Yeah that's what I'm thinking at this point.
Next wash I'm gonna do in smaller batches, I think there was too much rubbing between buds when done as a whole plant. But yeah, if I had 10-100 plants I guess I would do the whole plant too...in big wash barrels too! Lol
Last night I broke down the old root balls from last grow, mixed in 30lbs of Earth worm castings, and 1.5lbs of Doc Buds Amendment. 1.5lbs of amendment ends up being 2.25 cups...a good thing to know, so you can measure it that way too. I like to order bulk and break it down into baggies and label them. I also added a 1/4 cup of Roots! Powder to assist in breaking down the roots and organic material from the root balls.
I mix it up dry in my portable containment pit, a kiddie pool or tarp could be used just as well. I sprinkle 5 gals of RO water on this pile after it is dry mixed well, and turn it to wet evenly. Then shovel it into my black barrels.
The barrels get labeled, with date mixed, and batch and run number. This is run#2 of batch #2.
The barrels are on HF rolling dollies. I can roll this thing around anywhere I want, and because I store these in the veg room where it is 72-78*F, I do need to move them from time to time. I lock the covers on and unplug the bung holes in the cover. The dollies also keep the barrels off the cool concrete floor.
Like Shiggity says, cooked DBHBB is like money in the bank.
Happy Friday!
DL
Little update we are at 38 days pf
Two days ago I gave the 4 girls in the flower room a transplant drench, but I did a little testing with one of the Headband OG's
Both Bubblegums and one HBOG got 5 gallons of RO water, with 2.5ml of tea, 4.5 tsp (3/4oz) of transplant, divided equally to the three.
The last HBOG, I wanted to try Docs OG Drench. I still have the old formulas. The directions state: 1oz OG drench+1oz transplant+2 Tbsp Epsoms+10ml tea per 5 gals of H2O. Since this plant will drink at least 1.5 gallons, I reduced the amounts to 1/4 (.25oz OG drench+.25oz transplant+1/2Tbsp Epsoms+2.5ml tea) and gave it to this HBOG...I identify her as C4 (clone 4).
Two days later I can see she is a little darker green then the other HBOG.
HBOG C4
HBOG C2 (just got TP+tea) more fade on her
Bubblegums up front/ HBOG in back
Indica hybrid vs sativa hybrid
Bubblegum buds are getting fat, resinous, and smell very sweet.
HBOG's the past grows have shown me that she likes to bulk up more towards the end, and has very little smell till the end also.
The veg girls are doing well, still tied down and adapting nicely. I will soon clip the tops to get more bushy plants.
DL
Thank Beav, I'm having much better results this grow, learning little by little.
DL, I see Doc shipped the 'Winter in Summer Frost' kit add-on..
..along with bragging rights
Beautiful job!!
okay guys...so what is the bottom line on time to build roots before sending into flower...?
Hi Gov
Hi Shawnee!okay guys...so what is the bottom line on time to build roots before sending into flower...?
I have 10 weeks in my mind. I've gone longer and shorter in my 6 gallon pots and that seems to be the sweet spot. 100 days is getting too long for instance. I was training too long and they'd stall. However, if I upcanned at that point into something much bigger, I think they'd explode, so ... ~it depends~.
Roots can fill a pot pretty fast. I bet there isn't more than a week or two difference between a 7 gallon and a 20 gallon pot. So flip timing is probably just as important as root saturation.
