Stunger's Organic Balcony: Growing Daughters Of Mulanje: Watering Via Root Aeration Chambers

Stunger said:
I must have missed this.

Yes the ratio on it's own is too high, but the Fert mix I used included other non Mg but Ca amendments like oyster shell flour so the dolomite was only a part amount of a small amount of what I used. It was more the thought that the plants had been working/growing hard for 4 months and they perhaps could benefit from a little. I gave each plant about 1/3 tsp of Epsom salt dissolved, so a bit more Mg there but overall seems kinda small. The fert company I used has stopped trading, but some years ago I talked to the 'creator' of it about the various farmers whose results spoke for it and Gee's comments triggered me to thinking, a little could be good now. After all on previous grows I have top dressed with I think double the amount of the same. Much of it is rather coarse and all of it has fallen on the mulch layer so I don't really think that it will be big quick hit but more of a trickle down, if the rain comes and along with the little top watering that I do. But anyway, we'll see, hopefully all continues swingingly.

Hey thanks Zeb, glad you found your way out of the woodwork. I will have more of think on what I can do with supercropping, I have tried weights but the strong winds just cause them to ride up/down or off. Maybe scrog netting, but overall it's not a showstopper, you're right, they can be really resilient.
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Hey Stunger✌️ Your Girls are looking really nice!❤️ Well done!

Dolomite appears high in magnesium on the ratio but if you are adding calcium like oyster shells or your water has calcium in it then you are watering that 2:1 ratio down.

You have a lot of foliage and it all requires magnesium for all that chlorophyl.

Also if you use eartworm castings you are adding more calcium again to help that 2:1 ratio get down to 3:1 or 4:1.

The easiest way to tell if magnesium is getting too high is by checking the surface of a pot that is dry on top. If its crusty your mag is high. If its good the mag is good.

If mag gets low the plant will tell you very quickly on the bottom leaves.
 
Stunger said:
...with the little top watering that I do.
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Top watering? Oh, that's right, you water straight into the root depths of the reserve oxygen tank. Never heard of "top watering" before, but it makes sense. I guess you've coined a new term. Maybe it will become the norm.
 
Emeraldo said:
Top watering? Oh, that's right, you water straight into the root depths of the reserve oxygen tank. Never heard of "top watering" before, but it makes sense. I guess you've coined a new term. Maybe it will become the norm.
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No, I can't claim that phrase, the folks on Azi's SIPS thread have been using that to differentiate from watering their plants via the SIP downpipe.
Trala said:
Good morning Stung, from across the ditch lol

Three pretty ladies sitting in a row
All fluffed up and ready to grow
Filling like crazy singing a happy song
Till you cut their throats and pack ‘em in ya bong ;)

LOLLING!
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Thanks Tra! So far the vegging has been the easy bit, it's the buds n pests to come that will have me on my toes.
 
Stunger said:
, I have tried weights but the strong winds just cause them to ride up/down or off.
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How about draping a rubber band over the branch and attaching the weight to it? The rubber would give some friction against sliding.
 
Azimuth said:
How about draping a rubber band over the branch and attaching the weight to it? The rubber would give some friction against sliding.
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Thanks Azi, and that's a good thought, the elastic stretch quality would allow some buffering of wind caused movement too. But I'm not sure, we regularly get winds in excess of 100kph, on my last grow I posted a series of pics showing the balcony plants getting absolutely belted by the winds --> here. That is quite a bit of power being unleashed on them.
 
Update - Yesterday was a 'top watering' day!

Greetings 420 enthusiasts! There has been more rain in the last 24 hours than I've ever seen before here. A state of emergency called, some deaths, airport flooded and closed, some roads turned into kayak suitable slalom rivers, and cars floating in flooded streets. This weekend was forecast to have winds up to 110kph, but yesterday the wind just got up to about 80kph. Thankfully by this morning the plants appear to have come through relatively unscathed, and us too.

And get this, we've had almost a summer's worth of rain in 24 hours, where 249mm (9.8 inches) of rain on average fell across the region in 24 hours, at one stage we had over 2 inches (60mm) in 1 hour!

So anyway, when it came to the balcony garden, there was no watering to be had via the downpipes yesterday! :rofl:

The balcony after almost 10 inches of rain had fallen in the area over the past 24 hours

After 24 hours of 'top watering' and plenty of wind!

After 24 hours of 'top watering' and plenty of wind!

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Thanks for dropping in, wishing you and your gardens all the best! :ganjamon:
 
Looks like another supercropping session is in the offing! :Rasta:
 
All that wind and rain, and all the plants got was wet (& watered)...👍
they even look like they may have enjoyed it a little bit...
because they're sure looking good today 💚
 
Gee64 said:
Amazing!😍😍😍
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Thanks Gee!
Grand Daddy Black said:
Looks like another supercropping session is in the offing! :Rasta:
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Yes definitely GDB!
Carcass said:
All that wind and rain, and all the plants got was wet (& watered)...👍
they even look like they may have enjoyed it a little bit...
because they're sure looking good today 💚
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Cheers Carcass! Yes I pleased this morning that they actually appeared to be looking happy if not stretching further than I'd like.

Yesterday's rainfall total beat the previous record over 24 hours by nearly 4 inches!
 
InTheShed said:
Your plants are like Timex, takes a licking and keeps on ticking! Congrats on making it through that crazy storm. :phewf:
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Thanks Shed! I was expecting some damage but fortunately all good, other than the 3 plants have made a run at growing taller during the rain!

P.S. I like the old original Micky Mouse Timex watch the most!
 
There was video footage on the news showing how sudden rains caused serious flooding in NZ. Looks bad! But your plants look great! Finally got some "top watering" the old fashioned way!
 
Emeraldo said:
There was video footage on the news showing how sudden rains caused serious flooding in NZ. Looks bad! But your plants look great! Finally got some "top watering" the old fashioned way!
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Yes we don't often have a day that breaks the all time record of rainfall, and never had one before that has broken the record by nearly 4 inches in one day. Funny, the plants seem quite fine in spite of the weather. Altho I will have to give them another 'stern' training talk very soon.
 
Stunger said:
Yes we don't often have a day that breaks the all time record of rainfall, and never had one before that has broken the record by nearly 4 inches in one day. Funny, the plants seem quite fine in spite of the weather. Altho I will have to give them another 'stern' training talk very soon.
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Yeah just saw the rain you guys got in Auckland!! Crazy stuff!!
You anywhere near there mate?
 
Porky82 said:
Yeah just saw the rain you guys got in Auckland!! Crazy stuff!!
You anywhere near there mate?
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I would say our area had higher than the average as I saw nearby suburbs got nearly 12 inches in 24 hours (299mm), but thankfully no apparent damage from being more on a hill than in a hollow. And I wouldn't want to be in a house perched on a cliff with all that rain, it's not like Sydney where the cliffs are solid rock.
 
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