I wonder how old it was.?. The info on the website goes as far as pointing out what they use for pH buffering. That was a pretty whack number.
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My condolences. So how long did she live? Do you expect any seeds at all? Now I want the 3 week timing to be true!
Yes indeed it is, and yours are looking fabulous!
Did any of the seeds make it to maturity before it died?You certainly can't argue with that picture - yikes!
So that would be a 5 mile radius then...
The good, the bad, and the ugly Thursday update! Lots of pics, and some text as well.
The good looks like trichome pics of the Spring two, both on flip day 52. Neither of them are really close to done, but it's always fun to see trichs! Leading off with Red Dragon (the ripest):
Are you sure the Red Dragon isn't ready yet? There's a lot of amber showing in this photo (above).
If anyone missed it, the good/bad/ugly post is here!
It really is, especially after having it stunt the Summer grow. At least I can save the clones, and I guess I can try lowering the soil pH on the Sour G and CB to see if that helps them out.
Oh, here they are this morning...I forgot to post it:
I stripped the lowers on the JH to try to get the tops to grow big enough to clone the VG perlite way.
The sales rep at ProMix is looking for someplace local that sells it. The first two places she gave me were at least an hour and a half away! Los Angeles is a pretty spread out place.
If she can't find somewhere then one of the two FF soils will be my fallback purchase for certain. Or Sunshine Mix #4?
Have you considered growing hempy until this ProMix thing works out? @FelipeBlu grows some lovely specimens that way. Brett Blaze and VetSmoke are a couple of other hydro grows that look great.
I’m loving that RD and the anticipation of it finished in a cure jar is getting the best of me. It’s the Beauty of your “Good the Bad and the Ugly.
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That sucks to the Soil !! Man hate you losing all those plants and having never ending problems !! But the Red Dragón Is looking tasty and the other right behind it 
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Whack indeed! Especially considering the manufacture date:
I mean...seriously?
Thank you Otter. I think these plants go back to October, but I forgot to look at the label this morning. I'll check tonight and let you know for sure.
The earliest signs of seeds would have been around June 22nd, so that would have been just about 3 weeks before it died.
I did have a chance to pluck a couple of seeds off the top. One was very pale and basically hollow:
The other was a bit darker and didn't crush when I squeezed it (my hand is not that color, I had to darken the pic so you could see the seed):
Before I throw out the plant tomorrow I'll go through it and pull all the seeds and let y'all have a look.
BL!I know right? That's nuts out of a brand new bag.
LOL! They came up with two places, both about 35 miles away.
I'm waiting to hear back about someplace closer, but even Home Depot is running low on Sunshine Mix #4. There's one bale about 7 miles down the 405.
Amy always told me that outside amber isn't like tent amber because of the impact of the sun on trichomes, and @BeezLuiz discovered that harvesting based on the standard tent-based reading of amber left him with very low THC numbers and zero CBN. So we are both harvesting later than we have in the past to see how that goes.
Thanks HG! I considered hempy early in my growing days, but it doesn't fit my grow methods. The plants get moved in and out twice a day, not to mention the moving around the yard to follow the sun. That would be a lot of spilled water and top heavy plants that can't be caged for stability. Even my 1 and 2 gallon pots get blown over, so I can't imagine how tippy a 3' tall plant would be with just a bucket of perlite beneath it.
Thanks Nev, and nice combination of movie references!
Thanks for thoughts sb. I started watering the Chiquita Banana and the Sour G with the pH lowering mix this morning, so maybe that will help a bit. The clones are just going to get replanted and the Kellogg's dumped. When the CB and Sour G move to 7 gallons it will be whatever I end up buying this weekend, and hopefully that will be the end of this misadventure!
I'm thinking there's going to be some surprises! Good luck!
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I hope so...I'm up for good surprises for a change!
Hi Shed. I’m curious, why don’t you just order the ProMix HP on Amazon? It’s about twice as much as the hydro store but…..seems like it might be worth it, no? 
Who knows how much it will be in the LA hydro stores based on the shortage. I couldn’t find the HP earlier so I’ve got a few plants in the Promix BX and I really don’t see a huge difference. Just a thought.
TCK and RD are beautiful!
Who knows how much it will be in the LA hydro stores based on the shortage. I couldn’t find the HP earlier so I’ve got a few plants in the Promix BX and I really don’t see a huge difference. Just a thought.TCK and RD are beautiful!
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ProMix HP on Amazon is $120 for 3.8cf, or $31.58cf. At Lowe's it was $25 for 2.2cf, or $11.36cf. That's too big a price difference for me. I've never been to a hydro store so I don't know what they charged in the old days, but HD has Sunshine Mix #4 for the same price as HP at Lowe's was. If I can find some.
I don't even know if it's available! Still waiting to hear back from sales at Premier Tech...
I've never seen BX here, and the only person I know who had some was in NC, so might be a southeast seaboard thing.
The RD is slowing down the drinking as of this morning (I watered it anyway), so it might come down next weekend if it keeps drinking less each time.
I looked it up at lagardensupply and it was $1500! And out of stock. I’m like you, that price jump is just too much, but then when you figure in the cost of other supplies (that don’t seem to be working), your time, the plants you are losing, etc…. To me it would seem to be worth it and would also buy you time until they replenish and it’s available nationwide again.
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Not at those prices! I'd rather go with FFOF or FFHF before dropping that kind of cash on HP.
Funny coincidence...I just this second got an email from the rep who suggested LA Garden Supply! I'll call to double check.
Funny coincidence...I just this second got an email from the rep who suggested LA Garden Supply! I'll call to double check.
Lately I've been using Organic Harvest soil from Lowes. About 8 bucks a bag. It's got chicken poop in it. I haven't had any issues with it thus far.
Well I sure hope you don’t drop $1500 on a bale!
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I just called over and they don't have the bales, but they have the 2.8cf loose fill bags of HP for $22 and they're holding three for me until tomorrow morning!
Thanks GDB! I think my venture into soil is going to be put on hold now that I can get HP again. I'll have to deal with the environmental effects of peat harvesting in some other way.
I just called over and they don't have the bales, but they have the 2.8cf loose fill bags of HP for $22 and they're holding three for me until tomorrow morning!
Thanks GDB! I think my venture into soil is going to be put on hold now that I can get HP again. I'll have to deal with the environmental effects of peat harvesting in some other way.
After all that effort I think you should demand smoke reports!
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Har! I don't think anyone even cares if I grow any more. Inventory is backed up in my son's closet so I could take a couple of years off, but then what would I do with my time?
Looks like the price of perlite is still pretty stable..
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Too bad the buckets aren't.