A Tale of The Tape HPA vs 21st Century Flood and Drain

Originally Posted by polyarcturus

no its a liquid google groth technologys (they also make bio-bizz(not buzz)) they may have dry forula but ithink it has to be liqued cuz everthing is held in suspension(keeping from breking down) and its got a ph buffer, brings it 6.4 with my tap water probably even better with an unbufferd water.

dont know 20$ for a L an it goes a ways used in moderation.

do you have any pics of plants using this?

Originally Posted by polyarcturus

you are correct kite high ive come to the same conclusions genetically gender is locked in. but sexual expression is phenotypical as far as ive seen in the MJ plant i believe given the right conditions, any gender plant can express either gender exclusively. also kite high if you havent read the book you should look into it.

PLANT ULTRA GROWTHS ARE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!! i will getting some somewhere now.

what book are you talking about u have a link?

yeah in my journal i add a half oz my 5 gal tea every other watering, no pics of when i used it in hydro, and the book is called ELITE GROWERS something or other should be available as a torrent somewhere.

Originally Posted by polyarcturus

yeah in my journal i add a half oz my 5 gal tea every other watering, no pics of when i used it in hydro, and the book is called ELITE GROWERS something or other should be available as a torrent somewhere.

sounds simple enough! I like the KISS mentality the best. I've always had the best luck with it anyway.

ughh, just swept up a nasty pile of springtails, where do these fuckers keep coming from? i know they don't do damage, but when they get squished they leave this silver paint shit behind.

Do you mean like "silverfish"? Either way I seem to remember hearing they were filthy and carried alot of bacteria or something...

EDIT: oh here they're similar but different: http://www.bugstopshere.com/spring_silver_thrip.pdf
Never heard of em before, maybe they're not where I live, or I just never noticed. Eww it says they can be found "in humans"- in that case it doesn't sound like they "do nothing" to me...

Originally Posted by Trichy Bastard

Do you mean like "silverfish"? Either way I seem to remember hearing they were filthy and carried alot of bacteria or something...

EDIT: oh here they're similar but different: http://www.bugstopshere.com/spring_silver_thrip.pdf
Never heard of em before, maybe they're not where I live, or I just never noticed. Eww it says they can be found "in humans"- in that case it doesn't sound like they "do nothing" to me...

Well, I found the source. A new bag of FFOF. I not only had the damn springtails coming out of them, also had some f'ing thrips taking over my bubblegum and a whitefly on the Sour D. I take this shit seriously and let's just say the bubblegum's new home is outside. My Cali O is gone. 2 Sour D's gone. 1 Lavender gone. I took new cuttings on the plants that hadn't been infested yet(or at least hatched) and put all the left over ones that are still in some older FFOF into 12/12 far away from the new cuttings. Fingers crossed. Hate to say it but this has happened before with the same soil. Hopefully they haven't infested my coco coir yet. I know you can eradicate these mother fuckers, but at the rate they are hatching out of the dirt I had to say fuck it. My new aero run has been scrapped. The F&D table that was just starting to take off has been scrapped. Lower your flags guys.

LOL, I don't think they actually meant "in humans." On humans is more like it. They don't survive very easily. Thrips on the other hand are little bitches and I don't take chances with them anymore. I'm saying farewell to dirt from here on out. I'm serious this time!

I will be back in a month to start over from cuttings. Deep breathing time.

Any time I ever used soil, I had bug issues, pH issues, root rot...

Diatomaceous Earth is tits for killing bugs, yet healthy for plants. Also, you can dust with a billows for critters like spider mites

On to the good news:

I am still dialing in Fonz's w/d cycles. Now at 7 sec/15.5 minutes. Roots have more space between layers (like they are puffing up), with a nice increase in root hairs. The larger of the 2 hpa plants has a bunch of new pistils.

Friday's root pics should be interesting

Two clones from Big Girl are rooting nicely. Thinking to do one more hpa v F & D test with them.

I damn near killed the clone from my hpa. If it doesn't survive I'll have to grab one more to put into my new tent, along with more food herbs.

Originally Posted by PetFlora

Any time I ever used soil, I had bug issues, pH issues, root rot...

Diatomaceous Earth is tits for killing bugs, yet healthy for plants. Also, you can dust with a billows for critters like spider mites

On to the good news:

I am still dialing in Fonz's w/d cycles. Now at 7 sec/15.5 minutes. Roots have more space between layers (like they are puffing up), with a nice increase in root hairs. The larger of the 2 hpa plants has a bunch of new pistils.

Friday's root pics should be interesting

Two clones from Big Girl are rooting nicely. Thinking to do one more hpa v F & D test with them.

I damn near killed the clone from my hpa. If it doesn't survive I'll have to grab one more to put into my new tent, along with more food herbs.

Just make sure u wear a dust mask, diatoms are almost as bad for your lungs as asbestos when the dust is inhaled...