2013 Northern California Bay Area Indoor/Outdoor Grow(s)

Darkdrae

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Good question.
This is my own spin off of Hydro VS. Soil. As everyone knows, roots need air, water, and food. The more of each of those they get, the more lush they are. Think about water soaking through soil. It's probably thick, sloppy, and no air is able to get in there to the root zone. If you aerate your water reservoir before you pour it over the soil, the millions of microscopic bubbles that are trapped in the water from the air stone will get directly to your roots fast and they're able to breathe easier. This grow was the first time I tried this technique that I thought of and I saw Explosive growth rates in veg and first 3 weeks of flower because of this. It's a simple common sense approach. Fish need air. Fish live in water. People put air stones in their tanks so they can breathe. I put an air stone in my water reservoir and bubble my yummy nutrients + organic molasses for an hour, and then it's like they're drinking fizzy growing juice. I don't go longer then an hour because A. Some nutrients aren't supposed to be aerated like hydro nutes for long periods, and B. 1 hour works best for me and it's when I know the molasses is active and bubbling, and also helping the Mychorrhizae benefit from it also. Hope this was pretty general. :leaf:

makes sense, genius idea, im gonna have to give this a try
 

RollUpMikey

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Yeah but seriously.. Light is light no matter what spectrum.

More lumens concentrated densely in a tight area makes dense flowers.

It's up to you to decide what they will be dining on as they're throwing you chunky nugs.
 

RollUpMikey

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See Peepee? Either way. The best pheno out of these seeds is gonna be some good genetics. Can't wait to see how it turns out. The seeds are thick, plump, and ready for germination.
 

doubletake

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Ann everything past like 50 days is just so hard for me to not chop I'm always looking at them,create grow man and I'm definently subscribed, happy growing
how long do you think that one will go the one that's like 55 days?
 

RollUpMikey

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Ann everything past like 50 days is just so hard for me to not chop I'm always looking at them,create grow man and I'm definently subscribed, happy growing
how long do you think that one will go the one that's like 55 days?
Thanks. I started flushing yesterday.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of about 10 days I'd say. Glad you stopped by.
 

RollUpMikey

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And the wait is over... harvested this past Fri night.

If you've been following along... I pollinated the small Cannatonic with Platinum Cherry Pie pollen. I wanted somewhere around 10 seeds but ended up with 28. I'm not complaining what so ever, the buds themselves are perfect. Rookie mistake though. Shouldn't of pollinated with my fans running. What was I thinking? Haha oh well. At this point for this season I have 10 Girl Scout Cookie seeds(from actual breeder, ask me if you have a question), and 28 Cherry Tonic(Cannatonic x Platinum Cherry Pie). I got my seedling heat mat, tray, dome, pucks, etc.. ready to go. Gonna get started tomorrow. More updates to follow :)


These pics are the big Cannatonic. The small one is sitting in the dark for a couple days.
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