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How about 45 days in a clear solo cup of water in the kitchen window. Lazy grower style.
Seedsman Sponsored Grow: Peyote Wi-Fi By Beez
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@MagicJim That's how it used to be done "back in the day" right? I know that's how my mama did it with houseplants.
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Here is a quick Peyote Wi-Fi plant update. Today she is at Flip +11 days. She appears as though she is getting ready to start pushing out some pistils. I'm seeing some new side branching coming off the side branching if that makes sense. And I believe these new side branches are high enough up on the plant to be in play. Meaning I think they'll get plenty of light and develop fully into top shelf buddage.
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My Seedsman Original Skunk #1 is looking a little ratty as she nears her harvest date. I spent about 10 minutes yesterday pulling off some of the curled up mostly dead leaves. I like to remove these as I've learned that necrotrophic fungus often forms inside of buds from the dead stem of leaves that have died on the plant. So when possible I try to pull off the dead leaves to help reduce the possibility of bud rot forming on my plants. Here are a couple pics of the Skunk plant.
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The production of pollen on my reversed Jellium plant is starting to come to a close. She's been a good pollen provider. It is/was unfortunate that I did not really have any other strains to dust with her pollen. I decided to save a little bit which is something completely new to me. Never harvested pollen and not used it immediately. I collected it and put it into a small plastic bottle and then added some rice to keep down the moisture. In the fridge is the best place to store it?
MagicJim
Creme de la Creme Photos: Sept 2016
I always kept mine in the freezer but I never proved it still viable after freezing. Certainly the last I used from the freezer failed to pollinate anything. I've heard the killer really is air or oxidation but that might be false too as most around here pollinate then spray water to neutralize the stuff.
So based on all I know....just toss some rice on it and put it in the refrigerator.
So based on all I know....just toss some rice on it and put it in the refrigerator.
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I just finished the final trim on the Peyote Wi-Fi plant. I hope I didn't F-up but I cut off those four or five huge fan leaves. Three of them were preventing a branch from reaching the canopy. I've tucked them to the side a number of times and they end up right back where they started. But the plant has grown a fair number of big, not huge fan leaves so I'm hoping the plant won't miss these really big one. I think she's real close to starting to flower.
Looks like she has plenty of Foliage to work with.
I tried the freezer but the pollen got damp from the condensation, so I'm thinking the fridge is better for that reason.
That Skunk may be ratty but it's nicely stacked!
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I thought so too, @Pennywise . Most of the leaves she puts out are on the larger side.
She’ll do fine and grow them back
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Time to make some soil. I have about enough left to fill a solo cup. I'm moving into unchartered waters here AGAIN as I will be mixing 15 gallons of old soil (not Clackamas Coots) with 15 gallons of new soil. The old soil was my own concoction and I truly believe it to be lacking in a lot of the necessary minerals. So this is what I have.
15 gallons of my old soil. It has been used once to grow 3 plants in five gallon pots. They were not spectacular plants by any stretch of the imagination. I am looking at this as part of my base.
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To this I am adding 2.5 gallons of top quality earthworm castings, 2.5 gallons of Coast of Main Lobster Compost, 5 gallons of Canadian sphagnum peat moss, and finally 5 gallons of medium perlite. I've already combined these together into a 40 gallon tote. I mixed it as well as I was able using a boy scout shovel but I'm not satisfied with how well it's mixed. Tomorrow I'm going to run to the store and pick up a gardening hoe if I can find one this time of year. Once I am happy with how well the 30 gallons of base have been mixed I'll add the nutrients, minerals, and malted barley. I'm thinking 8 cups of the minerals/nutrients (they're already mixed together) and 2 cups of finely ground malted barley. Water to taste and let it cook for 3-4 weeks stirring every few days. Ideas or suggestions always welcome.
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15 gallons of my old soil. It has been used once to grow 3 plants in five gallon pots. They were not spectacular plants by any stretch of the imagination. I am looking at this as part of my base.
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To this I am adding 2.5 gallons of top quality earthworm castings, 2.5 gallons of Coast of Main Lobster Compost, 5 gallons of Canadian sphagnum peat moss, and finally 5 gallons of medium perlite. I've already combined these together into a 40 gallon tote. I mixed it as well as I was able using a boy scout shovel but I'm not satisfied with how well it's mixed. Tomorrow I'm going to run to the store and pick up a gardening hoe if I can find one this time of year. Once I am happy with how well the 30 gallons of base have been mixed I'll add the nutrients, minerals, and malted barley. I'm thinking 8 cups of the minerals/nutrients (they're already mixed together) and 2 cups of finely ground malted barley. Water to taste and let it cook for 3-4 weeks stirring every few days. Ideas or suggestions always welcome.
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MagicJim
Creme de la Creme Photos: Sept 2016
The first batch I ever made with the KIS Organics Nutrient Pack I failed here. When I was ready to use it the smell was exactly pig manure. I got in touch with drcannabi and found that the mix was anaerobic. So I had to turn the mix some more and it smelled normal after that.
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@MagicJim I've also read that if the container in which you're storing your soil doesn't get enough air it can shift to an anaerobic mix. Stinky stuff!!
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The Peyote Wi-Fi girl continues to grow taller at somewhat of an alarming rate. I don't have a lot of experience bending and tying down branches, but I'll learn. She has really nice color and I can tell she is close to starting to flower.
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I collected a bit more pollen today off of my reversed Jellium plant to be used to make some crosses.
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And finally, I finished mixing up 30 gallons of Clackamas Coots organic soil today. I broke down and bought a hoe as doing 30 gallons in a 40 gallon tote with a boy scout shovel was killing me. I got it all thoroughly mixed, watered, and stored in my unfinished basement. I am hoping to take the lid off in a couple days and see a white web growing on top of the soil.
QUESTION to you soil growers:
Once you've mixed your soil and you're letting it cook do you stir/mix it up at all?
QUESTION to you soil growers:
Once you've mixed your soil and you're letting it cook do you stir/mix it up at all?
...I usually don't unless I feel that I may have under watered when checking it after a couple weeks...then I add some water and remix, just enough to distribute the water evenly...I've found mixing on a tarp then putting in totes in layers and watering/mixing each layer works best for me without having to touch it again till I'm ready to use it...cheerz... 
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I'm thinking the tarp method is sounding awfully good considering how my back is feeling tonight mixing 30 gallons in a tote. The hoe couldn't get all the way to the ends due to the angle of the tool. So I ended up having to put the lid on, stand the tote on end to move everything to the one end. Then drop it down, take off the top and mix it up really well then do the other end.
I learned that way from my grandma. Tried every other way and I'm back to a glass of water but I put that under a dome with a heat mat.
Plants looking good there Beez.
Plant with a funky leaf or 2, should be ok long run. ACT is a thing which reminds me I gotta brew some up here.
I don't stir mine after I mix it thoroughly. Here's my reason:
The hyphae or mycelium grow in a network thru-out the soil. That network grows into long strands so disturbing it will lengthen the time it take the mycelium to start building the soil nutrients.
Mycelium are actually some of the largest growing organisms in the word. This is where the no-till organic farming idea comes from. Least amount of disturbance once the mycelium are established the better for the soil and the plants.
I mix soil on a tarp then cover it and weight down the tarp to keep the soil in and the weather out. Then when I feel like it I'll move it to containers with lids.