Savin Tead a dime baby! You're my hero of the day!
Ganjagrowergu
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I notice a lot of folks on here doing autos and they look great. For some reason I can never commit myself to trying them out. I plant some random stuff that I really try not to pay for. Is it really just the light cycle being simplified or the speed of the grow, maybe a little bit of everything. All I know is that it isn't the cost of seeds
Lol my second cookie of the day is kicking in and I just spaced right out.
Lol my second cookie of the day is kicking in and I just spaced right out.
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With hempy I don’t think it matters. You’re watering with great regularity to keep the perlite moist at all times.
Autos simplify space and lighting considerations, and dine with finesse one can pull 4-6 oz per with consistency. They finish in about 2.5-3 months. Pick the right sticky big-yielder and you can rake in the harvests.
I’ll get three DDA crops jarred up for every two photo plant in my garden. That’s why I have a dedicated auto space.
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I read the last few pages with a little grin.
Equipment comes to me. It’s been that way from the start. I desire. I expect. I wait with absolute faith and the universe drops it in my lap.
Think I might be on to something?
Having equipment the likes of what flows through my life has increased operation costs, to some extent, but then the universe has always provided more than enough to meet those financial demands.
I stopped telling myself I couldn’t afford it. Suddenly things just came to me. Yep. I am on to something.
Equipment comes to me. It’s been that way from the start. I desire. I expect. I wait with absolute faith and the universe drops it in my lap.
Think I might be on to something?
Having equipment the likes of what flows through my life has increased operation costs, to some extent, but then the universe has always provided more than enough to meet those financial demands.
I stopped telling myself I couldn’t afford it. Suddenly things just came to me. Yep. I am on to something.
Ganjagrowergu
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I've seen some of your DDA and was looking at seeds today, which is why it all struck me today. And now I am struck by the fact that I really am a cheap mofo. That being said, I started growing again because in one month my wife and I smoked almost 5oz of flower, ¼oz kief, and made a 2oz gift of trim from the neighbors into cookies.
My situation doesn't allow me to have more than 10ft² of grow area, and my lights are far from optimal. When it comes down to the next big purchase to make I find myself torn between auto seeds or lights. Ugh. Only thing I know is that long flowering sativas are not my friend (at least until they are finished).
Thank you for your insight.
BTzGrow
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Damn great find. I'm going to keep that in mind to share with others for sure. I could have used that instead of buying the same from Lowes to line my Clone Box.
In the spirit of keeping this very educational and helpful thread alive I thought I would post a photo of one of my Dark Devil auto plants that it seems has decided to have variegated leaves.
My other Dark Devil auto also in a hempy pot. This may be the nicest, healthiest plant I have grow in a hempy pot to date.
My other Dark Devil auto also in a hempy pot. This may be the nicest, healthiest plant I have grow in a hempy pot to date.
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They leave me so impatient at this stage beez. Lol! Good color on them. They're looking right on schedule.
If your water has too much chlorine and you don't want to wait for it to de-gas, you can pour a cap full or so of regular consumer-grade H₂O₂ into a gallon of water and it'll be dechlorinated before you get the cap put back on the hydrogen peroxide bottle.
Keep in mind that plants do use some chlorine; it's involved in the opening/closing of the stomata and might (I don't remember) be used for other things, too.
Since it's a volcanic mineral that has been heated until it expands greatly (think: popcorn, lol)... not as such, no. You can pretty much consider it to be inert (/rot-proof, sterile, et cetera). In short, it's about as biodegradable as a random rock. But there's no real need for it to be biodegradable, due to its characteristics.
Don't put it down your drain, regardless of whether it connects to a septic tank / leach field / municipal sewer system / et cetera. For that matter, we probably shouldn't be rinsing the fines/grit out of it in such a way that that gets washed down your drain, either. I know that the stuff floats, but the really fine stuff appears to be somewhat of "a different animal" (so to speak) in that regard.
I'd recommend not pouring soil or soiless media down the drain, either. Sooner or later, you'll end up replacing the trap under your sink, and you'll probably find traces (or more) of anything like this in it - and on throughout the system.
If you must, bag it up and throw it away. But I believe that stuff which comes out of the ground... ought to be returned to it when we are finished with it; better to put it into your garden or something, IMHO.
BtW, I read that unexpanded perlite sells for something like $50-$60 per ton. IDK if that's true or not. Then again, my oven doesn't go up to 1,560–1,650°F anyway
.Surprisingly... no. Unless you add it (via supplement or through a nutrient package that contains it), plants grown in perlite contain less than those grown in random batches of soil.
Again... inert, lol. Consider it to be nonreactive (for our purposes). That's one of the reasons I like it - it's not going to be a factor when you feed your plants.
You must be as poor as I am, lol. A fresh razor blade will quickly turn a Solo cup into two halves of a Solo cup - but then you have to buy new ones... at $30 for 600
.You don't really have to rinse (new) perlite. If you're watering to the point of runoff anyway, much of the "grit" will end up in your catch-tray. It doesn't have to be prepped like rockwool (soak in low-pH water/solution) or coco coir (soak in calcium nitrate / etc.). The rinsing step is, largely, akin to dusting your furniture - it looks better, and helps us feel like we're "higher animals" and such, methinks.
IDK... Would probably improve the flavor
.Awesome! I wondered if you'd get interested enough in that idea to try it. Kudos for the control (non-aerated sibling/clone) - we like scientific method and all that.
I hope that provides enough extra DO in the root zone to give you healthier plants in your Summer environment / aid in transpiration / et cetera.
Seems like plants that receive more oxygen at the root zone are more efficient feeders in general. Would you be interested in doing this with FOUR identical clones, lol (duplicate set with slightly lower nutrient level)?
That's Swahili for "chronically overworked," right?
Sweet! You will be able to provide plenty of DLI for flowering, even at 12 hours.
1000 x 0.0432 = 43.2
OtOH, she doesn't have a PAR meter (AfaIK), so my guess is that she just read that on the lights' specifications sheet, ad copy, et cetera. In which case, it might be helpful to know under what conditions the manufacturer arrived at that figure (size of room, height of light above canopy, reflectivity of walls), yes?
I mean... It's not like cannabis grow light manufacturers ever
.Great score! I wouldn't mind stumbling onto a deal like that for an integrating sphere
.Congratulations. Fair warning: growing a little bud often ends up being comparable to making your car just a little bit quicker, lol - next thing you know, you'll be
)Probably best to keep everything electrical at or under 80% rated capacity, and try to load balance your breaker box.
You consider two short paragraphs to be "going on and on," lol? I bet you hate my posts
....or just not splash it all over the plants' leaves
.Technically, passive hydroponics (in this application). Therefore:
^^^THIS^^^
Be careful doing that - last time I asked for friends, four strippers showed up. That's how I lost my first HDTV. Had I known that two of them would end up getting into a fight and knocking the thing into the floor, well... I guess I'd have turned one of them away at the door.
BtW, they're harder to get rid of than black mold. Probably almost as healthy, come to think of it.
Me, I was just born this way. Well... and sins of a misspent youth.
If only that stuff reflected light as well as it reflected heat. It's not bad - but white paint is still better, IMHO.
I think it's closer to obsidian. But... yeah.
Tead had a buddy that liked to marry them. He had to learn that lesson 3 separate occasions before he found a different path. Fun ride... fun to watch... but the dark humor generated in the end tends to be overwhelming to most humans.
I used it both inside and outside the frame. In my hot ass world, insulation was important. It forms a 2in layer of dead air.
Of course, one can do that with many materials and some white paint..... but I had a ton of it around from previous affairs.
If I were to start from scratch with all new materials.... I'd go with plywood and paint with a layer of caulk filling all the cracks and holes. Easy. Cheap.
Chlorine has been added to drinking water supplies for years to kill bacteria. It has only been fairly recently that chloramine (chlorine and ammonia chemically bonded) has been used in place of chlorine due to its tendency to remain stable and not break down over a short period of time, thus providing protection over a longer period of time.
Chloramine will remain in tap water for an extended period of time and requires a chemical or carbon treatment of the water to effectively remove it.
In order to remove the chlorine, the chloramine must be deconstructed into its basic parts, chlorine and ammonia with each part being treated to remove them.
However, for Hempy, since we don’t rely on microflora to facilitate nutrient uptake by the roots, I don’t believe we need to worry overmuch about chlorine or chloramines.
I mean... It's not like cannabis grow light manufacturers everliemake sh!t uppick numbers out of the ætherlist theoritical maximums under optimum conditions that cannot actually be met in this particular universe in order to sell more product, right?
You are making an excellent point here, but I believe Sue has a more personal connection (Dan @ Timber), and can expect them to be very involved in her success, and how that translates to a good rep for them. She be luckier than most growers in this.Bingo! From Wiki: Perlite is an amorphous volcanic glass that has a relatively high water content, typically formed by the hydration of obsidian.
Ya'll are so smart!
Hempy time!
I want to give a shout out to my Bro (@BTzGrow) for the Dollar Store waste baskets!
Find of the Year!
Hempy Basil
BTzGrow
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The Basil is a beautiful thing. Makes me want to run right out and make some Pad Thai! Yum. The really nice thing about the Dollar Store Baskets, is they are attractive enough to keep in the house. Shiny!
OMFG I've been waiting for some technical words about 'chloramine' to surface. It's been forever! I've had no idea what chloramine is... just some blah blah nebulous words about it being bad.
Hmmmmmmm.... couldn't have bothered me too much.... I know how google works....
Thanks!
Hey, if it's on the internet it has to be true!
I forgot to mention that H₂O₂ works to remove free available chlorine when the pH is >7.00. Mine is closer to 8.5, which seems to be the sweet spot (might explain the speed of the operation here, IDK).
Even where it is simple chlorination (IOW, not chloramine), all things considered, there is probably some amount of chloramine in chlorinated municipal water from it combining with other things in the water supply. That's just a guess, though.
I guess I'm lucky that my locale uses simple chlorination. It means I don't have to worry about chloramine, or the amonia released when the bonds are broken, or this stuff seeming to "use up" carbon filters faster.
Me, too; that's why I try to avoid it
. I'm already (screwed?) under the Alphabet, Inc. sphere of influence due to having to use Android OS with my cheap cell phone service.
Lazarus13
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Hey guys and gals! Been a busy few weeks what with getting ramped up to move and lotsa ot at work. I wanted to pop in and share a few pics of the new area, the new girls and some snaps from my last harvest.
The closet is 4x2x10 and has a dwarf star and a 400w hid for light, a 6in vortex fan blowing the hot air out the window behind the tent and a 6in duct fan pulling cool air from the a/c register. Its been up and running for a week and temps have hit 81° highs and 75° lows with rh sitting right around 55%.
The 4x2x6 tent will be a veg tent. I have 2 old mars 300s that veg pretty well until i can afford a new led panel. I also have my 3x2x5 and 2x2x5 tents that i plan on using for seedlings, clones and/or mothers, again, when i can afford some new lights and fans and sundry items.
The new girls are, clockwise from the back left:
LSD from Barneys Farms started 6/25, Purple Haze from G13 Labs started 6/29, Girl Scout Cookies from Feminised Seeds started 6/16 and a Chemdawg from Humboldt Seeds also started 6/16. These pics are a few days old and they're starting to pick up pace as their little roots hit the rez.
And here's just a few random shots from my last grow of Red Poison, Cash Crop, Masszar and Stardawg...
That's about all for now. I'll post more as i get things set up and organized. The fun is just about to start for realsies. Lol. Keep em green folks ..
The closet is 4x2x10 and has a dwarf star and a 400w hid for light, a 6in vortex fan blowing the hot air out the window behind the tent and a 6in duct fan pulling cool air from the a/c register. Its been up and running for a week and temps have hit 81° highs and 75° lows with rh sitting right around 55%.
The 4x2x6 tent will be a veg tent. I have 2 old mars 300s that veg pretty well until i can afford a new led panel. I also have my 3x2x5 and 2x2x5 tents that i plan on using for seedlings, clones and/or mothers, again, when i can afford some new lights and fans and sundry items.
The new girls are, clockwise from the back left:
LSD from Barneys Farms started 6/25, Purple Haze from G13 Labs started 6/29, Girl Scout Cookies from Feminised Seeds started 6/16 and a Chemdawg from Humboldt Seeds also started 6/16. These pics are a few days old and they're starting to pick up pace as their little roots hit the rez.
And here's just a few random shots from my last grow of Red Poison, Cash Crop, Masszar and Stardawg...
That's about all for now. I'll post more as i get things set up and organized. The fun is just about to start for realsies. Lol. Keep em green folks ..