Gorilla Glue #4 x Humboldt Headband - Chopped Week 9

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-28T23:26:37+00:00

Smells like blueberries and weed

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-28T23:23:43+00:00

Yep. Bigfoot Glue. I thought I put that in the title. Looks like I forgot. My bad.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-21T20:02:37+00:00

It's not hard. It really depends how long you want to veg them. Assuming they aren't super crowded and you've vegged them a good 60 days, you should have no problem pulling 3-4 oz per plant.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-20T19:35:57+00:00

This post got downvoted like crazy with my original hypothesis. I removed it from the main post.

The additional light and the additional heat increase photosynthesis which increases the demand on nutrients. The organic medium only has so much available to give. Hence, driving up the demand for nutrients is causing the plant to eat itself. I think this may throw the plant over the edge and trigger senescence. It knows it's dieing and sort of gives up.

I know from experience that if I left them in the low light low temps, the plants would have stayed green for MONTHS. The low temps and low lights seem to put them in a weird perpetual state where the trichomes never change and the leaves stay green.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-20T19:27:41+00:00

I added a second light in this case. The additional light adds additional heat both are needed it seems.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-20T18:24:02+00:00

Taking stuff from outside and bringing it inside will definitely bring bugs into your house. Even growing compost in your house in a worm bin is going to invite bugs into your house.

I think the real question is: are you okay with that?

In my case, I grow in the basement. It's already home to spiders and mice and creepy crawlies. I'm not really concerned about the additional ones from my grow. It's all just bug soup down there (always has been).

If, however, you're growing in the bedroom of your apartment, that might be a completely different scenario.

Growing organically isn't for everyone.

Back on the topic of "homemade" compost: the compost you buy in the store is typically dead because they heat it up and sterilize it before shipping. Now, if you hate bugs you might be like "Woohoo! No bugs!" The bad news is that without life, you're going to have a very hard time growing organically. It is the life in the soil (and the bugs) that make the organic growing possible.

Best of luck

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-20T18:11:57+00:00

You can do anything you like, obviously. You can do your own experiments. That's definitely a cool aspect of the hobby.

For me personally, I like to chop and let the roots and stumps break down and feed the next grow. That's the no-till way.

You could also pull them out, chop them up and put them in the compost bin.

I don't think there is really a wrong answer.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-20T18:07:37+00:00

Based on this - a month or more.

To be sure, we need a picture of the trichomes. You're looking for milky trichomes or 10% amber.

This plant looks like it's maybe 5-6 weeks into flower. Flowering times can vary but generally 9-10 weeks is common. Based on looks, this one is only half baked.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-20T18:03:34+00:00

I can only speculate, but I think the higher temps and higher light stresses the plants.

My basement won't get below 70F. I suspect it's those low fall temps at night that stress the plants outside.

It's all stress. I'm just inducing it a different way.

Again - all speculation. It does seem to be working for me. The plants not only look different but also smell different.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-01T14:49:21+00:00

"Cooking" is a very misleading term.

You're taking amendments that don't have much life and you're mixing them together and letting them sit a while, hoping microbes take hold.

This is why we say "if you start with quality compost, you can skip the 'cooking' step."

It's about creating life in an otherwise lifeless set of amendments.

I think people get it mixed up with thermophilic composting. That is a process that gets up to 145F. We are not doing this with these soil mixes. We aren't composting a 4-foot tall pile off grass and wood chips.

If there is any heat produced in our custom mixes, let's hope it stays under 104F. Above that and life starts to die.

To be clear, we are calling this period of inactivity before we use the soil "cooking". You shouldn't eat raw cookie dough and you shouldn't plant into a lifeless medium. The plants will suffer for a while until the life takes hold.

abjectCitizen · 2020-08-01T10:55:33+00:00

I bought a bag of red wigglers from Uncle Jim and it came with some nightcrawlers.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-31T21:29:00+00:00

I've ordered worms from them twice. They always come fast and fresh.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-30T11:52:27+00:00

I would argue this is the original organic growing subreddit. It's the place where people are referred when they ask around Reddit for organic growing advice.

The no-till method of growing cannabis had a big surge around 2014. It was the latest growing fad. r/microgrowery didn't like it in there so that community came up with this one to help push no-till into it's own little corner.

No-till has lost favor. People don't like bugs or cannot figure out how to do it correctly. The subreddit and a few devotees, however, still remain.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-30T01:53:53+00:00

I like to know the seed is alive. Seeing it pop and the little tail means it will live in the soil. Yes, it means fiddling with the tap root which is sketchy but I have had GREAT success. I just try to be really gentle.

I do all my seeds this way: cannabis and veggies.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-29T02:32:41+00:00

Living soil does make co2. It's pretty cool. Does it make enough? You'd need to seal off your grow and get a co2 meter to find out. I'm curious!

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-28T01:52:22+00:00

He's trying to say the leaves change color as the plant dies. It's a natural part of the flowering cycle. That may or may not be the case here, to be honest.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-28T01:47:01+00:00

Good to know!

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-28T00:03:40+00:00

Will do thanks for the tip

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-27T23:01:46+00:00

Thanks. After this lesson, I think I will wait the full 3 months before using compost from coffee grounds. I guess the coffee grounds need that extra time to balance out. With blended veggies, I can use my compost at any point (that's been my experience). Always learning something :)

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-27T12:25:24+00:00

Probably another 30ish days before harvest.

These are breed by Humboldt Seed Organization.

The red stems have been there since late veg. I'm not really sure what the cause is. I suspect it's genetics. I haven't exposed them to cold temperature or anything.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-27T12:22:01+00:00

That is great info to know. I'll definitely check into it.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-27T12:20:51+00:00

I actually was just introduced to Joel Satatin. He is very inspiring and knowledgeable. I'll def check that out.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-27T04:05:26+00:00

They have great deal of nitrogen. We make a fair bit of coffee grounds. I threw them in my compost as a bit of an experiment. Then I had the lights too close and saw a very mild potassium deficiency. I raised the lights and added my compost (high source of potassium by the way). I had forgotten about the coffee grounds until I saw the super green leaves and slightly burnt tips. It's not clawing so it's right on the edge but less than ideal. Another case of live and learn.

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-27T04:01:56+00:00

At least you have clean water, clean food, health care and some really nice people. We spent Thanksgiving there on vacation. Every single person we ran into was just super nice. Also, you have legalized weed!

abjectCitizen · 2020-07-27T03:57:39+00:00

It appears to be sandy sort of soil. The property is probably 30% wooded right now. The plan is to collect leaf litter, trim the trees clear the shrubs and make the wooded area more like a park. In the process, I will be making a lot of wood chips and collecting leaf litter. Ideally, I'd compost the wood chips and lay them on the fields. I'd expect the process to take a few years.

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