Zen’s Spring 2026 Grow

[Zen_seeker]

20260217:

We have GG#4 Josey Wales Cut and Sherbanger #22.

Had these waiting for the last harvest to end. Sent by G$ from a guy named Ash he found on a Discord server that had just moved to Canada.

They have been in low light getting nothing but water and occasional Fox Farm Grow Big 6:4:4.

The soil was made up yesterday evening and they were transplanted by dinner time.









The remaining red cups will be given away or tossed.

I expect to up pot one more time in March before a two week rest then flip. Going for shorter plants this round.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20260219: GG#4 & SB#22


They seem to be doing fine after the transplant. Color is good as is the newer growth.

Not much to see but each pot had the following added at transplant.

• Biochar: 3 tsp root area
• Gypsum: 2 tsp
• Worm castings: 6 tbsp
• Azomite: 1.5 tsp
• Dolomite lime: 1 tsp
• Mykos: dusted root area
• Azos: 1/2 tsp root area
• Gaia 4:4:4: 1.5 tsp
• Gaia 2:8:4: ½ tsp

1.5 - 2 litres water was used to water it all in. Then left to sit in a sink of water about a third up the pot for a while before moving into the tent. This is to make sure everything settles and gets rid of any air pockets or dry spots. I add soil to the top of it sinks or holes open up.

Winter harvest is doing good after three or four days hanging. Temperature ranges from 19* to 25* with humidity going between 40% to 60%.


That’s it for now. I’ve got to get back to chopping ice and shovelling snow. Enjoy your day people.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20260223: GG#4 & SB#22

Things are taking root, literally. They need trimming or LST as they are starting to stretch under the new light. Bumped the light from 4 to 6 as well.

The GGB#4 & GM I left in red cups to give away needed to be transplanted. They are hungry and need more light.

First watering since the transplant so I’ll be looking for any issues or deficiencies this week. The soils still very loose and moves when watered. The wand was great for this, really wish it hadn’t died.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20260225: GG#4 & SB#22

The clones had been getting Fox Farm Grow Big in red cups for the last 11.5 weeks or so. (6:4:4) And nothing else but water.

Switching to dry nutrients after the transplants has them looking lime color and some yellow leaves I removed.

Temperatures in the tent have been 17* to 27* with 25* being normal lights on temp. RH has been 40% to 60% with 50% being typical at lights on.

They’ve only need watering once after the soaking at transplant. I’ll be adding epsom next watering to try and correct the lime color.

I’m planning to make a worm castings tea this week once I see the plants are about ready for another watering. A bit will be used as a foliar spray.

I had bumped the light from 4 to 6 the other day which probably added to the lime color but it did stop the stretching.

Updated: Just cleaned them up a little. Trimmed off the crazy re-veg growth and lower crud. Now I’ll wait until they need watering/tea.

All the roots are poking through a week after transplant.

A lot of people just seem to be tired all the time, including us. Going to bed much earlier but still getting up before 5am. Never seem to get that fully rested feeling. Lots of stress. Looking forward to spring and getting out more.

 

[Stoneyluv]

A lot of people just seem to be tired all the time, including us. Going to bed much earlier but still getting up before 5am. Never seem to get that fully rested feeling. Lots of stress. Looking forward to spring and getting out more

i hear ya man, march always brings the blues.. hope you can get in some nap time here and there... we know for a fact Willow would be down for that!!! hehe

 

[Zen_seeker]

i hear ya man, march always brings the blues.. hope you can get in some nap time here and there... we know for a fact Willow would be down for that!!! hehe

February is the worst for me. March can sometimes bring an early thaw or at least a few spring days. I think Mother Nature isn’t done yet this year. Looking forward to Saturday and double digits!

 

[Zen_seeker]

20260305: GG#4 JW & Sherbanger #22

They haven’t been happy since transplanting. Roots seem fine and poking out all over but the leaves are all over the place and multi coloured. Little lime. Little yellow. Little burnt. Argh

I might have screwed up the dry nutrients when making the soil for transplant? IDK.

I watered with a TBSP per 7.5L of epsom. Later I gave them all 500ml of water with 0:50:30 added at G$ suggestion. He thinks it a PK issue.

March 2nd.


March 4th bent a few tall branches.


This morning.

0:50:30


Really hoping to do even better with the Sherbanger #22 this go round.

A sliver of hash and a bit of butter I scraped off the press. Had me flying for a while.

We’ll see what the weekend brings…

 

[TomH]

Unfortunately, I haven’t been following along (short attention span).
Is it possible to flush and add back a half feeding rich in mag, cal and iron?

It looks to me like it’s having a difficult time making chlorophyll, but not due to lack of available N, just can’t take advantage of it. I had one plant do that to me recently, but was never able to correct it fully, on a positive note, still had potent bud, just not a ton of it.

second thought also has me wondering is that possibly PH related at the root layer?

 

[Costanza]

huge soil noob here since I grow in coco but I think you did the right move with the epsom
I have a good friend that's better with soil than I am, maybe he can chime in and assist
@BackyardBoogie

 

[BackyardBoogie]

They look like they want more N to me. Soil with amendments in small pots is very doable, but they need a little boost with liquids to really thrive. Last year or so Ive been using this Udder Magic stuff from Lowes for organic immediately available N. Its just whey ferment and 6 1 2 NPK. But I admittedly dont mix amendments and salts. Instead I rely on various ferments like the Udder Magic to get that extra NPK as needed. Hope this helps!

 

[Zen_seeker]

Unfortunately, I haven’t been following along (short attention span).
Is it possible to flush and add back a half feeding rich in mag, cal and iron?

It looks to me like it’s having a difficult time making chlorophyll, but not due to lack of available N, just can’t take advantage of it. I had one plant do that to me recently, but was never able to correct it fully, on a positive note, still had potent bud, just not a ton of it.

second thought also has me wondering is that possibly PH related at the root layer?

I thought it was lack of N and not adding any epsom.

But I watered with a bit of epsom that day or the day prior to the pic.

G$ said the leaf burn and purple stems pointed towards PK.

I checked the plants last night and I’m back to thinking N & epsom. They are real pale lime now.

These were in red cups getting only low light, water, and a little 6:4:4 for 80 days prior to the transplant.

 

[Zen_seeker]

huge soil noob here since I grow in coco but I think you did the right move with the epsom
I have a good friend that's better with soil than I am, maybe he can chime in and assist
@BackyardBoogie

I’m leaning that way again and adding N. Either use the 6:4:4 fox farm grow big to give them a boost or Sensi Extra.

 

[Zen_seeker]

They look like they want more N to me. Soil with amendments in small pots is very doable, but they need a little boost with liquids to really thrive. Last year or so Ive been using this Udder Magic stuff from Lowes for organic immediately available N. Its just whey ferment and 6 1 2 NPK. But I admittedly dont mix amendments and salts. Instead I rely on various ferments like the Udder Magic to get that extra NPK as needed. Hope this helps!

I’m thinking the same lines. But I have a bunch of stuff already I can use. (See post above.)

I’m trying to switch over to dry nutes after using liquid for a few years. I did well with it outdoors in pots but inside I’m just a little off. Feeding to lightly I think. Want to get to KNF down the road. Already making different things following Stonemasons posts.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20260309: GG#4 JW & SB#22

Not doing great. Colour is still off. Even more lime. Going to try adding N just deciding which way to do it.

Worm castings 2:0:0
CalMag 4:0:0

Or maybe just as a boost the FFGB 6:4:4 it’s use too.

I need to water tonight so we’ll see I guess. Maybe ask the AI since others have been trying it?

 

[Zen_seeker]

Been busy making hash over the weekend. Started with sugar leaves from the last harvest and then tried old flower from past grows.

I pleasantly surprised with the results. I tumbled each group separately but the new stuff was a mix of two and then three strains. The older weed was my strain from Twin 2.












Son and I like to sit on the porch and smoke our wooden pipes but I’ll cheat once in a blue moon and use the metal pipe in the basement for samples. Now that it’s getting warmer and the benches are clear of snow I’m looking forward to smoking outside again.

 

[steamroller]

Which is the darker?
The older flower..

 

[Zen_seeker]

Which is the darker?
The older flower..

Yes.

The top left is GG#4/GM/SB#22
Bottom left is GGB#4/GM
The remaining four piles are from Twin 2 which was the last of my 2023 October harvest.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20260310: GG#4 JW & SB#22



I hoped to be up potting on the weekend but instead I’m chasing a deficiency.

The 0:50:30 doesn’t seem to have helped. So I watered them but added liquid nutes to try and fix this issue.

I always planned to use calmag and epsom if needed by watering. This time I added FFGB to it. Each plant got 1 litre.

Per 7.5 litres:
11ml Sensi Cal Mag Extra 4:0:0
35ml Fox Farm Grow Big 6:4:4
Total = 10:4:4

Water was left in the tray but I’ll remove any left in the morning before lights out.

 

[TomH]

I’m finding iron and magnesium to be the beginning to deficiencies in my recent organic efforts.
I think I’ve tried to feed only organic my last 3 grows but the deficiencies always showed up and caused my issues.

This grow, I started (apparently) with enough mag (or cal) and iron that the chlorophyll deficiency didn’t creep up.

my soil build had a lot of ammendments (in small amounts of each). Green Sand, Azomite, Langbenite, all the “meal” addatives etc. I could see it stressing the plant at irrigation time, but it also seems to have gotten past that early deficincy.

Whether I can repeat that success in another grow and whether or not a deficiency creeps up in these next 6 or 7 weeks remains to be seen. But I do believe that early mag and iron are the key.

 

[BackyardBoogie]

20260309: GG#4 JW & SB#22

Not doing great. Colour is still off. Even more lime. Going to try adding N just deciding which way to do it.

Worm castings 2:0:0
CalMag 4:0:0

Or maybe just as a boost the FFGB 6:4:4 it’s use too.

I need to water tonight so we’ll see I guess. Maybe ask the AI since others have been trying it?

So for high N organically, hydrolyzed fish emulsion(if smells not a concern) or Udder Magic is my tool of choice these days. I know some folks like to mix salts and organics, but I find it reallllly tough to find a good balance doing it that way. Vs focusing on amendments and using ferments for a liquid boost. Ive had good buddies that did very nice "syganics" as they call it now. But they usually did it in context of salts + teas, not so much amendments. Hope this helps!

 

[GrumpAzz]

second thought also has me wondering is that possibly PH related at the root layer?

Purple stems have me leaning on a pH issue as well. Something's causing a lockout.

I know a lot of people don't pH in their soil grows, but I get purple stems with all the plants in my mother system where I rarely check pH. When I do, it's crazy high.

 

[Zen_seeker]

I’m finding iron and magnesium to be the beginning to deficiencies in my recent organic efforts.
I think I’ve tried to feed only organic my last 3 grows but the deficiencies always showed up and caused my issues.

This grow, I started (apparently) with enough mag (or cal) and iron that the chlorophyll deficiency didn’t creep up.

my soil build had a lot of ammendments (in small amounts of each). Green Sand, Azomite, Langbenite, all the “meal” addatives etc. I could see it stressing the plant at irrigation time, but it also seems to have gotten past that early deficincy.

Whether I can repeat that success in another grow and whether or not a deficiency creeps up in these next 6 or 7 weeks remains to be seen. But I do believe that early mag and iron are the key.

This is the second or third indoor grow with just dry nutrients. Last one had issues on the 5th week after flip but I believe that was my cutting down the amounts too soon.

I was going to make a worm castings tea at the beginning of this month but got busy then lazy. Too many other things on the go. Plus I really wanted to press some hash. Lol

I turned down the lights for the last two hours of lights on this morning and gave them an epsom foliar spray. This with everything else will take a few days before any changes become evident.

 

[Zen_seeker]

So for high N organically, hydrolyzed fish emulsion(if smells not a concern) or Udder Magic is my tool of choice these days. I know some folks like to mix salts and organics, but I find it reallllly tough to find a good balance doing it that way. Vs focusing on amendments and using ferments for a liquid boost. Ive had good buddies that did very nice "syganics" as they call it now. But they usually did it in context of salts + teas, not so much amendments. Hope this helps!

I make teas on occasion. Usually for foliar spays and/or soil boost.

Pipecarver will use both dry and wet nutrients. He’s got it down pretty good these days.

The plan was all dry nutes except for CalMag and epsom. These I would water in as needed. Just didn’t work out. Not long after transplanting from red cups they had issues. Guessing I mucked up the soil mix somewhere.

Now waiting a few days to see how the changes I’ve made play out.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Purple stems have me leaning on a pH issue as well. Something's causing a lockout.

I know a lot of people don't pH in their soil grows, but I get purple stems with all the plants in my mother system where I rarely check pH. When I do, it's crazy high.

I check the tap water once in a while and it’s usually around the 6.5 area.

Checking runoff doesn’t really give me an accurate reading.

I can put some soil in a glass and add tap water but I don’t know how accurate that reading would be either.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Worms survived the winter.

Wanted to see how they were doing before covering with paper and cardboard.

It seems they do better when I forget about them. Over feeding was an issue I think. They go through the paper shredding much better now.

No idea how many worms are alive now. Started with about 90.

 

[BackyardBoogie]

I make teas on occasion. Usually for foliar spays and/or soil boost.

Pipecarver will use both dry and wet nutrients. He’s got it down pretty good these days.

The plan was all dry nutes except for CalMag and epsom. These I would water in as needed. Just didn’t work out. Not long after transplanting from red cups they had issues. Guessing I mucked up the soil mix somewhere.

Now waiting a few days to see how the changes I’ve made play out.

So I do lots of ferments as liquid feed in addition to the amendments. Buddha Grow has been in my arsenal a decade now, and stuff like Udder Magic do wonders in veg. The ferments allow me to push immediately available NPK, but theyre not salts that will harm the good soil biology. Same with using something like calmag. Instead just score some gypsum for cal. Epsom is perfect for mag. I just top dress them. And gypsum is infinitely cheaper than a bottle of calmag.

I should mention how airy your mix is also is a HUGE factor to success in organics. I never ever put in compost or castings. Instead I use a promix or 70/30 coco/perlite soilless medium. And use high quality amendments blends like Espoma Garden Tone and Pride Lands to amend it. And use the teas for the humic and all that. So often I see people making these really muddy compost heavy mixes, and its just begging for issues in small pots. If Im putting a plant in ground, lots of compost is perfect. But constainers play by pretty different rules.