Old Uncle Ben
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For starts, you old pHarts that have had the pleasure (or displeasure) 
of knowing me virtually for 20 or so years, beginning with the very first cannabis forums via the first and new internet, know I'm a conventional grower using conventional methods. They work.
I don't embrace most, if any, cannabis forum "logic, advice, or gardening" techniques. You want "Bro Science", I'm not your man. You want some solid gardening and plant nutritional, soil chemistry advice based on 55 years of gardening experience including class and field workshops with professionals....I can help.
Don't care to grow 4-7' indoor, or outdoor, gardens anymore. Been there, done that. I'm an old fart that grows cannabis (and lots of other stuff like tropical fruits) for me and my friends. Nuff said.... Gonna do a current timeline.
Canna Garden 2023-2024
Growing: 2 1990 Master Kush X Afghani 90, 1 Real Seeds' Afghani Mix, 2 C99, 4 “CindyPeak”
Dec. 5 – 5 Afghani mix sowed, 1 up. Sowed (3) 1990 Master Kush X Afghaan 90, 2 up.
Dec. 7 – soaked 3 Orient Express last night, all sank. Sowed seeds. All grew well, destroyed them Dec. 16
Dec. 10 – All O.E. seeds up. Total of 6 seedlings up.
Dec. 13 – 1 of 4 C99 soaking has a tail out. Dropped 4 C99 X (C99XPeak19) seeds in water. Planted 2 C99 seeds.
Dec. 14 – other 2 C99 seeds splitting
Dec. 16 – 2 CPeak sowed. Seeds split.
Dec. 17 – 1 C99 up. Sowed the last of CPeak.
Dec. 19 – 1 C99 and 2 CPeak up.
Dec. 21 – 1 CPeak is up.
Dec. 24 – Upcanned indicas. Drenched with mychor, added meals to the bulk soil.
Dec. 30 – Upcanned 4 more. No mychorrizae drench.
Jan. 6 – Upcanned the last 2 to treated 2 gal. pots, both CindyPeak aka my cross of an original Cinderella99 X (C99XPeak 19). No mychorrizae drench.
The Basics
Light - ViparSpectra KS5000 with an occasional sun bath. Soil - custom bulk soil mix with whatever is stockpiled outside or in bags. Water - I collect rainwater, use it often. Well water is high in bicarbs of Ca and Mg. Current temps for the 18/6 veg - days 88F peak, nights - 70f. I create very thick, massive fibrous root systems. Growing can be done in smaller containers because of the efficiency of this method. So, I don't do 5 gal. pots but 2 gal. pots that have been painted with MicroKote. A root pruning paint. The root tip is terminated inducing profuse branching behind it. This is chemical root tip pruning. Think of it as topping but undergound. You're getting a lot of branching.
My old Griffin's Spin-Out experiment. Did it around 2002. https://overgrow.com/t/how-can-i-use-spin-out-for-chemical-root-pruning/258
In my greenhouse I use bottomless "pots" that use air/light to do the same thing. They are RootBuilder pots which you can make any size you want, anywhere from 5 gals. up to 80 gal. for the big avocado, citrus and mango trees. You can expand them at any time by adding more panels. Fertilizer - this garden is done with Osmocote Indoor-Outdoor Plus - 15-9-12 with micros. 8-9 month is what I have in stock now. I threw in a little of the meals and gypsum when I made my soil mix.
Have used it all, my faves being Osmocote, Dyna-Gro and Peters. I have never used cannabis specific foods and supplements.
I soak seeds for a day or two and then directly slow into soil using a 20 oz., 6.5" tall Styo-Cup. Never have done the wet paper towel, never will as explained in my (wordy) germination paper.
Dec. 5, 2023 - few of the pure afghani indicas up. 3 are growing well. I also germed Orient Express which did very well. I decided to destroy them based on my timeline and anecdotal evidence...... favoring my backcrosses of C99 goodies instead.
Dec. 22
Dec. 29 - 3 indicas upcanned into 2 gal. MicroKote painted pots.
To be continued......
Uncle Ben
of knowing me virtually for 20 or so years, beginning with the very first cannabis forums via the first and new internet, know I'm a conventional grower using conventional methods. They work.I don't embrace most, if any, cannabis forum "logic, advice, or gardening" techniques. You want "Bro Science", I'm not your man. You want some solid gardening and plant nutritional, soil chemistry advice based on 55 years of gardening experience including class and field workshops with professionals....I can help.
Don't care to grow 4-7' indoor, or outdoor, gardens anymore. Been there, done that. I'm an old fart that grows cannabis (and lots of other stuff like tropical fruits) for me and my friends. Nuff said.... Gonna do a current timeline.
Canna Garden 2023-2024
Growing: 2 1990 Master Kush X Afghani 90, 1 Real Seeds' Afghani Mix, 2 C99, 4 “CindyPeak”
Dec. 5 – 5 Afghani mix sowed, 1 up. Sowed (3) 1990 Master Kush X Afghaan 90, 2 up.
Dec. 7 – soaked 3 Orient Express last night, all sank. Sowed seeds. All grew well, destroyed them Dec. 16
Dec. 10 – All O.E. seeds up. Total of 6 seedlings up.
Dec. 13 – 1 of 4 C99 soaking has a tail out. Dropped 4 C99 X (C99XPeak19) seeds in water. Planted 2 C99 seeds.
Dec. 14 – other 2 C99 seeds splitting
Dec. 16 – 2 CPeak sowed. Seeds split.
Dec. 17 – 1 C99 up. Sowed the last of CPeak.
Dec. 19 – 1 C99 and 2 CPeak up.
Dec. 21 – 1 CPeak is up.
Dec. 24 – Upcanned indicas. Drenched with mychor, added meals to the bulk soil.
Dec. 30 – Upcanned 4 more. No mychorrizae drench.
Jan. 6 – Upcanned the last 2 to treated 2 gal. pots, both CindyPeak aka my cross of an original Cinderella99 X (C99XPeak 19). No mychorrizae drench.
The Basics
Light - ViparSpectra KS5000 with an occasional sun bath. Soil - custom bulk soil mix with whatever is stockpiled outside or in bags. Water - I collect rainwater, use it often. Well water is high in bicarbs of Ca and Mg. Current temps for the 18/6 veg - days 88F peak, nights - 70f. I create very thick, massive fibrous root systems. Growing can be done in smaller containers because of the efficiency of this method. So, I don't do 5 gal. pots but 2 gal. pots that have been painted with MicroKote. A root pruning paint. The root tip is terminated inducing profuse branching behind it. This is chemical root tip pruning. Think of it as topping but undergound. You're getting a lot of branching.
My old Griffin's Spin-Out experiment. Did it around 2002. https://overgrow.com/t/how-can-i-use-spin-out-for-chemical-root-pruning/258
In my greenhouse I use bottomless "pots" that use air/light to do the same thing. They are RootBuilder pots which you can make any size you want, anywhere from 5 gals. up to 80 gal. for the big avocado, citrus and mango trees. You can expand them at any time by adding more panels. Fertilizer - this garden is done with Osmocote Indoor-Outdoor Plus - 15-9-12 with micros. 8-9 month is what I have in stock now. I threw in a little of the meals and gypsum when I made my soil mix.
Have used it all, my faves being Osmocote, Dyna-Gro and Peters. I have never used cannabis specific foods and supplements.
I soak seeds for a day or two and then directly slow into soil using a 20 oz., 6.5" tall Styo-Cup. Never have done the wet paper towel, never will as explained in my (wordy) germination paper.
Dec. 5, 2023 - few of the pure afghani indicas up. 3 are growing well. I also germed Orient Express which did very well. I decided to destroy them based on my timeline and anecdotal evidence...... favoring my backcrosses of C99 goodies instead.
Dec. 22
Dec. 29 - 3 indicas upcanned into 2 gal. MicroKote painted pots.
To be continued......
Uncle Ben
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