Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures

Hash Hound said:
Doc,

My current grow with the hybrid-brix soil worked great and no noticeable bad leaf until a few lower yellowing this week. approaching 7th wk flowering.
I have been using the lighter side of the kit instructions.
Only used stress once for the sake of using it because I didn't think they needed it. This is the greenest and healthiest of my brix grows so far. Some of the buds seem substantially bigger than the past HB grows.
I am going to take brix reading soon.

I am probably going to reuse this soil and mix it with the left over batch of 3x used kit soil next grow.

I did one of those outdoor NPK test kits just to see what the soil looks like nute wise.

The results were light-medium on the N, medium on the P and medium-heavy on the K.
I know this doesn't mean anything Brix wise, just wanted to share the results of the experiment and testing.

If the testing shows a higher than average K, does that mean there was excess, or that it is locked up and not being used. None of the things I added were very high in K

The only thing I may add this time is some worm castings.
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Depending on what you added, you could very well be too high in K. Having said that, the test kit you used is slightly more accurate than random.

If I were you, I'd cut some fresh promix into that soil and grow salt lovers in the soil. It could be epic! But alas, hard to replicate in the future.

Side note: I am super excited about organic blood meal! It's basically the ammoniacal form of N and micros. If you can keep your room cool and the temps of the pots cool the blood meal is the ticket....almost zero K.

It's super hot and will leech out if flushed from the top. You might not need a Cat Drench with it....I'd run a crop without first to see how it comes out. Also, it can acidify the soil, so a liberal application of Roots! at time of transplanting is important. Top dressing with Epsoms and not skipping Brix foliars complete the picture.

As long as the soil doesn't get too crazy some interesting things can happen.

It seems to be the ticket for the strains that favor hydroponic methods, the famous Chemdawg and OG lines, among others.
 
DrZiggy said:
Doc,
"Side note: I am super excited about organic blood meal! It's basically the ammoniacal form of N and micros. If you can keep your room cool and the temps of the pots cool the blood meal is the ticket....almost zero K. "

whats the reasoning for cool room and cool pots with the blood meal?
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Warm and moist and you'll get some pathogens possibly. As long as the environment is decent it's not a problem. Could easily be an issue with small black containers, outdoors.
 
I have a environment question for the brix community. Currently my room is at 63F with 35RH. Light on and humidifier on I get 68F and 45RH. If I had to I could get a heater and turn up the humidifier. Would 68 on and 63 off with 40+ RH be cool for start-finish?
 
Hola Doc

Loving the kit, as usual. Recently got a half lb trimmed out from an auto.

Here's two thc auto bombs I'm about to harvest. Easily a qp each I'm sure. This strain delivers. Ridonkulous.

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I'll be sending an email next month to order more. You're the best.

My main bloom room. ... all doc bud.

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:Namaste:
 
Gaffle said:
I have a environment question for the brix community. Currently my room is at 63F with 35RH. Light on and humidifier on I get 68F and 45RH. If I had to I could get a heater and turn up the humidifier. Would 68 on and 63 off with 40+ RH be cool for start-finish?
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The parameters for a proper environment for growing cannabis indoors is pretty well established and almost universally accepted:

Night
68 (plus or minus 3 degrees)
40 to 60% relative humidity.

Day
79 (plus or minus 4 degrees)
50 to 60% relative Humidity.

Anything outside those ranges is going to produce undesirable stress on the plants, with very few exceptions.
 
Doc Bud said:
.... If you can keep your room cool and the temps of the pots cool the blood meal is the ticket....almost zero K.

It seems to be the ticket for the strains that favor hydroponic methods, the famous Chemdawg and OG lines, among others.
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room is cool but not to bad. This winter has been a fairly mild.

Dinachem (Chemdawg) is in the on deck circle.

Along with Green Poison, Pinapple Skunk,
and datdatdatdaaaaaa my infamous White Widow :) (her best results have been with OC+)
 
Doc Bud said:
You could do that if you desire. As long as it's moist and warm it should be OK. I know what you mean about the condensation though...I get worried when the leaves don't become puffballs overnight.

It's sort of a boot and suspenders approach in some ways. The soil is alive from the factory. We add even more biology...a lot more. At time of transplant we're adding massive amounts of myco and rock powders AND we're using a very potent microbial product when we water.

That's why I wouldn't sweat your soil too much. Give it a good stir and moisten it just a bit....add some tea if you wish....or not. As long as it hasn't been cold, super hot, or really dry it should be fine.
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well, after harvest I just left the dirt in the pots and it did sit for quite a while, and it was pretty cold. I'll give it a few more days and see what's up.
 
Here's what's going on.

New lights! I'll start a journal with them very soon.

Here they are growing some very large Paki's. Notice how there's no staking or support? The plants are 5 feet tall! They will need some support very soon, but the stems are really strong this round.

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So I got the light raised another eight inches so it's at least 18" from the tops of the tallest. I can't go any higher and here's what they look like under normal light.

Is that enough height for the Mars 1600?
Will these colas be ok with the fried leaves?
Still safe to wait another 4-5 days for the CD? Doc recommended rescue, Destress, rescue, watering then CD. I've done rescue, Destress and rescue. It will be another day before the watering and three days before it will need another watering for the CD.

Here's the pics and thanks for the help ladies and gents:

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Capn Kush said:
So I got the light raised another eight inches so it's at least 18" from the tops of the tallest. I can't go any higher and here's what they look like under normal light.

Is that enough height for the Mars 1600?
Will these colas be ok with the fried leaves?
Still safe to wait another 4-5 days for the CD? Doc recommended rescue, Destress, rescue, watering then CD. I've done rescue, Destress and rescue. It will be another day before the watering and three days before it will need another watering for the CD.

Here's the pics and thanks for the help ladies and gents:

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REscue drench pronto!
 
How many weeks do you think you have left? :hmmm:

It's definitely late, but if it still has 2-3 weeks to go ... there's still time. Otherwise ... dunno. I'd probably still do the Cats myself, but I've skipped it too, with perfectly great results.

The pics look pretty tasty. :Love:
 
Capn Kush said:
So I got the light raised another eight inches so it's at least 18" from the tops of the tallest. I can't go any higher and here's what they look like under normal light.

Is that enough height for the Mars 1600?
Will these colas be ok with the fried leaves?
Still safe to wait another 4-5 days for the CD? Doc recommended rescue, Destress, rescue, watering then CD. I've done rescue, Destress and rescue. It will be another day before the watering and three days before it will need another watering for the CD.

Here's the pics and thanks for the help ladies and gents:

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Are you on a concrete floor?
Had same probs I was elevated but not enough,Doc reccomends at least 12" above concrete

If that's not your prob I would guess root bound,this is the only time I seen a rescue not bring them back, I tend to leave them in 1 gal to long so they get root bound and show deff. I have tried to rescue drench in 1 gal. and they do recover slightly but never fully bounce back until I upcan

I am with GT I would give them at least one cat if you have time do both

I also have skipped the Cats and they turned out fine

It will finish fine and the smoke will be great even the colas showing deff.

:Namaste:
 
Graytail said:
How many weeks do you think you have left? :hmmm:

It's definitely late, but if it still has 2-3 weeks to go ... there's still time. Otherwise ... dunno. I'd probably still do the Cats myself, but I've skipped it too, with perfectly great results.

The pics look pretty tasty. :Love:
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It's only been in 12/12 since Feb 2 so I should have plenty of time left. Should be time to water again tomorrow so I'll do a CD then.


Highpotanoose said:
Are you on a concrete floor?
Had same probs I was elevated but not enough,Doc reccomends at least 12" above concrete

If that's not your prob I would guess root bound,this is the only time I seen a rescue not bring them back, I tend to leave them in 1 gal to long so they get root bound and show deff. I have tried to rescue drench in 1 gal. and they do recover slightly but never fully bounce back until I upcan

I am with GT I would give them at least one cat if you have time do both

I also have skipped the Cats and they turned out fine

It will finish fine and the smoke will be great even the colas showing deff.

:Namaste:
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Definitely not root bound. It's in an 18 gallon container, however it is NOT up off the floor/insulated as well as it should be.

However, this deficiency/problem only shows in the colas in the very center of the plant where the light was too close. So I don't know if it was focused light intensity or if it had more to do with the fact those colas were receiving a lot of light and weren't getting enough nutrients to sustain the bloom growth. Not even sure if that's possible, the but rest of the plant is pristine where the light is not so intense. I raised the light as absolutely high as I can get it AND one of the drivers seems to have failed, so the light intensity is certainly dropped. We determined a few pages back that I wasn't using nearly as much drench as I should have been, so we know the soil was starved. Two rescue drenches and some Destress hopefully will get me back on track with some heavy feedings through the rest of bloom.

When I pruned I saved some young buds and dried them. Did a little smoke test over the weekend and holy crap! The smell/flavor is ridiculously bold. I can't imagine how this will finish if I can get her there, but even if not....I'm convinced Hi Brix brings out something in the plants we totally miss when growing with synthetics.
 
Capn Kush said:
It's only been in 12/12 since Feb 2 so I should have plenty of time left. Should be time to water again tomorrow so I'll do a CD then.




Definitely not root bound. It's in an 18 gallon container, however it is NOT up off the floor/insulated as well as it should be.
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Get those suckers up off the floor! Home de Pot has nice thick styrofoam that works very well. If your roots are even 1 or 2 degrees below 66 the uptake of phosphorus and potassium will be greatly hindered and microbial action in general will be much, much less.

Environment! nothing is more important.

As to the terps and taste....just wait. It's going to change the game for you and your friends.
 
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