Radogast's Hi-Brix Basement Grow - New Location - New Soil - New Experiences

Radogast said:
'Spin that wheel' made me think of spinning a web. A cunning spider knows how to lure it's prey down the garden path.




Doc gave you the list of what's in the Amendment bag, Mixing the soil is just the 4 parts: Pro-mix, worm castings, water, and the custom amendment bag to make it a HiBrix blend. Easy peasy.


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Starting out this grow, I wasn't planning a perpetual. I was planing on a batch of 4 plants in veg and 4 plants in flower - but I have fallen back into my old ways of running a perpetual grow. I'm reposting here a thought I posted to Sweetsue over on Tead's thread.



Yep.

I have an empty spot in my tent, because I wasn't vegging my girls large enough to be ready, because I didn't have enough soil ready.
There is always going to soil cooking in a perpetual - something I didn't really understand until my first harvest.


Working back from my flower room, the number I am working with right now is 10.
10 large fabric pots worth of soil: 4 in flower, 4(or 2) in veg, 2(or 4) cooking.

There are also several seedling pots in veg, but the soil comes out of the cooking soil and goes into the the large veg pots along with cooked soil, so I just count them as part of the cooking soil.


According to this plan, I need storage for just as much soil cooking as I have soil in the flower area. I also mix and amend soil after every harvest. I started out thinking of a perpetual grow using equal sized veg and flower areas. Now I am thinking of a perpetual grow using 3 areas: veg area, flower area, and soil cooking area.


Right now, I'm trying to squeeze the soil cooking area into the veg and flower area. I don't know if the plan will work yet, but it's good to have a plan :)
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yea plans r a gud thing lol it jus happens to be a gud thing I always gotta work on lol I'm horrible wen it comes to planning well not the planning per say but following threw with said plan :rofl: but yea 2day I noticed in my veg tent tht my new kali mist photo girl popped above the soil but my electric fruit auto still hasn't altho I jus put them into soil at 8pm on the 2nd so 8 2nite will be 3 days in soil idk I jus figured it being an auto it wud pop above soil faster then my photo but maybe not idk I jus hope it pops cause I lost a strawberry cake and my Cinderella 99 tht didn't pop but its kinda ok cause those where one of the free seeds I had received so not a big loss jus a loss on what cud have been and I had heard a lot of good things about Cinderella 99 so kinda bummed bout tht but got re happy 2day wen I noticed my kali mist popped up so yay:cheertwo: a new strain to add to the arsenal lol. but yea I have a 18 gallon tote and a 30 gallon tote to hold my soil tht I am reamending and letting cook. I jus take out the root ball and dump as much soil as I can into tote and once its full I add in amendments and let sit 4 a month and then I use the soil from the other tote as I need it and I also use a mix of roots organic bag soil from aurora I use tht for my seedlings and clones in early veg then I switch to my los mix wen I put them into there final pot usually a 5 gal home depot bucket with lots and lots of holes drilled in

ps. oh and my girl in veg tht I will be putting into flower ina lil bit here once I'm done doing updates in my journal and what not but yea she has yellowing goin on around the edges it was the one I was askn about the otherday and u said u cudnt c the ellowing its on the edge and tips not super bad jus has me slightly worried or will she be fine also is gypsum used to help calcium def. or what is tht used 4??
 
Radogast said:
'Spin that wheel' made me think of spinning a web. A cunning spider knows how to lure it's prey down the garden path.




Doc gave you the list of what's in the Amendment bag, Mixing the soil is just the 4 parts: Pro-mix, worm castings, water, and the custom amendment bag to make it a HiBrix blend. Easy peasy.


- - - -

Starting out this grow, I wasn't planning a perpetual. I was planing on a batch of 4 plants in veg and 4 plants in flower - but I have fallen back into my old ways of running a perpetual grow. I'm reposting here a thought I posted to Sweetsue over on Tead's thread.



Yep.

I have an empty spot in my tent, because I wasn't vegging my girls large enough to be ready, because I didn't have enough soil ready.
There is always going to soil cooking in a perpetual - something I didn't really understand until my first harvest.


Working back from my flower room, the number I am working with right now is 10.
10 large fabric pots worth of soil: 4 in flower, 4(or 2) in veg, 2(or 4) cooking.

There are also several seedling pots in veg, but the soil comes out of the cooking soil and goes into the the large veg pots along with cooked soil, so I just count them as part of the cooking soil.


According to this plan, I need storage for just as much soil cooking as I have soil in the flower area. I also mix and amend soil after every harvest. I started out thinking of a perpetual grow using equal sized veg and flower areas. Now I am thinking of a perpetual grow using 3 areas: veg area, flower area, and soil cooking area.


Right now, I'm trying to squeeze the soil cooking area into the veg and flower area. I don't know if the plan will work yet, but it's good to have a plan :)
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Are you trying to put your cooking soil in with your plants because of temps?
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These are on drink crates to keep them off the floor and I run the heater on maybe 15% in the winter to keep the room in the mid 60s. Which is plenty warm since the soil is right next to it. In the summer I don't need it as the room stays in the low 70s.

Btw, this sits under my work table, which makes it very convenient to work with. Also, it keeps me warm in the winter. It also made my work room warm enough to clone in this winter. Wow, I'm rambling. The after work bowl is kicking in.

I'm still working on the soil rotation myself. I'm hoping I can keep my new batch rotated properly. My first batch is beyond hope at this point. I'm running no till in a big pot of it that started as third run soil. It is growing some frosty plants, regardless of my disorganization.

Peace
 
Morglie said:
Are you trying to put your cooking soil in with your plants because of temps?
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These are on drink crates to keep them off the floor and I run the heater on maybe 15% in the winter to keep the room in the mid 60s. Which is plenty warm since the soil is right next to it. In the summer I don't need it as the room stays in the low 70s.

Btw, this sits under my work table, which makes it very convenient to work with. Also, it keeps me warm in the winter. It also made my work room warm enough to clone in this winter. Wow, I'm rambling. The after work bowl is kicking in.

I'm still working on the soil rotation myself. I'm hoping I can keep my new batch rotated properly. My first batch is beyond hope at this point. I'm running no till in a big pot of it that started as third run soil. It is growing some frosty plants, regardless of my disorganization.

Peace
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Yep Morglie.

My room outside the veg and flower area is too cold for soil. Below 55 in winter and probably 65 in summer (when unheated.)
Your solution looks good for you. It addresses the issue that I just hadn't planned for ahead of time. Not a whole lot of planning ahead in this grow journal anyway :)


Former perpetual was no-till, so I didn't have to worry about keeping soil warm when not in use. I generally repotted a new plant in the day after harvest. This method is better, but an extra step.

At any rate, I already heat the veg area at night, and the flower area at night, The next logical step would be to heat the 14x20' ? basement room. I'm not ready to do that. I can find places for soil.
 
I'm walking through the apartment all the time thinking "Could I fit a tote over there?" :laughtwo: When you're growing so many and some are autos it gets a little nuts trying to balance it all. I only have 725 square feet in this place and I already have two tents taking up space.

Nice solution Morglie. I also lost control of my first batch of soil, and everyone backed away, including the plants. We never did figure out what happened other than I lost track of what was going on with all that soil.
 
Veg Area Update

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I currently have 9 plants in Veg, 2 in 10 gallon pots and 7 in 1gallon pots. 11 plants if you count the 2 girls in the cloner.

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I'm letting the next pair of girls veg a little taller before flower. I'll start with the largest.


Delicatessen Lilly - She stands about 16" tall and 18-24" across. She is big enough to go into flower in a week or so when I harvest Borderliner.

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Ace Mix - She stands about 14" tall and 12-18" across. She is on the small side to flower. I was planning to put her into flower with Lilly, but she is growing slower. Not so long ago, she was bigger than Lilly.

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AK47 - The largest of the 1 gal girls, she just went 30 days between waterings. She outgrew most of the other girls while unwatered :)
I'll have soil ready to transplant her on the 18th, but I might wait a few days (for more soil,) so I can transplant in pairs.

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Four other little girls in veg: Lilly & Borderliner clones, Hawaiian Skunk & Tangerine Widow unsexed seedlings.
The canopy is getting tight. I need to clear out the rest of the non-420 plants so I can give them space.

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The same four girls and two seedlings. CBD Critical Cure on the left. Carnival on the right.

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SweetSue said:
I'm walking through the apartment all the time thinking "Could I fit a tote over there?"
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I've been pondering a HB grow.... but all the dirt seems a bit much for the lazy gardener.
As my thoughts on the HB subject wandered, I was envisioning several tubs of dirt. Storing them in the shed would chew up valuable room. Our house is about 3-4 feet off the ground on brick pillars. That seems a good space for storing tubs of dirt. Nice and warm. Handy.
 
Tead said:
I've been pondering a HB grow.... but all the dirt seems a bit much for the lazy gardener.
As my thoughts on the HB subject wandered, I was envisioning several tubs of dirt. Storing them in the shed would chew up valuable room. Our house is about 3-4 feet off the ground on brick pillars. That seems a good space for storing tubs of dirt. Nice and warm. Handy.
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Under the house might be on the warm side for storing the soil

Place the above dry mix into barrels and water with 3-5 gallons of water. Stir it, mix it, turn it over....and let it sit covered for one month. Temps must be no lower than 62 degrees and no higher than 85 degrees. Lower temps can take another week to "cook" while higher temps might be ready sooner. 1 month is usually spot on.
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Instructions for using "The Kit"
 
What do you do, take one hit and set it down? When I load a bowl it's for immediate consumption, but then I do teeny-tiny hits.

Nice pipe Rad. :thumb:
 
SweetSue said:
What do you do, take one hit and set it down? When I load a bowl it's for immediate consumption, but then I do teeny-tiny hits.

Nice pipe Rad. :thumb:
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One or two little hits and I am tripping for 3 hours or so. Between setting down for hours and having to do things like drive and sleep, I have taken 1 to 4 hits a day, which is the most I have smoked since the 70s :rofl:

Everyone else in the family wakes and bakes with a full or partial full bowl.


A nice pipe, my first pipe, Felix is 7" long and 3" high. Despite the corkscrew twist, the stem holds a smoke chamber the size of a cigar. It has a good clear for a pipe, but nowhere near the smoke chamber of a bong.
 
I alway's try to put the perfect hit in a bowl... That to me is any hit I can take without coughing to death anymore... But after that hit, I dump the remains... Hey as a grower,,, if I can't afford a fresh hit ever hit I take.. But then for the last 5 tears,, I been smoking joints... LOL.. But hey is a ashtray full of 1/2 joint roaches count??? But in a pipe,, as a grower,, I always kind of felt the need for a fresh hit evertime I took a hit.. And after you know your hit size, to keep waste down,,, why not?? Keepem Green
 
Radogast said:
I am a lightweight smoker.


This is my hammer, Felix the Helix. I packed this bowl 3 days ago. I smoked all 3(4) days :)

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Rather than hang my head in embarassment, I'm labelling this picture 'Before' :rofl:
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Oh dude.... if you can't drain a bowl in 1 hit, you're just not tryin.
Such words will drive one to purchase smaller bowls... but they're words I cling to none the less.
I spent my developmental days perfecting my swimming skills. I think this lead me to a larger lung capacity than your typical human. I drain bowls quicker that lightning while my friends pass it along. I'd worry about draining the bowl every time it hits my hands, but I'm usually the one filling it so I don't let it bother me.
 
Tead said:
I'm so with you here. What a wonderful little side luxury we get to enjoy.
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I agree as well. We're such a blissfully spoiled lot, once we get ahead of ourselves. :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
Norcaliwood said:
I alway's try to put the perfect hit in a bowl... That to me is any hit I can take without coughing to death anymore... But after that hit, I dump the remains... Hey as a grower,,, if I can't afford a fresh hit ever hit I take.. But then for the last 5 tears,, I been smoking joints... LOL.. But hey is a ashtray full of 1/2 joint roaches count??? But in a pipe,, as a grower,, I always kind of felt the need for a fresh hit evertime I took a hit.. And after you know your hit size, to keep waste down,,, why not?? Keepem Green
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Tead said:
Oh dude.... if you can't drain a bowl in 1 hit, you're just not tryin.
Such words will drive one to purchase smaller bowls... but they're words I cling to none the less.
I spent my developmental days perfecting my swimming skills. I think this lead me to a larger lung capacity than your typical human. I drain bowls quicker that lightning while my friends pass it along. I'd worry about draining the bowl every time it hits my hands, but I'm usually the one filling it so I don't let it bother me.
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SweetSue said:
I agree as well. We're such a blissfully spoiled lot, once we get ahead of ourselves. :cheesygrinsmiley:
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In our family language there is a difference between a bowl (the 1/2 gram plus one packs into the pipe bowl) and a snap (what one can inhale with one breath.)

I have no desire to reload a fresh snap each time I want to take a hit, that's like cleaning the pipe after every hit - once every 3 bowls is fine :)

To get a fresh tasting hit, all you need to do is 'corner' the bowl, which just means hold your lighter (or hemp wick) in a new position every hit. On each hit, one smokes a column of herb between that point on the bowl and the hole at the base of the bowl. No ash from the last hit needs to be involved.

Note the line (shaped a bit yin and yang) between the fresh herb and the ash. Where the ash is gray, I smoked the full column of herb.

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When taking snaps, unless smoking top shelf homegrown that leaves only gray ash, one will either burn through a lot of screens, or want an ash catcher to trap that final spark that leaves the bowl and heads for the throat.

At the endof a snap, one can see a glowing spark bounce and swirl in the ash catcher below the bowl on the wife's Tsunami (The Suze.)

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One can also use a combined perc and ash catcher, (like on this fake Roor) but they are a lot harder to clean and interfere with subtleties of inhaling and clearing.

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Other options include a bent bowl extension (seen on the bowl rack behind the pipe,)
or my favorite solution, smoke only premium, washed homegrown.
 
Dennise said:
Dang... You have your own head shop going on...:circle-of-love:
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Old pictures - That was the top shelf of a 5' bookcase with 3 shelves of pieces. Some of the pieces, like that gold one leaning against the bookcase, have moved on. The 'head shop' is currently stored in the bottom shelf of the built-in in the NOLA room. The young lady organized, but I don't know if we will be unpacking all the spoons for display.

A photo of about half our pipes and spoons from last year

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Radogast said:
Old pictures - That was the top shelf of a 5' bookcase with 3 shelves of pieces. Some of the pieces, like that gold one leaning against the bookcase, have moved on. The 'head shop' is currently stored in the bottom shelf of the built-in in the NOLA room. The young lady organized, but I don't know if we will be unpacking all the spoons for display.

A photo of about half our pipes and spoons from last year

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Idk if ur guna get this r not but i havnt been able 2 post anything today or put up any pics but nice glass ware rad looks like my collection used 2 lol its getn a tad on the low side i like 2 get new pipes r bongs every now n then bout every 2 3 months i buy a new bong or bubbler n bout 2 3 times a year buy a new spoon of sum sorts i jus recently gave away 3 bongs 2 r 3 spoons n my only bubbler i had left got stolen or lost wen i moved all my stuff from the garage so i mite find it in the nex few years wen we fully clean out the garage but i doubt it since im pretty gud at keepn my pieces in one spot so unless some1 moved it with out telln me which of course every1 goes ohh it wasnt me never touch nuthn over there lol so who knows but its alright i got sum purple kush bout to harvest ina few days so soon ill have alil bit of tht fukitall in my system lol n i wanted to go n get a new piece to celebrate my pk harvest with a fresh unit to smoke it out of i jus cant make up my mind what to get hahaha but yea rad lookn gud with ur line up u got goin in the veg area good luck brotha n member keep it green n stay frosty my friend
 
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