Horse's Crawlspace Grow

HorseBadortiz said:
Man, I could easily settle for a little bit of somethings! :)

This morning was a good example. It was a dark and stormy morning... ha, not really, it was 80° at 6:30 with about the same humidity, but that dark and stormy always sounds good for a drama :grinjoint: The scrog just came out of their 36 hr dark period.

Everything was chartreuse, new leaves, old leaves, every friggin' leaf. Daughters of a bitch! I freaked. Then I hit the search button. Iron and manganese deficiency.

Aw man, that danged pH was biting me again. I have so much iron and manganese in our water that our clothes turn brown. H20 softener takes care of that for the house, but the girls get it straight from the well. It's gotta be some kinda lockout.

Hmmm, life goes on, and besides, I had to brush my teeth. The sonicare must have vibrated something. My thoughts turned to not wanting DocBud to come kick my ass... which led to something he said about chlorotic... which made me wonder what the hell that was... which led to a minor hopeful epiphany... they've been in the freakin' dark for 36 hrs, whadda you expect, dumass???

So, the end of this act is, they look much greener tonight, I'm celebrating with a Sierra Nevada and White Widow, I didn't have to go buy any emergency plant resuscitation stuff, my brain got a little scratching, and 420 paid off the price of it's free subscription once again. :cheertwo:

It's unbelievable how those little things do add up, even when we're not paying attention.

Thanks for reminding me, doode. And, if it sounds like I'm baked and rambling, it's because I am :)

:peace:
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Hay Horse! Man, you are moving along there! :welldone:

When my girls were flipped to 12/12, I had the same reaction about the light colored growth. Kept them in the dark for only 20 hours instead of 36, but even so there was surprising amount of new growth. And it was all sort of a glow in the dark light green color. Took me a minute (or 10!) to figure out that it was new stuff and the plant just hadn't manufactured any chlorophyll there yet!

Those girls are gonna really take off for you! At least I know the Jack Herer will and I'm sure the others aren't too different in that regard. When I envisioned the amount of growth that would happen during flowering, I really didn't prepare myself for what's happened. My nice dainty little plants turned into freakin' SHRUBBERYs! (WE WANT A SHRUBBERY! :rasta: ) But you've grown outdoors, so you've got a better idea of what to expect.

Cannot wait to see how that Jamaican does for you!

Also, your multicolor multiquote method kicks ass man! You're gonna start a trend! :)
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High GMH, thanks for stooping by!

GrownManHollr said:
Hay Horse! Man, you are moving along there! :welldone:

When my girls were flipped to 12/12, I had the same reaction about the light colored growth. Kept them in the dark for only 20 hours instead of 36, but even so there was surprising amount of new growth. And it was all sort of a glow in the dark light green color. Took me a minute (or 10!) to figure out that it was new stuff and the plant just hadn't manufactured any chlorophyll there yet!

Well, I think I left some crawlspce lights on the 1st night of 12/12. I apologized for upsetting their beauty rest, but I'm not sure they accepted :).

Those girls are gonna really take off for you! At least I know the Jack Herer will and I'm sure the others aren't too different in that regard. When I envisioned the amount of growth that would happen during flowering, I really didn't prepare myself for what's happened. My nice dainty little plants turned into freakin' SHRUBBERYs! (WE WANT A SHRUBBERY! :rasta: )

"Something simple, though. Not too much."


But you've grown outdoors, so you've got a better idea of what to expect.

Cannot wait to see how that Jamaican does for you!

The JHs and Jamaican, and WW are sorta statically vegging in the tent. I hope my son is coming over today to cut some clones... guess we'll see how well the power plant clones in flower. We just realized neither of us had taken any!

Also, your multicolor multiquote method kicks ass man! You're gonna start a trend! :)

I got multiquote to work right one time, but never again??? I dunno, mac w/ firefox, how cutting edge is that! :)


:goodjob:
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:peace:
 
Setting Sun said:
I know you don't want to clean up that crawlspace, but bugs are gonna love you for that.

They love clutter and places to hide, because by the time you notice, their numbers are legion.

You gotta make it inhospitable for them, and they hate neatness.

Speaking as a slob, it's easier for them to just find the next slob's grow ;).

In the meantime, a few cedar planks or fence boards and/or some cedar sawdust
would be a nice organic way to screw with them.

You probably already know this, but some peeps are allergic to cedar and redwood, so check that first.

The no pest strips are excellent too, but you still need to be able to spot them *early* and easily, and if it's cluttered, you can't.

A cluttered grow is a time-bomb.
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Sorry SS, I just saw this. For some reason, I'm not always directed to the last unread. Weird.

Anyway, you don't sound preachy. You always seem to go the right lengths to offer solid advice. I appreciate it, too.

I may act cavalier about the mess, but I hear ya. You'd have to actually see this place to fully understand the complexity of turning it into a dedicated grow area. It's a storage, mechanical, inventory, gardening (which now that I think of it oughta be the very next thing I move out!), shop area. I do have both cedar and redwood scraps :yahoo:

Along with NPS, rosemary sprigs, and azamax, I also have a small army of wolf spiders patrolling the compound :)

I know all these excuses will probably bite me in the arse, I just had to get a grow going... I was going nuts just reading about it :yummy:

And, as I've been finding out, there is no friggin' way I could have planned everything out without a hitch, and still have gotten a grow in this century!

Muddle onward :rollit:

:peace:
 
howdy,
just dropping by, glad i did....about the clutter, been there...it does and will...and am still working on mine....small spaces are just the pits, and it all has to be put in place and kept there....thats tough in itself....the things we do for our plants....ur doing great....L:peace:
 
So, I flipped the switch to 12/12 Friday morning... well, I flipped some switch. The crawl has 2 keyless light circuits, one in the front, one in the back. I had to turn on the back lights to reset the timer for the budding to begin. Can't see the back lights from the crawl door.

Yep, I left them on... dang!

On top of that, I didn't flip the real switch from MH to HPS... d'oh!

Good thing ya don't have to be certified to mess with pot :)

These are some tough chicks, though. They greened up, and pistils are poppin' :yahoo:

So, without further adieu:

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Which all leads us to my latest questions!

The tallest buds are like one hole back from the edge of the screen. My weaving technique obviously needs some work, but most of the other scrogs I've seen here seem to have the tallest branches in the center. Do you think the center will fill in?

Will those center screen buds catch up with the lunatic fringe?

Is some super-cropping in my future? Never done it. I do know when I've grown before, that keeping as many buds as possible at the same canopy height gave better yields. One main cola seemed to take away from the rest.

I understand, I think, the evenness of the canopy in a scrog is one of the keys to its success, but should I trim or bend, or JLITFA?

Any thoughts on molasses in a hempy bucket?

Lastly, next week, I'm going away for week. I do have someone who can check them in the middle and end of that week. I'm pretty sure they'll be okay, but since they're just going into bloom, I'm not sure what they'll actually uptake.

I could fill their pool w/solution above the hole, that will mess with the PWT.

I could make a microfleece wick from a res back into the hole, but I'm not exactly sure if it would wick in or out.

I could just go on vacation and eat blueberries... or listen to other ideers :ganjamon:

If you got this far, thanks for reading,

:peace:
 
HorseBadortiz said:
most of the other scrogs I've seen here seem to have the tallest branches in the center
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I don't know the answers to any of your questions, but my experience has been different than most, also...the tallest parts of my scrog are at the ends, and the middle is pretty short. It might have to do with which plants went where, though, and not with the actual set-up. If that makes sense. :)

You're still looking great!
 
GrowingGirls said:
I don't know the answers to any of your questions, but my experience has been different than most, also...the tallest parts of my scrog are at the ends, and the middle is pretty short. It might have to do with which plants went where, though, and not with the actual set-up. If that makes sense. :)

You're still looking great!
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To even up the canopy could you tie the tall ones down to the screen,like an LST?
 
GrowingGirls said:
I don't know the answers to any of your questions, but my experience has been different than most, also...the tallest parts of my scrog are at the ends, and the middle is pretty short. It might have to do with which plants went where, though, and not with the actual set-up. If that makes sense. :)

You're still looking great!
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Thanks GG. I did run the strongest branches towards the outer limits, thinking the rest would catch up. I've lowered the light a little to get better penetration, and they are just starting their flowering business, so I am hopeful. A full screen may be just a dream :tokin:

:peace:
 
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