How not to be a salt farmer or a wasteful grower tips

Tip 4:

Less is more, less is more, less is more. It’s far easier to add gradually than to try to heal from overdoing it whether it be light, water or nutrients. Granted these are weeds after all and can survive a great deal of mistreatment but don’t expect much in the way of quality or yield if you beat them too much. Over time and taking careful notes you’ll learn what your strains needs are and hone your skills. Way better off with a smaller yield than burnt up, or drowned root rotted plants.
 
For any doubters, this is my 7 week old girl using my methods. This pic is post clipping of 6 clones…
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budnoob3 said:
For any doubters, this is my 7 week old girl using my methods. This pic is post clipping of 6 clones…
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Looks good Amigo :high-five:
Don't be afraid to fill your pots.:Namaste:
That's a lot of root space going to waste.
Have a great weekend :passitleft:


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
 
Great point Amigo! I usuAlly do fill the pots even if they’re 20g or larger. In this case i went a little crazy expanding garden with different tomato, squash and pepper varieties and stretched myself a little thin so i had to ration things out. You can Trust that i have new soil cooking as we speak and i’ll be ready by the time they are ready to repot :) cheers
 
Bill284 said:
Looks good Amigo :high-five:
Don't be afraid to fill your pots.:Namaste:
That's a lot of root space going to waste.
Have a great weekend :passitleft:


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
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Along with your perched water table being higher exacerbating overwatering symptoms and reducing O² in the media.

budnoob3 said:
Tip 4:

Less is more, less is more, less is more. It’s far easier to add gradually than to try to heal from overdoing it whether it be light, water or nutrients. Granted these are weeds after all and can survive a great deal of mistreatment but don’t expect much in the way of quality or yield if you beat them too much. Over time and taking careful notes you’ll learn what your strains needs are and hone your skills. Way better off with a smaller yield than burnt up, or drowned root rotted plants.
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BTW.......

the term “strain” in cannabis typically refers to a specific genetic variant of the plant. A strain encompasses a group of plants with common characteristics, inherited through selective breeding and hybridization. These characteristics may include growth patterns, cannabinoid profiles, terpene compositions, and physical attributes.

Historically, the term “strain” was used to categorize different subspecies or variations of the cannabis plant. However, with advancements in genetic understanding, many experts advocate for using “cultivar” in place of “strain” to be more accurate and consistent.
 
Bill284 said:
Looks good Amigo :high-five:
Don't be afraid to fill your pots.:Namaste:
That's a lot of root space going to waste.
Have a great weekend :passitleft:


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
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You always say this :) but well okay in this case there is a lot of space... but I do like a little rim on the top of the pot, keeps things from spilling out as when it's filled to the top just bumping the pot makes things jump out, and well I think they should make the top few inches of fabric waterproof (hmm maybe I can try with some scotchguard) so you can pool water on top and it directs it all downward.
 
Fenderbender said:
You always say this :) but well okay in this case there is a lot of space... but I do like a little rim on the top of the pot, keeps things from spilling out as when it's filled to the top just bumping the pot makes things jump out, and well I think they should make the top few inches of fabric waterproof (hmm maybe I can try with some scotchguard) so you can pool water on top and it directs it all downward.
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I use perlite to make a moat around the outside edges of the pot.
Drains great and roots love it.
Have you seen my pictorials?
No soil no roots though. ;)
It's the most valuable space in your grow room.
Use it well. :thumb:


Stay safe
Bill284 😎
 
I won’t dip into the trivialities and end up in a useless rabbit hole, you could technically do just fine with shitty almost everything and still end up with at least something, these are literally weeds that are going to survive all the bs you throw at them. If you’re not happy with low quality tortured plants because you’re trying to help save the life of a loved one then you might want to listen and provide constructive input to that end. I started growing food based on my belief that I can’t trust it’s really organic and not some Monsanto engineered crap, I started growing cannabis because my dad was diagnosed with cancer and so on. I post this info because I want to help others do the same. I don’t know shit and try to learn from everyone. When I’m wrong I appreciate those that call it out and correct me. More often than not I get criticism from the ones trying to profit from everyone that don’t want people to hear what I share. Trust this, if you have nothing but worn castings, worms, gravel and all purpose flour of any kind you can grow decent plants that are beneficial. Better yet if you have money and time I can help with better yields and quality. This is serious life saving business and I’m 100% here to learn and guide down a path of survival. Don’t jump in with useless minutiae that has no value to that end. Talk about anything that improves quality and yield that you like please.
 
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Along with your perched water table being higher exacerbating overwatering symptoms and reducing O² in the media.



BTW.......

the term “strain” in cannabis typically refers to a specific genetic variant of the plant. A strain encompasses a group of plants with common characteristics, inherited through selective breeding and hybridization. These characteristics may include growth patterns, cannabinoid profiles, terpene compositions, and physical attributes.

Historically, the term “strain” was used to categorize different subspecies or variations of the cannabis plant. However, with advancements in genetic understanding, many experts advocate for using “cultivar” in place of “strain” to be more accurate and consistent.
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Semantics to me. Keep it simple, you have indica, sativa, rhuderalis at a high level. You have equatorial, South American, afghani etc at a high level. You have trichomes at various levels of amber. You have canbabanoids and terpenes that could fill volumes of encyclopedic info. You have cb receptors with various attributes. You have an endless array of growing methods. Way too much info for anyone to know it all. The more I learn the less I know. All I want to offer here is the simplest and most cost-effective options I know of for those of us that want quality, medicinally effective product. I learn every day and encourage everyone to share. Nobody gains by withholding knowledge! Share what you know or think you know, inevitably someone will help improve our knowledge collectively or straighten us out when we are incorrect. Be wise, learn to learn from others mistakes rather than having to repeat our own and reinvent the wheel all the time.
 
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Just So everyone is aware that may be following. I said I took 6 clones off of her at 7 weeks. Of the 6, 3 are taking root and doing well. I usually have a better success rate but in this case I had to travel for work and couldn’t tend to them daily as I normally would in the critical early stages of cloning. We all have failures, it’s nothing to cry about :)
 
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What's the daily tending you do to clones? as I just cut some, and well I look at them daily but that's about it :)
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Just maintaining humidity and temps, I was gone for almost a week and a few dried out.
 
Gee64 said:
Interesting thread👍👊. I'm actually in the middle of something similar. What do you use for calcium inputs?
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I mentioned earlier in the thread some other sources like ground raw nuts, yogurt, cheese etc
 
Just a day or two later

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Tip #2
Hmmm, I wonder what might be a a good source of calcium or potassium? Well I could go out and spend money on these fancy bottled nutes, or say to myself hey you dumb dumb, don’t egg shells have a lot of calcium, or bananas and banana peels have a lot of potassium? These things aren’t just great sources for the compost pile, grind em up and help feed your worms, beneficial microbes etc. Worms love garbage, generate castings, and if you’re a plant worm poop is delectable - more accurately the microbes that help convert that poop to the beneficial nutrients love it. So when you say to yourself “eat poop and die” that’s exactly what you want for your plants, fruits and vegetables. More to come :)
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I like that you keyed in a great point, "you are what you eat" an that's definite when it comes to the worms. Even other bugs, if you want your bug to taste a specific way, like apples for example. Offer them sliced apples 24 hours before preparing them. They'll poop out the yuk and fill up on apples, making them a deductable apple flavored snack.
💚 🦗 Crunchy w apple filling 🐛💚

As a user of home scrap teas, you can't go wrong with ground egg shells, banana peel water and used coffee grinds (decaf is better for this than caffeinated.) as well as used tea bags, just shake the contents over the top soil. Viola!!!
 
Now let’s talk about the controversial topic of composting. Wait, what? Controversial? Yes and no, modern practices that specify the use of socially acceptable use of leaves, clippings, food scraps etc are generally accepted. Practices that go back at least a few thousand years understood that composting of any and all organic material up to and including human excrement and urine could provide valuable amendments to soil given enough time. Many have heard about urine being used with MJ growing in modern times that don’t even realize this was a common practice in ancient eastern gardening practices. Obviously, most of us prefer to stick with the standard accepted options and I personally focus on adding the yard waste and kitchen waste with an emphasis on fruit, vegetable, egg shells, and bone waste for my compost. I avoid adding manure of any sort or meat scraps because it makes for a hot heavily nitrated compost unless it’s a 6yr or more old pile at a minimum. I do maintain a separate long term pile that includes chicken poop, meat, etc for the long term and potential dooms day scenario. My .02 :)
 
budnoob3 said:
Now let’s talk about the controversial topic of composting. Wait, what? Controversial? Yes and no, modern practices that specify the use of socially acceptable use of leaves, clippings, food scraps etc are generally accepted. Practices that go back at least a few thousand years understood that composting of any and all organic material up to and including human excrement and urine could provide valuable amendments to soil given enough time. Many have heard about urine being used with MJ growing in modern times that don’t even realize this was a common practice in ancient eastern gardening practices. Obviously, most of us prefer to stick with the standard accepted options and I personally focus on adding the yard waste and kitchen waste with an emphasis on fruit, vegetable, egg shells, and bone waste for my compost. I avoid adding manure of any sort or meat scraps because it makes for a hot heavily nitrated compost unless it’s a 6yr or more old pile at a minimum. I do maintain a separate long term pile that includes chicken poop, meat, etc for the long term and potential dooms day scenario. My .02 :)
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Yes 🙏 please don't pee on the weed. Although that could make for some fun comments when your sharing your stash...
Also, *Don't use human ashes, they are Not the same as bone meal...for anyone who questioned the idea..It's not bone meal.

Whats your favorite type of poo to use in your compost? Out of the basic rabbit, chicken and cow, which is the better?
 
If anything at all, grass fed cow. I don’t put any in my shorter term piles. Worms on the other hand live in all compost, garden and worm bins. Teas are made with 70% worm castings, 30% 3yr or older compost which amounts to 3 cups total per 5 ga water brewing a min of 7 days. Each 5ga is shared at least across 20 plants evenly no more than once every 2 weeks in flower vs once every 4 weeks in veg after week 4-5 or so
 
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