There really is no replacement for exp, being able the spot the precursors of everything isn’t something that you can acquire from reading alone, you need to apply that in real time and watch the plants change over the next few days.
I grow them for recreational smoke and medicine - but growing is also part of the medicine. If it's too much like work that doesn't help. I think the extraneous work with the worm bin and such is worth the effort if nothing else.
I agree there is also Something to be said for dialing a strain in after growing from the same mother for a couple years same media, nutes, lights and room only real change is the ability to know what they prefer and want
I like it, balance and a practical approach. One strain I’ve found that pretty much does well in any environment is Critical Kush from Barney’s, I know it’s sorta passé now but back in the day that fucker was a beast.
%, especially when you give cuts to people for years and see what they do with them, it’s day and night really, so that being said, I’ve always thought the pics that breeders use to portray their strains are the biggest joke in the genetics game. That’s one plant out of how many? What environmental parameters? They should list this along with the other info, I’d also like to see a punnet chart relating to characteristics so we could judge the probability of ending up with “x” phenotype, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so what I think is cool may not be they phenos they like. For that reason there should be a few different pics of the various sub types. For example the pic they use for Critical Kush looks leafy af, it’s not like that at all, there is one pheno that is, but it pops up about 10% of the time and mostly only with regs. Idk maybe it just me.
I take the elevator to this floor as well. I use the watering of my beds to help bring humidity up by increasing frequency and reducing volume. House stays 76F year around. I just have to play with humidity. While not perfectly maintained I do keep within decent VPD.
76f??? That is like the depths of HELL!!!
I try and rotate what I water with just for variety. Aloe, coconut water powder, and barley and corn sprout teas. I add 1tsp/gal LAB culture whenever I use any of the additives. I use the recharge microbe boost about once a month, and plain RO every other watering. I never add a lot of anything.
Yeah, My step dad cant get cold. Its painful to is condition if he does.76f??? That is like the depths of HELL!!!
I can see that draw back. Ive only ever done Fem seeds so this was a moot issue for me.
Yeah I used to the same on my 25 gallon pots right after i transplanted. In the bed I didnt notice any difference and just stopped doing it. I have considered top dressing with some gnarly barley.
2 things on that. First is that I also use malted barley fresh ground as a top dressing. Slow release worm food. Second is that I don't really expect to see some drastic change. With the enzymes and bacteria and stuff I am just feeding the soil. Nothing bad is going in, and if they don't like it it'll get processed into something else.
I dig it. So how often you top dress with castings from your worm bin?2 things on that. First is that I also use malted barley fresh ground as a top dressing. Slow release worm food. Second is that I don't really expect to see some drastic change. With the enzymes and bacteria and stuff I am just feeding the soil. Nothing bad is going in, and if they don't like it it'll get processed into something else.
It also seems to make the worms happy. That stuff is soaking into the rice hulls and mulch layer as well as watering the roots. That was my main goal when I started this. I figure if I can keep the worms alive and happy everything else will follow.
When I top dress I cut it 50/50 with castings. Maybe every two weeks. To keep in the tradition of Mondays being the worst I do stuff today. Last Monday was top dressing, today is feeding the worms. It's a decent cycle so far.
Ok so from my POV, it appears that your just doing a mini wormbin in the pots your growing in. So once you harvest do you then stop feeding so the worms can work through the pot and rootball? I once considered something like this when i was doing 3 gallon pots years ago. What i never worked out was amending the soil and always having worms. So I suppose the bowl of treat would bait them to the surface and then you could redistribute to new pots with fresh soil per run? Sorry stoner rambling now.
I don't know yet LOL.
BEEN THERE! LOL
Ok so for me, this goes against the entire point of living soil. That mulch layer that you are scraping off is what your worms would be eating if you weren't having your little orgies. Then the worm population inside the pot would regulate off that. have you considered leaving the top layer on it for the month but cover the top of the pot with plastic to not have soil evaporation?
I get what you are saying, but after a grow of adding top dressing, castings, chop-n-drop, the mulch layer is an inch or better deep. I let them feed on that until I need the pot, and I don't toss anything. I sift it, toss the worms back in the pot, then regulate how much of the rest I put back on the new compost and castings. what doesn't go immediately back in the pot goes into the worm bin.
I dig it, worm bin is overflow for what you dont need. The idea of worm pots is interesting. When you set the pot to the side or even when your late bloom, have you ever tried Kashi to break that top dressing down? (Im not trying to fix or change anything, im just a stoner who asks a lot of questions)
I add a little of that in the top dressing. I get a lot of stuff from buildasoil, but I source stuff from elsewhere if it's cheaper and still good. It's their double fermented whatever and I just add a tsp with the top dressing. I use kelp from them but will shop around when I need more. I use their crustacean meal and insect frass, fish hydrolysate, a few other things. I like the system, and every time I need something I'll check the open market with a few searches. Some stuff they're just gonna get my money.
