Naughty.Psychonaut

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dude thanks hahahah I am honestly greatful for this bit, might try coco again.. I think what I did here was over complicate things in my mind. it's very basic actually, but yeah I had it upside down inside out completely! let me see, 1. If there is a chance of build up it would generally be around the bottom of the pot not in random places in the medium or on the roots. 2. you can "flush out" old nutes with new nutrient water. 3. you shouldn't flush with 0.0ec water, cause that could shock your plant to "starvation" and then you have to "super feed it" and that's no good. 4. you should keep your coco wet so that it doesn't dry out, because dry soil with unused nutrient is where build up occurs. 5. you don't have to worry about letting your medium dry out because in coco roots move fast, the medium doesn't hold water aslong as it drains perfectly and they get enough oxygen because of this. I must say I've had a grow in coco turn out quite amazing, have no idea what I was doing lol! basically had all 5 those points backwards. smack me with a dead fish thanks again brother!

had to wait to get off work so I can sit down and pay attention, I kinda get the jist of what you're saying, though I am now more puzzled than before... thanks for answering all these questions lol this is just some info that seemed hard to come by when I was growing in coco and now my mind is being blown! the picture you're drawing me is becoming more clear, but now I would like to know the following. let's look at your jelly making analogy, cause this first bit is more about coco and how it works with nutes let's take the plant out the medium, you just got a pot of coco. (assuming raised off the ground and got perfect drainage and everything, dries out perfect) you give water with nutes to it. now what you are saying is that when the medium has dried out all the water has left from the bottom of the pot and the nutes along with it, just simply because water naturally flows toward the earth? that the medium holds no nutes and it flows right through and if it wheren't for the plant making use of some of it you would get all the nutes back out the bottom of the pot? now put plant back in the picture you go on to say that saturating your medium with 5L at 500ppm is safer than giving 1L of 500ppm, because the 1L would not sink to the bottom and you would be left with ppm still in the medium by next feed. this statement and what was said with the jelly making analogy don't add up? you also say no cannabis plant will uptake 500ppm, well I mean.... if I have 1L at 500ppm, it doesn't mean the whole 1L is 500ppm, every drop of water has 500ppm, water can hold much more ppm than a plant could use, that's for sure, but once you pour that solution into your medium it fills the cation sites with nutes, the more you saturate the medium the more cation sites you fill. now concidering what you said about a plant not being able to uptake all the 500ppm wouldn't that mean saturating your medium with 500ppm be a higher risk of the plant not being able to uptake all 500ppm in all those cation sites? you did say no plant can uptake all 500ppm and by giving it 5L of 500ppm would be giving it more than you would with 1L of 500ppm, right? but, this leaves more nutes that are not being used by the plant. naturally, right? so you say those nutes just simply flow to the bottom of the pot because that's how nature works? and they get pushed out when the new nutes enter? none of the nutes dry out in the medium? all of the nutes that the plant don't use leaves out the bottom? I have some coco and synthetic nutes here, I will be doing some testing soon. gona make high EC water and pour into the medium then let it dry out and will pour in some low EC and test first drop of run off. according to what you're saying I should get a low EC reading cause salts don't build up in the medium?

god damn,, good thing I moved away from coco then hahah yeah no, I see I see mr. @CreX and thanks for explaining! as I said at the beginning, it's more a question from my side as an organic grower, hopefully I asked something that might have been a problem for others too my understanding was that when you feed/feed/flush you kinda lean on the flush after the two feeds to get rid of the excess. so here's another question, if you guys don't mind? if you feed 1L at 500ppm and the medium goes to 500ppm (just as an example), does this mean if you water same medium with 5L ppm there are more nutes in the medium or about the same amount? because if it's the same amount I don't see any point in mixing 5L of nutes when 1L will do. that's wastefull. but you're saying giving new nutes pushes out old nutes. how does this work? do they signal to the nutes to make way for new ones? to my understanding, the plant can't make use of all 500ppm, like you said, now the medium dries out and can you imagine what happens with synthetic nutes when they dry up on a surface? this is what salt build up is, well to me. this burns the root, causes lock out. when you feed again with 500ppm you feeding a damaged root, it's not taking up nute, nute stays till soil dries out, forms more salt. and then, I also don't see how 1L of feed/feed/flush can lead to salt build up quicker than 5L of feed/feed/feed? that don't make no sence to your Old Uncle Naughty

Hey brother, there are actually ways to make plants more resistant to diseases. carbohydrates in different forms of sugars. maybe @Totemic can give a few pointers here? although, I would say focus more on a weekly regime with Neem and AQSF. Neem will help curb the germination of mold spores on the leaves and stem. but the spores might be present the whole time, AQSF is living organism, if you buy this product keep it in the fridge. it's a parasite that feeds on powdery mildew, so spraying this will help kill off any of the spores that do make it to the leaves and try to germinate these two products and good environmental conditions, guarentee you be golden addon very important to grab a surfactant aswell to help the spread and uptake of the products sprayed any surfactant will do, aslong as it's nonionic. carries no metals or other minerals.

where are you based? try make contact with the Zetler Family, they own a bunch of strawberry farms and got into commercial cannabis growing here in the Western Cape. They're more focussed on the export of actual cannabis, so don't see anything about hemp. they might either be able to sort you out or help you go in the right direction. https://www.cannabiz-africa.com/first-legal-cannabis-export-in-sa/ you can find them by contacting the strawberry farms and setting up a meeting with one of the family members or what not. also, someone on here that might be able to help with this is @Chris Jay , you know of anyone?

just a question from a organic grower here, would he not be at risk for salt build up aswell? remember, the 5L he gives is feeding. the plant would not be able to use that much nutes and some would be left in the medium bu the time he gives again. and to my knowledge, watering till runoff with feed just means there are nutes being pissed away? so by overwatering, in any case synthetic or organic, risks are oxygen deprevation nutrient build up AND you pay for nutes you just pissing away? I don't see why we would just help the oak to understand that your roots should almost never be saturated. if it spends few hours of a day saturated it's fine, because it's drinking up some of that water. I would say, keeping it saturated over 12hrs would be testing the limits. I agree with this 100% only time to it's OK to see runoff with synthetic nutes is when you flush with clean ph'd water, to reduce the chances of salt build up? also, when you give clean water and in few days plat looks hungry, easier to feed. than to over feed the whole time then have to deal with a lock out issue.

is this organic or synthetic grow? don't water untill medium is dry, oxygen is super important to your roots brother, lift the pot if it's got very little weight to it, only then water. and only enough water to bring the medium to field capacity, you really don't want any excessive water, IF organic NO runoff. IF synthetic you can have run off when you give pure water when you alternate between feeds. how big is that pot? looks like a 20L? I would give 1L at a time, if you have to water everyday then and that doesn't suit you, try 1.5L. I would really not go over 2L in a 20L pot, only when they big girls and in full flower I will perhaps give a 3L when they start drinking up the 3L in a days time.

oh and brother, just before I forget, genetics has very little to nothing to do with pest and disease resistance. you can have 100 of the same cut and depending on the state of an individual one of those cuts they will differ. health wise. the fact that they are clones might be the very problem. you might have brought the pm in on one of the clones now the spores are just being blown around in there. a lot of people's clones get pm on them because in the time of rooting the plants immune system is compromised because of the heavy shock and is placed in high RH. the plant focuses first on making roots before it can even uptake any thing that would help with immune boost. chances to breed a mold is hiiiigh. bringing in clones from others' grow areas should always be seen as infected and treated as such. then placed under IPM with the rest.

hahahah I love how it sais "no expiry date JWA gets better with age" hahahahah don't know why that is funny to me, I mean it's just factual, but the statement seems comical

yeah golden rule, don't spray anything during flower. you can get away with half doses during week 1 of flower, but in my opinion once pistils show we shouldn't spray anything anymore

only a pleasure and bless you too kind Sir damn boi, 6 years isn't all that long either hey! I am on my 4th "real" grow, started gathering indoor grow equipment beginning of 2019, had a harvest in that year and another 2 in 2020 then took a break cause I moved, still had plants around, didn't do anything serious though. been enjoying weed since 2008 and got into horticulture and permaculture at a young age, so been growing a few plants here and there. always outdoor. never took it serious, had one big harvest I can remember. then just few nice plants, the spontaneous 20g here and there planning my first "real" outdoor grow this coming season. only 2/3 potted plants, but will be a 60L and a 90L pot. testing the waters before diving in hahah soooo, I would comfortably say 1 year that I been "taking it serious" also owe a lot to the forum, besides learning about growing weed and how to understand the plant better , I literally built a working LED grow light. Few years ago I wouldn't even think of wiring up a wall plug. I am much more meticulous about caring for my plants and having things organised in my grow space that it's somehow become a part of my daily routine and shit, cause I am constantly thinking bout my plants and what I can do to improve, so when I get ideas and can't apply them yet cause I am at work or whatever it gives me a bit of OCD and then I start jittering if I don't get busy physically and usually that helps me get more work done faster and I think in more logical about how I do things and place things in general and with time management. I already seen this improving by itself over the years of caring and working with nature, but in the last year I have grown a lot too, gained soooo much confidence in my work and it seems to show. and that is thanks to peeps like you who's just hyper enthusiastic about what they do, fucking fire for reals brother

you could get a refractometer, test the plant that gets hit, see if it has a healthy immune system. sounds like you got a problematic plant refractometers are cheap

oooooooh, this what all the fans and airmovement is for? you got a good start bro, for sure. but pm can show up on a plant regardless, some plants carry pm better than they carry their own genes. here you go brother, this will sort you out! If you can afford a nice AC in your grow room you surely can put one of these down, https://www.greenhouston.co.za/products/solenco-cf8500-air-purifier

Wow, that's a nice room man!!! plants looking healthy and everything in order, not that it means much coming from me, a beginner myself lol my IPM is just a weekly bioneem treatment in veg (all outdoor plants full dose before night time, indoor plants half dose till 3/4 weeks before flower then full dose) during flower I do nothing. oh and as a rule of thumb, I topdress with diatomaceous earth once a month to help keep unwanted soil dwellers at bay. following this simple easy and full organic regime has kept my garden (all of it, even ornamentals) I would say around 70 to 80% pest and disease free. on occasion spider mites and wooly aphids will show up between the ferns and shrubbery elsewhere in the garden, for those occasions I keep Pyrol on hand, do a weekly treatment at 3/4's dose till infestation is gone. the bioneem is especialy helpfull outdoors as you still want bugs around your garden and neem has no effect on bugs. it changes how the plant tastes to the bugs, so only the ones chowing your plant (unwanted bugs) will be detered. while the ones who pollenate and keep the diversity alive won't be affected.

Welcome welcome great place to learn a bunch man!! excited to see what you do! 8 fans all together sounds like a pretty big room you working with there! what's the dimentions? by sealed off do you mean airtight or no? and last question, the 2 active intakes, they fans pushing air in?

sweet baby jesus you say my setup makes you peanutbutter and jealous, but look at this! this is sexy brother, everything nice and neat, space between everything and no cluttering of random items. love it. ....the things I would do for all that space you doing big things in the community my guy, promoting yourself in awesome ways and getting a whole motion going with the energy you carry, I see you, keep doing that shit!

I got those pot stands at Agrimark, 20 a pop

goodluck man!!

awe mr S just a heads up here, roots do not wana see the sun so a transparent container will cause stress and stunt root growth have seen some guys flower in their solo cups, so they make a cutting and once rooted straight into flower lol. get maybe 5 to 10g off a plant but takes about a month to 2 months max what is the challenge you guys going for? if you growing out a bag seed it might be male, or you popped a few?

here's a nice thread on it

as a spectator from the sideline I would also say add 5 points hahah the man got his eyes and ears wide open!

Temp 17°C, RH 65% got good good air flow and open canopy, nice space between everything yet filled with bud sights

actually also wouldn't suggest filtered water as this gets rid of too much, same with any heavily conditioned water. your plants wat those trace amounts of zinc, copper, molybdenum and couple other of the metals we have in our tap water. best is fresh oxygenated spring water or fresh oxygenated rain water. for organic growing this is

I like the stuffs you talking bout here, but just wana check, I don't think microbes lay eggs. they create colonies by basically splitting sells, each sell grows to a certain size then splits into two and so forth. there are different ways they split depending on the type of microbes and bacterias good thing to practice is oxygenating your water. even filtered water will benefit from this, because it will serve your microbes and bacteria, well so actually your plant will benefit from it as it will be the one having to deal with the water. microbes and your plant really need oxygen and the way you drown them and your plant is depleting the soil of oxygen by saturating it with water. if the water is oxygenated however, you might be a little more on the safe side. with tap water it will also get rid of shit like chlorine and chloramine and some other shit that will also harm your microbes. microbes thrive in field capacity moisture levels, I find that to be around 70% on those "moisture meter" toys. easy way to estimate this is if you would squeeze the medium in your hand there shouldn't be water dripping out, though it must leave your hand wet.