Thirvnrob's Multi Strain Seed Drawer Clean Out

I rearranged the nursery for easier access. DLI for the babies on the right & the Blue Dream Auto up front is 13ish, the trio on the left is at 17 & the Power Plants are at 22. I’ve seen very few bugs & most of those are fungus gnats. I’m sure the cooler weather helps, but I’m putting sticky traps out anyway.
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Thirvnrob said:
I’m using natural mulch just as a personal preference. I wonder if there’s a difference? Maybe I’ll do a side by side with the babies…
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I should have said natural versus a solid plastic earthBox mulch cover like the one I used. :) It's weird to use it but it works. Rez water only.
 
StoneOtter said:
I should have said natural versus a solid plastic earthBox mulch cover like the one I used. :) It's weird to use it but it works. Rez water only.
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Do you pH your rez water?
 
Ok, thanks for the confirmation. I, too, don't think it necessary but I'm making a modification to my organic SIP by separating the soil and water functions and wanted to check. :thumb:
 
Azimuth said:
Ok, thanks for the confirmation. I, too, don't think it necessary but I'm making a modification to my organic SIP by separating the soil and water functions and wanted to check. :thumb:
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The only time you need to PH is if your plan is for something to bypass the microbes and feed the plant directly. So if you want the plant to eat from the reservoir, PH'ing will help.
 
Azimuth said:
Ok, thanks for the confirmation. I, too, don't think it necessary but I'm making a modification to my organic SIP by separating the soil and water functions and wanted to check. :thumb:
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Azi, how do you plan to separate the soil and water functions? Don't the roots hog the water and grow towards it, focusing energy on that instead of feeding from the soil? I mean I could take the view that the roots have hit an aquifer. I'm interested to follow your progress on this please.
 
I want more Pure Kush seeds. Not sure if I said so but they came from @Canuk Seeds . This is day 8 post flip & she doesn’t complain a bit, she’s just growing & being beautiful. She started guzzling water pretty suddenly & she had a significant growth spurt over the weekend - 5 inches worth! Y’all may remember her stalk splitting not long after I started training her. I don’t think it slowed her down at all. I left the clothes pin in place…
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Nice canopy!
 
And the Pure Kush #2 mainline attempt. I got rid of the gigantic fans, 2nd nodes, tied her down some more & relocated the rogue. No room in the other tent, so she elbowed her way in here along with the other two rouges I found in my soil bin this morning. I may have discovered a fool proof germination method!

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Carmen Ray said:
Azi, how do you plan to separate the soil and water functions? Don't the roots hog the water and grow towards it, focusing energy on that instead of feeding from the soil? I mean I could take the view that the roots have hit an aquifer. I'm interested to follow your progress on this please.
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Well, it seems to me that in an organic grow there are two distinct calls for moisture. The first is the plant's need which, given the success of hydro and near hydro results, seem to be along the lines of the more, the better.

But then there's the ideal environment for the herd and, while they more swim than crawl, their preference is for more oxygen than water.

So I'm going to try to exploit both at the same time in my SIP by providing a connected path between the soil and the water for the water roots to follow, but providing that path with an aggregate that doesn't wick water very well.

I've seen from my prior experiments that the roots will have no trouble following the path to the water so no worries there.

So, I've changed my SIP design to the column connector pot style so there is a limited pathway between the soil and the water.

I'll plan to try to keep the soil moisture at the ideal, lower, level for the microbes, while always keeping some water in the reservoir for the plant.
 
Gee64 said:
The only time you need to PH is if your plan is for something to bypass the microbes and feed the plant directly. So if you want the plant to eat from the reservoir, PH'ing will help.
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I only want them drinking from the res, not eating. SO has done this in a past Earthbox grow with success.
 
Azimuth said:
I only want them drinking from the res, not eating. SO has done this in a past Earthbox grow with success.
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Ph'ing rez is interesting! never done it. Bet it brings brix up! I think my brix rested at 9 in the cherries d grow. That went solid covered and no water on top.
 
I was out of town working Wednesday & Thursday. I was only supposed to be there for my expertise, but we ended up short handed so I ended up wearing a tool belt. They don’t fit like they used to & even if they did, I don’t move like I used to, especially in tight places. I’m amazed at the memory of how easy certain things used to be & how difficult, if not impossible they are now. It’s strange being the same age as old people & even stranger to move like they do…

The Pure Kush is a pure joy to grow. I have a hard time taking my eyes off her. Today is day 14 post flip & she’s stretched a full 8” with no sign she’s finished. Kind of surprising for an Indica. PPFD was 850 ish this morning so I moved her away from the light a few inches & PPFD is now 730. DLI is 32.
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On day 10 post flip, Power Plant is not stretching like the Pure Kush, but she’s stretching. I’ve managed to keep the stretch pretty horizontal so I’ll keep spreading her out for another week or so & then let her do her thing. I wasn’t going to reveal the biggest brain fart to date since I’ve been at this & while typing I decided I won’t unless someone spots it. .
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