Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

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CannaBare

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Does anyone run very large pots with blumats in them? I found my perfect soil mix so now I want to make a 35 gallon no-till soil bed on wheels to decrease compaction and back issues. It is going to be 17.5 inches deep so I was considering buying some maxi's to pair with a regular sized blumat in each pot, along with distributors.

I doubt I would need the blumats but I just love how happy my plants always look.

So anyway, any experiences with blumats in 18 inch pots?
 
SouthernSoil*

SouthernSoil*

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Hey guys, got an update here, im on week 1 of flowering with the 600w hps, btw Don i also added a closeup picture of my irrigation ill add more pics tomorrow, as u can see i just culled the male : / it was almost as tall as the church and luckily didnt pop open its flowers, as for the plant on the back left i have no idea what it is, has a very distinctive smell but cannot describe it, im planning on planting some cheese seeds although not sure how well its going to work seeing as they will have to flower from seed. Peace & Respect. :leaf::leaf::leaf:


 
SouthernSoil*

SouthernSoil*

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So my buddy just gave me a sensi super skunk fem , apparently 45-50 days flowering, i was thinking of leaving it outdoors for now as the days are getting longer then bringing it in lets say in 2 weeks ? Just not sure what type of growth to expect when it goes into the flowering room though! Peace : )
 
a senile fungus

a senile fungus

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a senile fungus said:
Mag def?? Would love some input from those whose frequent this thread. Here's a few pics of the leaves then of the whole plant, for 3 plants...

Plant 1
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Here's another plant with similar necrotic spots and chlorosis...


Plant 2
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They're being grown around CMH lights, in amended organic soil. Water only so far.

Its just curious to see the same signs on three separate plants, I'm thinking a mag def in the soil...
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If I quote this here will the pics pop up? Let's see!

No answer on the other thread yet, but would like to know soon... I'm thinking mag def.
 
Midwest Weedist

Midwest Weedist

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CannaBare said:
First two look like calcium to me, last one magnesium. I would hit them with a tbsp of gypsum and a tbsp of rock dust. If your really brave water mix 1 cup of urine to 1 gallon water. Good stuff. Ashes work too.
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I've yet to use urine on my ladies, but my house plants get a little bit of a 1:20 mix if they need some N. It works well, just make sure you're not taking a bunch of medicines or eating shitty food, that stuff shows up in large amounts in our urine.
My girlfriend just looks at me and shakes her head when I water them with it. She says if I start watering the ladies with it she won't touch it. More for me ;)
 
Mad Hamish

Mad Hamish

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SouthernSoil* said:
So my buddy just gave me a sensi super skunk fem , apparently 45-50 days flowering, i was thinking of leaving it outdoors for now as the days are getting longer then bringing it in lets say in 2 weeks ? Just not sure what type of growth to expect when it goes into the flowering room though! Peace : )
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This is guaranteed to ringnpests inside mate, you will do better flowering it straight from seed. When you do this ot will veg for up to three weeks before flowering anyway, seen some pretty big ladies done this way.
 
SouthernSoil*

SouthernSoil*

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Mad Hamish said:
This is guaranteed to ringnpests inside mate, you will do better flowering it straight from seed. When you do this ot will veg for up to three weeks before flowering anyway, seen some pretty big ladies done this way.
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Thank you for the message bro ! hope you have been well, ive currently got the seed germinating in a smaller pot not sure how wise that is, would it be better just germinating it in the bigger pot ? Or maybe better in the smaller one for now so its roots can stretch when its transplanted ? I havent taken it outdoors but it is sitting on my window sill which receives alot of sun. Much Respect. Peace !
 
Midwest Weedist

Midwest Weedist

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Mad Hamish said:
This is guaranteed to ringnpests inside mate, you will do better flowering it straight from seed. When you do this ot will veg for up to three weeks before flowering anyway, seen some pretty big ladies done this way.
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I can verify this. My scotts ogs ladies didn't show sex under 12/12 until at least day 20. They all germinated ~Nov 1st and here they are now. All ~2 feet of them. And this was only with a 150 watt hps.
Honestly though unless you're running a perpetual room or are growing sativas, 12 / 12 from seed is kind of useless as they'll stretch until they start to build calyx bulk in mid flower. So for the first 20 days / until sex shows, imo, 18/6 will provide the best growth. Like tighter nodes, shorter height, etc.
 

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The most impressive yields I ever saw was this guy cb420 on the Gage forums. Did a lot of 12/12 from seed, got these huge fat solid colas on branchy plants. He reckomed the teick was in big pots, and he forced branching by DEFOLIATING the top node, not topping, but removing the fans as the pop out and lay flat. Been wanting to do it myself but I keep thinking 'what if it is THE keeper in that bean?' So I never do lol
 
Mad Hamish

Mad Hamish

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SouthernSoil* said:
Thank you for the message bro ! hope you have been well, ive currently got the seed germinating in a smaller pot not sure how wise that is, would it be better just germinating it in the bigger pot ? Or maybe better in the smaller one for now so its roots can stretch when its transplanted ? I havent taken it outdoors but it is sitting on my window sill which receives alot of sun. Much Respect. Peace !
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Ooooh I will go look that up for you I can't remember if fellas start in the big pots but I think so...
 
Midwest Weedist

Midwest Weedist

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Mad Hamish said:
The most impressive yields I ever saw was this guy cb420 on the Gage forums. Did a lot of 12/12 from seed, got these huge fat solid colas on branchy plants. He reckomed the teick was in big pots, and he forced branching by DEFOLIATING the top node, not topping, but removing the fans as the pop out and lay flat. Been wanting to do it myself but I keep thinking 'what if it is THE keeper in that bean?' So I never do lol
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I actually did a defoliation experiment on my last batch of Scotts ogs and if you continually strip the fan leaves off of the main tip you will get so many freaking branches. I used cfls to keep the nodes tight and after about a month of vegging while stripping fan leaves and training, I had at least ten main branches within 6inches of growth on the main stem. It actually got to the point where I had to take out branches because it was too crowded to grow properly. This would be a really cool technique to use with a scrog setup
 
DonTesla

DonTesla

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Midwest Weedist said:
I've yet to use urine on my ladies, but my house plants get a little bit of a 1:20 mix if they need some N. It works well, just make sure you're not taking a bunch of medicines or eating shitty food, that stuff shows up in large amounts in our urine.
My girlfriend just looks at me and shakes her head when I water them with it. She says if I start watering the ladies with it she won't touch it. More for me ;)
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Hahaha, nice
 
DonTesla

DonTesla

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Midwest Weedist said:
I actually did a defoliation experiment on my last batch of Scotts ogs and if you continually strip the fan leaves off of the main tip you will get so many freaking branches. I used cfls to keep the nodes tight and after about a month of vegging while stripping fan leaves and training, I had at least ten main branches within 6inches of growth on the main stem. It actually got to the point where I had to take out branches because it was too crowded to grow properly. This would be a really cool technique to use with a scrog setup
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Got this strain with mad branches but the fan leaves block light like crazy. This sounds like an interesting path for her clones.. Big up!
 
goodjoint

goodjoint

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I've always been one to use fabric pots (5 gallon is the largest I've used), but I have these 27 gallon heavy duty plastic containers that I'm thinking about making into No-Til planters. I plan on drilling several drainage holes on the bottom.

My question... is there any major advantage to using fabric pots vs. containers like these? Should I just spend the money on a large fabric pot or would these 27 gallon storage containers work just fine? They would fit my growing area perfectly and are super sturdy. And on another thought... I am kind of getting a bit tired of how flimsy the fabric pots can be.

 
a senile fungus

a senile fungus

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goodjoint said:
I've always been one to use fabric pots (5 gallon is the largest I've used), but I have these 27 gallon heavy duty plastic containers that I'm thinking about making into No-Til planters. I plan on drilling several drainage holes on the bottom.

My question... is there any major advantage to using fabric pots vs. containers like these? Should I just spend the money on a large fabric pot or would these 27 gallon storage containers work just fine? They would fit my growing area perfectly and are super sturdy. And on another thought... I am kind of getting a bit tired of how flimsy the fabric pots can be.

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I think you'd be better off if you drilled multiple holes (say 2") at the bottom of that container then lined the inside with landscaping fabric.

That way you'd have the stability of your plastic container and also the breath ability and hopefully root pruning of the fabric.

Yeah?
 
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