Nugbuckets Lab

Originally Posted by Rrog

Thanks for the continued pics. Really helps with the technique. That's where I'm challenged.

To confirm, your smarties are 5 liquid gallons? Like the 5 gallon pail next to them? That image really shows me that I've been a goofball growing in 7 (liquid) gallon pails when my ceiling is so low.

yeah, i guess....they are #7's......they really are not that big, are they.....maybe i am crushing the zip/gal. threshold, and didn't really think about it?

Originally Posted by Sevren

How do you go about the sitting in the sun bit for 4-6 weeks? Or does your complex not mind what you have sitting on the balcony?

I don't really let it sit in the sun. I just let it sit and do it's thing, turning occasionally. I know it's cooking because of the heat it puts off. It doesn't smell terribly bad. The first few days may have a bit of a fish tank smell from the fish bone meal, but it dissipates and you smell nothing but clean soil. It smells fantastic tbh. I love the smell of healthy soil.

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Originally Posted by nugbuckets

you know bro, i think it is the time, energy, love, and bio-dynamic preps that go into it......they have been working with folks heavy into bio-dynamics for the last 12 years!....they cut no corners....

Are these guys in the lower peninsula by chance?

Originally Posted by Rrog

Are these guys in the lower peninsula by chance?

they are all over Penn...and many have greenies, but most use miricle grow, but some are organic, and work their own mix.............looks like i am going to need to make some adjustments on the amish mix....it was heavily front loaded, and not enough in the back end.....the roots mix is starting to shine on the back stretch.....more tweaks....i should not have been so hard on roots in the past.....besides the bugs...that is unexeptable......the yield will tell the real story.......we are at day 27...

5 gallons would be good to allow some fade. My 7 gallon pails with SS never ran outta gas.

Originally Posted by nugbuckets

yeah, i guess....they are #7's......they really are not that big, are they.....maybe i am crushing the zip/gal. threshold, and didn't really think about it?

Originally Posted by Rrog

5 gallons would be good to allow some fade. My 7 gallon pails with SS never ran outta gas.

did some research......#7's are 7 liquid gallons......5's are too small for me.....great fade, but too much watering......you may also want to play with your ss % in 7's.....

Have you tried making 2 separate batches of your soil?? I do it with my container soils for peppers and tomatoes. I make the mix that goes in the bottom 1/3 of the container richer in most of the common nutrients, higher in potash and phosphorous and cut out the nitrogen rich components. The upper mix is higher in nitrogenous components and a bit leaner on the phos/potash components. My thought process behind it is that the the plant should be well established, growing and ready to set flowers/fruit by the time the roots get to the bottom of the container. So why waste the components mixing it evenly in the entire mix when in the early part of the plants life it just wants to grow.... so it won't utilize the nutrients associated with blooming as efficiently. The same for when the plant is ready to flower and fruit... why have an abundance of nutrients that are going to continue encouraging vegetative growth when what the plant wants is food for flowering and fruit development??