The Girl Who Drank The Moon

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"But remember you are facing
Just what other men have met" Edgar Guest
November 14, 2018



I decided to pull the very heavy Luna out of the tent, along with the much easier to tend with, Zena and placed both in the bathtub. I spent the next 60 minutes or so flushing both pots out with plain filtered water using 2 gallon jugs and endlessly walking back and forth from the kitchen to the bathroom.

I left the pots in the bathtub to drain until this morning. After destroying my back carrying Luna's heavy, water logged ass back to the tent, and waiting a few hours, I snapped a few pics. She looks noticeably more perky, However, she is still really yellow. I decided that I need to post pics every day so I can get a sense of her progress by comparing photos to the day before.
So with that,

 

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[InTheShed]

My new thread has the simpler version lol! Still slightly more complicated though..hope no one gets deterred by that!? Shed?

Newer than the one you gave me last week? LOL! I must have asked a bit too soon...

However, she is still really yellow

I'm sure there's an app for that .

No seriously, she doesn't look yellow to me. Tip burn perhaps, but still pretty green so don't make any drastic moves (besides an hour of flushing ).

Zena on the other hand, seems to have some issues.

 

[AngryBird]

Ok, let me do this blonde proof...
Small baby in bottom, is same plant.. No.... Same issues.. Looks like it

 

[AngryBird]

Check out the two first pics in this thread....
Plant Abuse Chart

 

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Ok, let me do this blonde proof...
Small baby in bottom, is same plant.. No.... Same issues.. Looks like it

The small plant is Zena the MOC Zensation.

 

[AngryBird]

Figured it was zena... But similar issues.. Take a look at the link.... Do the leaves look the same?

 

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No seriously, she doesn't look yellow to me.

My camera does a really good job of making everything look good when it isn't. LOL

small baby in bottom, is same plant

The small plant is Zena the MOC Zensation.

Check out the two first pics in this thread....

I looked at the pics. I'm sure that it isn't heat stress because my tent is trending at 75 F during the day and 68F at night. I think that my soil may still be a little too hot even after cooking outside for 4 months, and the sudden influx of new bacteria caused an over abundance of nutrients in the soil. It also raised my PH really high when it normally stays at 6.5. Then adding vinegar and citric acid to try and lower the PH probably didn't help either. I really hope they can work this out because I promise you that I will not be trying to transplant a giant 10 gallon pot.

 

[AngryBird]

If you think it is overdose... Just let them grow ... Unless you have emergency...
It isn't too bad... But it explains the little burned tips and slight yellow.

 

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If you think it is overdose... Just let them grow ... Unless you have emergency...
It isn't too bad... But it explains the little burned tips and slight yellow.

Thank you Bird. I am out of options so just leaving them alone is probably a good idea. LOL

 

[LaquerHead]

Thats a good plan of action I'd say! Organics also takes a good 3-7 days to take effect, so you may not know too soon. Maybe you already knew that....

Oh, @InTheShed and not the "new" version per se, just the less complicated one that requires a little less sourcing! I dont think I posted them both here

 

[InTheShed]

You posted the long list in moderngroroom's thread if I recall. I saved it on my computer.

 

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Oh, @InTheShed and not the "new" version per se, just the less complicated one that requires a little less sourcing!

Is this the one that I should be following?

Base mix: Made 3 cu ft. Or approx 23 gallons of soil

7 gallons CSPM

7 gallons of compost - mix of homeade vermicompost and Bu's blend

3 1/2 gallons of pumice
1 gallon of rice hulls
2 gallons of lava rock
2 gallons of perlite


That made 3 cu ft of base mix - and was amended as follows!

20 cups of bio-char
2+ cups of kelp meal
2 cups of crab meal
1 cup of insect frass
2+ cups of neem cake
2 1/2 cups of oyster shell flour
1/4 cup garden lime (just because lol)
2 1/2 cups gypsum
5 cups of brix blend basalt
2 cups St. georges black (sedimentary clay)
2 cups of MBP

 

[LaquerHead]

Is this the one that I should be following?

Base mix: Made 3 cu ft. Or approx 23 gallons of soil

7 gallons CSPM

7 gallons of compost - mix of homeade vermicompost and Bu's blend

3 1/2 gallons of pumice
1 gallon of rice hulls
2 gallons of lava rock
2 gallons of perlite


That made 3 cu ft of base mix - and was amended as follows!

20 cups of bio-char
2+ cups of kelp meal
2 cups of crab meal
1 cup of insect frass
2+ cups of neem cake
2 1/2 cups of oyster shell flour
1/4 cup garden lime (just because lol)
2 1/2 cups gypsum
5 cups of brix blend basalt
2 cups St. georges black (sedimentary clay)
2 cups of MBP

Thats mine exactly, the original recipe works just as good probably...for your first mix, id probably follow the other one cause it has a couple/few less inputs!

Brb

 

[LaquerHead]

Soil mix!!

This is the foundation of what we do in LOS! Its where all the action takes place, and where the majority of the physical work takes place - in the initial mixing!

I follow the no-till/coots recipe pretty closely...I've adjusted the amounts some, as well as added some things! Diversity was my goal in all of it. I'll start out by sharing the OG mix and follow up with mine!


Start by making a base mix with 30% Canadian sphagnum peat moss, 30% compost of your choice, and 40% aeration (pumice/perlite/etc.). That makes your base mix!

Compost being the most important thing here, Bu's compost is one of the better bagged compost out there! Homeade would be even better if space allows.. Dont cheap here!

Per cubic foot of that base mix ^^^ you add:

1/2-1 cup of neem and karanja cake mixed 50/50 (neem alone will work)

1/2-1 cup of kelp meal

1/2-1 cup of crustacean meal

1/2-1 cup of gypsum

1/2-1 cup of Malted Barley Powder (MBP)

1 cup of oyster shell flour

2-4 cups basalt

~6 cups bio-char

Mix it all up real good and add in a handful of redworms so they can start going to town! Its not necessary to let sit, unless you've added alfalfa meal...but I still do for about 30 days - the choice is yours!

Now that the base mix/soil is laid out, I'll share what I've done to tweak it

 

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Thats mine exactly, the original recipe works just as good probably...for your first mix, id probably follow the other one cause it has a couple/few less inputs!

Brb

Ok cool. I'm going to look at my ingredients and compare. Thank you so much Laquer Head.

 

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Yes this one does seem more simple!

 

[InTheShed]

more simple

More simple to you! Still seems like a crazy horticultural game of scavenger hunt to me .

 

[LaquerHead]

This was my first plant grown in this soil (DDA doesnt count lol)

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