We do grow in HS

my favorite toy. running closed circulation. this puppy keeps the PPM at 1200, the tank gets used very little. it will pay for itself in a couple months by not having to refill the tank all the time

oh yeah... I wanted to stir up some controversy too... cuz that's just how I roll. my professor, that has a doctorate in plant science, runs greenhouses at the school as well as hundreds of acres of different crops.... Every professional nursery in California Leaches their soil to remove excess salts. flushing as weed growers like to call it, is very very important. leaching the soil every month is imperative to growing healthy plants. you can buy soil test kits online. also leaching your plants one to two weeks before harvest will greatly improve taste and quality of the smoke. I have a 250$ plant science book and a doctor with decades of experience that proves it.
yes it does kill microorganisms , but you just add more. that is the beauty of Agro environment . control.

I grow too, mainly ibls or pure indica pure sativa, I hate hybrids ( unless its like 70/30) right now I'm in the agonizingly long transition stage of moving from an unfriendly state (they keep lying to us and saying they're gonna do something yeah right) to Colorado but its so expensive building a house from scratch! If you wouldn't mind old pics I can post some droolers from what I've grown!

mikek420 said:

I grow too, mainly ibls or pure indica pure sativa, I hate hybrids ( unless its like 70/30) right now I'm in the agonizingly long transition stage of moving from an unfriendly state (they keep lying to us and saying they're gonna do something yeah right) to Colorado but its so expensive building a house from scratch! If you wouldn't mind old pics I can post some droolers from what I've grown!

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Post those shits kid.

Those shits:

More of them

More of them again

Last batch then I get to go through them and tell you what you are seeing lol. In this batch of pics these are all mine. Like I made the seeds. I bred most of them some were accidents, but these seeds all came from me when I grew them! This very first pic is Molokai kush x double white cheese (Molokai frost x bubba kush) X (exodus cheese x aloha white widow (both parents were roughly 70/30 I/s. I named this one Mija Kush, it means my child, or my daughter. She finishes in about 60-65 days maybe a bit longer but I wouldn't push it. She shows pink peach and orange hairs with a deep purple and pink hue to the buds when you break them open, very pale green but more silvery purple pink (looks almost like a mg deficit but when I added more mg it stayed the same, and looks healthy even though she turns kinda silver purple and gray. My absolute fav strain of all time!

Ok sorry for multiple posts, most of those pics are labeled but some have the default name the camera gives it. Pictured in the first two batches is
Purple pheno afghan Hindu kush
Double white cheese moms (the one with my body in it) Molokai kush, wild Thailand ibl kush, black Russian ibl, white widow (dinafem) blue Thai kush (dinafem) and a bagseed (the one bud on the sheet of paper) then it goes to the breeds I created. Let me know if you want more info on any pic since they're just kinda here now. I think I managed to find some good pics

nice! gonna try and keep this thread rolling. I got off RIU for a while but I'm back . there are a lot of a holes but the few good folks you meet make it worth it

And the more you see other people at work...
Just makes me more determined to be at the same level!

almost to end of week 4 flower on The White. the wifi stretched a shitton and is going into week 3

Impman said:

oh yeah... I wanted to stir up some controversy too... cuz that's just how I roll. my professor, that has a doctorate in plant science, runs greenhouses at the school as well as hundreds of acres of different crops.... Every professional nursery in California Leaches their soil to remove excess salts. flushing as weed growers like to call it, is very very important. leaching the soil every month is imperative to growing healthy plants. you can buy soil test kits online. also leaching your plants one to two weeks before harvest will greatly improve taste and quality of the smoke. I have a 250$ plant science book and a doctor with decades of experience that proves it.
yes it does kill microorganisms , but you just add more. that is the beauty of Agro environment . control.

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I think this would actually be an OK area of the forum for a talk about this, without it devolving into trolly flame-war territory.

Now you say nursery, which to me means ornamental, landscaping type plants. Not consumables like veggies, fruits, etc. Is this also a common practice in plants like tomatoes and berries?

For me I can totally get behind the idea that you can get salt buildup in the soil, and would need to rectify that, especially if you're using that soil for a long period of time. But I just don't see how a plant in a closed system (pots, DWC, whatever) would somehow lose those salts already uptaken by the plant. They don't take them in through their roots in the exact chemical form they are in the bottle always.

You grow some good shit Imp, so I think this'll actually be a cool and productive conversation.

Impman said:

oh yeah... I wanted to stir up some controversy too... cuz that's just how I roll. my professor, that has a doctorate in plant science, runs greenhouses at the school as well as hundreds of acres of different crops.... Every professional nursery in California Leaches their soil to remove excess salts. flushing as weed growers like to call it, is very very important. leaching the soil every month is imperative to growing healthy plants. you can buy soil test kits online. alleaching your plants one to two weeks before harvest will greatly improve taste and quality of the smoke. I have a 250$ plant science book and a doctor with decades of experience that proves it.
yes it does kill microorganisms , but you just add more. that is the beauty of Agro environment . control.

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I agree as well and MIR once every few weeks. Your just saying a couple weeks before harvest you do that or are you saying you flush all the way up to harvest? Personally I still hit them w/ nutes or however the schedule falls.

WHODAT@THADOR said:

I agree as well and MIR once every few weeks. Your just saying a couple weeks before harvest you do that or are you saying you flush all the way up to harvest? Personally I still hit them w/ nutes or however the schedule falls.

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the nutrients. can't effect flavor of the smoke . the buds won't take it up . I'm sitting in class and literally asked the professor two minutes ago ... you have to leach every few feelings to lower the PPMs of the salt that builds up. the high salt content will kill microorganisms and lock out nutrient uptake . so you can use the sufficient amount of nutrients in each feeding. I like to use nutes 4 times then just water. I'm using soiless mix

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the nutrients. can't effect flavor of the smoke . the buds won't take it up . I'm sitting in class and literally asked the professor two minutes ago ... you have to leach every few feelings to lower the PPMs of the salt that builds up. the high salt content will kill microorganisms and lock out nutrient uptake . so you can use the sufficient amount of nutrients in each feeding. I like to use nutes 4 times then just water. I'm using soiless mix

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Thats interesting I have never tried that but I will now. Not calling you a liar but I would rather see it myself as only 4 feedings just seems low to me. What ppms are you mixing your nutes at? I use soiless as well and have noticed if I go much more then 3-4 just waterings (r/o 6.0) Especially in flower the basic onset of deficiencies will start to appear in my leaves.

Impman said:

the nutrients. can't effect flavor of the smoke . the buds won't take it up . I'm sitting in class and literally asked the professor two minutes ago ... you have to leach every few feelings to lower the PPMs of the salt that builds up. the high salt content will kill microorganisms and lock out nutrient uptake . so you can use the sufficient amount of nutrients in each feeding. I like to use nutes 4 times then just water. I'm using soiless mix

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WHODAT@THADOR said:

Thats interesting I have never tried that but I will now. Not calling you a liar but I would rather see it myself as only 4 feedings just seems low to me. What ppms are you mixing your nutes at? I use soiless as well and have noticed if I go much more then 3-4 just waterings (r/o 6.0) Especially in flower the basic onset of deficiencies will start to appear in my leaves.

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ok, the blue cup has no salt. the yellow is salted. the salt build up effects capillary action. too much salt slows down capillary action so your plants will get less water and nutes. water defies gravity with capillary action. the more salts your medium has the slower the uptake........ so if you are feeding your plants correct amount of nutrients then you must leach every so often. there is an old time grower on here, and I'm not gonna mention names , that tells everyone flushing is for toilets ... he claims he is a production crop grower and this and that . he also says it's ok to use tap water and he never PHs his water solution... this is bogus And ignorant. I am wondering if he is a DEA agent now because of all the bogus info. he has a lot of followers on RIU... it's unfortunate so many listen to him.

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almost to end of week 4 flower on The White. the wifi stretched a shitton and is going into week 3

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why would anybody need that much weed? lol you sell pounds and shit to dealers don't ya?

Impman said:

the nutrients. can't effect flavor of the smoke . the buds won't take it up . I'm sitting in class and literally asked the professor two minutes ago ... you have to leach every few feelings to lower the PPMs of the salt that builds up. the high salt content will kill microorganisms and lock out nutrient uptake . so you can use the sufficient amount of nutrients in each feeding. I like to use nutes 4 times then just water. I'm using soiless mix

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When I used to grow. That was the way I used to do it.
The good ole times.
Will roll again!!!

Mr. Bongwater said:

why would anybody need that much weed? lol you sell pounds and shit to dealers don't ya?

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Don't become an RIU terrorist and start blowin' up spots kiiiddd.