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Start with 1/8th cup and see how they do. You can adjust slightly up from there if need be. It top dresses very well.
Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures
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Start with 1/8th cup and see how they do. You can adjust slightly up from there if need be. It top dresses very well.
Thanks Doc! I up canned a couple tonight that are heading to bloom, and top dressed that amount.
I chopped a plant tonight, just another one of your fine step kids. Thc pro from big head seeds. Started her November 1st. Easy peasy.
Just a portion of her:
Grow Doc Bud!!!
MMM...thats an awesome idea!!!!
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your buds are beautiful, congratulations! they look delish!
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your buds are beautiful, congratulations! they look delish!
If you can grow or finish some of the buds in an enclosed, a microclimate, from the rest of the plant.-something like the Cone of Silence.
Maybe manipulating the buds so just they are exposed to lower temps at the end of bloom will promote more lower temp terps to be maintained during the final days of the plants life and harvest.
Get Smart....I remember the "cone of silence" what a hoot ! What a fun old show eh! Just like Looney Toons....what ever happened to those awesome cartoons we all used to watch? I guess they were too abrasive and racey for some eh....bahhh.
Thanks for the add doc. So much info here. I'll have to show this to nismo12. We have 2 grows happening now.
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I keep hearing that peat moss is unsustainable and am already finding some shops have quit selling it. Are there any discussions with the lab about a potential replacement medium and nute' formulation? Who knows - there may be an even better starting point than Promix out there.
I keep hearing that peat moss is unsustainable and am already finding some shops have quit selling it. Are there any discussions with the lab about a potential replacement medium and nute' formulation? Who knows - there may be an even better starting point than Promix out there.
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As far as I know, there is plenty of peatmoss. I confess to only doing some brief reading on the topic, but it seems to me we have a political shortage of peatmoss.....kinda like we were going to run out of oil a bunch of times, especially about 40 years ago when there was an "energy shortage."
As for there being better starting points.....backyard soil is a good place to start, but then everyone will need soil tests and custom, one-off mineral blends. It's so much easier to just go buy some Promix!
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From my understanding peat takes hundreds of years to form and is being harvested at non-sustainable rates.
While the peat industry argues that peatlands can be managed at sustainable levels, it recognizes that alternatives to peat must be developed. A good alternative is coir, or coconut dust. When coconuts are harvested and husked the short fibers are left over and have found use in horticulture as coconut "peat."
While the peat industry argues that peatlands can be managed at sustainable levels, it recognizes that alternatives to peat must be developed. A good alternative is coir, or coconut dust. When coconuts are harvested and husked the short fibers are left over and have found use in horticulture as coconut "peat."
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Coco is an alternative if all you want something that wicks moisture. But if you want something to grow plants in, Coco is a very poor and unacceptable substitute. The CE is all messed up, making calcium unavailable to the plant in comparison to peat.
I'd rather start with clay, personally.
I thought maybe a combo of something like coco and vermiculite might be able to take the place of peat. Coco for water and verm for EC.
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I make a 3 way mix with equal proportions of plant based compost, vermiculite, and coco coir in my outdoor garden. Works great for veggies.
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I'd rather start with sand or clay and add organic matter and minerals than use Coco.
Me too, but it would mean each grower would have to test and amend on their own. I have such big variations in the clay around my yard, I don't see clay as being good as a standardized base for the kit, like Promix. It could probably be purchased from someone who has national or international distribution but the freight would be killer.
Around here, the shortage of peat is getting real. IDK if it is political, economic, environmental, or religious, but when I call places that used to carry it, some no longer do and sustainability is the reason they give. I think it probably is real and unfortunately getting more real each year.
I look at it this way, the more people that buy Priuses and the more gas is left for me to use lol. I dont think this Peat moss thing is going to stop Pro-mix any time soon. I mean, how much can the price of a bale go up? Double? For these results I am totally stoked to pay double price. Hell I will buy up 50 bales and just add mycos when ready to cook haha.
Agreed. Trust me. I'm not worried in the least. I just thought it might make for good a Q&A discussion. When i hear about a "problem" I try to look at it as an opportunity: "Could the Kit be even better with something other than Promix?" Dunno - maybe not. But if it could be better, why not plan and work for it? I do believe, at some point, it will need to be addressed. Maybe not for three years, or five years, but someday...
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Here's what I saw today.
Advanced 650 tray almost ready to harvest.
Gavita 1000e tray
Advanced 650 tray almost ready to harvest.
Gavita 1000e tray
WOW! Those are absolutely gorgeous plants you've grown Doc Bud. Man... your doing a great job, as I'm sure you know, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
He does OK! 
Doc, are the leaves longer than usual?
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They're larger and thinner than usual....also very nicely colored and excellent turgor.