Headband is bomb dank no doubt about it..lookin forward to growing some!
Can't wait to see how your's turns out. Yum!
Check you out man, got some nuggz and more on it's way
Again....yummy!
Incredible buds TT~
Well just got through this thread for the 2nd time.
Any thoughts on how your soil/coco/perlite hempys are performing vs your last coco/perlite hempys?
Thanks all!
Just had an even bigger pile of Blue Dragon. 4 plants down and two to go.
The last group is just finishing off and the new groups are only 2 to 4 weeks into 12/12 so my comments might change but here is my observations as of now.
In the first coco perlite hempies, the organic had has the edge in looks and taste over the non-organic.
The DM Purple/OC+ plants are bigger yielding. This might have been different if I had supplemented the organic plants when I first thought the nute level had dropped. The organic Blue Dragon that I "rescued" with a top dressing of OC+ seems to have the best of both world's.
The hempies themselves were great. No problems other than a little easily cured CalMag. Did good on the watering and draining.
Based on my early observations, I decided that going more organic suited me and that I would like to have the ease of hempies with the benefits of soil. I took clones and started to grow them out in test pots. Made a few mistakes but I am close to dialing this in.
The first batch coco/soil toasted the leaves. Three weeks of just water and sugar with one flush has new growth showing up with nice bud growth. I am going to continue this through the grow. Shouldn't have too add anything.
The second batch had the fert level cut in half. Still started a little burn but I flushed at the first signs and they are doing great. I was able to see that the Blue Dragon was the most sensitive, GDP came next and the Headband showed almost no damage.
Based on my observations so far, my opinion is that these coco/soil hempies will come in with a yield like the DM/OC+ hempies with even better look and taste than the organic coco/perlite hempies. I really won't know for about six weeks.
Both types of hempies have a res of chunky perlite. Seems to work well and not going to change that. In both groups, the coco does a good job of wicking up the moisture.
The next two plants are going to be put in a mix that is heavier on the coco and lighter on the FFOF mixture.
Somebody, who hasn't read the thread twice, will probably wonder about the nute mixture. I used Epsoma TomatoTone, Jobes Tomato, Dynamite Mater Magic and Dynamite Organic Brown. Took the recommended dose for each divide by 4 and then divided by 2 again. I added this to the FFOF. The mix was too rich so I combined the mix of nutes and FFOF to an equal part of FFOF. Next pots, I am going to take the current mix and match it with FFOF again. Should be about right. I also added some micros I had around.
I thought it was a light enough mix at the beginning. My only explanation for the burn is that I am also using Azos and Mykos from Extreme gardening. I have observed that their use in clone and veg creates great roots. Both are supposed to reduce the need for nutes. So far so good.
Probably won't have this dialed in for about 4 months.
Great summary and observations TT ! A true scientific way to do things. Tests and results. We should all do the same.
By they way, Thanks for the thought, in another journal about smuggling me some of those seeds. But don't, I have too many already!
Hey TT thanks for the encouragement on my journal.
Will be very interested in your smoke reports comparing the various growing methods.
Hey TT! Great news on your smoke reports!
I have great news too, I'm stoned
Accidentally snipped a bubba kush branch today so I'm smoking it up. Not the best I've ever had but the highest I've been since I started smoking my own, and she's still not done. I'm psyched - I really am going to grow some quality smoke
Anyhow I stopped by to ask if your pics have those stripes under the cmh and you somehow get rid of them? I haven't noticed any others like it except one of the contest entries this month. When I saw his pics I thought to myself he should have closed the shades. But it's the effect of this light.
If you don't have it I'm going to wonder about the reflector. You can't see the bars with your eyes, looks perfect and super bright. But I see them through the viewfinder.
Take care my friend!
... finished the GDP test.
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