a transplant around weeks 3-4 into a 5 gallon for sativa doms (9-10 wks) does ggggreat!

...if I wanted to veg my plant longer, I'd obviously end up with a much larger pot in the end.....I've found with organics, growing indoors, in containers...the answer is always, "transplant!"...if you do not have a good transplant technique to reduce the stress, you could slightly stunt your plant size, so be careful and always do your final transplant early on in flowering.

...I keep the organics indoors boring easy!...I don't even hit'em with an aact nor top-dress anymore :sleep: ... :lol: dankx for the kind words.
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Firm believer in Transplants.When i do cuts,seeds I start in a 16oz Solo cup,Then to a 3g smart pot love em,Then to there final home a 5g, 2 weeks before flip to allow for shock just in case I disturb rootmass.


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Sincerely420

Sincerely420

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Nice Capn. What do you think about going from solo to 1 gal to 3 gal? My next run I'm not gonna only veg for maybe 3wks max.
I've grown fond of using the grow bags to because I can cut them off very easily during transplant which mean no damaged roots, and a root mass in one solid ball. Grow bags come like 10 for $5 so they're cheap. I'm gonna get a couple 3 gal smart pots to finish in.
Do you think with only 21 days veg, the difference btwn a 3gal and a 5gal plant would be worth going into 5gal pots?

And its dope right?! Trichome Fiends method of using no nutes, but rather to transplant to replenish the soil and provide a new supply with untapped nute source.
I'm the be safe rather than sorry type tho, and I also plan to reuse my soil at least once, so amended it and re-amending it, as well as constantly giving teas has been my forte, in attempt to constantly replenish and add life to the soil given the fact that microbes either die or are consumed constantly. :joint:
 
Sincerely420

Sincerely420

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SOMEBEECH said:
Now im confused I tht you didnt want Soil to dry tht much because it would kill alot of the good bennies.......

Beech
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It's about find that "sweet spot" cap'n. Not too dry, but dry enough to allow the roots to get their oxygen fix and continue to search for moisture and grow as well. From all I've learned so far, it's best to catch you plant right before it wilts, rather than letting it show it's thirst.
My "big 3" have all wilted maybe twice and my "smalls" just wilted for this first time this week after 4 days without water, so I'll drop it down to 3 and so fourth so on :joint:
 
j.p.s.w

j.p.s.w

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Awesome stuff guys! I got so inspired to use Pure Blend Pro Grow. I grow using Ocean Forest and recently just started curing my 2nd harvest, heres a link if you like:https://www.rollitup.org/organics/626327-2nd-led-harvest.html. I have been wanting to use Nutrients during flowering to add that boost and am really glad I found the all natural solution, to both veg and flower at that. I am also going to brew tea once the soil starts drying, great read!
 
Sincerely420

Sincerely420

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That's wassup bro! It's def. the most worry free way to grow! Best wishes with you man! I'll check you journal out too!
And are you using just plain FFOF..Right outta the bag?! :joint:
 
j.p.s.w

j.p.s.w

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Sincerely420 said:
That's wassup bro! It's def. the most worry free way to grow! Best wishes with you man! I'll check you journal out too!
And are you using just plain FFOF..Right outta the bag?! :joint:
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Thanks a lot!

and yeah, outta the bag and no added anything. Except, now that I saw the light, I am going to add Botanicare Pure Blend Soil Kit to see how much burst I get from them :) Thanks for the wishes! Hope all goes awesome with all of your grows as well!
 
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HighFi

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Hey sincerely 420, glad you started a thread like this, definitely something I have been wondering about as I am growing a sativa for the first time and am getting the rams horns real bad and am not real familiar with sativas. I have only grown about 5 plants, but I have been using ffof. I have recently found the 1.5 cuft bag of ocean forest at a feed and seed store that i never knew existed and they sell it for $13 a bag! Thought this was amazing as I have been paying $36 a bag from amazon! Anyway a buddy of mine has a cousin that grows as well and my buddy passed along some information from his cousin, saying he uses ocean forest too. But, he claims his cousin uses that soil, but doesn't put anything else in it. I asked him again and he claims he doesn't put ANYTHING else in it. I'm assuming he means the whole grow. He uses 5 gallon buckets and only grows indica to the best of my knowledge. I'm just wondering is this really possible? And I've seen this guy's product and it is definitely some nice professional shit. I have been having probs with the sativas though (rams horns, lots of yellowing on lower leaves 3 or 4 weeks into flowering, and SLOW flowering)and wondering if it's worth the risk to go just soil the whole grow? I know I imagine it would starve, but maybe my buddy misunderstood his cousin. Anyway haven't had time to read this WHOLE post if anyone has mentioned this but just curious.
 
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Amysd

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Years ago used this stuff until I had one batch where the PH was off and from then never used any foxfarm product
 
Sincerely420

Sincerely420

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Amysd said:
Years ago used this stuff until I had one batch where the PH was off and from then never used any foxfarm product
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Damn that bad news :/

I pH'd my most recent batch at 6.5 right out of the bag.
I amended it afterwards and haven't worried about the pH since! And I only pH'd it then just becuase I was curious as to what it naturally was.
The joys of growing organic smoke :weed:
 
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