My girls came up in the perlite. Thanks for the tip y'all. Easy peasy.
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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.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?
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.I'm thinking about growing one cannabis plant, one rosemary plant, and possibly an onion or two in it.
Six inches seems really shallow for a fully mature plant.
If you do try, go with the photo so you'll have more control if an issue arises.
It might not be the best candidate for hempy, IMO. I guess it depends on why you want to grow it.
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.
@Mastrmasn watch out going to low on the ph its nothing but problems.
@FelipeBlu The run off in the first attempt was super milky from that fresh open factory bag. The second solution is a whole lot clearer.
I was feeding at 5.5-5.6 at one point thinking it was ok since this is a hydro growing style. At that level the plants were pissed off. I raised it up to 5.9 to 6.0 going in the top and there was an obvious change for the better. I did however test it for myself since I can only truly learn from my own experiences. YMMV.
Some growers don't check or care about the PH, they just watch the plants reaction to what there giving them. I agree somewhat with this notion as watching the plants health is the key but I also like the science behind whats making that plant so happy. Knowing what ph's work and don't work gets you on a path that could lead to greater buds.
I really noticed a major change in the plants oil production after two years or so.
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.
Before we change it.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?
Have you considered Chives? Do you like Chives should have been the question I guess.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.
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 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?
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 used to grow basil in rockwool cubes left in the strips yrs ago. i just dunno what would lend itself to hempy.
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.html
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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 ).