First grow, AK-48 from seed under 400w HPS.

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monkeybones

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where do you get this shit? And whats the difference between mexican and indonesion guano LOL, whats the costs.
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I get my bat guano from my local hydroponics store, Mexican for $8/lb and Indonesian for about $6/lb. Mexican bat guano, as it states on the bag in the picture, is 10-2-1, which is perfect for vegetative growth. Indonesian bat guano, 0.5-12-0.2, is high in phosphorus and suits the flowering cycle quite well with some added potassium. I have used Mexican throughout the entire grow and have been using Indonesian since about a week before I switched to 12/12.

I bought my Superthrive on eBay for about 2 dollars per fluid ounce, but it's also sold at my local hydro shop for a little more.

C-I-L is a Canadian brand fertilizer which is sold everywhere in Canada. I doubt it's sold in America but you can find blood and bone meal everywhere. Blood meal provides a strong boost of nitrogen for vegetative growth and bone meal provides excellent phosphorus for root development and flowering in organic grows. The stuff in the purple box above is just a combination of the two in a granular form that I mix into my soil.

There's something about organics that appeals to the purist in me =]

Thanks for stoppin' by. :peace:

chainseeker said:
wonderful!!!!:weed:
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krozone said:
Very impressive!

What a way to start my day!
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You started my day with a smile in return :)






Today I found mason jars at a garage sale while I was buying a door to install on my grow closet's opening. The lady sold me like a dozen of them for a dollar. Some of them are so old they have glass seals. But a mason jar doesn't mind time too much. Just sudden stops.

It was funny that I found these when I did.

Canada means business when it comes to mason jars apparently. :mrgreen:
 

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You started my day with a smile in return :)






Today I found mason jars at a garage sale while I was buying a door to install on my grow closet's opening. The lady sold me like a dozen of them for a dollar. Some of them are so old they have glass seals. But a mason jar doesn't mind time too much. Just sudden stops.

It was funny that I found these when I did.

Canada means business when it comes to mason jars apparently. :mrgreen:
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Are you gonna cure and if so how long?
 
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I stuck my hand in and took a blind shot. This is what I got. :P

I'll be back with better pictures in a little bit when things begin to fatten up on some of the other plants.
 

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I wish that there were only some way I could share the smell the same way I share the look. Ahh, maybe some day folks.

bongsmilie.
 
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It's certain now that all 3 of the plants potted in a medium that was mixed with peat instead of coco coir are ailed by fungus gnats on their soil. I came home today to find a host of them scurrying around on the soil.

This is what I have done: covered the top of the soil in a half inch thick layer of sand. This is commonly toted as a preventative measure to new larvae in the soil. My thoughts are that the sand both makes it difficult or impossible for the gnats to get into the soil and lay eggs and/or dries out and creates and inhospitable place for the gnats to shy away from. Fungus gnats, as their name implies, feed on decaying plant matter, but their larvae absolutely require moisture to survive.



I can already see dozens of gnats doing frantic circles around the pots in a futile effort to get into the soil to their young. The naturalist in me wants to feel bad but I just can't bring myself to give a fuck :twisted:.

... No gnats here. I fucking love coco.




There is also a fan blowing directly over the tops of the sand. Fungus gnats are exceptionally weak fliers and the wind should make their lives even more miserable.


I'll update soon with progress on eliminating the gnats. Their generations should be similar in length to those of flies I would think, so progress should ensue rapidly if it is going to at all.
 

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I could watch em bang their heads against the sand all day bongsmilie.

I wonder if it will make it difficult for the developed larvae to escape from the soil?

I want their corpses to fertilize my crop :twisted:.

Then I'd literally be sending my problems up in smoke. :eyesmoke:
 
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monkeybones said:
It's certain now that all 3 of the plants potted in a medium that was mixed with peat instead of coco coir are ailed by fungus gnats on their soil. I came home today to find a host of them scurrying around on the soil.

This is what I have done: covered the top of the soil in a half inch thick layer of sand. This is commonly toted as a preventative measure to new larvae in the soil. My thoughts are that the sand both makes it difficult or impossible for the gnats to get into the soil and lay eggs and/or dries out and creates and inhospitable place for the gnats to shy away from. Fungus gnats, as their name implies, feed on decaying plant matter, but their larvae absolutely require moisture to survive.



I can already see dozens of gnats doing frantic circles around the pots in a futile effort to get into the soil to their young. The naturalist in me wants to feel bad but I just can't bring myself to give a fuck :twisted:.

... No gnats here. I fucking love coco.




There is also a fan blowing directly over the tops of the sand. Fungus gnats are exceptionally weak fliers and the wind should make their lives even more miserable.


I'll update soon with progress on eliminating the gnats. Their generations should be similar in length to those of flies I would think, so progress should ensue rapidly if it is going to at all.
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Looking good my friend. Subscribed! peace.. keep up the beautiful work my friend.
peace.
 
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Pulled out a plant for you to see :) Ai again.

If Nirvana's word is worth anything this plant should be finished on the 48th day.

If my eyesight is worth anything, I'm starting to see the beginnings of some lightly amber trichomes.

Guess only time will tell.

:peace: :-P





 

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chainseeker

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So nice MB! Have u got a little miro-scope yet? Radio shaq like $10. I wish I could bring mine over and look at it with ya.
 
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