Vegasbear87
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Day 20
Indoor Vegasbear's Grow and Puppers Thread
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Vegasbear87
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Day 25
The little girl is still struggle-busin' but I am not giving up on her!
Watering schedule modified, feed is as follows:
Floraflex Veg Foliar (1x e7d)
2.5g Floraflex Veg V1 & V2
5ml/gal Cal Mag
HTH
Drip Clean
All plants had some burned leaves early on, and I think that some or part of that is from foliar spraying too close to lights-on, but I am not really sure. All of the new growth seems to be nice and green and seems to be doing fine.
I won't top the two plants that have been struggling.
The little girl is still struggle-busin' but I am not giving up on her!
Watering schedule modified, feed is as follows:
Floraflex Veg Foliar (1x e7d)
2.5g Floraflex Veg V1 & V2
5ml/gal Cal Mag
HTH
Drip Clean
All plants had some burned leaves early on, and I think that some or part of that is from foliar spraying too close to lights-on, but I am not really sure. All of the new growth seems to be nice and green and seems to be doing fine.
I won't top the two plants that have been struggling.
Vegasbear87
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Day 6
I still can't believe how fast these suckers sprouted. They are looking healthy!
I introduced some worms into the soil bed, you can see the dryer-looking substrate they came in laying on top of the soil.
I was worried that the soil bed may not wick upwards from the grow tray full of perlite, but I had to add 5gal to it today to bring the water level back up to 1" below the bed. I really wish my groundcover crop seeds and barley straw would ship from Build a Soil though, as they are looking to be necessary to keeping the top of the soil bed a little more moist.
I still can't believe how fast these suckers sprouted. They are looking healthy!
I introduced some worms into the soil bed, you can see the dryer-looking substrate they came in laying on top of the soil.
I was worried that the soil bed may not wick upwards from the grow tray full of perlite, but I had to add 5gal to it today to bring the water level back up to 1" below the bed. I really wish my groundcover crop seeds and barley straw would ship from Build a Soil though, as they are looking to be necessary to keeping the top of the soil bed a little more moist.
Vegasbear87
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Day 30
Cooking right along, and the little troubled girl is making a comeback.
Cooking right along, and the little troubled girl is making a comeback.
Vegasbear87
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Day 11
Yesterday I added some sprouted barley which I pulverized with the coffee grinder, then some Kashi Blend from Build a Soil. Followed that up with a layer of castings and Build a Soil cover crop blend, and finally some barley straw. This will hopefully keep the top of the soil bed moister, as the majority of this bed's watering is through wicking from the perlite filled res it sits on top of.
When I first got the bed, I reached out to Grassroots Fabrics and they told me they weren't sure it would work for SIP/Wicking - challenge accepted! The res has about 10gal of water in it and used 5gal in the first week. Now that the soil is fairly well moistened, this has slowed but still shows a steady usage. I have only top watered once, but will likely do so whenever I add something to the topsoil.
The worms loved the barley, for sure, and seem to be thriving. Once I run out of bottled nutrients (I have five gallons each of AN Connoisseur A&B left, I will be transitioning the other two tents to the same system.
I have also become deeply interested in the idea of growing culinary fungi in between the plants, something like King Oysters, or using a fourth smaller tent to do culinary mushroom logs stood up in a living soil bed, and rotating that soil into the other beds as necessary.
Anyone ever do anything similar?
Yesterday I added some sprouted barley which I pulverized with the coffee grinder, then some Kashi Blend from Build a Soil. Followed that up with a layer of castings and Build a Soil cover crop blend, and finally some barley straw. This will hopefully keep the top of the soil bed moister, as the majority of this bed's watering is through wicking from the perlite filled res it sits on top of.
When I first got the bed, I reached out to Grassroots Fabrics and they told me they weren't sure it would work for SIP/Wicking - challenge accepted! The res has about 10gal of water in it and used 5gal in the first week. Now that the soil is fairly well moistened, this has slowed but still shows a steady usage. I have only top watered once, but will likely do so whenever I add something to the topsoil.
The worms loved the barley, for sure, and seem to be thriving. Once I run out of bottled nutrients (I have five gallons each of AN Connoisseur A&B left, I will be transitioning the other two tents to the same system.
I have also become deeply interested in the idea of growing culinary fungi in between the plants, something like King Oysters, or using a fourth smaller tent to do culinary mushroom logs stood up in a living soil bed, and rotating that soil into the other beds as necessary.
Anyone ever do anything similar?
Vegasbear87
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Day 37
Been out of town a week. Mixed up a res that held them over the duration.
Come back to three flowering.
Been out of town a week. Mixed up a res that held them over the duration.
Come back to three flowering.
Vegasbear87
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Day 18
The cover crop is booming!
Soil bed drew five gal of water over the week, so the wicking action is thankfully working well.
The cover crop is booming!
Soil bed drew five gal of water over the week, so the wicking action is thankfully working well.
Vegasbear87
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Day 23
The cover crop is thriving. I will continue to trim some of it, which just gets left to be mulched back into the bed. Did a single top drench today with tea and some coast of maine squid concentrate.
Plants have been LST'd and I will clean up the bottom most leaves next week. Accidentally broke an arm off the back right girl. Doh!
The cover crop is thriving. I will continue to trim some of it, which just gets left to be mulched back into the bed. Did a single top drench today with tea and some coast of maine squid concentrate.
Plants have been LST'd and I will clean up the bottom most leaves next week. Accidentally broke an arm off the back right girl. Doh!
Vegasbear87
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Day 42
Looking amazing. I'll probably trim them up a bit next week.
Currently on 3g Floraflex Bloom A&B
5ml CalMag
3ppm HtH
Drip Clean
Looking amazing. I'll probably trim them up a bit next week.
Currently on 3g Floraflex Bloom A&B
5ml CalMag
3ppm HtH
Drip Clean
Vegasbear87
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Day 27
Started like this:
There are roots coming out the bottom of the bed, which is 18" deep. I haven't added water to the res all week and it took 9gal today. Wicking is working as planned.
I mowed down the cover crop and spread it out to decompose in place, then top watered with plain water and some added unsulphured molasses. I would love to know how to do this without it making a huge goopy mess in my watering can. Lol.
Everything got a light trim and then spread out. It looks like a murder scene but should open them up nicely. The few folks that follow my grows know I'm not afraid to torture my plants! Ill probably keep them spread out for a few days then consider a scrog net just to provide some additional structure.
Plants are beginning to show sex so flower time isn't far off.
Started like this:
There are roots coming out the bottom of the bed, which is 18" deep. I haven't added water to the res all week and it took 9gal today. Wicking is working as planned.
I mowed down the cover crop and spread it out to decompose in place, then top watered with plain water and some added unsulphured molasses. I would love to know how to do this without it making a huge goopy mess in my watering can. Lol.
Everything got a light trim and then spread out. It looks like a murder scene but should open them up nicely. The few folks that follow my grows know I'm not afraid to torture my plants! Ill probably keep them spread out for a few days then consider a scrog net just to provide some additional structure.
Plants are beginning to show sex so flower time isn't far off.
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