Herbie's Beans - Black Widow And Super Skunk

[seaofgreen18]

Well i needed more light on the pineapple chunk so i put a big flag Next to it and looks as if the pitch fork has picked up a friend

 

[InTheShed]

You're a hoot!

 

[seaofgreen18]

Im bored today,off from work,chores are done, burning joints and feeling mischievous

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

and looks as if the pitch fork has picked up a friend

You ever notice how a some tall things like to have short friends? What's that about?

 

[seaofgreen18]

That's the pitch fork's mini me !

 

[seaofgreen18]

Wait until i get out the MACK DADDY of forks, that ones out in the yard in the leaf mold ,last years soil pile

 

[seaofgreen18]

Its like Hee Haw or Green acre's around here alls im missing is a straw hat some overalls and a piece of grass to chew on

 

[seaofgreen18]

Ok enough canuking around!!(SR) Model, 6"
Irrometer Standard (SR) Model, 6"
OPERATING PRINCIPLE: The IRROMETER operates on the tensiometer principle, which measures soil water tension. Soil water tension is the energy (vacuum)...

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OPERATING PRINCIPLE: The IRROMETER operates on the tensiometer principle, which measures soil water tension. Soil water tension is the energy (vacuum) applied to soil by the plant as it draws in water for nutrition. This force is measured in centibars (cb) or kilopascals (kPa) of tension with a high reading indicating the dry end of the scale and a low reading indicating the wet end of the scale. The IRROMETER instrument consists of a sealed, fluid filled tube that is equipped with a porous ceramic tip and a special vacuum gauge.

They are installed in the ground with the tips placed at desired root zone depths. As the soil dries (increasing tension), fluid is drawn out of the instrument. This reduces the fluid volume in the IRROMETER, thus creating a partial vacuum which is registered on the gauge. The drier the soil, the higher the gauge reading. An irrigation application or rainfall event reverses this action. As water flows back into the soil (and the IRROMETER), tension is relieved in the soil and the instrument, resulting in a lower gauge reading (lower tension). In effect, the instrument is indicating how hard the roots are working.

Due to the IRROMETER’s unique principle of operation, no calibrations are necessary under normal operating conditions for different soil types. A gauge reading of 50 cb (kPa) indicates that the roots are extracting the same amount of moisture whether the crop is planted in sandy soil or clay soil.

 

[seaofgreen18]

I ordered that 4 more dripper rings and 15' of soaker hose my set up will be completed in 2/3 weeks
I got and hung the light yesterday afternoon pictures to come @ lights on it All starting to come together

 

[seaofgreen18]

The Island skunk sleeps HARD it is always wilty @ lights on but then wakes up the others don't seem to do that

 

[seaofgreen18]

Perfect soil tension on the one 106 but a little wet on the other 77 idk if you can see how dry the top of the soil looks but 6"/8" down in its i used to cover in wood chips but when i amend at the end of the round i mix it up anyways and being inside I have more control on environmental factors so that's why i don't cover it in wood chips its a good plan outside but not necessary inside and where you'll do 1 round in a summer season ill do 3 for a season inside.
Once I get back on a schedule. So I shut it down last June for the outside grow and wanted to upgrade My equipment and it's been a work in progress BIG INVESTMENT but now its starting to come together and so far my first experience with these LED lights is good, we'll see come flower time and summer time. I'm used to the old school LEC/Halide & sodium's so but as of now im liking the LED'S

 

[seaofgreen18]

Here's the way I irrigate A 5 gallon bucket only for now until they get bigger then ill go to a trash can i have set up for a res but for now a bucket helps keep fresh water in it but 6.8 ph'd water in the bucket and it takes about 7/8 gallons to get the bed to field capacity if it nears the 120 soil tension so the water goes from the bucket through the on off valves, then the filters to the carrots it takes a minute to get used to these but once you got them set it works good I got some soaker hose on the way to run in-between the rings.
It helps conserve on water and help me keep my hands off shit ,me and the plants are better off if i don't fuck with anything

 

[seaofgreen18]

These look pretty good for doing nothing to them other than watering 6.8 water, no fertilizer the bigger ones have been in there since middle of Dec i think Its working as it should I like it when a good plan comes together you ALL know how that is!

 

[seaofgreen18]

Not perfect by no means!

 

[seaofgreen18]

@InTheShed I read in your thread about your pm issue outside, I had the same issue last couple years and it gets worse and worse and once i had it it wouldn't go away no matter how much I treated and you do know that crap overwinters my neighbors around here breed the shit and inside idk about the uv thing it might kill the flavor because of the uv i ran an ozone to long one time and killed alot of flavor on one plant i had hanging that i got lazy with!
I usually run the ozone for a few hrs in the room in-between rounds after cleaning and sweeping and i use a Austin air purifier as well just in case of any spores especially in the summer infiltrate the area but that's one of the reasons i kinda quit doing it outdoors is because of the pathogen pressure i just couldn't keep up with it even with the harshest fungicide

 

[InTheShed]

The plants are a lovely shade of green but I'd be remiss if I failed to point out that some of those leaves are getting a bit of a taco shape with leaf edges pointing up. That can be an early sign of light (not heat) stress, so it's something to keep an eye out for.

@InTheShed I read in your thread about your pm issue outside, I had the same issue last couple years and it gets worse and worse and once i had it it wouldn't go away no matter how much I treated and you do know that crap overwinters my neighbors around here breed the shit and inside idk about the uv thing it might kill the flavor because of the uv i ran an ozone to long one time and killed alot of flavor on one plant i had hanging that i got lazy with!
I usually run the ozone for a few hrs in the room in-between rounds after cleaning and sweeping and i use a Austin air purifier as well just in case of any spores especially in the summer infiltrate the area but that's one of the reasons i kinda quit doing it outdoors is because of the pathogen pressure i just couldn't keep up with it even with the harshest fungicide

Ozone never occurred to me but @NickHardy will be trying UVC during lights off, so he'll be able to give some feedback on loss of smell or taste.

Me, I'm going to be testing potassium bicarb next for PM, so the battle continues!

 

[NickHardy]

@InTheShed I read in your thread about your pm issue outside, I had the same issue last couple years and it gets worse and worse and once i had it it wouldn't go away no matter how much I treated and you do know that crap overwinters my neighbors around here breed the shit and inside idk about the uv thing it might kill the flavor because of the uv i ran an ozone to long one time and killed alot of flavor on one plant i had hanging that i got lazy with!
I usually run the ozone for a few hrs in the room in-between rounds after cleaning and sweeping and i use a Austin air purifier as well just in case of any spores especially in the summer infiltrate the area but that's one of the reasons i kinda quit doing it outdoors is because of the pathogen pressure i just couldn't keep up with it even with the harshest fungicide

From reading about UVC delivery 30 minutes per session once a week during dark hours is considered sufficient.

Just watch your eyes - it puts out gamma ray type damaging light. A normal visible light hurts with burn, UVC actually messes on DNA type level.

They’re pretty cheap - $20’ maybe?

 

[InTheShed]

From reading about UVC delivery 30 minutes per session once a week during dark hours is considered sufficient.
Just watch your eyes - it puts out gamma ray type damaging light. A normal visible light hurts with burn, UVC actually messes on DNA type level.
They’re pretty cheap - $20’ maybe?

I put this in my thread but in case you missed it on the subject:

One last thought...are you 100% certain that the plants won't see any of the spectrum those bulbs put out? I don't know if the tested plants were short-day plants. You wouldn't want to gas-lantern your $24 grand worth of crops!

 

[seaofgreen18]

The plants are a lovely shade of green but I'd be remiss if I failed to point out that some of those leaves are getting a bit of a taco shape with leaf edges pointing up. That can be an early sign of light (not heat) stress, so it's something to keep an eye out for.

Ozone never occurred to me but @NickHardy will be trying UVC during lights off, so he'll be able to give some feedback on loss of smell or taste.

Me, I'm going to be testing potassium bicarb next for PM, so the battle continues!

Thank you ill keep an eye out my first try on these LEDs so any help is welcome and you are probably right ill dim em down a bit Cool im interested in how the uv works for that keep me posted if you would ive tried he bi carb alls i can say is that that PM in tenacious shit!!

 

[seaofgreen18]

Shed i think you are right on being to close this one is a 400w and i got it up high so im thinking you are right about the light stress