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I wonder what that big gnarly beauty looked like with her fan leaves.
Lollipopped naked like that, she sure is something!
I'm curious about the lights that grew colas top to bottom.
That's a 5 gallon bucket she's in, isn't it?

Apparently it's a 2gal bucket with 600watts and 400watts of what I don't know.:popcorn:

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that mom looks great!

Bro your gonna love the DM! its doing great for me, i love it! on my next grow i am gonna ditch the OC+ to because what i see in my grow its not even close to the DM with my setup. i will be very interested in how it vegges though; since i skipped that phase. i would also love to see how it dose in coco since thats gonna be my next growing method. but i do think ur gonna be very happy with the purple DM, i feel its truly amazing from what i see with my girls. IDK bro maybe its my temps or something but the DM is making the OC+ look bad on my gro. ill post pics this weekend of each girl and show you guys. i am just hoping the OC+ is just making them bloom latter or something, because somethings up? worked great for you so i dont understand? do u think ur girls took longer to start budding using OC+? I just dont understand? 4 DM plants are doing great and the 2 OC+ ones arnt?

Your experience with TRF's, while interesting, is not really a good indicator for what they can or can't do. Your environment was extreme, to say the least.

Your plants were not able to flower...not normal.

The only conclusion we "might" be able to draw from your grow is that in really extreme, 95+ degree temps, Dynamite works better than OC+.

But that really isn't a good way to grow weed.

OC+ worked like magic for me....and I got to see, taste and touch some LED grown weed, grown in perlite and OC+ only.....no other nutes. It was dense, sticky, smelly, and very, very nice.

NPK is NPK. Micro's are micro's. OC+ has a better profile than DM.....but DM may release differently at temps. They should both be nearly indistinguishable from eachother in a more reasonable environment.

I'm sticking with CRF's....OC+ is my choice for now.

In my current grow, in which the environment is absolutely perfect, the OC+ plants are outperforming the all organic plants. All the plants are healthy and gorgeous.....but the OC+ are bigger and a bit greener.

Don't let your experience with either product bring you to any conclusions at all.....it's a wonder your plants grew at all, considering the extreme temps you had to deal with.

As things cool down, you will find the OC+ does just fine....but neither of us know what the abuse did to your plants. Don't blame it on nutes....temps were the obvious trouble.
 
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Your experience with TRF's, while interesting, is not really a good indicator for what they can or can't do. Your environment was extreme, to say the least.

Your plants were not able to flower...not normal.

The only conclusion we "might" be able to draw from your grow is that in really extreme, 95+ degree temps, Dynamite works better than OC+.

But that really isn't a good way to grow weed.

Doc, if we all had to grow weed in good conditions, it would be $1000oz LOL.
I'm having issues with OC+ too. Irish is just putting out his experiences. You may have happened to have all your stuff set up for a great OC grow ( which was very nice I must add), but not everybody has the time, money or expertise to do that. Doesn't mean that bad results should be ignored or swept under the rug. I want to know the bad shit, too.




OC+ worked like magic for me....and I got to see, taste and touch some LED grown weed, grown in perlite and OC+ only.....no other nutes. It was dense, sticky, smelly, and very, very nice.

NPK is NPK. Micro's are micro's.

I don't really think that's true. Scott's is a big company with a bottom line. I'd bet that all nute companies don't get their ingredients from the same place. I'd also bet that some companies put stuff in their mixes that aren't as good as another company's. I'll bet that some even buy from the cheapest vendor they can find?

Plus, no TRF I've seen is made for pot. I think it's just lucky that it works well with it in any case.

OC+ has a better profile than DM.....but DM may release differently at temps. They should both be nearly indistinguishable from eachother in a more reasonable environment.

I'm sticking with CRF's....OC+ is my choice for now.

In my current grow, in which the environment is absolutely perfect, the OC+ plants are outperforming the all organic plants. All the plants are healthy and gorgeous.....but the OC+ are bigger and a bit greener.

Don't let your experience with either product bring you to any conclusions at all.....it's a wonder your plants grew at all, considering the extreme temps you had to deal with.

This guy is a pretty grower to pull this one out, I put a lot of stock in his observations, and you don't seem like a guy who keeps doing stuff that doesn't work:) Anecdotal info is pretty much what gets passed around here, take what you want and leave the rest, eh?

As things cool down, you will find the OC+ does just fine....but neither of us know what the abuse did to your plants. Don't blame it on nutes....temps were the obvious trouble.

In a good situation for OC, it apparently works well, in not so good ones it doesn't. All along Irish has been acknowledging his heat issue, I never got the impression he was blaming it on the nutes... just giving a heads up on another possibilty.

OC+ doesn't work well with a high TA, either. Tweak, tweak, tweak.

I'm looking for other possibilites, too. I'm not sure if I can tailor my situation (and every grower seems to be in a different situation) to OC... I don't think that nutes are a one size fits all deal.

Hey, I just got in, I'm going to load a bowl and a glass of cheap vodka and seltezer... old folks! Cheers :cool:



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Your experience with TRF's, while interesting, is not really a good indicator for what they can or can't do. Your environment was extreme, to say the least.

Your plants were not able to flower...not normal.

The only conclusion we "might" be able to draw from your grow is that in really extreme, 95+ degree temps, Dynamite works better than OC+.

But that really isn't a good way to grow weed.

OC+ worked like magic for me....and I got to see, taste and touch some LED grown weed, grown in perlite and OC+ only.....no other nutes. It was dense, sticky, smelly, and very, very nice.

NPK is NPK. Micro's are micro's. OC+ has a better profile than DM.....but DM may release differently at temps. They should both be nearly indistinguishable from eachother in a more reasonable environment.

I'm sticking with CRF's....OC+ is my choice for now.

In my current grow, in which the environment is absolutely perfect, the OC+ plants are outperforming the all organic plants. All the plants are healthy and gorgeous.....but the OC+ are bigger and a bit greener.

Don't let your experience with either product bring you to any conclusions at all.....it's a wonder your plants grew at all, considering the extreme temps you had to deal with.

As things cool down, you will find the OC+ does just fine....but neither of us know what the abuse did to your plants. Don't blame it on nutes....temps were the obvious trouble.

well the temps are good now 77F* so that should let the OC+ show what they can do.. but i never said the OC+ wasn't better i said in my grow in my conditions the DM did better, so since i face high temps allot i am choosing DM all the way. weren't you the one that said the 3-1-2 profile on the DM is the best for plants? so how is the OC+ profile better? the only thing i can see different is zinc, the mag & cal seem to be better on the DM IMO. either way no one can say witch ones better unless they do a side by side in PERFECT conditions, but most growers dont have this! but i know in higher temps the DM is doing better for me. its all i need to see since i have to grow in hot temps all the time. thats what i am choosing to use. to each is their own and i dont care witch one anyone uses, all i am doing is sharing my info that i am learning.

either way i think they all work good, certainly just as good as the pricey stuff.

For the record i never blamed it on the OC+ i said
IDK bro maybe its my temps or something but the DM is making the OC+ look bad on my gro.
just sharing what i see.

The only conclusion we "might" be able to draw from your grow is that in really extreme, 95+ degree temps, Dynamite works better than OC+.

But that really isn't a good way to grow weed.


believe it or not thats a good thing to know because allot of grower have to grow in these temps because they dont have a good grow area with A/C or Co2 tanks or whatever. i know it was very good for me to learn witch ones do better in high temps because its always hot where i live for most of the year. so i feel its very important to know these results in these temps.. and most will agree.

OC+ worked like magic for me....and I got to see, taste and touch some LED grown weed, grown in perlite and OC+ only.....no other nutes. It was dense, sticky, smelly, and very, very nice.

i have no doubt that OC+ plant isn't dense, sticky, smelly, and very, very nice. but that dosent mean DM wont do the same or better. even GH will do the same with just the micro and bloom with nothing els. it just shows that TRF can grow quality weed just like other nutes for less money and less labor

In my current grow, in which the environment is absolutely perfect, the OC+ plants are outperforming the all organic plants. All the plants are healthy and gorgeous.....but the OC+ are bigger and a bit greener.
but were talking about OC+ and DM? I have no doubt that OC+ would do better then the organic plants you have.

Don't let your experience with either product bring you to any conclusions at all.....it's a wonder your plants grew at all, considering the extreme temps you had to deal with.
I do it every year in these temps and pull nice buds.

why wouldn't i let my experience bring me to any conclusions? isn't what type of TRF works good for me in my growing conditions a good conclusion to make??? i certainly think it is.


I've decided to go with Dynamite in the purple bottle, which is a controlled-release fertilizer that you apply once at the start of the grow.

It's not a "mainstream" nute in the world of growing cannabis, but I honestly think it can work better for me than anything else, so I'm going with it.

The OC+ rocked my last grow, and I think the DM purple may perform even better.


I AM CURIOS WHY SS IS CHOOSING DM ON THIS GROW ALSO AND WHATS HIS THOUGHTS ON WHY HE THINKS THE DM MIGHT DO BETTER? SEEMS IF HE THOUGHT THE PROFILE WAS TRULY BETTER ON THE OC+ HE WOULD CHANGE IMO. not too sure if this is why he thinks it may perform better then the OC+?
 
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I wanted to show everyone what i am talking about when i say the DM is doing better then the OC+ in my grow. if you want me to delete these pics i will no problem SS I mean no disrespect, i am just trying to show everyone what i am talking about.

OC+
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DM Red Bottle
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DM Purple Bottle
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the rest of the pics are on my grow.
this is why i say the DM is doing better in my grow? i dont want any one to take my post the wrong way and think i am just trying to bag on the OC+ in any way. i am just trying to share my experience with these TRF in my grow condition's..
 
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I wanted to show everyone what i am talking about when i say the DM is doing better then the OC+ in my grow. if you want me to delete these pics i will no problem SS I mean no disrespect, i am just trying to show everyone what i am talking about.

I wouldn't want anyone to delete what's going on in their grow room is, so no worries bro. Every data point is a small piece of the puzzle.

Your negative results with OC are a single data point, and my positive results with OC are a single data point. There are a lot of other variables at play, so I don't put much stock in either OC's poor showing in your grow, nor it's success in my grow.

I'm hoping more growers use them and then report their results, so that we see how different CRF's work in different environments, like high temps, hard water, different media, etc., but at this point, *I* would not jump to any *firm* conclusions.

Doesn't mean I'm not payin' attention ;).
 
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I wouldn't want anyone to delete what's going on in their grow room is, so no worries bro. Every data point is a small piece of the puzzle.

Your negative results with OC are a single data point, and my positive results with OC are a single data point. There are a lot of other variables at play, so I don't put much stock in either OC's poor showing in your grow, nor it's success in my grow.

I'm hoping more growers use them and then report their results, so that we see how different CRF's work in different environments, like high temps, hard water, different media, etc., but at this point, *I* would not jump to any *firm* conclusions.

Doesn't mean I'm not payin' attention ;).

i agree 100%. its all data.
as far i know the OC+ could do better then the DM in cooler temps IDK? but i would love to find out.. because if thats the case then i would use OC+ in the colder months and DM in the Hotter months.. every element changes things sometimes big way. one of these TRF might do better then the other one in a different medium as far as i know?

the moral of the story is TRF do great at growing our MJ plants and their should be no reason why someone would spend hundreds of dollars on hydro shop nutes. maybe just different TRF act different in different conditions.

want to make this very clear to anyone that may have taken my post the wrong way. i am in no way saying that OC+ is not good or that DM is so much better, we all can see clear as day that OC+ grow SS and DOC some very nice plants.. all i was saying is that SS is going love the DM from what i have seen in my grow; and showing my results and sharing what i see in my own grow.
all i am trying to do is help build the puzzle to make a big picture complete by adding a small piece to it.
 
Re: 420 Cannasumer Reports Competition - GrowLEDHydro 300w LED vs. 400w HID

Every pothead knows "Purple IS always better dude!"

(sorry, couldn't resist. pls carry on with all the good info...)
 
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yeah, Dynamite knows whattup ;).


peeps, I don't have any strong enough emotional investments or attachments to any products used to grow marijuana for it to offend me when people disagree with me.

in light of the bigger picture, I'm not gonna trip on stuff like dat.

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yeah, Dynamite knows whattup ;).


peeps, I don't have any strong enough emotional investments or attachments to any products used to grow marijuana for it to offend me when people disagree with me.

in light of the bigger picture, I'm not gonna trip on stuff like dat.

:peace:
well said brother.

everyone has their own opinions, and thats a good thing.we will all have are own differences. some like Fords some like Chevy's, some like GH some like AN, it dosent matter. the thing that counts is that we all work together help each other out and learn stuff while we do it. we all here to do one thing! grow killer fat buds and learn. i could care less witch company dose better as long as i get good buds i am happy

guess what??
I just saved allot of money switching my grow insurance to TRF.:rofl:
 
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guess what??
I just saved allot of money switching my grow insurance to TRF.:rofl:

I would switch to TRF's in a heartbeat.. But I do bubbles..


BTW it's much cheaper to make a Chevy go fast IMO.. But if your interested in towing that Chevy for many years to come.. You'll do it with a Ford... :cool:
 
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dogs, just out of curiosity, you could try putting some measure of Dynamite prills in a tied-off stocking, and secure it in the res.

The Dynamite prills were developed to work correctly in rice paddies, so being submerged should be OK.

Be interesting to see what the ppm levels out at, and how much drift there is once it gets there.
 
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well said brother.

everyone has their own opinions, and thats a good thing.we will all have are own differences. some like Fords some like Chevy's, some like GH some like AN, it dosent matter. the thing that counts is that we all work together help each other out and learn stuff while we do it. we all here to do one thing! grow killer fat buds and learn. i could care less witch company dose better as long as i get good buds i am happy

guess what??
I just saved allot of money switching my grow insurance to TRF.:rofl:

The issue I have with AN and House and Garden are that they are incredibly expensive....and they don't deliver a superior product, let alone a product that is worth the extra 5-700 bucks.

I am certain that some spectacular plants have been grown with the really expensive stuff....but some spectacular plants have been grown with horseshit and cowshit too.....

CRF's deliver as good or better performance for 1/20-150th the cost.

That's a fact.
 
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dogs, just out of curiosity, you could try putting some measure of Dynamite prills in a tied-off stocking, and secure it in the res.

The Dynamite prills were developed to work correctly in rice paddies, so being submerged should be OK.

Be interesting to see what the ppm levels out at, and how much drift there is once it gets there.

Not a bad idea my friend...
 
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well said brother.

everyone has their own opinions, and thats a good thing.we will all have are own differences. some like Fords some like Chevy's, some like GH some like AN, it dosent matter. the thing that counts is that we all work together help each other out and learn stuff while we do it. we all here to do one thing! grow killer fat buds and learn. i could care less witch company dose better as long as i get good buds i am happy

guess what??
I just saved allot of money switching my grow insurance to TRF.:rofl:


I have made some good friends here, including you, and I value those friendships a lot more than my loyalties to fertilizers ;).

Walked into a local hydro shop yesterday that I'd never been to before. Pretty good sized shop with large inventory of very expensive nutes.

Proprietor points to a display and tells me that everything is 50% off, and then asks me what I'm using.

I had the pleasure of telling him about how happy I was with cheap CRF's ;).
 
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Hey folks, I've been following the best I can, but somewhere I got lost. Would someone fill this greenhorn in..
OC is ?
DM Purple?
and TFR?

Thanks
NCDude
 
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The issue I have with AN and House and Garden are that they are incredibly expensive....and they don't deliver a superior product, let alone a product that is worth the extra 5-700 bucks.

I am certain that some spectacular plants have been grown with the really expensive stuff....but some spectacular plants have been grown with horseshit and cowshit too.....

CRF's deliver as good or better performance for 1/20-150th the cost.

That's a fact.

thats for damn sure!! i dont want to even get started on the AN stuff. its just a big scam IMO.. this is why i used GH because they were semi cheap and did better the most of the pricey stuff.

CRF are the only way to go in my book! i am sick on spending money on nutes all the time.. i rather invest that money into a Co2 system or my grow room.

you did all of us a huge favor by showing us a new way to grow. much respect.
 
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High NCDude!

Sorry about all the abbreviations.

CRF = controlled release fertilizer

TRF = time release fertilizer

(these terms are being used interchangeably, although they aren't really the same thing)

OC = Osmocote

OC+ = Osmocote Plus, which also has all the micronutrients

DM = Dynamite Plant Food, which is another brand of CRF, like Osmocote. Dynamite has several different products in different colored bottles, purple being one of them.
 
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