Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures

Carver0267 said:
Most of my issues start after the cat drenches. Maybe cats are too strong. I mixed mine 7mil cat 1mil tea per gallon. Give my 15 gallon pot 2 gallons, 1 in saucer 1 down the top.
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It's not that the Cat is too strong, it's that your soil energy is too low going into it for a plant like that. The Cat helps create 'friction' in the soil, reacting with the anionic charge and the minerals already present, while stimulating the rock-eating microbes. If the CEC of the soil is low (low soil energy), then the P in the Cat may get locked out, which gives you that duller-pale--green look to the leaves...yeah, it can be a lot to take in! :ganjamon: Luckily, the solution is easy: Raise the soil energy--and do so with anionic drenches like the Transplant Drench and Growth Ionic Drench. Heavier drenches will also help for those OG's. and especially going into the Cat.

Duggan's advice (as usual) is spot on--get that soil energy back up with a Rescue drench, but only when she gets DRY (or at least 3oz of Transplant / 5 gals water), snake oil/brix, and wait and see. Those OG's really need the wet/dry cycle for their roots to lock in properly in our badass highly-mineralized soils.

We'll help you through this! Show us what's up next week and we'll go from there.

:passitleft:
 
Mr. Magoo said:
If you know ahead of time that a strain is gonna benefit from a little added epsom salt, at what point in the grow cycle would you add it?
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Transplant is loaded with magnesium.....Super Drench is the way to go, not added epsoms. GI is also loaded mag.......

Salt lovers can also benefit from Snake Oil. I'd rather see you use drenches over epsom salts, but if you must there's nothing wrong with the salts. It's just that the drenches have all that. Super Drenching at the right time will solve most issues before they start.
 
For instance, a super drench as the drench right before the 1st cat?

I am still trying to catch up on the “in the lab” and “q and a” theses.

Early on, there was talk of running 2 gallons of water thru pots, waiting 10 minutes then pouring the drench mix down the top of the pots. As a way to “neutralize” the soil before ionic change with a certain drench. Is this still the practice?

Or; are we in essences flushing and not a good idea.
 
Carver0267 said:
For instance, a super drench as the drench right before the 1st cat?

I am still trying to catch up on the “in the lab” and “q and a” theses.

Early on, there was talk of running 2 gallons of water thru pots, waiting 10 minutes then pouring the drench mix down the top of the pots. As a way to “neutralize” the soil before ionic change with a certain drench. Is this still the practice?

Or; are we in essences flushing and not a good idea.
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The 2 gallon thing is for mitigating problems....and if memory serves me right these were unique problems to that particular grower.

The only time I would flush is in 3rd or 4th run soil that is too hot.

I'd use the Super Drench prior to the Cat Drench.....not necessarily immediately prior, but definitely before.

I'd also consider a Super Drench later in the bloom cycle if growing a true salt loving strain with poor roots, like a classic OG.

So.....with your particular situation and the way that plant looks, I'd give the Rescue Drench when it gets good and dry, and take out the saucer and go ahead and let the drench flush its way through the medium and drain out. Use a lot of it so you get generous run-off. Follow up with a super drench after a watering.

That isn't the only way to deal with it but that should work! Don't overload the foliars if the plant isn't taking up moisture like it should.
 
Skybound said:
Are you certain the Mg is deficient in the soil and not a momentary cation imbalance from maybe too much CD across 2 feedings? I've experienced similar circumstances in hydro when testing various ratios of NH4+ relative to the Ca, Mg, and K. My guess would be to experiment thinning the dose of CD rather than adding more Mg.
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The mag....and everything else, is not deficient in the soil. that's impossible, unless the end-user neglected to include a bag of amendment.

Hydro and soil have very little in common with regard to how they work.

The issue is always the roots, barring misuse of the kit. OG's tend to have lousy roots and need more soil energy to keep up.
 
StoneyMemoirs said:
It's not that the Cat is too strong, it's that your soil energy is too low going into it for a plant like that. The Cat helps create 'friction' in the soil, reacting with the anionic charge and the minerals already present, while stimulating the rock-eating microbes. If the CEC of the soil is low (low soil energy), then the P in the Cat may get locked out, which gives you that duller-pale--green look to the leaves...yeah, it can be a lot to take in! :ganjamon: Luckily, the solution is easy: Raise the soil energy--and do so with anionic drenches like the Transplant Drench and Growth Ionic Drench. Heavier drenches will also help for those OG's. and especially going into the Cat.

Duggan's advice (as usual) is spot on--get that soil energy back up with a Rescue drench, but only when she gets DRY (or at least 3oz of Transplant / 5 gals water), snake oil/brix, and wait and see. Those OG's really need the wet/dry cycle for their roots to lock in properly in our badass highly-mineralized soils.

We'll help you through this! Show us what's up next week and we'll go from there.

:passitleft:
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So I’m thinking this happened to me, is it possible to rescue drench in between CATs? I have a few heavy OG’s that could use it
 
The OG’s do really well in the soil but I find I must feed the soil at least double, even triple at times the amount of drench, and focus on encouraging lateral root growth when small and in vegetation. ( wet/dry cycles, dripping small amounts of water down the edges in between drinks and drenches, and giving them some time in veg after I upcan). I don’t always nail it, but when I do the reward is a potent high with extreme Og flavor. Every step builds on the next.
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Flump said:
So I went to my local headshop for some supply and guess what..... they sell 15lbs bags of Wiggle Worm!!! :ganjamon: $25 CAD +TX.... It was here all along!!!

Can't wait to start cooking my soil!
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Keep looking for a better deal because we're getting 30lbs from Amazon for $20 down in the lower 48.
 
Skybound said:
Keep looking for a better deal because we're getting 30lbs from Amazon for $20 down in the lower 48.
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I agree look on the Zon its cheaper
 
On that note started a side by side grow..
2 cuts from same mother. Velvet bud by seedsman seeds.
1 is in doc buds hi brix kit
1 is in promix hp and being fed advanced nutrients ph peffect line.
Both in 1 gal pots at the moment
First time using docs kit
They both spent a couple weeks under a small led 24 hrs light.
Theyre now in my veg tent 18/6 under a 400watt mh, starting veg calendar tomorrow.
 

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Hey guys, looks like I might be developing some issues of some sort on my DDA plant.
Were at day 66 today and I'm seeing some yellowing on the leaves at the very tops she just got her first Cat drench yesterday and I thought it looked like it might be turning a bit yellow but this morning its deffinately got a bit of yellow happening. Ideas?
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Le leaves with the brown spots were my fault. Got some overspray on my last Foliar feeding and didn't wipe them off
 
...first run with the kit, so no suggestions, but that's a beauty of an auto... :thumb: ...cheerz...:high-five:...h00k...:hookah:...
 
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