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I may do one more post before I leave for a week, but this particular update is a memorable one to me. 
I've got a 14 gallon reservoir to keep the plants watered while I'm gone. There's also a pump and a 7 day digital timer......
So....I had the reservoir all filled up and added some 3.7-0-0 nutrients that also had a bit of micronutrients in them to try to mimic rain water, which has nitrogen in it.
I "programmed" the timer to water for 2 minutes on Mon, Wed, Fri. I'll be home on Sunday.
Well, these timers are tricky....they aren't intuitive...you've got to really pay attention....so, I had my program on setting "1." I accidentally set program "2" to go on at midnight....with no "off" time!
I went in to check on my plants this AM and a strange gurgling noise was coming from the grow room....yep....all 14 gallons got flushed through the plants....my drain buckets overflowed, and my grow room floor was wet.
So, when life gives you lemon skunk what do you do? Why, you make Super Lemon Haze out of it.
I sprayed bleach on the floor, mopped up, drained out the waste water, fixed the program, and refilled the tub. The grow room is clean!
Oh.....incredibly THE PLANTS LOVED IT! They were super perky and even the Advanced Nutrients plants looked better. They got a massive, rainwater flush like they've never had before, and I must say, they look all the better for it.
I'm not at all worried they were over watered....hard to do that in a hempy and my soil mix was 50% perlite....it drains really well. So, this is one "accident" that ended very well!
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I had to stake up the 23 inch cola....the stem was strong enough to hold it, but it was leaning away from the light, so I got out the bamboo stakes and supported it.
I also staked up the Sativa, it's going crazy, just one big bud factory, but the buds are all light and wispy, with fat, individual calyxes everywhere. This, no doubt will be my personal stash. I have no idea when it will finish, but it's gonna be well worth waiting for.
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Lastly, a few words about nutrients. I spent about 3 hours with a good friend yesterday, who is a bit of a "survivalist." He's just starting to grow our beloved plant, but he's got 30 8x10 raised beds that he grows all kinds of vegetables and herbs in. His wife cans them up, they have a root cellar, basically they have a year's supply of quality food that they grow themselves at all times, along with the fresh stuff. You get the picture.
So, what does this have to do with nutrients? Well, here's what he does:
Mittleider method: combines soil gardening with hydroponics, without the expense of hydroponics. Your Free Mittleider Gardening Basics Course Ebook!
he mixes together:
80 parts Dolmite Lime and/or gypsum
4 parts Epsom Salt
1 part 20 mule team borax
He adds the above to the soil about 2 weeks before planting.
Then, he feeds weekly by adding a bag of this: Natural Mineral FertilizersIt's a complete micronutrient mix that costs 10.95.
Mix one 10 oz. package of Micro-Nutrients with 4 lbs. of Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate) and 25 lbs. of 16-8-16, 20-10-20, or even 16-16-16 to make your own Weekly-Feed. This is enough to fertilize 30 large raised beds for an entire year.....in other words, a lifetime supply of nutrients for the small indoor cannabis grower.
Total cost: less than 100 bucks for an individual. Get a small group together and each can get a lifetime supply of nutrients for less than 30 bucks.
Does it work?
Oh my.....I've never seen anything like it. He has the best vegetable garden I've ever seen and they taste fantastic.
In large soil grows, I'd say his mix is amazing.
And....get this....when it's all said and done the final product is essentially:
Osmocote Plus.
I'm tellin' you guys.....free yourselves....walk upright like men (and women)! We need to get our heads away from our expensive "bud ignitors" and "voodoo juice" and start growing plants.
If we don't, we're gonna get crushed by agribusiness and large corporate growers, who are going to use "real" fertlizers and grow consistent crops for cheap. As for me, personally, I'm never going to buy another cannabis specific product for my garden. This stuff is all available for 1/10th the cost....or less, from "normal" sources.
There, I'm done ranting. For those who read this far, thank you!
I've got a 14 gallon reservoir to keep the plants watered while I'm gone. There's also a pump and a 7 day digital timer......
So....I had the reservoir all filled up and added some 3.7-0-0 nutrients that also had a bit of micronutrients in them to try to mimic rain water, which has nitrogen in it.
I "programmed" the timer to water for 2 minutes on Mon, Wed, Fri. I'll be home on Sunday.
Well, these timers are tricky....they aren't intuitive...you've got to really pay attention....so, I had my program on setting "1." I accidentally set program "2" to go on at midnight....with no "off" time!
I went in to check on my plants this AM and a strange gurgling noise was coming from the grow room....yep....all 14 gallons got flushed through the plants....my drain buckets overflowed, and my grow room floor was wet.
So, when life gives you lemon skunk what do you do? Why, you make Super Lemon Haze out of it.
I sprayed bleach on the floor, mopped up, drained out the waste water, fixed the program, and refilled the tub. The grow room is clean!
Oh.....incredibly THE PLANTS LOVED IT! They were super perky and even the Advanced Nutrients plants looked better. They got a massive, rainwater flush like they've never had before, and I must say, they look all the better for it.
I'm not at all worried they were over watered....hard to do that in a hempy and my soil mix was 50% perlite....it drains really well. So, this is one "accident" that ended very well!
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I had to stake up the 23 inch cola....the stem was strong enough to hold it, but it was leaning away from the light, so I got out the bamboo stakes and supported it.
I also staked up the Sativa, it's going crazy, just one big bud factory, but the buds are all light and wispy, with fat, individual calyxes everywhere. This, no doubt will be my personal stash. I have no idea when it will finish, but it's gonna be well worth waiting for.
-----------------------------------------------------
Lastly, a few words about nutrients. I spent about 3 hours with a good friend yesterday, who is a bit of a "survivalist." He's just starting to grow our beloved plant, but he's got 30 8x10 raised beds that he grows all kinds of vegetables and herbs in. His wife cans them up, they have a root cellar, basically they have a year's supply of quality food that they grow themselves at all times, along with the fresh stuff. You get the picture.
So, what does this have to do with nutrients? Well, here's what he does:
Mittleider method: combines soil gardening with hydroponics, without the expense of hydroponics. Your Free Mittleider Gardening Basics Course Ebook!
he mixes together:
80 parts Dolmite Lime and/or gypsum
4 parts Epsom Salt
1 part 20 mule team borax
He adds the above to the soil about 2 weeks before planting.
Then, he feeds weekly by adding a bag of this: Natural Mineral FertilizersIt's a complete micronutrient mix that costs 10.95.
Mix one 10 oz. package of Micro-Nutrients with 4 lbs. of Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate) and 25 lbs. of 16-8-16, 20-10-20, or even 16-16-16 to make your own Weekly-Feed. This is enough to fertilize 30 large raised beds for an entire year.....in other words, a lifetime supply of nutrients for the small indoor cannabis grower.
Total cost: less than 100 bucks for an individual. Get a small group together and each can get a lifetime supply of nutrients for less than 30 bucks.
Does it work?
Oh my.....I've never seen anything like it. He has the best vegetable garden I've ever seen and they taste fantastic.
In large soil grows, I'd say his mix is amazing.
And....get this....when it's all said and done the final product is essentially:
Osmocote Plus.
I'm tellin' you guys.....free yourselves....walk upright like men (and women)! We need to get our heads away from our expensive "bud ignitors" and "voodoo juice" and start growing plants.
If we don't, we're gonna get crushed by agribusiness and large corporate growers, who are going to use "real" fertlizers and grow consistent crops for cheap. As for me, personally, I'm never going to buy another cannabis specific product for my garden. This stuff is all available for 1/10th the cost....or less, from "normal" sources.
There, I'm done ranting. For those who read this far, thank you!
Over the last 3-4 years it seems to me like the subpar weed is expanding exponentially faster than connoisseur grade despite all these high priced nutes and equipment. Sure the high grade is abundant, but I sure expected the quality to come up across the board, given the legal status and so called "Advanced" technique$.
Enjoy your time off!