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Who said that gardening epsom salts are different from the salts you get at the grocery store? Because it's not true.

http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/

I've been using regular ol' epsom salts from Hannaford for a little time now in my aero/nft rails and it's been great. I know plenty of others that supplement with the same, and loads that have been doing it for decades in their backyard gardens with tomatoes & peppers, etc.
 
tet1953

tet1953

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lol I didn't want to say anything cuz these things quickly turn into pissing contests around here. prolly not as bad in the Maine forum tho :)

magnesium sulfate is magnesium sulfate, imo. They slap "gardening" or "horticultural" on the label and charge twice as much. If that buys some people peace of mind, so be it.
 
tet1953

tet1953

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While we're talking about special vs. generic additives, I feel the same way about molasses. You definitely want unsulphored, but it doesn't have to be a horticultural one. Grandma's is fine, and is what I use when I do use molasses. Still got some, I should start tossing some in now and then :)
Again, just my opinion, based on many such discussions on RIU and personal experience.
 
maineyankee

maineyankee

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I just love the taste of molasses, such as with the cookies. I assume here that it does nothing to the flavor of the strain, but just as an additive to the soil. Correct in my assumption?

MaineYankee :-)
 
Maine Brookies

Maine Brookies

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I don't remember where i got that about the epsom salt - proabably a book, possibly word of mouth. It stuck with me because i remember my mother using grocery store epsom salt in her gardens with no bad effects. Guess i should have stuck with what worked for mom instead of buying a tub of overpriced epsom salt at Paris Farmer's Union.

I did know that, as long as it's unsulphured, molasses is molasses.
 
maineyankee

maineyankee

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I am looking for opinions ... This morning I checked in on the (4) NLB's and they are doing terrific. The runt of the litter (Goldie Locks) is a little lopsided, despite my technique of LST. Last night I was looking at all of the various ways of (training) and came across (Super Cropping). After watching countless hours of the matter on You Tube, We decided this morning to put this to the test on Goldie Locks. Do any of you do this method?

MaineYankee :-)
 
cerberus

cerberus

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bend/break the stalk to a 90 and stake down, i've done it, it works. it's the same method tree farmers use to get straight poles from a tree. all the lateral nodes direct up and become terminal nodes. (side branches become top branches since everything is equal)

now *I* have noticed that some varieties don't like it and some do, for instance MOD does not and you waste time and energy but strawberry cough LOVES it..

good luck
 
tet1953

tet1953

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This is off topic but cerebus' post made me think of it. Now, I could be completely wrong about this but I believe I have observed something kind of neat. I believe I can tell at a glance whether a plant was grown from seed or is a clone. Plants from seeds have matching pairs of branches along the main stalk, facing each other, and clones have alternating branches. I think. That's what I have observed anyway.
I am prolly either wrong or this is old news to everybody else I have a feeling lol
 
maineyankee

maineyankee

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Grrr ... I do not like this new RIU that places the attachments wherever, and whenever they appear. I will try to have more pics as they become available.

But here (At least I think) are (2) of the pics that I took of (4 Total Pics) of Goldie Locks with her "Hair" down. As I posted in my journal, I would have never, ever done this sort of thing to a plant. It just did not make any sense to me, until I started to hear and see the logic behind it.
As for "Staking" it Cerberus, I am not quite following you. None of the (30) or so YouTube Videos that I watched last night that dealt with Super Cropping, mentioned anything about Stakes or Staking.

I can see how some strains would not like this method. Similar to some trees and shrubs.
Thanks for the help and we will see where it goes ....

The MaineYankee :-)
 
maineyankee

maineyankee

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tet1953 said:
This is off topic but cerebus' post made me think of it. Now, I could be completely wrong about this but I believe I have observed something kind of neat. I believe I can tell at a glance whether a plant was grown from seed or is a clone. Plants from seeds have matching pairs of branches along the main stalk, facing each other, and clones have alternating branches. I think. That's what I have observed anyway.
I am prolly either wrong or this is old news to everybody else I have a feeling lol
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I don't think you are wrong Tet !! In my many trolling times of looking at different posts from many members on here, I too noticed the very same pattern (when they posted enough info to attest to my findings). I am now wondering, what causes this ?
 
tet1953

tet1953

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Oh I think I know what causes it, if it is a phenomonen. It's because cannabis is a dicotyledon. Ever germ a seed? The first two leaves are not cannabis looking at all; they're these little rounded cotyledons. From there, the plant grows matching pairs of branches. But, all the nodes on these branches are alternating. And where do clones come from?
 
cerberus

cerberus

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maineyankee said:
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Grrr ... I do not like this new RIU that places the attachments wherever, and whenever they appear. I will try to have more pics as they become available.

But here (At least I think) are (2) of the pics that I took of (4 Total Pics) of Goldie Locks with her "Hair" down. As I posted in my journal, I would have never, ever done this sort of thing to a plant. It just did not make any sense to me, until I started to hear and see the logic behind it.
As for "Staking" it Cerberus, I am not quite following you. None of the (30) or so YouTube Videos that I watched last night that dealt with Super Cropping, mentioned anything about Stakes or Staking.

I can see how some strains would not like this method. Similar to some trees and shrubs.
Thanks for the help and we will see where it goes ....

The MaineYankee :-)
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as in tie down after the bend break. i use a bamboo stick and a gentle tie at the top of the stalk to keep it in place and force all the lateral nodes to start pointing up and to over take the end as the highest point of the tree. nothing any more drastic then the bend or break lol
 
maineyankee

maineyankee

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Ahhh .... Okie Dokie :-)

"Honey" .... "Take Out Tonight .... Order Up some Chinese and ask em for extra chop sticks" :-) My wife said ... "What do you want?" ... I said " Order me some Tu Can Chu and not Sum Yung Boi !"

Happy Holidays !!
 
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