marquee Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 (edited) I know a lot of people like this stuff, but I don't.Probably useful for very well drained soil, or for pots, but...1) it does no good for the soil micro-pores. It's these micro-pores that allow your plant to breath (...through its roots)2)it degrades very slowly (if at all?), instead it breaks down into smaller pieces. Would I throw hand fulls of other plastic chips into my soil? No. The smaller the particulate size, the easier it enters the food chain at a lower level.Most people will disagree with me, and I must admit I've never grown on very well drained soil. So who am I to pass judgement ?.Instead, when I grow in pots, I like organic matter and silt. A bit of silt does wonders for moisture retention, and has a massive ionic buffering capacity.Not to mention the magic that silt does for phosphorous availability. Edited March 2, 2016 by marquee moon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flighty Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 What @ said, I'd prefer to add well rotted horse shit or compost where possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquee Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 How do people upload photos that are of a decent size & quality without exceding the 600kb limit? When I reduce the file size in my image editor, I get an image that's about 4 x 3" at 100% size and 200kb. All good. Then when I upload it, its absolutely tiny, about 1" square. So how do people get decent pictures and still remain below the 600kb size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flighty Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 (edited) I do it all on my phone @ take pics at 15mp use app called image resizer to take it down to xga then upload. I get massive pics! Also when posting a pic I copy the image link (not bbcode) then click the media button and paste the link in there. I believe this gives you slightly larger pics Edited March 2, 2016 by beezee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smelly Cat Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 @ The way I do it is to resize the image to 25 or 33% (based on a 12mp image), and then when saving I adjust the jpeg quality to bring it below 600kb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquee Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Thanks both. lets try this... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se7en Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thats well nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquee Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Yeh. I'd forgotten how much I like good hash. I think I might put quite a bit aside this year to make a decent amount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquee Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I had a clear out of all my old tired bits & bobs, along with the latest indoor bud-trim (mixed crop of erdbei x blueberry, violetta, vaniluna & nep-jam x Cali/Chinese). Justthe 220 micron bag. It's soft and spicy, leaves a rich comforting taste in my mouth. It won't last long.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannaconnoisseur Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I know a lot of people like this stuff, but I don't. Probably useful for very well drained soil, or for pots, but... 1) it does no good for the soil micro-pores. It's these micro-pores that allow your plant to breath (...through its roots) 2)it degrades very slowly (if at all?), instead it breaks down into smaller pieces. Would I throw hand fulls of other plastic chips into my soil? No. The smaller the particulate size, the easier it enters the food chain at a lower level. Most people will disagree with me, and I must admit I've never grown on very well drained soil. So who am I to pass judgement ?. Instead, when I grow in pots, I like organic matter and silt. A bit of silt does wonders for moisture retention, and has a massive ionic buffering capacity. Not to mention the magic that silt does for phosphorous availability. Thanks but I wasn't meaning using them for to retain moisture, maby I worded my question badly. I meant if they would absorb and hold liquid plant feeds as there was a discussion about Coco coir fiber and how useful it is (or isn't) to GGs. So the gel having absorbed the watered down liqid feed and mixed with the fiber = a outdoor hydro system? If this idea has any merit I'll give it a go one one of my freebies that I'm planing on giving to a friend anyway & see how it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquee Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 It would absorb nutrient, so yes in principle you could use it as part of an outdoor hydro (or more accurately a so I less system) But you'd probably have terrible air flow in your substrate. I recon its one of those things that's worth doing to see if its doable. But I'd put £ on it being problematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RandyBoBandy Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 2015's remaining stash.. cant wait to get some new fresh stuff... tho alot of this stuff cured up a treat dont think ive ever smoked so much 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flighty Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 You lucky bastard @@RandyBoBandy my wife has smoked most of mine already! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquee Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Randy's got so much he's smokin' 2 joints at a time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RandyBoBandy Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) @ mate i do it alot .... most of the time i try finnish the joint before rolling another... i smoke pure so sometimes i only smoke half of my bedtime joint.. so then the next day i might fancy a different bud.. so ill leave the one in the ashtray and roll another.. the older one still gets smoked another time Edited March 5, 2016 by RandyBoBandy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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