You are correct, it takes energy for the plant - (organic factory) to produce the needed chemicals & changes. When younger we tried to grow big plants from flouresants and they were pathetic for the same reason not enough energy input for good bud output.
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Thank you dynamo, although I should emphasise that our winters are temperate by comparison to the snowy winters a lot of folks experience. Winter is our rainy season though, so cold and wet is not going to be ideal outside, although a local friend is successful with photos outdoors in winter, albeit with slightly lower yield.
I have a tiny two room dwelling with a shower closet, so space is limited. I have decided that if the light fits into a bedroom cupboard, then I will likely use that space. That should keep it a little warmer too shouldn't it?
I could do a pot in the living room using natural light from the window too, to compare. I don't want to drill in the walls as the place is not mine but I do get a LOT of light in this room all year round.
BooWho2, this is music to my ears
I have some NBA Diesel, a Lavenders Best and some Caramel King, all have some Indica, and of course the ruderalis. All things being equal I may have a new grow diary of my own soon!
That'd be good Carmen, I still can picture that lovely red pistiled beauty you grew a year ago!Thank you Shed, for allowing me to highjack your thread for a second
Good morning Shed
I've missed the Shed lately. Is he on vacation or something? Or is it just me?
FYII still exist for those wondering. I have but a few minutes a day on the site so far this week. I'll get to all the quotes and post pics of the 2:9 iso tests from this past weekend...eventually!
Looks like he's been really busier than usual
If that's the case, I'll bet Shed hates tax time even more than I do...
I try to wait at least a week, but preferably two or three so the roots can really get established before I need them for flowering.
LOL!
Thanks DV8! I owe it to the amazing @Amy Gardner for the original idea, but even more so to @BeezLuiz for proving it in the field. I'm sure if I had scoped the Doug's Varin this weekend there would be loads of amber on it, but it's still drinking (albeit more slowly) so it will live another week.
Say whatever it takes to make you feel like you got your point across!
Thanks Professor! Not sure if mine will smoke like anyone else's since they pulled DV completely off the site due to inconsistent test results.
No worries sb! Weekends have been cloudy in the mornings and sunny in the afternoons, so not too shabby for early April.
Otter!Oh nice! Or is it...
Oh yeah, that's right.
I won't get fooled again!
Thank you! I should be flipping it and the Jack Herer 1.1 in the next week or so. It's going to need a real cleanup first though.
I haven't. I am definitely not into systemics for anything consumable. If neem even is systemic in cannabis.
I have read that neem is a systemic in some - but not all - plants, and there are competing statements about whether cannabis is one. Like I mentioned, I stay clear of systemic insecticides for consumables. And I grow a lot of consumables here (lemon, satsuma, pineapple, pomegranate, cannabis, and soon, limes!).
I appreciate you all keeping this place bright and alive in my absence.
Maybe @dynamo1 can save some aphids from his DDAs and test that out. 
Great replies below Carmen...I'm glad my folks here took good care of you!
Thanks dynamo!
Remind me...did you grow autos outside or were they all photos?
Not at all!
Good idea!
Almost all light will produce some heat, but the heat from LEDs comes from the driver rather than the LEDs themselves. Except fluorescents...no heat from them.
A lot of light will at least get you something!
That's not a hijack Carmen! And I'm holding thumbs that you drop a link to a new journal here soon.
Otter!Aww thanks Jon. I'm on the opposite of vacation, and you're always on vacation down in sunny Florida!
Naw, not tax related. That's purely coincidence!
So busy at work that there's no time for here, and I'm so burned out by the weekend that all I have the energy for is taking care of the plants!
I hate tax time about the same as anyone who tends to owe money every year.
Hey Shed! Good to know it's *just* work/busy. Not that it might feel like "just" work to you at the moment. When you're not here your absence is conspicuous.Let me start by going into a bit more detail about my absence. My company is going through a major transition with new ownership and a new management team that's still not in place yet. I've been there over 20 years and this is the first time it's happened, so there are new people coming in and new procedures, systems, and new hardware and software to be evaluated and possibly trained on. So very little downtime to visit here.
I'm still hopeful that my time will begin to free up soon! In the meantime, here's a quick update from last weekend! Didn't take any pics this weekend.
I thinned the Candida mother:
Before...
After...
It's already grown a lot of it back.
I also tried another test of the 2:9 iso:water spray though I'm still not committed to an answer because I don't have time to let the spray dry off, leaving a lot of moisture in the pics to cover up the results.
I did pull out the old bucket of botrytis buds though. Here is what it looked like when I started it in August of 2019:
I added more to it that summer, and it has been sitting in the garage under the skylights for two and a half years. Here are the bleached results:
Some closeups of the buds:
I grabbed some old Candida flowers and sprayed those as well, and here is what I mean about the remaining liquid making it harder to discern the results:
Before...
After...
I really need to set this up inside on one bud somewhere where I can leave it untouched for a day while all the liquid evaporates. So the answer is still "reply hazy, try again." Sorry!
In other news, I mixed up a new batch of STS following the instructions from the video in this post (originally posted by @Virgin Ground). Instead of being a 10% solution it's a 50% solution. I sprayed one of the Sour G clones tonight and plan to flip in on Thursday (in the tent under the DV) after another spray. The other two will be flipped 7 and 14 days later to make sure I have pistils ready to receive the potential pollen.
Doug's Varin lives on because it still dries out, now after three days rather than two. Either way I think I'll take it down next weekend. I think it's around flip day 70 now. It looks the same as last time but I'll try to grab a pic Monday morning.
I apologize for getting so far behind in all my subscribed threads and I may never catch up. I hope that you and that you and your plants are thriving this spring.
Quotes:
Oh wait, I already did them!
Thank you Shed.That's not a hijack Carmen! And I'm holding thumbs that you drop a link to a new journal here soon.
Lol!! It would be tough to make Shed a dull boy. Dull is not the first word that comes to mind when one thinks about that man.Thank you Shed.
Don't work too hard now. You know what they say about all work and no play
I was thinking about the madness of Jack Nicholson "redrum redrum redrum"
Well.....I was thinking about the madness of Jack Nicholson "redrum redrum redrum"
Nah, just kidding. Shed is a gentle soul and sound of mind!
Being retired and living in Florida I can affirm that statement.
