So today I have snapped some pics and will update with them later. I’ll post a reply when the pics are in this reply and just post todays activity to this one comment. It will keep the thread a bit shorter hopefully. I see a lot of threads here well over 600 comments and they are a bear to reply properly to when you first find them/ OP’s please consider summarizing those
As previously noted the 3 Afghani are now 2. They look real well and will soon need pots. Like the next couple days. Don’t want stunt them by leaving them in small cups and depriving them of nutes. but they should be fine for up to about 14 days after breaking ground. I forget how many days but they are getting larger than the cup so time to up pot.
This is the am and they look fine I’m thinking about 7 -8 days above ground.
The ‘Mom’ needs down sizing and the flowering clones are gonna finish soon enough that I need to get ready next one up. Hope I can finish another crop before the RH% hits the 80-90% range. She has a couple leaves shoing the sign of mites. I stuck her in the basement where it’s about 50 degrees for a bit. she will likely stretch in low light but in the low temps not much. I’ll bring her back up later. Don’t want her thinking it’s flower time.
The 2 flowering plants are doing just awesome to have so much against them. I see some gnats again and their is a little yellowing on some of the top leaves but the new leaves all look good it’s all fan leaves and older ones at that. Don’t want to remove many leaves at this point since it has pretty much all it ever will now. There will be new growth of leaves in the buds as they finish though.
This bud set is larger by far than the last time at the same stage. So I checked…these pics are f30 counting from the flip.
I have been following the watering schedule from the link from grasscity—today they got ‘neem/kelp tea’
https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/all-organic-recipes-and-notes-compilation.1421024/
I have that bookmarked and am still reading some of those links at times. My soil was made before I found that recipe but it is the one I intend to use for soil and the watering schedule I am following at the moment.
Mountain Organics said:
Here’s an example of a tried and true watering schedule (because I personally used it for years) to use from day 1 to ensure your plants are being pushed to ‘peak health’ and expressing their full ‘genetic potential.’:
Day 1 Plain water
Day 2 No watering
Day 3 MBP top-dress watered in with Aloe/Fulvic/Silica (agsil or your silica source of choice)
Day 4 No watering
Day 5 Plain water
Day 6 Neem/Kelp tea
Day 7 No watering
Day 8 Plain water
Day 9 No watering
Day 10 Coconut Water
Day 11 No watering
REPEAT - Beginning to end, no changes needed for various stages of growth, simple enough right?
Now for al the reasons previously stated your soil is becoming richer and richer as the water and nutrient retaining ability of your soil improves over time. By the 3rd cycle the plants may already be showing signs that you could back off on the above watering schedule and that can be done any number of ways to best suit your situation. For example, use half the amount of neem/kelp tea and coconut water. Add a couple extra days of plain water in between ‘feedings’, and so on.
As an observant gardener you should be able to notice plants performing equally as well even though you are using less inputs and in the same way you can tell if perhaps you backed off too much from time to time - in this way you can find the “sweet spot” for your garden and when that clicks with you it is very easy from then on to know what your soil needs.
Here’s an example of a watering schedule a couple or few years into established no-till gardens (it happens to be my current routine as well):
- Plain water every other day, beginning to end
- MBP top-dress every 10-12 days watered with aloe/fulvic/silica
I am on my 3rd round of some of these inputs (MBP) but have not had them all until last round. My reaction to what has transpired since starting on this is just …WOW!!! Please read the link for the complete guide if you are using soil and might want to use that schedule. The ingredients are not all necessary every round at some point since the soil is so healthy and that is not a complete table of inputs since the ratios of somethings are not listed there. Read the manual please.
