Moved plant to flowering chamber, still vegging
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Cannabis microgrowery on Lemmy, will subside on my grow at first. Hopefully others will contribute in the future
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Old grow where I ran 6 plants in quart containers on day 60 of flowering
It doesn't look bad for a micro-grow, but I think you'd just get more out of it if the roots had a softer medium to penetrate to.
So are you saying your medium is regular potting soil + 25% peat moss? Because with all respect to different growstyles, I think that's too dense.
Cannabis in mature grows in somewhat arid, dry conditions. Not too dry, but the soil is not like that of a bog. And I know, I'm basically a bog-man. (Pun on a dubious etymology of Finland, "Suomi", suomaa = bogland suomalainen = Finnish person).
The point is that while cannabis is a thirsty bitch, it still needs the roots to breathe well. I genuinely think you'd notice an improvement you'd like if you add like 15-30% of perlite/other light airy rock to your mix.
I've keen growing about 20 years. Not on this level for the first few, but I've had 1x1m and 1.2x1.2m tents for most of my adult life.
I do have pictures going back to the first grow in 2006 or something where I made a panel of fluorescent bulbs myself. Like took a wire from our attic in grandmas house that just had E27 sockets in it, made a square panel with wood paneling, made a hole in the middle, then put the sockets through in a round fashion. It was more than 100w I think. 80w at least, I was pretty proud of it back then.
Anyway I'm in a transitioning phase so my other tent is on the balcony folded. Hopefully it stretches over the frame again, they sometimes seem to shrink when kept poorly. Had a battery check or something so I needed to take down the set for a few weeks.
So now I just have two in veg and three of these small autos to keep me in weed until the next harvest comes in. But I favour the dripfeed hydro, I make them myself. 5l mesh pot on a 50l pot (I can fill in about 30).
It's pretty much a set and forget. Check everyday, maintain every few days.
But usually I just scrog when I'm not doing these small autos
Wow your plants look great. Yeah I use soil that has some perlite mixed in and cut that with 25%. Idk man, I'm always down for tips and improvement, seems to work OK. Is that San pedro by any chance?
Hell yeah it's San Pedro.
I've grown these from a cutting I took from a seedling I fostered for some months like 12 years ago. Never eaten any, but I daresay that would suffice for at least a mild dose if my understanding is correct.
Thank you.
I think soils which have perlite mixed in them have way too little per cannabis preference. Most soil sold is for plants like tomatoes/potatoes/houseflowers which all prefer a more solid medium optimally.
As you see from the San Pedros, they're basically in 100% perlite and still doing rather nicely. There's like a core of a bit of cocoa fiber around the root clumps of 2/3 of those but the largest one has the most perlite imo.
I think cannabis likes a soil that can dry fast but cannabis also enjoys as much water as you can give them when they're not rootbound in any way. I fill a 1x1m tent with two plants in 5l mesh buckets and access to water.
I think if you had more airy medium, but made sure to provide a plate underneath that you keep water on, you might get more out of your quart jars, idk, I'm not you and don't know you setup.
But I prefer watering plants from the bottom. Or at least being able to see how thirsty they are from a plate or something underneath them, then watering from the top until the container underneath overflows. Then when it's completely dry again you know it needs more.
Although doing that might result in having to tend to the plants more often if they drink more. But they might grow more as well. Idk.
I'm no professional.... Oh wait, yes I am, technically. (Authorities be aware: that was not an admission of guilt.)
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Sorry I'm answering to wrong comments but you'll get it.
I also garden other things than just weed.
I don't use much lettuce, so I buy one and plant it. Lasts weeks/ months for sandwiches. Doesn't really make much new growth but doesn't spoil nice crispy and dry.
And basil. Fresh basil when making tomato sauces. Amazing. And if you make a tomato sauce once or maybe twice a week a plant this size easily grows it back in a week as long as you know not to pick a branch completely empty.
And now for the first time I'm trying onions and garlic. They take ages but eh.