Nice!!!
hello headquarters... jungle patrol reporting
we hit end of wk 5 / beginning of wk 6 flower and it was time for some work. got last defol done, staked everything for support, and did a quick flush to start the back end of flower.
ladies looking pretty good to start...
my camera jammed up so these are busted cell pics lol
true to form i have them kinda crammed in...
looks like a fair bit going on when all together .. they are spindly little gals when seen individual lol
can't even stand up poor thing. this is my tiniest plant lol... who don't like a skinny girl once in a while tho
big debate over sticking with the defol too. this is a before pic...
had a plan and stuck with it for science tho..
instruments of snip and restriction...
all cleaned up and headed in the right direction again..
i checked the specs on my driver tonight and realized i'm doing this at 200 watts ...
they all got a flush with h202 after as a reward.
cute little bud shot to finish..
got at least 4 + wks to go.
take care headquarters.
we hit end of wk 5 / beginning of wk 6 flower and it was time for some work. got last defol done, staked everything for support, and did a quick flush to start the back end of flower.
ladies looking pretty good to start...
my camera jammed up so these are busted cell pics lol
true to form i have them kinda crammed in...
looks like a fair bit going on when all together .. they are spindly little gals when seen individual lol
can't even stand up poor thing. this is my tiniest plant lol... who don't like a skinny girl once in a while tho
big debate over sticking with the defol too. this is a before pic...
had a plan and stuck with it for science tho..
instruments of snip and restriction...
all cleaned up and headed in the right direction again..
i checked the specs on my driver tonight and realized i'm doing this at 200 watts ...
they all got a flush with h202 after as a reward.
cute little bud shot to finish..
got at least 4 + wks to go.
take care headquarters.
Here's a hempy question/scenario that I suspect might be a little uncommon:
I have a cheap plastic planter, basically just a shell with no holes in it yet. It's roughly six inches tall, six inches deep, and two feet wide. I'm thinking about growing one cannabis plant, one rosemary plant, and possibly an onion or two in it.
Will this work, or is the container too small? The hydroponic pH and EC requirements of rosemary are more or less compatible, although I'd have to check my notes to see if the nutrient ratios are. Onions... Well, onion should have a higher pH, so I'm not real sure about then.
If you're not already shaking your head, should I go with a photoperiodic (lol, my phone's virtual keyboard knows that word) strain clone or an autoflower strain? The advantage of the latter is... I don't currently have any plants growing, so there would be a big delay with the former. I still have some DDA and SSDC seeds left, and o have yet to experience the SSDC, so there's that.
I'd like to throw a marigold in there for the anti-insect chemical it would release into the medium (depending on which type I can find this late, if any). I have no idea about it's nutritional requirements.
I also have a ten-gallon GeoPot available, which would provide enough medium space, but I'm hoping to save it in case I can get a dwarf lemon tree (I know, it's too small, but it's the largest container I have; and I don't have anything large enough to use as a drain pan, so I couldn't use it inside until later anyway).
Maximum yield isn't really a goal. I'll be growing other cannabis plants. But I don't want to waste a seed, because I'm pretty low on the autos and am not likely to be able to restock soon. I'm more... I'm interested in learning what effect the companion plants will have on fragrance, flavor, pests,, et cetera in a shared hydroponic setup.
I'd hoped to get to the exotic /interesting / medicinal / spiritual... fun plant nursery, but it's nowhere near here and I wasn't able to arrange transportation this year. So I'll have to make do with common garden plants.
Thoughts?
I have a cheap plastic planter, basically just a shell with no holes in it yet. It's roughly six inches tall, six inches deep, and two feet wide. I'm thinking about growing one cannabis plant, one rosemary plant, and possibly an onion or two in it.
Will this work, or is the container too small? The hydroponic pH and EC requirements of rosemary are more or less compatible, although I'd have to check my notes to see if the nutrient ratios are. Onions... Well, onion should have a higher pH, so I'm not real sure about then.
If you're not already shaking your head, should I go with a photoperiodic (lol, my phone's virtual keyboard knows that word) strain clone or an autoflower strain? The advantage of the latter is... I don't currently have any plants growing, so there would be a big delay with the former. I still have some DDA and SSDC seeds left, and o have yet to experience the SSDC, so there's that.
I'd like to throw a marigold in there for the anti-insect chemical it would release into the medium (depending on which type I can find this late, if any). I have no idea about it's nutritional requirements.
I also have a ten-gallon GeoPot available, which would provide enough medium space, but I'm hoping to save it in case I can get a dwarf lemon tree (I know, it's too small, but it's the largest container I have; and I don't have anything large enough to use as a drain pan, so I couldn't use it inside until later anyway).
Maximum yield isn't really a goal. I'll be growing other cannabis plants. But I don't want to waste a seed, because I'm pretty low on the autos and am not likely to be able to restock soon. I'm more... I'm interested in learning what effect the companion plants will have on fragrance, flavor, pests,, et cetera in a shared hydroponic setup.
I'd hoped to get to the exotic /interesting / medicinal / spiritual... fun plant nursery, but it's nowhere near here and I wasn't able to arrange transportation this year. So I'll have to make do with common garden plants.
Thoughts?
Buck5050
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Six inches seems really shallow for a fully mature plant. I want you to try though just to confirm as I have never finished in something that short. In the past pages I read that auto's are a different beast in hempy. If you do try, go with the photo so you'll have more control if an issue arises.
DrDoob
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No idea about onions but my outdoor rosemary plants didn’t really produce much good oil for the first couple years. It might not be the best candidate for hempy, IMO. I guess it depends on why you want to grow it.
World's Smallest Solo Cup Grow
Let's see how big I can get them in these baby solo cups..should be fun to watch..figured what the heck. And those are trainwrecks next to them I got from the king ..one week old.
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I'd like to stick a ready-to-flower indica clone in there, but I don't have any at the moment. I do have a bunch of non-cannabis seeds. If I go with something from that pile, then I won't be in a big hurry. Kind of leaning towards the rosemary plant, though. I went to pot it up in a temporary home in the wee hours overnight, and discovered that it wasn't one plant, it was three small ones; there was no "knotted root situation," so they separated on their own as the soil("ish") fell apart all over the table.So I might just go ahead and sprout something, since it's not as far along as I'd originally thought it was.
I was thinking about how when people screw something up with an auto, they end up with a stubby little runt that's normally something you'd pitch, and how since I'm not exactly hoping for pounds, that might be a good thing. If people can fail accidentally, I ought to be able to... well, I'm thninking I'm not real likely to accidentally grow a tree. Maybe start it in a Solo cup and leave it there until it begins to flower, or even partway through the stretch, IDK. Still trying to figure out how I'll end up going about it.
Because it smells good when I grab a handful, mangle it, and hold it up to my nose, lol.
It'll grow like the national debt in a small (5-gal.) DWC setup, so it should be fine in a passive hydroponic one, too. I usually just plant some in the food garden and chuck a couple into small pots, a gallon or two capacity each..
I don't cook with it or anything, I just... like the plants, I guess. I was sort of hoping they'd be healthy but small, overgrown by the cannabis. I'd be able to trim the plant, but it wouldn't be feasible to trim the roots with it in a multi-plant container.
DrDoob
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I use with just about everything on the BBQ. I really noticed a major change in the plants oil production after two years or so. I try not to touch it with my fingers much anymore it’s extremely sticky and annoying (but smells and tastes amazing). I figure it needed a maturing period or something. Throw a few sprigs off on the side to smoke away and grill up some chicken, steaks, pork... basically anything and it comes out great. It makes people think I know how to cook.World's Smallest Solo Cup Grow
Let's see how big I can get them in these baby solo cups..should be fun to watch..figured what the heck. And those are trainwrecks next to them I got from the king ..one week old.www.420magazine.com
I'd like to stick a ready-to-flower indica clone in there, but I don't have any at the moment. I do have a bunch of non-cannabis seeds. If I go with something from that pile, then I won't be in a big hurry. Kind of leaning towards the rosemary plant, though. I went to pot it up in a temporary home in the wee hours overnight, and discovered that it wasn't one plant, it was three small ones; there was no "knotted root situation," so they separated on their own as the soil("ish") fell apart all over the table.So I might just go ahead and sprout something, since it's not as far along as I'd originally thought it was.
I was thinking about how when people screw something up with an auto, they end up with a stubby little runt that's normally something you'd pitch, and how since I'm not exactly hoping for pounds, that might be a good thing. If people can fail accidentally, I ought to be able to... well, I'm thninking I'm not real likely to accidentally grow a tree. Maybe start it in a Solo cup and leave it there until it begins to flower, or even partway through the stretch, IDK. Still trying to figure out how I'll end up going about it.
Because it smells good when I grab a handful, mangle it, and hold it up to my nose, lol.
It'll grow like the national debt in a small (5-gal.) DWC setup, so it should be fine in a passive hydroponic one, too. I usually just plant some in the food garden and chuck a couple into small pots, a gallon or two capacity each..
I don't cook with it or anything, I just... like the plants, I guess. I was sort of hoping they'd be healthy but small, overgrown by the cannabis. I'd be able to trim the plant, but it wouldn't be feasible to trim the roots with it in a multi-plant container.
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Buck, do you think we’d be well advised to change the recommendations from pH of 5.5 - 5.6 to one of 5.9 - 6.0? Your plants sure look like that may be a better choice.
I can rework the opening post to reflect what we’re learning, or I can plan a 2.0 version of the Headquarters. What do you all think?
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TS, is this a hempy grow you’re thinking of? If so I’d do an Auto for the speed of maturity. And I’d try green onions. I grew them with cannabis in LOS, and that went really well.
heya friends,, thot i might share some pics of my hempies,, iffin y'all dunna mind
i gotta say,, the hempie thing has been a hit in this household,, indeed,,
the plants are outa sight,, and, this my thinking these days,,
so many of my mite and mildew and etc etc have been the result of using soil as a medium,, i am sure of it
i am sure the mites are imported into the mix in bot soil and peat moss,,
ant the mildew,, it seems to following my last soil plant around, funny eh??
one more soil plant then 100% hempie,, all the way,,
a bitto blurple in this one,, i harvested my first tent plant last night, a soil one so not related, a white widow, and smallish,, but the first from my tent grow,,
the one back left, a blueberry, perhaps the best plant i have yet to grow,, but it is going to be overtaken as the best by the one back right, an og kush cross, which tho lookin hempie is my last soil plant with a bit of perlite on top
the blue,,
pretty pic too,,
up closer,,
a couple weeks to go now,,
hempies seem to be ripening a bit quicker it seems,,
this my flower room in my studio now,, fully renoed and full on hempy,, no sign of mildew in here for near forty days,,
still bugs,, but few of em. this pic a week old or so
two mars hydro ts1000 in a 2'6" x 3'6" space
cheers friends,, now to improve my results in the first two weeks of life for hempies,,
peace and karma sent to y'all
i gotta say,, the hempie thing has been a hit in this household,, indeed,,
the plants are outa sight,, and, this my thinking these days,,
so many of my mite and mildew and etc etc have been the result of using soil as a medium,, i am sure of it
i am sure the mites are imported into the mix in bot soil and peat moss,,
ant the mildew,, it seems to following my last soil plant around, funny eh??
one more soil plant then 100% hempie,, all the way,,
a bitto blurple in this one,, i harvested my first tent plant last night, a soil one so not related, a white widow, and smallish,, but the first from my tent grow,,
the one back left, a blueberry, perhaps the best plant i have yet to grow,, but it is going to be overtaken as the best by the one back right, an og kush cross, which tho lookin hempie is my last soil plant with a bit of perlite on top
the blue,,
pretty pic too,,
up closer,,
a couple weeks to go now,,
hempies seem to be ripening a bit quicker it seems,,
this my flower room in my studio now,, fully renoed and full on hempy,, no sign of mildew in here for near forty days,,
still bugs,, but few of em. this pic a week old or so
two mars hydro ts1000 in a 2'6" x 3'6" space
cheers friends,, now to improve my results in the first two weeks of life for hempies,,
peace and karma sent to y'all
We (Mom like the plant, too) grow it as a houseplant. We try to stick some among the tomatoes in the garden, too, but always chop up whatever is left at the end of our local growing season, to become part of next year's soil. We get Winter here.
But I read just last night that rosemary is said to be hardy down to -10°F(!!!) - which is something I didn't know. It rarely gets that cold here, maybe five or ten days per year, maybe less, occasionally it barely even drops below zero once or twice. I just assumed (
) a plant that looks like that came from some place hot.And sometimes the listed specifications aren't everything, anyway. During one of my rare trips to the interesting nursery a number of years ago, I picked up an Iboza Riparia (if I got the name right). I like the smell and look of the thing, it has anti-bacterial/anti-fungal properties, and it seems to help with headaches and high fevers (and, apparently, malaria, but I haven't had to test that
). Ended up getting one more than I had empty planters, so I stuck it in the outdoor garden. It lived for several years, even through the snow.I returned to the nursery at a later point in time and happened to mention that "my big one out in the backyard" had finally died. He was really surprised... that it had made it through the first Winter. He said it comes from Africa where it doesn't really experience our Winter climate.
I wanted to get some lavender and a few other aromatic herbs to, but waited too long this year. I almost couldn't find onions by the time I got around to looking, ended up with a pound of half-rotted(?) white onions in a brown paper sack.
Hey, you're about to receive a PM, BtW.
Yes; the container is too small for a DWC reservoir. The other option would be to fill it with soil, I suppose.
I'm leaning that way. I grew some autos in green two-liter bottles in soil, just some informal experimenting to help estimate how many I could fit in a given space that way, and they were fine in that amount of soil (small plants, of course). Although if I had a mother plant handy to take cuttings from, I might dispute the "speed" thing
. But, starting from seed, I agree.And I’d try green onions. I grew them with cannabis in LOS, and that went really well.
I like to toss at least one into just about every container-plant I grow, but that's in regards to soil. I wasn't sure about in a hydroponic setup; they seem to do best (in hydro) with a pH closer to 6.3 or 6.4, if I remember correctly, which is higher than I'd be running this thing, because I'd want to give priority to the cannabis.
I'm a big fan of planting onions. Used to carry bulbs around with me so that I could stick some in every public planter I encountered, lol. They seem to make good informal "rabbit fences" when planted close together around a garden's border, repel insects (other than onion maggots
), and of course you get to eat them. I don't exactly eat them like people eat apples, but I consume a good bit. Mom is the same way, and any gardening that I manage to do these days is as much for her as it is for me. Just tomatoes, peppers, onions, basil, and rosemary this year; didn't even plant potatoes. Here, I'll bend over so someone can kick me
. . . .
Buck5050
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Before we change it.
Is anyone having success with 5.5-5.6? Let's see some current hempy grows using this range. I know @FelipeBlu was down this low a month ago. How's that going?Anyone else running in that range?
I for one have dialed my water and my nutes in between 5.8-6.0. They even rise higher than that as they sit in the res before getting used. I am on my third or fourth different digital ph meter. I always shoot for this reading when I know there calibrated. I am hoping to get a higher end meter at some point and maybe if I have time or patience I can do a side by side with different ph on clones in the tubes.
i shoot for a solid 5.8 when feeding. will let it dip as low as 5.6 if i don't feel like chasing ph, and i never feed above 5.9.
Have you considered Chives? Do you like Chives should have been the question I guess.
They get pretty purple flowers and I bet they would do well in hempy.
If you have a Wal-Mart near you they have potted herbs in the produce section. I've seen basil, tarragon ,rosemary and various mint varieties. Chives from time to time.
Some of my favorite herbs that I must have yearly are lemon thyme, reg. thyme,lemon drop basil, flat leaf parsley, chives and dill. I usually have 3-4 different mint plants as well. I've been smoking chicken with lemon thyme sprigs lately, unreal.
I have seed pack in my freezer . I just start them myself, the seeds last a very long time.
If you like scents like vanilla, I recommend Heliotrope. If you get a good breeze your neighbors will also enjoy this long- lasting purple beauty.
Oh, she's a flower, not an herb btw. Lol.
You like the smell of beer with lime? I know a plant like that too.
i'm wondering about growing hempy herbs year round. possibly as companion plants at fort st veg/clone. the jungle room keeps getting crowded out.
i used to grow basil in rockwool cubes left in the strips yrs ago. i just dunno what would lend itself to hempy.
I think a bunch of the mints would work well especially the Aquatica varieties. They are originally ....aquatic. Watermint, peppermint would do well I bet. Basil can be grown in hydro for sure. Plus most bugs hate peppermint, white flies being one of the exceptions.
Most anything, I suppose.
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https://www.gtghydroponics.com/faq/herbph.aspx
https://www.homehydrosystems.com/ph_tds_ppm/ph_herbs_page.html
https://www.homehydrosystems.com/ph_tds_ppm/ph_vegetables_page.htmlI did have a chart listing recommended (hydroponic) pH levels, EC levels, and it also listed several types of hydroponic methods and there were corresponding symbols with each plant's entry showing which one(s) they recommended for that plant. But I cannot seem to find it now that there's someone who'd be interested in me posting the chart
. I must not have bookmarked the link. But I found it by doing searches such as:
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hydroponics vegetables pH ECThe only thing keeping me from being a bigger proponent of adding "mainstream" plants to one's grow room is that it takes space away from the cannabis plants, so it's going to reduce the space's yield (and buying tomatoes at the store is a lot cheaper than buying lids of cannabis
).
The only thing keeping me from being a bigger proponent of adding "mainstream" plants to one's grow room is that it takes space away from the cannabis plants, so it's going to reduce the space's yield (and buying tomatoes at the store is a lot cheaper than buying lids of cannabis
amen.
and thanks for the info.