Another Brix In The Wall: Sweet Pink Stink & Coked Out Girl Scout

[weenmeoff]

Hi Everyone!

Today I mixed up Doc Buds High Brix Blend in two 30 gallon containers with the 3.8 Promix BX Myco, 30 lbs of 1-0-0 worm castings, 8 quarts of perlite, Doc's soil amendment and about 4 gallons of water (1/2 from dehumidifier and 1/2 from a spring.) There it will sit cooking for 30 days so nothing to see here yet.

I just wanted to start this journal to start to document my second grow and first DBHBB grow. I am really excited about this one and hope and expect to see great results I am seeing in others journals. I have 30 days to read some more journals and also decide what strains I will grow. Not sure if I can take clones from my current grow that uses traditional nutes but I also have plenty of seeds.

I hope to meet some new people who can help me in my new adventure with high Brix.

Rock on!

 

[Doc Bud]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Hi Everyone!

Today I mixed up Doc Buds High Brix Blend in two 30 gallon containers with the 3.8 Promix BX Myco, 30 lbs of 1-0-0 worm castings, 8 quarts of perlite, Doc's soil amendment and about 4 gallons of water (1/2 from dehumidifier and 1/2 from a spring.) There it will sit cooking for 30 days so nothing to see here yet.

I just wanted to start this journal to start to document my second grow and first DBHBB grow. I am really excited about this one and hope and expect to see great results I am seeing in others journals. I have 30 days to read some more journals and also decide what strains I will grow. Not sure if I can take clones from my current grow that uses traditional nutes but I also have plenty of seeds.

I hope to meet some new people who can help me in my new adventure with high Brix.

Rock on!

If I'm the first one in I have to follow the grow. Oh well. You'll have to put up with me.

I might not always say much, because most of the time the "gang" says what I'd say. But I'll do my best to make sure things aren't too bumpy. I hope you like resin.

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

It is an honor and a pleasure to have you here! I do like resin and beautiful plants and buds which I am seeing a lot of in the DBHBB journals I have been looking at/reading. Thanks for stopping by!

 

[Nismo12]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Oh I'm here ween! Do we have and ideas on what strains you were leaning towards? You'll be in good hands here.

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Oh I'm here ween! Do we have and ideas on what strains you were leaning towards? You'll be in good hands here.

I was kind of hoping to start with clones of 3 from my current grow which is Alien Abduction, Carnival, Money Maker and White Widow X Big Bud but not sure if I can do that seeing as they're being grown with nutes. I would pick 3 out of the 4. That would give me a head start.

Another question I have is regarding clones I took the other day, can I use transplant, de stress or anything else to help these clones take?

 

[Doc Bud]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

I was kind of hoping to start with clones of 3 from my current grow which is Alien Abduction, Carnival, Money Maker and White Widow X Big Bud but not sure if I can do that seeing as they're being grown with nutes. I would pick 3 out of the 4. That would give me a head start.

Another question I have is regarding clones I took the other day, can I use transplant, de stress or anything else to help these clones take?

You can spray clones with 1/2 strength Destress. It helps them root. No need for any other treatment.

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

You can spray clones with 1/2 strength Destress. It helps them root. No need for any other treatment.

Thanks Doc! Can I use clones from my current nute grow?


Kit instructions pasted here for ease.

Re: In The Lab With Doc Bud
Updated Instructions: August 24th, 2015

The Kit:

The End User will need the following:

3.8 cu ft bale of ProMix HP myco, or Sunshine #4 or Promix BX myco. Perlite can be added to the BX in order increase porosity for indoor growing.

20-40 pounds of organic worm castings that show an NPK of zero K. (1-1-0)

A proper growing environment, basic gardening skills, 7 gallon pots and a sprayer capable of putting out a fine spray.

The Products:

Drenches

Growth Energy: This product increases soil energy and provides vegetative growth energy and bulking of fruit and flowers once formed.

Transplant: This product, being organic, slightly favors reproductive growth of seeds, flowers and fruit. It is used to feed the microbial colony in the soil mostly, but it also boosts reproductive growth to some extent.

Cat Drench: This product increases soil energy, highly favors reproductive growth and provides cations and the ammonia form of nitrogen, which strongly stimulate fruiting and flowering, as well as seed production.

All drenches are mixed at 1/2 to 1 1/2 ounce per 6 plants(30 sq. feet of garden space for those in raised beds) Applications up to 2.5 oz can be applied without harm, but very few plants require this much. Heavy feeders might try 1 oz before mixing stronger.

Another practice some container growers are finding helpful is to include 1/4 strength Transplant with every watering.


Foliar Sprays:

Brix: Sprayed every week to 10 days, this product encourages reproductive growth and essential oil and resin production. Brix foliar should not be skipped, even if the plants look perfect.

De-Stress: This product helps plants heal, deal with stress and provides a broad spectrum of trace minerals. This can be sprayed 1-2 times per week when there are signs of plant stress. If the plants look "perfect" there is no reason to spray with De-Stress. Also, mixed at 50% strength it helps high brix clones root much faster.

DeStress is mixed at .5oz per quart while Brix is mixed at 1oz per quart of RO. Use Brix immediately after mixing. De-stress can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Soil Amendments

Amendment: this product is mixed into the bale of Promix, watered, and allowed to "cook" in a barrel for a minimum of 30 days in order to get the soil ready for planting. Please note that the most recent version of amendment has the old "conditioner" added to it already!

Re-Charge: This product is similar to Amendment, but has a few additions and ommisions. It is designed to be top dressed during the 3rd week of the bloom cycle. Outdoors, apply re-charge when buds have set. It's best to scratch it into the top layer of soil and gently water it in to avoid soil compaction.

Roots!: This is a microbial inoculate. A light dusting on rootballs during transplanting and a small amount at the bottom of the hole where seeds are planted is the proper use for this product. 1 Tablespoon per transplanted cutting sprinkled in and around the hole is perfect. More can be used when transplanting from the Veg area to the Bloom containers. Water with 1/4 Transplant for the first application of Roots!.

Tea: This is a liquid humate product loaded with beneficials. It is mixed with each feeding at the rate of 2.5 mil per 6 plants (30 square feet)


So, how does all this work together?

Upon acquiring the Promix HP myco, the worm castings and enough plastic barrels to contain 60 gallons of soil:

Carefully and thoroughly mix the following:

Amendment
Promix
Worm castings.

Place the above dry mix into barrels and water with 3-5 gallons of water. Stir it, mix it, turn it over....and let it sit covered for one month. Temps must be no lower than 62 degrees and no higher than 85 degrees. Lower temps can take another week to "cook" while higher temps might be ready sooner. 1 month is usually spot on.

Once the soil has cooked, it's now time to plant!

Seeds:

Using a gallon sized container of newly cooked High Brix soil, make sure the soil is still slightly moist from the barrel. Not soaking wet....but moist.

Using a pencil, or chopstick or a non-functioning vape pen, make a divet in the soil about 1/4 inch deep. Add a small amount of ROOTS! in and around this hole, in which you deposit the seed and lightly cover with surrounding dirt. Gently water with 1/4 strength Transplant if needed to keep the soil moist, but not wet.

Clones:

Pretty much the same as seeds, but use enough ROOTS! to completely dust the roots and put a small amount at the bottom of the hole. Water with 1 pint of water, or 1/4 strength Transplant drench.

Watering Tech for Vegetative Growth

Try to let the containers go completely dry between waterings. What I mean by completely dry is that the first physical signs of "wilting" are present. Droopy leaves, loss of turgor, etc. When the containers are bone dry, do this:

Prepare a tub/bucket of water such that when you submerge a dry container from above, the water level is 3/4ths up to the level of the soil. If using a drench, mix it TWICE AS STRONG AS NORMAL.

Submerge the containers and let them soak and wick up the drench for 5 minutes or so. When removing the containers from the soaking bucket/tub, tilt them this way and that in order to drain as much liquid out as possible.

The draining will draw air in from above which the plants absolutely love. This method will result in stronger stems, much better roots, shorter internodal spacing and better leaf to calyx ratio.

Upcanning of larger plants:

Vertically score the roots, dust all roots with ROOTS!, place some in the bottom of the hole, gently position rootball and soak the medium with water and 1/4 strength Transplant.

Water All seeds, all newly transplanted clones and newly tranplanted vegging plants with 1/4 strength Tranpslant

Use of Foliar Sprays:

Spray Brix and De-Stress 1 time weekly, not on the same day! De-Stress can be sprayed twice a week if the plants continue to exhibit signs of stress.

Mix DeStress at 1/2 oz per quart of RO and Brix at 1 oz per quart of RO, using a fine mist try to get the underside of the leaves.

Using Drenches:

Tea: All drenches are "served" with 2.5 mils of Tea, with two exceptions.

In High Brix growing, drenches do far more than feed the plant. They signal the plant to grow or re-produce, and they keep the biology in the soil happy and productive. This is where the magic happens! Water with straight water plus 1/4 strength Transplant between drenches with one exception.*

Growth Energy: used nearly exclusively in veg. This is where strong stems and healthy leaves come from. It is also used during the latter half of the bloom cycle to bulk up fruit and flowers. Mix at 1/2 to 1 1/2 oz per 6 plants. Stronger doses can be used if needed, but generally you'll just waste product. Finishing the growing cycle on Growth Energy results in a sweeter produce.

Transplant Should be used during the bloom phase alternating with Growth Energy. It is used at 1/2 to 2 oz per 6 plants (30 square feet.) Some growers have found that essential oil and resin production can be increased by using 1/4 oz of Transplant evenly distributed to every plant with each and every watering....whether with a drench or with just plain water. Please note, this does not mean 1/4 TO EVERY PLANT, but 1/4 oz divided equally to all plants.

**Cat Drench: This is used right when buds set. It is strongly reproductive in effect and if used at the wrong time will result in stunted growth and lower yields. Used at the proper time, unprecedented resin formation takes place. It is used twice in a row (no water in between applications). Using Cat Drench late in bloom may increase certain flavors and smells, but it also results in a more "gamey" flavor in produce.

These are the basic instructions for using the kit! A few pointers:

When in doubt about which drench to use, use Growth Energy.

If the plants seem weak and need a boost---almost never happens unless you made a mistake or there has been some environmental issue or circumstances beyond your control---try this:

1 oz. Transplant per gallon of water with 6 mils of Tea. Feed a solution with this composition to all the plants. It will re-colonize the roots and get things back on track. Do not do this if you aren't having any problems.

For certain plants a Super Drench is beneficial in the middle part of the bloom cycle:

1 Cup (yes 8 oz) of Transplant plus 10 mils Tea per 5 gallons of water. Give each plant 1 gallon of this.

There is also the "OG Drench" for certain strains:

1 oz OG Drench plus 1 oz Transplant plus 2 tblspn Epsom salts plus 10 mil Tea per 5 gallons of water.


Recycling Soil

After the first crop is harvested, put the soil, including the roots, mixed with fresh EWC, perhaps 20 lbs worth along with another bag of amendment back into the barrel and cook it for another month, then use as always.

After the second crop is harvested, take that soil, and add the 3rd Run Amendment to this soil, along with some leaf scraps from recently harvested healthy plants and a light sprinkling of Roots! on the leaves. Let this cook for a month and then use as always.

After the 3rd crop has been harvested from the soil, add fresh, unused Promix along with leaves and a light dusting of roots and re-cook.

I personally do not use soil after the 4th run. Others do so with good success and I suggest seeking them out and seeing if their methods work in your garden. I get my best results with the 3rd run of soil.

 

[Budley Dorite]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Doc is sitting first chair Shit, you might as well hit that cruise control button now

 

[Budley Dorite]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Like Doc said Ween, 1/2 strength DeStress for them clones, mine really liked it, rooted fastest yet. You won't need much if you only have a few clones. 1 oz. of water(30ml) & .25ml of Destress. Fine mist sprayer then watch them respond. Have a good Sunday Ween & Gang,.... whenever they get here. Get ready Ween, the Gang will find you, your DBHBB journal is like blood in the water.

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Like Doc said Ween, 1/2 strength DeStress for them clones, mine really liked it, rooted fastest yet. You won't need much if you only have a few clones. 1 oz. of water(30ml) & .25ml of Destress. Fine mist sprayer then watch them respond. Have a good Sunday Ween & Gang,.... whenever they get here. Get ready Ween, the Gang will find you, your DBHBB journal is like blood in the water.

Welcome Budley and thanks for the help with the clones, I'm off to do that now.

Rock on!

 

[Budley Dorite]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Welcome Budley and thanks for the help with the clones, I'm off to do that now.

Rock on!

Make sure to get the underside of those leaves.

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Make sure to get the underside of those leaves.

Will do, thanks Budley! I'm gonna avoid the SCROG this time around for this reason, ease of foliar application.

 

[dirt mcgert]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Count me in Ween

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Count me in Ween

Good to see you dirt!

 

[masonman]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Will do, thanks Budley! I'm gonna avoid the SCROG this time around for this reason, ease of foliar application.

I'm out of breath, but I'm here and still alive... Might even have made first page.

This post caught my eye as I was catching up.

I think my scrog made it easier to foliar spray. Once you shave her legs, it's an easy shot up her skirt.

I'm not running a scrog this time to I can experiment with different forms of cultivation/training techniques.

Find you a sprayer that can spray upside down. I use a Flarisol. They're cheap, don't last forever, but make spraying in any angle easy.

Me personally, I would use your clones from the chem plants. I've read of others doing it.

 

[dr.h00k]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

......h00k...

 

[Canna Montana]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Weeeeeeeeeeeeennnmnnnnnnnnn!!! Hey there buddy! Good to see another brixer! We have the kit on the way now! Yay!!

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

I'm out of breath, but I'm here and still alive... Might even have made first page.

This post caught my eye as I was catching up.

I think my scrog made it easier to foliar spray. Once you shave her legs, it's an easy shot up her skirt.

I'm not running a scrog this time to I can experiment with different forms of cultivation/training techniques.

Find you a sprayer that can spray upside down. I use a Flarisol. They're cheap, don't last forever, but make spraying in any angle easy.

Me personally, I would use your clones from the chem plants. I've read of others doing it.

Thanks masonman and welcome!!

I may reconsider my SCROG idea just so I can shave her legs to get an easy shot up her skirt, ha! Thanks for the sprayer recommendation and the clone advice!

Welcome hook!

Good to see you Canna and glad to hear you're trying the kit too but won't you need like 5 kits....? Ha!

Rock on!

 

[Canna Montana]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

Thanks masonman and welcome!!

I may reconsider my SCROG idea just so I can shave her legs to get an easy shot up her skirt, ha! Thanks for the sprayer recommendation and the clone advice!

Welcome hook!

Good to see you Canna and glad to hear you're trying the kit too but won't you need like 5 kits....? Ha!

Rock on!

We ordered 2. Lol! We hope it will cover 8 photo plants in the future. Then we can reuse the soil 3x, so that makes 24 plants, right?

 

[weenmeoff]

re: Another Brix In The Wall - Sweet Pink Stink & Girl Scout

We ordered 2. Lol! We hope it will cover 8 photo plants in the future. Then we can reuse the soil 3x, so that makes 2r plants, right?

Sound right. I can't wait to see the CanNis Brix results!