Indyca5000
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The grow will consist of about 20 plants, all of which have flowering times of 6-8 weeks.
The plants are mostly all clones that are rooted at the moment and could be transplanted at any time.
The transplant will occur approximately 1 week from today.
Flowering should begin naturally around Sept 8th thru 15th bringing it to a close near end october, when nightly temps should be approximately 35-40F. When temps start dropping below 40 is probably when will harvest.
Water-ability is low because the location is fairly remote and it is expensive and time consuming to get to. However, it is extremely secure and faces the sun making it ideal. A soil that is extremely low maintenance is the idea.
As of now am planning to go for 5 gallon buckets using Miracle Gro Moisture Control (coco + moisture control crystals which store + release water), watered that soil only about 7 times across a 4 month period with success. Towards the flowering phase though, is where they aren't getting optimal nutrients. Sprinkling fertilizer over the top of the soil works alright.
In order to create a sort of "reservoir" am thinking of putting each 5 gal in a kitty litter tub type container which can catch a little extra rainwater but also have a couple inches of water put it in at each watering just to provide a little reservoir that will soak up into the pot.
The things could use help with most right now are
1) a soil mixture more effective than miracle gro moisture control w/ coco and moisture control pellets at retaining water for as long as possible
2) a nutrient plan / line / product that will help me achieve optimal results with my restrictions
3) maybe a feed change / schedule that actually helps promote flowering early? beside just light schedule... maybe some way to get flowering at 11 hr nights rather than 12 hr nights without a light cover or moving them. maybe a single 24 hr dark cycle at 11 hr nights would help?
4) some type of insulation so roots do not freeze? decent amount of wind chill here. cloth wrapping? foil? towels? old sheets? maybe going more organic keeps more heat at root level? all about going organic but need to keep a very high level of water retention.
Should add that the soil at ground level is extremely dry detritus type and unless dug over a ft deep and replaced all of it its unusable ground, so pots are going to be ideal. Also if ground level other things like slugs become a problem here.
The plants are mostly all clones that are rooted at the moment and could be transplanted at any time.
The transplant will occur approximately 1 week from today.
Flowering should begin naturally around Sept 8th thru 15th bringing it to a close near end october, when nightly temps should be approximately 35-40F. When temps start dropping below 40 is probably when will harvest.
Water-ability is low because the location is fairly remote and it is expensive and time consuming to get to. However, it is extremely secure and faces the sun making it ideal. A soil that is extremely low maintenance is the idea.
As of now am planning to go for 5 gallon buckets using Miracle Gro Moisture Control (coco + moisture control crystals which store + release water), watered that soil only about 7 times across a 4 month period with success. Towards the flowering phase though, is where they aren't getting optimal nutrients. Sprinkling fertilizer over the top of the soil works alright.
In order to create a sort of "reservoir" am thinking of putting each 5 gal in a kitty litter tub type container which can catch a little extra rainwater but also have a couple inches of water put it in at each watering just to provide a little reservoir that will soak up into the pot.
The things could use help with most right now are
1) a soil mixture more effective than miracle gro moisture control w/ coco and moisture control pellets at retaining water for as long as possible
2) a nutrient plan / line / product that will help me achieve optimal results with my restrictions
3) maybe a feed change / schedule that actually helps promote flowering early? beside just light schedule... maybe some way to get flowering at 11 hr nights rather than 12 hr nights without a light cover or moving them. maybe a single 24 hr dark cycle at 11 hr nights would help?
4) some type of insulation so roots do not freeze? decent amount of wind chill here. cloth wrapping? foil? towels? old sheets? maybe going more organic keeps more heat at root level? all about going organic but need to keep a very high level of water retention.
Should add that the soil at ground level is extremely dry detritus type and unless dug over a ft deep and replaced all of it its unusable ground, so pots are going to be ideal. Also if ground level other things like slugs become a problem here.
