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cap master

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whats up RIU?! I got some pics on this runs crop, looking the best yet. what do you all think of my babys so far? and what are some of the best organic fertilizers you have used for veg and flower I may try seaweed and guano next time for flower. my girls are being fed ground water pumped out cold warmed to room temp, and with a ph of 7.2-7.6 before ferts added. The soil is natures pure organic top soil with compost and wormcastings as main binders. ill add a small amount or organic manure and hummus with some pearlite and a dash of locally mined dolomite lime. when I mix it then ill transplant in that soil as well as start seedlings. when I fert I'm feeding every 7-10 days and there doing great ill take 6qts ph checked water add 6tbsp 5.1.1. fish emul, 2tbsp 2.4.0 fish emul, 1-2tbsp pure unsulphured molasses, ill mix this well and split it evenly between all my plants. on top each plant gets one tbsp. fresh worm castings every time I fert. theyre being grown all in 1.5 gallon pots under 8 t-8 bulbs and with humidity in 50-70 range and the box temps running aroung 83 tops and 73lows

tell me how theyre looking this is my third grow second grow in my new box and still learning and experimenting. any grow pics from a similar grow to campare would be sweet or any but pics as to what I should be expecting from this. theye are aprox a week or so in to 12-12 and I'm trying to get a 250-400w hps to finish them. some are smaller than others ill the tall is bagseed.
 

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greasemonkeymann

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whats up RIU?! I got some pics on this runs crop, looking the best yet. what do you all think of my babys so far? and what are some of the best organic fertilizers you have used for veg and flower I may try seaweed and guano next time for flower. my girls are being fed ground water pumped out cold warmed to room temp, and with a ph of 7.2-7.6 before ferts added. The soil is natures pure organic top soil with compost and wormcastings as main binders. ill add a small amount or organic manure and hummus with some pearlite and a dash of locally mined dolomite lime. when I mix it then ill transplant in that soil as well as start seedlings. when I fert I'm feeding every 7-10 days and there doing great ill take 6qts ph checked water add 6tbsp 5.1.1. fish emul, 2tbsp 2.4.0 fish emul, 1-2tbsp pure unsulphured molasses, ill mix this well and split it evenly between all my plants. on top each plant gets one tbsp. fresh worm castings every time I fert. theyre being grown all in 1.5 gallon pots under 8 t-8 bulbs and with humidity in 50-70 range and the box temps running aroung 83 tops and 73lows

tell me how theyre looking this is my third grow second grow in my new box and still learning and experimenting. any grow pics from a similar grow to campare would be sweet or any but pics as to what I should be expecting from this. theye are aprox a week or so in to 12-12 and I'm trying to get a 250-400w hps to finish them. some are smaller than others ill the tall is bagseed.
looking good, maybe try and get some stuff under those shorties to get em closer to the light, otherwise the tall ones will just get taller, while the shorter ones get less light
 

cap master

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I lower that side down when I'm not working in there its a home made hood on yoyos I have it raised for the pictures
how mutch do you think I will yield? I have 15 plants all female and running aprox 260 total watts
 

Rasta Roy

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My favorite fertilizers are...

Neem Cake (neem seed meal is a good substitute if need be); applied as a top dressing for slow release N, a pretty complete set of micronutrients, and a fungus gnat preventive.

Kelp - applied as a tea or top dressing for potassium, growth hormones, and trace minerals.

Crab shell meal - mixed in soil. Good npk, calcium, magnesium, a ph buffer, chitin for insect control.

Oyster shell flour - ph buffer, calcium

Fish Bone Meal - mixed in the soil for phosphorus, calcium

Alflafa meal - applied as a tea for N and K, growth hormones.
 

cap master

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Thanks rasta im deff gonna try bonemeal, kelp, greensand and guano next run. I was gonna be happy with a qp but damn a pound?!?! The broblem i have now is with verticle growth im thinking of scrog but is it too late to tack up a screen and use the tuck method? Would it also be too late to take lower branch clones? Bc im going to be trimming real low branches most likely. Any orher advice would help
 

Rasta Roy

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Thanks rasta im deff gonna try bonemeal, kelp, greensand and guano next run. I was gonna be happy with a qp but damn a pound?!?! The broblem i have now is with verticle growth im thinking of scrog but is it too late to tack up a screen and use the tuck method? Would it also be too late to take lower branch clones? Bc im going to be trimming real low branches most likely. Any orher advice would help
I was joking about the pound friend lol. My bad, that's usually something everyone will say every time someone asks about yield. Greensand is great but remember it take a forever to break down so you're not really gonna see its benefits until after you've recycled your soil a few times.

If you're gonna be cutting off your lower branches anyway then hell yea you should clone them!

I wouldn't recommend growing in a scrog unless you planned to from the start. Every time I've seen someone go for the tuck in method it was more trouble than it was worth. I prefer tomato cages to scrogs personally. Less hands on labor, similar results.
 

cap master

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Realistically i was thinking 2-5 oz easy that seems right. And i realize the sand may not help imediately but atm im starting with this soil and hope to get a TLO recycle system running smoothly over my next few grows. They have been in flower for aprox 10 days i have a few other clones but would like to have a few of each strain ill get the humidor out tonight and clip a few. Thanks for the advice.
 
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