Forum pedagogy
I'm buying the soil one...I ain't built for no hydroponics yet
Despite my denigrating comments on the forums and what have you, suppose it’s good time to remind myself too that a community is what we make it. I have a hand in shaping that with my discourse too.Props to you both for having a peaceful, informative back and forth
I started these indoor under 24/7 lights
I wanna try hydro of some sort, whether aerogarden or dwc. I've lost valuable (pepper) plants in soil to fungus gnats, but I have success even at the lowest degree of hydro (kratky).
I bought a better light and am looking into a tent with all its attendant components. I'd like to automate as much as I can, so I'm working that out too.
Yo I’ve not attempted a 24 light veg in some time but I always found the dark period beneficial. Add into the fact that you consume less energy produce less heat that way too. Also less stress on equip.
My setup is 100% legal.
I don’t deal drugs
I cultivate medicine
Yeah I lurk on there now on occasion more than anything, although still lots of useful information in between all the dikk measuring and forum tropes. This ain’t aimed at you, it online “communities” in general. I take a lot of what I read there (and elsewhere online) with a grain of salt. But I’ll give the hobbyist forums their due, it was there years ago it even damn on me it was feasible, indoors, on the low. built a 2x2x5 grow box using 2x2s and particle board, and daisy chaining a bunch of cfls together by splicing extension cords and wiring light fixtures. All from information sharing! Internet has other uses than entertaining oneself all day, concerning yourselves with the lives of celebrities annd “influencers” (lmao) and who they’re fukking, and jerking off. Modern day idiot box (if you let it). Go figure. And this back when shyt had to be clandestine! And in an apt (with care!)smh. But things changed over here thanks to voters. Sounds like some these doods need to move around and get free. Just recently got the idea for the thermoelectric wine cooler drying chamber fotoed in my last post there. Just a few ways my technique and process has evolved with time and online sharing of info. That said, environment is also a key factor, what works for one might not suit another situation
Yeah broman, I love this shyt as a hobby more than anything. Like chasing that white whale, I’m trying to refine my technique for better and consistent end results. Nothing to do with money for me! Don’t want to even taint it like that, I will stop short of saying it’s spiritual. though I will say I never want to buy ganja again. And haven’t for years, but I also enjoy giving it away too, and encourage everyone that blazes to try for themselves, and how it may surprise them in how simple it is, and how their patience and dedication might be rewarded with the effort. Lately I’ll hear about how my reef is on par or better than the shyt they gets from dispos, whether they’re winding me up or not I wouldn’t know. I’ve never been in one yeshrug. I do like getting the feedback especially as it relates to taste and “bag appeal” as my constant exposure and familiarity to it might influence my palate/perception
But the common shyt I’ll hear and I’m disappointed by is the discouragement people get by an initial setback, of jumping all in with two feet and “the juice not worth the squeeze”. And despite getting the recommended and praised mars lights, the advanced nutes line, ocean forest or happy frog soil, molasses during flower, ph up/down kit smh. Or having to source any of that shyt online at a premium cause it’s not near them, while overlooking local options. Whole industry “lying in wait” to capitalize off this mindset. So that’s the reason for my comments, maybe I jumped the gun on that tho, didn’t mean to jump your shyt. I had somewhat of a setback trying to go completely organic year before last, attracting whiteflies and other pests that practically infested the whole crop, had to toss that and been back to the salts. But I think it’s important to try new things and push yourself to make strides, or even push the envelope. It’s a craft for me. For the information I received, and resulting experience gained, I try to return it in kind player. So I post this hoping someone may get something useful out of it. It’s nice to be “admired” but I don’t really need that, esp online! I distribute likes, I don’t collect them like those guys on riu or sassy douchebag reddit
To answer your questions, no, I don’t find the fabric pots necessary. I’ve always got cheap plastic ones from 99c only and drilled my own holes. I’m pretty tuned in on getting good drainage thru the medium. That’s fundamental. But I will say I might try to find some fabric ones if they have them that are wider than they are deep, as I believe the width of the root ball is more important or directly related to the plant size than the length/depth. Also I’ve dealt with issues of toppling recently having come too too heavy. I’ve only tied the plant to itself, and last grow experimented with stakes I made using wire clotheshangers. Don’t get me wrong, I still got some learnings to be had
As far as veg time, it really just depends. I’m not that formulaic. Sometimes, often, the best technique is a flexible one. My process leans heavily on the use of cuttings/clones. As soon as she shows female preflower, I’m trying to harvest clones. So really, to tell you the truth, I flower the mama/host plant as soon as the clones are large enough to flower along with her for worthwhile results. So that’s usually around a month or 5 weeks later. So that extends my veg time often more than optimal, and on more than one occasion I’ve tested the limits of the 6ft height of the tent after stretch. I’m sure you know a plant will about triple in size especially height in transition to flower. I usually combat that by topping (before flower) and/or bending. But not taking clones is wasted opportunity to me. You can virtually keep the same plant alive indefinitely via cuttings. What I really should have is a separate chamber to veg the clones in so as not to delay the mother, but I don’t want to set up my backup tent. Make no mistake about it, they have a large footprint! Other things to consider are, about a foot for the height of the pot below, about 12-15 inch of unusable space at the top, whether or not you hanging a filter. The leads on the lights are at least that long even without a ratchet. You can get creative tho, but that’s about 3.5ft+ of space for foliage. But you ain’t doing anything serious with those micro tents
Yeah the dr earth, I must have used up the all purpose (kelp based mostly) variety, I’ve been fortifying the reused soil with that and the bud booster since that past full organic letdown. Haven’t ventured into dwc/hydro but eventually. I’d began lurking the distilling forums (someone tag the @ATF!), so that might be further down the line
Peace to you breh, let’s get it!
Sorry for all the blah blah, not required reading!
Old shyt, pretty sure I’ve posted these round here before
Looking back at these makes me so thankful to no longer have shared walls
