Donkey Dick and VT local IBL Indoor/Outdoor 2008

Lol ok i didnt think one little comment was gonna start anything.Good luck :)

Well since it is your ONLY comment on the log... I suppose I'm disappointed that you chose to note only the BAD and none of the GOOD.
Thanks for the luck, I'm going to need it... that same snowmelt that sent the nearby stream flowing through 3 rooms of my house is now killing my plants. It's about time for me to stop having water problems :(
I need a vacation.

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

So my ProMix is going bad 5-6 weeks after first wetting. Now I am treating my well water like distilled, and adding calmag plus to slow this down.

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This actually sounds about right for promix. I found I started having ph issues in my promix about 6 weeks or so after the first watering.

Granted this is my first grow but I noticed PH problems about once every 6 weeks and would have to transplant about once every 6 weeks.

I feel stupid for even saying this because I am 99.9% sure you know this, but with promix as long as you transplant about every 5-6 weeks you most likely won't have any ph issues due to the lime being used up.

edit: I don't know why I assumed you are running promix plain out of the package but did you add any extra lime to your soil mix? I plan on trying to mix in an extra cup of very fine dolomite lime per gallon of promix next grow to try to help ward off ph problems before the plants are ready for transplant.

I'm thinking of doing an all promix grow. Easier to control over-nuting when there's nothing in the soil :). Plus I learned alot about how to deal with peat this grow. As long as you stay on top of it then it doesn't appear to be that big of a deal, but you slip up and problems will come grasping at you out of the wood works.

I guess I am wierd..I wouldn't even go into a noob growers thread and tell him his shit was fucked up...I might mention somethings i think they might need to fix, but if it was an uncontrollable issue, I would ASSume an experienced grower already knows they had issues with some, and don't need to be told...just my opinion...

you got a place to stay here in FL if you ever need it stinks;):jointsmile:
:Smokebong:
whiskeytango

Yeah, I know about the ProMix and that's why I have always avoided it. It's the freakin peat- cheap but twitchy. I expected a full month though, assuming that there was enough hardness in the water to help the buffering. Never assume a thing!
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...large-pot.html
http://boards.cannabis.com/basic-gro...ency-baby.html
Both these threads have info on ProMix, lime, and repotting!

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Ugh. Just when I thought I was out of the woods... One of the DDs that went into flower (an undesirable low numbered one) sprouted a set. The first pic is of a herm and a female, and the second is a straight up full blown herm. And I didn't notice him before he rubbed one off all over the surrounding plants. Even better, he/she is RIGHT in front of the fan. I'm pissed.

I am also having water problems. I'm running off a well that is located at the base of a steep hillside covered with hemlock trees. Conductivity reads only 107 micromhos, but I'm apparently using up the buffer SUPER fast... I ran an alkalinity test on it, which is a simple titration with sulfuric acid and a pH meter, and discovered that it buffers like crazy in the mid 6 range, but that the CaCO3 content was only 2.4 freakin mg/L! So I'm assuming crazy levels of organic acids, and no limestone, which explains the sudden appearance of Ca deficiency symptoms in my flower room. The short version is, my water, which should be awesome, sucks, and I'm running with CalMag now.

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Aw man! That sucks, Stinky! Shit happens, though. Hope no other problems happen.

I hate it, but appreciate the opportunity to learn from everyone's experiences.

That you were able to determine the cause is a success in itself. :thumbsup:

Assumption, the mother of all fuck ups.
To assume is to make an ass of you and me.
the lessons we earn from our own mistakes,
we never forget.
as life goes on, problems get bigger,
because we've learned from all the small ones.
so hey stinky, from all us noobs thanks for all the help with our little problems :thumbsup:
i assume you'll be runnin out of problems soon lol :jointsmile:

Stinky sorry to hear about all the problems you are having. I must say it would never have occurred to me that my water may have changed. Hope things get better.

Hey stinky just wanted to wish ya luck oh and awesome log