[deepwaterdude]

Originally Posted by Ncali

So I'm a soil guy, try to keep it soil + water only with a little fish emulsion/kelp extract as needed. Im too lazy for the work of making teas and stuff. I do throw down BioBizz's humic acid during flower and also cal-mag for a few specific calcium thirsty strains I have. My soil is just recycled soil, after I finish flowering I add guano, kelp meal, alphalfa meal & compost/ewc while it rests in a bin in a warm closet. I introduce coco + perlite as needed. I keep about half my soil in pots growing plants, other half rests in a bin in the closet letting the amendments settle and microbial life build up. Using this tactic I always have a batch of soil ready to flower.

Works for me. I've never tried hydro, closest I've done was coco... stuff grows too fast for me. By that I mean it can get out of hand with sick plants so quick. This method is more work upfront.. but pretty much smooth sailing.

thanks for dropping by dwd, and thanks for taking an interest!

NC

Hey, Man, I appreciate you taking the time to give your recipe. Very inspiring in its simplicity and obvious donk-producing effect on the plants. If I can just get my pH right for the rest of my grow I'll be happy

[Ncali]

Gypsum and/or sulpomag are also needed, forgot to mention that. Little bit goes a long way, absolutly essential. Calcium and sulfur are super important! (And mg for coco, don't need as much mg if one where to use peat moss instead of coco coir)

DWD im really happy to share info. Peeps make organic soil such a hard complicated thing sometimes. Cheap stuff can be had, & I dont need a laundry list of stuff either. Kelp, alfalfa, a phosphorus source, some compost as a fresh source of microbes, humates (humic/fulvic acid to facilitate phosphorus availability, to stop P bombing soil), and trace mineral stuff like a little extra (1) calcium and (2) sulfur for: (1) cell development (2) organic compounds (terps!!!). Good kelp pretty much has the rest of the trace minerals(And a bit of humates I've been told). Good quality, old compost will have humates too. Extra mg for the coco coir, which I like better than peat. Perlite is to airate, a very little amount is needed though. I use just enough to avoid anaerobic conditions near the bottom center of my fabric pots.

That isn't info I developed at all. I just listened to smarter farmers than I, then did my best to duplicate their best practices to the best of my ability in a simple way. I dont have weeks of time to invest in soil batch production. I could mix my stuff and immediately throw seedlings in there no problems at all. Or flower. Or veg old moms. Whatever, it's all good. It's cheaper than buying bottled nutes, around a half dozen things on the list, better quality & easier.


I'd rather spend my $ on beans (ask dubi)


NC

[deepwaterdude]

Originally Posted by Ncali

Gypsum and/or sulpomag are also needed, forgot to mention that. Little bit goes a long way, absolutly essential. Calcium and sulfur are super important! (And mg for coco, don't need as much mg if one where to use peat moss instead of coco coir)

DWD im really happy to share info. Peeps make organic soil such a hard complicated thing sometimes. Cheap stuff can be had, & I dont need a laundry list of stuff either. Kelp, alfalfa, a phosphorus source, some compost as a fresh source of microbes, humates (humic/fulvic acid to facilitate phosphorus availability, to stop P bombing soil), and trace mineral stuff like a little extra (1) calcium and (2) sulfur for: (1) cell development (2) organic compounds (terps!!!). Good kelp pretty much has the rest of the trace minerals(And a bit of humates I've been told). Good quality, old compost will have humates too. Extra mg for the coco coir, which I like better than peat. Perlite is to airate, a very little amount is needed though. I use just enough to avoid anaerobic conditions near the bottom center of my fabric pots.

That isn't info I developed at all. I just listened to smarter farmers than I, then did my best to duplicate their best practices to the best of my ability in a simple way. I dont have weeks of time to invest in soil batch production. I could mix my stuff and immediately throw seedlings in there no problems at all. Or flower. Or veg old moms. Whatever, it's all good. It's cheaper than buying bottled nutes, around a half dozen things on the list, better quality & easier.


I'd rather spend my $ on beans (ask dubi)


NC

Sounds simple, but once you scratch the surface there's a lot of wisdom from experience there.
I'm working up another bean order, even if I could use a small break. Can't help myself! Worse than smoking

[dubi]

Hi NCali,

Glad you are starting to notice the improvement done in the 2nd Golden Tiger feminized version compared with the first older Golden Tiger regular release

Happy that you also appreciate the qualities of our Panama Goddess parental plant, as you well know she does magic in outcrosses and her introduction into Panama breeding has been a major refinement and improvement in the line.

[farmerlion]

Great Grow Ncali ! Your ladies are looking lovely, keep it going my friend.

DeepWaterDude, Buying seeds is seriously addicting and enjoyable. I'm waiting on a couple packs now. They make my search in my mailbox exciting! I'm pretty sure my last order is going to be a re order next payday. Some beans you just need more of. I hope there is plenty of the Auto Malawi's too. I need two packs of them as well. Peace

[Ncali]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

So things are progressing nicely in the garden. The Chang Mai are female, mostly lol. One threw a nice set of preliminary big ol' ball sacks, plucked them and the rest of the gonads are female. If more balls come, I will cull it. This is par for the course in Thai genetics. Small price to pay for a lovely end result, very Thai expressions these two!



Pan haze = beefy buds




Skhz x gt very frosty already, great resin production

[Ncali]

Green Haze x Honduras, should be an epic plant. Wonderful cross, the Green Haze flower timeline seems to be sped up a bit. Great looking bud structure too.



Golden Tiger Gen2 fem, so lovely. Thai calyx on Malawi structure, lovely

[Kaskadian]

Looking lovely bro! They’re really filling out that tent nicely.

[Ncali]

Sorry for lack of updates. I'll update more this weekend with a good camera.

Here's just a teaser of sk Hz x gt



The Chang Mai x mal should probably be only grown outdoors. These two plants are way too big.


Again I'll have a full detailed thread update in 24 hours time!!

NC

[Kaskadian]

Incredible work! Can’t wait to see the rest of the pictures this weekend, thanks for the teaser.