Issue autoflower

Hello - @bluter is right re BioBizz pH - 6.0-6.4
The worm castings will have lots of N which will be hard to balance with CaMg/K though, so you might want to find a high K feed with kelp extracts to supplement, such as off the shelf tomato feed
Keep a close eye out for fungus gnats too or you may end up needing to spray the medium regularly
 
bluter said:
well, your media is a bit all over the map. but we mostly ph for nutes so i gave bio a quick check. they like a non-ph, or a soil ph if in question. 6.2 - 6.3 would be their likely recommend in this situation. i would follow suit.


edit : i'm not the largest fan of biobizz. but if you stay inside their program they grow just fine.
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Sorry, but what do you mean about non-ph? Is like super soil where you just add water?

It is my 2nd try with biobizz I took advantage of a nice sale and bought them. 1st was less than the genetic could produce but 100% was my bad. Now seems that I still not be able to make the proper balance. I like the idea to grow organically but there are very complex techniques and preparations and for this reason I'm trying biobizz. Maybe, with more time available, I'll move to roots organic methods.
 
skirk said:
That's a good looking plant. Why only 72 watts at day 18?
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Yeah... interesting thinking in watts hehehehehe just few watts. Actually, I'm using ppfd calculator as reference in my mobile to reach ppfd suggested rates... in this case 400-600
DLI close to 30.
tent 2ftx2ftx5ft
another point is the temperature... i run w/o ar conditioner and run at night and turn off light during the day is not a better choice in my work routine.
 
StrawGreen said:
Sorry, but what do you mean about non-ph? Is like super soil where you just add water?
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no. you can grow with nutes and media combinations that requires no ph.

alternately you can use a supersoil, or create your own LOS - living organic soil - and just do a water only grow without having to ph.



StrawGreen said:
It is my 2nd try with biobizz I took advantage of a nice sale and bought them. 1st was less than the genetic could produce but 100% was my bad. Now seems that I still not be able to make the proper balance. I like the idea to grow organically but there are very complex techniques and preparations and for this reason I'm trying biobizz. Maybe, with more time available, I'll move to roots organic methods.
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the mistake is confusing organically derived nutes with organic growing. the two activities are separate and apart from each other.

simply put - organic growing requires no added nutes or ph. only water. like every other method, there's a few ways to get there.

pretty much everything else is a bottle nute or dry nute grow, requiring hydro or soil media rules for ph feeding etc. there's a few that can bend the rules a touch, but it's a bit slippery, and ph in those instances is normally the best practice.
 
Growings said:
Hello - @bluter is right re BioBizz pH - 6.0-6.4
The worm castings will have lots of N which will be hard to balance with CaMg/K though, so you might want to find a high K feed with kelp extracts to supplement, such as off the shelf tomato feed
Keep a close eye out for fungus gnats too or you may end up needing to spray the medium regularly
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Hi @Growings that is the point I guess... the balance. Potentially the errors in my 1st time using it caused the low yield. I'm on learning curve.
I'll read more about what you said high k and kelp... interesting.

About gnats I had only using super soil + overwatering never had with peat+perlite+worm casting. Maybe luck :)
 
bluter said:
own LOS - living organic soil - and just do a water only grow without having to ph.
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this is my future goal for sure...
bluter said:
the mistake is confusing organically derived nutes with organic growing. the two activities are separate and apart from each other.
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I got your point here... and agree specially talking about LOS. In the other hands nuts like biobizz are the closest step to organic grow, right?
The source of materials are different since I know. Peat is organic, worm casting too in general tends to be more organic than anything else all combined. Perlite maybe is out of this topic because considering the chemistry perspective, organic compounds are those that contain carbon.
Great point my friend @bluter.
by the way, my girl is growing better I increased the CalMag and did some foliar... she will start to flower maybe next week and I started LST this week. I'll try to find some additional information about the high K and kelp mentioned per Growings. Recharge that I'm currently using has Kelp (derived from Ascophyllum nodosum)... just need to find high K source ;)

edit: I changed for a regular ph down instead of citric acid. Let's see.
 
StrawGreen said:
Hi @Growings that is the point I guess... the balance. Potentially the errors in my 1st time using it caused the low yield. I'm on learning curve.
I'll read more about what you said high k and kelp... interesting.

About gnats I had only using super soil + overwatering never had with peat+perlite+worm casting. Maybe luck :)
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I use Westland Gro-Sure (kelp, Fe etc) 5-3-8 as a supplement in veg, then PK weeks 3-5

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StrawGreen said:
In the other hands nuts like biobizz are the closest step to organic grow, right?
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not really. they are sorta the example of - 'organically derived'. it's not an 'organic grow' if using them. it's more swallowing the kool-aid.




StrawGreen said:
Perlite maybe is out of this topic because considering the chemistry perspective, organic compounds are those that contain carbon.
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i grow in straight perlite. i could use biobizz in that no issues. would that be an organic grow ? ... no, sadly.

StrawGreen said:
edit: I changed for a regular ph down instead of citric acid. Let's see
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yay ! :)
 
StrawGreen said:
Seems that my lady reacted well to the measures taken... my feeling indicates too much Nitrogen, but not sure about it. She also reacted well to LST... flowering is coming and my medicine too :) @bluter @Growings @Bill284

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Good afternoon @StrawGreen hope you are well my friend.
Couple things. :Namaste:
Your airport is upside down.
If you look the bottom row has no holes , it goes to the top.
That way water doesn't piss out.
In my Gorilla Glue clone thread there is a pictorial how to fill and use air pots.
In my sig.
Also she is slightly over watered.
See this leaf, puffy and veins thick and dark.
Are you letting her dry properly?

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Holes go to bottom :Namaste:

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Here are a couple I was prepping today.
I put zip ties in the top row before I fill them.
That way I have something to tie too for lst

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Stay safe :Namaste:
Bill
 
Bill284 said:
Good afternoon @StrawGreen hope you are well my friend.
Couple things. :Namaste:
Your airport is upside down.
If you look the bottom row has no holes , it goes to the top.
That way water doesn't piss out.
In my Gorilla Glue clone thread there is a pictorial how to fill and use air pots.
In my sig.
Also she is slightly over watered.
See this leaf, puffy and veins thick and dark.
Are you letting her dry properly?

Screenshot_20220424-190724_Chrome.jpg


Holes go to bottom :Namaste:

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Here are a couple I was prepping today.
I put zip ties in the top row before I fill them.
That way I have something to tie too for lst

Screenshot_20220424-191554_Gallery.jpg



Stay safe :Namaste:
Bill
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Hi friend @Bill284 I'm doing great hope you too.

Bill284 said:
If you look the bottom row has no holes , it goes to the top.
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My air pot has the same pattern from bottom to top - make totally sense this solid in top. I'll close the top hehehe :)
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Bill284 said:
Are you letting her dry properly?
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At least I'm trying it ;) . Last watering 750ml was april, 20 the pot (2 gal) seems light enough to watering tomorrow... Temp around 83F 52 50%HR.
*I read the Emilya class about proper watering... I'm trying it.
 
StrawGreen said:
Hi friend @Bill284 I'm doing great hope you too.


My air pot has the same pattern from bottom to top - make totally sense this solid in top. I'll close the top hehehe :)
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At least I'm trying it ;) . Last watering 750ml was april, 20 the pot (2 gal) seems light enough to watering tomorrow... Temp around 83F 52 50%HR.
*I read the Emilya class about proper watering... I'm trying it.
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Odd ??
Must be knock off pots.
I'm sorry. :Namaste:

Stay safe
Bill
 
is 2 gal the final size or is another up pot planned ?
 
you might want to consider a 5 gal. things are more stable in a bigger pot unless you trigger them early on purpose. you can grow a bit bigger plant as well.

you have some time to decide if you want to up pot still. things are good otherwise.
 
bluter said:
you might want to consider a 5 gal. things are more stable in a bigger pot unless you trigger them early on purpose. you can grow a bit bigger plant as well.

you have some time to decide if you want to up pot still. things are good otherwise.
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I had a nice harvest some time ago - London Cheese auto, very fruity by the way. This fits my auto needs hehehe I'm planning to run the Strawberry cough fem photo and also probably the Deep mandarine CBD and for this time I'll try 3 or 5 gal... thinking about it.

Backing to main point... it is possible up pot auto without relevant yield losses?
 
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