GastroGrower
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I imagine that Dead Head is going to really explode once you get it in a bigger pot. Nice job on topping it too, it'll fill out well in that screen.
My Coco Quest: Coco Hempy 4x4
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GastroGrower
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Also, how often are you watering the plants in the tent at this point?
Thanks man! Me too.
Right on. Ya she was only in that half gallon from the solo cup for 8 days and consumed it. Definitely wanted a bigger pot.
I'm watering daily at this point with .8EC(400ppm)
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Just transplanted the DeadHead into her final container! She went into a Coco Hempy. For those who know not of this technique here she is.
It's a 2gal bucket with one hole drilled about 2" from the bottom. Fill with perlite till it passes the hole. Fill the rest with coco coir. Wallah you have yourself a coco hempy bucket. The perlite acts as an internal passive reservior. Just feed until a little water comes out of the hole and you are golden.
Here's the roots from her previous half gallon container. She only spent about 8 days in the half gal hahaha.
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Again, awesome job man!! That's some root porn for sure.
With your hempy buckets you don't mix the coco with anything? Like 3:1 with perlite or something? I have read a fair bit about the technique but haven't totally wrapped my head around it. With your two gallon hempy what kind of yeild (providing all else continues to go well) are you hoping for? Thanks.
With your hempy buckets you don't mix the coco with anything? Like 3:1 with perlite or something? I have read a fair bit about the technique but haven't totally wrapped my head around it. With your two gallon hempy what kind of yeild (providing all else continues to go well) are you hoping for? Thanks.
Thank you! Hopefully those roots provide some tasty fruits.
No sir I don't mix anything into my coco. I don't even like using perlite, but it is necessary for the bottom of a hempy bucket. My other plants are in 2gal smart pots in 100% coco. I'm all about the coco!
I don't really have a projected yield for that plant alone. hmmmmm I suppose I'd like to get at least 3-4oz from it. We shall see.
As do I man! I love coco so much hahaha.
The little ones are bouncing back from being topped and trimmed a couple days ago. They all have 4 main branches.
Just hanging out under t5's. 3 Deep Purple's and the Pure Afghan
Getting those butterfly's in my stomach! Soon it will be time to flip to flower damn I can't wait. Haven't done a run in such a long time I forgot how much fun this is. Just a bit longer.... Gotta wait just a bit longer.....
Man even when I do have really healthy roots that looks like yours.. They dont even look like that or that good when they are rootbound lol.. The roots in that last picture look like an art piece or something. It makes it look like some roots are like 1/4inch in size and then branch off into A bunch of smaller ones, then back into A 1/4inch root haha.. Fricken awesome, those plants must be so healthy and loving it and you.
Yeah those youngins are bouncing back. Is the 3rd plant counting from the left just slower then the others? Or does it just have VERY tight internodes? How much longer are you gonna keep em in those Red Solo Cups?
So A Red Solo Cup with Coco, just like you have in those pictures. Is basically like A Gallon of Soil or Soilless Medium? Have you ever done A side by Side with clones? I kinda wanna try 1-Gallon Pots and have A same clone in each. But 1 pot with coco and the other with A soil mix..
EDIT- Oh and I was looking at your previous Infinite Resin grow.. I wanted to switch/try out different soils/mediums. Local store has the Roots Organic Soil and Soilless Bags. After growing with each of them, which did you prefer and why?
Yeah those youngins are bouncing back. Is the 3rd plant counting from the left just slower then the others? Or does it just have VERY tight internodes? How much longer are you gonna keep em in those Red Solo Cups?
So A Red Solo Cup with Coco, just like you have in those pictures. Is basically like A Gallon of Soil or Soilless Medium? Have you ever done A side by Side with clones? I kinda wanna try 1-Gallon Pots and have A same clone in each. But 1 pot with coco and the other with A soil mix..
EDIT- Oh and I was looking at your previous Infinite Resin grow.. I wanted to switch/try out different soils/mediums. Local store has the Roots Organic Soil and Soilless Bags. After growing with each of them, which did you prefer and why?
Thanks for the love man! Much appreciated. It seems to be easiest for me to get these types of roots in pure coco. No special tricks buddy, I just make sure to not let em dry out even if that means watering 2-3 times a day. I believe that is the ticket to good roots in coco.
The first 3 from left to right are Deep Purple and the last one is the Pure Afghan. The one you are talking about does have tighter internodes. I cut them all to have 4 main branches. From what I have read Deep Purple and Pure Afghan are both notoriously slow during veg and I definitely saw that compared to the DeadHead OG and Chocolate Hashberry's. Not to mention I also read that Deep Purple isn't very stable so you get a lot of different phenotypes. I noticed the DP in the middle has longer internodes than the rest.
To be honest they were a back up plan just to make sure I had enough plants to fill up my flower tent, as I wasn't confident of my germination rates at the start after taking such a long break from growing, so I don't have any particular plans for them. I did clone the tops to try and work on my technique though. In other words I have no idea how long I'm gonna keep them in solo's. I might just torture them more until it's slightly warmer and then throw them outside. I know they hate being so constricted for so long. If i had to guess how much coco is = to soil in terms of ability to support a rootmass I would say probably double but I really have no evidence to back that up. I just found that coco can definitely support larger plants than the same container filled with soil.
I have not done any side by sides with different mediums same strain.
Hmmmmmm out of the Roots Organics soil or soilless which do i prefer? That's a tough question, and a good one. They are both solid mixes, but I think I prefer the soilless just a touch more. Its got more aeration, and one can feed a bit heavier talking from a hydroponics perspective. I love their soil but if my ambient temps are not hot enough then it just takes far too long to dry out for my taste. If you ever want to try out pure coco let me know and I'll provide any help I can.
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I forget If I showed these glasses off yet. So damn nice for HPS uses. Way cool!
The little ones in the nursery are actually growing pretty fast under just two t5's. I backed them down to .6EC(300ppm) today as it's a pretty low light environment.
The pot to the right is a Think Different Autoflower from Dutch Passion
. Just popped open today and planted in pure coco with .2EC(100ppm) pH 5.8 to maintain the cations in the coco. Just doing an auto for a fun little side experiment in the nursery.
(picture taken 3 days ago)
(picture taken today)
The little ones in the nursery are actually growing pretty fast under just two t5's. I backed them down to .6EC(300ppm) today as it's a pretty low light environment.
The pot to the right is a Think Different Autoflower from Dutch Passion
. Just popped open today and planted in pure coco with .2EC(100ppm) pH 5.8 to maintain the cations in the coco. Just doing an auto for a fun little side experiment in the nursery. (picture taken 3 days ago)
(picture taken today)
Alright everyone. It's time to get this party started! Flipped the switch. Today is their last veg cycle!!!!! I have not grown these strains before so I don't know how much they will stretch. I left a lot of room open to try and accommodate different possibilities so I'll be supercropping, and bending them to help maintain as even of a canopy as possible.
At this point I want to finish in time for my friends wedding so I can give the couple a nice little gift so hopefully everything fills in well for a decent yield.
Chocolate Hashberry's in smart pots on the perimeter, and DeadHead OG coco hempy in the middle. Time to get some fresh flowers around these parts.
I'd like to give a shoutout to DansBuds again! I seriously would have burned the crap out of my plants had he not informed me about the feed strength concerning veg+bloom. So far this stuff has been really easy to use and I am just loving it. A little really goes a long way. I'm still giving these girls .8EC(400ppm). It seems to be the sweetspot for my environment.
At this point I want to finish in time for my friends wedding so I can give the couple a nice little gift
so hopefully everything fills in well for a decent yield.Chocolate Hashberry's in smart pots on the perimeter, and DeadHead OG coco hempy in the middle. Time to get some fresh flowers around these parts.
I'd like to give a shoutout to DansBuds again! I seriously would have burned the crap out of my plants had he not informed me about the feed strength concerning veg+bloom. So far this stuff has been really easy to use and I am just loving it. A little really goes a long way. I'm still giving these girls .8EC(400ppm). It seems to be the sweetspot for my environment.
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Woohoo! Off to a great start.
Thank you. Hopefully it finishes as smooth as it has gone so far!
As am Ijust glad i could help dude !
Not much to report yet. I took a picture through my HPS glasses for some color balance. Things are looking good.
Haha I'm pretty sure this Pure Afghan is pissed off by now. She wants to go big but I can't let her
The roots have begun to come up to the top harder than ever. This is turning into an interesting experiment. If I'm not mistaken she's been in this solo from seed for about 9 weeks lol. I wonder how long I can keep her in it before I see real issues.
The 3 DeadHead OG cuts I took rooted pretty fast for me compared to results I've had in the past. I think it's because I was extra careful to not over saturate the rockwool. I used veg+bloom at .2EC(100ppm) pH to 5.8 and used conservative amounts of TechnaFlora Rootech hormone gel. Threw them in the dome under a heating mat at 76F and started taking it off every day for a short period of time to acclimate them to lower humidity.
I saw some roots poking out yesterday and here is one of them today on Day 11. The DNA pure Afghans and TGA Deep Purples are taking longer. Not really surprised since they are known to be slow growers.
I saw some roots poking out yesterday and here is one of them today on Day 11. The DNA pure Afghans and TGA Deep Purples are taking longer. Not really surprised since they are known to be slow growers.
The ladies are taking over the tray! Lowered the EC from .6(300ppm) to .5(250ppm) mostly because I noticed slight N overabundance in the Pure Afghan so I'll just feed em light so they can burn off some of that extra nutrition that has built up over time. She's always been a little less hungry than the others. The 3 Deep Purples are responding well this week. They all seem to be different phenotypes. One is tall with more space in between internodes, one is is shorter with medium internodes, and the last one is very short and compact.
Deep Purples and a Pure Afghan on the right.
Deep Purples and a Pure Afghan on the right.
Lethal
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Hi again, looks good I did little bit of research for the hempy style and it get my really excited. I guess with that you can allow yourself to skip a day of watering right? Not that I wouldn't like to pay attention to my grow but living together with gf and sharing quite time demanding work asks for really good weekends which usually leads to leaving city every other week. I was wondering that the hempy style would fit me more than pure handwatering coco. What are your thoughts on it if I may ask. By the way looking forward for next update I am really curious how it will turn up in flowering!
the original verm/perilite mix would would be better in your case . if coco drys out for any reason the cation balance can be thrown off & cause more problems than just wilting from being dry .
