Yeah when you lay down a thick layer it does become a bit hard to penetrate with water at first. A good way to avoid that is, water lightly (enough to lightly pool the surface) every plant. Then come back to each plant and actually water. By this time (depending on how many plants.) the surface mulch layer has imbibed enough water to go through watering each plant as usual with no pooling. I usually avoid the really muddy type earthworm castings and like the dry corse bigger particle castings. Nice deal on the castings. Try and find out who makes them and what with. Some people will just feed the earthworms manure, those are the dudes with the best deals. Try and find someone who feeds them fruit, yard compost, coffee grounds (just good stuff). Better yet, the best way to get something done is do it yourself. That would be the ideal method.
Can't believe I haven't seen this thread till now. I won't miss any updates now, lol. You were saying about the light hood leaking air some. You can use that same duct tape you used for connecting the ductwork to seal the lights. Works like a charm and better than "duck tape" .
Regular duck tape will come undone in spots from the heat created by the light. But that silver shit will stay in place and seal things up for as long as you want it that way.
Really digging your bed as well man. I'm coming real close to setting up a bed like that myself. I think though I'm gonna do a small bed (10-20 gals) first and see how I like it before I commit to using more than half of my floor space for a single container(4x4).
i hate to continue supporting these fuckers but the gorilla glue tape is the best by far. i suggest we all rack a few rolls at any given opportunity. i will never give them a single dime but i need that tape. im robbing them every chance i get.
yeah i was referring to the guys in the video lol. you guys made some excellent counter points i havent had a chance to see how they break down over time yet. its certainly something i will keep in mind i have alot of rice hulls on hand.
pics look great man, how did that tangie glue turn out? im running them side by side now and the thought of the two together makes me curious
Wow I cant believe I didnt get round to reading your thread earlier, I love what youve done with that tent, it looks like a really great setup and your girls look nice and healthy.
By installing the AC and air cooling the 1000w, have you effectively sealed your tent then? Looking at your pics I cant see the carbon filter in there anymore, are you having any issues with smell leaks? And if you did have smell leaks could you just put a small fan and filter in the tent but not have it exhausting air out the tent? You got any plans to try and introduce CO2 later down the line?
Great work so far, im looking forward to seeing more updates.
https://youtu.be/khF10XXexDE
The quest for the legendary all bud pheno has begun.
You really like the citrus terps huh? Have you ever ran Agent Orange ? I had a pheno of AO that smelled like tangerine's in veg. Wish I still had her.
that soil is kinda hot.Bunch of shit to update
I received the results from the soil and water tests I sent out. The soil I tested was a coots mix I made a year ago for an outdoor grow. Soil base ratios are OK, high in most things with some micronutrient deficiencies. Could use more ca less mg. Water is very low ppm like 45 but is at 7.5 ph. That combined with my soils high ph explains some of the problems I was seeing
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I still plan on improving this soil mix to be used in the future, but for now I needed a faster easier option to get my girls transplanted and flipped asap
I had only been using ro water before I installed the blumats. After the install, switched to tap water not knowing it had a high ph at the time. That combined with getting a little root bound and over watered had my girls looking pretty sad... I needed to get their roots more room and food
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Decided to pick up 4 20 gal bags of roots 707
Used a pallet and some 2x4's to keep the grow bag up off the ground. It's just a 4'x4'x10" smart pot basically. Hindsight 2020 I would have bought an actual geoplanter with a pvc frame. It was all good until I put the last bag of soil in. Then the sides started to flop and spill. I had to use some bamboo and wire to hold it all in. But hey it worked
You'd of liked this one..
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=7366&page=8
You really like the citrus terps huh? Have you ever ran Agent Orange ? I had a pheno of AO that smelled like tangerine's in veg. Wish I still had her.
I love that movie, I heard that Dante was smoking real weed during the filming of the scenes he switched out the fake weed, the filming went on for quite awhile,lol
that soil is kinda hot.