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  1. ExNavyInSTL

    Grow Dots and Recharge for the Real Growers Challenge 2022

    That's great hear. I'll hold out Ca/Mg after the first couple weeks. I'll give a little until they get through that phase where the roots need to break out of the solo cup soil and start using the nutrients. Also, as you said in your other post, they encourage a little freelancing to get the...
  2. ExNavyInSTL

    Grow Dots and Recharge for the Real Growers Challenge 2022

    Thanks for catching that. I have corrected the sentence to model the way I am approaching this grow. I apologize if I gave the impression this was a Grow Dot and Recharge only grow. Not at all, but they are the only sources for fertilizer and microbial stiumlants (except Ca/Mg, which I don't...
  3. ExNavyInSTL

    Grow Dots and Recharge for the Real Growers Challenge 2022

    Day 11 Notes: I'm impressed with the Rhiztonic. The roots on the Super Skunk took off after using it. They raced right to the bottom of the cup. When I water them now, I use a 5 ml syringe of the growth hormone and then add to the bottom of double layered cups. I'm trying to not water from the...
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    Grow Dots and Recharge for the Real Growers Challenge 2022

    This journal follows my inputs for this year's Real Growers Challenge 2022. Prizes are nice, but I do these Grow Journals/Diaries/Logs to keep my photography-itch well scratched. So, the question is, "can you really just throw some slow release 'dots' into a container and give water ... and an...
  5. ExNavyInSTL

    Do You Use Buckets to Grow? If So, Check This Out ... Cool Organizer

    I recently started gardening in 5-gallon buckets, using this bottom-watering system called "GroBucket": I have okra, watermelons and peppers growing in this system now. I have some other plants, such as spices, that could be kept right next to each other, so this other idea caught my...
  6. ExNavyInSTL

    Is This the Down Side of 12 / 12 Lighting with AutoFlowers When Used at Tent Fillers?

    Maybe I wasn't clear in my setup. When this started I was growing photoperiods but had to yank 3 males once they were known (thanks to Farmer Freeman). I had open slots, but by then I was in 12/12. I've read all over the innerwebz that Autos would do moderately (get by) in 12/12. So, I threw...
  7. ExNavyInSTL

    Is This the Down Side of 12 / 12 Lighting with AutoFlowers When Used at Tent Fillers?

    It may only be 8" tall (or so) ... but the Purple Haze is a looker.
  8. ExNavyInSTL

    Harvesting Early (Only Clears) -- Is It Really That Bad?

    A funny Army/Navy story ... to me anyway. Back in the early 90s we were doing some GITMO area ops when some Haiti stuff popped up. DoD sent some Rangers down, along with some helicopter crews to use us as a launching platform. I remember walking through the hangar bay watching some E-4 Army...
  9. ExNavyInSTL

    Harvesting Early (Only Clears) -- Is It Really That Bad?

    I was only in service for 9 years. But, my training was always on Army bases. My A&C school were at Fort Benjamin Harrison (Indianopolis) and I finished up my career at Fort Meade, Md. Except for my time on USS George Washington (CVN-73), I was always surrounded by joint services. Meaning, I...
  10. ExNavyInSTL

    Harvesting Early (Only Clears) -- Is It Really That Bad?

    I'll do better than that ... I'll create a Grow Diary, if not here, on Grow Diary . com.
  11. ExNavyInSTL

    Is This the Down Side of 12 / 12 Lighting with AutoFlowers When Used at Tent Fillers?

    Thanks Chuckeye. This was only my 3rd grow and each time has been a little different. Started out with BluMat watering, then switched over to AutoPots. Once I dial in what I like, I'll stick with one for a while. This next grow was supposed to be using 5-gallon buckets with the GrowBucket...
  12. ExNavyInSTL

    Irie genetics??? Worth a try?

    I recently became a seed tester for Rasta Jeff. I can tell you without a doubt, his stuff brings on the funk. The two plants are now hanging to dry, so no smoke report just yet I found out the name of the "future" strain after the chop. It's called "Inspector Royale" (Cherry Widow x Arise)...
  13. ExNavyInSTL

    Is This the Down Side of 12 / 12 Lighting with AutoFlowers When Used at Tent Fillers?

    My guess is from hot nutes and hot lights too early. They were fed the same nutrients as the two Irie Testers as they were flowering out, at about 2.6 - 2.8 Jack's 3-2-1. They are in AutoPots using Coco 70% and 30% shared between Perlite and Vermiculite. By the way, these are the same AutoPots...
  14. ExNavyInSTL

    Harvesting Early (Only Clears) -- Is It Really That Bad?

    Brilliant! I was looking at this through the eyes of my growing them in bottom-watered GrowBuckets. Instead, I'll transfer my coco & and grow dots over to my AutoPot system. I'll load up the rez with RO water and SLF-100 and hit the high seas.
  15. ExNavyInSTL

    Harvesting Early (Only Clears) -- Is It Really That Bad?

    There are a few questions embedded in this post, not just the headline. I am truly curious in your experience in harvesting early - no matter the reason. First off, I've got myself into a possible jam, and I want to have the right mindset before I put in all this time and money. Understand, I...
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