The IC Organic Growers Community Thread.

[sgapetti]

my little organic garden @ 4 weeks of 12/12 , on a quest to grow without bottles, not there yet.

destroyer, panama , mextiza , c99bx1 and a haze/afghan cross i found in a packet of sam the skunkma freebies, 1 cubic foot of soil and 1 cubic foot for buds

Peace S

 

[bwoyrude]

My organic exp.
Soil,Biobizz fertz,canna bioboost,plagron GS,myco/fungi etc.

Cinderella99 x 499 499=4SD[Chemdog#4 x Sour Diesel] x Cinderella99

Bubblegummer Female seeds

 

[lobsterbush]

Here are some cured buds from the garden that I shared earlier in the thread.

Vortex

BT (buddhas sis x triple kush)

and the current round of drizellas and more BT. I had been growing in 3 gal bags for a couple years switching it up to mostly 7gal smart pots this run with a couple #7 pots and a 5 gallon. I'm thinking next time will be all smart pots.

 

[VerdantGreen]

great pics guys!

lobsterbush your drizellas look really happy!

i think it is always easier with bigger pots, perhaps only watering my be more tricky to avoid waterlogging when the plants havent rooted out into the bigs pots fully

VG

 

[lobsterbush]

Yeah VG I can already tell I'm going to like the bigger pots. The regular nursery pots definitely needed extra time to dry out right after transplant but the smart pots have been rocking and rolling from the jump.

They are the phat sacks from HTG, Really nice bags with handles. A lot easier to move around than old plastic grow bags.

 

[JediMasterVon]

Looking great gang.

I miss my garden...........but in the near future the JEDI will return.

V

 

[lobsterbush]

Check out this crazy leaf guys, stumbled across tonight while installing a trellis.

 

[warthog]

^sweet!

 

[VerdantGreen]

looks lovely and unusual.

nice to hear from ya JMV!

 

[bigshrimp]

Nice pics lobster, whats the strain? I got a leaf like that off a Bubba not so long ago.

Cheese x (Pineapple Cindy x Blue Sat) - Cindys blue cheese. Got these on the server fund, pretty happy with them.

 

[warthog]

very nice^ those are some chunky looking buds man.. gives a nice yield i imagine. and the smells are prob pretty funky huh

 

[bigshrimp]

Mostly cheesy, but some fruity funk i cant quite describe is developing as they get ripe. Yields are going to be good, especially for being so big for their 7 gallons.

 

[lobsterbush]

The strain is Buddhas triplets from sin city, Buddhas sis x triple kush (firewhite x sfv bx). Had 2 females out of the first 5 I popped, one smelled like model glue and another yeilded like a mofo hoping to find something similar since I lost my clones. Got 4 of them going alongside some drizella.

Plant in question is dead center

 

[Neo 420]

Sup everybody.....

Just thought I throw a few pics of my kush girls and their home.



I month info flower
2 100g smart pots.
100% ROLS
Spag, Boi-Char, Neem meal, Crab meal, YADDA YADDA... Has the all the usual suspects.
I will not amend this soil until next year. The only additions will be EWC (High Grade of course), compost (High Grade of course) with some lava and other rocks for aeration.

Usually I have a nice lawn setup with cloves. I'll add next run....
Will also max out the space on next run


Already stinkin up the place..

 

[bigshrimp]

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I had some new roves show up in my worm bin a while ago, i believe they came from some leaf mold type material collected from under old maples. Anyways they established in there quite well.

They are huge compared to the other species, i'd guess x4 as big. Like tigers compared to a bobcat. About the size of a rice hull i'd say.

A shot of the flower room for fun - packin' em in!

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[lobsterbush]

I'm thinking about growing in some totes this round, anything I need to be aware of? Thinking 2-4 per tote around one per 7 gal soil

The fabric pots are nice but having to water every other day sucks. I will be taking some long weekends away and I'm trying to think ahead.

 

[VerdantGreen]

probably best to try and grow all the same strain or plants with similar vigor if you are growing them in the same pot. some kind of training will keep them in their space and avoid one taking over.

pretty easy to have a setup that allows a week away, even with smaller pots. i use capillary matting/wick under the pots and have managed it lots of times.

VG

 

[thelaughingman]

Hey! I have some EWC brewing in a 5gal hd bucket and.. im used to seeing a frothy top after 12hrs from using bat guano, but there is zilch.. so are these casting no good or is this normal? I'm using RO & airstone wasn't sure where to ask this.

 

[Microbeman]

Hey! I have some EWC brewing in a 5gal hd bucket and.. im used to seeing a frothy top after 12hrs from using bat guano, but there is zilch.. so are these casting no good or is this normal? I'm using RO & airstone wasn't sure where to ask this.

Read this.

7/ You can tell that your ACT is finished or ready to use when it forms a head of foam.

More bunk! But this does have a bit of foundational truth. Foam can be formed by proteins in the water created by microbial activity, however this is not a reliable indicator. Foam can also be created by saponins (aloe vera, alfalfa, yucca) or just by adding molasses or by worms which might have made it in there. I have examined very foamy ACT microscopically which was practically devoid of microbes and ACT with no foam at all which has been swarming with microbial activity.

The best bet to tell when ACT is finished is to use it between 24 and 40 hours, smell it to make sure it has not gone anaerobic (you’ll know) and that most of the foods you added have been consumed. It should smell earthy or somewhat like mushrooms.

I’m not sure how this myth got started but it sure took off.
http://www.microbeorganics.com/#More_on_Compost_Tea_2013_

 

[thelaughingman]

thank you very much