[PaulieWaulie]

Well said! I started a year ago, with pro mix and pure blend pro nutrients, and pretty quickly was looking at all the additive supplements that go with their line. ie. SWEET, LIQUID KARMA, HYDROPLEX etc. etc. This community cleared up a lot of those product claims and its actual contents, my common sense kicked in and I decided to not go down that route. I now reuse the same pro mix I bought for my first few runs, for over a year, started my own organic soil mix with local bulk amendments, have a compost and worm bin where all stems, leaves and all other household/human/kitchen/garden wastes go right back in.

So very different style to yours, but my goal is the same, to make as efficient as possible and like a well running machine.

Thanks for the informative posts, keep up the good work!

[noreason]

Originally Posted by PaulieWaulie

Well said! I started a year ago, with pro mix and pure blend pro nutrients, and pretty quickly was looking at all the additive supplements that go with their line. ie. SWEET, LIQUID KARMA, HYDROPLEX etc. etc. This community cleared up a lot of those product claims and its actual contents, my common sense kicked in and I decided to not go down that route. I now reuse the same pro mix I bought for my first few runs, for over a year, started my own organic soil mix with local bulk amendments, have a compost and worm bin where all stems, leaves and all other household/human/kitchen/garden wastes go right back in.

So very different style to yours, but my goal is the same, to make as efficient as possible and like a well running machine.

Thanks for the informative posts, keep up the good work!

Yeah bro, go organic, go hydro, the plant is the same and it will grow even without biobloomsupermegayielderstimul ator! Fucked world we are in!


Harvested ChocoTonic a couple of days ago. There were good things and bad things.

Good things are the yield and the overall quality, it smells good and buds are heavy. No mold at all, even in the bigger buds I didn't find a single trace, just perfect.

Bad thing is I'm not satisfied with the 15min ON - 120min OFF watering timing.
As you can see in the pics, there are many dried leaves. Upper ones.
It's not because the flush.

I think there is something involved with watering timing. This is the second time happen. Not with all the strains happen but the other time was with exodus cheese, same watering schedule.

So at the end I needed to chop everything before dried leaves reach the inner part of the buds, otherwise it would have been a pain in the ass to clean'em with all those crunchy leaves.











Still white stigmas, needed some more days for a full ripe.







Roots didn't go on the tray as they usually do with 15/15 watering schedule.
Trying to reduce the drying of the leaves, the last 2 weeks I reduced light intensity by steps. Nothing, plants didn't stop.
Finally I will switch back to 15/15, feeling it's a better way for this system.

Green vibes

[noreason]

Some ODv3 dried and selected buds, cleaned from leaves. Flowers are quite heavy, even if the last run I was not completely satisfied.









New seedlings are growing. In the next days they will be moved from the tray in bigger pots.
At now I used only canna hydro vega A+B and some sodium silicate just one time. Flushed 2 times with 1.2 mS/cm pH 7 (mixed tap and RO water for a total of 0,3 mS/cm)

[noreason]

Last pictures of maybe the last Chocotonic harvest.











And a last photo...the first CT mom selected years ago

[smokditup]

Stunning. How much typically are you yielding from this space?

[noreason]

Vegging Exodus Cheese, the UK cut. Love it. Maybe the one I like more.








Growing with the same Canna A+B and nothing else. 15min. ON - 120min. OFF watering timing.
I'll switch the watering to 15/15 in flowering.

[noreason]

Sometimes I use an humidifier to make a fumigation in the grow-box. It works and I save time, water and products. Also, and very important, this way the vapor can reach every corner, no chance for pest.
Not all products are suitable for this. Mainly I use water soluble products. Oils and suspensions in general are not good for the humidifier, forcing the membrane.

Just switch off fans and lights and close the zip.




After a couple of hours