SoilGirl's Indoor Organic Soil Medical Grow Journal - Mars II 1600 & Other LEDs

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Hello SoilGirl. Agree with everyone....your journal is as good as there is here. Those 12/18 pictures really show how healthy your plants are. They've really grown since the heavy training & defol (which seemed like yesterday) showing no stress at all. Reflects the grower's talent! Keep up the great work at the Colorado pot factory.

 

[Marzbadrock]

Marzbadrock,
I follow your journal, we don't grow the same way, but your skills are obvious. I also love Montana, lol, maybe that has something to do with it.

Are you coming to CO this winter?, seem to remember you mentioning that..

I'm hoping to in April, we'll see what happens.

 

[Marzbadrock]

I love the idea of living soil, I just can't do it. My bed is literally between my veg and flower room, my clone box is at the foot of my bed. For me using "organic bottled" nutrients and coco medium is my best option......for now

 

[akisunni]

Wow and I thought my hidden Veg space in my office next to my dead Italian chair was living with my plants.

 

[SweetSue]

Lol not at the moment aki - my guitar's input is broken!! and so is my amp. ugh. I hope to get those fixed once I stop spending all my money on growing >.< (not looking like any time soon)

I know that feeling. Always something else, isn't there? LOL

 

[SoilGirl]

Great post soilgirl!

Hello SoilGirl. Agree with everyone....your journal is as good as there is here. Those 12/18 pictures really show how healthy your plants are. They've really grown since the heavy training & defol (which seemed like yesterday) showing no stress at all. Reflects the grower's talent! Keep up the great work at the Colorado pot factory.

Aw thanks so much bright. They have, haven't they? It's so cool to see these plants shape into what I want them to become, in a way I feel like they're my growing sculptures. artwork. Lol. Maybe that's what I should do next time hahaha, train a heart shaped plant, or go all out and train one shaped like a pot leaf. just kidding, but imagine if someone did that. lol.

You have some of the most beautiful buds I've ever seen so coming from you, the praise means a lot. take care my friend!

I love the idea of living soil, I just can't do it. My bed is literally between my veg and flower room, my clone box is at the foot of my bed. For me using "organic bottled" nutrients and coco medium is my best option......for now

Oh its cool marz, like CO said, we've seen how beautiful the nugs you grow are! I'd have a hard time switching too if I were that dialed in. But in the future you definitely should try some LOS! I'd love to hear how you think the buds compare to the soup + coco approach.

Wow and I thought my hidden Veg space in my office next to my dead Italian chair was living with my plants.

hahaha right, wow marz, points for dedication!

I know that feeling. Always something else, isn't there? LOL

oh Sue, Always. >.< hahaha its alright though. I'll knock my list of things I want out slowly... so slowly...... lol.


So guys, I checked the bottom of my clones today, and just 48 hrs down the road from the dome-bleaching, 3 clones are showing first roots!!! One is one of those tiny, ancient, scraggly Corleone Kush #1 cuttings, thank god. I was wondering If I'd need to take a flowering clone off their mom to replace them. The other two are both the Dinafem Diesel cuttings hahaha.

I think its safe to conclude from this that I should have bleached sooner. Algae in your clone dome = no bueno... Clean clone domes = roots.

 

[Gfcollective]

Hey soilgirl. Got a Q for ya. I'm on my cell so sorry if this gets confusing I plan to take pics when I can.

So I have a 25g can w some used soil, cannabis leafs and stems, as well as old compost tea packets. They're in a room that's around 70 degrees and about 55% humidity sometimes humidity can jump to 70%. The cans been in this room for about 3 weeks and Ibe checked on it once a week. Today I noticed some white looking insects crawling on the top surface. I don't recognize them and was curious if u know what they were without me getting the micro camera out. I will try n get a pic w cell first then micro if have to.

I know this isn't ur practice but I feel u or a few others in here may know this insect. Will try n get a pic by tomorrow

I&I

 

[MaPilot]

hope you fix your guitar soon! Good luck!

 

[SoilGirl]

hope you fix your guitar soon! Good luck!

MP! Where've you been lately? Missed ya around!

Hey soilgirl. Got a Q for ya. I'm on my cell so sorry if this gets confusing I plan to take pics when I can.

So I have a 25g can w some used soil, cannabis leafs and stems, as well as old compost tea packets. They're in a room that's around 70 degrees and about 55% humidity sometimes humidity can jump to 70%. The cans been in this room for about 3 weeks and Ibe checked on it once a week. Today I noticed some white looking insects crawling on the top surface. I don't recognize them and was curious if u know what they were without me getting the micro camera out. I will try n get a pic w cell first then micro if have to.

I know this isn't ur practice but I feel u or a few others in here may know this insect. Will try n get a pic by tomorrow

I&I

Gfc, I honestly opened up my own cooking flowering soil just an hour ago and saw those exact things, tiny, sort of skinny but long like a hotdog, white, idk for sure, but I think they're either Springtails or Soil Mites. Either way though, they're likely harmless to your soil in the long run. The fact that they're there in the first place, actually means you're creating favorable conditions for life in general, be that bacteria or fungi or bugs or plants haha. They might be an annoyance to the eye, but if you're planning on using that as a worm bin they won't hurt your worms, and if you use it as potting soil, they won't hurt your plants, in fact they'll probably just die as soon as the soil dries out a bit. Try not to go nuclear on them, though they are tiny and crawly

 

[SoilGirl]

Gfc, if they are springtails, heres a quick copy/paste from wiki I thought you'd like: They may be creepy looking but that doesn't mean they're bad!

"Springtails are well known as pests of some agricultural crops. Sminthurus viridis, the lucerne flea, has been shown to cause severe damage to agricultural crops,[48] and is considered as a pest in Australia.[49][50] Also Onychiuridae are known to feed on tubers and to damage them to some extent.[51] However, by their capacity to carry spores of mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhiza-helper bacteria on their tegument, soil springtails play a positive role in the establishment of plant-fungal symbioses and thus are beneficial to agriculture.[52] They also contribute to controlling plant fungal diseases through their active consumption of mycelia and spores of damping-off and pathogenic fungi.[53][54] It has been suggested that they could be reared to be used for the control of pathogenic fungi in greenhouses and other indoor cultures.[55][56]"

 

[Gfcollective]

MP! Where've you been lately? Missed ya around!


Gfc, I honestly opened up my own cooking flowering soil just an hour ago and saw those exact things, tiny, sort of skinny but long like a hotdog, white, idk for sure, but I think they're either Springtails or Soil Mites. Either way though, they're likely harmless to your soil in the long run. The fact that they're there in the first place, actually means you're creating favorable conditions for life in general, be that bacteria or fungi or bugs or plants haha. They might be an annoyance to the eye, but if you're planning on using that as a worm bin they won't hurt your worms, and if you use it as potting soil, they won't hurt your plants, in fact they'll probably just die as soon as the soil dries out a bit. Try not to go nuclear on them, though they are tiny and crawly

Haha sounds like what i have. I'll try n get a pic later. I opened it thinking there would be no crawlers yet and fiance was there. "What the hell is that" .."well its my soil with a shit grin" hah. I'll keep in close contact w your journal as I'm experimenting w my own whatever it is I'm doing ha

I&I

 

[SoilGirl]

Gfc, if they are springtails, heres a quick copy/paste from wiki I thought you'd like: They may be creepy looking but that doesn't mean they're bad!

"Springtails are well known as pests of some agricultural crops. Sminthurus viridis, the lucerne flea, has been shown to cause severe damage to agricultural crops,[48] and is considered as a pest in Australia.[49][50] Also Onychiuridae are known to feed on tubers and to damage them to some extent.[51] However, by their capacity to carry spores of mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhiza-helper bacteria on their tegument, soil springtails play a positive role in the establishment of plant-fungal symbioses and thus are beneficial to agriculture.[52] They also contribute to controlling plant fungal diseases through their active consumption of mycelia and spores of damping-off and pathogenic fungi.[53][54] It has been suggested that they could be reared to be used for the control of pathogenic fungi in greenhouses and other indoor cultures.[55][56]"

I think you missed this because it was at the very bottom of last page and I added it really quick a sec ago Gfc.

hahaha you're too funny, "well its my soil " - by the way that's awesome that you're doing a kind of LOS experiment! Can't wait to see how it goes for you. feel free to share pics here or ask for anyone's help, if I can help I will!

 

[Gfcollective]

That lil white guy looks like a springtail to me. What do u think soilgirl? This pic good enough?

I&I

 

[MaPilot]

MP! Where've you been lately? Missed ya around!

Been back to work, working my tail off! Thanks for missing me

 

[SoilGirl]

'Tis a Springtail, Gfc exactly what I have in my cooking flower soil bin. I think these white ones are the good kind from what I've read. Since this is in prep for some outdoor LOS, they're friends, not foes. they should help keep bad mold out of your soil, and good mold in.

Ah. Work. And not garden work. Lame. :\ glad your posting again though Pilot

 

[Jaga]

Merry Christmas Girl
I hope its a good one for you

 

[B A R]

Merry Xmas to all

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And keep up the good work SoulGirl...

 

[drcannabi]

Merry Christmas soilgirl!

 

[akisunni]

Happy Christmas Soilgirl...

 

[SweetSue]

hi guys, this is what I'm doing for my worm bin just wanted to share the link for anyone wanting to get one going. They seriously create the best amendment you can possibly have for organic soil growing, so I highly recommend getting a worm bin going, you won't regret it once you do

Cheap and Easy Worm Bin!

Good to see SoilGirl. You won't regret it. This is basically what I did, but on a smaller scale (I used smaller containers that would fit under the sink and only ordered a pound of worms). Now I'm putting together the Geo Pot worm bin with leaves to see how quickly they'll make leaf mold vermicompost.

I've come to believe the worms are the real treasure when you're gardening with LOS.