Peter Green's Microbial Soil: Cheese, 9 Pound Hammer & Sugar Candy, 2019

[Peter Green]

Hi @Smeegol Thanks for the recipe! I’ll keep it safe and I may give it a try some day. For now, I havn’t spotted any more pests.

 

[Peter Green]

@Smeegol Regarding the lights, I have a 12 month guarantee as I purchased it in SA. Hopefully it lasts, I’ve ordered a few more

 

[Peter Green]

Oh goodie, 4 more lights arrived today I have no use for them yet but it’s great inspiration

 

[Peter Green]

Haha.. tested the 4 new lights today and alas, two of them have already blown Curious to see how long the working lights will last.

 

[Smeegol]

Don't feel bad brother my indoor lights are also blowing.

 

[Peter Green]

Right, so, hi guys. I switched to 12/12 today and have placed the ladies in the middle of the room and also added another 2 lights. So now there are 3 of the 2x100w COB and everything's looking good. Woohoo now it's count down time, counting the flowering days. Oh and I transplanted into 20lt pots. I need to surround these ladies with something reflective.

 

[Smeegol]

Right, so, hi guys. I switched to 12/12 today and have placed the ladies in the middle of the room and also added another 2 lights. So now there are 3 of the 2x100w COB and everything's looking good. Woohoo now it's count down time, counting the flowering days. Oh and I transplanted into 20lt pots. I need to surround these ladies with something reflective.

Car windscreen reflectors do the job well.....and the count down has begun ......

 

[irie lion]

Hey @Peter Green!
Nice setup and healthy ladies!
Another saffa taking a seat if you dont mind. Look like i have joined just in time
Happy growing!

 

[Lerugged]

Car windscreen reflectors do the job well.....and the count down has begun ......

Hey Peter

Outdoor warehouse selms reflector stuff

Right, so, hi guys. I switched to 12/12 today and have placed the ladies in the middle of the room and also added another 2 lights. So now there are 3 of the 2x100w COB and everything's looking good. Woohoo now it's count down time, counting the flowering days. Oh and I transplanted into 20lt pots. I need to surround these ladies with something reflective.

Hey Peter

Outdoor warehouse has large sheets of reflector stuff to cover your tent. Maybe worth while.checking them

 

[Peter Green]

High guys @Lerugged @irie lion @Smeegol Thanks for the advice, maybe I can go grab something if I'm off on Friday. Thanks for joining @irie lion Great to get together here with fellow Saffa growers! It's great to finally be able to share pics and knowlege here I noticed a slight yellowing of the leaves so I added some Seagrow in a feed. I also defoliated, allowing much more light to the lower buds. Things are looking good, I can't wait to see some beautiful nugs on these ladies. The temp and humidy are perfect! I'm not flowering in my tent this time and I'm enjoying the space around the plants. Nice to be able to get around all of them. I still have the fresh air intake into the tent but I leave the tent unzipped with a fan blowing the fresh air toward the plants. I've taken cloes of each but I usually don't have much luck with cloning. Have an awesome day! Here's a pic from this morning:

 

[Lerugged]

High guys @Lerugged @irie lion @Smeegol Thanks for the advice, maybe I can go grab something if I'm off on Friday. Thanks for joining @irie lion Great to get together here with fellow Saffa growers! It's great to finally be able to share pics and knowlege here I noticed a slight yellowing of the leaves so I added some Seagrow in a feed. I also defoliated, allowing much more light to the lower buds. Things are looking good, I can't wait to see some beautiful nugs on these ladies. The temp and humidy are perfect! I'm not flowering in my tent this time and I'm enjoying the space around the plants. Nice to be able to get around all of them. I still have the fresh air intake into the tent but I leave the tent unzipped with a fan blowing the fresh air toward the plants. I've taken cloes of each but I usually don't have much luck with cloning. Have an awesome day! Here's a pic from this morning:

Nice and green man. That's a lush garden right there .

 

[Big Sparks]

@petergreen Everything looks pretty good so far! Im going to sit in on this one. I'll be puffin a fattie here in the back!

 

[Peter Green]

Good morning my friends @Big Sparks great to have you with us We're 15 days into flower, it's been a week since my last pic and I see good improvement here. I have only been feeding ph'd water for the past week. It's the 9 Pound hammer at the back, Sugar Candy in the middle and the ChChCheeze in the front row.

 

[Peter Green]

Never been topped nor fimmed

 

[Peter Green]

I havn't been measuring runoff because I've been watering very little and using very little synthetic nutes. Check out that last close up, I think maybe the ph of the soil is out, I'll check later today. Any thoughts?

 

[irie lion]

Hey @Peter Green, they are looking super healthy! Love the pics. Flowers are starting to pop so i'm sure it's getting smelly in there now do you add any calmag in your feedings?

 

[Peter Green]

@irie lion Hi mate, thanks I’m super stoked with these. I haven’t added any calmag no. It’s been only Kelpac seaweed extract in the beginning, worm tea, volcanic rock dust and then Seagrow fish emultion first week of flower. Other than that I’ve fed very little synthetic nutes. During the beginning stages I learned that the synthetics kill microbial life but can also sometimes be useful. The last was very near flowering and I noticed some outer edge yellowing which seemed to be a lack of phosphorus/potassium (can’t remember which ...maybe it was both) so I added a very weak solution B and MPK. The time before that was when the one of the 9P Hammer was looking totally skrewed so I added some A&B. It worked and that 9P is perfectly back on track. What I’ve learned is that the synthetics are very handy, even if it kills some microbes (which mulipy again in no time), it can be very beneficial to the plants so until the day that I have the perfect growing medium and all sorts of organic additives, I’m happy to use it. ...oh, I also use Aminomix during starting, repotting and finishing stages.

 

[Peter Green]

@irie lion Have you had good experiences with CalMag?

 

[irie lion]

@irie lion Hi mate, thanks I’m super stoked with these. I haven’t added any calmag no. It’s been only Kelpac seaweed extract in the beginning, worm tea, volcanic rock dust and then Seagrow fish emultion first week of flower. Other than that I’ve fed very little synthetic nutes. During the beginning stages I learned that the synthetics kill microbial life but can also sometimes be useful. The last was very near flowering and I noticed some outer edge yellowing which seemed to be a lack of phosphorus/potassium (can’t remember which ...maybe it was both) so I added a very weak solution B and MPK. The time before that was when the one of the 9P Hammer was looking totally skrewed so I added some A&B. It worked and that 9P is perfectly back on track. What I’ve learned is that the synthetics are very handy, even if it kills some microbes (which mulipy again in no time), it can be very beneficial to the plants so until the day that I have the perfect growing medium and all sorts of organic additives, I’m happy to use it. ...oh, I also use Aminomix during starting, repotting and finishing stages.

I fully agree with you! I use Biodyne liquid gold which contains millions of about 25 different living microorganisms which luckily makes up for that. Regarding calmag, reason why i asked - often with my grows one or two plants will start going a lighter green here and there and my Calmag has corrected it within a day or two every time. Do you water with tap water or what are you watering with? SA's tap water contains plenty calcium and magnesium though so it may depend what water you are using.

 

[Smeegol]

High guys @Lerugged @irie lion @Smeegol Thanks for the advice, maybe I can go grab something if I'm off on Friday. Thanks for joining @irie lion Great to get together here with fellow Saffa growers! It's great to finally be able to share pics and knowlege here I noticed a slight yellowing of the leaves so I added some Seagrow in a feed. I also defoliated, allowing much more light to the lower buds. Things are looking good, I can't wait to see some beautiful nugs on these ladies. The temp and humidy are perfect! I'm not flowering in my tent this time and I'm enjoying the space around the plants. Nice to be able to get around all of them. I still have the fresh air intake into the tent but I leave the tent unzipped with a fan blowing the fresh air toward the plants. I've taken cloes of each but I usually don't have much luck with cloning. Have an awesome day! Here's a pic from this morning:

Good morning my friends @Big Sparks great to have you with us We're 15 days into flower, it's been a week since my last pic and I see good improvement here. I have only been feeding ph'd water for the past week. It's the 9 Pound hammer at the back, Sugar Candy in the middle and the ChChCheeze in the front row.

Beautiful mr.Green love that cheese.... But all the girls are brimming with health...

@irie lion Have you had good experiences with CalMag?

I also use calmag in my feeds....

I fully agree with you! I use Biodyne liquid gold which contains millions of about 25 different living microorganisms which luckily makes up for that. Regarding calmag, reason why i asked - often with my grows one or two plants will start going a lighter green here and there and my Calmag has corrected it within a day or two every time. Do you water with tap water or what are you watering with? SA's tap water contains plenty calcium and magnesium though so it may depend what water you are using.

Evening brother Irie, what is this devilish concoction you cal Biodyne....??