AFTER HEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHOICES PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOIL AVAILABLE TO GROWERS TODAY. I DECIDED TO DO A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON GROW..
SO TONIGHT I TOOK SIX IDENTICAL CLONES. THE SAME AGE THE SAME SIZE AND THE SAME STRAIN OFF THE SAME MOTHER. (train wreck)
ROOTED IN ROCK WOOL PLUGS AND PLANTED THEM IN THE SAME SIZE 1 GALLON POTS..
BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT SOIL..
PLANT #1 FOX FARM OCEAN FOREST ORGANIC SOIL MIX..
PLANT #2 MIRACLE-GRO POTTING MIX..
PLANT #3 MIRACLE-GRO ORGANIC POTTING SOIL..
PLANT #4 PRO MIX #4..
PLANT #5 CHEAP POTTING SOIL FROM TRUE VALUE HARDWARE..
PLANT #6 DIRT RIGHT OUT OF MY BACK YARD.. (NOTHING ADDED)
ALL SIX PLANTS WILL BE GROWING IN A 8' X 8' ROOM UNDER A 1000W MH WITH A NEW EYE BLUE HORTILUX LAMP..
THE ROOM WILL BE KEEP AT 78f AND 55%rh AND I WILL NOT BE USEING CO2 IN THIS TEST ROOM BUT CO2 IS IN USE IN THE REST OF THE ROOMS IN THE SAME GREEN HOUSE..
ALL SIX TEST PLANTS WILL BE GIVEN THE SAME EXACT AMOUNT OF WATER ON THE EXACT SAME DAYS. WITCH WILL BE A CHALANG DO TO THE SOILS DRYING OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. (not shure at this time how i will do this)
I MAY WATER EACH PLANT ONLY WHEN THE MOISTURE LEVEL REACHES THE SAME POINT ON THE METER..
THE TEST PLANTS WILL ONLY BE GIVEN NUTRIENTS EVERY TEN DAYS.
AND THE NUTRIENTS WILL BE MIXED IN A FIVE GALLON BUCKET AND ALL TEST PLANTS WILL BE GIVEN THE EXACT SAME AMOUNTS OF THE EXACT SAME MIX ON THE EXACT SAME DAYS..
A LOG WILL BE KEEPT EVERY DAY AT THE SAME TIME AND I WILL RECORD THE PH LEVEL THE MOISTURE LEVEL AND THE TEMP. OF THE SOIL.
I WILL ALSO RECORD THE SIZE OF EACH PLANT WEEKLEY..
WHEN THE FIRST PLANT NEEDS TO BE TRANSPLANTED I WILL TRANSPLANT ALL SIX INTO FIVE GALLON POTS AT THE SAME TIME..
ALL SIX TEST PLANTS WILL BE IN VEG FOR FORE WEEKS AND THEN PUT INTO BUD READY OR NOT ON THE FIFTH WEEK..
ALL SIX TEST PLANTS WILL BUD FOR EIGHT WEEKS AND BE HARVESTED ON THE NINETH WEEK AND DRYED IN THE SAME DRYING ROOM AT THE SAME TEMP. FOR 12 DAYS..
ON DAY 13 ALL PLANTS WILL HAVE THER HOLE WEIGHT RECORDED AND THEN ALL THE BUDS WEIGHT WILL BE RECORDED..
ALL INFO FROM THE LOG. ALONG WITH PHOTOS OF EACH PLANT. AND PHOTOS OF ALL PLANTS SIDE BY SIDE WILL BE POSTED IN THIS THREAD EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 10:00pm..
SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND SUM ENTERTAINMENT IN THIS LONG DRAWN OUT PERSONAL QUEST INTO DIRT...
FIRST PICS.WILL BE POSTED ON TUESDAY 06/06/06...
SO TONIGHT I TOOK SIX IDENTICAL CLONES. THE SAME AGE THE SAME SIZE AND THE SAME STRAIN OFF THE SAME MOTHER. (train wreck)
ROOTED IN ROCK WOOL PLUGS AND PLANTED THEM IN THE SAME SIZE 1 GALLON POTS..
BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT SOIL..
PLANT #1 FOX FARM OCEAN FOREST ORGANIC SOIL MIX..
PLANT #2 MIRACLE-GRO POTTING MIX..
PLANT #3 MIRACLE-GRO ORGANIC POTTING SOIL..
PLANT #4 PRO MIX #4..
PLANT #5 CHEAP POTTING SOIL FROM TRUE VALUE HARDWARE..
PLANT #6 DIRT RIGHT OUT OF MY BACK YARD.. (NOTHING ADDED)
ALL SIX PLANTS WILL BE GROWING IN A 8' X 8' ROOM UNDER A 1000W MH WITH A NEW EYE BLUE HORTILUX LAMP..
THE ROOM WILL BE KEEP AT 78f AND 55%rh AND I WILL NOT BE USEING CO2 IN THIS TEST ROOM BUT CO2 IS IN USE IN THE REST OF THE ROOMS IN THE SAME GREEN HOUSE..
ALL SIX TEST PLANTS WILL BE GIVEN THE SAME EXACT AMOUNT OF WATER ON THE EXACT SAME DAYS. WITCH WILL BE A CHALANG DO TO THE SOILS DRYING OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. (not shure at this time how i will do this)
I MAY WATER EACH PLANT ONLY WHEN THE MOISTURE LEVEL REACHES THE SAME POINT ON THE METER..
THE TEST PLANTS WILL ONLY BE GIVEN NUTRIENTS EVERY TEN DAYS.
AND THE NUTRIENTS WILL BE MIXED IN A FIVE GALLON BUCKET AND ALL TEST PLANTS WILL BE GIVEN THE EXACT SAME AMOUNTS OF THE EXACT SAME MIX ON THE EXACT SAME DAYS..
A LOG WILL BE KEEPT EVERY DAY AT THE SAME TIME AND I WILL RECORD THE PH LEVEL THE MOISTURE LEVEL AND THE TEMP. OF THE SOIL.
I WILL ALSO RECORD THE SIZE OF EACH PLANT WEEKLEY..
WHEN THE FIRST PLANT NEEDS TO BE TRANSPLANTED I WILL TRANSPLANT ALL SIX INTO FIVE GALLON POTS AT THE SAME TIME..
ALL SIX TEST PLANTS WILL BE IN VEG FOR FORE WEEKS AND THEN PUT INTO BUD READY OR NOT ON THE FIFTH WEEK..
ALL SIX TEST PLANTS WILL BUD FOR EIGHT WEEKS AND BE HARVESTED ON THE NINETH WEEK AND DRYED IN THE SAME DRYING ROOM AT THE SAME TEMP. FOR 12 DAYS..
ON DAY 13 ALL PLANTS WILL HAVE THER HOLE WEIGHT RECORDED AND THEN ALL THE BUDS WEIGHT WILL BE RECORDED..
ALL INFO FROM THE LOG. ALONG WITH PHOTOS OF EACH PLANT. AND PHOTOS OF ALL PLANTS SIDE BY SIDE WILL BE POSTED IN THIS THREAD EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 10:00pm..
SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND SUM ENTERTAINMENT IN THIS LONG DRAWN OUT PERSONAL QUEST INTO DIRT...
FIRST PICS.WILL BE POSTED ON TUESDAY 06/06/06...