[Charnel]

Hi everyone good to be here

 

A little intro about myself.

 

I have done a few organic grows in the past but that was many years ago. My most recent grows have all been in Autopots which are a fantastic system from the small easy 2 grow to the xl pot love them all.

 

I have a couple of leds that I have had successful runs with in the past but currently on to 600w sodium.

 

Currently I am right in the beginning of week 3 of flower

 

Growing Currently 2 x AMS clones and 2 x AMS X Swazi in a 1.1m scrog but its kind of filling out to almost 1.2m

 

The soil system currently in use is as follows

 

Basic Soil Mix currently in use
This is per +- 50L volume and has been composted for at least a month after being loaded with molasses and EM to hasten the process with the exception of the seedling mix which can be used immediately.

Seedling Mix = used in those 3x2 seedling trays.
17L coco peat + 17L perlite + 17L EWC
400g basalt rock dust
200g fine dolomite lime
200g diatomaceous earth

Up Pot Grow Mix = transplanted out of seedling trays/clone pot. We using about a 2.5L pot with this mix and there is no need for additional fertilizer.
20L coco peat + 20L perlite + 10L EWC = Scale as necessary
400g basalt rock dust
200g fine dolomite lime
200g diatomaceous earth
200g kelp meal
200g bone meal\
200g Alf/Alfa meal or organic seedling fertilizer/mulch mix. Talborne Organics Seedling mix 6.1.5

Flowering Mix = this mix is used in a generic 35cm pot that holds about 25L of soil+- .
Same as above grow mix with additional
300g bat guano
200g organic flowering mix - Talborne Organics Flower 3.1.5. This stuff is very cost effective at $5-6 for 2kg of this stuff.

Once the plants have grown large enough in the 2.5L pots they will be transplanted in to the 35cm pot filled with the flower soil mix as apposed to layering it like a super soil and after about two weeks will be flowered.
All the nutrients needed to have a successful crop stress and worry free. In mid - late flower the Banana/Papaya/Squash FPE is used once a week as a booster.

 

[captain beefheart]

aye aye fresh meate ya cant beat it bach.................im in gonna get a new bag of popcorn to sling about in ya to    welcome btw

[Charnel]

aye aye fresh meate ya cant beat it bach.................im in gonna get a new bag of popcorn to sling about in ya to    welcome btw

 

Thanks man it should be good.  I will drop a few pics of my past grows to keep the journal interesting.

[captain beefheart]

good man....i luvs a few pics see

[wah wah]

Good luck charnel...you said "currently" quite a lot then....please try to curb it...thanks...

[Budgie]

Good to have someone who likes to get their fingernails good and dirty:)

Welcome to the @ Charnel

How long do you like to cook your soil mixes for?

[Charnel]

Well here goes

 

Some pics of the 2 AMS just befoer they became root bound in the pots while I waited for the smaller Xes to sex under the Dutch Lantern Technique which works very well for this purpose.

DLT =  Lighting system to keep plants in veg but use as tittle power as possible but as a side effect it causes the plants to show sex much earlier.

DLT = 12h on 5.5H off 1H on 5.5H off

 

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Here is a pic of smaller un-sexed Xs with the AMS  and some Blue dream plants for a friend.

 

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[duke]

@ Charnel welcome to the circle and nice to see you mean business straight in with a diary thats eager!i look forward to watching your grow good luck,peace

[Charnel]

Good to have someone who likes to get their fingernails good and dirty:)

Welcome to the @ Charnel

How long do you like to cook your soil mixes for?

 

A month to two.

[wah wah]

What you mean mate...dlt..causes plants to show sex much earlier??..be interested in that...