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[devilish]

Okay, thanks for all the input Not only for me but for all the other growers out there experiencing same difficulties.

This is what i found after some search.

What are egg shells made of?

The main ingredient in eggshells is calcium carbonate (the same brittle white stuff that chalk, limestone, cave stalactites, sea shells, coral, and pearls are made of). The shell itself is about 95% CaCO3 (which is also the main ingredient in sea shells). The remaining 5% includes calcium phosphate and magnesium carbonate and soluble and insoluble proteins.

Dolomitic lime (also called high magnesium lime), has about 20% magnesium and is used where the soil needs magnesium as well as calcium. Then there's hi-cal lime (also called calcitic lime or calcite), which has only about 5% magnesium and is recommended where there are already adequate or excessive magnesium levels (Oyster shell lime is a good substitute if hi-cal lime is not available).

Epsom Salts add Magnesium (Use at a rate of 1 Tsp or 5 Ml per gallon of water every second feeding).
Egg Shells add Calcium but take a while to break down. The finer the grind on these the quicker they can break down. And are Pretty pointless unless you have "Cooked" your soil prior to planting in it. You need something that can be dissolved into water to be fast acting.

"Good" pH is more than just a number on a litmus scale, but entails a proper balance of potassium, magnesium, calcium and sodium.

Also something I know for a fact is that using tap water can have benefits but it can also have downfalls. I have extremely hard water and there is nothing I can do about it and it locks out nutes constantly, but at the same time I don't have to use nutes with my water!...Too much PPM and salt buildup. I am working on getting an RO system and a secondary filtration system set up, hopefully in the near future.

 

[jummejum]

Once i get hang of some money, i'd like to buy a RO system myself. tap water here is 450-480ppm.
I've been told multiple times to get calmag when using leds - so thats what i am aiming for, but has to be water soluble since i am doing hempy(100% clay pebbles)

Not only for the plants but my coffee machine is killed by that hard water! Good coffee is made with water below 50ppm.

 

[devilish]

Once i get hang of some money, i'd like to buy a RO system myself. tap water here is 450-480ppm.
I've been told multiple times to get calmag when using leds - so thats what i am aiming for, but has to be water soluble since i am doing hempy(100% clay pebbles)

Not only for the plants but my coffee machine is killed by that hard water! Good coffee is made with water below 50ppm.

1. Roast/toast eggshells.
2. Soak roasted eggshells in equal volume of vinegar for two weeks until the vinegar dissolves the eggshells.
3. Dilute 1:20 parts water and spray on plants or water into plants.
4. Note below that this is best used during a specific period in the plants growth, just before flowering/fruiting.

Dont worry about the PH of the vinegar being added to your soil. Vinegar is an acid and eggshells are an alkaline. when combined they counteract each other and the ending solution will be almost perfect PH. But this will give you a "Soluble" form of eggshell!

 

[PeytonManning]

Hey stumped, do you have links to your freezer drying method and anymore info on the stasis clones? Just wondering how long and how I store the clones in fridge, and when exactly I throw buds in freezer and all that.

 

[devils letuce]

Hey stumped, do you have links to your freezer drying method and anymore info on the stasis clones? Just wondering how long and how I store the clones in fridge, and when exactly I throw buds in freezer and all that.

i also would like more details on the freeze curing i read about on here .

 

[Dataudio]

Used straight tap water out of lead/PBA free hose in my basement which test regularly at 270ish PPM. I'm soil and would reevaluate if i used another medium but for soil tap works just fine in my circumstances. Seems like a pain to have to manage so many individual nutrient levels when you wipe the slate clean.

What do you pot nerds think of the grow so far? Been out of town this past week so I'm getting caught up.

i also would like more details on the freeze curing i read about on here .

+1

 

[PeytonManning]

Looking good Dat. Really good for a first grow, can't wait to see what you pull in dry weight. Gonna be a heavy harvest, and probably take you an entire day to do

 

[Zombiewoof]

I survived surgery , hellish experience . . . . . . .
all te clones & seed plants are down GSC is will be done again is a heavenly smoke both pheno of Bubba Kush is 2 hit shit
the amnsia haze atuto 's get the chop to morrow if i can to move but frisday for sure they show 20% amber & have rock hard thick buds
the AK ryder WOW seeds are bunk shit didn't get a fly high , a waste of time , nute , pots , space , completly it all will made in an ediable
stilll fucked upo nuasuesa bad

 

[PeytonManning]

Glad to see you back here Zombiewoof. Hopefully you recover real quick.

 

[Zombiewoof]

i got buds till next fall ,
gonna hash a bunch of this in water hash bubbleman style
the resin heads are off the hook some buds are white you can't see the bud , like a white widow is
the JTR & the XJ-13 are gonna be hash the're about a lb no weights as I not gonna do that the 2 are hanging & the machine is here tomorrow as soon as I'm able I'll start small & refine my method outta his , will be doing the instant freeze of the hash outta the screen & then the fine grating to quick dry
I don't like BHO

 

[Zombiewoof]

once on my feet ,a complete G/H clean & sterilize Looking at Xmas planting , I gotta build up outdoor light to distract the early morninh light of the G/H LEDs & HPS
the mites will never happen again
later I got an interesting story on root balls

 

[skunnymonster]

It's great to have you back Zombie & I hope you have a speedy recovery buddy

Hey Dat, your grow looks great for a 1st timer

 

[jummejum]

 

[devils letuce]

welcome back zombie.. hope u get back to 100% quick .

 

[Zombiewoof]

ThanX guys , means alot

 

[PeytonManning]

So you got some pics of the harvest Zombiewoof? I'll bet it looks good in huge piles

 

[Zombiewoof]

it's either hanging still , waiting tubbin' or in a tub
the days before surgury were buzi getting things done so that I did not have to lift things & pix was not in the work flow as I didn't geteverything done like the hanging plants ,
my 3 herb/freeie amnisia haze autos will get the chop tomorrow rock hard thick wide buds covered with heads & sticky to the touch \
plantred on 8-2 75 days gernination to chop

 

[PeytonManning]

Awesome. You're gonna be nice and stoned for quite a long time

 

[Zombiewoof]

yeah I'd say , i could just do one crop & that might last a year,
but then I see u go thru a dry patch , yeah I've always got the dispesery stuff when gone .
but I want to self provided

 

[PeytonManning]

Hell yeah. Street prices are ridiculous here, and I smoke a lot, so I didn't have much choice. It was either grow or go without for long spells of time.