Hey Derek, nice journal you have here! Your scrog work is fine too! I'm waiting for Gelato seeds now.
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I appreciate it. It’s my first time using SCROG. One of the corners of my Gelato is a little low, but I won’t let that happen next time. I’ve never smoked gelato but heard a lot of good things. So I’m excited to try it when it’s readyHey Derek, nice journal you have here! Your scrog work is fine too! I'm waiting for Gelato seeds now.
Thanks. I don’t seem to notice too much change because I work from home and I’m able to go look at them every 10 minutes lolHey Derek, grow is looking great man. I am going to pull up a chair and enjoy the flower show! Cheers bud!
Good to know I’m not the only oneYeah I am the same way. I try to force myself not to look all the time, especially when they are all little. I'm a lazy grower and do most of my stuff in veg. Flower is just rain water and water.
Ok, when you grow organically......I like to say I feed the soil and not the plant. You feed the soil with organic matter. Organic matter being compost, EWC, any amendments like Alfalfa meal, Bat guano, Kelp Meal, Gypsum, etc....needs to be broken down by the 'herd' (the herd being all the micro-organisms that work in conjunction with your plant roots to keep your plants happy and healthy) and made into a usable form for the plants.
Failure to give the amendments/organic matter sufficient time to break down during your "soil cook" and its a beacon for insects. The soil cook is the time you allow the herd to break down everything before you start using the soil. I recommend at least 30 days, but 45 to 60 will be better. After 60 days....that soil is nice and fertile and cooked and ready to plant in. So failure to give it enough time to "cook" or give it the proper environment to cook in (not too cold, not too hot) will lead to organic matter that isn't properly broken down or cooked which will attract pests. So a good cook is important.
That really only matters if you are using soil you mix on your own. I make my own soil so I have to do a good cook (I like 70-80 degree temps for the soil to cook in. Too low and bio-activity is slow. Too high of temps and it makes the conditions a bit too hostile for the herd to thrive. I cooked a batch in my basement last winter (55-60 degree temps) and my soil never smelled right and it just attracted every gnat in a 5 mile radius. No more cooking in cold basements.....I will cook it in the tent area where it gets a bit warmer temps.
Make sense?
If you want to go with quality....I encourage you to take a peak at Doc Bud's HiBrix growing style. If I didn't grow in my own soil (no pH, no nutes, just rain water only with an occasional Compost Tea) and have such good luck with it, I would be growing in Doc's stuff. His stuff produces some of the best weed I have smoked.
Ok, when you grow organically......I like to say I feed the soil and not the plant. You feed the soil with organic matter. Organic matter being compost, EWC, any amendments like Alfalfa meal, Bat guano, Kelp Meal, Gypsum, etc....needs to be broken down by the 'herd' (the herd being all the micro-organisms that work in conjunction with your plant roots to keep your plants happy and healthy) and made into a usable form for the plants.
Failure to give the amendments/organic matter sufficient time to break down during your "soil cook" and its a beacon for insects. The soil cook is the time you allow the herd to break down everything before you start using the soil. I recommend at least 30 days, but 45 to 60 will be better. After 60 days....that soil is nice and fertile and cooked and ready to plant in. So failure to give it enough time to "cook" or give it the proper environment to cook in (not too cold, not too hot) will lead to organic matter that isn't properly broken down or cooked which will attract pests. So a good cook is important.
That really only matters if you are using soil you mix on your own. I make my own soil so I have to do a good cook (I like 70-80 degree temps for the soil to cook in. Too low and bio-activity is slow. Too high of temps and it makes the conditions a bit too hostile for the herd to thrive. I cooked a batch in my basement last winter (55-60 degree temps) and my soil never smelled right and it just attracted every gnat in a 5 mile radius. No more cooking in cold basements.....I will cook it in the tent area where it gets a bit warmer temps.
Make sense?
Glad to be able to break it down so others can understand what happens and why. Always lots of stuff to learn when growing. Cheers Donkey!Good explanation, Van.
Thanks for that.
.. a close second to doc’s kit
I’ve been having to plan not to buy soil, so good to finally find an explanation of the ‘cook’. Cheers.