Hi yawl, just popped in for a lookabout. Want you all to know how mightily impressed I am with the general quality of discussion and advice going round the boards. I had feared that when I no longer had time to answer grow op queries that this place would devolve back to pseudocience-spouting. It mostly hasn't. YAY!

When I first showed up here a few years back, muddleheaded fans of molasses, CFLs for everything, LEDs and organic nutes were leading earnest new growers down the rosy garden path.

I pounded the keys day and night in the hopes that a bit of science would stick, and to no small degree, it has.

Well done, rollituppers. Keep up the good work.

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Get a harvest every 2 weeks - A batch of clones in rockwool - Al B. Gone

Welcome back Al. We've missed you. You've influenced a number of people including myself with your SoG op. What did you mean by muddleheaded fans of molasses? Is molasses not worth using even in soil ops?

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D.I.whY? Because I CAN!

Thanks for the greets.

My comment on molasses of course is made in the context of a hydroponics forum. Molasses may have some use in soil, but it should be kept well away from hydro ops.

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Get a harvest every 2 weeks - A batch of clones in rockwool - Al B. Gone

hello and welcome back, thanks for the juicy info, much appreciated

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Welcome back ABF Hows about staying a while huh?

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Kali Mist/Colombian Red Haze journal

Here's my last grow AK47 and PPP in hempy journal

I was actually thinking about that the other day. I use it in soil but there is no way I would want to run it through a resevoir.

Way too messy.

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Down's 7 Course Meal: A 6 Pack and a Joint

no wucking furries, mate.

Thanks for the welcome, but I can't really do the whole Q&A trip anymore. I once was putting 6-8h/day into it, inclusive of frequently repeating myself when a new grower would join one of the 'Ask Al' threads late in the game.

Yeppers. While vascular plants themselves can't use sugars as a nutrient, in an organic soil grow, adding sugars will feed certain microbes which help to break down organic matter into nutrients which the plant can absorb. However, you don't get to pick & choose which microbes you're feeding. All of them get a feed. You're encouraging pathogens along with any bacteria which are breaking down organic matter. A yummy sugar solution also attracts insects which can cause you grief later down the track.

In a proper hydro op, the only organic matter present should be the cannabis plants themselves. Those attempting 'organic' hydro ops are on their own. I honestly can not count the number of people running 'organic' hydro ops who have approached me over the years who had root rot probs which could be attributed to nothing but failure of biological pathogen control methods. Since 'organic' hydro nutes are broken down tout suite by H2O2, one can't use H2O2 in such systems.

Bear in mind that the nutrients made bioavailable by natural decomposition of organic matter are the very same nutrients you get in inorganic nutes.

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Get a harvest every 2 weeks - A batch of clones in rockwool - Al B. Gone

I modeled the mini-sog I am in the middle of on your sog method. Your threads are a goldmine! Thanks so much!

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Journal - Small SOG NL#5: 600w HPS Hydro Flowering, 250w MH Soil Mothers, 110w CFL Aero Cloner.

Hey man...damn..good to see you're around.....

Props Al! - I read your thread front to back. Lots of great info and suggestions.