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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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Moved plant to flowering chamber, still vegging

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[โ€“] Pk_thunder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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?

[โ€“] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

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.)