[self]

Yeah, plant count. I hold cards for 4 patients, plus myself. 6 flowering plants per patient. I'm actually under my limits this year while I expand my grow.
That said, I don't think there will be much space left by September if I train everything right. It's time for the rewire cages!

[Bobbo4200]

Late to the party but I'm in guy!!

[TnTLabs]

ahh right i see.. makes sence then...
get some triacontanol, brewers yeast and EM1 you will be flying

[self]

I've been meaning to make some alfalfa teas, but it is in the soil mix at 1/2cup per cf. I spray weekly with em 1, along with nettle, and comfrey FPE, and some other home made ferts. So far so good!
My solar powered compost tea brewer was working great, but in a rainstorm the solar controller got wet and died. So I need to buy a new one. I'm torn between getting a cheap pwm model or the more efficient mppt . I sump pump the runoff from the pots that collects in the giant trays into my 50 gal airlift tea brewer. It's a nutrient rich solution already, so I just add molasses and a bag of ewc . When it's brewed a day I redistribute to the plants via 5 gal bucket.

[Noonin NorCal]

looks good, id be worried about the containers though sitting in all that water

[self]

When everything works I can pump it out pretty quick.

but im waiting on a new solar controller to come in the mail.

This wet feet idea, Its something I've thought a lot about but come to no conclusions on.

basically, I'm toying with the idea of having a simulated water table about 18" down from the soil surface...from what I know, most nutrient exchange and soil biology happens in this top aerobic zone, and should be unaffected by the anerobic zone below...but im not a soil scientist, so I could be blowing smoke.

from personal experience growing in a basement that floods regularly (but that I have managed to engineer to flood only to to a few inches deep, for short periods of time (12 hours max)) I have observed that plants do great as long as they have enough soil depth to keep 12-18" of medium out of the water and aerobic. The plants in this environment often send out tap roots from the sides and bottoms of the fabric pots, even in the often-submerged zone. Plants in this environment grow big, but I haven't done any tests to see if they are growing bigger than a traditionally watered container of the same size.
my theory, if you can call it that, is that constant and reliable access to water signals the plant to grow bigger, similar to a plant growing near a river or water source with a near-surface water table.

my concerns are root rot, root aphids, and all the usual ills of over watering, but I have been playing with this idea in my flooded basement long enough to recognize that stuff when I see it (fingers crossed of course)

ideally, I would be able to recirculate and aerate the water, making for an enormous DWC/soil hybrid monster.

obviously, this system saves a ton of water too. other benefits of a having a large volume of water around are temperature regulation (im in maine) something that might be nice in the cold fall. but then humidity could be a problem.

I dont want to create new problems. its more about closing waste loops and moving things around efficiently.

i'm a tinkerer, can't be helped.

[self]

Peyote Purple getting bushy!

stem shot

the sensor push is awesome...I have perpetual temp and humidity graphs-

[self]

Darkstar growing hard

supercropping...

pollen chuck with this guy- fuelly greasy Chem4/Boss Hogg male

Original Diesel/Daywrecker Diesel in 2+ yard mound

my solar upgrade, might get to hooking this up next weekend...

[Coughie]

That's a nice looking Peyote Purple there!

Did you select that from seed yourself, or is it a cutting you came across?
Forgive me if the answer should be obvious

Have some seeds to go through myself, so she caught my eye

[self]

Originally Posted by Coughie

That's a nice looking Peyote Purple there!

Did you select that from seed yourself, or is it a cutting you came across?
Forgive me if the answer should be obvious

Have some seeds to go through myself, so she caught my eye

Thanks! It's my selection from 5 seeds started last season. I also grew a pack out indoors several years ago, so I had an idea of what was in there. Peyote purple is pretty uniform anyway, all plants grew to about the same size and shape with similar yield. Variation was in color and flavor, with some plants going full purple early in flower, and others only going purple on calyxs later in flower. Flavor ranged from rich coffee & caramel to metallic floral shampoo. All were super frosted by harvest, excellent bag appeal.
I selected mostly on vigor and mold resistance, also my samples got mixed up in trimming, so some of my tasting notes are ambiguous.
Basically, it's hard to go wrong. In an indoor setting I would keep the darkest most coffee-kush pheno. Expect trichs on fan leaves, and slow veg.