(complete) OGer, the Encore

I have definitely ‘hit the wall’ with the new soil. They are hungry!

So for this batch, time to up-pot all of the alleged girls to the 5 gallon pots and flip to flower.

The jumbo 5.5s (the square pots) hold 100 cubic inches (almost 1/2 G)

Lessons learned (so far)

The soil for the first up-pot should have some blood meal added to the mix.
and/or
Plant a little micro clover cover crop as well.

Clover is interesting as a cover crop. They tell you that clover ‘fixes nitrogen’.

It does this in root nodules where symbiotic bacteria converts the atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into ammonia (NH3). Each one of those nodules is a little ammonia fertilizer factory. They also tell you that when the plant dies the fixed nitrogen is released into the soil.

That’s all true… but it isn’t the whole picture…
Ammonia is a tough molecule to hang on to. It is polar and has a boiling point of about -30C.

So guess what? …Those root nodules leakand all those little leaks add up… Enough to send your plant into nitrogen toxicity if you have a solid and mature cover crop, so less is more…

I’m annoyed with myself that I didn’t do this 2 weeks ago, but I see little green bits poking through the soil. They won’t be doing anything useful for a couple weeks yet so they will need some supplements.

Time to stop typing, get off my lazy ass and start up-potting. :laughing: :call_me_hand:
Then you’ll get some pictures…

Cheers
G

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