Hey Everyone,
I decided to start a thread for everyone who is testing there plant's Brix levels with refractometers (Digital or Optical).
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Please save brix questions for other threads and let's keep this one strictly related to your brix test's, results and related details.
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Now why is this Thread/Log/Data resource important you may ask.......
Well since here at 420 Magazine we are creating the VERY 1ST BRIX CHART FOR MARIJUANA STRAINS on the internet...(Woohoo!!!) We need Brix readings from all types of grows, not just high brix focused grows but all types including soil, hydro, and also including organic and synthetic grows. In order to rate quality of different strains, we need to know what "ranges" of brix that a particular strain has.
For example, If 5 people all grow the same cut of OG kush, but we get 5 different brix readings from that same cut... then we know that environment played a factor... Lets say we had brix ranges 3, 6, 12,15, and 23 for that OG kush cutting... Then by knowing that generally a higher brix plant has gotten closer to its genetic potential... then we can safely say that Og Kush(based on my example) has a brix range of 3-23, so when you test your OG Kush, you know where you rate..and what number to aim for.
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Now in addition to brix ratings and test results... DETAILS are very important... what I would like to see with each test result posted is this...
DETAILS are important so that if you happen to be growing a strain that already has been tested, you can compare your results and see what was done differently to achieve a higher brix..it may just be a foliar spray adjustment, or a different topdressing on your soil... the more data we have, the more we can notice trends and make adjustments to this process
Now IF YOU HAVE A GROW JOURNAL HERE, instead of copying all the details, post a link to your journal where the refractometer tests are being taken, post the strain names you are growing, and the brix ratings you are getting, the rest can be discovered within your grow journal.
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Photos (one of the test leaf, and one of the brix test result, and possibly one of the plant)
Type of strain:
How long in veg/bloom?
What time of day was sample taken? (morning, mid day, evening)
What area of the plant was sampled? (top, middle, new growth?)(leaf, bud)
What growing method or medium?
What nutrients are being used? and whats feeding schedule?
Are foliar sprays being used, what kind and feeding schedule?
If soil, what is the mixture, ratios, amendments etc...
What Lighting is being used?
CO2?? yes, no, and PPM if you have readouts..
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This should be the format of the refractometer results and posts... feel free to copy and paste these questions on your postings to make it easier...The more details, the better so that eventually we will have a good sized databank which will help us explore and pioneer the High Brix growing method into perfection..
Like I mentioned before, PLEASE KEEP THIS THREAD STRICTLY FOR REFRACTOMETER TEST RESULTS, LEAVE QUESTIONS IN ANOTHER THREAD, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS FOR ONLY TEST RESULTS AND NOT JUNK IT UP
I decided to start a thread for everyone who is testing there plant's Brix levels with refractometers (Digital or Optical).
*********************************
Please save brix questions for other threads and let's keep this one strictly related to your brix test's, results and related details.
************************************************** *******
Now why is this Thread/Log/Data resource important you may ask.......
Well since here at 420 Magazine we are creating the VERY 1ST BRIX CHART FOR MARIJUANA STRAINS on the internet...(Woohoo!!!) We need Brix readings from all types of grows, not just high brix focused grows but all types including soil, hydro, and also including organic and synthetic grows. In order to rate quality of different strains, we need to know what "ranges" of brix that a particular strain has.
For example, If 5 people all grow the same cut of OG kush, but we get 5 different brix readings from that same cut... then we know that environment played a factor... Lets say we had brix ranges 3, 6, 12,15, and 23 for that OG kush cutting... Then by knowing that generally a higher brix plant has gotten closer to its genetic potential... then we can safely say that Og Kush(based on my example) has a brix range of 3-23, so when you test your OG Kush, you know where you rate..and what number to aim for.
************************************************** *******************
Now in addition to brix ratings and test results... DETAILS are very important... what I would like to see with each test result posted is this...
DETAILS are important so that if you happen to be growing a strain that already has been tested, you can compare your results and see what was done differently to achieve a higher brix..it may just be a foliar spray adjustment, or a different topdressing on your soil... the more data we have, the more we can notice trends and make adjustments to this process
Now IF YOU HAVE A GROW JOURNAL HERE, instead of copying all the details, post a link to your journal where the refractometer tests are being taken, post the strain names you are growing, and the brix ratings you are getting, the rest can be discovered within your grow journal.
************************************************** ****************************
Photos (one of the test leaf, and one of the brix test result, and possibly one of the plant)
Type of strain:
How long in veg/bloom?
What time of day was sample taken? (morning, mid day, evening)
What area of the plant was sampled? (top, middle, new growth?)(leaf, bud)
What growing method or medium?
What nutrients are being used? and whats feeding schedule?
Are foliar sprays being used, what kind and feeding schedule?
If soil, what is the mixture, ratios, amendments etc...
What Lighting is being used?
CO2?? yes, no, and PPM if you have readouts..
************************************************** **********
This should be the format of the refractometer results and posts... feel free to copy and paste these questions on your postings to make it easier...The more details, the better so that eventually we will have a good sized databank which will help us explore and pioneer the High Brix growing method into perfection..
Like I mentioned before, PLEASE KEEP THIS THREAD STRICTLY FOR REFRACTOMETER TEST RESULTS, LEAVE QUESTIONS IN ANOTHER THREAD, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS FOR ONLY TEST RESULTS AND NOT JUNK IT UP