Jay's Detailed Soilless Grow

[Emilya Green]

Think this soilless mix is ok? Just the last pic worries me.. Feeds 9 months??

houseplants, maybe.... a fruiting plant, not a chance. Our weeds are particularly hungry and even though those little nutrient time release nuggets in there will still be releasing their stuff all through the grow, it will not be enough to grow cannabis buds to the level that you are going to want.

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

That is the right company that is their potting mix with some fertilizer in it if you can find the white bag that says HP and mycorrhiza by the same company I’ll see if I can find an old bag it’s $11 at Canadian tire

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

You want inert with no N P or K so you have all control

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

That will work fine tho just make sure to supplement hard your girls will suck tha stuff out of available nutrients and make sure too keep the slow release in mind and adjust your veg and bloom formulas accordingly more basics are more N for veg and more K and P for flower as I said just basics

 

[Reave]

You can’t get hp? Stuff with fertilizer in it can be challenging. My friend grows with that though so it can be done.

 

[Emilya Green]

its the same as growing in Miracle Grow... they have 6 month pellets in there. It can be done.

 

[hjayu94]

Will be returning this for sure! Bought from somewhere I knew there would be no problem returning. Thanks all. Don't want anything more challenging than needed.

 

[hjayu94]

This bag was the only type I saw from this company.. I'll have to check Canadian tire or else the gardening center! I see exactly what you mean by the white bag with mycorrhiza.

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

Yeaait looks like this
The important thing with any soiless substrate for best control is make sure it’s Ph buffered (will have lime or some sort of buffering agent in the ingredients) and the lack of a NPK rating giving you complete control of the root zone and what is being fed and used this is especially important for testing run off if you have slow release fertilizer it will mess with both your PPM and PH on run off and you will not be able to properly control the transition of veg to flower nutrients, further more makes flushing very very hard as you need to desolve and flush all those pellets just makes for allot more work and harder to read plants

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

That is the stuff you want you can add extra perlite for more drainage but I like it the way it comes holds water well it didn’t evaporate too fast allowing for the plant to use most of the water instead of going into the air and leaving extra salts in the substrate, the mycorrhiza also help big with both the growtof roots and making more nutrients available at the rates the plant is asking for it they have a symbiotic relationship with plant roots the feed off the carbohydrates the plant expels and in turn act as almost like a second root system finding and delivering the water and nutrients to the roots even when the tips can’t reach this along with a healthy Ryzoshpere also wards off pesky fungi in the garden like root rot as the beneficial fungi have taken the vacancy
A bit of Microbiology to help you out
Happy roots= big healthy plants
A botanist once told me and I love thinking of it this way is that you’re plant is just a representation of the health and vigor of the roots below

 

[Reave]

Do you have a Rona? That’s where I get mine. It’s out in their garden area.

 

[hjayu94]

We do have a Rona yes. I will go and find some of that today! Good info Canadian thanks. Certainly know your stuff.

This grow is bizzzaare. I'm starting to think the mutation is with the grower...



Here's Hindi again, 4 fingers (bottom), and tiny 4th fingers left and right...

And here is Blue, a completely different strain, bought at different time, different company...



Trying to grow a 4th finger! Weird.. The speckles are cause she was just misted with water.

 

[r0am1ng st0ner]

I think stress I get some of these weird leaves occasionally.

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

Well I have the advantage of being a greenhouse builder/ designer I also have a background in botany and biology not to mention I have been growing since I was 13 have had lots of years of trial and error with this specific plant,and @r0m1ng st0ner could be right stress will make a lot of strange growth patterns show up don’t be worried tho it’s a weed it loves a little adversity little bit of stress can be good for them

 

[hjayu94]

Haha ya, that's probably it. The whole MH light and low RH at the start may have caused some stress issues. But no worries here, they do look like they're growing well now

When do you think I could get the MH on low? Another week yet? Hoping to switch to MH before transplant. The two bigger ones are growing their 4th nodes.

Also found and bought the Promix HP.

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

Good glad you found the good stuff bro you will save a lot of work and time with that and frustration, and I’d say give them just a few more days maybe 2 than hit them with the HID on low keep a decent distance to start let them grow towards it as you turn it up would be the safest route after probably a week or so of HIDthey will probably be ready for transplant and a very light feeding like 1/4 strength or less

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

You want to start the feeding as early and light as you can as your practically in hydro you want them used to those nutes this will also hardy them up for harder feedings later and jump start their metabolism

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

One more tip I can’t recommend enough is B vitamins they are amazing for plant Heath and metabolism just cut them first week of flower they prevent stress and will slow the transition L, when we flip out lights growing indoor we induce a kind of light stress that causes fat sticky dense buds this stress is most helpful in first week of flip and b vitamins can reduce that stress and we don’t want that

 

[Plutopirate]

Jay: My Bakerstreet kush is starting to take off. Sorry for the blurpie pic.

 

[Canadianclstgrower]

They are looking nice man healthy from what I can see glad to see those LEDs nice and close