How Not To Grow Giant Pumpkins Indoors

[@vsznry]

pretty glad this channel was recommended to me.

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!

[@DaveDoesMetals]

If you ever want to try that "symbiosis" with mushrooms and plants again I can probably send you some grain spawn, liquid culture, or a fruiting block. I kinda dabble in mycology and have started up my grows again because I like eating fresh mushrooms and they're expensive as hell. I think that lions mane wasn't the best choice for the grow room because it really likes cooler areas. An oyster mushroom would be a better choice because they're aggressive growers and seem to get contaminated less often than lions mane.

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

If everything goes well and I have a bunch of seeds this fall we can work out a trade.

[@lendersbagels01]

Buy the diffuser bro. It’s $15 and it’s a better guess. You don’t need heat mats and your soil is way too dry. It’s a fruit made primarily of water…

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

Yeah it was a learning experience for sure. Next time It’ll go smoother

[@VanK782]

This seems so overengineered

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

Yeah its funny how much it takes just to mimic what nature does effortlessly

[@BubblesWaffle]

nitrogen burn is like going through a fever with the immune system of the plant overworking itself, but yeah flushing out the soil is probably the worst mistake, plant burn can bounce back easily if you control its indoor environment, and usually it will grow faster when it does

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

Thank you for the info Mr. Waffles

[@LeWooloo]

Bro! 1. Check the specifications and radiation characteristics for this LED board. It should hang way lower (40-50cm above canopy) to match the spectrum of these diods. 2. This PPFD app isnt very accurate. Use professional meter and higher PPFD levels (up to 800) to start the photosynthetic engine! 3. Heating mats: You are heating up the root system! Water tents to evaporate upwards in the substrate, while the plant (leaves) itself should be the evaporation hot spot. Natural substrates usually have a cooling effect which helps the plant taking up nutrient and stay cool on hot summer days. Heating up water changes pH-levels! So dissolved nutrients can't be released to the roots completely at some point. 4. Overwatering a stressed root system is.. anyways... nice try

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

Thank you for the info. I will keep that in mind for next time.

[@LeWooloo]

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[@GrilledTofu]

All my Homies hate happy frog potting soil

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

In retrospect I think it was the organic fertilizer mix. I’m gonna do some experiments this winter to confirm though. Are you a grower?

[@GrilledTofu]

@@nicksbigpumpkin8050 ahhh awesome that would be neat. I do not grow any pumpkins, I wish. Maybe someday. But I find great joy watching pumpkin growing videos so thank you for your service sir.

[@GrilledTofu]

@@nicksbigpumpkin8050nope! Maybe someday. I do find great joy watching giant pumpkin KZbin videos though. So thank you so much for your service

[@FelixDaCat1969]

I would imagine as long as they make it past the seedling stage alive that they'll grow like normal but probably smaller?

[@kevinjames4405]

i still have faith in them bro

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

Thank you. I have a feeling this story isn’t quite over yet.

[@aliasandy478]

What is the name of this device in 5:45?

[@nicksbigpumpkin8050]

Search something like “lab mixer with magnetic stir bar” on Amazon. They’re cheap and very useful.

[@aliasandy478]

@@nicksbigpumpkin8050 Thank you!