The Hexapus's Garden

SweetSue said:
I'm finishing up my hempy experiment soon and I can't get away from PHing water and trying to figure out nutrient levels fast enough. Give me a living organic soil any day. :laughtwo: I have much more respect for those of you who get it right.
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As I sit in the middle of a feeding/watering routine with a ph pen in a cup of water, 4 bottles of various nutrient bits, and a milk jug of water, I find myself appreciating some wisdom in your words.
Meh... I'll be done in an hour or so.... and it gives me a chance to author these little gems as I wait for my pen to settle.
 
yea organic soil growers are so mysterious.

parading around, laughing the time away as they get huge buds and perfect plants,

meanwhile Hydro people tediously adjusting and monitoring all their free time away and not getting buds nearly as nice

:rofl:
 
VladimirPutin said:
yea organic soil growers are so mysterious.

parading around, laughing the time away as they get huge buds and perfect plants,

meanwhile Hydro people tediously adjusting and monitoring all their free time away and not getting buds nearly as nice

:rofl:
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There IS something to say about trying the hempy thingy, you learn that a lighter soil, say 30 - 50% perlite in your soil helps with the drainage. But a great organic soil, mixed by loving hands, does wonders for the health of the ladies. After trying the hempy thing, alongside of soil, I got 30% larger plants in veg in the soil, and I found the nute/PH routine too complicated for an old soil grower.

So I decided to compromise with a 50/50 mix. So far it looks pretty good. I DO like the idea of myco and other symbiotic microorganisms feeding the ladies, and you have to have enough soil to sustain them.
 
nivek said:
ah,, weaseley,, a key you mentioned, the nitrogen,, right,, well,, might explain why my plants don't yellow up much,, even when ripe,, urine,, i still do that nasty thing,, use it as fertilizer,, silly me,, i might stop using it when i go to advanced nutrients fert,, soon,, might,

i use it very sparingly for my flowering plants, but still some is there,,

as for the rh,, well, my sativas or mostly sativas seem to grow reasonably well for me,, and i struggle to keep my rh up to 40%, near ever,, a rainy period brings it up to 60 maybe for a night,, then back down to the 30's,, i wish i could get it higher,, but no luck yet

just throwin a few words in is all,, cheers friends,,
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Little urine for yellows always brings them green... I have same r/h issues.. Started drying my towels above the lights in tent when light are on, out of it and in room at lights off.. Got tent to 54% lights on and 60% off. I might take them out of the room at lights off..
 
Weaselcracker said:
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Funny how hit and miss my grow is. Yes I know I'm turning out some beautiful plants over time but I'm also finding plenty of mysterious problems each grow. I'd think I should have nailed it down more by now........
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Genetics play a massive part in this mate.. Cloning and same strangeness throughout, then ask yourself what's going on, lol...
 
GrizzWald said:
Genetics play a massive part in this mate.. Cloning and same strangeness throughout, then ask yourself what's going on, lol...
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I do ask myself that often Grizz and don't always have an answer. Some of these strains I've been growing cloned for two years straight including the PC and I'm still confused. I think quick(ish) side by side test grows will help a lot.

As for what's going on- just sitting here smokin'... Struggling to type- lol :lot-o-toke: this is going slow... ;)

I went through my gallery and put together some of my favorite flower pics. All photos taken with arse-phone 4 except the 3 newest pics -Y Griega and PP, which is since I got the arse-phone six

Which reminds me Grizz. You grew Y Griega didn't you? If so did your buds look anything like this one? It's very smelly.

Flowers~
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Y Griega




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Y Griega




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Ace Malawi



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Peyote Purple




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Pineapple Chunk




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Pineapple Chunk




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Pineapple Chunk




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Pineapple Chunk




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Pineapple Chunk




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Mama Thai
 
They're a little bigger maybe but mostly it's the camera. And most of the pineapple chunk pics are of just little buds. The single blueberry bud is about the same size as the mama Thai buds- not huge, maybe 5" long.
 
Well I recommend that you still do that. That pic was from one of my early runs with it. The buds do get nice and big on it. Actually bigger than any of my other strains - though fluffier. The buds on this plant are about 2 1/2" - 3" thick if that helps perspective. I did some back building otherwise they'd be pointier.


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Thank you very much Lexort. Tead I've been doing the weekly runaround for work but will be back to update very soon. Last I looked the situation was the same with those two plants. I may push the ph divide even further just to try and get a handle on what problems do develop with high/low ph. Depends whether I can afford to sacrifice the plants and the space much longer. They're getting big and clogging up a fair chunk of my veg room. If I carry on with the tests I'll have to machete them down a little.
 
Yes. Or rather, no, because I think I've figured it out. I don't know if you caught the last post I did on those experiment Lexort, but in case you didn't- I've been feeding two Mama Thai clones on the same nutes, but one with high ph and one with low ph. Check this out.

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Mama Thai High - on ph 6.2 for the last month. There are seven nodes above my hand in the photo.



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Mama Thai Low - on ph 5.2 Also 7 nodes above my hand but note that the camera is farther away to fit the branch in the screen because it's so much larger.




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MT Low on left and Mt High on right. MT High was actually quite a bit larger than MT Low at the time I started the experiment. In fact she was still quite a lot larger just a week ago, but MT Low is blowing her away in growth now. Its obvious that MT Low is healthier than MT High, but I can't tell if overall she is healthier than an average healthy Mama Thai plant. I feel like she is, and that she's doing better on a ph of 5.2 than she would be on 5.6-5.8. Hard to really tell though. Another experiment there I guess. At any rate she's kicking ass.
 
Weaselcracker said:
Yes. Or rather, no, because I think I've figured it out. I don't know if you caught the last post I did on those experiment Lexort, but in case you didn't- I've been feeding two Mama Thai clones on the same nutes, but one with high ph and one with low ph. Check this out.

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Mama Thai High - on ph 6.2 for the last month. There are seven nodes above my hand in the photo.



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Mama Thai Low - on ph 5.2 Also 7 nodes above my hand but note that the camera is farther away to fit the branch in the screen because it's so much larger.




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MT Low on left and Mt High on right. MT High was actually quite a bit larger than MT Low at the time I started the experiment. In fact she was still quite a lot larger just a week ago, but MT low is blowing her away in growth now. Its obvious that MT Low is healthier than MT High, but I can't tell if overall she is healthier than an average healthy Mama Thai plant. I feel like she is, and that she's doing better on a ph of 5.2 than she would be on 5.6-5.8. Hard to really tell though. Another experiment there I guess. At any rate she's kicking ass.
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Hmmmm ya i guess i missed that post lol. I know when i was having the droopy thing going on i was setti g the ph anywhere from 5.8-6.2 now that i have been ph'ing to 5.5-5.6 i havent seen any droop however that change wasnt on just one strain like your doing so its not really scientific like you lol. I mean really the pictures speak for themselves here and im glad its finally been figured out! Been like a year since i first saw the droop and I know it wasnt super long til you saw it happen too lol.
 
I'm testing the Mama Thai because that's the one that gave me the most problems with curling in the past. Other strains were mostly fine, other than maybe a touch of curling on the Pineapple Chunk. But I'm curious to see if a lower ph would make them grow even better. I'm not saying I want to start feeding everything at 5.2, but I'm definitely going to stick to the low side of the road for the next while.
I don't have the space to do much more with this experiment at the moment as my veg room is packed and trying hard to get way more packed, with many plants set to take off. I'll have to go in there tomorrow and kill some, and hopefully drag some into the flowering room. I think MT High will have to get the axe for lack of space.

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Weaselcracker said:
I'm testing the Mama Thai because that's the one that gave me the most problems with curling in the past. Other strains were feeling fine, other than maybe a touch of curling on the Pineapple Chunk.
I don't have the space to do much more with this experiment at the moment as my veg room is packed and trying hard to get way more packed, with many plants set to take off. I'll have to go in there tomorrow and kill some, and hopefully drag some into the flowering room. I think MT High will have to get the axe for lack of space.

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Well seems like that MT high already donated her body to science ax away lol. The issue i been currently playing around with is my lights and so far it seems that i was running way too much wattage in the veg box sounds unbelievable I know but i had 306w in that small space which might be slightly over 1sqft and that was 20,000 lumens and if ya think about it the sun puts out about 10,000 lumens per sqft if i recall correctly. So ya lol. Sorry for the medicated ramblings lol
 
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