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[StoneOtter]

Good to hear news is finally for the positive otter.

Enjoy the beach baby

Thanks man! Every day something's good, we just have to find it. Easier said than done sometimes but today is an awesome day!

 

[onewarmguy]

Hey stoneotter sweet looking setup but I saw something in your photos that bothers me. If that's a cool mist or ultrasonic humidifier I'm seeing you might want to make sure to use distilled water in it, otherwise it also produces a white mineral dust that covers everything and can interfere with photosynthesis.

 

[StoneOtter]

Hey stoneotter sweet looking setup but I saw something in your photos that bothers me. If that's a cool mist or ultrasonic humidifier I'm seeing you might want to make sure to use distilled water in it, otherwise it also produces a white mineral dust that covers everything and can interfere with photosynthesis.

Good observing onewarmguy, thanks! I have ruined a carbon filter in the past using my over 400ppm well water. I run ro through it now. Thanks for the thought! Welcome.

 

[Sparkey224]

Looking good in here @stoneotter . Great color,healthy and I like how you trained them. Keep it rolling bro ! Great job

 

[StoneOtter]

Looking good in here @stoneotter . Great color,healthy and I like how you trained them. Keep it rolling bro ! Great job

Thanks Sparkey they had a big day today.

 

[Virgin Ground]

 

[StoneOtter]

Update
Hi, I got busy yesterday and today organizing and resetting the growing areas some. The Nextlight got a 90 degree turn so I can now bring it up and down at my pleasure. Did some up potting in there too. Everyone got a 10 gallon Geopot to stretch out in. I spiked them with amendments in hope of huge output. The recipe for them is in the pics on the jars I make a hole and fill it up.
So bigger pots and still the autos fit in there. I like that a lot. I'm hoping they fit until I flip in 3 weeks or so. Here's some pics of the changes. They all got a gallon of ro water with a tsp of recharge.

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

I reoriented the light 90 degrees so I can raise and lower it much easier.

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Spike Hole filled with amendments.

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Spike hole maker.

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Spike hole maker slid out.

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

3 weeks and going to 10 gallon.

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Northern Lights

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Blue Dream cbd

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Stankberry

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Stankberry

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

Thirsty and just watered in the new pots.

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• StoneOtter
• Jan 13, 2020

6 plants fit for now for the 18 on.

 

[StoneOtter]

Hi V How's a going?

 

[Virgin Ground]

Good. Doing some baking and making dinner. Kids wanted lemon bars and I need cookie meds.

Doing some of this Until the buzzer goes off.

 

[StoneOtter]

Good. Doing some baking and making dinner. Kids wanted lemon bars and I need cookie meds.

Doing some of this Until the buzzer goes off.

I like that. Us too.I want lemon bars too! Dang no lemon bars.

 

[StoneOtter]

I like that. Us too.I want lemon bars too! Dang no lemon bars.

We're still hitting on some lemon og candy anyway.

 

[Virgin Ground]

We're still hitting on some lemon og candy anyway.

Lol. I still have some of that laying around somewhere 'curing'. Want to see what it's like in a few more months. I think I have around a 1/2 oz left.

May break into that later actually. It's been about a month since I sampled it.

 

[StoneOtter]

Lol. I still have some of that laying around somewhere 'curing'. Want to see what it's like in a few more months. I think I have around a 1/2 oz left.

May break into that later actually. It's been about a month since I sampled it.

Yummy

 

[InTheShed]

I don't mean to break up the lemony conversation, but I have a question about the spikes: what is the benefit to putting them in holes punched into the soil rather than mixing it in when you transplant?

 

[StoneOtter]

I don't mean to break up the lemony conversation, but I have a question about the spikes: what is the benefit to putting them in holes punched into the soil rather than mixing it in when you transplant?

It's the stuff that gets cooked in the soil so it's already there in the soil. The spikes, I read, get noticed by growing roots later if needed when the soil's running low. I'm a rookie still, @Emilya usually can explain these kind of things better. They have to be away from the roots initially.

 

[StoneOtter]

It's the stuff that gets cooked in the soil so it's already there in the soil. The spikes, I read, get noticed by growing roots later if needed when the soil's running low. I'm a rookie still, @Emilya usually can explain these kind of things better. They have to be away from the roots initially.

I think it might be a way to get more amendment in the soil than one could if mixed in.

 

[InTheShed]

That answers my question...thanks otter!

 

[Emilya Green]

the reason it is done in layers and spikes is so that both the roots and the microlife that congregate in those regions can specialize in those special nutrients found in those special regions. Mixing all that stuff in throughout the soil can dramatically lower the pH of the soil overall, whereas being isolated into specific regions, those "hot spots" can be adapted to by the roots that grow in that area, without affecting the rest of the root system. There are many positives for going with spikes and layers, and some huge negatives for not doing so and just having raw uncooked nutrients floating all around in the soil.

 

[InTheShed]

So the roots around the area where the spikes are adapt to the increased "hotness" in those areas, but the rest of the roots stay protected?

 

[Emilya Green]

So the roots around the area where the spikes are adapt to the increased "hotness" in those areas, but the rest of the roots stay protected?

does this surprise you? Its not like the other roots "stay protected", they are never exposed. There are many variations of root types, well beyond the well known tap, feeder and spreader roots. The roots and the microlife that cluster around them, specialize in what is found in that area.