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First ones. Note to self... Don't foliar feed when isolating branches with sts

Just to clear up, the scientist type tinkering with his craft does not mean buying the cheapest bag of soil and trying his luck, that's just being lazy and calling it an experiment as an excuse. We don't pick apples from the citrus tree the exact same way we don't use azalea and hydrangea care products on cannabis plants. No "new frontier" information is going to come from someone buying already composed soil or products, as we all know each plant species demand their own specific kinda growing media, even within one genus like cannabis slight changes is needed. a tinkering scientist will be making his own soil, cause they're usually aware of the horrors of buying, well basically anything from the commercial nursery. experiment doesn't mean hitting google with a quick search and running to the commercial nursery for the cheapest product with that stuff in it. that's being lazy and wanting the quick fix. the more experienced you become as a grower the less time you spend running back and forth to the nursery or any grow shop for that matter. that's why we see the whole industry shift to biological control, living inputs. most nutrients your plants need is already in your kitchen and in the yard around your house

Howzit everyone, I'm Ky, an experienced Horticulturist from the Ornamental Green Industry since 2014 I'm very excited to be on a local forum, and hope I'll be able to learn plenty from fellow growers I've only been growing Cannabis since December 2021, mainly for research purposes, and inevitably I became captivated by this fascinating genus! I've managed to grow a couple proper harvests and have been hired to apply my expertise at my place of work, which is pretty aweskme! I'm hoping to bring something of value to the table when it comes to the local scene, or at least gain awesome plant knowledge that I can use on my botanical collection! And, of course, I am eager to make a couple friends along the way!

Ayy welcome welcome, hope you need someone to consume your research, always got empty jars for more weed Show us what you got going on Does your place of work also grow cannabis or am I misunderstanding that part?

I know the other Evan with the lights got a nice way to keep things dry under the canopy yet topsoil stays moist. he got some kind of plastic over the top of the pot. not sure right now if he grows synthetic or organic, but it'll benefit both situations. Oh hell yeah, good on picking up on that bro, that's the thing with auto watering systems and why I haven't gone down that route - It's the same as with most "weed knowledge" and I found a perfect picture on instagram the other day to describe it - we all went through this but we can replace the first and last picture with "watering by hand" and the one in the middle a guy ranting on about how a auto watering system is the best. Majority of growers start off watering by hand, then get to a point where auto watering systems will help them understand how media moisture works, then you hear professionals at the peak of their game talk about the "small private gardens", behind every big time guru is a private small garden grower that moves in silence. all the "new frontier" bits of information and methodology comes from a crazy scientist grower with no friends hardly every goes out and just tinkers with his craft day in and day out. those guys are the fuel to the fire we all gathering to catch some warmth from and they all water by hand. I also feel there's more authenticity to the bond formed between man and plant when watering by hand. anyway, joint almost finished so I'll jump back to the important bits. Yeah, auto systems work best when running one phenotype - clones of one mother. out of the random% of people that swing away from hand watering right from the start will get their motivation from synthetic growers. though these days I also see most auto watering growers letting go of their auto systems. not sure if they reached the next step in their journey or of they never got it right, but as of recent times, since no till living soil became the new focus, people have been using just clean water in the auto systems and it seems to work like a bomb. but then like you said, how do you manage when growing different phenos with different needs? I guess with synthetics in the res you can't cause of the fact that the feed goes with the water, but with organics the feed is already in the soil and you just giving clean water, the plants "self regulate" - take what they need and leave what they don't - in the soil. so you can grow different phenos. organics really just making everything easier for yeeeeeeears people wanted to pump organics through the auto system complaining organics is shit cause of this and that reason, but it's because people spend their time and money listening to retail floor staff that sell products, but doesn't even know 50% of the product they have in the shop. we forget where those people are and why they are there. I ask "where do you keep the aminos" not "would you please try your best to make up some randy shit trying to explain the depths of amino acids to me so your supervisor can see you talking to customers" and if I stand there listening to a guy explain to me how synthetics and organics are the same then that's my own lack of understanding will never forget how asking questions in the grow shop had one employee call the next employee call the next employee till the final boss master level employee came and still didn't even understand half of what I was saying

Preferably with a chelate solution like FlashKleen. Do until runoff shows low enough EC. I'd recommend adding a little fresh coco anyways though if reusing.

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Welcome Ky, please share more about your experiences… you sound like you have quite a bit of valuable information and if you have plants growing start a grow diary

Would a Blumat work in this case? I figured that just like with autopots it would then be better to have clones, rather than different seeds/phenos, as they all have different nutrient needs. The appeal of convenience is there, having a constant moisture kept in my coco so the top doesn't dry out. But I wonder whether the synthetic nutrients I use would cause a salt buildup overtime in the Blumats, or if it would even work considering I'd need to make one feed that would feed 6 plants with different needs. When a grow is done, should you rinse heavily with just balanced water to clear out the coco of any residual salt buildup? That makes sense, but then I imagine you would also need to buffer it again (with calmag) before starting the next grow.

One more pic before she gets the chop. Choc gelato from @Totemic your genetics are always phenomenal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And a little update. Could harvest the full no pot tray and the result, for mostly stage 6 flowering, Okisch. The Hella Jellies are also flowering.. but not sure they are done end June.. that is when they would hit 7 weeks flower... and again.. stage 6 most of the time. Ginger Tea (Left undressed, right dressed) Very smooooooooooth.. zero throat irritation.. tastes like Ginger Tea, hence the name The Hella Jelly's are mid flower.. after schedule they reach end June 7 weeks flower.. and that should be it.. but they also endured stage6 for most of the grow. Don't think they are done end June.. or they would do a miracle transformation the next 3 weeks Didn't put em in the sun as they have dark right now, just cleaned out quick for the picture. Right now I do not care to much.. I decided to leave and not find out what stage 16 will do to a country. So not in a good space... rather sad.