Botanicare, Coco, and -VT-

[Johnny Chimpo]

Lookin' Good VT...been awhile since I posted...always lurkin'. Great show as always...educational and fun....what more can ya ask for.

Deep Chunk is some good smoke all the way around from what I've read....good breeding material too. I have a few DC beans left to pop after I try and find a Blueberry mom.


JC

 

[-VT-]

What's up JC!!
Yea...I gotta give Deep Chunk a run....purple and finishes in 50 days????
I gotta get you and bounty29 to get with the program, lol...shit, I want some DeepChunk
Last run with GDP...only 'cause I just lost about 8 cuts I had in stasis letting the yogurt cup dry our...FUCK! I just pruned her too...cannot do it again...I may take one or two before bloom, and pray they root...

I got 2 seedlings going bro.... LAPK x BKS (from aeric)...it reminds me of LAPK...I just got Blue Haze's Bubba Kush cut...it is identical to the LAPK I had... nute sensitive....and sloooooow....LAPK was a lil' faster in veg, maybe
Just tossed aeric's SDv3 x SDv3 in the jar....
Let's keep in touch

 

[-VT-]

Coco bubble cloner experiment

Coco bubble cloner experiment

Best way to get hydro roots is to, uhm... hydro clone
I clone in coco (used to do it rockwool until i got pests and went "inside")
....gonna experiment with a variation of the "rockwool bubble cloner" MTF-Sandman turned me on to....see if it's faster than the tray/dome
I clone in 100% coco...this is the "coco bubble cloner"
In this case...saturated, soaking wet fine grade coco...
let's see what happens

Airpump



Aeration/OxygeNATION (this is important)
The solution is a mix of The Original Pure Blend Bloom & Bti



I used Air filter material to pad the netcups and hold the coco in place
To prevent algal bloom I "lightproofed" the bubbler



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[guest5703]

Nice little cloner!

With most of my strains...purple stems indicate deficiencies, or lockout...red stems are a sign of overfert (or too much Cal/Mag)....green petioles are the goal....

I've always thought that purple stems = not enough nitrogen, so that would be underfeeding.....Maybe I was wrong this whole time, but I always fed my girls more if they look purple and they usually green right up. Got any thoughts VT?? PEACE

 

[Sleepy]

yeah, i like that cloner, too!!

always something to learn here!!

thanks for sharing!!

 

[-VT-]

What is a deficiency, or lockout?

What is a deficiency, or lockout?

Thanks, Sleepy!!! Nice work on that dank Magus Genetic strain, Exile...great job bro!!!
Authored by Sleepy:

Test Grow-Exile (Feminized)​

https://www.icmag.com/xf/threads/74836/https://www.icmag.com/xf/threads/74836/

What's up Caligreen
Definition of deficiency:
"Lacking something that belongs or is needed."
http://www.kelleycom.com/glossary.html

I've always thought that purple stems = not enough nitrogen, so that would be underfeeding.....Maybe I was wrong this whole time, but I always fed my girls more if they look purple and they usually green right up.

***Definition of nutrient deficiency:
"The lack of one or more mineral nutrients, which prevents optimum growth."
http://greenhouses.cals.cornell.edu/BMP_Glossary.html

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This lack of (in your experience N--can also be indicative of other issues, which I'll get into--can be due to underfeeding) nutrient you refer to is what I call nutrient deficiency

Got any thoughts VT??

Yes. I posted them already And it sounds like we were somewhat in agreement, except you listed a specific nutrient, Nitrogen (N)

With most of my strains...purple stems indicate deficiencies, or lockout...red stems are a sign of overfert (or too much Cal/Mag)....green petioles are the goal....

Et Al
Now...the lockout part is important. Because if a new grower has lockout (from less than optimal pH), and they whack their crop with more nutes...they will fuck up their entire garden.... believe 'dat.

I saw it in DWC...new growers advised to ramp up nutes...then they'd fry their plants. See...when "lockedout"...plants will look deficient--because they are...nutrient(s) are not available to the plant--a new grower make make the mistake of compounding the issue by burning the locked out plants, lol

An imbalance of immobile nutrients can lockout N....I just say "lockout", for lack of advanced knowledge and proficiency on the subject

Folks, always check other variables before you burn the plants

Severe overfert will lockout plants also...you can spike up the PPM's and lockout the roots, leading to reverse osmosis (yellowing...the plants are losing nutrient...and look "hungry")...someone new could compound this by adding more nutes

So, Caligreen, in short...I agree with your post, but failed to discern any disconnect from the premise of mine

 

[swampskunk]

Yea swampskunk...the bubblegum smelling one finishes the fastest...the ones that smell like oranges take much longer...even the bubblegum pheno...I took mine down early....I thought you tagged that thread??? Lol...I'm sure Chimera may have been put off by my candid remarks regarding finish time Thanks for the feedback....

Remember when you and I were talking about Deep Chunk earlier, swampskunk? I found a killer thread from The Slickster

I never knew Deep Chunk got purple and finished in 50 days.

Authored by The Slickster:

Deep Chunk Grow Log​

yeah, i had followed that thread, and it was the reason i waited as long as i did to pop those beans... pretty much it had gotten down to either growing out a couple calizahr or going with some cheapo seeds while i waited on my order...

it's been over 40 days, the one looks like it's finally starting to pack on some weight but the other doesn't even look half finished. i have plenty to smoke and i'll try to let them go until ready, but i seriously doubt i'll have the patience to wait more than 10 weeks or so.

and yea i've seen some awesome pics of deep chunk grows, it's a fast finisher and puts out some unique flowers. checking out that thread now.

 

[-VT-]

Chimera's Calizahr

Chimera's Calizahr

Well, swampskunk,The Chimera fever is spreading...HAPPYTREE is just starting a Calizahr run...
Authored by HAPPYTREE

HAPPYTREE tries the zahr​

https://www.icmag.com/xf/threads/87413/

I'm happy for Chimera...we needed a growshow in there...
Next month I'm gonna order some Chimera world class gear, get a pH meter, and do another show in there...in coco...
the last one was part coco...part DWC

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[-VT-]

World renowned Trainwreck post hoe

World renowned Trainwreck post hoe

I posted this for somebody in another thread I authored...thought I'd post up the latest T-Dub bush shot here

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[buzzed day]

yours look good vt but was the bud shots above i bet they weren't grown under a 150 lol,lol. his looks good to.peace

 

[Greyskull]

the calizarh looks nice....

 

[guest5703]

Dank work VT the TW is coming along nicely, looks at the same age as this one here that I gave to my buddy. Hes flowering her under a 600hps hope you dont mind the pics!




Its a little hot but she sure is a big girl! My TW is almost done, were at about 35 days or so now and she is insanely frosted and smells like some kind of sweet fruit. Super frosted though its amazing. PEACE BRO

 

[Xtrakritical]

Sup Bros!
Yo, VT things are always interesting here!
I'm glad your still around and up to the same old thing... Keeping it mean and green bro!
Lookin good as usual!


Xtra

 

[guest5703]

That calizahr is looking sooo dank, what is the lineage if known??? Seriously it looks fucking perfect, something I'd really wanna bake on. PEACE

 

[mtf-shaman]

how is the variation of the netpot bubble cloner working?? sandman was skeptical when i had him build the first one, after that he was hooked.....i have cloned many ways and find it to be the easiest for me....

also wanted to let you know that four of my mtf clones have roots!!!!!getting ready to repot and take initial clones off of deepchunk, afghani and mj x karen....things are getting busy in the grow room again, i just love it!!!

i am hoping to get better pain control with the new line up, a little color never hurt either!!!i should be able to get to the camera now that family medical problem under control, maybe i will be able to post pics by then......

suby, you have come a very long way since our days at og.....lol

strain count eight, waiting on roots for ninth......

 

[RealSupreme]

calizahr looks great VT!!! your work with coco is impressive!
nice job!
peace.

 

[-VT-]

Gonna cut my losses

Gonna cut my losses

And go to transition. I have a couple plants that really need more veg time--due to the pH issue I had--but, I am gonna just move on. I've got enough cuts from the plants that are staying to move on.

Thanks for the visit, folks

Thanks for that T-dub shot Caligreen!! (feel free to post your also--or any other shots you'd like to share) Keep 'em comin' bro....your buddy is doing a great job! I have two TW bushes--but have only pictured the hand watered one in the 5 gal bag. The other is 20" tall, and 18" wide--3 gal root zone.

Here she is--next to MTF
MTF on the left--20" tall, multi-top TW bush on the right


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When MTF was transported before this run, ^^^ she had some damage to her air roots--roots at the surface--some tore...look how strong the few hanging on got--looks like a snake, lol --MTF-Sandman posted--in the "MTF thread"-- about how you turned him onto that, mtf-shaman >>>I need some air stones--I've been using rain drip tees(ghetto ass ); and I still think I'll have some roots--at some point.....................peace

High buzzed day--They were all foliar fed before this photo op--I foliar feed heavily during transition, thanks to Rosy Cheeks

Blockhead "wet closeup"


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Hope ya stick around for the flowers RealSupreme, thanks
GDP (in the front) & Blockhead (in the corner)
--They both get purple--


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Yo,Xtra!! Thanks!!
Appreciate the visit--here's the C13 next to the TW big girl--C13 is 20" tall, and about 13" wide
That TW bush is elevated to get some side lighting to tame stretch
she'll drop down later--point being, the C13 is bigger than it appears


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C13 up close


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That calizahr is looking sooo dank, what is the lineage if known??? Seriously it looks fucking perfect, something I'd really wanna bake on. PEACE

Thanks. It's the AE77 Calio clone and a Shiskaberry Red male.
"Shishkeberry Red - A line bred Afghani from Spice of Life Seeds, heavily selected that yielded two distinct varieties,
the Red and the Yellow." -Octavian

Chimeras Comprehensive Strainlist​

et al Here are the test TW's for the daily hand water vs. "treated as soil" side by side--over in:

The Coco-Coir Experiment Thread
The two pre'98 Bubba Kush--in front of them--will undergo the same side by side with a twist




peace​

 

[Greyskull]

nice work -vt-
I like the way your rock it brah!

 

[buzzed day]

things are looking good.green,green,green.peace

 

[swampdank]

Thanks Indica Sativa I'll need it

I am currently running:
Tap water (no EC meter, so no idea of source water EC)
Superthrive (ST) 1/4 tsp/gal
Liquid Karma (LK) 1 tsp/gal
CNS17 1/2 tsp/gal
Occasional slice of Sweet 1/2 tsp/gal
Silica Blast every other watering or so 1/2 tsp/gal
SM-90 @ 1/2 tsp/gal ('cept when I dose with Bti....which is once a week or so)

I flush once a week with Clearex 30 ml/gal

Later in this show, we'll put some PBP hydro organic into action



Here's what burning seedlings leads to...reverse osmosis and locking out the

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gotta love those thickburgers! LOL!