Sam Slambam
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I'd like to just say something to anyone out there reading this thread like I have been..... ( which is to say, beginning to end, and back again a few times), .......
I am still a greenhorn, with only 3 indoor harvest under his belt. Started off in MSM and honestly had some decent results but never anything remotely like I see the likes of people pulling off in these threads here in the organics section. Last time around I used straight FFOF cut with 30% perlite and biobizz nutes. Similar results, loads of hermies towards the end, ( at least on my seemingly touchy mountain jams), mediocre smell and size...
I thought about it as critically as I could in the hopes of finding a common flaw in my methods.
Seemed to me it was that I was always PH balancing the feed water. With hydro uppers and downers and I never added any lime at all. I think all kinds of things were going wrong and blocking uptakes and killing off the microherd. Like most new growers I always assumed it was b/c they weren't getting enough ferts.
Well I now believe it was because I was doing more damage by adding Up and Down to achieve a perfect 6.5 than I was any good.
I say this because I am now in a mix very similar to the LC#1 but in place of the Coir or Peat I used a bag and a half of FFOF. I've been monitoring the PH but not adjusting it. I just need to ween myself off the teet that is PH adjusted feed water I suppose because I can honestly say that I've never had such fantastic results. My girls look healthy and green and strong. I was almost ready to throw in the towel too!
Im only about two weeks into Veg so perhaps I should quit while Im ahead here and not risk jinxing it. However, IF things stay the course I think I'm in for the best chop I've ever had.
And I owe it to all you people out there, I mean that as humbly as possible.
Thanks to everybody who keeps this thread great and keeps the ball rolling in a positive direction.
I am still a greenhorn, with only 3 indoor harvest under his belt. Started off in MSM and honestly had some decent results but never anything remotely like I see the likes of people pulling off in these threads here in the organics section. Last time around I used straight FFOF cut with 30% perlite and biobizz nutes. Similar results, loads of hermies towards the end, ( at least on my seemingly touchy mountain jams), mediocre smell and size...
I thought about it as critically as I could in the hopes of finding a common flaw in my methods.
Seemed to me it was that I was always PH balancing the feed water. With hydro uppers and downers and I never added any lime at all. I think all kinds of things were going wrong and blocking uptakes and killing off the microherd. Like most new growers I always assumed it was b/c they weren't getting enough ferts.
Well I now believe it was because I was doing more damage by adding Up and Down to achieve a perfect 6.5 than I was any good.
I say this because I am now in a mix very similar to the LC#1 but in place of the Coir or Peat I used a bag and a half of FFOF. I've been monitoring the PH but not adjusting it. I just need to ween myself off the teet that is PH adjusted feed water I suppose because I can honestly say that I've never had such fantastic results. My girls look healthy and green and strong. I was almost ready to throw in the towel too!
Im only about two weeks into Veg so perhaps I should quit while Im ahead here and not risk jinxing it. However, IF things stay the course I think I'm in for the best chop I've ever had.
And I owe it to all you people out there, I mean that as humbly as possible.
Thanks to everybody who keeps this thread great and keeps the ball rolling in a positive direction.