[onavelzy]

Every one is potted up except the rootless DT7.


The newly potted GG4's are in the center and bottom right. Kaya is bottom left, Adubbs upper right and DT7 upper left

The winner of the award for "Best Roots" were the Adubbs. Kaya was a good 2nd, tied with the stronger of the gg4's

I'm curious how folks do their coco. I didn't want bugs, so I've been boiling up a bunch of water and soaking the coco in that. Then I have to rinse it to cool it down. Both the boil and cool down water were tap, for better or worse. After draining off what fluid I could (big ass storage container, not conducive to sieving off the water using just the lid to hold back the coco), I "pre-charged" with a couple of gallons of 1/3rd strength VnB, drained that off and then potted up. Probably not an efficient way to do it but hopefully not a way that's going to cause damage.

The ones I potted last night are droopy. They seemed a little better this evening compared to the morning look-in. I think after all the changes of the last couple of weeks, they probably are just needing to be left alone for a while. Next couple of days will be telling.

Not much more for me to do but feed and try to fine tune the environment.

Edit: I thought of a question for the folks that use smart pots or similar fabric containers: How do you LST? It seems like you'd have to put in stakes or some kind of mini-tomato cage to have something to anchor the ties to. I was envisioning using the scrog netting down the road, presuming the growth patterns of the different strains allow that. But until then, what's a way to help get some spread?

Evening addendum: The Kaya was starting to look pretty stressed so I turned off the light early. The leaves were starting to really hang down. The temps were mid range, 79. The soil feels moist, not wet. We'll see what the morning brings. I did move the light back up to the top of the tent after I shut it off. I'll look into watering in the morning. the soil feels moist though.

[Aspenou812]

Originally Posted by onavelzy

Every one is potted up except the rootless DT7.
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The newly potted GG4's are in the center and bottom right. Kaya is bottom left, Adubbs upper right and DT7 upper left

The winner of the award for "Best Roots" were the Adubbs. Kaya was a good 2nd, tied with the stronger of the gg4's

I'm curious how folks do their coco. I didn't want bugs, so I've been boiling up a bunch of water and soaking the coco in that. Then I have to rinse it to cool it down. Both the boil and cool down water were tap, for better or worse. After draining off what fluid I could (big ass storage container, not conducive to sieving off the water using just the lid to hold back the coco), I "pre-charged" with a couple of gallons of 1/3rd strength VnB, drained that off and then potted up. Probably not an efficient way to do it but hopefully not a way that's going to cause damage.

The ones I potted last night are droopy. They seemed a little better this evening compared to the morning look-in. I think after all the changes of the last couple of weeks, they probably are just needing to be left alone for a while. Next couple of days will be telling.

Not much more for me to do but feed and try to fine tune the environment.

Edit: I thought of a question for the folks that use smart pots or similar fabric containers: How do you LST? It seems like you'd have to put in stakes or some kind of mini-tomato cage to have something to anchor the ties to. I was envisioning using the scrog netting down the road, presuming the growth patterns of the different strains allow that. But until then, what's a way to help get some spread?

Evening addendum: The Kaya was starting to look pretty stressed so I turned off the light early. The leaves were starting to really hang down. The temps were mid range, 79. The soil feels moist, not wet. We'll see what the morning brings. I did move the light back up to the top of the tent after I shut it off. I'll look into watering in the morning. the soil feels moist though.

I take it out of the bag and pre charge it with tap and a light solution.... no bugs in my coco so far...

Go grab some of those heavy duty black spring clips.... Like you clip stacks of paper together.... clip them to the sides and use a string on it..... simple....

[onavelzy]

Originally Posted by Aspenou812

I take it out of the bag and pre charge it with tap and a light solution.... no bugs in my coco so far...

Go grab some of those heavy duty black spring clips.... Like you clip stacks of paper together.... clip them to the sides and use a string on it..... simple....

genius solution, thx.

[dansbuds]

every brand of coco i have ever gotten comes with its own colony of spring tails !!! but they're harmless to the plants so it really is of no concern . i just put a few sticky traps around to catch the fliers ......

[dansbuds]

Originally Posted by onavelzy

Every one is potted up except the rootless DT7.
View Image

The newly potted GG4's are in the center and bottom right. Kaya is bottom left, Adubbs upper right and DT7 upper left

The winner of the award for "Best Roots" were the Adubbs. Kaya was a good 2nd, tied with the stronger of the gg4's

I'm curious how folks do their coco. I didn't want bugs, so I've been boiling up a bunch of water and soaking the coco in that. Then I have to rinse it to cool it down. Both the boil and cool down water were tap, for better or worse. After draining off what fluid I could (big ass storage container, not conducive to sieving off the water using just the lid to hold back the coco), I "pre-charged" with a couple of gallons of 1/3rd strength VnB, drained that off and then potted up. Probably not an efficient way to do it but hopefully not a way that's going to cause damage.

The ones I potted last night are droopy. They seemed a little better this evening compared to the morning look-in. I think after all the changes of the last couple of weeks, they probably are just needing to be left alone for a while. Next couple of days will be telling.

Not much more for me to do but feed and try to fine tune the environment.

Edit: I thought of a question for the folks that use smart pots or similar fabric containers: How do you LST? It seems like you'd have to put in stakes or some kind of mini-tomato cage to have something to anchor the ties to. I was envisioning using the scrog netting down the road, presuming the growth patterns of the different strains allow that. But until then, what's a way to help get some spread?

Evening addendum: The Kaya was starting to look pretty stressed so I turned off the light early. The leaves were starting to really hang down. The temps were mid range, 79. The soil feels moist, not wet. We'll see what the morning brings. I did move the light back up to the top of the tent after I shut it off. I'll look into watering in the morning. the soil feels moist though.

ona i used to use the heavy duty paper clips & pipe cleaners on my pots . i know they'd work on fabric pots .

[onavelzy]

Thx youse two. I really didn't want to have negotiate my way around a bunch of 3ft tall bamboo stake sticking up out if all of the pots. Guaranteed poke in the eye. I'm already whacking my head on the corner of the light.

Have a good day, Ona

[Terpene]

Originally Posted by onavelzy

I'm curious how folks do their coco. I didn't want bugs, so I've been boiling up a bunch of water and soaking the coco in that. Then I have to rinse it to cool it down. Both the boil and cool down water were tap, for better or worse. After draining off what fluid I could (big ass storage container, not conducive to sieving off the water using just the lid to hold back the coco), I "pre-charged" with a couple of gallons of 1/3rd strength VnB, drained that off and then potted up. Probably not an efficient way to do it but hopefully not a way that's going to cause damage.

Add a bifenthrin to your regular watering mix once a week and then water till a slight amount of runoff as you usually would and you'll be all set.


You can purchase 3/4 gallon containers of "Bifen I/T" on Amazon for about $35. You'll need about 1.5oz per 10 gallons of water, so it'll last a HELL of a long time.


Bifenthrin also works great for household indoor / outdoor spraying for generic pests (ants / spiders / etc). Get yourself a cheap garden sprayer and toss it in. Roughly 8 oz will cover most yards in SD.

[maxmurder]

nice thread onavelzy- thanks for sharin.
is velzy still around?
I used to hear that name a lot when I was a grom,
my dad and his longboard buddies used to say that name a lot talkin 'bout the "ole days",
"before leashes,
you had to swim for your mistakes !"
dear ole dad

[onavelzy]

Hahaha, swim for your mistakes, that's it right there . No, he's been gone a bit. Quite a legacy though, Fwiw, you're the first who ever commented on him. One of these days I'll figure out how to get a respect pic up for him. By lucky chance, I got one of his long boards back in around 1992 ish. I actually passed on a chance to get one of his paddle boards around 15 yrs ago. Worst decision of my life. Hand made Dale Velzy paddle board made for Catalina run. Fuck. Live and learn.

Thanks for checking in man.

Ona

[onavelzy]

Originally Posted by Terpene

Add a bifenthrin to your regular watering mix once a week and then water till a slight amount of runoff as you usually would and you'll be all set.

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You can purchase 3/4 gallon containers of "Bifen I/T" on Amazon for about $35. You'll need about 1.5oz per 10 gallons of water, so it'll last a HELL of a long time.

View Image
Bifenthrin also works great for household indoor / outdoor spraying for generic pests (ants / spiders / etc). Get yourself a cheap garden sprayer and toss it in. Roughly 8 oz will cover most yards in SD.

Hi Terp, how's it? Thanks. I'll begin as soon as I can be sure they'll get though the trauma of up-potting. Thx for coming round.

Have a great weekend,


Ona