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

[Beavis]

Lookin good!

I really want to try one of the Tangerine strains. I bet that would be super tasty!

 

[Radogast]

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I just had a question for ya rado how do u test ur brix do u have a brx tester cause I was thinkn bout getting one since the person I am doing the sponsored grow for says there stuff will do a hi brix girl but they don't advertise it cause they never have had an actual reading done so idk lol but figured id get a tester my self and find out if dude was jus blown smoke or not lol but this is what I was thinkn for a digital brix meter from amazon does any1 know if this is what I would need or do I need something different I don't wana drop over a 100 bux on sumthn just to find out its not even the right thing lmao man tht wud suck but yea here is the link to what I was looking at on amazon to see if it the right thing or not??

Milwaukee MA871 Digital Sugar Refractometer with Automatic Temp Compensation, Yellow LED, 0 to 85 percent Brix, +/- 0.2 percent Accuracy, 0.1 percent Resolution: Science Lab Refractometers

I don't Brix test. The word at our house is .... Is this good smoke or what?

When the young lady goes out to the park to meet the 'skaters' (none of whom have skate boards) her bowls are the fan favorites

If noone else answers - I suggest you try asking on one of Doc Bud's threads.

Lookin good!

I really want to try one of the Tangerine strains. I bet that would be super tasty!

The Tangerine part of these seeds were an old neighborhood 'grower strain' Tangerine x Blue Dream and Mango Haze - the seedlings arrived with Cirl Scout Cookies seedlings complete with Spider Mites. I had to give up the strains when I shut down my grow to move. Before my final harvest, I had a mediocre 'White Widow' strain (I have breeder seeds left but I'm not bothering to grow them) - anyway a male widow seeded my flower area. The most promising of those seeds are the Tangerine and the Girl Scout Cookie crosses. Both those strains turned out well in poorly fertilized grows - they'd be terrific in the hi-brix nutes. I think I'd rather grow a good cookies again than a cookie x widow.

 

[SweetSue]

well thts sure nice of you rado shit my friends all wuda showed up to if I had beer but none wuda stayed to help me plant well most of them don't no I even do regular gardening also but none of them no bout the 420 garden jus the family I live with and 2 close friends tht where guna start with me and we all learn together but now cause they moved they don't make it over as much as we used to but yea I just had a question for ya rado how do u test ur brix do u have a brx tester cause I was thinkn bout getting one since the person I am doing the sponsored grow for says there stuff will do a hi brix girl but they don't advertise it cause they never have had an actual reading done so idk lol but figured id get a tester my self and find out if dude was jus blown smoke or not lol but this is what I was thinkn for a digital brix meter from amazon does any1 know if this is what I would need or do I need something different I don't wana drop over a 100 bux on sumthn just to find out its not even the right thing lmao man tht wud suck but yea here is the link to what I was looking at on amazon to see if it the right thing or not??

Milwaukee MA871 Digital Sugar Refractometer with Automatic Temp Compensation, Yellow LED, 0 to 85 percent Brix, +/- 0.2 percent Accuracy, 0.1 percent Resolution: Science Lab Refractometers

My philosophy about Brix readings mirrors Rad's. "Is this the best stuff I've ever smoked, or what?"

Unless you're looking to thump your chest in front of the guys, there are better ways to tell if you're getting high brix and have active soil without throwing money at it. How healthy are the plants? Do the leaves pray to the artificial sun? Do the plants respond to the drenches? Most leaves will have a healthy sheen. Is the overall color good? If there's a tendency in the strain to have purple petioles the ones at the tops of the colas will turn green on the top.

In the end it's all about quality. In two years I haven't been disappointed once.

Somewhere around here Graytail has an excellent tutorial on it. Be right back with it.

 

[SweetSue]

Here you go. In case you were interested.

Graytail on brix readings

 

[Beavis]

I don't Brix test. The word at our house is .... Is this good smoke or what?

When the young lady goes out to the park to meet the 'skaters' (none of whom have skate boards) her bowls are the fan favorites

If noone else answers - I suggest you try asking on one of Doc Bud's threads.






The Tangerine part of these seeds were an old neighborhood 'grower strain' Tangerine x Blue Dream and Mango Haze - the seedlings arrived with Cirl Scout Cookies seedlings complete with Spider Mites. I had to give up the strains when I shut down my grow to move. Before my final harvest, I had a mediocre 'White Widow' strain (I have breeder seeds left but I'm not bothering to grow them) - anyway a male widow seeded my flower area. The most promising of those seeds are the Tangerine and the Girl Scout Cookie crosses. Both those strains turned out well in poorly fertilized grows - they'd be terrific in the hi-brix nutes. I think I'd rather grow a good cookies again than a cookie x widow.

Minus the spider mites part that's pretty cool having a "neighborhood strain".

 

[Radogast]

Brix Foliar Day

Today was a Brix foliar spray day, so most of the flower girls came out to be sprayed. Not much grooming was required - between the 5 plants there were about a dozen leaves to pick off.


First off, I've been having too much humidity in my flower area - especially now that airflow is reduced by a more full area.

I upgraded from a small area dehumidifier (top) to a whole house dehumidifier (below.)

A glance at the flower area: Five 7-gal and 10-gal pots full of pot plants in a 3x4' tray under golden HPS lights.

Let's look at the girls in flower, from next to harvest to furthest away from harvest.


Delicatessen Lilly (7 weeks under 12/12) - she stands about 3' tall

Lilly has several nice, fat buds.

See the happy faces in the buds - pistils are mature, trichomes are mostly clear

Ace Mix (also 7 weeks under 12/12) - Ace is tied up until harvest time - so she was sprayed in place.

Ace Mix has new pistils and fully clear trichomes. Ace is not as frosty as Lilly. Harvest will be later.

AK47 XTRM(25 days) - She has stretched from 16" tall to a reasonable 25" tall

AK47 had her second Cat Drench today

Borderliner XTRM (12 days) - She has stretched from 15" tall to 24" tall

Borderliner appears to be starting to set her buds

Ministry of Cannabis Carnival (12 days) - She has stretched from 18" to 30" tall (1" per day)

I hope Carnival is setting her buds, she hasn't done much but grow in the last 12 days.

 

[NorCaliwood]

Gardens beautiful. Keepem Green

 

[bunkbudz]

Theyre looking good rad, how do you keep track of them all? Wheres your non 420 journal, i really dig that one and ur writing style.

 

[Radogast]

A small (but I hope important) change in the Veg Area

I have been feeling very cramped when I sit and work in the veg area. Mostly I have to step around lots of stuff on the floor, including the large humidifier and buckets of water. I haven't been feeding the worms regularly since it is hard to get the top off and slide the worm trays out from under the coffee table that holds the vegging plants.


I decided to make space by extending the legs of the coffee table from 12.5" to 21" with a 2x4 stud and reusing existing hardware.

Wonder of wonders, the legs turned out non-wobbly (although one is twisted.)

The humidifier, the worm bin (including the 4th tray) and other stuff now slide under the coffee table.

A Lilly clone was transplanted into a new 7-gal GeoPot , joining the much larger CBD Critical Cure and the revegging Bubba's Gift.

Borderliner and Carnival clones were put into Roots! sprinkled soil in 1-gal and 3-quart pots.

I have one more AK47 clone showing roots, but I did enough indoor gardening for today

 

[Radogast]

Theyre looking good rad, how do you keep track of them all? Wheres your non 420 journal, i really dig that one and ur writing style.

I keep track of the plants with Index cards on a corkboard - Mostly a nutrients schedule and dates and mounts I watered/fed.

I miss a few things, like some of my plants didn't get their recharge/worm castings top drench - It's supposed to happen about 10-14 days after entering the flower area - but it's not on all my cards, so I forget. Borderliner and Carnival are due now





Radogast's Non-420 Garden Creation Thread

I'll be making a small update shortly

 

[Van Stank]

I keep track of the plants with Index cards on a corkboard - Mostly a nutrients schedule and dates and mounts I watered/fed.

I miss a few things, like some of my plants didn't get their recharge/worm castings top drench - It's supposed to happen about 10-14 days after entering the flower area - but it's not on all my cards, so I forget. Borderliner and Carnival are due now





Radogast's Non-420 Garden Creation Thread

I'll be making a small update shortly

How much worm castings do you add for your recharge. I am at about day 14 or 15 of flower and was thinking about doing it but don't have a clue how much to add?

 

[Radogast]

How much worm castings do you add for your recharge. I am at about day 14 or 15 of flower and was thinking about doing it but don't have a clue how much to add?

Don't add too much Earth Worm Castings (EWC) - If you add too much it creates a clay like barrier when you water.
I just do a handful about the same amount as the Re-charge amount. I do 1/6 the bag of Re-charge (per plant) that comes in "The kit."

 

[KingstonRabbi]

How much worm castings do you add for your recharge. I am at about day 14 or 15 of flower and was thinking about doing it but don't have a clue how much to add?

The recharge is part of Doc's kit. It's a combination of minerals and stuff to stimulate organisms in soil.
I'm not aware of any hard rule for EWC except as needed. I add up to about 1/2" at beginning of flower (less with the kit recharge) to replace organic N used up during veg. If plants don't look like they need it I use less. I also add it any time in veg thru mid-flower that they look like they need a slight boost. I have a very mixed track record on judging need before it's a problem, but I've never seen a problem from over-using it.

Edit: no problem except the one Rad mentioned. I usually water from below and only top water small amount slowly, so caking hasn't been much of a problem for me.

 

[Van Stank]

Don't add too much Earth Worm Castings (EWC) - If you add too much it creates a clay like barrier when you water.
I just do a handful about the same amount as the Re-charge amount. I do 1/6 the bag of Re-charge (per plant) that comes in "The kit."

Ok, thank you. I am not using the kit, just growing in Kind-soil where we don't add anything. Its been going great and they don't recommend adding anything chemical. So I had been considering adding some ECW to the top since I am at about day 80 from the seed, give or take a few days. I just wasn't sure how much to add, I was going to start on the light side anyways.

 

[Van Stank]

The recharge is part of Doc's kit. It's a combination of minerals and stuff to stimulate organisms in soil.
I'm not aware of any hard rule for EWC except as needed. I add up to about 1/2" at beginning of flower (less with the kit recharge) to replace organic N used up during veg. If plants don't look like they need it I use less. I also add it any time in veg thru mid-flower that they look like they need a slight boost. I have a very mixed track record on judging need before it's a problem, but I've never seen a problem from over-using it.

Edit: no problem except the one Rad mentioned. I usually water from below and only top water small amount slowly, so caking hasn't been much of a problem for me.

Thank you for the response. I water a combination of below and above as well. I definitely don't want the caking to be an issue. I figured some light ECW and maybe a touch of Bat Guano would be good here at the relative beginning of flower (day 14, but day 8 of hairs).

 

[Graytail]

It's perfectly alright to break up the cake. I'll just run my fingers over the dry topsoil before I water - kinda smooth some soil to the edges and fill that gap at the edge ...

 

[DopyLemontree]

I keep track of the plants with Index cards on a corkboard - Mostly a nutrients schedule and dates and mounts I watered/fed.

I miss a few things, like some of my plants didn't get their recharge/worm castings top drench - It's supposed to happen about 10-14 days after entering the flower area - but it's not on all my cards, so I forget. Borderliner and Carnival are due now





Radogast's Non-420 Garden Creation Thread

I'll be making a small update shortly

Looking good over here Rad. I like the coffe table upgrade.

I too have a sheet I made up on the computer to track what I do to the plants. Make it so much easier to manage a perpetual garden.

 

[Radogast]

The recharge is part of Doc's kit. It's a combination of minerals and stuff to stimulate organisms in soil.
I'm not aware of any hard rule for EWC except as needed. I add up to about 1/2" at beginning of flower (less with the kit recharge) to replace organic N used up during veg. If plants don't look like they need it I use less. I also add it any time in veg thru mid-flower that they look like they need a slight boost. I have a very mixed track record on judging need before it's a problem, but I've never seen a problem from over-using it.

Edit: no problem except the one Rad mentioned. I usually water from below and only top water small amount slowly, so caking hasn't been much of a problem for me.

The Wiggleworm castings list an NPK of 0-0-1. No nitrogen to speak of.
Correction: NPK of 1-0-0. Miss Emily Littela says.....Nevermind

It's perfectly alright to break up the cake. I'll just run my fingers over the dry topsoil before I water - kinda smooth some soil to the edges and fill that gap at the edge ...

I'll go down and pet my soil right away

Looking good over here Rad. I like the coffe table upgrade.

I too have a sheet I made up on the computer to track what I do to the plants. Make it so much easier to manage a perpetual garden.

I was going to do a spreadsheet - but my fingers tend to get dirty when I garden. (see note above )

 

[Beavis]

It's perfectly alright to break up the cake. I'll just run my fingers over the dry topsoil before I water - kinda smooth some soil to the edges and fill that gap at the edge ...

Yes I always do this exact same thing. Always did it with my houseplants and just started doing the same practice with my grow.

I layer on the EWC pretty heavily too...several inches. A few days after I water I break up the top of the dried soil that is caked. Kinda rub my fingers an inch or two down in there, break it all up, be sure to cover up any exposed roots I may have uncovered and smooth it all back out.

I do that every time I water even in veg. That helps to aerate the soil.

 

[Van Stank]

Yes I always do this exact same thing. Always did it with my houseplants and just started doing the same practice with my grow.

I layer on the EWC pretty heavily too...several inches. A few days after I water I break up the top of the dried soil that is caked. Kinda rub my fingers an inch or two down in there, break it all up, be sure to cover up any exposed roots I may have uncovered and smooth it all back out.

I do that every time I water even in veg. That helps to aerate the soil.

Wow, several inches?? LOL I think I might have about half an inch or so of available room. I was thinking of just adding 1/4 of an inch or so and maybe a little bat guano as well to just recharge it a bit.