Grow-A-Long with Dick

Richard Drysift

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Man I love mine, even made a couple for outside. One for thai chili and one for lemon cucs!
Wow so it’s literally a smart pot dropped inside a larger plastic pot w/perlite. There is support underneath I assume. Diggin the water level indicator; very smart design. Do you start your cucumbers inside? Or direct plant to the sips?
 

El Verdugo

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Wow so it’s literally a smart pot dropped inside a larger plastic pot w/perlite. There is support underneath I assume. Diggin the water level indicator; very smart design. Do you start your cucumbers inside? Or direct plant to the sips?
No support underneath, just pearlite. Tubs are 17 gallon from walmart, with the pearlite and the height of the smart pot holds 7 gallons of water. On the cucumbers , start em inside. This will be a first time for cucumbers and chilis in sips.
 

El Verdugo

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Got the ideas from @kratos015 thread ! Many thanks for the inspiration!!
No support underneath, just pearlite. Tubs are 17 gallon from walmart, with the pearlite and the height of the smart pot holds 7 gallons of water. On the cucumbers , start em inside. This will be a first time for cucumbers and chilis in sips.
 

Richard Drysift

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Have no recent pics but we got 8 confirmed girls in the bloom room currently vegging again in 7 or 10g fabric pots. Gonna give these maybe another week and flip to 12/12 for the duration. They seem to be loving the aloe FPJ I have been giving them...special thanks to JJames for the excellent recipe:


Updated pics coming soon
 

Richard Drysift

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So the one I was worried about looks better...
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But now these two are fading....
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Gonna let the soil dry out a bit and give them both an ewc top dressing. These 2 were in the same containers for way too long. Waiting until they begin to recover before flipping to final bloom phase.
 

loco41

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So two weeks into flower the sips have taken off. I hope stretch is done as I’m running out of height lol. Continuing with top dressing once a week with ewc and Gaia bloom/veg. Drinking a lot of water as im filling them every day. Lollipop them to control humidity. View attachment 4862001View attachment 4862002View attachment 4862005
Beautiful plants man, looking forward to seeing how they finish up for you.

I should probably get to trimming up my plants soon, but I'm hesitant since things are looking healthy at the moment. Big healthy fan leaves are hard for me to clip as I'm sure they are helping to utilize a ton of light for the plant. I always say I'm going to attempt to lst/top my plants on the next run, but end up letting them grow out naturally. Yield not really a concern as I'm only growing for myself generally so dont need to hit any crazy numbers.

I'm at like 5 days from flip to 12/12 and the plant on the right is a confirmed female. If the other plant turns out to be a male, I'll still keep it for a bit probably and let it pollinate my girl to make some seeds for the future.

Mixed up a bunch of amendments (kelp/alfalfa/karanja/gypsum/greensand/ insect frass) all in equal portions and then added like 5 tbsp of that mixture to 50/50 ewc and soil for a topdress at flip. Water only so far except for a couple coconut waterings so far.
 

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raggyb

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Okay Dick. Pretty neglected, plants were sexed, impregnated(accidentally), reveged and tortured for some time. finally potted to under the main lights. Second pic 1 week later and looking a little greener me thinks. Third pic is side view. Soulmate (Edit: Pinesoul) and Blueberry.SM-BBtop.JPGsmbb7.jpgsmbbside7.jpg
 
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El Verdugo

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I don't know shit about genetics I just heard that's what I should get, but I don't really know. I know I want good blueberry though. And good gdp! Lol
Been having great results with Quebec seed companys Grand Daddy Purple! Awesome strain for chronic back pain and sleep. Never had a problem with their beans, great stealth delivery and freebies!
 
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