Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures

PurpleGunRack said:
Don't worry about the Imperial Standards, I'll convert as I go along. You guys will come around to the ease of the metric system at some point, the Brits did, at least mostly ;)
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LOL

Been converting kilos, ounces, grams, and so forth since the 70's. With the world economy as it is today, have become fairly efficient at doing so with many other measurements. Although I do rely on google from time to time to help me out. :)
 
PurpleGunRack said:
3,8 cubic feet is 107 L, so with the perlite added it's slightly more than a bale of promix, I don't know how compressed the Pindstup peat is, but it's compressed to some extent for sure.

Is it ok to store the soil for 1-2 months after cooking?

Don't worry about the Imperial Standards, I'll convert as I go along. You guys will come around to the ease of the metric system at some point, the Brits did, at least mostly ;)
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If I am not mistaken we went METRIC in the 70's :)

EDIT: "The Metric Conversion Act is an Act of Congress that U.S. President Gerald Ford signed into law on December 23, 1975. It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce", but permitted the use of United States customary units in all activities.
 
Gazoo said:
If I am not mistaken we went METRIC in the 70's :)

EDIT: "The Metric Conversion Act is an Act of Congress that U.S. President Gerald Ford signed into law on December 23, 1975. It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce", but permitted the use of United States customary units in all activities.
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This was later abolished by Reagan in 82.

My point is that even though Imperial is the main stream version in the US, we use both sometimes more than we realize.

Remember the trend to buy better built Japanese cars in the 80's? Then we needed sockets in mm to work on them.

Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia
 
overlord said:
This was later abolished by Reagan in 82.

My point is that even though Imperial is the main stream version in the US, we use both sometimes more than we realize.

Remember the trend to buy better built Japanese cars in the 80's? Then we needed sockets in mm to work on them.

Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia
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Oh never heard of it being ABOLISHED. Also still have issues with vehicles using both METRIC and STANDARD sizes
 
When Doc posted this Darkscotia Apprentices Doc Bud - Passion#1 Perfect Sun COB/8COB Citizen K

I could relate, you and I Gazoo are use to exacting measurements from our machine shop and industrial experience.

When all those jobs for me at the time went overseas, I went to culinary school.

While there I saw many artist who could decorate a cup cake while talking to you and not looking. They would have intricate flowers and so forth.

Underneath that frosting however is a very scientific cake. All the pro bakers would measure their products with a scale if it was a new recipe. They did not use measuring cups for this as it was not as accurate.

From my experience over the last decade or two, you make something frequently you don't need to measure. It is like your brain subconsciously knows how much or where. You just add the proper amount of ingredients and roll with it.

Currently with the kit ingredients I am measuring in ml, but since Docs post have been putting that into a glass container and adding to my buckets.
Doc can measure by the sound of a plop, and like an experienced Chef has no need to use something to measure with.

This only comes from experience and familiarity with his ingredients and is why I am tuning myself into how much it looks like and of course the plop into the bucket.

Just a rant while my mind was on the subject. :peace:
 
Gazoo said:
This is my RULE attention to detail, but I am OR was a Machinist so the issue is real
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Yes it is, but Nasa uses laser to measure in the millionths. I never had to measure anything that exact in the everyday industrial builds.

Doc always says the directions are a guideline and I realize what he means.

Today I might need a pound of food to get through the day, tomorrow maybe half that. Living things react differently. Just as one strain may require more, while others do better with less.

I guess there is not much in right or wrong with the kit, just what works best for your situation.

In the past I use to grow the same strains continuously, I knew them well and what they wanted.

These days I have been bouncing from todays latest and greatest to the tomorrows latest and greatest. I don't really know those strains.

EDIT:Once a machinist, always a machinist, I won't ever regret learning those skills.
 
overlord said:
When Doc posted this Darkscotia Apprentices Doc Bud - Passion#1 Perfect Sun COB/8COB Citizen K

I could relate, you and I Gazoo are use to exacting measurements from our machine shop and industrial experience.

When all those jobs for me at the time went overseas, I went to culinary school.

While there I saw many artist who could decorate a cup cake while talking to you and not looking. They would have intricate flowers and so forth.

Underneath that frosting however is a very scientific cake. All the pro bakers would measure their products with a scale if it was a new recipe. They did not use measuring cups for this as it was not as accurate.

From my experience over the last decade or two, you make something frequently you don't need to measure. It is like your brain subconsciously knows how much or where. You just add the proper amount of ingredients and roll with it.

Currently with the kit ingredients I am measuring in ml, but since Docs post have been putting that into a glass container and adding to my buckets.
Doc can measure by the sound of a plop, and like an experienced Chef has no need to use something to measure with.

This only comes from experience and familiarity with his ingredients and is why I am tuning myself into how much it looks like and of course the plop into the bucket.

Just a rant while my mind was on the subject. :peace:
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You've got it!

We want to engage our whole being in the growing thing.....mind, heart, body, soul. It's easier for some to start with the mind: measuring, taking notes, etc.

But we want to get to the point where we just "know" what to do. We don't measure how much toothpaste we put on the brush, we don't measure how much sauce we put on the spaghetti, neither do we measure how much cream in our coffee, or how much weed to roll up in a joint. Those are things we simply practice and perform so often we just do it.

Ditto growing.
 
Doc Bud said:
You've got it!

We want to engage our whole being in the growing thing.....mind, heart, body, soul. It's easier for some to start with the mind: measuring, taking notes, etc.

But we want to get to the point where we just "know" what to do. We don't measure how much toothpaste we put on the brush, we don't measure how much sauce we put on the spaghetti, neither do we measure how much cream in our coffee, or how much weed to roll up in a joint. Those are things we simply practice and perform so often we just do it.

Ditto growing.
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I have the idea right Doc, working on the skill :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
overlord said:
Yes it is, but Nasa uses laser to measure in the millionths. I never had to measure anything that exact in the everyday industrial builds.

Doc always says the directions are a guideline and I realize what he means.

Today I might need a pound of food to get through the day, tomorrow maybe half that. Living things react differently. Just as one strain may require more, while others do better with less.

I guess there is not much in right or wrong with the kit, just what works best for your situation.

In the past I use to grow the same strains continuously, I knew them well and what they wanted.

These days I have been bouncing from todays latest and greatest to the tomorrows latest and greatest. I don't really know those strains.

EDIT:Once a machinist, always a machinist, I won't ever regret learning those skills.
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I understand but I can NEVER stop being as exact as I can be,
example nothing is ever really flat because of the natural curvature of the Earth.

BTW When working Holding .0001 thats 1 ten thousandths of an inch was not uncommon and
the outside air temperature will cause things to measure differently so a controlled
cutting and measuring process is needed, and adjusted as machine and temp goes up

Anyway I like it I can adjust to the least amounts needed and see what happens
I like the DATA its the only way I can build my understanding. Also I use a Ammunition
GRAIN scale for measuring (1 grain is 0.0647989 gram) Scale is not digital, actual balance beam type

Just saying I will always measure, OCD Wont allow it any other way
 
Gazoo said:
I understand but I can NEVER stop being as exact as I can be,
example nothing is ever really flat because of the natural curvature of the Earth.

BTW When working Holding .0001 thats 1 ten thousandths of an inch was not uncommon and
the outside air temperature will cause things to measure differently so a controlled
cutting and measuring process is needed, and adjusted as machine and temp goes up

Anyway I like it I can adjust to the least amounts needed and see what happens
I like the DATA its the only way I can build my understanding. Also I use a Ammunition
GRAIN scale for measuring (1 grain is 0.0647989 gram) Scale is not digital, actual balance beam type

Just saying I will always measure, OCD Wont allow it any other way
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I know exactly what you mean, I also understand what Doc is saying.
I have to head off to work, but let me ask you this.

Have you ever sharpened/ground your own cutting bits on a grinder?

Did you measure them to see if they were exactly right?

I ask, because while we had to have exacting parts go out the door. I never needed to check the cutting tools I ground, was one of the 1st things I learned and did over and over and over everyday. It was automatic!!

If you need to measure thats cool too. Just remember your blackberry plant may need to go up 50%, but your Colombian gold might need 50% less. Keep your detailed notes so you know.
 
overlord said:
I know exactly what you mean, I also understand what Doc is saying.
I have to head off to work, but let me ask you this.

Have you ever sharpened/ground your own cutting bits on a grinder?

Did you measure them to see if they were exactly right?

I ask, because while we had to have exacting parts go out the door. I never needed to check the cutting tools I ground, was one of the 1st things I learned and did over and over and over everyday. It was automatic!!

If you need to measure thats cool too. Just remember your blackberry plant may need to go up 50%, but your Colombian gold might need 50% less. Keep your detailed notes so you know.
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Yes always measure your cutting tool grind, its needed to not only set offsets but if using a special
grind like something that needs to Go down at a spot, move over an amount to cut, and then reverse out
the same way because of a feature that needs to me missed. Also the type of material you are cutting will
require a specific angle along the cutting edges which is all in accordance with the number of cutting edges
Speed of Feed and RPM not to mention the cooling type all must be taken into consideration for the process
and tool life

Thanks on the observations on my girls much appreciated

EDIT: I should add I was mostly a ONE OFF prototype Machinist
Set-up and Swing shift Lead. Swing shift mostly because I don't
play well with Others but could run the whole shop by myself if
needed not uncommon to run 2 or 3 CNC Lathes and a Horizontal or
2 when everything was dialed in :)
 
I started out on the ole punch tape NC machines. Graduated up to a Fanuc 6t thought I had the world in my hands. Then seen how in-efficient the canned cycles were and how much time they added to production runs.
 
JustMeds said:
I started out on the ole punch tape NC machines. Graduated up to a Fanuc 6t thought I had the world in my hands. Then seen how in-efficient the canned cycles were and how much time they added to production runs.
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Yup did the NC punch tape (still have some program tapes)
Always wanted to have a personalized licence plate that reads
G00 G90 G28 (Rapid home)

EDIT: Some MATH / TRIG stuff

OSCAR HAS A HAIRY OLD ASS DESPITE MARYS SECRET CUTTING TECHNIQUE

Oscar Has A Harry Old Ass Despite Mary's Secret Cutting Technique
take the First letter of each word and make the Trig Formula table below

O is OPPOSITE, H is HYPOTENUSE, A is ADJACENT sides of a Triangle
S equals the SINE, C equals the COSINE and T equals the TANGENT

O.........Divided
--............=.........SIN.........this reads OPPOSITE over the HYPOTENUSE Equals the SINE
H.........Multiply..................or the OPPOSITE Divided by the SINE Equals the Hypotenuse
.......................................or the Hypotenuse Times the SINE Equals the OPPOSITE
A
--............=...........C.........This is used the same as above
H

O
--............=...........T
A
 
Gazoo said:
Yup did the NC punch tape (still have some program tapes)
Always wanted to have a personalized licence plate that reads
G00 G90 G28 (Rapid home)
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Or if you are a young guy you could have : G52 G53 G54
 
Hey gang! I hope everyone is doing well today.
Just thought I'd update on my Wonder Woman... still sporting and 3 blades leaves! Oh well, I'm not worried about it. She looks ok and this will be that strains last run.
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Also Noel, my white Widow I planted close to Christmas hence the name... she is so pretty... and doing well.
Second set of leave have five blades.
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Third set has 7... now the 2 small ones are pretty hard to see, one is obvious but not the other. But when looking at her in person it's obvious. I'm pretty excited to see how she does.
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Also, I received my LED boards today! Very excited about that. Once I have all the pieces I'll be building my panels...
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