So, I discovered this site was back up and doing well only recently. I was pleasantly surprised with the friendly greeting of Joe and the invitation to explore and post a grow. At that point I had just finished a grow of nice Sativa and was starting a photo-period CDB – so – BORING. Besides I’m new – etc etc.
Well, I have explored the Realm of OG and have interacted with it’s denizens enough to declare - I am truly impressed with this community! They are the finest bunch of ‘cultivators of cannabis’ it has been my pleasure to run into on the ‘InterWebs’. Also, this forum is amazingly well managed and moderated… so well… that there is a persistent rumour out there that Joe is really a rogue AI that has escaped from a DARPA R&D lab and is plotting to take over the planet under the guise of Over Grow!
(that sounds better if you read it with The Brain’s voice – not Pinky’s )
Well, you know what they say about rumours… If you haven’t heard a good one by noon - start one!
So with the gentle prodding of Mr. Sparkle… I bring you Gpaw’s 5th grow
Doctor Seedsman CBD 30:1 (fem) AKA: CBD Asia
flowering time 8~9 wks. (56 ~ 63 days)
80% Sativa, lab test = 20% CBD, <1% THC
Containers
7 Gal. Fabric pots, structured super soil
Planned: 4 weeks Veg.
8 weeks Flower
Super Soil (modified Sub Cool/ The Rev recipes)
Base
1 part ProMix (organic potting soil)
1 part Worm Comp. (50% inc. From last time)
.5 part Coir
.5 part Perlite
Additives
Sea Compost 1.2-0.7-0.6 (new shit – see www.Fafard.ca) with shrimp, peat and sea weed
Gaia Green Power Bloom 2-8-4
Gail Green Mineralized Phosphate 0-13-1
Bone Meal 4-10-0
Blood Meal 12-0-0
powdered rock
Dolomite limestone
powdered egg shells
Acti-Soil chicken poop 5-3-2
Composted cow poop
Wegeners organic ferts. 8-6-6 (used in place of teas during veg)
NOTE: add Myco to prepped soil just before using (1/2Cup)
I used this last year, I still have 4 bags left, 10 days after putting in my pots I had a really bad fungus gnat and thrip problem start. So the rest will be going into my worm bin once it’s thawed a bit, I will use it when the worms have finished with it.
I hope you don’t get the same problem, looks good otherwise
Yes, free fungus gnats in every bag!
I left the bags ‘to age’ in the garage through the winter that killed about 90%.
I haven’t seen any thrips, how did you deal with them?
In flower I use cinnamon dust on the leaves, they hate it, in veg I use safers insecticidal soap or neem oil. Don’t use neem oil and cinnamon the smell is really bad lol.
The cinnamon gets a bit of a funky smell to it after a while as well.
I just use as a direct substitute for crushed oyster shells. Initially I was only cooking it into the super soil but the last couple grows I’ve started to add some to the top dressing mix as well.
I was a little worried that the blender might be smashing the shells down to ‘too fine’ a powder but it seems to be working out well.
Does your calcium acetate affect the pH at all? Are you using it as a foliar spray?
I’m no expert either. That blender really makes a fine powder and I suspect that the increase in surface area improves the uptake.
‘The Girls’ haven’t filed a complaint yet
I’ll get a good installment in today, one of the reasons I decided to go with the CBD diary was the plants are turning out to be different & interesting.
Here’s my pseudo-scientific fungus gnat tracking and control system (aka yellow gridded sticky paper).
Interestingly, it is the circulation fan that is the major fungus gnat nemesis
I track the counts every few days in the log, it serves as a useful benchmark.
