Tag: seed germination

When growing multiple strains outdoors some system is required to know which plants are in which containers. We tried printing sticky labels but they UV fade to nothing requiring constant reprinting and relabeling. We now use a check list and a number written on each container. These #’s also fade but they are easily written over before they disappear. It also provides a record for your reference provided you create a container and strain list of each container and update it with topping dates, first flower date, breeding date, harvest date.

As of March 2024 we will give our dirt some life by the use of 3 different ORGANIC Amway Fertilizer mixtures.

Our soil base consists of dry lifeless dirt mixed with leaves 10%, worm castings 20%, and powdered coconut cois 20%. We begin to fill our container with a bottom layer of coconut husk chips. This layer gets a couple of spray of Amway soil fertilizer. We top this off with a layer of large lumps of dirt then comes the finer lumps of dirt. This receives several sprays of Amway soil. then a layer of dirt sprayed with Amway soil. each layer is approximately 3 cm.

Dirt – turn dirt into soil – water 500 cc/ml, APSA-80 2 cc/ml, Soil Plus 20 cc/ml. Subtle spray on dirt surface layer below the surface layer, alternately you may spray the dirt on several layers depending on the size of the container. Measure APSA-80 into your final mixture container, add Soil Plus, then add water and mix. I keep a clean jar of water beside me so I can clean the syringe between mixtures.

Leaf Spray – instant food for leaf absorption – Water 10 L, N 30 cc, NPK 30 cc, K 15 cc, AG 15 cc, CaB 15 cc, ZN 20 cc. APSA-80 40 cc. Weekly lightly spray over leaves before flowers appear.

Flower – instant food for flower development – Water 10 L, NPK 100 cc, AG 40 CC, CaB 30 cc, APSA-80 2-3 cc. Weekly lightly spray on flowers and leaves.

The word ORGANIC in Thailand has little meaning. So don’t fall for it. Hydroponics is not organic as it is all about chemical feeding plants.

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Begin with seed selection. You want the seed to be chocolate brown with irregular black lines running randomly over the seed shell plus there needs to be a white stripe along one edge. Most of the seeds below are not viable.

Once the seed has sprouted it is time to plant it.

Trial and error have proven soaking your viable seeds in water till the seed sinks (8-20 hrs) provides a significantly higher germination rate than the wet paper towel method. The seeds that do not sink are unlikely to germinate!

I wish to remind you of the single major factor in your grow op is genetics! We started without knowing the genetics. The only way to know what you have is to have a clone of what you know! Anything less is subject to the DNA of potentially hundreds of thousands of years of evolution and its gene pool for tall or short, big buds or none, auto flower, or day= night trigged, hemp or marijuana, male, female, or hermaphrodite.

The good news for Kruzon is we are entering our 3rd growing season and have a new species as a result of our cross-breeding and plant eliminations (over 100 plants observed before selecting breeding plants). Our new product may be available as early as Dec 2023. Christmas bud from Thailand. How exotic is that!

From the germination tray, the germinated seed is carefully moved to its potting container. The germinated seed is laid to rest root down in a depression in the soil. The depression we use is approx. 1.5 cm deep. I push my finger into the soil until the soil is approximately 1/2 way to the first joint of the index finger.

The laid-to-rest sprouted seed is covered lightly with loose material. The loose material is pressed ever so lightly down on the germinated seed. Water lightly till wet and set to the side and do the next one.

It should be sprouted up through the soil cover in a day or 3.

Cannabis soil.

The word ORGANIC in Thailand has little meaning. So don’t fall for it. Hydroponics is not organic as it is all about chemical feeding plants. We are ORGANIC! coconut cois and worm castings make our soil organic.

As of Feb 2024 we have added Amway fertilizer to the soil as the layers are added. Two scoops to a layer and a spray of Amway fertilizer mixed for soil. 500 ml water, 1 ml of ASPA-80, 20 ml/cc’s of Nutriplant NPK (4-18-18) sprayed on soil every 2 or 3 scoops as dirt is added to the planter pot.

Coming Soon – Amway plant fertilizer mixture to spray on leaves and a different mixture to spray on flowers.

If your cannabis soil is too acidic it is said it can then become a hermaphrodite plant (both sexes) called a “Hermie”. Cannabis plants require good drainage. Layering worm castings, coconut cois chips, and soil about equally will provide both neutral php soil and good drainage!

Our experience tells us that every plant left in a tray of water for 2 days dies!

We top off our potted plant’s dirt surface with coconut chips to reduce dirt splash and help retain moisture. Coconut cois is supposed to be one of the few products that actually feed the soil while it shares its stored water.

Our next grow is expected to use coconut cois and worm castings unless we go indoors. Coconut husks (cois chips) provide for great root growth, retain moisture and slowly share their moisture providing multiple vitamins, and are a good source of calcium and magnesium plus all the benefits of worm castings fertilizer. 100% worm-casting soil produced very tall hemp plants but it is a waste of worm castings as the nutrients are washed out of all the castings over time.

Garden soil,

Not Thai cannabis soil.

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As of March 2024 we will give our dirt life with 3 different ORGANIC Amway Fertilizer mixtures.

Dirt – turn dirt into soil – water 500 cc/ml, APSA-80 2 cc/ml, Soil Plus 20 cc/ml. Subtle spray on dirt surface layer below the surface layer, alternately you may spray the dirt on several layers depending on the size of the container. Measure APSA-80 into your final mixture container, add Soil Plus, then add water and mix. I keep a clean jar of water beside me so I can clean the syringe between mixtures.

Leaf Spray – instant food for leaf absorption – Water 10 L, N 30 cc, NPK 30 cc, K 15 cc, AG 15 cc, CaB 15 cc, ZN 20 cc. APSA-80 40 cc. Weekly lightly spray over leaves before flowers appear.

Flower – instant food for flower development – Water 10 L, NPK 100 cc, AG 40 CC, CaB 30 cc, APSA-80 2-3 cc. Weekly lightly spray on flowers and leaves.

What you sow is what you reap!

The word ORGANIC in Thailand has little meaning. So don’t fall for it. Hydroponics is not organic as it is all about chemical feeding plants.

The cannabis shops we visited In November 2022 overall had very poor English. All were way overpriced! Most did not know what an ounce was!

If your cannabis soil is too acidic it is said it can then become a hermaphrodite plant (both sexes) called a “Hermie”. Cannabis plants require good drainage. As a general practice, we add 30% worm castings to our cannabis soils as a middle layer of the dirt. The bottom of our pots are lined with double-washed (we wash twice before using) pieces of coconut husk removing the orangy-colored substance (talon?) stored in the husk. This became a practice for feeding worms coconut cois. Lining the pot bottom with coconut husk allows for better drainage. Some of our plants are topped off with smaller pieces of coconut husk while we experiment with their plant development compared to plants without.

Our next grow is expected to use coconut cois and worm castings. Coconut husks (cois chips) provide for great root growth, retain and slow share moisture, provide multiple vitamins, is a good source of calcium and magnesium plus all the benefits of worm castings. 100% worm-casting soil produced great plants but it is a waste of worm castings as the nutrients will wash out of all the castings over time.

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