I'm Ready- Blue OG, White Lavender, OG #18, and Sour Kush.

[prosperian]

Things are looking good Prosperian, do you have any bottle nutes in case you need any, and what do you prefer? Just wondering.

I ran Roots Organics Buddha Grow and Bloom on the last grow. I followed the label until 2 weeks into flowering. At that time, I suffered from low Nitrogen (same with most flowering / bloom products). I stopped reading the label for the Bloom bottle and started mixing the two products together to get my leaves green again.

I think the Roots bottled products are good, but I'm a big believer in keeping the plant green and in perfect health to harvest. That means proper well balanced nutrients 20-10-20 through the entire grow. The marijuana industry wants to sell all kinds of nutes, but a plant really just needs a well balanced fertilizer or a super soil / tea. SS/tea is more work - I'm lazy.

As I have said many times, I'm in marketing, and I know when I am being "marketed" too. In my 30 years of gardening, I've never seen another plant have so many different varieties of nutrient products and superfluous junk. As my confidence grows with this plant, so does my effort in restoring the basics back to my garden and leaving behind the marketing. I will run 20-10-20 fertilizer at the first sign of deficiency and stay away from the bottled Grow/Bloom products until I see a benefit.

It's all about experimentation, that's the fun part of what we do.

 

[prosperian]

please share, how did hotrod aerate the soil ?

With a big screw driver! Not kidding.

I used a gardening fork to break up the surface three inches deep in my 3 gallon containers. Then I drove a large screw driver through the roots and soil from the top to the bottom of the containers about one inch apart. Plants took off with the increase in oxygen and drainage.

Hotrod got a lot of flak about suggesting this fix, but it worked great for me, and he got to shake his old farmer finger at all the haters!

 

[mycomaster]

I love an easy fix that works! Sometimes I have trouble getting to a specific girl somewhere in my Flower tent or veg closet, so I just use a small length of hose that kind of plugs on to the end of my watering can and I can water with it over a foot out of my basic reach. I picked it up off of my grandpa as a kid but have seen others do it since. Peace out.

 

[Slipon]

ahh ok, I know that "technique" like you do to the lawn/grass for the same purpose, I do it as well, just use a pice of round 2 millimeter tick and 4 inch long stainless steel I have sharpened at one end, and I also "work" the top layer of soil a bit

H2O2 also seems to have some positive effect of the agitation of the soil if to compact

 

[mycomaster]

Every time I water the next day i like to work the top of the soil so air can get to the roots and to keep it from compacting and getting crusty. I also like to put some holes in the soil, but I just use bamboo chop sticks I picked up a bag of at a discount store for kabobs. I do alot of weird old school stuff I picked up off of farmers and others. Tomorrow I'm going out to pick up a buch of starter soil and amendments for my Super Soil, and get crackin on mixin and cookin up some more for the future. All my new seeds will be such happy girls. I'm also adding in some old soil that I've composted all the old roots and a bunch of other goodies into. Peace out.

 

[Bakatare666]

With a big screw driver! Not kidding.

I used a gardening fork to break up the surface three inches deep in my 3 gallon containers. Then I drove a large screw driver through the roots and soil from the top to the bottom of the containers about one inch apart. Plants took off with the increase in oxygen and drainage.

Hotrod got a lot of flak about suggesting this fix, but it worked great for me, and he got to shake his old farmer finger at all the haters!

I remember that thread. LOL
I do something similar, but go in through the air holes in the sides that I pre drill, and up through the drain holes from the bottom.

 

[prosperian]

I remember that thread. LOL

Lot of the guys are gone...Navyfighter, Hotrod, Bmeat, Hydro, Brush hog, Spud, Thatboy. I wonder if typing Bmeat sets off an alarm at Mod central? Lol.

I think when you stop growing you lose interest in RIU, I did, but I'm back!

 

[Bakatare666]

Lot of the guys are gone...Navyfighter, Hotrod, Bmeat, Hydro, Brush hog, Spud, Thatboy. I wonder if typing Bmeat sets off an alarm at Mod central? Lol.

I think when you stop growing you lose interest in RIU, I did, but I'm back!

IDK what happened to Navy, Hydro, Brush, but Thatboy is now Mrvega isn't he?
Hotrod had some issues up there in Alaska, and mentioned moving, that was about a month ago, so maybe he's just settling in somewhere and we'll see him again soon.

 

[prosperian]

That's right, he reincarnated as Vegas, I recall a PM now that I think about it.

 

[Bakatare666]

That's right, he reincarnated as Vegas, I recall a PM now that I think about it.

We also lost Jinxtme after the bmeat incident, countrygurl, junglingirl69, and jpeg I haven't seen in a long time also.

 

[prosperian]

I like how you call it an "incident". He was first to respond to my first post on RIU. I think you were right after and warned me not to listen to a word he said. Felt sorry for him, but he got what he deserved. Banorama

 

[mycomaster]

Sad to lose people for sure. I've only been on here since March and already lost someone I think. Dis-heartening, but I think you're right, kind of lose interest in R.I.U. when you can't grow yourself and see and hear of all the great successes people have. It's hard for some I think. Take it easy all. Peace out.

 

[B166ER420]

What's up guys?I see your growing right along prosperian,looking good i might addI noticed y'all chatting about our Riu mia's,I was curious about them(besides one:wink)myself.

Hey man,you know i've never made a journal thread because im afraid ill jinx myself if i do,they die ,i die,something bad lol..Well,I was gonna be chopping some bitches and was wondering if you wanted to see?

 

[Gs3000]

I usually poke holes in my soil with the bamboo stakes before I water my girls. I noticed that before I started doing that, when I watered the girls the water would quickly start draining through the drain holes. So poking the holes allows the water to be absorbed thru out the soil. Then I check the bucket weight to make sure the water was retained.

 

[prosperian]

B166er - Yeah, I've been following you around RIU. Jealous about your fishing stories with Beech. I haven't been on the lake in over six years and I'm getting the bug to get back out there.

Absolutely, post away. The way I see it, if I do crash and burn on this grow at least I will go down in a ball of flames across many continents. A worldly catastrophe, that's how I roll. j/k I'm sure you guys will stop me before wrecking things, hell they're just weeds. I get plenty of those in my yard and I don't even try.

 

[prosperian]

I usually poke holes in my soil with the bamboo stakes before I water my girls. I noticed that before I started doing that, when I watered the girls the water would quickly start draining through the drain holes. So poking the holes allows the water to be absorbed thru out the soil. Then I check the bucket weight to make sure the water was retained.

Yup, right on. I noticed a big difference after aerating. My water usage went up big time right after that. GS you should post that last pic on here with all the containers on the floor. It looks impressive all together like that. Nice work!

 

[B166ER420]

Cool......since I sold my tracker16ft,I haven't been able to fish as much but when we moved here(8yrs ago) they had a small lake in the neighborhood.Its gotten real nice fish from guys releasing 4,5,6lb bass and catfish.Here in the last couple years it has been some excellent fishing there,LUCKY MEEE!!

 

[B166ER420]

My closet,YES,I laid that one down,it was getting to tall and was just wondering what would happen.I've seen it done outside.Kind of a super supercrop


Already starting trimming

Thanks for letting me "showoff"...lol.More trim pics tomorrow.Btw...10weeks...miracle grow 3month feed except the small ones.

 

[Gs3000]

Yup, right on. I noticed a big difference after aerating. My water usage went up big time right after that. GS you should post that last pic on here with all the containers on the floor. It looks impressive all together like that. Nice work!

Hey Prosperian, Here you go. I'm feeling pretty good about the way things are shaping up. I know it's a crazy large undertaking especially after the my Trouble Bubba Kush. Hope I get these girls to the finish line without any problems. My Bubba had me feeling pretty good until it starting having problems the last couple weeks. But anyway it's behind me now. On with the show!
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[prosperian]

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Thanks for letting me "showoff"...lol.More trim pics tomorrow.Btw......miracle grow 3month feed except the small ones.

That's some nice bud. Great job and look at you pushing it with cfl and MG. You make me feel lazy with HID and primo soil after looking at your crop!

Hey Prosperian, Here you go. I'm feeling pretty good about the way things are shaping up. View attachment 2709773

Man, you have some trees. Just amazes me how far you've gone in such a short time. Nice.

Have to do the public service announcement and ask if you have those cords off the ground, and I know the answer is yes!