NewGrower2011
Well-Known Member
Eyeballing my 2 primary moms and led me to thinking about the nute choices I have for getting them back to their full glory, they're starting to show something I've not quite diagnosed yet but given their age I know its an imbalance/deficiency or lockout of some sort. They were originally dropped in as clones into an organic 'super soil' mix that had been freshly amended/cooked and that's been many months ago.
I'm looking at 2 types of feed schedules - #1 being moms for the sake of active use and providing clones under modest light and #2 being for long-term storage/upkeep of genetics in case I want to run them again / have a plan B when trying something new.
For my current 'organic' moms I'm looking at NFTG as my 1st choice since I don't want to upsize the pots and being in smart pots the bonsai/rootball trim approach is trickier and may stress the plant a bit. I've top-dressed with some light N amendments (i.e. insect frass/alfalfa/neem) but I need to figure out the symptom(s) being shown. The 'one shot' from NFTG may be an option as well or another 'blend' like TomatoTone & the likes.
I'm also not dead set on staying 'organic' for moms - I'm personal use only so not gunning for certified/etc. So a semi-organic would be next option - i.e. what Pure Blend Pro used to be but it sounds like that's gone off-market and needs a viable replacement to be identified if one exists.
For the non-organic path I'd assume coco/perlite/biochar and some decent line - I used to use the PBP but like I said sounds like I need to find a replacement.
So how do you keep your moms?
I'm looking at 2 types of feed schedules - #1 being moms for the sake of active use and providing clones under modest light and #2 being for long-term storage/upkeep of genetics in case I want to run them again / have a plan B when trying something new.
For my current 'organic' moms I'm looking at NFTG as my 1st choice since I don't want to upsize the pots and being in smart pots the bonsai/rootball trim approach is trickier and may stress the plant a bit. I've top-dressed with some light N amendments (i.e. insect frass/alfalfa/neem) but I need to figure out the symptom(s) being shown. The 'one shot' from NFTG may be an option as well or another 'blend' like TomatoTone & the likes.
I'm also not dead set on staying 'organic' for moms - I'm personal use only so not gunning for certified/etc. So a semi-organic would be next option - i.e. what Pure Blend Pro used to be but it sounds like that's gone off-market and needs a viable replacement to be identified if one exists.
For the non-organic path I'd assume coco/perlite/biochar and some decent line - I used to use the PBP but like I said sounds like I need to find a replacement.
So how do you keep your moms?