Anymore theory or chatter about PH? Please!?!?
My various dirt bins PH seem to have come up a point. Very pleased. Attribute it to following your recommendations and possibly tea didn't hurt either. I'd gladly listen to your ideas. - Got a worm bin setup today. Also phased in some #10 planters and another #20. - Know of a good big leaf-based compost read? I'll get to looking all the same. Value your input. Beautiful trees up here where I live! - Horse tail, comfrey, coconut and a plethora of other known goodies arrived today. Aloe is growing fantastic. - 33/33/33 mix looks and feels kick ass. Used 6 cubic feet of that alone tonight. Wicked! Something about it has me excited. -- Screwing around with spikes and layers still tonight.. Old habits die hard. So hey, built a #10 of only 33/33/33. No layers or spikes.. No way it wouldn't yellow out on me mid flower??? Right?? 33 and microbe tea alone won't do it? (Blueberry haze) Dupliced it (33 only) and spiked this sister lightly to find out. [_"Super soil"_Spikes & Layers_AACT_] ...how I survive. -- Listening to my gut, reading my notes, picking up TONS of new data and idea from rollitup. Looking to cut back and better understand the workings of macro micro. NPK. EVERYTHING!!
For example this 33/33/33 is a first for me. --- All I've ever know is 707 + subcool method. Then I found myself with all this soil piled up and started reclaiming it. But began applying The Rev. techniques and teachings... As Subcool said nothing about recycling. Not sure if you've read REVS TLO book? I've followed his 2.1 recipie / his recycle recipe. If by chance you're aware or have book you'd see the tree I've been barking up.. Recipes and such.
Appreciate your time. Have a good day.
Cheers monkey!
First, thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it.
Also, in regards to plants "yellowing" mid flower, more often than not, I see that as a result of people tryin to do too much to "boost" their flowers, it's crucial to acknowledge that a happy green plant will produce flowers, period. NOW, that being said, I have seen many, MANY, strains, sativas in particular that like to shed their fan leaves, hell I had a strain once, It was a bagseed (remember for the first ten yrs I grew NOTHING but random seeds out of bags I got), anyways the plant damn near trimmed itself, all I had to do was tidy up the colas, even outside it did that, the rest was nice and green, but the fans always dropped like a prom-dress.
There is virtually NO uniformity when it comes to all the types of cannabis, I've seen some very odd, but harmless growing tendencies.
However, that doesn't mean that it's not a nitrogen def, it could be, and if so, the best remedy would be to fortify the soil with more slow release types of nitrogen.
Neem meal, crab meal, shrimp meal, even alfalfa is somewhat slow.
The best and (was) my favorite is feather meal, BUT now evidently it's all tainted by arsenic, so I go with my dog's hair now, and my beard shavings (yea, i'm hardcore) Those are super super slow releases of relatively rich amounts of nitrogen.
There also is a myriad of diff water soluble nitrogens, in fact most ARE water soluble, so you could feed them via teas.
The most potent being, blood meal, and urine. Both around the same like 15-0-0 or 15-1-1.
I don't prefer either they can both be fairly potent. I have used urine many, many times though, (guerrilla grows in particular)
My favorites re dandelion/comfrey fermented tea, and alfalfa tea.
Other effective ways are a mix of topdress with fresh worm castings and shredded comfrey.
Or that same thing only with bat guano in lieu of the comfrey.
If it is a bad nitrogen def and you are POSITIVE that it is indeed the problem, the fastest thing is probably urine.
Somehow people get a lil butthurt about it, but I'd do that over a blood meal tea, and if you pop a couple multivitamins prior?
Who knows.
I knew a grower that used NOTHING but rabbit manure and human urine and his herb was spect-fuckin-tacular.
A bladder full per five gallon bucket is what he'd say.