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I'm sure hoping to...going to have them tested as well. Thanks for cheering me on RosettaStoned 😉.

About the soil question... I thought it was full disclosure so I decided to add my recipe to the nute list. Sure would like to know how you do yours though. I thought I was the only one going with their own soil recipe but would be glad to look your list over.

Just want a comparison of recipes to further my inexperience 😆. This is the first time doing a water only and I'm impressed with how the one that got hedged just took off. She's looking like the tallest plant with the least amount of nodes...I will experiment with more auto training soon enough 😉.
 
Here's the recipe for my soil
receipe is.....
Medium- 3 cubic ft sunshine mix #4 advanced with coco coir (7 5 gallon buckets)
1 1/2+ 5 gallon buckets each of purple cow compost and coast of Maine lobster compost- I ordered the CoM compost because i read about it
1 1/2 + 5 gallon buckets each of ewc, two kinds
2 +/- 5 gallon buckets of perlite, added a little vermiculite because I had it laying around.
(Part of this came from another forum and can't take credit for it)

Amendments...
Equal parts;
Blood meal- high N for growth
Bone meal- high N and P for flower and root structure
Bat guano- high N and microbes and enzymes
Iron tone- micro and macro nutrients
Garden lime- pH control and macronutrients
Garden gypsum- pH control (helps lime move through soil and prevent compaction), root growth, micro and macro
Oyster shells (ground)- calcium, pH control
Green sand- takes forever to break down but good K source, mined from the sea (never used it before, from another forum)
Fish meal- excellent for microbial life, high N and P
Chicken manure pellets- slower release N, beneficial bacteria
Rock phosphate- for flower
Tomato tone- balanced fertilizer, high K
Garden tone- balanced fertilizer, higher K
Dr Earth garden fertilizer- same, for diversity
Doubled these;
Alfalfa meal- good K source but adds beneficial microbes that help break down nutrients to readily available
Kelp meal- apparently this one is magical and I've been missing out on it in my vegetable garden, adds aminos, carbs, vitamins, minerals, plant hormones, and much more (another one from a different forum)
Neem cake- well rounded source of macro but mainly for pests and disease
Azomite- rock dust for micronutrients and trace minerals
Mega mend natural minerals- another trace mineral source

i used 3 cups per cubic foot of the amendment mix, that equals about 16 1/2 cups. Then 3 cups of the rock dust mix for the whole pile.
​​​​​​I spread out a tarp in my sunporch and got to work. Took about an hour to measure all out and mix (took me longer to type this out haha). I cleaned out a garbage can and put outside my grow room. Hauled it down stairs in batches wetting it down as I go. It filled a 32 gallon can (compacted) and two, 3/4 full, 17 gallon round totes I'll use for my no-till flowering

It a little shy in the calcium and magnesium so I will be adding some next mix.
also going with molasses like daas for the whole grow.
 
Very nice work with the plants and on the supercropping Chefbjy. Wish I had done that to my previous Blue Dream grow. Then maybe I wouldn't have run out of head room lol. Lessons learned.
 
Thank you for sharing I'm using roots organics original amended with langbeinite, fish bone meal, feather meal, neem meal, oystershell, garden lime, epson salt, kelp meal, granulated humic acids, bti bits, and de. Might end up feeding teas and brews but I'm hoping it's enough to carry it through.

Sitting in a can now and will be watering and stirring soon...should be ready to go by dhgc 😉.
 
Thanks Chefbjy, still torn between fems and autos. Probably going to order seeds from the supplier you mentioned.
Wonder which would do better with the cold winter nights here...Gets pretty cool in the area(my whole house!) I use for indoors.
 
GreenState autos will be faster to flower and photos will take up to 4weeks longer depending on strain and how long you veg for. If you want to get to flower fast and get some nug before it really starts freezing autos will be a good bet. Takes a lot of energy here to heat the house so my power bill was crazy last winter with my photos. But I love growing both.
I'm about to harvest my gg photo bagseed under scrog you can check it out in my other journal. Doing both has been fun so I'm thinking of doing both photos and autos from now on 😉.
 
Chefbjy LOL my heating energy is wood, lots of it! Just got a log truck load a few weeks ago, most will be for next year.(have 5 cord put up already)
Hopefully my outdoor girl will carry me well into the winter, still have some jars from this past winters endeavors (g)
I think I'll go with photos.
 

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Nice...there are some fast auto strains out there. I highly recommend Mephisto genetics for certain reliability. I don't want to stop growing 😆. I'm just over these summer grows that's more of a battle then the winter for me 😉. I would do all seasons but think I'll have to take a 3-4 month break during summer solstice...unless I do outdoors next year.
 
I was looking into bio char RosettaStoned. Also was looking at insect flass...there's so much out there it was a little overwhelming at first but I'll get my own dialed in soon. Just did a little top dressing with these autos and they're loving life atm 😉.
 
Still tying the gg#4s down pistils are taking their time. Been thinking of a little pruning on the bottom. But since I'm tying them down the very bottom branches are now level with the canopy.

Supercropping has been effective and the gg#4s are just getting unruly now. I see pistils but there isn't much flowering so still a little concerned they might not be autos day 33 and these were supposed to be done in 55-60 days from seed. With my training there's so much exposed growth tips and side branching is flourishing. Can't really complain about a healthy plant 😆.

Skywalkers seem to be on track though with 70 something days from seed via breeder info. Got to love good genetics...happy with Metephisto genetics will be getting more seeds from them for sure 😉. D.A.A.S.69 just a little more then a week behind you buddy. I think you like those Metephisto seeds too don't you?
 

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Chefbjy, man your plant looks nice, !!!
Yeah its hard to beat DutchPassion, Mephistos, and Nirvana, they are all proven, many times over.I'm also loving New420Guy Seeds too, I just wish i would have waited until it was cooler to start them, they are in a closet, with Led lights on them.
 
Is that a polyploid plant in the middle picture? That bud shape looks similar to my mutant grown this past winter. Double leaves, etc.
 
Thanks DAAS. GreenState the one middle left and the one middle right were both topped. The middle left was accidental. Topped at second node and growing strong main branches now.
 
Well guess I'm stuck with a couple photoperiod plants..no way they'll be done in another 20 something days. Supposed to be 50-60 days from seed. I see pistils but still not flowering, just more growth tips. I'm thinking of stripping some leaves and branches since they're getting a little unruly.

Just might take some clones but don't know what I'm going to do. I can't give them a12 hour dark period when I have autos in the same room. Might have to finish them outside but don't really have a spot. There's lights on at certain points at night that might make them seed. I'm lost 😆. I could wait till the Skywalkers are done in another 40 days or so making it almost 80day veg. N ot sure how they will turn out. Idk what to do with them yet don't even know how big they'll get since they're not autos. Was anticipating a 3ft plant but they haven't even started the flower dance/stretch. I have them tied down with the canopy even with my flowering plants but not sure how much longer I can keep em short lol. Ahhh what a problem to have...I'm not going to cull them. Just stuck with big healthy photos adding time to get them to harvest. Sucks I was hoping for a harvest in the allotted time of 56 and 76 days. Now it's a harvest in 76 days and another 8 weeks to finish the others facepalm.
 

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If you have the height an 80 days veg worth of growth will just mean an 80 days growth worth of yields. Lol
 
Yeah I got the height in the shop they could get up to 12ft before I'd have to figure out whatto do with lighting 😆.
 
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