DrDave1956
Active Member
I love reading the daily posts here, it's fun to see where you can fit in to help someone or learn something new.
My growing journey began at the beginning of 2020 after I made a few trips to Massachusetts to sample their recreational fare. At $528 an ounce for government weed, I knew there had to be a better way. I began to plan and spent about $500 on a tent, light, exhaust and cooling fans, Zero Water reservoir, pH and EC meters, Peat, Vermiculite, dolomitic lime, gypsum and GH's Flora series of nutes, hypos and other measuring devices. First grow in a 3 gallon pot was easy and unremarkable with no major issues - it yielded 3ozs of quality flower which I was very happy with and so were my friends. Next grow was in a 5 gallon and that yield was about 6 ozs of mid-quality flower as a result of a few pH issues that I screwed up. Today, I'm in a 7 gallon cloth pot, using LST to maximize the canopy and I'm growing organically...no more liquid salts. I'm trying my best to provide an environment that gives the plant everything it needs when it needs it. I do not transplant seedlings. Instead, I plant my peat pellet in its permanent home on or about day 4 or 5 of germination as soon as the tap root emerges from the bottom of the pellet. I believe tap roots are designed to drill as far down as they can go and anchor there, so I'm hoping this technique helps my root mass become as large as possible. I'm hoping to get 12-14 ozs from my current plant. I veged her for 4 full weeks and she has been in flower for exactly 30 days, with about 4 to 5 weeks to go. What do you think? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
My growing journey began at the beginning of 2020 after I made a few trips to Massachusetts to sample their recreational fare. At $528 an ounce for government weed, I knew there had to be a better way. I began to plan and spent about $500 on a tent, light, exhaust and cooling fans, Zero Water reservoir, pH and EC meters, Peat, Vermiculite, dolomitic lime, gypsum and GH's Flora series of nutes, hypos and other measuring devices. First grow in a 3 gallon pot was easy and unremarkable with no major issues - it yielded 3ozs of quality flower which I was very happy with and so were my friends. Next grow was in a 5 gallon and that yield was about 6 ozs of mid-quality flower as a result of a few pH issues that I screwed up. Today, I'm in a 7 gallon cloth pot, using LST to maximize the canopy and I'm growing organically...no more liquid salts. I'm trying my best to provide an environment that gives the plant everything it needs when it needs it. I do not transplant seedlings. Instead, I plant my peat pellet in its permanent home on or about day 4 or 5 of germination as soon as the tap root emerges from the bottom of the pellet. I believe tap roots are designed to drill as far down as they can go and anchor there, so I'm hoping this technique helps my root mass become as large as possible. I'm hoping to get 12-14 ozs from my current plant. I veged her for 4 full weeks and she has been in flower for exactly 30 days, with about 4 to 5 weeks to go. What do you think? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
