Search results

It looks like you have the space and time and ingredients. As a suggestion for making your own amendments, you could consider making up some nutrient charged biochar. 1. Burn wood in the absence of oxygen to make activated charcoal - a process called pyrolysis 2. Nutrient and microbe charge the...

Yes. I hate those f--kers. If you have one confined to a planter pot, they can seriously reduce your root mass over a grow. Don't worry about having a coop for it to live in from the get go. We just built a coop for our hen at home, and she used it for 3 weeks, then she decided she would...

@Cappuchino Big ups for those links. And to anyone interested in Living Soil & Organics ... those are worth a watch. Proper science that ties all the forum posts and speculation into a clear understanding. And a note especially to people like me who normally get frustrated with the pace and...

Spotted in my local suburb ... Obligatory Legal Disclaimer I am neither the 'concerned citizen' who put up the signs, nor part of the problem that the signs are trying to highlight.

Thanks. On some plants I am seeing little bumps behind the stipules - not quite clear what they will develop into as yet, but they should show fairly soon. Like many things, it is confusing as all **ck 1st time around, no matter who explains, or what you read in tutorials or see in pics And...

That went off in a couple of odd directions. I am bringing it back on track so that it does not confuse other folks who may be reading this thread. No offence intended by any of my comments. Peace out. - - - I'm looking for pre-flowers to sex out the females from my seeds of unidentified...

Nice to know about the stimulation of microbes. I'm planning a LAB ferment of that too. Just waiting to collect fish guts and heads and remnants from my local friendly Chinese takeaway. Yes, I'm a cheap ass bastard - foraging for my own kelp, or bumming leftovers from restaurants or horse...

How did that work out for you? I'm doing the same by foraging fresh kelp washing up locally, then slicing and dicing up to compost in small doses through my worm bin. This year, I've discovered the wonders of lactobacillus for rapidly breaking down the structural parts of input amendments, and...

More bro science. Not recommend, doesn't improve your buzz.

Just topped them all except for one. Most at the 5th node ... 2 'less vigorous' ones at node 6. The evening light is a bit flattering on the colour, but they are all stylin' along pretty nicely.

I just took one paragraph out of that article. It's a good read in full. While it doesn't cut to the chase and list the strains, it details which terpenes promotes which effects. For example, terpenes which modulate anxiety will be important in medicinal use. Not everyone is smoking to get...

“Beyond the common form of cannabis that pervades the markets with its high THC and high myrcene, productive of a soporific ‘couch-lock’ experience, other terpenoids, when present in appropriate concentrations, may alter the experience positively to increase the therapeutic index of cannabis by...

From what I've read, the ferments stimulate microbial life, and microbes stimulate terpenes, or at least the pre-cursors that the plant needs to make its own terpenes. Word. I'm growing in a diverse living soil, microbes from all sorts of different sources. I used a banana and prickly pear...

Corrugated cardboard is your best friend when it comes to worm bins. I don't bother to shred mine. Instead, I have a pre-soak water drum with a lid. I've added a handful of horse manure to the water, and occasionally some kelp soak water, or worm bin leachate to that. I rip up my pizza boxes or...

Thanks! Happy soil. Happy microbes. Happy plants. :) Getting an inch or more of growth a day now. I've found a few spiders that have taken up residence, and one has built a canopy web. A teeny tiny praying mantis is also on patrol among the plants. It seems that the organic approach is...

There could be some logic in that. A stress response. "Arghhhh, under attack, shitty living conditions ... we're all going to die! Unlikely to reach maturity. Make babies now !!!" But that's just speculation on my part. :mrgreen: This is useful past experience. Thanks. So I'll proceed as...

Yeah, I think I'll let them get to 7 established nodes, going on early 8, and then top at the 5th. They are a spread of seed strains, and showing quite a range of genotype/phenotype variation within offspring from the same mothers. I'll top individually by node count, and let them show their...

Ouch. That's quite a rip!

Day 40 from seed ... so I should see pre-flowers for sexing in the next week or two. True flower stage is only due in March 2023 when natural light goes 12/12 They will veg for around 120 days. All in organic living soil. All growing vigorously. All happy and healthy. It's windy season in...

Southern hemisphere outdoor grow. 27 seedlings in 1 gallon black planter bags. - 5 are feminised seeds - 22 are unsexed Legal limit here is 8 flowering females. I am waiting to sex the balance to see which lucky girls get a lifetime home in their final pots. Currently at 5 weeks from...