[Absolem]

Day 57 of 12/12.

3rd Coast Sour Diesel




Starkiller

[Absolem]

Starkiller


Super Lemon OG

[c64]

The harvest time comes ...
You really have a lot of fantastic fat and frosty buds.

[Phases]

Looking good.
Going to be a beautiful harvest!!

[FunkBomb]

Very nice looking plants Absolem. Your ROI must be very high with such a low cost for nutrients. Keep up the good work.

-Funk

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[bucketgirl]

Excellent knowledge being dropped, thank you man.

In regards to dry salts - I am inspired, and now I venture forth now on my first attempt.

I think I've pieced together a nutrient profile for coco using some of the starter pack ferts on CHN and calculating with SaltSmarts (great tool).

One thing I'm not sure on is Si ppms (best guess is ~20ppm). What do you think is appropriate? And do you continue using Si during late flower? I've read that it may have adverse affects in late bloom.

And on a side note - Have you ever tried not flushing?


Thank you again for your time. I have read all your posts along with much by c64 and have learned a lot. Beautiful looking flowers with no hyped voodoo juices.

[shaggyballs]

This guy knows whats up, very nice setup too.
Buds are huge and frosty.
Mixing his own ferts too.
Talk about well rounded.
Nice work brother, nice work!
Shag

[Absolem]

Originally Posted by bucketgirl

Excellent knowledge being dropped, thank you man.

In regards to dry salts - I am inspired, and now I venture forth now on my first attempt.

I think I've pieced together a nutrient profile for coco using some of the starter pack ferts on CHN and calculating with SaltSmarts (great tool).

One thing I'm not sure on is Si ppms (best guess is ~20ppm). What do you think is appropriate? And do you continue using Si during late flower? I've read that it may have adverse affects in late bloom.

And on a side note - Have you ever tried not flushing?


Thank you again for your time. I have read all your posts along with much by c64 and have learned a lot. Beautiful looking flowers with no hyped voodoo juices.

Hi Bucketgirl

Thank you for the kind words. I applaud you on your salt journey. Your hard work will be rewarded. I remember all to clearly how bad my head would hurt from all the research needed to mixing salts.


The standard application for Si in the Ag industry is 30 ml/l or 30 ppm. I think it's bit much for an accumulator like cannabis. I run between 5-10 ppm of Si. In veg I'll run 10 ppm then drop it down to 5 ppm for flower and drop it altogether midway through flower. After the stretch plants will slow their use of Si because majority of the plant structure is in place. I figure after the stretch the plant has enough Si in it's leaves to still benefit the plant close till the end. People I trust say Si all the way through messes with the flavor. I agree.

On to leaching/flushing. Oh boy. In the cannabis community there is not really a clear definition for the words leaching/flushing so we are left to the extremes on both sides to fight it out. Coco coir has a very high CEC. It can hold a lot of nutrient ions. The last 10 days of a plants life I cut back on the fertilizer to about 1/8 strength. I get very little run off when watering. Having a weak nutrient solution the final ten days allows the coco's CEC to maintain the proper levels of nutrient ions. It also allows the coco medium to slowly reduce it's CEC daily allowing the plant to use only what is needed. Coco is a great buffer. It took me a long time to realize I was feeding the coco and in return it fed the plant. IMO reducing the EC the last ten days is not "flushing" in the aspect of dumping large amounts of water to "flush" the salts away ruining the CEC in the coir. Essentially what they are doing is un-buffering their coir the final two weeks. Not good.


Nice work Bucketgirl and I wish you the best on your journey. Keep us posted on your work.

[Absolem]

Originally Posted by shaggyballs

This guy knows whats up, very nice setup too.
Buds are huge and frosty.
Mixing his own ferts too.
Talk about well rounded.
Nice work brother, nice work!
Shag

Thanks Shag. Means a lot. Your threads on plant hormones are amazing.