Something Wicked

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[George Mc]

Great! now I'm going to have nightmares.

 

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I'm going to be growing her in a one gallon fabric pot with coco and organic amendments. The goal is to have as many wet/dry cycles as possible. I want to keep her fairly small as I don't need 10 ounces of zamal lying around.

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She's already starting to stretch like a true Sativa.
The medium is a mix of 1/3 cup Build A Soil Craft blend
1/2 Cup Build A Soil Mineral Kit
and Coco Coir.
She will get hand watered for now,
but will eventually be hooked up to a 20 gallon reservoir.

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Dahlia the Zamaldelica is starting to stretch her legs.
I feel it is time to inoculate the coco medium with a good microbial population.
So with that, I'm going to be making a small tea, just like I did with my soil grow.

I'm going to be using ingredients
from multiple sources to try and get the best mix of bacteria.

I will let this brew with an air stone for 48 hours.
Finally, I will sprinkle the top of the coco coir with
Great White right before watering in the tea.

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[Emilya Green]

Stunning pic at the open... you got me hooked! Good luck!

 

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Stunning pic at the open... you got me hooked! Good luck!

Thank you Emilya.

 

[The Bard]

Signed up! Looking forward to this new adventure.

 

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Signed up! Looking forward to this new adventure.

Thanks Bard. This is new territory for me so we will see how it goes!

 

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I'm always a little worried when I do compost teas because they can be a little on the strong side.
I put her pot in the sink and drenched it until there was a good amount of runoff last night.
It looks like Dahlia has survived it.
There is some light spotting on her leaves but nothing to be concerned about just yet.
Coco Coir tends to bind up calcium and phosphorous so I am adding a slight about of BAS Build A Bloom amino acids for now as a precaution.

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Build A Soil Craft blend doesn't work so well in coco.
May 15, 2019

Dahlia started suffering from severe PH swings sometimes going all the way up to 8.0 Even after watering with PH 4.0
I think that there is something in craft blend that doesn't work with coco coir so I decided to transplant her back into the same soil mix that I was using for the last grow. I will keep her in the 1 gallon pot though. This time I won't use mulch as I'm looking for multiple wet dry cycles.

built a 10 gallon reservoir and placed her into her new home.
It's running plain water PH'd to 6.5 with citric acid and an air-stone.
The reservoir pump is connected to the Kasa Smart to handle all watering duties
Right now, she gets watered manually, but after she settles in, I will put her on a schedule.
She is a little yellow from the PH swing but she will recover.

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May 19, 2019





The water from my tap has been trending upwards of 7.5 PH. It is usually at 6.5
It also seems to have a buffer that keeps me from maintaining it at 6.5
I dumped the reservoir and added 8 gallons of distilled water.
I made up a fresh batch of soil using
50% Happy Frog,
50% Coco,
and the Mineral Kit for Coco from BAS.
I have an inch of pure coco on the top layer to help ward off fungus gnats.

I shut down the Moonshot and added a blue spectrum and a lower wattage 2700K LED.
I also shut down the exhaust fan to keep the humidity high.
I'm watering just enough to keep the medium moist so she can recover.
Her new growth is coming out greener, however she is stunted at the moment.

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[CraZysWeeD]

This looks awesome Retrix!

 

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This looks awesome Retrix!

Thanks Crazy. I'm testing this system with something small before I jump in full steam. I just can't be watering coco two and three times a day by hand.

 

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May 21, 2019





It looks like the 50/50 soil mix with distilled water did the trick.
I turned the fans up and put her back under the MoonShot.
Tomorrow she will get a delicious Bu's Brew BioDynamic Compost Tea.

This weekend the HydroShot will get its first test with managing the watering on it's own.
If that works, then it's off to the races with Dahlia the Zamaldelica.
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[CraZysWeeD]

She looks much better now. Soon super green.