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[dogster]

I just googled grow shop Illinois and saw several that had it in stock.

 

[Sheck14]

I just googled grow shop Illinois and saw several that had it in stock.

I’ll have to check it out. All I saw was lowes would ship to store, but it was the sunshine mix 4 with the myco stuff..

 

[Sheck14]

I just googled grow shop Illinois and saw several that had it in stock.

There is some at a place about 40 miles from me. I’m not in northern illinois so shops are few and far between. I refuse to go to Chi-raq
I may just use the roots organics again this run. I’ve got enough to get through another cycle. I just wanted to try something different. And what Dogster said is still etched in my brain. No flush, no ****** cal mag lol
I’m a couple hundred away from having enough for the Mars Hydro FC E6500. That’s my main goal right now.
That sunshine mix is $50 a bag!!

 

[dogster]

There is some at a place about 40 miles from me. I’m not in northern illinois so shops are few and far between. I refuse to go to Chi-raq
I may just use the roots organics again this run. I’ve got enough to get through another cycle. I just wanted to try something different. And what Dogster said is still etched in my brain. No flush, no ****** cal mag lol
I’m a couple hundred away from having enough for the Mars Hydro FC E6500. That’s my main goal right now.
That sunshine mix is $50 a bag!!

Roots organic will work just fine I suspect though it's been a long time since I used it.
Without sounding blase about it.........it just holds the roots.

 

[Sheck14]

Roots organic will work just fine I suspect though it's been a long time since I used it.
Without sounding blase about it.........it just holds the roots.

What do you mean holds the roots?

 

[dogster]

What do you mean holds the roots?

I mean in a soiless system which is what peet based mediums are classified as.
The medium provides nothing for the plant except to hold the roots.

 

[pute]

I mean in a soiless system which is what peet based mediums are classified as.
The medium provides nothing for the plant except to hold the roots.

Never thought of it that way but dogster is right. Your plants only get what you give them.

 

[Sheck14]

Never thought of it that way but dogster is right. Your plants only get what you give them.

The lush supposedly has enough nutes for 6-8 weeks.
That’s why I was contemplating the sunshine mix so I would have to give all nutes and try to step my game up, opposed to the soil taking care of everything for me. I don’t think I’m quite ready for that yet though..

 

[oldfogey8]

The lush supposedly has enough nutes for 6-8 weeks.

That may be for some plants but I doubt it is true for cannabis. I use Roots Organics Green Lite. It has all kinds of amendments but my plants need feeding after a couple weeks, 3 weeks for sure to maximize growth. I slacked off on my current grow(autos) and didn’t feed them much for the first 3 weeks. The plants were very small(though this is my first auto grow). One looked starved for nitrogen up until a week or so ago at 7 weeks. It took that long to ‘catch up’. The hungry one looks like it will be lighter in weight at harvest.

 

[dogster]

Roots organic Ingredients: Perlite, coco fiber, peat moss, composted forest material, pumice, worm castings, bat guano, soybean meal, alfalfa meal, fishbone meal, kelp meal, greensand, mycorrhizal fungi.
Wait a couple weeks then start the jacks.

 

[Sheck14]

That may be for some plants but I doubt it is true for cannabis. I use Roots Organics Green Lite. It has all kinds of amendments but my plants need feeding after a couple weeks, 3 weeks for sure to maximize growth. I slacked off on my current grow(autos) and didn’t feed them much for the first 3 weeks. The plants were very small(though this is my first auto grow). One looked starved for nitrogen up until a week or so ago at 7 weeks. It took that long to ‘catch up’. The hungry one looks like it will be lighter in weight at harvest.

It seemed to last me 4 weeks or so. But again I am green as green can be and I don’t know what to look for.
I’d rather have small healthy plants than big dying ones. So I didn’t feed very much on my first cycle. I do want to maximize size and quality, who doesn’t. But I also don’t want to kill my stuff trying to achieve maximum results. It’s a fine line I just haven’t found yet!!

 

[oldfogey8]

It seemed to last me 4 weeks or so. But again I am green as green can be and I don’t know what to look for.
I’d rather have small healthy plants than big dying ones. So I didn’t feed very much on my first cycle. I do want to maximize size and quality, who doesn’t. But I also don’t want to kill my stuff trying to achieve maximum results. It’s a fine line I just haven’t found yet!!

I always start out feeding at about a quarter of the recommended dose and work up from there. Probably should have stated that in my previous post. I agree burning the fk out of plants in a effort to maximize growth is, er, counterproductive.

 

[joeb631a]

Just started them last night. Too early to tell..
Also, I work at an outdoor fishing/hunting store and we sell live bait. I get worm dirt from the leftover bulk night crawlers. Would this be a good starter? And what ratio?
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makes a good dip....

 

[joeb631a]

You could just ignore them as they aint gonna cause any actual issues unless they are plague proportions.

" plague proportions." ! Of the biblical type !

 

[joeb631a]

I've never grown in dirt inside, but I've lost a few plants in hydro from the gnat larvae eating the roots. I tried the mosquito pucks in the reservoir to no avail. Only thing that got rid of 'em was those Shell no pest strips (the big yellow slabs of plastic). Probably not too healthy to hang around inside the room too long, but three of 'em took care of all the flying critters. No flying critters = no grubs. They were gone long before I flipped to flower.

Those big sheets are great for trapping and killing those rhino crickets that make noise stomping up the basement steps.
when full i flip it over ,peal back the cover and begin killing them some more !

 

[joeb631a]

I did the same thing but I used yellow fly swatters with petroleum jelly. They are attracted to yellow and stick to the petroleum jelly on the fly swatter. Or just get you some yellow plastic and do the same thing. Yellow fly swatters work good because the little holes holds the petroleum. Cut the fat part of the metal handle off and then stick the sharp part into the pot or hang it up over the plant.
Last year I got rid of white flys and wholly aphids in my garden with a yellow hardhat with petroleum jelly smeared all over it and hung it in my garden. That thing was covered in the fkers.

https://www.marijuanapassion.com/threads/itre95-from-clones.81284/post-1223336

Fungus Gnat Philosophy : " The death of so many of us never outweighs the needs of the Stoned Few"
This also was my first thought having tasted a "needs more curing snoicaine" for the first time

 

[Sheck14]

Second plant harvested. Took almost exactly 12 weeks.
Buds are dense and tight.
My first plant definitely had a deficiency of some sort. It smokes good, but this newest girl is how it should be!
The FC-E6500 shows up tomorrow and the new batch will be going under the new light. Finally got these seedlings figured out as well.

 

[Sheck14]

HELP. BUGS!!!!!
I’m potting up next batch to go into the tent underneath the brand new fc-e6500. I noticed some larvae crawling up the plants stem. Look like small maggots. Please advise…
Fungus gnat larvae?!
What do I do?!?!?!?!
They are in 2 of my 5 plants. I’m keeping those two separate from the tent until I fig it out

 

[Sheck14]

I’ve got diatomaceous earth. I’m going to mix a solution and spray plant down

 

[oldfogey8]

I’ve got diatomaceous earth. I’m going to mix a solution and spray plant down

Diatomaceous earth needs to be dry to work it’s magic.