In need for some help.

[Microbeman]

In your future planning set up your own composting worm bin. You will have your own EWC and you can throw most other stuff in the rubbish. There is lots of info on this forum about raising worms and lots on the Internet. Here is one tiny source; http://microbeorganics.com/keepingworms.pdf

Growing organic cannabis is really simple. It is better not to overcomplicate it. I assume u are in the UK. VerdantGreen may chime in to give some resources and certainly check out his great growing methods.

 

[Microbeman]

the more you try and mess with the PH the more problems you will have, your not growing in hydro medium. this is organic soil. the same rules do not apply.

Pay attention to this big time!

 

[Microbeman]

Yep..just water.. let the seaweed wait. Do I need to flush the pots with ph 6.0 water until the run off ph is near 6?

Absolutely not!

 

[jaykush]

does garden center better fit the description? id call before going on a mission. to both save time and gas.

 

[xmobotx]

"bacterial of fungal dominated compost."

bact. or fung.

is bio-bizz a line of organic stuff? @ whatever rate, yeah it's over-nute.

 

[offthehook]

yeh it is xmobotx, and it is good, but the charts they deliver do not apply for cannabis. chichiman is not the first one I encounter on having trouble with their chart logistics.

Biobizz should be used in combination with an Ec meter and some knowledge about their bottled ingredients like their top-max.

 

[offthehook]

Absolutely not!

That would indeed be a bit too much asked from a flushing attempt on soil, lol, but it would be better to give low EC holding 6.0 water anyways.

In your situation chico , you got a surplus build up of salts (= + and -ions) in your soil and you don't want to get more of it in it.

Your soil has got a verry high Ec reading now, but you can't flush it away like ppl use to do on hydro.

Soil life will need their time and the right conditions to encapsule most of it before they can make it usefull to the plant.

Adding 6.0 water is for them and your plants a good thing. but if you dillute 8.0 ph tapwater with phosforic acid then there will still be all the + ions of the tapwater in your brew but now with the added phosforic accid -ions on top.

Rainwater is already 6.3 to 6.4 nowadays, does not hold any +ions so you are better to go on rainwater. You said that it is not possible to get for you, so then I donno.

 

[Microbeman]

yeh it is xmobotx, and it is good, but the charts they deliver do not apply for cannabis. chichiman is not the first one I encounter on having trouble with their chart logistics.

Biobizz should be used in combination with an Ec meter and some knowledge about their bottled ingredients like their top-max.

Is there any third party certifying that Biobizz products are organic. There are quite a number of bottled fertilizer companies out there calling their products organic, when they actually contain non-organic ingredients. I tried looking on OMRI but could not find them there. I looked at the Biobizz website briefly and saw the one product made from beet molasses.

As Coot suggested previously I looked at the Oregon Dept. of Ag site which is apparently very thorough. They list the following Biobizz products as disallowed for organic growing;

Bio Bizz 2-0.2-6.6 Fish Mix Plant Nutrient - Unregistered product 12-Jul-10
Bio Bizz 1.1-2.5-2 BioBloom Liquid Fertilizer - Unregistered product 13-Jul-10
Bio Bizz 1-0.2-0.2 BioHeaven Plant Energy Enhancer - Unregistered product 23-Apr-10
Bio Bizz 2-0.1-6.6 Bio-Grow Liquid Fertilizer - Unregistered product 18-Nov-10

http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PEST/stopsales.shtml

 

[xmobotx]

well it doesn't seem like too far from harvest. probably rain water only to the end? EWC couldn't hurt. Certainly wouldn't add any more products from the store.

 

[chichiman]

Question about worms. I bought some Dendrobeana Veneta worms ("for fishing" from Holland). Is this worm strain good for soil? Hope so because I already added them (5 worms in 1 pot) in the buckets and they went straight underneath. There is also some soil in this wormbucket.. So there must be some EWC too? hmmmmmmmm...

I called and visited many places plant nurseries etc but no, most of the people there didn´t even know as such thing as EWC..I tried to explain it many ways.

Trying to find some place to collect rainwater. Went to some little garden (where people can grow carrots etc inside the city) today and tested ph, it was around 8. I think it was from a waterpipe over there. Bought a 10litre bucket for that purpose too.

Good to see that the buds are still growing and looking kinda healthy. Leaves are still curling and yellowing but many leaves are still green.

 

[Microbeman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMghYozrkCQ

http://www.agroterra.co.uk/p/gardening-vermicompost-asturhumus-16948/16948

http://www.vermigrand.com/index_en.php?con=vermic3_2&news=news_en

http://www.redwormcomposting.com/directory/Europe

http://www.worms.com/worm-pdfs/worm research centre2.pdf

 

[big_daddy]

Question about worms. I bought some Dendrobeana Veneta worms ("for fishing" from Holland). Is this worm strain good for soil? Hope so because I already added them (5 worms in 1 pot) in the buckets and they went straight underneath. There is also some soil in this wormbucket.. So there must be some EWC too? hmmmmmmmm...

I called and visited many places plant nurseries etc but no, most of the people there didn´t even know as such thing as EWC..I tried to explain it many ways.

Trying to find some place to collect rainwater. Went to some little garden (where people can grow carrots etc inside the city) today and tested ph, it was around 8. I think it was from a waterpipe over there. Bought a 10litre bucket for that purpose too.

Good to see that the buds are still growing and looking kinda healthy. Leaves are still curling and yellowing but many leaves are still green.

Chichiman,

A more accurate way to inquire would be to ask for vermicompost or worm compost. EWC is an acronym we use for vermicompost, but in fact, true earthworm castings are very hard to come by.

Here is a link that describes the difference between the two. The term EWC and vermicompost are often used interchangeably and it's good to know the difference.

A really good way for you to get yourself into creating your own vermicompost for cheap is to find someone that raises horses. Usually they will have piles of manure that have been around for a while.

Where I live they give it away for free and will even load it for you. When you find someone with some aged horse shit that they are wanting to be rid of, dig around in the pile a bit to make sure there are worms already established.

Take the horse manure and fill the biggest fabric pot you can find and cover the top with cardboard. You'll need to protect it from freezing, and make sure that it doesn't get too dry/wet, but by spring, you'll have some great vermicompost as well as a lot of worms.

I've found this to be an effective way to create your own castings without spending a lot of money buying worms. One last piece of advice, you need to be patient and not fuck with it. Let them be and they will reward you with rich vermicompost that will give your future grows an advantage.

HTH

b_d

 

[offthehook]

Rainwater is always around Ph 6.5

If it was Ph 8.0 it was n't just rainwater. Most likely something has got dissolved into it that doesn't belong there.

 

[Scrogerman]

mines 7, & comes out Green/neutral on my GHE Full spectrum liquid test kit(i live in a rural area), i think it depends on location, city/industrial areas can be in the 5's i believe.

 

[chichiman]

I maybe lucky to get some EWC from some homecomposter nearby (found on the internet). But how much would I need for this grow (in grams) ?

 

[big_daddy]

I maybe lucky to get some EWC from some homecomposter nearby (found on the internet). But how much would I need for this grow (in grams) ?

I'm not sure of the conversion to grams.....but I like to use about 25%-30% of pot size which for you would be about 2.5-3 liters per pot. If you're going to top dress, 1.5-2 cm on top of the soil and water in.

You can also make a slurry or "soup" with 3 parts water/1 part EWC and water plants with it. Make sure to stir well before watering in.

b_d

 

[chichiman]

Hello.

I bought some Plagron (http://www.plagron.nl/Index_uk.htm) worm castings from UK. I watered today with 1 part ewc 3 part water (spring water ph around 6,5).Past two weeks i´ve only given spring water. Hope they like that slurry. There was about half a litre of EWC for each pot.

I have still 1litre EWC left. Should I use it after a week or so?

Plants have been 42 days in flo. 2-3 weeks left. Some pics:

All:



Biggest top Mr.Nice:


Euforia:


Grapefruit top:


Closeup Mr.Nice:

 

[h.h.]

Would you leave good pot on the shelf while smoking swag?

 

[SeaMaiden]

That looks like a classic progression of root aphid damage to me, except that I'm not sure if the buds are continuing to fill out. If they are, then disregard, if not, then you need to check for flying bugs that resemble fungus gnats. If they're in your growing area, then you need to dig into the rootballs of one of the worst-affected plants, get a scope or other magnification and see if you find black-headed maggots (larvae of fungus gnats) or if you find tiny tick-like bugs (root aphids).

Typically a root aphid infestation is discovered about a month into flowering, when you find you're chasing phantom deficiencies. The infestation can cause rock-solid genetics to become hermaphrodites, sprouting bananas. After that, it's all downhill from there.

If no bugs, then far fewer worries.

 

[chichiman]

That looks like a classic progression of root aphid damage to me, except that I'm not sure if the buds are continuing to fill out. If they are, then disregard, if not, then you need to check for flying bugs that resemble fungus gnats. If they're in your growing area, then you need to dig into the rootballs of one of the worst-affected plants, get a scope or other magnification and see if you find black-headed maggots (larvae of fungus gnats) or if you find tiny tick-like bugs (root aphids).

Typically a root aphid infestation is discovered about a month into flowering, when you find you're chasing phantom deficiencies. The infestation can cause rock-solid genetics to become hermaphrodites, sprouting bananas. After that, it's all downhill from there.

If no bugs, then far fewer worries.

Buds are growing, slow tho'. There are these little flying bastardos. Not much but some. From the beginning. Going to check tomorrow if there´s those blackheads eating my roots. How to get rid of them? Do I need some other worms to eat them?

One of the 5 plants was hermaphrodite but I think it hasn't got anything to do with maggots (it was fem blueberry, detected on 1st week of flo).