Guenther_Amanita

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[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You won't need any additional driver, since, as you already said, it is already included in the kernel.

However, as owner of a RX6600, I can tell you that the GPU will be quite loud sometimes. I can recommend you to check out LACT, which let's you define fan curves, which makes it A LOT less noisy.

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 days ago

Your case sounds like a perfect fit for Bazzite or Aurora.

  • Both come already set up ootb, with all quality of life tweaks you want and need.
  • They are image based distros ("immutable"), so you mainly work in your /var/ and /home/ directory, and all the other stuff is untouched and clean.
  • They are very modern, getting the same updates at the same time as upstream Fedora.
  • Running Ollama is just one ujust command away, many complex things are made easier with those commands
  • You probably won't get a lot more performance I believe. At least when I switched from regular Fedora/ Silverblue to Bazzite, I didn't notice many more FPS in games for example.
[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's a mastodon post where "Fedora" is typed as a hashtag, and then it is followed by "Linux 41...". The title should say "Fedora Linux 41 will be released on October 29"

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Bazzite Bazzite Bazzite!

I was at the same point a while ago.

Everything I touch breaks, and I also had enough of my system breaking because updating with an unstable power grid is like playing russian roulette.

I turned to Fedora Silverblue first, then rebased to uBlue. Aurora first, and then Bazzite. Silverblue feels exactly as the regular variant, Aurora is great for desktop use, and for my gaming PC, Bazzite is fucking great. It just works.

It comes with a lot of tweaks and super many small additions that just make your life easier, especially for gaming.

Updates just happen in the background when there's nothing better to do and get applied to the next boot image. And in case something doesn't work as expected, you can always go back in time.

You can also customise it almost/ just as much as regular distros, but it isn't quite as easy if you want to customise A LOT (e.g. using TWMs).

I didn't notice huge performance boosts tho, it just comes with more tools ootb, for example to make your GPU more silent when idle.

As said, Bazzite is based on Fedora, so you always get new great modern stuff, at the same time as the other Fedora users do.

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Can 100% recommend.

The only difference between -deck and the classic one is the default environment it bolts into.

With -deck, you boot into the Steam big picture mode, and with the normal variant into normal KDE.

If you chose -deck, you can still enter desktop mode by clicking the power menu and then "Exit to desktop".

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

For the beginning, I would recommend you to stick to a more popular Distro, like Mint, Fedora, Debian, and therelike.

Many niche distros, like CachyOS, are more tailored towards advanced users who know what they're up to, or for special use cases, like TailsOS for extreme privacy (e.g. buying drugs, journalism, etc., it's also commonly installed on an USB stick for portability and non-persistency).

With Fedora or Mint you get way more community support and resources in case something doesn't work as expected for you, which it certainly will some time.

They're also (mostly) identical performance wise.

For gaming, I would recommend you Bazzite, which gives you a first class gaming experience, and is extremely robust due to it being a completely new kind of distro. It also has the Nvidia-drivers already baked in if chosen, which makes it more reliable.

But regular Fedora (especially the KDE spin) or other common distros are perfectly fine too for that.

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've had this happen more often than I'd like to admit.

There were quite a few instances where I just couldn't game in the evening after turning on my PC, mostly because of my power supply (outages while updating, unstable grid, damaged PSU and hard drive, etc.) and my ability to shoot myself in the foot in regards to my IT skills.

I imagined spending my friday evening differently than chrooting my install from another USB more often than I'd like to admit. At least Linux is repairable, good luck trying that with Windows...

Now, thankfully, I live in another house with a landlord that actually cares that I don't get electrocuted in my shower, and I don't have those problems anymore. I also don't tinker as much with my OS anymore, at least not much.

Still, Fedora Atomic feels way more robust and less buggy than regular Fedora, especially KDE. And the QoL tweaks from uBlue are great too!

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Probably Bluefin-DX.

The "DX" stands for developer experience. It's a variant of uBlue/ Fedora Atomic (Silverblue) with a lot of added programming tools like Brew, Nix, IDEs, local LLMs, and more.

You can read more about it on the website.

There's also Aurora, which is the same, but with KDE instead of Gnome.

The dx-images are meant to be a plug-and-play solution for developers. You just install it, share your container config to your project colleagues, and go. Don't worry about not being able to work because of a bad update or some misalignments in your package manager broke your OS. Most stuff is containerised, and if your host breaks, you can just roll back, because the system is basically powered by git.

I'm no developer, but I use the regular variant for casual purposes (no specific tasks, mostly browser) on my laptop, and Bazzite (also very similar, but gaming focused) on my desktop, and both are wonderful! They're the most boring distro/ OS I've used yet, and that's great. They're immutable/ image based and always work reliably.

I can really recommend them for a lot of people, from ranging from IT professionals to my mum.

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I totally understand your wish, absolutely valid. From what I know Mint supports secure boot.

There aren't many things that prevent that, but one might be the Nvidia driver. Were you able to boot into Mint and install it or similar things? Or did you just get greeted by the error message?

Maybe try downloading the image again and reflash it with another tool (e.g. Fedora Media Writer instead of Etcher) on another USB if you have one. It might be totally possible that your .iso did get corrupted in the process. And then do the whole process again.

I believe I had something similar a long time ago when I aborted the download and then resumed it, or when I pulled the USB too quickly without safely ejecting it beforehand.

I don't use Mint, but secure boot is something that usually works by default on most distros.

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Afaik, secure boot won't increase the security as much as you think.

Did you try to reinstall it? From what you've written, you have some trouble with booting it. Maybe you selected some wrong partition schemes? The best one would be to select "Wipe whole drive and install".

Did you disable secure boot, install it, and the enable it again? If yes, don't. Boot your ISO from the USB with secure boot enabled and install it from there.

Btw, if you worry about security, then also consider also enabling full disk encryption, or at least the encryption of /home/

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I wanted to add my own comment first, but yours covers it very well.

OP will be very happy with KDE and its' app ecosystem.

About distro choice, it doesn't matter very much.

My top recommendation would be Fedora Atomic KDE (Bazzite or Aurora), because it "just works", has zero maintenence, will never break, and especially on Bazzite, gives you a first class gaming experience.

Other than Bazzite/ Aurora, I can of course recommend classic Fedora KDE, because of the sane defaults and both modern and stable release schedule.

OpenSuse Tumbleweed would be great if OP wants something that's both bleeding edge and reliable, and EndeavourOS if they like Arch with very sane defaults, but more minimal than Tumbleweed.

[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have zero clue about how GTK and Qt works and how they differentiate technically, but what advantages does the porting of this program have?

 

I've read following article on lowtechmagazine.com a while ago: Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence?

I'm someone who showers quite a lot (sometimes up to twice daily), especially in humid summer weather. Usually, it's one warm one with a bit of soap, to get rid of dust, smells/ sweat, chemicals and dirt, and to sleep better, and then sometimes a quick cold shower in the morning without any surfactants, especially when I've sweat a lot in the night.

According to the article, showering often takes up to a few hundred liters of warm water in some cases, which is super inefficient to heat up. Reducing the water usage would also extremely reduce energy consumption A LOT.

In my case, I don't shower long, don't have the lever opened completely, and don't like (too) warm showers anyway. Still, I found the concept of spray showers very interesting, and I'm thinking about building one for myself. Someone has to do the first steps, right?

Does anybody here already have one, and wants to show their experience with it?

I also have a few questions:

  • Was it hard to build?
  • Do I have to consider anything, especially regarding safety and leaks (high pressure), clogged nozzles, and cleaning?
  • How does the experience of showering with them feel like? Do you still get as clean as with a regular shower head, even without soap?
  • How do guests react to it? Do they like it?

Thanks a lot! :)

 

I don't print any abrasive materials at all. Pretty much only normal PLA and PETG.

I noticed, that my print quality gradually went down quite a bit, especially in the last few prints. I had a lot of stringing, weird blobs, and scarred surfaces.

Now, the print quality is as good as it should be!

They are dirt cheap. You can get a set of 10-15 generic ones, in different sizes, for only a few bucks. Don't forget that they are consumables.

 

TL;DR:

  • I can't decide between Debian and the new "immutable" Fedora server variants
  • Currently I use Debian with pretty much everything being containerised, and it works fine.
  • I'm neither very good at what I'm doing, nor want to spend my weekends troubleshooting. Opting for something new could cause some headaches I guess?
  • How did you set up CoreOS? Are there simple ways?
  • Would you recommend me something different?

My backstory with Debian

I will soon set up a new home server and need your opinion and experiences.

I'm using Debian as the OS for my current one.
While it doesn't match my "taste" perfectly, as I slightly prefer RedHat stuff, I really don't have much preference, since I don't interact with the host much anyway.
Everything is containerised via Docker, and I don't even know why I like Rocky-/ Alma more. I tried Alma once and it just clicked better, I can't explain it...
But that doesn't mean I dislike Debian, not at all!

Still, at that time I decided to go with Debian, since it's the standard for most selfhosters, has the best software support, and is completely community run, opposed to RHEL and its clones.

At that time I didn't know Distrobox/ Toolbx, and I really wanted to install CasaOS (basically a simplified Cockpit + Portainer for less techy people), because I was a total noob back than and didn't want to do everything via CLI.

Nowadays, I found alternatives, like Cockpit, and I also do more via the terminal.
And if I want to install something that doesn't support my host OS, then I just enter my Toolbx and install it there.

Still, I absolutely don't regret going for Debian. It was a good choice. It's solid and doesn't get in my way.


What has changed in the last year(s)

In the last year now, I really began to enjoy using image based distros, especially Fedora Atomic.
I really love Atomic as desktop distro, because it is pretty close to upstream, while still being stable (as in how often things change).

For a desktop workstation, that's great, because DEs for example get only better with each update imo, and I want to be as close to upstream as possible, without sacrificing reliability, like on a rolling release.
The two major releases each year cycle is great for that.

But for a server, even with the more stable kernel that's used in CoreOS from what I've heard, I think that's maybe too unstable?

I think Debian is less maintenance, because it doesn't change as often, and also doesn't require rebooting after each transaction.

But, on the contrary, I wouldn't loose much to the "immutability", because I use containers for everything anyway.
Having way better security (sane SELinux setup, rootless containers, untampered OSA, etc.) and the ability to roll back in case something doesn't work, while self updating, sounds very promising.


Setting up CoreOS; FCOS vs FIOT

The major thing that's keeping me away from CoreOS/ uCore is all the ignition-butane-stuff.
From what I've heard, it's needlessly complicated for home use, and FCOS is best suited for fleets/ clusters of servers, not just for one.

Fedora IOT seems to be simpler, but doesn't have the same great defaults and features as uCore, since there isn't an IOT variant of uBlue.
But hey, at least I have my Anaconda installer.

What do you think about installing IOT, and then rebasing to uCore?
Or, do you think FCOS is just not the right thing for my use case?

In general, do you think that it is worth it, compared to plain old Debian?


Pros vs. cons

Anyway. I'm really thinking about all of this for a long time now, and can't decide.

On the one side, it all sounds promising and great.
But, on the other side, selfhosting isn't a primary hobby of mine. I just want a solid setup I don't have to maintain much after setting everything up. Image based server OSs are still very new and often unheard of, and being an early adopter might cause a lot of headache in that case when it comes to servers.


The "right" use case?

Just in case no one has tried FCOS or FIOT here, I will continue using Debian for my main server, and only use Fedora IOT for my Octoprint server, which only gets turned on sporadically, and would greatly benefit from that.

But if there are positive experiences, then I might give it a try.


Alternatives

Or, would you recommend me something entirely different?

NixOS for example sounds great in theory, but is way too complicated for me personally.

Or, would you recommend me to give Alma another try?

Is there something even better?

 

First of all, thank you so much for your great answers under my post from yesterday! They were really really helpful!

I've now decided that I will not use something with USB. It really doesn't seem to be reliable enough for constant read-write-tasks, and I don't wanna risk any avoidable data loss and headache.

Also, it just doesn't seem to be very future proof. It would be pretty expensive, only for it to get replaced soon, and then getting obsolete. It just seemed like a band-aid solution tbh. So, no USB hard drive bay, no huge external hard drive, and no NAS just for that purpose.


A few people asked me about the hardware.

My server is a mini-PC/ thin client I bought used for 50 bucks. I've used it for about two years now, and it had even more years of usage under the belt with its' former owner. Imo, that's a very sustainable solution, that worked pretty well until now.

I used it almost exclusively for Nextcloud (AIO), with all the data being stored in the internal 1 TB SSD.

For those who are interested, here are all the hardware details:

<hwinfo -short>

Thing is, I want to get more into selfhosting. For that, my main goal is to
a) Replace Nextcloud with individual (better) services, like Immich and Paperless-ngx.
NC-AIO was extremely simple to set up and worked pretty fine, but I always found it to be bloated and a bit wonky, and, mainly, the AIO takes up all my network and resources. I just want something better, you understand that for sure :)
b) Get more storage. I'm into photography, and all those RAW photos take up SO MUCH SPACE! The internal 1 TB is just not future proof for me.
c) Maybe rework my setup, both in software, and maybe in hardware. Originally, I didn't plan to screw everything, but I think it might be better that way. The setup isn't bad at all, but now, as I got more experience, I just want it to be more solid. But I'm not sure about doing that tbh, since it really isn't a lost case.


As someone already mentioned in the last post, I really don't have a million bucks to create my own data center. I'm not completely broke, but almost :D
Therefore, I just want to make the best out of my already existing hardware if possible.

Because I decided against USB, and because I don't know if there are any slots on the mainboard that can be repurposed for additonal storage, I need your advice if there are any options to achieve that, e.g. via a PCIe slot + adapter, if I had any.
I saw one SATA III port, but that one really isn't enough, especially for extendability.

Here are the photos from both the front and back side:


My thought was, instead of buying one hella expensive 3+TB SSD drive, just screw it and make something better from scratch.

So, if you guys don't give me a silver bullet solution, aka. "you can use this slot and plug in 4 more drives", I will probably have to build my own "perfect" device, with a great case, silent fans, many storage slots, and more.

Btw, do you have any recommendations for that? (What mainboard, which case, etc.) Preferably stuff that I can buy already used.

Thank you so much!

 

I'm planning to upgrade my home server and need some advice on storage options. I already researched quite a bit and heard so many conflicting opinions and tips.

Sadly, even after asking all those questions to GPT and browsing countless forums, I'm really not sure what I should go with, and need some personal recommendations, experience and tips.

What I want:

  • More storage: Right now, I only have 1 TB, which is just the internal SSD of my thin client. This amount of storage will not be sufficient for personal data anymore in the near future, and it already isn't for my movies.
  • Splitting the data: I want to use the internal drive just for stuff that actively runs, like the host OS, configs and Docker container data. Those are in one single directory and will be backed up manually from time to time. It wouldn't matter that much if they get lost, since I didn't customize a lot and mostly used defaults for everything. The personal data (documents, photos, logs), backups and movies should each get their own partition (or subvolume).
  • Encryption at rest: The personal data are right now unencrypted, and I feel very unwell with that. They definitely have to get encrypted at rest, so that somebody with physical access can't just plug it in and see all my sensitive data in plain text. Backups are already encrypted as is. And for the rest, like movies, astrophotography projects (huge files!), and the host, I absolutely don't care.
  • Extendability: If I notice one day that my storage gets insufficient, I want to just plug in another drive and extend my current space.
  • Redundancy: At least for the most important data, a hard drive failure shouldn't be a mess. I back them up regularly on an external drive (with Borg) and sometimes manually by just copying the files plainly. Right now, the problem is, if the single drive fails, which it might do, it would be very annoying. I wouldn't loose many data, since they all get synced to my devices and I then can just copy them, and I have two offline backups available just in case, but it would still cause quite some headache.

So, here are my questions:

Best option for adding storage

My Mini-PC sadly has no additional ports for more SATA drives. The only option I see is using the 4 USB 3.0 ports on the backside. And there are a few possibilities how I can do that.

  • Option 1: just using "classic" external drives. With that, I could add up to 4 drives. One major drawback of that is the price. Disks with more than 1 TB are very expensive, so I would hit my limit with 4 TB if I don't want to spend a fortune. Also, I'm not sure about the energy supply and stability of the connection. If one drive fails, a big portion of my data is lost too. I can also transform them into a RAID setup, which would half my already limited storage space even more, and then the space wouldn't be enough or extendable anymore. And of course, it would just look very janky too...
  • Option 2: The same as above, but with USB hubs. That way, I theoretically could add up to 20 drives, when I have a hub with 5 slots. That would of course be a very suboptimal thing, because I highly doubt that the single USB port can handle the power demand and information speed/ integrity with that huge amount of drives. In reality, I of course wouldn't add that many. Maybe only two per hub, and then set them up as RAID. That would make 4x2 drives.
  • And, option 3: Buy a specialized hard drive bay, like this simpler one with two slots or this more expensive one for 4 drives and active cooling. With those, I can just plug in up to 4 drives per bay, and then connect those via USB. The drives get their power not from the USB port, but from their own power supply. Also, they get cooled (either passively via the case if I choose one that fits only two drives, or actively with a cooling fan) and there are options to enable different storage modes, for example a built in RAID. That would make the setup quite a bit simpler, but I'm not sure if I would loose control of formatting the drives how I want them to be if they get managed by the bay.

What would you recommend?

File system

File system type

I will probably choose BTRFS if that is possible. I thought about ZFS too, but since it isn't included by default, and BTRFS does everything I want, I will probably go with BTRFS. It would give me the option for subvolumes, some of which are encrypted, compression, deduplication, RAID or merged drives, and seems to be future proof without any disadvantages. My host OS (Debian) is installed with Ext4, because it came like that by default, and is fine for me. But for storage, something else than Ext4 seems to be the superior choice.

Encryption

Encrypting drives with LUKS is relatively straight forward. Are there simple ways to do that, other than via CLI? Do Cockpit, CasaOS or other web interface tools support that? Something similar to Gnomes' Disk Utility for example, where setting that up is just a few clicks.

How can I unlock the drives automatically when certain conditions are met, e.g. when the server is connected to the home network, or by adding a TPM chip onto the mainboard? Unlocking the volume every time the server reboots would be very annoying.

That of course would compromize the security aspect quite a bit, but it doesn't have to be super secure. Just secure enough, that if a malicious actor (e.g. angry Ex-GF, police raid, someone breaking in, etc.) can't see all my photos by just plugging the drive in. For my threat model, everything that takes more than 15 minutes of guessing unlock options is more than enough. I could even choose "Password123" as password, and that would be fine.

I just want the files to be accessible after unlocking, so the "Encrypt after upload"-option that Nextcloud has or Cryptomator for example isn't an option.

RAID?

From what I've read, RAID is a quite controversial topic. Some people say it's not necessary, and some say that one should never live without. I know that it is NOT a backup solution and does not replace proper 3-2-1-backups.

Thing is, I can't assess how often drives fail, and I would loose half of my available storage, which is limited, especially by $$$. For now, I would only add 1 or max 2 TB, and then upgrade later when I really need it. And for that, having to pay 150€ or 400€ is a huge difference.

 

Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love Fedora Atomic (Silverblue, Bazzite, Kinoite, Aurora, IOT, etc.), more than any other distro I used, and I plant to continue using it.

It never made any problems on any of my devices, and because it is pretty much indestructible and self-managing, I even planned to install it on my Mum's new laptop, in case her current one (basically a toaster with Mint on it) breaks.

But with the last days, my trust is damaged quite a bit.

First one, where I couldn't update anymore on uBlue, because of faulty key pairs. This is a huge thing for me because uBlue updates in the background, and if I wouldn't have read it here on Lemmy, I would have found out way too late, which is a security risk imo.

And now, my devices weren't able to boot anymore due to some secure boot stuff. Again, if I wouldn't have subscribed the Fedoramagazine, I would have noticed it way too late.
I was able to just boot into an older image and just paste a few commands from the magazine's post, and it was resolved in just seconds (download time not included).

Both instances were only a minor thing for ME.
But both would have been a headache if I wouldn't follow those blogs, which is a thing only nerds (like myself) do.
Nobody else cares about their OS, it is supposed to just work, hence why I use Atomic.

I don't wanna blame the devs (both j0rge/ uBlue and the Fedora team), they were very quick, transparent and offered very simple fixes.
And, being able to just boot into an older image, just in case, is something I am very thankful for, but nothing I want to depend on.

Having to be informed about stuff like this and then having to use the CLI is just a no-go for most people.

Am I over-reacting about this too much? What's your view on those things?

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net to c/hanfanbau@feddit.de
 

Der Geruch ist auf jeden Fall schon sehr deutlich da, insbesondere, wenn man mit dem Finger hinfässt.

 

Beide Pflanzen sind in den letzten 3 Tagen fast doppelt so groß geworden.

So sah meine Auto CBD vor paar Tagen aus (inkl. Miezi): Und so jetzt:

Hier ist meine Durban Dew heute:

Und hier, am selben Tag wie die CBD (aus meinem Post vor paar Tagen):

Ich hab bei den beiden den Behälter getauscht, da die Auto relativ klein bleiben wird und somit meine anderem Kräuter immer noch im Topf gedeien können, während die Durban Dew eine Photo ist und den Platz in ihrem Container vermutlich bald selbst zu 100% beanspruchen wird.

Insgesamt sehen beide echt top aus!

Die abgestorbenen Samenblätter von der CBD waren nur temporär wegen ein paar Fehlern von mir, inzwischen gehts beiden aber echt mega gut.

Bin sehr zufrieden damit.

Sie sind halt etwas kleiner für ihr Alter, da es draußen im Schnitt (Nacht) kühler ist, und sie bei 15°C Durchschnittstemperatur nicht so schnell wachsen wie vergleichbare Pflänzchen indoor.

 

Fängt die Alte gerade an zu zwittern?
Wenn ja, muss sie jetzt dran glauben? 🪦

Hintergründe:

  • Alter: fast 2 Monate
  • Autoflower
  • Sorte: Banana Blaze
  • Vorgeschichte kennt ihr vielleicht noch von meinem letzten Post (miese Erde, anfangs enormes Spargeln wegen Hormonbehandlung, etc.). Wenn nicht, hier der Link: https://slrpnk.net/post/9855004

Problem: ich hab noch 5 weitere Pflanzen da draußen, und ich weiß nicht, ob meine Nachbarn ebenfalls welche in der Nähe haben. Und ich will niemandem die Ernte durch befruchtete Pflanzen vermiesen.
Bei mir selbst hab ich damit überhaupt kein Problem.
Es befindet sich nur eine einzige andere Pflanze in baldiger Blütephase für die nächsten 3-4 Wochen, und die sieht auch nicht so toll aus.

Sollte diese also geschwängert werden, hab ich damit null Problem, weil die erste Ernte vermutlich eh in die Hose geht. Im Gegenteil, ich wäre froh drum, dann muss ich mir keine Samen mehr kaufen, wenn die dann feminisiert sind (?). Die anderen sind noch zu jung dafür, oder Photos, und daher in der Vegetationsphase.

Reicht es, wenn ich bei der Pflanze einfach eine Vasektomie durchführe?
Momentan sind ja noch keine männlichen Blüten zu sehen.
Reinholen ist leider keine Option.

Ich hoffe, ich bilde mir das alles nur ein und es ist normal so.

Was soll ich tun?

 

Meine beiden Autos (Erde) fangen schon langsam an, die ersten Blüten zu entwickeln:

Melonade Runtz (THC):

Banana Blaze (THC):


Hier meine erste Hydroponik-Pflanze (Auto CBD von FastBuds):


Und hier die zweite Hydro-Pflanze, in dem Fall eine photoperiodische Sativa (Durban Dew): Gute Wurzelentwicklung für das Alter:

 

Spoiler: Scheiße. Scheiße lief es!
Ich scheiß auch überall rein, wo ich nur kann.

TL;DR:

  • Wachstumshormone falsch angewendet
  • Erde, die alkalischer ist als jeder Rohrreiniger
  • Nährstoffmängel, bedingt durch Ungleichgewicht der Erde
  • Erste Hydroponik-Versuche

Part 1: Die Sämlinge - es ist Spargelsaison!

Angefangen hats beim Keimen.

Ich Vollhorst hab mir, vor lauter "Ich will so schnell Ergebnisse sehen wie ich nur kann"-Einstellung, meine neu angekommene Gibberelinsäure geschnappt und die Kokosquelltabs damit vollgetränkt.

Nun, was macht das Zeug? Es ist ein Wachstumshormon, das verursacht, dass damit vorbehandelte Samen schneller keimen und auch im Anfangsstadium schneller wachsen. Zudem erhöht es die Keimwahrscheinlichkeit auf fast 100%. Laut manchen Studien ist es auch bei Hanf extrem nützlich und kann, korrekt angewendet, eine Wunderwaffe sein.

Was ich anfangs aber überlesen habe, ist die Tatsache, dass man sie damit nur maximal wenige Stunden beträufeln soll und das dann rückstandsfrei wegwaschen muss, weil sie sonst unfassbarst spargeln und so schnell in die Höhe schießen, dass sie verhungern.

Genug Licht hatten sie auch. Parallel, ein paar Wochen versetzt, hab ich einen Samen ohne Vorbehandlung angesetzt, und der sieht ganz ok aus.


Part 2: Die Küken werden aus dem Nest geworfen

Nun, auf jeden Fall hab ich sie dann vor ein paar Wochen (Anfang Mai) herausgesetzt. Die Temperaturen waren bisher vollkommen okay und sie haben die kälteren Nächte ebenfalls gut überstanden.

Nächste Hürde: die Erde.

Als Erde hab ich die Komposterde meiner Eltern verwendet. Wie letztes Jahr auch.
Beste Erde ever. Da werf ich immer meine aufgebrauchten Substratbeutel meiner Pilzzucht rein, heißt, viel Stickstoff, gute Wasserspeicherkapazität, viele Würmer und Mykorrhiza, und mehr.

Problem: meine Oma hat vor kurzem erst den Inhalt ihres Kachelofens des gesamten Winters genau an die Stelle gekippt, wo ich mir ein paar Tage später die Erde genommen habe.
Heißt: kiloweise Asche. So viel, dass die Erde teils grau war.

Was hat das bewirkt? Nun, die Pflanzen sahen scheiße aus. Schrumpelig und schlapp.

An den Nährstoffen kanns ja nicht liegen, die sollten bestens versorgt sein.

Ab zum Baumarkt, und Boden-pH-Meter gekauft.
Reingesteckt... und es war außerhalb der messbaren Range. Also pH >8!

Das Gießwasser, das unten rausgelaufen ist, hatte mit meinem "guten" pH-Meter einen pH von 10. Und das war nur das gelöste Zeug, nicht das, was die Erde selbst hat.

Die Regenwürmer, die da drin waren, hats einfach in Schleim aufgelöst.
Umtopfen konnte ich die Pflanzen auch nicht mehr, dafür waren sie zu groß und fragil. Wären sonst abgeknickt, und meine Autoflowers hätten den Wurzelschaden kaum verkraftet.

Was hab ich also gemacht? Mit einer Mischung aus Düngerwasser und fucking Schwefelsäure (später löffelweise Citronensäure) alles durchgespült, locker 20l täglich pro Topf. Inzwischen ist der pH wieder halbwegs im neutralen Bereich, also 6-8. Und die Pflanzen sehen wieder gut aus (verhältnismäßig).

Hier ist der halbwegs aktuelle Stand:

Als nächstes werde ich versuchen, den Kreislauf wieder zu schließen und ein gesundes Boden-Ökosystem aufzubauen, mit Regenwürmern, Bakterien, Pilzen, und co.

Gerade ist der pH noch nicht ganz stabil, und teilweise riecht die Erde auch noch etwas muffig, weil die Sauerstoffzirkulation noch nicht gegeben ist.

Ach ja, fast hätt ichs vergessen: Blattläuse hatte/ hab ich auch. Momentan sind es nur hier und da ein paar, und ich krieg es mit Neem-Öl in den Griff, aber auf Dauer hab ich schon ein paar Fenchelpflanzen in den Boden gesetzt, damit diese bald Florfliegen anlocken und diese dann die Läuse fressen können.


Part 3: Die Mädels kommen in die Pubertät

Eine der Autos kommt schon in die Pubertät und kriegt (glaube ich, wenn ich das richtig deute) schon etwas Achselhaare, was nach 1 1/2 Monaten nicht verwunderlich ist.

Nunja, diese Generation sehe ich als "verkackt" an, ich glaube, mit all den 6 Pflanzen (3 ich, 3 meine Freundin) kommen wir gerade so an die 50 g zusammen, und das in Feuchtmasse :D

Aber mal sehen, ich will jetzt nicht gleich den Teufel an die Wand malen. Die Nicht-Autos (2 von 6) werden sich davon bestimmt erholen.


Part 4: Hydroponik

Wegen dieser Vollkatastrophe hab ich jetzt auch angefangen, einen Großteil meiner Pflanzen, nicht nur Weed, auf Hydroponik umzustellen.
Nicht nur hat man damit höhere Erträge/ gesündere Pflanzen, nein, man hat auch ein deutlich geringeres Risiko auf Schädlinge und kann die pH- und Nährstoffwerte sofort anpassen, ohne, dass man mit Säurewasser gießen muss.
Über Mykorrhiza, Stickstoffkreisläufe, Würmer und so einen Dreck muss ich mir dann da auch keine Sorgen machen.

Was es damit auf sich hat, und was so meine ersten Erfahrungen damit sind, poste ich dann mal wann anders.

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