Seedling advice
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DancesWithWeeds
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It looks good. Don’t let it get dry. The soil should look moist, never dry.
VincenzioVonHook
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Look healthy, but could go with more light...these are at day 13 and day 9. I usually have only a cm or so to the cotyledons. If you want to avoid stretched internodes, I'd give it far more light.
As @DancesWithWeeds stated, make sure you water properly.. overwatering doesn't come from putting too much water through the pot, it usually comes from too frequent application of an inadequate amount.
Of you only water around the stem and leave barren patches in the medium, the roots will only grow into the areas that are moist. In a small pot it's not too big of an issue, but I've seen countless plants in 3 gallon pots lately that are only getting a cup or so around the stem leading to hydrophobic medium and a small, undeveloped root stock. Roots will only chase moist medium, not dry.
Apart from my drunken rant, looking pretty good.
As @DancesWithWeeds stated, make sure you water properly.. overwatering doesn't come from putting too much water through the pot, it usually comes from too frequent application of an inadequate amount.
Of you only water around the stem and leave barren patches in the medium, the roots will only grow into the areas that are moist. In a small pot it's not too big of an issue, but I've seen countless plants in 3 gallon pots lately that are only getting a cup or so around the stem leading to hydrophobic medium and a small, undeveloped root stock. Roots will only chase moist medium, not dry.
Apart from my drunken rant, looking pretty good.
DancesWithWeeds
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Glad to see someone else plants like I do.
VincenzioVonHook
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I'm one of the odd ones out. I water my 3-5 gallon pots to runoff before I even put the seed in lol. Haven't had to do anything over 13 days so far.. one went straight Into a 3 gal, the other into a 1.5L pot in a 3 gallon pot just because I like a nice smooth spot to transplant.
I find there.to be something calming to my ocd to see a nice hole once you remove the pot to transplant lol..I'm strange.
DancesWithWeeds
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I do like to use the third pot to break the plants in on the Super Soil. What I use is really hot. With this mix the only additional nutrients they get is a little tea.
The soil has all the mutes you need for the entire grow, IF YOU DON’T FLUSH and wash your expensive nutes.
Treesomewanted77
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Would you mind sharing your super soil recipe? I need to find something for next seasons greenhouse grow. I’m not a very good soil grower so I need something that makes it easier on my self. I’m not set on any one way of growing so I’m all ears.
DancesWithWeeds
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I’ll have to dig the recipe out. I keep it in the box of nutes. Tagus stuff is expensive but we’ll worth it.
I have 8 plants in bags out in the hot sun and no serious signs of heat stress, but I did add extra kelp.
DancesWithWeeds
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This is a rather large batch, proportionate mix if you want less. It is expensive bt it will last MMJ users a long time. They say the soil last thru several grows, just add a little more SS nutes. They didn’t say how much to add for the next grow so I just add half a portion. That’s what the out door plants are in now.
14 bags of potting soil (I use Roots Organic)
25 pounds worm castings minimum
5 pounds blood meal
5 pounds feather meal
5 pounds bat guano
2.5 pounds bone meal
2.5 pounds fish bone meal
3 cups oyster shell
5 pounds kelp meal (recipe calls 3 cups)
2 cups azimuth (shouldn’t cut this short)
3/4 cup epson salt
2 tablespoons mycorrhizae
I divided it into 14 equal bags of about 4 3/4 pounds. 1 bag to one 1 1/5 cubic foot bag of soil.
DancesWithWeeds
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The SS needs about 6 weeks before use.
DancesWithWeeds
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The nutes not mixed in the soil are bagged and in a plastic storage tub out in a sunny but not to hot place until they are needed.
I'm using a 2.8litre pot. The issue I found when water the whole pot till runoff was that it was taking a really long time to dry out. The last time I watered the whole pot, it took about a week to almost dry out.
DancesWithWeeds
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Remember, watering to runoff in soil wastes the nutrients you payed for. The the only reason you need to water to runoff is you f… up the soil by messing with it. I hate to be this straight forward to someone with a problem but beating around the bush doesn’t help. It took me a couple of grows to figure it out.
You'll hear all kinds of things that you have to do to grow pot. Most of it is BS. Pot is really easy to grow if you don’t love it to death.
If you use good soil, a good fabric pot, a good easy to grow strain like maybe WhiteWidow, and just enough water to keep it moist the plants will grow.
Look at it this way, some people grow roses just because they like them, others for flower shows. Just decide what you want BEFORE you drop a seed. I grow to enjoy so anything not necessary doesn’t happen. Only do what’s necessary.
Treesomewanted77
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Awesome. Thank you.
DancesWithWeeds
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I’ve tried several different recipes but this is the best I’ve found. Hope so, anyhow. I think I made a lifetime supply for indoor. I’ve never had outdoor plants in bags do as well as these. The only reason I went whole hog on this is how late they were put out. Normally, no bags outside.
Herb & Suds
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Azomite not azimuth?
DancesWithWeeds
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Azomite. My computer died and I’m trying to write on a phone that puts decides watch to write. Got big fingers and always stoned.
Good example “decides watch to write”.
Herb & Suds
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No big deal except I googled AzimuthAzomite. My computer died and I’m trying to write on a phone that puts decides watch to write. Got big fingers and always stoned.
And got lost in some astrological purgatory
DancesWithWeeds
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Sorry about thatNo big deal except I googled Azimuth
And got lost in some astrological purgatory
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