Holy shit sticks batman! 
Can't wait until I can plop mine!
Can't wait until I can plop mine!
Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures
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Holy shit sticks batman!
Can't wait until I can plop mine!
Hopefully by late fall..? youl'e be able to get back in the game...waddaya thinkin bud...
House should be done Oct/Nov. Fingers crossed it's earlier than later!
So,.......you mean before Christmas then....
...you mean before Christmas then....
YzMedic
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Question for all you brix’rs. Soil has been a consistent 60f. Been cooking for 32 days. How much longer should I give it?
Also, do you top? Read a little about the main stem needing to be there. Opinions?
Also, do you top? Read a little about the main stem needing to be there. Opinions?
60 degrees is on the cool side...
If it were mine, I'd warm it up (70 or so - room temp) for a week. Make sure it's good and wet and toss some leaves on the top and come back in a week. The leaves should be half eaten by then.
If you're in a hurry, you can use it now. Once it gets some living roots in it, the biota will come alive too.
And we top and train as usual. The one thing that's not good is defoliation - we need our leaves.
If it were mine, I'd warm it up (70 or so - room temp) for a week. Make sure it's good and wet and toss some leaves on the top and come back in a week. The leaves should be half eaten by then.
If you're in a hurry, you can use it now. Once it gets some living roots in it, the biota will come alive too.
And we top and train as usual. The one thing that's not good is defoliation - we need our leaves.
And we like to use the word 'prune' as upposed to defoliate....right Gray!!
YzMedic
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Any recommendations how to warm it up. It’s a 45 gallon barrel that is full and it’s sitting in my basement that has a bulkhead not a walk out unfortunately. I guess I could try dragging it up the stairs but I don’t want it to fall and spill. My HVAC system for the house does not dump into the basement.
Heat lamp or small space heater???
Medic... get that barrel off the floor.....get it up on some rigid insulation or some wood or something.If its sitting on a concrete floor, that will act as a heatsink and suck any warmth out of the soil.
A space heater ...as suggested will do wonders also.
A space heater ...as suggested will do wonders also.
Slowpuffer
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I prune, because I can't spell the other one !!
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Pruneing.....strategic removal of leaves, suckers, branches in order to maximize light exposure to all parts of the plant.
Defoliation: removing all leaves except the top most fan leaves in order to stimulate more bud sites.
Defolitaion removes far more leaves and for different reasons. In High Brix, we need those leaves....can't get there from here without the leaves!
Defoliation: removing all leaves except the top most fan leaves in order to stimulate more bud sites.
Defolitaion removes far more leaves and for different reasons. In High Brix, we need those leaves....can't get there from here without the leaves!
JustMeds
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Prune yes, Defol no.
Gazoo
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I use a Clone Tray Heat Mat UNDER my plastic rectangle shaped Soil Bin.
but cant see a reason why you cant put the Heat Mat IN the Drum.
JustMeds
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Run to the big box store and get a heating blanket.
Gazoo suggested this same advice to me last winter when it was cold and I cooked soil in my cold garage. I put my heat mat IN the bin about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom and had it connected to a thermostat. Worked a treat!
I think I did something wrong...there’s frost on almost every fan leaf 
Gazoo
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I think I did something wrong...there’s frost on almost every fan leaf
Frosted Flakes They Re Great
YzMedic
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It’s been sitting off the floor. On top of an insulation board that is on top of a pallet. I will use the heating pad method next time.
YzMedic
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Great advice. Thank you