I do most of the work from outside the vert. ... ... ...
I decided to finish that bud off tonight and start again fresh tomorrow. Wish me luck.
MrSmith, firstly I want to compliment you on your DIY equipment. I have thought about a Vertical grow for many years but have been stuck in my regime that is the result of several years in the refinement. You did/do a very nice job, and I like you, enjoy making things myself not just for the savings but for the enjoyment of creativity.
I too had to laugh at the "slip" you encountered. Don't be too hard on yourself, after all, you're only human. We ALL make mistakes, things we get regretful about, after the fact. I always say, "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow"! No really, you sound like a very energetic and focused person, traits that will get anyone like this ahead over the lazy sloths (like your partner) that sit on their A$$. I favor telling your "partner" to fuck off; I dropped "partners" several years ago. No one can compare to oneself', PERIOD. Unreliable; undependable; needy; whiny and most of all, self-obsessed, they always think that they are worth way more than they are. If they WERE worth a shit, they'd be doing it on their own, and besides, you'll always find out (the hard way) that you could have gotten by without them, in the end...
I have an Aero36 and stopped using it after I finalized my perpetual machine that requires no mothers. I plan to go back with some mothers because I recently received some seeds that have been refined from Old School Genetics dating back some 35+ years (1974), and I simply cannot pass up this opportunity. I favor Water Farms as they give the best of both worlds in both air to the roots and constant recirculation of the nutrients. I have never seen more explosive roots from any other system.
I also thank you for the enlightenment regarding GLR because I have been pondering this for over a year (when I first heard about it) and now am going to initiate this as soon as my present Veg. ladies go into he flower room. It's too late to start them into this routine as they are going to go to flowering room later this week, like 3-4 days from today.
Again, I want to thank you for all the time and work as well as the pictures. Lots to ponder. I would also recommend "Corleon Kush" (Hybrid 50/50) for either grow. It stays quite small and can be trained to be very bushy and still stay small if needed. I have one flowering right now (37 days) and she is only 14" tall and (trained) a bit bushy and around 14" in diameter but has a main Cola that is about 9" tall X 3" dia. with secondary Colas (6) that are around 6" tall X 2" dia. I'll bet even money that I get 3 oz's. from her at harvest (s/b around 60 days) or even more. Man, the main Cola is an oz. by itself! Oh, she also has those beautiful leaves that are a nice green on their top side and purple on the bottom. Not too stinky, but the aroma is seductive as hell.
Best to you and yours and I pray you pee clean, don't worry, you will. About 6-7 months ago, my wife got called in for an interview to work for Safeway and hadn't expected it so she went in (next day) and ultimately got offered the job on the spot. They sent her that same day for a drug test and she passed! Now I'm pretty sure that they are only looking for hard core drugs but one really doesn't know for sure. She had smoked the night before (smokes daily, every day) and was freaking out but she had to take the test. Either God is working in our lives or else she has a boatload of good Karma on her.
