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  1. I see a lot of horror stories starting with "I went away for the weekend", so naturally I was rather worried about my ladies while away for 4 days. I had a friend go through and give them some water as I figured they'd be dry by day 3.

    I came back to the plants all overlapping each other, had a growth spurt of note! So it was time to get my 2nd light going and  time to spread them a part a bit. Tonight I'll start with some LST before topping 🙌🏼

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  2. 1 hour ago, Prom said:

    Go to 1ml Grow per liter till Flip. Watch the tips of your leaves. When you see yellow at the very end. Give them twice just water, then go back to Grow/Fish.

    If you don't have.. you need BioBizz Bio Heaven. The BioBizz range is build around that product, is the key to all the buds I grow. If you do not want to spend the cash on BioBizz Bio Heaven, get a bottle of Canna Pro - Amino Boost (as good or even better). The Amino Boost is 150 bugs for a liter and you would add 2ml on 10 liters for your plants.. also till flip. Very very worth it! I do not Ph my rain water using Amino Boost.

    If you want to go the full way.. get a bottle of BioBizz Fish-Mix too and swap each feed with Grow. Bloom you get when you flip. The moment you flip, you also give them their first shot of Bloom. The Fish-Mix has some potency, don't toy around with it. 1ml per liter is max you give when using FF Green Bag soil.

    Flip you give 1 Grow, 2 Bloom and (4ml per liter Bio Heaven or 3ml per 10 liter Amino Boost). 

    When the flowers reach the size of the tip of your pinky, small finger. You add the next product.. Top Max. 1ml per liter. And increase that till max 4ml per liter during the last 2 weeks of flower. The moment you add Top Max is also the moment I go 3ml Bloom per liter and stick to it till the end.

    You can PM me any time you have a question... I answer when I see and have the time.

     

    Ah man! This is some great feedback, exactly what I needed. Thank you for taking the time to type this out, @Prom 🤘

    I'll go find me some of that BioHeaven!

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  3. 57 minutes ago, greenkush said:

    I did capoeira and ninjutsu for about 4 years in parallel, very different philosophies. The worst was standing in line for body conditioning and getting punched in the stomach to strengthen your core. 

    I joined a MMA gym a few years ago, and the conditioning was by far the worst of it. Coach would line the whole gym up in front of you and have each one of them kick and punch you to build your core and legs. I would go home looking like I was beat up after every practice. Cut lips, bruised legs and body pains for days at a time.

    I gave it up as it made me a generally agro person, which was the opposite of what I planned to achieve there. Good memories though! 😂

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  4. This is quite crazy, seems someone got their fingers in the right pie sitting at a table with the right people. R30/g "Wholesale" price is shocking, these guys are going to make an absolute killing! I worry that these big corporations are going to make it impossible for us small guys to get in on the business once it's all legal. They're being given opportunities that others are still being arrested for, and the only reason I can think of that happening is because someones pockets are being filled with cash.

    This is great news, and I hope to not come across as a serious downer, but this does make me worry a little. I don't know, is it just me?

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  5. I'm so happy with the progress these plants have made, looking mighty fine and getting a bit bushy now. This leads me to some questions I hope you guys are able to give your input on.

    I've got 11lt pots these guys need to move in to. When should I consider doing the move? and then with regards to some LST, should I begin doing that now in these pots or is that something I should only start when they're in their final pots? Topping these plants is also something I'd like some advice on, from what I've read and seen they're getting close to where it's suggested to do this.

    Lastly I've got a question for the BioBizz man @Prom, these guys are getting thirsty, needing another watering tonight. Do I feed another 2ml/ltr of BioGrow? Should I be giving them this every watering now? Should I be giving them anything else at this point?

    Thanks in advance, happy Wednesday all!

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  6. My 3 main ladies are looking rather happy in their new homes. My bag seeds are pushing through, I thought I was going to lose 1 as I watched pieces of the leaves literally burn away (I didn't change their soil, thought I'd see what happens to them). Is it safe to assume that original soil was hot??

    Anyway, 1 of 3 DS seeds clearly wasn't doing as well as the others but looking better each and every day. I bet you'll immediately be able to point that one out 😂.

    I gave my first dose of BioGrow, 2ml/lt of PH'd water. Water was brought down to 5.8 this time around. Leaves have become darker so I believe all is well so far.

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  7. 6 hours ago, CreX said:

    ill see what else i can find out about the vibe at SAnnabis

    That would be cool, man! Thanks! We certainly did miss our calling last year 😂

    6 hours ago, Chris Jay said:

    Not entering, but making a plan to be there. It really does look like its going to be a great event.

    I agree! Video they have up of 2019 looks super cool, hopefully I'll catch you there!

  8. 3 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

    I heard about it, seems quite big! 

    would like to know if anyone here is taking part! 😁 

    I don't sign up for competitions yet, still learning to grow😅

     

    1 hour ago, Marzcanna said:

    Same here brother, im still learning how to germinate. Sounds like a good experience tho 

    Snap! Also far too new to be entering anything 😂. Could be a fun day out though. Would be cool to meet up with some 420SA members, thought this would be a good place to do exactly that.

    @CreX, do you know anything about this? Would you be interested in going?

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  9. @The Grass Baas Ahh! So good to see a man of culture within this group! Don't suppose you were at the Oppi Koppi where Newtown Knife gang (basically the old 16 Stitch) played a cover of Fallout? They had Brandon Pratt from Red Helen join them for the song. It was amazing, the 5 years I went to Oppi were some of the greatest times of my life!

     

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  10. So cool to go through all of this, I'm a serious music lover who dabbles in a few instruments. My music taste stretches seriously far, but since there is a real lack of Metal on this thread I'm adding to it with something a little new that blew my mind. (For those not interested in listening to it's entirety, just skip to 05:00 and listen to the last minute 😂)

     

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  11. 12 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

    GREAT 🥳 you gona be fine those roots look good man

    yip, listen go back to the guy at the grow shop who told you that plant is hungry and ask him if it was his first day at the job? Don't wana be mean but in that position you cannot be telling people that crazy stuff!!! 🤯 

    cannabis plants will grow 100% fine from the trace amount of nutrients in pure clean water for up to 2 months depending on strain before starting to become hungry. surely in a soil loaded with nutes this cannot be the case. but now that you got some FF it will be much easier to narrow down the situation. you got enough food in FF soil to last you a good while.

    A few good rules to follow in a organic situation is "Rather too little than too much" and "Let your plant tell you she's dry and hungry then feed her, instead of overfeeding and then having to deal with root damage". lift the pots 😁

    did you water them in with 5.8ph water? 

    with a living soil situation you gotta aim for the 5.5 to 5.9 range when the plant is young then you gradually raise the ph as the plant gets older never going over 6.5. 

    take ph readings once everythings mixed into the water already, then adjust if needed. 

    as mentioned the soil can buffer up from 4.5 or so, but I will try my best to keep it in range at this point. bring all these little things in check and you'll see your olant explode with new growth. 

    I'm honestly done with grow shops and their sales talk 😅... I asked about PH while there yesterday and the same dude as well as another customer in the shop told me to PH at 6.5. Then told me I should never go below 6.3 or above 6.7. The guy that convinced me to go for the 420 mix was also at a grow shop. A different shop. Also had a guy tell me he's not going to talk to me because I know too much, this while asking him questions clearly confused. He went on to help other customers 😂. The 1 shop I had a good experience in was the shop I walked in, made a purchase and left. 1/4.

    So, no, I used ph down to get it to 6.5 and watered with that. How would you suggest I do the next watering? Drop straight down to 5.6/5.7?

    Some great info here. Thank you!

  12. I decided to go ahead with the repot.

    I started with the first 1 and to my surprise I saw what I'd describe as healthy ass roots. I left the pots quite dry on top to get rid of some of the other soil and popped them straight in to the FF. From the varying comments I imagine some will say I should have done it differently, others will say I did the right thing. The longer I'm a part of this awesome community the more I realize that although there is a definite science behind it, with loads of particulars, there are plenty ways to skin this cat.

    I'm here to learn and if my plants die I've got the seeds to start again, I'm learning and enjoying it.
    Thanks to all who have shared their wisdom thus far. I truly appreciate it.

     

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  13. 19 minutes ago, The_StonedTrooper said:

    If it was me, 

    Pot up, new soil will help.

    Water it in, properly, with 100% rainwater and nothing else.

    Then Epsom salt on my next feed, but no Biodyne till they healthy, and check pH of the water after adding everything in.

    The rain water is a solid negative. Don't have that available to me. I was told to PH my water at 6.5 (?). It's either that or my 8.3 ph tap water unfortunately.

    16 minutes ago, The_StonedTrooper said:

    Those things in my opinion are a gimmick 

    Even then a pH of high 6 isn't great for such a coco based medium. Again my opinion 

    You most certainly have a lockout there tho, and could be Magnesium def too

    16 minutes ago, GGG said:

    Pot up brother

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    I got some slightly bigger pots, I'll get on it tonight and hope for the best. Thanks guys.

  14. 51 minutes ago, Prom said:

    @Martin7318 Which Environoc, 101, 201, 301, 401 or 501? 

    If you didn't gave any Biobizz yet, the soil is to hot or your Environoc (some strange stuff there.. the number is key) did that, would be my first guess, they came out fine at first 

     

    It is Environoc 401, sorry. The Environoc was suggested by the guy I bought all the equipment from. He used and praised the stuff.

    I went and bought some FF and the guy there said he thinks they're hungry. The opposites in opinion are super confusing 😅

  15. Damn, the response here is almost overwhelming and has me fearing the situation here is worse than I actually thought 😂. Excuse this lengthy response as I try respond to everything here.

    So I haven't done anything yet as the soil was still quite moist from their last watering. Only 2 things I've changed is raising them off the ground and I've given them 1 spray of Epsom salts (1tsp/1lt). I haven't added any more Evironoc and I haven't begun with any of my BioBizz nutrients. I don't currently have other pots or soil but if you guys think I need to take action immediately I'll go pick some up after work and begin the process.

    I hope my answers below will help advise me on the exact process to follow.

     

    8 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

    what's gooooood 🤠 

    yeeeah that's a lock out from root damage

    liking the lean towards the FF already, would be in your best interest to get a bag asap. 

    I am with @The Grass Baas on flushing them in the medium they're in to get the roots a bit stronger before repot. Here is why I would say, repot always comes with some shock and in this case it will be even more because when you repot them you're going to want to remove a lot of the current soil (bark in your rhizosphere will encourage pest and diseases, and I am affraid the bark isn't the only problem here, from what the plant is telling me it does not look like the right composition for cannabis really) and in doing so you will have to put your surgical hands on for a moment and make sure you do not damage a single root when removing the soil. To ensure a successful surgery you'll need to work with healthier stronger roots. 

    TWO LITTLE NB POINTS OF NOTE -

    THE FLUSH NB: the area I am in I get water out the tap sitting steady at 8.5 to 9 ph, I cannot flush with that even though I am in a organic situation and people say "organic soil will buffer the ph for you" that doesn't mean I can pour 20L of 9ph water through 1L of growing medium and expect it to still be in the 5.8 - 6.2 range.... soooo just be aware of this! you know the ph of the water in your area? 

    THE DRAINAGE NB: if your medium gets waterlogged you might drown the baby, as it is a very very young plant and it is very easy to drown / dampen off the little ones, you may wana pay attention to your drainage. how long does the medium stay wet throughout the pot? maybe do a little testy test, grab same size pot, fill with soil and no plant, saturate the medium and see how long it dries out? if it takes longer than 5 days (in your tent, where you will be growing, not outside in the sun) then that means you got a waterlogging issue and flushing the girls in a medium that doesn't drain well will kill them quicker than they dying right now. 

    if that's the case, I'll say wait till they dried out completely, transplant right away into FF with no surgery, give just enough water for new medium to be moist (at this time the old medium should be dried out) and hope for the best. use some mycoroot when transplanting. 

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    Root damage sounds like fun! 😅 Shit!

    So my tap water seems to be coming out the same as yours as per my PH Meter. Between 8 and 9 ph. I have water in a big bottle I fill up and leave standing for 24 hrs minimum before pouring some in a bucket and adding PH Down to get it around 6-7. I use water from said bucket and repeat the process every watering.

    As for drainage, even when watered to run off it seems to be about 3 days until top layer is completely dry, Monday I watered, this morning there was still moisture close to the surface but dry top soil. My plan was to check moisture again tonight and possibly beggining the flushing process suggested yesterday.

    I found some mycoroot in my box of goodies, so that's definitely an option.

     

    5 hours ago, CreX said:

    @Martin7318 can you see any root tips sticking out the bottom of the pots? just thinking if a straight transplant would help or if the roots still need to grow through the bad soil

     

    Yo dude! Last I checked there were roots peeping out the bottom, this was last week already. Thoughts?

     

    3 hours ago, Prom said:

    How much and what did you feed them? They roll up, not just hang.. 

    I missed a bit in here, sorry, thought you are sorted 😳  most fragile state now as they fully run over their roots. Did you flush em yet? Would do that right away and repot. As you flush, you could go the radical way and just drop the plants in a bucket of rain water and wash the roots clean... veeeeery gentle, just slowly move in the water so the soil gets washed off. Then put them in fresh FF Premium Classic and just water VERY little. If the bag is fresh and still has a nice moisture content, don't water at all. Just very gently reset them.. let em rest for 2 days then feed plain water till you see they grow in size again.. go back to Biobizz feeding, 2ml Grow and Bio Heaven per liter. Always lift your pot before you feed... to heavy, wait!

    And yeah ^^ what exactly did you feed them? 🤓

     

    Hey Prom! I have not feed them anything over the last week. Only that 1ml/ltr of Environoc since the start. I have not flushed. Look forward to your response.

     

    2 hours ago, GGG said:

    Must add if you do wash of the soil from the roots , when taken out of the pot put the soil on your hand palm and move it in the water , if you hold it on the stem the soil gets heavy when placed in the water and it pulls down on the roots and you might break of fine thin roots.

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    Noted! Thank you.

     

  16. 27 minutes ago, GGG said:

    Depends if you want to flower them in that size also , if so you can't veg for to long might end up watering a few times a day and you will have to feed a little more than usual . But if you want to repot again to a 20-25L you can put them in that size. No harm done that way . Some growers like to repot a few times and other just germ small and then in final. Both have pros and cons.

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    Okay cool. I plan to flower in the 11ltr pots so maybe some slightly bigger pots is the better option.

     

    15 minutes ago, The Grass Baas said:

    Hey dude. 

    50cm is not that far. Was just thinking of reducing possiblity of burn. 

    Those plants are looking sad dude. Honestly reminds me of an early grow I did with a cheap soil that turned out hot.

    I agree with @GGG about getting FF premium classic. I would however still flush them and and let them recover. Then once they have recovered and grown some roots you can transplant to FF soil. They are still very small plants. They don't need too much in the early stages. 

    Thanks for the shared wisdom, I was so happy with their progress and this is just such a bummer now haha. I didn't expect a perfect first grow, so it's okay I guess.

    I'll do the flush tomorrow or the day after, once pots have dried up a bit. I have to wait for payday for different pots and some soil any way.

     

    Thanks for the advice guys! ❤️

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