03-30-2007, 12:20 PM
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| Able To Roll A Joint Able to roll a joint | | Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by Wes  Hi y’all, I’m a medpot grower living in one of the eleven states where medicinal marijuana has been declared legal! I’m hoping that now with the Democrats in the majority, more and more states will realize that they can’t keep patients suffering from debilitating illnesses from a healing herb that has been used that way for centuries. I have a small hydro grow next to my home office in the basement. I grow six female marijuana plants every four months under one grow light, a 600W High Pressure Sodium fixture with ballast. During the veg stage I use a conversion bulb to imitate sunlight. A number of questions have been thrown out in this forum (how often to flush your system, how often to water, etc.) I’d like to add my two cents worth. The other day I spoke to a very astute technical guy at Advanced Nutrients Medical. He said that he was trying out a small aeroponics unit and following the manufacturer’s instructions, he experienced root rot. He is growing the usual melange of vegetables and herbs—cherry tomatoes, hot chilli peppers, choy, basil, etc. Then he did an experiment. He let the system go dry and it took three and a half hours before the cherry tomato plant showed any signs of water depravation, i.e. wilting. So he set the timer to one minute of watering, and one hour of drying in between each watering. The plants took off like gangbusters! Now this man knows a lot about growing pot. He is only playing around with the aeroponics unit and the veggies, in order to test out his theories. Let’s call him Tech Mike. He said that the top third of the roots of the cannabis plant needs oxygen. The middle third needs both oxygen and water. Only the bottom third is satisfied with a liquid diet. Mike claims that the number one problem that pot growers face is overwatering. Taking too few pH readings is second. If you’re growing in rock wool, for instance, the medium is drenched as soon as you water it and it retains the moisture for a very long time, resulting in your roots getting too much water and too little oxygen. He has three rules of thumb: #1—Don’t apply, until they’re dry. #2—When in doubt, flush them out. #3—Uptake should be determined by leaf surface. If your plants have a lot of leaves, they will drink more. In hydroponics, your reservoir is a good bio-feedback loop. Make notches on the inside of your res to keep track of how much your pot plants drink. The res should be changed out weekly. After you add your weekly mixture of macro and micro-nutrients, plus any growth or bloom additives, you start measuring how much solution is disappearing. Add water only to make up the shortfall each day. By the end of the week your res should be 50 to 70% of your original concentration. Don’t pay too much attention to the ppm. Increasing by increments of 200ppm up to week four and then decreasing by increments back to week eight of the cycle, whether vegetative or flowering, is only a guideline. Mother Nature never maintains a level. It fluctuates. I’ve had incredibly good experiences with Iguana Juice Grow and Bloom, as well as with Organic B and Colossal Bud Blast. But I’ve recently switched to Sensi Grow, A&B and Sensi Bloom, A&B, largely because Mike told me that these products are more cost effective and that they’re cannabis specific. Also, synthetics are better for a hydro grow, since they dissolve better and don't clog up the pump as frequently as do organics. Advanced Nutrients Medical has put years of research effort into designing the best products to grow the biggest and most potent buds possible. Don’t believe me? Visit their website and learn. Call their tech line for more info. Come to think of it, visit my blog for more details. Peace, Wes |
Very nice post Wes, loving life now. I have learned alot just from reading that =) Thanks again man  |