*The K.I.S.S. Method*

[Ioni Botani]

What kind of aero system were you running BashertofCyndi? Why was it hurting your arthritis might I ask...Were you hauling around all the H20? Just wondering...considering Aero/Nft myself for the future, but don't wanna run into the same problem later on down the road, if ya know what I mean

Considering something like Pirate's Supercharge Your Garden With Aero....

...Just MUCH smaller....haahh.

 

[BashertofCyndi]

What kind of aero system were you running BashertofCyndi? Why was it hurting your arthritis might I ask...Were you hauling around all the H20? Just wondering...considering Aero/Nft myself for the future, but don't wanna run into the same problem later on down the road, if ya know what I mean

Considering something like Pirate's Supercharge Your Garden With Aero....

...Just MUCH smaller....haahh.

HP Aero Ioni.
I cant keep up with it no more. Theres just too much maintainance for me now. If I wasnt in the room at least 3 or 4 times a day things would go wrong. I used to be able to go in there like that and check foggers and maintain filters regularly but its just too much for me now. My last fyew harvests wer real crappy yield wize because my foggers would clog on me account of my innability to maintain my rig.
Now Im SHURE Id like the comfort of not havin to check on my room more than once a day or twice, and mabey not even have to do anything. --That sounds REAL appealing rite bout now.
Im BashertofCyndi now cause I couldnt find my loggin code for HairlessCaveApe. If ya want you can check my gallery in HairlessCaveApes gallery. Thats the equipment we'l be usin accept now I got another 2400 watts of hps in tubes and hoods. 6 tubes and 2 hoods. Then we got 2k of mh and some assorted 400watt hps's and a cmh too.
I dont know Ioni. If you can keep up with it I guess the aero mite interest you, but the slightest oversight can result in greatly diminished yields. --Im OUT! Im all with the K.I.S.S. now and thanks for the thread Ioni!
Il get some pics up soon as I start tearin down my rig and puttin it back together with the K.I.S.S. teck. I found my usb!

 

[Ioni Botani]

Badass, yeah I have heard that TAG is difficult to maintain as well...I would go the low pressure approach.
Thanks for your info.

Peace.

IonI

 

[mello]

read the entire thread amazingly... still not much said about blumats otherwise pretty impressed

 

[C0NKY]

read the entire thread amazingly... still not much said about blumats otherwise pretty impressed

well, considering the thread is about nutrients and not drip methods or feeding systems, it's not really that hard to believe.

 

[Tonatiuh]

another k.i.s.s. harvest....12 bubbas...and a couple others on the poly too.

bubba,72 days

bubba,ffa in the tray,and agent orange on the right

agent orange

here goes a bubba nug i fast dried on my cable box for a couple days

peace-T-

 

[ogenko]

another k.i.s.s. harvest....12 bubbas...and a couple others on the poly too.

BudFiiiiggggghhhhhtttt!!!

 

[jumanji2]

It doesn't have to be hot water. The key is to initially use a small amount of water to actually dissolve the Maxibloom (shake the hell out of it!) then add your tap to dilute it. No matter how much you shake it and no matter how hot the water their will always be trace amounts of Maxi left on the bottom. It is not harmful to your plants in any way. (Btw, I use a 1 gal water jug and put a 1/2" of water in it and add whatever Maxi I need-in my case it's the equivalent for 30 gallons-shake the hell out of it then dump in my rez and fill to the 30 gal mark with water-ph to 6 and I'm done)
Your 225 tap should be all you need. Only add cal/mag if you notice a cal/mag def.

Sounds good evlme2. I still havent read through the whole thread but im about halfway thru. Lots of nice pics and im really liking the results you guys are having. Hopefully i can do the same and get dialed in quick. Just put some pck x bh in the paper towels so im gonna be rolling soon! I saw you were working with coco too..did you pre-charge the coco with the maxi? Im using Sunshine Just Coir. Im also gonna be using rockwool till their well rooted and then transplant to the coco. idk if it was you or Ioni, but how the hell do you water your rw everyday, those things hold water like a champ. And is their any major difference between the reg ph up and using silicas? Thanks again!!

 

[Guest 18340]

Sounds good evlme2. I still havent read through the whole thread but im about halfway thru. Lots of nice pics and im really liking the results you guys are having. Hopefully i can do the same and get dialed in quick. Just put some pck x bh in the paper towels so im gonna be rolling soon! I saw you were working with coco too..did you pre-charge the coco with the maxi? Im using Sunshine Just Coir. Im also gonna be using rockwool till their well rooted and then transplant to the coco. idk if it was you or Ioni, but how the hell do you water your rw everyday, those things hold water like a champ. And is their any major difference between the reg ph up and using silicas? Thanks again!!

No, I don't precharge the coco. I hydrate it (I use Botanicare CocoGro), transplant, then water with nutrients.
I don't know what you mean about watering rockwool everyday...The only time I do that is if they're packed with roots.
I've only ever used ph up so can't really comment on the silica

 

[jumanji2]

No, I don't precharge the coco. I hydrate it (I use Botanicare CocoGro), transplant, the water with nutrients.
I don't know what you mean about watering rockwool everyday...The only time I do that is if they're packed with roots.
I've only ever used ph up so can't really comment on the silica

Hey evl.. I will be starting out my beans in rw, then was going to transplant to a 3 gal coco hempy. Would you recommend going straight from rw to the 3 gal for the veg and flower. Or should I start smaller, say 1.5 gal for the veg then the 3 gal for flower. I wanted to avoid transplanting period. I know it can be stressful to the ladies and wanted to keep it as simple as possible..don't want to damage roots and all that ish. I was worries about root bound roots if I start it out in the 3gal...what do ya think? Or is it something I shouldn't be worried about?

Tonatiuh, awesome bud porn,i'd love to hit that bush..

 

[Guest 18340]

Start small and work your way up in pot size for flower. For example, I clone in RW, veg in little 3x3 pots and flower in 5x5 pots.
It's been my experience that all things being equal you can pack in much more roots in a pot of coco than in an equivalent pot of soil.
In fact, dare I say that plants seem to have more explosive growth when the roots are pack in.
Always remember to go thru a few wet/dry cycles to encourage root growth every time you transplant.
On the topic of K.I.S.S., I water in with full strength every time I transplant
Tonatiuh, killin it with the K.I.S.S. my man!

 

[stinky33]

Stellar pics...huge envy and thank you for sharing.

 

[caljim]

Hey, great thread you all have going here!

I have decided to give the Maxibloom a shot on my next round, from veg through flower, and just want to check my numbers before I get to far down the road.

My tap water has worked perfectly with the flora series 6/9 ratio and gives me about 650 ppm (after subtracting my base tap water ppm of 180) @ 6.4ph.

The maxi bloom at 1tsp/gal, (6.1gram/gal), gives me 770ppm (after subtracting base ppm of 180) @ 6.0ph.

Do those numbers seem in the ball park for what the rest of you are finding?

Oh yeah, for reference I'm using a Nutradip Trimeter for ph and ppm.

 

[Guest 18340]

You want to bump the Maxi to 7 grams.
Fwiw, I weighed the amount scooped with the green spoon in the bag and I got 6.9 grams.

 

[jumanji2]

Start small and work your way up in pot size for flower. For example, I clone in RW, veg in little 3x3 pots and flower in 5x5 pots.
It's been my experience that all things being equal you can pack in much more roots in a pot of coco than in an equivalent pot of soil.
In fact, dare I say that plants seem to have more explosive growth when the roots are pack in.
Always remember to go thru a few wet/dry cycles to encourage root growth every time you transplant.
On the topic of K.I.S.S., I water in with full strength every time I transplant
Tonatiuh, killin it with the K.I.S.S. my man!

Got it evl, I appreciate all the advice!..but peep this haha,I walk into the shop last nite to grab some Maxi and check out some carbon scrubbers...I ask the guy if they have some maxi..naa man..you gotta get off the powder stuff. Let me show you what everyone is using..turns around and busts out a shelf full of....u guessed it..AN nutes lol..a whole boat load of ish..tells me how he hasn't sold a pack of maxi in like 5 yrs and blah blah..I'm like dude. Where's the maxi..I'm not interested. Its crazy how they promote AN. I've never tried it to be honest..but I don't wanna be broke tryin to buy all that crap..I did very good with the gh 3part for my 1st run.. simple enough, cheap and got great results. From what I've learned I think its all genetics, experience and enviroment you have your girls in..the hell with all that extra ish. I've seen more than enough proof from u guys that maxi works..ok rant over..kiss baby! Lol

 

[Cheeb]

Hey all,

Current Maxibloom user here - using it all over the place in different applications.

We are measuring up anywhere from 210g - 385g at a time which can be a pain to mix fully.

The thing is that I make it a strict point to not have any scales in the grow location to help lessen the harshness in the even of a bust... if shit hits the fan they are catching me with plants only.. no scales, no baggies, no cash, no guns and hopefully no finished product other then small personal amounts.

I'm going to start weighing up 210g doses off-site and just bring in pre-weighed pouches that can does specific water qty (30gal or 50g respectively). In the event that smaller doses are needed a tsp will do.

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Has anyone experimented with pre-diluting maxibloom and keeping it on hand in liquid form. Can I add X amount of maxibloom to a gallon jug of RO to create a super concentrated solution - and then dispense that out at X/Gal to make up my mixes?

I'm leaning more towards having pre-weighed dry in house, but just curious about the above.

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MAXIBLOOM is simple and awesome, but remember to keep those scales out of the house people. The cost savings may not be justified over liquid GH if you get popped w/ a scale and bring on distribution charges.

On that note...

If one were to get busted with a decent sized grow - say 4000w - 8000w, but LEO was unable to find any scales, baggies, cash, finished product, or otherwise proof of anything other then consumption... can they really get a distribution charge to stick just due to the amount?

 

[Zen Master]

If one were to get busted with a decent sized grow - say 4000w - 8000w, but LEO was unable to find any scales, baggies, cash, finished product, or otherwise proof of anything other then consumption... can they really get a distribution charge to stick just due to the amount?

absolutely you will get charged with manufacturing, cultivation, and/or intent to sell. even without baggies and scales.

 

[Cheeb]

no doubt they'll charge you..

but how does it typically go down. Would a decent lawyer be able to get those sale related charges dropped due to no real evidence of sale?

Or are most people plea-ing out to cultivation, etc to otherwise get the harsher distribution charges dropped.

Dont mean to get off subject here...just bugs me having the scale around for the maxibloom because otherwise I maintain a pretty clean house.. aside from the garden. I see A LOT of folks who dont however - house scattered w/ scales, baggies, calenders, notebooks and otherwise NOT good shit making it obvious of sale and otherwise PREVIOUS grows. Just sloppy stoner shit.

I've heard of IRS/LEO coming down hard on folks out west lately - making them owe large sums of money because of proof of PREVIOUS grows and the profits they've supposedly made from them. I'm sure tax evasion charges sting a lot more then cultivation charges.

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Old buddy of mine landed himself on the news in the past. News story showed pictures of the grow, high times, ect and they showed a calender which had previous harvests dated on it. He never got charged for anything other then the current grow, but its definitely something I wouldn't want floating around should a bust go down.

No notes or calenders here.

 

[Zen Master]

your scale isn't "dirty" its just got maxibloom residue on it. have them test it if anything ever happens. People own scales to weigh out supplements/vitamins etc, obviously if the scale is coming into the question your grow is probably part of it too. by explaining thats how you use powdered nutrients, and with zero residue of any other substance on the scale, it would get dropped by any competent attorney, you would however, still have to deal with cultivation.

If you are in a med state its a bit better depending on where exactly. If you aren't in a med state its still somewhat similar. If someone is being raided they obviously think they have enough evidence for charges to stick.

With 4k you are WAY beyond "personal" as far as ANY cop or judge sees it. You would be considered producing it for sale. The only way this wouldn't be a factor is if you were in a med state with enough rec's to cover every gram/plant.

If you are growing, to cops it doesn't matter medical or not, they will usually confiscate everything, tear it all down and make you prove through the courts (after everything has died of course) that its all legit (thats if its med). If you aren't in a med state well then... you're fucked either way, it just depends on how bad. Cultivation is usually a non reducible felony

 

[mrktwiz]

God I'm glad I live in Santa Cruz, 4k wouldn't even raise eyebrows here..now maybe 25K might....