Aussie Growers Thread

Rewerb

Rewerb

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bursto said:
it's like each day i try to see if i can break one of you lame as fcuk :wall: rules, and then somehow i just manage to excel at it :lol:
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Sorry to disappoint you, but it appears you've excelled at very little, if anything at all.

Keep trying/going at me if you want/choose to descend into a self-destructive & painful verbal flogging. Be warned - you WILL lose.

I find little sport engaging in a battle of wits with somoeone who's clearly unarmed.
 
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beernutz

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Rewerb said:
Sorry to disappoint you, but it appears you've excelled at very little, if anything at all.

Keep trying/going at me if you want/choose to descend into a self-destructive & painful verbal flogging. Be warned - you WILL lose.

I find little sport engaging in a battle of wits with somoeone who's clearly unarmed.
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That's a nice way of saying dumb mate
 
Bullygrowz

Bullygrowz

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Ausweed said:
Someone once told me a bit of water stress was good for them...not drooping fucking water me type stress but as you mentioned make them hang on to a bit and it be lazy fucks with their feet sitting in water all the time....dunno
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Have you heard of crop steering? I read a lil on it recently and it is letting your plants dry during the day aandwatering hr or two after waking up will 'steer' the plant into more generative growth meaning it will focus more energy on buds.. i just tried it this round and feel like i got it pretty good and i got some of the biggest buds i have before
Just a handful of buds:
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reza92

reza92

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Bullygrowz said:
Have you heard of crop steering? I read a lil on it recently and it is letting your plants dry during the day aandwatering hr or two after waking up will 'steer' the plant into more generative growth meaning it will focus more energy on buds.. i just tried it this round and feel like i got it pretty good and i got some of the biggest buds i have before
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seems counter intuitive as plants need access to more water/nutrients during the day than night. Like they aren’t storing energy they use it as they produce it an to do that they need an sufficient source of everything involved in photosynthesis, water, nutrients, light, co2. Remove or lower one and the plant will reduce its rate of photosynthesis.
 
reza92

reza92

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Ausweed said:
Someone once told me a bit of water stress was good for them...not drooping fucking water me type stress but as you mentioned make them hang on to a bit and it be lazy fucks with their feet sitting in water all the time....dunno
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pretty sure there’s a few studies on drought stress and even a few specifically for cannabis. From memory I think the finding in one was a higher thc/cannabinoid level in plants exposed to a wet/dry cycle but lower overall yield.
 
Bullygrowz

Bullygrowz

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reza92 said:
seems counter intuitive as plants need access to more water/nutrients during the day than night. Like they aren’t storing energy they use it as they produce it an to do that they need an sufficient source of everything involved in photosynthesis, water, nutrients, light, co2. Remove or lower one and the plant will reduce its rate of photosynthesis.
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Yeah you water em first thing in the morning ( i shouldve said you let them dry out at night) and not get dry dry just to the point you needa water em soon.. google crop steering
 
reza92

reza92

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Bullygrowz said:
Yeah you water em first thing in the morning ( i shouldve said you let them dry out at night) and not get dry dry just to the point you needa water em soon.. google crop steering
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Yeah sorry misunderstood what you meant. Thought you meant water at lights off not on. I hand water atm in coco so try and time my watering as close to lights on as possible. Also Gives me an idea of how much they’ve drank by how dry the pots are.

If I switch to a res (which I plan to at some stage just lazy (corona might get it done but)) I’ll go to multiple smaller watering over lights on with one bigger feed at the start of lights on and none in the last 3/4 hours of lights on.
 
Bullygrowz

Bullygrowz

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reza92 said:
Yeah sorry misunderstood what you meant. Thought you meant water at lights off not on. I hand water atm in coco so try and time my watering as close to lights on as possible. Also Gives me an idea of how much they’ve drank by how dry the pots are.

If I switch to a res (which I plan to at some stage just lazy (corona might get it done but)) I’ll go to multiple smaller watering over lights on with one bigger feed at the start of lights on and none in the last 3/4 hours of lights on.
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I just switched from hand to timed watering in coco and im not looking back but i could do it better, like you said multiple waterings during the day, but my timers only go in minutes and 1 minute of watering is all my plant wants a day really with the pump i have on max, but the water only dribbles out the watering rings with the pump on max so dont wanna lower it.

Sorry if im not making the best sense my boss just called me 30 mins ago n said not to worry about a drug test anymore so i did what any normal person would do...:bigjoint:
 
JimyTheCook

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Bullygrowz said:
Have you heard of crop steering? I read a lil on it recently and it is letting your plants dry during the day aandwatering hr or two after waking up will 'steer' the plant into more generative growth meaning it will focus more energy on buds.. i just tried it this round and feel like i got it pretty good and i got some of the biggest buds i have before
Just a handful of buds:
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Interesting read i found about it here on RIU

Initiating Root Stress Late in Flower

I have read from several sources that drying or moisture stress in the root zone can induce the increased production of resin to decrease evaporative moisture loss theough the leaves. Before people start saying that "just leave it alone to maximize its potential" I think you should realize...
www.rollitup.org
Agree that watering of a morning would be more beneficial to the plants but from what i read on that thread an other info on google. Watering is only 1 way of crop steering?
But isn every method we use to acheive final result in some way a type of crop steering wether that is from pruning, lst, suppercrppin, light, temperature, humidity etc ?
 
Bullygrowz

Bullygrowz

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JimyTheCook said:
Interesting read i found about it here on RIU

Initiating Root Stress Late in Flower

I have read from several sources that drying or moisture stress in the root zone can induce the increased production of resin to decrease evaporative moisture loss theough the leaves. Before people start saying that "just leave it alone to maximize its potential" I think you should realize...
www.rollitup.org
Agree that watering of a morning would be more beneficial to the plants but from what i read on that thread an other info on google. Watering is only 1 way of crop steering,
But isn every method we use to acheive final result is in some way a type of crop steering wether that is from pruning, lst, suppercrppin, light, temperature, humidity etc ?
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Yeah youre right theres more ways to steer the crop i havnt read a whole lot into it tho
Heres what im trying to get out fdom that thread you posted:
To direct plants into a more vegetative growth habit:
Shade crop or reduce light (but not so low as to severely restrict photosynthesis); apply frequent irrigations; allow less dry-down of the root zone overnight; use moisture-retentive fine-grade growing media; lower EC; increase humidity; reduce day temperature; use a low DIF (similar day/night temperatures).
To direct plants into a more generative growth habit:
Apply a little stress—increase EC, restrict moisture in the root zone, allow media to dry slightly more overnight. Increase light levels and temperature, increase CO2, drop back humidity. Use a freer-draining media or more careful control over irrigation, drop back irrigation frequency and amount. Use a greater DIF (night temperatures much lower than day temperatures). For sizing up fruit, use pre-night temperature drop method to force assimilate out of leaves and into developing fruits.
 
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JimyTheCook

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Bullygrowz said:
Yeah youre right technicaly but 'crop steering' is just reffering to what i was talking about like you call a shovel a shovel but crop steering is reffering to this particular method.. i havnt read a whole lot into it
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Yea id agree an they would make the most of the waterin/nute feed early mornings as they would use up most of what your giving and would allow plant to have more oxyegen to the root zone over night instead of sitin in a soaked medium over night..
In sayin this though 90% of my watering outdoors has been done of late afternoon an havin had any problems. Indoors where you can set lights on time around a time that would suit would be easier to manage.
 
Bullygrowz

Bullygrowz

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JimyTheCook said:
Yea id agree an they would make the most of the waterin/nute feed early mornings as they would use up most of what your giving and would allow plant to have more oxyegen to the root zone over night instead of sitin in a soaked medium over night..
In sayin this though 90% of my watering outdoors has been done of late afternoon an havin had any problems. Indoors where you can set lights on time around a time that would suit would be easier to manage.
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Yeah not saying that if you dont water in the mornings youll have problems. And im not swearing by crop steering either its just something a read a lil on recently and thought id try and so far i reckon its having positive results
 
JimyTheCook

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Bullygrowz said:
Yeah not saying that if you dont water in the mornings youll have problems. And im not swearing by crop steering either its just something a read a lil on recently and thought id try and so far i reckon its having positive results
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All good man im just bored an started readin up on it after i seen your post
 
Bullygrowz

Bullygrowz

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JimyTheCook said:
Although i could achieve the same thing outdoors with a good irragation sytem run off a decent digital timer instead of gettin up at sunrise to do it
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Yeah you could do that but gotta know how much you plant drinks really well and also outdoors would be pretty hard coz youd have to account for weather and rain alot more.. only thing i miss from hand watering is having something to do in the flower room other than fill a rez every week
 
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