In The Lab

[DrZiggy]

I have some friends that the inverse is true... Theyre not high 3x / week!

 

[PakaloloHawaii]

I go dirt biking with a few friends every weekend. And boy do I like to roll nice healthy sized joints and smoke them before, during, and after our rides. One of my friends laughs and trips every time. He says that one of my joints would last him at least a month. Bahahahahahahaha

 

[gryzzly56]

Updated Instructions: October 2014

The Kit:

The End User will need the following:

3.8 cu ft bale of ProMix HP myco, or Sunshine #4 or Promix BX myco. Perlite can be added to the BX in order increase porosity for indoor growing.

20-40 pounds of organic worm castings that show an NPK of zero K. (1-1-0)

A proper growing environment, basic gardening skills, 7 gallon pots and a sprayer capable of putting out a fine spray.

The Products:

Drenches

Growth Energy: This product increases soil energy and provides vegetative growth energy and bulking of fruit and flowers once formed.

Transplant: This product, being organic, slightly favors reproductive growth of seeds, flowers and fruit. It is used to feed the microbial colony in the soil mostly, but it also boosts reproductive growth.

Cat Drench: This product increases soil energy, highly favors reproductive growth and provides cations and the ammonia form of nitrogen, which strongly stimulate fruiting and flowering, as well as seed production.

All drenches are mixed at 1/2 ounce per 6 plants(30 sq. feet of garden space for those in raised beds) Applications up to 1.5 oz can be applied without harm, but very few plants require this much. Heavy feeders might try .75 oz before mixing stronger.

Another practice some container growers are finding helpful is to include 1/4 strength Transplant with every watering.


Foliar Sprays:

Brix: Sprayed every week to 10 days, this product encourages reproductive growth and essential oil and resin production. Brix foliar should not be skipped, even if the plants look perfect.

De-Stress: This product helps plants heal, deal with stress and provides a broad spectrum of trace minerals. This can be sprayed 1-2 times per week when there are signs of plant stress. If the plants look "perfect" there is no reason to spray with De-Stress. Also, mixed at 50% strength it helps high brix clones root much faster.

Both foliar sprays are mixed at 1oz per quart of RO. Use Brix immediately after mixing. De-stress can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Soil Amendments

Amendment: this product is mixed into the bale of Promix, watered, and allowed to "cook" in a barrel for a minimum of 30 days in order to get the soil ready for planting. Please note that the most recent version of amendment has the old "conditioner" added to it already!

Re-Charge: This product is similar to Amendment, but has a few additions and ommisions. It is designed to be top dressed during the 3rd week of the bloom cycle. Outdoors, apply re-charge when buds have set. It's best to scratch it into the top layer of soil and gently water it in to avoid soil compaction.

Roots!: This is a microbial inoculate. A light dusting on rootballs during transplanting and a small amount at the bottom of the hole where seeds are planted is the proper use for this product. 1 Tablespoon per transplanted cutting sprinkled in and around the hole is perfect. More can be used when transplanting from the Veg area to the Bloom containers. Water with 1/4 Transplant for the first application of Roots!.

Tea: This is a liquid humate product loaded with beneficials. It is mixed with each feeding at the rate of 2.5 mil per 6 plants (30 square feet)


So, how does all this work together?

Upon acquiring the Promix HP myco, the worm castings and enough plastic barrels to contain 60 gallons of soil:

Carefully and thoroughly mix the following:

Amendment
Promix
Worm castings.

Place the above dry mix into barrels and water with 3-5 gallons of water. Stir it, mix it, turn it over....and let it sit covered for one month. Temps must be no lower than 62 degrees and no higher than 85 degrees. Lower temps can take another week to "cook" while higher temps might be ready sooner. 1 month is usually spot on.

Once the soil has cooked, it's now time to plant!

Seeds:

Using a gallon sized container of newly cooked High Brix soil, make sure the soil is still slightly moist from the barrel. Not soaking wet....but moist.

Using a pencil, or chopstick or a non-functioning vape pen, make a divet in the soil about 1/4 inch deep. Add a small amount of ROOTS! in and around this hole, in which you deposit the seed and lightly cover with surrounding dirt. Gently water with 1/4 strength Transplant if needed to keep the soil moist, but not wet.

Clones:

Pretty much the same as seeds, but use enough ROOTS! to completely dust the roots and put a small amount at the bottom of the hole. Water with 1 pint of water, or 1/4 strength Transplant drench.

Upcanning of larger plants:

Vertically score the roots, dust all roots with ROOTS!, place some in the bottom of the hole, gently position rootball and soak the medium with water and 1/4 strength Transplant.

Water All seeds, all newly transplanted clones and newly tranplanted vegging plants with 1/4 strength Tranpslant

Use of Foliar Sprays:

Spray Brix and De-Stress 1 time weekly, not on the same day! De-Stress can be sprayed twice a week if the plants continue to exhibit signs of stress.

Mix each spray at 1 oz per quart of RO, using a fine mist try to get the underside of the leaves.

Using Drenches:

Tea: All drenches are "served" with 2.5 mils of Tea. No execptions.

In High Brix growing, drenches do far more than feed the plant. They signal the plant to grow or re-produce, and they keep the biology in the soil happy and productive. This is where the magic happens! Water with straight water plus 1/4 strength Transplant between drenches with one exception.*

Growth Energy: used nearly exclusively in veg. This is where strong stems and healthy leaves come from. It is also used during the latter half of the bloom cycle to bulk up fruit and flowers. Mix at 1/2 oz per 6 plants. Stronger doses can be used if needed, but generally you'll just waste product. Finishing the growing cycle on Growth Energy results in a sweeter produce.

Transplant Should be used during the bloom phase alternating with Growth Energy. It is used at 1/2 oz per 6 plants (30 square feet.) Some growers have found that essential oil and resin production can be increased by using 1/4 oz of Transplant evenly distributed to every plant with each and every watering....whether with a drench or with just plain water. Please note, this does not mean 1/4 TO EVERY PLANT, but 1/4 oz divided equally to all plants.

**Cat Drench: This is used right when buds set. It is strongly reproductive in effect and if used at the wrong time will result in stunted growth and lower yields. Used at the proper time, unprecedented resin formation takes place. It is used twice in a row (no water in between applications). Using Cat Drench late in bloom may increase certain flavors and smells, but it also results in a more "gamey" flavor in produce.

These are the basic instructions for using the kit! A few pointers:

When in doubt about which drench to use, use Growth Energy.

If the plants seem weak and need a boost---almost never happens unless you made a mistake or there has been some environmental issue or circumstances beyond your control---try this:

1 oz. Transplant per gallon of water with 6 mils of Tea. Feed a solution with this composition to all the plants. It will re-colonize the roots and get things back on track. Do not do this if you aren't having any problems.

Hi doc, thanks for all the great info and undoubtedly all the time and effort you must have done on this, do you have a website that we can go to and where can I find this kit? I'm still relatively a begginer here but am ready to step up my game, any info I can get will be very much appreciated! Your bro in weed, Peter.

 

[gryzzly56]

Pm me too please.

 

[gryzzly56]

Same here, lol

 

[gryzzly56]

Is drenching a flushing?

 

[Doc Bud]

Hi doc, thanks for all the great info and undoubtedly all the time and effort you must have done on this, do you have a website that we can go to and where can I find this kit? I'm still relatively a begginer here but am ready to step up my game, any info I can get will be very much appreciated! Your bro in weed, Peter.

No website just yet....can't keep up with things as they are. I'm sending you a PM.

 

[Doc Bud]

Is drenching a flushing?

Not exactly...it's a thorough watering designed to moisten all the soil and roots.

 

[solst1ce]

I must have posted in the wrong thread-
I can't PM due to low post count on this site. I am hoping to get the "kit" ordering info, but not having heard back from the Doc did a high brix research on the web and ended up at 'tandjenterprises.com" and got a high brix package for general gardening.
Still interested in the Doc's kit if he could PM me too.

 

[Major PITA]

I must have posted in the wrong thread-
I can't PM due to low post count on this site. I am hoping to get the "kit" ordering info, but not having heard back from the Doc did a high brix research on the web and ended up at 'tandjenterprises.com" and got a high brix package for general gardening.
Still interested in the Doc's kit if he could PM me too.

Patience, Grasshopper. ::

 

[DrZiggy]

He may be travelling to the Cup..

 

[Dutty Panty]

Ok I'm Transplanting to a 1 gallon. Used roots and dust root ball and area going in. How much transplant would I use mixed with 32 oz of water? Can it be saved in the fridge or just toss excess. Keep in mind this is one plant in a trial run its the pestilence s1. I'll be ordering your other kit Monday doc I got invoice just been busy.

 

[Dutty Panty]

Damn meant to post that in q and a.

 

[Doc Bud]

Ok I'm Transplanting to a 1 gallon. Used roots and dust root ball and area going in. How much transplant would I use mixed with 32 oz of water? Can it be saved in the fridge or just toss excess. Keep in mind this is one plant in a trial run its the pestilence s1. I'll be ordering your other kit Monday doc I got invoice just been busy.

The new Roots! product doesn't require too much more than water at the time of transplanting.....I'd use like 5mils. Don't save it in the fridge...it will bloom with the Tea and water.

 

[GoodLuck]

Pm me as well Doc thanks

 

[GoodLuck]

Mail sent

 

[Dutty Panty]

I only used 1.25ml to 32oz of water and that was enough water to saturate it.

 

[Doc Bud]

I only used 1.25ml to 32oz of water and that was enough water to saturate it.

You're fine. I'm just thinking about your strains that are used to high PPM salts, etc.

 

[GoodLuck]

Well I just used up the last of the Soil mix, so when this flowering cycle is finished I will be sending you an email Doc, Thanks for getting back so quick.

Gonna be cool to try this High Brix soil kit out

 

[solst1ce]

the kit arrived last week and I'm cooking up some fresh soil per doc's instructions... be ready to start some plants in a month or so.
I have an issue with poor municipal water quality , PPM that is 250-300 and full of chloramines. When brewing beer I address by using RODI and adding back in the appropriate salts (calcium chloride and sometimes gypsum). For watering plants I have been taking the RODI water and using Cal/Mag (earth juice) to bring it up to 50-100 PPM. I'm wondering if I should continue with the Cal/Mag. I could switch to gypsum (calcium sulfate CaSO4*2H20) or calcium chloride (CaCl2*2H20). Calcium Carbonate would be great if it only was water soluable, and straight RODI is no problem for me to make but I know in brewing that the osmotic pressure is of RODI is enough to burst the cell walls of my yeast so I'm reluctant to use it on soil where I want to encourage microbial growth.
any thoughts on this