Thanks bro!
I normally smoke in the evening, when I have no more responsibilities for that day. Yesterday, by lucky circumstance, I had no responsibilities after waking up. Today is a holiday for most folks.....but I'm working.
Anyways, I was extremely high....not stoned, and I was just grooving on the garden, examining leaves, pruning, just making general, cannabis-induced observations. I took over 100 pictures.....more than a bit obsessive. I'm glad I'm not in the beer business, or the candy business.....no telling what I might do in that case.
So here are some changes and crack pot ideas coming down the pike:
1.)I'm going to include the cationic soil drench into the schedule (and in the kits). I'll know more about when to use it after tray "B" is mature, as that tray is going to get the drench in mid-bloom, as opposed to early bloom.
As you may have noticed, the resin production (which is what I'm mainly concerned about) went way up after this drench, but the buds didn't swell nearly as much as "normal." They're catching up now, and they're very dense, so I'm not sure at this point if I'm going to lose yield or not, but the color change and bag appeal of these buds should be top notch.
I'm nearly certain it's only a question of when to use this particular product.....so I'll ruin my garden with it before I let my customers ruin their crops......if it turns out I didn't ruin my crop, but actually helped it....we're both going to be happy!
2.)I'm noticing better results by using the energy drench more often. Every other watering is working better than every 3 weeks. I'm positive that this is due to the ProMix HP draining so well. We're getting leaching action.
So, the fix for this is quite simple:
Don't over water in bloom except for a couple planned deep root soakings, use a rich nutrient mix for these.
Use the "re-charge" right after stretch. If you have some worm castings, don't be afraid to to pdress those either.
3.) I'm going to try something really stupid at harvest!!!
I'm going to get a very clean bucket of RO water, add a bit of lemon juice and baking soda, a la DIT leaf wash, and when I harvest I'm going to dip each cola up and down in the bucket and wash the leaves off this way. I'll shake as much water out as possible, and trim and hang as usual.
I've been advocating a thorough wash once or twice during the grow cycle, but I'm thinking this other way will be less dangerous, as the environment in the grow room won't be effected as much.
Part of why I sampled so much product yesterday was to see if I could taste any foliar sprays. I compared a recent harvest to a past harvest.....2 or 3 hits of each, to try to figure it out.
Bottom line: The new stuff is stronger and the high is "higher" "brighter" "warmer" and better. The old stuff has a more mild taste, with nothing negative. The new stuff expands and isn't quite as smooth.....but other people think it's bomb.
Well, I think I can make it better by giving it a good washing.
So, if something is going to go wrong it will!!!
) excited to have a new product to test and compare
added to the collection of "Pertinent High Brix info" on my never ending word document
