300w LED - Sunset Kush

Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

"When you want to grow foolproof meds on a budget, 420 out of 500 Doctors recommend OC+" ;)
 
Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

go green said:
SS did you ever get a response back from Scotts? I just remembered that discussion from a while back.

With your water issues, there should be some information available about the chloramine or whatever it is in your water. Maybe contact a water company, such as culligan, PUR, BRITA, etc. Maybe even a visit to their site's would reveal some info.

There is a lot of water purification stuff out on the market...lots of specialty stuff, but who knows, maybe you could just use some sort of on tap, or in-line filtration for your water to resolve your issue.

Keep on keepin' on!

-Go
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Thanks for reminding me about contacting Scotts. I just sent them an email as regards OC+ and soilless media.

I've done some homework on chloramines, and although you might see some cheap filters that claim to remove them, the two ways that work for small-scale situations are with specialized filters like this one: Premium Chloramines/Hydrogen Sulfide Reduction water filter cartridge 20"BB, or a reverse osmosis system.

Chloramines are hard on R/O membranes, and will cause them to wear out prematurely if the chloramine levels are high enough, so the simple one-stage filter above may be the better choice.

Last time I looked online, I couldn't find much on growers using the pond and aquarium water conditioner that effectively removes both chlorine and chloramine, but maybe I can dig something up since it's been a while.

thanks bro Go ;)
 
Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

go green said:
SS did you ever get a response back from Scotts? I just remembered that discussion from a while back.

With your water issues, there should be some information available about the chloramine or whatever it is in your water. Maybe contact a water company, such as culligan, PUR, BRITA, etc. Maybe even a visit to their site's would reveal some info.

There is a lot of water purification stuff out on the market...lots of specialty stuff, but who knows, maybe you could just use some sort of on tap, or in-line filtration for your water to resolve your issue.

Keep on keepin' on!

-Go
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There was a great comparison in the Consumers Guide about 5 months ago.
They tested all kinds of RO makers and all the different water filters. For just removing the most bad things in water Brita was a runaway winner. :)
 
Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

I will do some investigating for you ss. And I will check the thread about the tests thanks bro!

That filter is ridiculously overpriced. I understand the cost of an r.o. System too.

I will see whats out there. There is more available in the retail market than most people realize.

Ok I rambled.

Peace dudes.

Go!!!
 
Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

Setting Sun said:
thanks guys,

there is no adult supervision in my brain ;).

I tried to update last night as promised, but couldn't access the site. It's workin' now though, so here goes.

This is Vicky about halfway through the bloom cycle:


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The GLH Spectra 300 is kicking ass, and I'm usually pretty reserved about things until it's all over, but this LED light is obviously doing a *great* job.

The OC+ is also kicking ass, after I added more of it and started using straight tap water. I'm very happy with how it's working, and I've had to top-dress more than half the prills because I was overly conservative with it when I filled the buckets, so it would be working even better if I had incorporated more of it into the perlite/Turface from the get-go. The mild mag deficiency cleared up with the straight tap water, and now that I have about 5 Tbsp total of prills in the bucket, things are looking really good.

Big thanks to DocBud for turning me (and many others) on to the OC+!

This is going to make growing a *lot* easier and less expensive for me, whether in soil or hydro, so that's a huge thanks buddy ;).

My hempy-style bubble pot is working really well too, but it's the first time I've used this method, so don't know how much it's contributing to the results.

In any case, Vicky is a very pretty beast. She's taking up the entire tent and crowding Shrub up against the wall.

Speaking of Shrub, here she is. She's sort of a mini-me version of Vicky, but she just started packing it on, so she may yield OK.

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Things are a little more dialed in now that I have a better feel for the light and the nutes.

More OC+, straight tap water, and raising the light up to 14" were the tweaks.

We're around halfway through bloom now, so plenty of time left for things to fatten up ;).

thanks friends ;).
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I love coming back and seeing this. truly amazing brother. they look so good. how much longer do u think they got?
 
Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

OldMedMan said:
There was a great comparison in the Consumers Guide about 5 months ago.
They tested all kinds of RO makers and all the different water filters. For just removing the most bad things in water Brita was a runaway winner. :)
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Canister filters and the ones you connect to your faucet are good at improving water taste and clarity, and the Brita is good at removing some harmful chemicals, but unfortunately they won't remove chloramine.

It was like pulling teeth trying to get the city water dept to tell me whether they were using chlorine or chloramine. I got transferred to three different people, until they transferred me to an engineer who grudgingly admitted that they were using chloramine.

It was like nobody had ever asked them before.

thanks OMM ;)

go green said:
I will do some investigating for you ss. And I will check the thread about the tests thanks bro!

That filter is ridiculously overpriced. I understand the cost of an r.o. System too.

I will see whats out there. There is more available in the retail market than most people realize.

Ok I rambled.

Peace dudes.

Go!!!
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I appreciate you checkin' it out, but I'm tellin' ya Go, chloramine is a bitch, and there is no inexpensive way to remove it.

Here's a good article on it:

The Chloramine Catcher, wholehouse chloramine and chemical removal – Pure Water Products, LLC

I think the best solution for me is to buy a nice big rain barrel.

thanks man ;)
 
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IrishBoy said:
I love coming back and seeing this. truly amazing brother. they look so good. how much longer do u think they got?
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Thank you Irish!

Nice to have you back man ;).


I'd estimate that they got 4 weeks left, but on informal grows like this one, which I wasn't planning to journal, I don't even keep a calendar.

I'm going for a cerebral high on this harvest, so when most of the trichs are cloudy, I'll chop 'em.
 
Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

Setting Sun said:
Thank you Irish!

Nice to have you back man ;).


I'd estimate that they got 4 weeks left, but on informal grows like this one, which I wasn't planning to journal, I don't even keep a calendar.

I'm going for a cerebral high on this harvest, so when most of the trichs are cloudy, I'll chop 'em.
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They're beautiful!
I so want to set you up with a 1000 watt HID....
 
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Setting Sun said:
and the other 80 have suspicious agendas, lol
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I was going to go with 'The Other Doctors Are Recommending OC80' - as in OxyContin 80's.... :thedoubletake:

Between that, and 'Sleep Aids' like Ambien: "Never before in history have so few gotten so many hooked on so much."

Apologies to Churchill on that one.

-TL
 
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OK, update on the VK mutts ;)


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There wasn't much stretch in bloom, so the nodes are filling in nicely. The GLH LED lights seem to produce stocky plants in veg that don't stretch much in bloom, which is something dogsnova also observed in his garden.

I didn't really have to do anything to control canopy height on this grow. The LST was basic, and the canopy leveled itself out without any adjustments or additional ties.

I can't wait to see them in another couple weeks or so :)

thanks for following ;)
 
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Tú lo sabes!

bmarduk said:
You have no choice unless you own a DeLorean.:slide:
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I hear they're putting a mini Flux Capacitor in every hit of Kush... ;)

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Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

bmarduk said:
You have no choice unless you own a DeLorean.:slide: I'm also about a month out with the PKs, budding nicely, but the last month is always painfully slow. Took clones on the Summer Solstice, hoping to chop on the Autumnal Equinox, but like with all of the ladies, I'll wait until she's good to go. Your girlies are looking great, looks like Charas to me:blunt:

How about calling it Sunset Kush or Kushinova [Sol Poniente?] Do you still have beans for this mutt? ;)
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I'm still having fun and time's going fast. 'Sides, looking at calendars has never made any of them finish any faster.

"Sunset Kush"

Cool name! Let's go with that!

There is sativa in the genes from the malana side of the Violator Kush, and they were expressed in the sativa pheno I had in the HSS tent on the last grow. Much headier smoke than her insomnia-curing sisters, but these two in this grow are short and stout, and would no doubt make good charas.

You know what though, the VK has been curing a long time now and smokes just fine in a joint. You might only have to re-light it a couple times ;).

I only have 5 beans left of this cross.

I'm thinking of back-crossing a couple of popcorn buds on Vicky to the NL/ww pollen. I think she's still got enough time left to mature a few seeds.
 
Re: 420 Consumer Reports - GrowLEDHydro Spectra 300w LED / Lowryder II by Setting Sun

Buds are looking lovely. Hope you can get some seeds with the "lemonade" that male gave you.

When life gives you lemons... :wood: ;)
 
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Sunset Kush.....oh, that's good.

That's a top shelf name....I may have to acquire the rights to use that name.
 
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bmarduk said:
How're gunna do that? Sun's the only one holding this genetic hand and my name's not for sale, but a small gift to a fellow rekombn8r. Maybe he'll auction it off for 420 points!:smokin:

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Doesn't matter, all that matters is whether you Trademark the name or not. First come, first served. Have to do a TESS search and see if it's already taken or not. Once it's registered, then you can license the name to whomever you want - for a fee, of course... ;)

Good luck trying to enforce it, though... :)

-TL
 
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