incogn1to
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Man, I'm jelly. Those things are absolute beasts.
Growing Without Bloom Nutes By Farside05
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I have a trainee at work so it's really cramping my style/routine. I'm way behind on reading other journals.
As mentioned in one of my last updates, I hadn't upped them to 6g MC like I normally would have around Day 30. That worked until yesterday, Day 36. The bottoms started to yellow out from lack of N. No other deficiencies showing other than that. Since they needed a drink, I upped them to 6g Mega Crop, 5ml Cal-Mag, and 5ml Faux-Tekt®.
The Purple Lemonades have a sharp scent to them. No citrus noted, but it's early in bloom. The Strawberry Cheesecakes smell a bit sweeter. No cheesy funk yet.
As mentioned in one of my last updates, I hadn't upped them to 6g MC like I normally would have around Day 30. That worked until yesterday, Day 36. The bottoms started to yellow out from lack of N. No other deficiencies showing other than that. Since they needed a drink, I upped them to 6g Mega Crop, 5ml Cal-Mag, and 5ml Faux-Tekt®.
The Purple Lemonades have a sharp scent to them. No citrus noted, but it's early in bloom. The Strawberry Cheesecakes smell a bit sweeter. No cheesy funk yet.
I feel ya. It's been wrecked for me for the last 6 weeks or better.
I get about enough time to skim over most of the journals I follow, but not much time to interact. I feel kinda bad sometimes, but it is what it is.
So for you, and anyone else wondering, I'm still reading as much as I can. Just not much time to chitchat lately.
Pump up the grams
Pump 'em up
A pump 'em up
Yo pump 'em
Pump 'em up
A pump 'em up
Yo pump 'em
Howdy farside! Hope all is well with the trainee and the emergencies aren't getting out of hand out there. I've been dealing with PM since last summer and folks are posting their own controls in my thread. Smeegol mentioned that he has good luck spraying his with a 10ml/L potassium silicate, so I went looking for information on that method and found this, which is an interesting study on potassium silicate and PM (if you believe in science I mean):
Effect of potassium silicate on epidemic components of powdery mildew on melon
Abstract:
The area under the disease progress curve was reduced by 65% and 73% in the foliar and root treatments, respectively, compared to control plants, as a consequence of reductions in infection efficiency, colony expansion rate, colony area, conidial production and disease progress rate. However, root application of PS was more effective than foliar application in reducing most of the epidemic components, except for infection efficiency. This can be explained by the high Si concentration in leaf tissues with root application, in contrast to the foliar treatment where Si was only deposited on the external leaf surfaces. The effects of PS reported in this study demonstrated that powdery mildew of melon can be controlled, and that the best results can be achieved when PS is supplied to the roots.
Since I don't supplement my MC with Si as you do, I'm going to try the spray. But now it's got me thinking of using your feeding formula going forward to see if that will keep it at bay without foliar spraying. I've still got the Armor Si and Botanicare's cal-mag+ from the old days...
Effect of potassium silicate on epidemic components of powdery mildew on melon
Abstract:
The area under the disease progress curve was reduced by 65% and 73% in the foliar and root treatments, respectively, compared to control plants, as a consequence of reductions in infection efficiency, colony expansion rate, colony area, conidial production and disease progress rate. However, root application of PS was more effective than foliar application in reducing most of the epidemic components, except for infection efficiency. This can be explained by the high Si concentration in leaf tissues with root application, in contrast to the foliar treatment where Si was only deposited on the external leaf surfaces. The effects of PS reported in this study demonstrated that powdery mildew of melon can be controlled, and that the best results can be achieved when PS is supplied to the roots.
Since I don't supplement my MC with Si as you do, I'm going to try the spray. But now it's got me thinking of using your feeding formula going forward to see if that will keep it at bay without foliar spraying. I've still got the Armor Si and Botanicare's cal-mag+ from the old days...
SOG001
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In your feed schedule do the PPM's you have include the 150ppm tap water or have you deducted that figure?
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Sure sounds like it's worth a shot given that study.
The PPM'S at the bottom includes the 150 from the tap water. Adjust accordingly based on what your water source comes out at.
Day 39
Had one of my 6" clip on fans die so I decided to replace both of them. They were a couple years old. I took the trays out from under the 3 taller girls to get more headroom. Light is about all the way up (at least as far as practical). I think/hope the stretch is over. The former cabbage girl, back left, is finally starting to show signs of wanting to bloom. Fed them all 2 gals each of 6/5/5 and cleaned up the lowers. Thinned the middle on back left.
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Day 42
They all got 2 gallons of 6/5/5. Back left is starting to stretch some. I removed 2 of the 3 risers from under her. This is the nicest crop I've had. Every plant could be a potential POTM entry.
They all got 2 gallons of 6/5/5. Back left is starting to stretch some. I removed 2 of the 3 risers from under her. This is the nicest crop I've had. Every plant could be a potential POTM entry.
Let me know when you're entering so I can keep my social distance. They look great!
incogn1to
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Looking good 
Wow! 2 gallons each! What size pots?
Also, what are the dimensions of your tent?
Wow! 2 gallons each! What size pots?
Also, what are the dimensions of your tent?
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Looking good
Wow! 2 gallons each! What size pots?
Also, what are the dimensions of your tent?
2 gallons of feed gets me a small amount of runoff from 5 gallon grow bags. They'll go about 3 days before needing water again using Faux-Mix®.
My tent is a tiny 32"x32"x63". That's all the bigger I can fit in my closet.
smokers420
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Looking good Farside.. Stay safe out there folks...
incogn1to
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Sweet. Man, what i'd give to go 3 days without watering. In coco once they start blooming I'm lucky to go 18 hours before they're begging for more. Once I've got my indoor shut down for the summer and outdoor up and running I'm going to get started on automating my watering for the fall.
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Day 46
Some and pics while they were in the tub getting fed 2gal each of 6g Mega Crop, 5ml Faux-Tekt®, and 5ml Cal-Mag.
The Purple Lemonades
Back Right
Front Right
Some and pics while they were in the tub getting fed 2gal each of 6g Mega Crop, 5ml Faux-Tekt®, and 5ml Cal-Mag.
The Purple Lemonades
Back Right
Front Right
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The Strawberry Cheesecakes
Back Left (formerly known as Cabbage)
Front Left
Can't wait till all the girls start to get some color. The tent should look lovely.
Back Left (formerly known as Cabbage)
Front Left
Can't wait till all the girls start to get some color. The tent should look lovely.
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No "Social Distancing" in the Farside05 tent.
Can't forget the little guy that makes it all happen, the Tent Chicken™!
Can't forget the little guy that makes it all happen, the Tent Chicken™!
He looks rather pleased with himself, and for damn good reason! 
smokers420
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Tent Chicken Tent chicken have you heard, Farside is spreding the word.. Looking good bro!
I thought i was following this...b it seem to have ‘dropped-out’ 
picking myself up again... 
high farside! Plants look wonderful sir! 
picking myself up again... high farside! Plants look wonderful sir! - Thread starter
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I thought i was following this...b it seem to have ‘dropped-out’
Welcome (back).