Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures

DopyLemontree said:
Hi Ween!

Yes that journal is complete, I’m not sure why it doesn’t say complete after the title?

The cages are standard tomato cages, 36” tall. So 12” sinks into the soil and 24” is above the soil. The plant in the photo is 36” tall above the pot.

The best way is to install the cage early, but I always seem to do it later, when I flip and the plants are large. I just gently wrap that green foam covered wire to wrap around the whole plant to keep all the branches pointing up, just like they wrap up a Christmas tree before you throw it on top of your car.

Then the cage slides right over, I untie the foam covered wire. As I’m sliding the cage down I pay attention to the branches and where I want them to stick out of the cage, to keep the plant open, plenty of light penetration, and air flow.

This plant is big for my space, so I the use those wire ties to tie the outer branches to the cage so when the buds get heavy they won’t flip over, works great.

I got this from seeing Doc use it, and this is my third grow using them.

I imagine you could get pretty creative how you train the branches to the cage.

Take care Ween!
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Hey dopy

I’m pretty sure we have to add completed at end of journals after the new update. I requested to have my help journal closed and completed written at end of completed journals. They closed my journal but weeks later still didn’t have completed written at ends. So I had to physically go into signatures and do them my self
 
Super fast shipping again from Doc Bud's! I ordered TP,GE, and Snake Oil on Wed morning and it was waiting on my doorstep in sunny New England tonight! ;) Thanks Doc!:thanks:
 
Now that's service....enjoy your night Lady!
 
LadyGaea said:
Super fast shipping again from Doc Bud's! I ordered TP,GE, and Snake Oil on Wed morning and it was waiting on my doorstep in sunny New England tonight! ;) Thanks Doc!:thanks:
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I’m in New England too, Docs gear ialways is delivered super fast....because he gets it out the door pronto.:slide:
 
Thanks gang! I try to treat my valued "customers" the way I would like to be treated.
 
Hey TB. I use mountain spring water myself.



So I watered my veg girls Friday morning and was expecting the pots to be light and ready today but there is still a little weight to them. Roots are Looking pretty good. These 2 pics are the same plant but the others look similar. Plants are looking very healthy so not looking like they need transplanted right away. What do you think? Transplant or let go longer in the 1's?

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TripleBeam said:
Question for everyone, If you had a choice between water from a dehumidifier or from a mountain spring which would you choose to use?
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Spring.
 
TripleBeam said:
Question for everyone, If you had a choice between water from a dehumidifier or from a mountain spring which would you choose to use?
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Spring!!! Dehumidifier water is seriously creepy! My dad was a bacteriologist...I'm a bit of a germophobe. Yikes! Ditch that nasty water!
 
weenmeoff said:
Hey TB. I use mountain spring water myself.



So I watered my veg girls Friday morning and was expecting the pots to be light and ready today but there is still a little weight to them. Roots are Looking pretty good. These 2 pics are the same plant but the others look similar. Plants are looking very healthy so not looking like they need transplanted right away. What do you think? Transplant or let go longer in the 1's?

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I vote Transplant? GitHerDone!:p Nice roots!
 
weenmeoff said:
. What do you think? Transplant or let go longer in the 1's?
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LadyGaea said:
I vote Transplant? GitHerDone!:p Nice roots!
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Haha! I was gonna say - if the plants look happy, let it go a bit longer! Till they’re drinking a bit harder. But only if they still look vibrant!

Curious what the experienced Brixers will weigh in with...

Doc, some assistance please: I’m informed a bit differently from trusted sources about the minimum amount of soil it’s advisable to cook in one batch.

Ok so I can only grow one plant at a time atm. I’m using a 10g so was thinking to split the amendments 4ways and cook 11g at a time. Graytail suggested this is possible. Radogast suggested you’d advised him that a half size cook would be minimum, so split the amendments in 2 and cook approx 22gal of soil.

Large volumes introduce some tricky challenges for me so the 1/4 size cook would be ideal. But if you think it highly unadvisable I will try to organise the help I need to make the larger amount possible. (FYI, I have good control of temp in the ‘cooking’ space)

And, last question for today is about perlite:
There’s nothing about perlite in the instructions (that I can see). Do you still advise perlite (I thought it used to be there)? And if so, what ratio of the overall mix should it be? And can one use pumice instead?

Thanks Doc!
 
LadyGaea said:
I vote Transplant? GitHerDone!:p Nice roots!
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Amy Gardner said:
Haha! I was gonna say - if the plants look happy, let it go a bit longer! Till they’re drinking a bit harder. But only if they still look vibrant!

Curious what the experienced Brixers will weigh in with...

Doc, some assistance please: I’m informed a bit differently from trusted sources about the minimum amount of soil it’s advisable to cook in one batch.

Ok so I can only grow one plant at a time atm. I’m using a 10g so was thinking to split the amendments 4ways and cook 11g at a time. Graytail suggested this is possible. Radogast suggested you’d advised him that a half size cook would be minimum, so split the amendments in 2 and cook approx 22gal of soil.

Large volumes introduce some tricky challenges for me so the 1/4 size cook would be ideal. But if you think it highly unadvisable I will try to organise the help I need to make the larger amount possible. (FYI, I have good control of temp in the ‘cooking’ space)

And, last question for today is about perlite:
There’s nothing about perlite in the instructions (that I can see). Do you still advise perlite (I thought it used to be there)? And if so, what ratio of the overall mix should it be? And can one use pumice instead?

Thanks Doc!
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Is wait a week to transplant those....at least. Also, you can see the roots aren't filling to top of the pot yet.....dribble some water on top in between Drenches to encourage roots there.....like a pint.

As for cooking soil, I highly recommend doing at least half a batch.
 
Why can't members using the kit, just mix up the whole kit or 'bale', cook it and use what they need,...better to cook the whole bale. Doesn't mean they have to use it all at once,..it won't go bad. Just my thought on that! Enjoy the day gang!
 
Doc Bud said:
Is wait a week to transplant those....at least. Also, you can see the roots aren't filling to top of the pot yet.....dribble some water on top in between Drenches to encourage roots there.....like a pint.

As for cooking soil, I highly recommend doing at least half a batch.
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Will do, thanks Doc!
 
Duggan said:
Why can't members using the kit, just mix up the whole kit or 'bale', cook it and use what they need,...better to cook the whole bale. Doesn't mean they have to use it all at once,..it won't go bad. Just my thought on that! Enjoy the day gang!
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Some people are limited on storage space for the soil. I know this last winter, I ended up heating an extra room, just to keep my totes cooking and ready.
 
Morglie said:
Some people are limited on storage space for the soil. I know this last winter, I ended up heating an extra room, just to keep my totes cooking and ready.
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I got a burgundy color tote to match a rug and left it in my office . I ended up using the top as extra storage . Lol. Need to make the best use of my limited space.
 
Duggan said:
Why can't members using the kit, just mix up the whole kit or 'bale', cook it and use what they need,...better to cook the whole bale. Doesn't mean they have to use it all at once,..it won't go bad. Just my thought on that! Enjoy the day gang!
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That's what I recommend and practice too.
 
Doc Bud said:
That's what I recommend and practice too.
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I usually do two kits worth at a time, then two more on back up, I originally started my 1st four kits probably around a year ago and just used the last of the 1st run soil.

As things changed, I didn't use the soil as fast as I had intended.

There were no problems cracking seeds in the 1st run soil until this last round (The last of my year plus cooked 1st run soil). Out of 8 seeds only 1 made it , so I cracked some more in those jiffy pellets I had lying around and transplanted the sprouts into the 2nd run soil no problem. When I checked the ones that failed I couldn't find a seed, so I assumed the soil ate them.

If your cooking soil for long periods of time, you might want to crack your seeds in some sort of root plug or plain promix.
 
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