Bloom, Day 8
Geoflora Feed, Day 14
Wet/Dry Cycle, Day 4
8 Days since last SNS Foliar, SNS 209 given on each watering
Length of Grow: 2 months, 2 weeks, 5 days
This evening as I worked with the girls it was clear that the bugs are trying to make a comeback. They are not even to the level of being annoying yet, but they are there on the surface of the soil if you look. They aren't able to do a lot of damage since the plants now taste bad to them, but the discontinuation of the mosquito dunks in my water holding barrel is being noticed. Probably tomorrow I will stop just talking about spraying again, this time with PC, and I will actually do it.
Each day further convinces me that we are now at the end of stretch and we have found the final height of these plants, and to my total relief, we are right in the sweet spot of the Nextlight MEGA. What is about to happen in here is going to be glorious!
Today was the 2 week point in the
@GeoFlora Nutrients schedule and time to feed the first application of the BLOOM product. 2/3 cup was dumped in the middle of each of the containers and then watered in, spreading it all over. The girls did not disappoint; they had again achieved enough water usage that it was time to water, again showing me a 4 day wet/dry cycle. I am still hopeful that we can get that down to 3 days as the bloom cycle kicks into high gear. The room again took an amazing amount of water, each plant averaging about a gallon and a half, and about a quarter gallon more than they could take at the flip. Along with the
@Sierra Natural Science SNS 209 being applied with each watering, I have added a couple of more goodies. Simply because it is good stuff and the plants need a lot of potassium about now, and because I still have gallons of the stuff x2, I have added Terpinator to the water. Also, because of the extreme size of these plants we have decided that it is probably a good idea to add some silica to strengthen the branches. These three supplements will be given for the rest of the grow unless I see a good reason not to as we move forward.
Here, right as predicted, on a few of the larger plants we see a real grown up bloom deficiency starting up. It has started down low, so we know it is one of the 3 mobile elements or the one semi-mobile element, and it looks to me like it is phosphorus that is being robbed from these lower leaves so as to supply the top growth with what it needs. This has just started and there is no doubt in my mind that with the application of the BLOOM product this evening, this problem will be non-existent in 48 hours. This also further amplifies my belief that bloom nutes are not needed until right at this point, as the buds really start developing in earnest. I really believe that if I had given BLOOM formula on the last feeding, these plants would be significantly smaller than they are now. There is of course, a time and a place for everything... the trick is finding it.
Lastly, the all important buds. Even the large main kolas are full into the act now and throwing out pistils at an amazing speed. Look at how some of the pistils already have some color to them! These are going to be some beautiful buds!
All is looking good so far in this garden, and I hope you are enjoying similar results. I also hope that I am explaining my methods in a way that makes sense to you and that you are especially seeing the effectiveness of the Geoflora Nutrient system as well as being able to see the amazing results of my watering techniques in action.
And that reminds me,
@InTheShed made a great observation on another comparative journal when discussing the fact that I not only water to a good amount of runoff in this organic grow, but I also let my cloth containers sit right down in the drip trays to suck it all back up into the soil. He analyzed that I am only doing this because it is an organic grow, so no synthetic salts are being moved out of the soil as would happen in a synthetic nutrient grow. This is exactly right, and to further elaborate on my use of drip trays and my watering method, if this were a synthetic grow, such as with Fox Farm nutrients, I would be using large river rocks as risers to keep my containers out of the runoff, and I would be sucking that junk up and moving it out of the room shortly after watering. This would also cause me to lose 2 to 3 valuable inches of vertical height before hitting the lights and over the length of the grow it would add several hours of maintenance time that could be much better spent relaxing in a comfortable chair with a big fatty. These are just a couple of the reasons that I am so enamored with organic gardening and really loving the Geoflora... it just doesn't get any easier than this.