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SWICK plants got some EWC, Roots!, Recharge, soil, and Transplant drenched today.
Test plants got their designated drenches..they were soaked from bottom for 10 min. drained, and some run off poured back over top.
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Nice Ziggy! You're doing some really cool stuff here! I think the plants look fantastic with the SWICK. It's only a matter of time till I try it.
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Thank you Doc. I really appreciate the confidence you have.
The SWICKd plants seem to be thriving...it will be interesting to see in a day or so.
I added some Roots! to the Recharge, EWC top dressing. i figured the extra mycos, and rock powder booster, might be able to attach to roots and rootlets in the pot and also assist in breaking down the Recharge after the mycos break down the rock dust in the Roots!
just a few hours after giving a heavy Transplant soak to most of the test plants, the terpenes went into overdrive.
The SWICKd plants seem to be thriving...it will be interesting to see in a day or so.
I added some Roots! to the Recharge, EWC top dressing. i figured the extra mycos, and rock powder booster, might be able to attach to roots and rootlets in the pot and also assist in breaking down the Recharge after the mycos break down the rock dust in the Roots!
just a few hours after giving a heavy Transplant soak to most of the test plants, the terpenes went into overdrive.
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I always add a bit of roots to the recharge also 
I really like that practice of putting Roots! on at recharge, but what I like even better is soil that has digested plenty of leaf material, with Roots! added each time. Try packing that on top next time with the re-charge.
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I've recently learned that we all might benefit by rethinking the way we use the drenches. As you know, these products are designed for farmers...as in outdoors with tractors and fertigation/sprayers, etc. 5 acre market gardens are about average for users of these products.
I've taken that down to the hobby level, indoors and in the greenhouse, as well as outdoors. But most people are using it indoors.
Well, think about the fact that outdoors, ALL the drenches stay in the root zone....there is no run-off out the bottom of the pot. But in containers there is.....so we fix this problem with saucers.
Outdoors, roots grow lateral, up to ten feet away from the main stem, so they have a lot of minerals at their disposal at all times. However, our plants have strict boundaries and about halfway through bloom, the roots have really filled the containers. Mine are mostly very fine roots hairs, but every square inch of soil is full of roots.
So....I recently learned of some greenhouse growers using Transplant at doses of 1 cup per 5 gallons.....8 oz. per gallon. The plants thrived with applications of this strength. Growth Energy and Cat Drench were not used at this high of concentrations.
I've tried it and it works very, very well. So your instinct to give them a heavy Transplant drench is right on the money!
I'm working on a re-write of the instructions, which I'll get input from everyone on. I'm also mulling over a "super-sized" kit which would be the smallest bulk size of all the components. People growing just 2 or 3 plants will be just fine with the regular kit. But growers who are consistently growing 6 to 20 plants could really benefit from something like this.
Thoughts?
Ziggy, what determined recharge at this point? (Why now?) If I understand, you top dressed with some EWC (how thick a topping?), topped that with Recharge, sprinkled on Roots! and finished off with more soil. Am I correct? Last question: Is one of your intents here to bring the soil level up closer to the lip in anticipation of additional rooting of the top of the stem?
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Sweetsue, Recharge is used around flipping/ flowering time. Some use it at different stages of flowering.
The SWICKd plants are now 4 weeks old and started flowering
. I figure in 6,7 weeks max(??) they're done or almost done? With the 11/13 schedule they're on, I think they will need the Recharge now. Amts used: Per SWICK plant: Roots! a heaping teaspoon; The EWC, a 3oz dixie cup of EWC, Recharge was maybe 1/3 of a 3 oz dixie cup. Soil was to try to level to rim of azalea pot. They didn't hold much soil even at first when filled, they have less now. . Plants this a.m liked the Transplant drench from yesterday. I used 30 ml Transplant, 3 ml Tea in 2.5 gal H2O. used the 2.5 gals to soak the test plants and then fed the SWICKd plants. Im sure runoff got into perlite.
The SWICKd plants have a P450+ about 16" off the tops.
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Doc, with his kit, has given us a recipe guide..Like any other recipe, it is suggested to follow it 1-2 times before tweaking to your ability and comfort level and changing the basic recipe.
I'm cooking more HB soil, 1/2 batch in a 28 or so gal tote. . Im going to place in J1 tent under the test plants to sit for the 30 days.
i need to find another wire shelf and place on rack in J1s tent. I will have about 12-16" from tent topfor the toplightled to start seeds or clones. I can have a perpetual rack...seeds/clones on top..top of tent -about 81-2F with lights on. Then when ready to be SWICKd, SWICKd on TOTE cover under P450+, like now. then moved under P600+ when bigger.. hmmm..
i have 3 window boxes now in tent 1 with other herbs and greens.
I have grown a large plant in one of the window boxes last year. Doc thought the plant a Train Wreck or hybrid of it. Its now an incredible smoke I harvested in Nov I believe.
I'm cooking more HB soil, 1/2 batch in a 28 or so gal tote. . Im going to place in J1 tent under the test plants to sit for the 30 days.
i need to find another wire shelf and place on rack in J1s tent. I will have about 12-16" from tent topfor the toplightled to start seeds or clones. I can have a perpetual rack...seeds/clones on top..top of tent -about 81-2F with lights on. Then when ready to be SWICKd, SWICKd on TOTE cover under P450+, like now. then moved under P600+ when bigger.. hmmm..
i have 3 window boxes now in tent 1 with other herbs and greens.
I have grown a large plant in one of the window boxes last year. Doc thought the plant a Train Wreck or hybrid of it. Its now an incredible smoke
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A Super Size Kit sounds awesome, Doc!! Maybe you can include a small jug of Salt drench? I need to get some of that drench. When I ordered my large kit and extra stuff I forgot to ask to include it.
Sounds great Doc. It sounds like both regular and super kits kits might include considerably more Transplant and possible less or no GE and Cat? If it works just as well, or better, it would be awesome just for simplicity. One drench instead of three would make the kit even more idiot-proof and easier to order additional supplies.
The one drench version would be all Growth Energy bro. That's what the lab recommended for a basic "newbie" kit....nothing but GE all the way.
Transplant has been re-formulated with much of the sodium left out, so it can be used a bit more now. Cat is what gives us so damn much resin.....
RE: idiot-proof. My clients are NOT idiots! They may be stoners, yes indeed most of them are....but I don't have a single idiot on the shipping list. After a couple runs most people want to order new and different products to try them out.
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SWICK Pics..
test plants
test plants
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Im thinking next watering for the SWICK should be just water with a little Tea. Lots going on in those pots recently Then hit them with CAT sometime end of this week. They will be budding pretty nicely by then.
My HB Arugula has sprouted in one of the window pots.
Then hit them with CAT sometime end of this week. They will be budding pretty nicely by then. My HB Arugula has sprouted in one of the window pots.
Im thinking next watering for the SWICK should be just water with a little Tea. Lots going on in those pots recently
My HB Arugula has sprouted in one of the window pots.
It's just getting better and better in ZiggyTown!
Question for you: Did your Willie Nelson get 3 bladed leaves at the stops about when pistils were really forming?
Mine is bright green, smelly, healthy....but shooting up like a rocket. Went from 16/8 to 11/13 on a well rooted clone. I need to find a way to keep the 5 and 7 bladed leaves on her.
Looking for someone to test that out Doc? I'm game if you are.
I did it my first 2 or 3 runs back in the day. It works perfectly.
We've merely discovered a few tweaks along the way to improve on things. Of course, we also screw up now and then and learn stuff by accident, the hard way.
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No, Doc no 3 bladed leaves on either one of the 2 WNs. Ive seen 3 bladed leaves on some Unknowns last grow. They showed up after I gave the plants decent dose of CaMg, and Veg seemed to be restarting due to it.
I think my pot size and light distance shortens the plants....
its like anything goes with this incredible plant...amazing!!
Amazig plants!!
Top of the day to ya Ziggs....your tent is lookin fantastic,lots of different sites and smells eh,
Ziggs,i was just wondering....what's the R.H. in your "jungle tent"? Has it gone up at all ,these past couple weeks? Cheers.
Ziggs,i was just wondering....what's the R.H. in your "jungle tent"? Has it gone up at all ,these past couple weeks? Cheers.