Not what I expected

[ozraptorismine]

Nice little patch, I wouldn't get parranoid about 10 plants, I am pretty sure it's over 50 plants that's classed as a commercial quantity. They say to grow large and keep it personal, patches of 49 are recommended. I agree with you on the coco coir, it's my first year using it and have been using Phostergen as well as Manutecs Hydroponic Fertilser. When I fertilised with Seasol it made them go yellow and lose any growth spurt they had, now when I water I mix a watering can up and put the hydroponic solution shared between 8 pots and they're doing fine. My advice with brunnings is that you get what you pay for, most of their product comes from the dump, it stinks, has weeds and no fertiliser added to it. Searles is a bit better but doesn't always have all the ingredients added to it, at least they put Searles put a good amount of peat in the mix and I would say from my experience working for both companies that the peat80 is the best mix from either company. I believe your best bet is to access a good landscaping yard and mix your own, a good mix is composted shavings(40%), composted pine bark(35%) and the rest is perlite, vermiculate, soil wetter, fertiliser and a mix of composted manure. At least Brunnings Cow Manure is what it is as the Rocky Point that I purchased had wood chip in it and I know cow manure does not have wood chip in it. I was impressed at the root structure the coco coir produced as I bathed my pots in a 60L tub twice a week, when I pulled one of my males I had a look at the root structure and it was probably one of the best root balls I have ever seen in a pot, you just have to feed them right. I hope to see a picture of these after another 8 weeks?

 

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I'm planning to report every couple of weeks and I don't expect to finish until mid April so you should get to see how it turns out.

 

On the soil, I've been inspired by this thread https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/80835-organic-pro-biotic-and-organic-growing-without-bottled-nutrients/ to make a no-till blend for next year so I've started to buy ingredients.

 

At least I have my own compost and worm castings for my base.

[ozraptorismine]

Time for a quick update,

 

Things are progressing, though slower than I would like.

 

The plants are 50-55 days into flower and trichomes are still all clear, I think middle of April before anything is ready.

 

I took a few bud shots

C99 X Blueberry, the biggest of the plants

 

This C99 X BB will need till the end of April I expect

 

Unknown strain the earliest to flower

 

2nd unknown strain

 

3rd unknown strain

 

And then my miniatures; all tiny but good looking.

 

AK47 X WW lovely odour but needs to thicken

 

C99 X BB Very sweet odour but no yield.

 

Caramel Kush Was very frosty early but less so now.

 

G13 Haze This one still has a long way to go

 

Phantom OG Had the thickest head but seems to have stopped growing