Hi
I've missed you!
Just a quick update as I'm still super busy. Still have my buddy and step-son visiting, and I'm still finishing getting the next crop in.
All the parts I need to increase my bucket count didn't arrive before I left, so I didn't get everything set back up. I put a fairly mild veg nute recipe into my cloner, and they seemed to have liked it! Lot's of healthy white roots ready to go into the buckets. I topped almost all of them and threw away the few that never took root. I ended up with ~85% success. I'm OK with that since my cost to make clones is basically zero, and it takes MUCH less time. I love my aero cloner. I want to build at least one more and make some different lid configurations. I have too many sites to do any veg. The roots start to intertwine quickly, so I'd like to have 2 cloners with less in them. Does anyone know where/how to get just lids for Rubbermaid containers? Think I can get them online? hmmm... I'll have to go look.
edit:
Found the answer from Rubbermaid themselves...
Answer: Replacement lids are not available for direct order and are not offered by retail stores. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
I have 35 buckets in the flowering room now (one leaks and I forgot to get it replaced and too late now) and about that many rooted clones. They will be in the buckets this weekend. I was hoping to have them transplanted already, but I am still exhausted from the trip, and now I'm slammed with work. The timing is bad because my counterpart, ie the only other IT staff in my tech company, started his vacation today. And on top of all that, my buddy who said "no problem" to acting as a broker, apparently was a little too confident in his "connections". I won't say much about that issue other than it's causing me a LOT of stress right now. The budget dept keeps asking AR wtf is going on?
In case anyone was wondering, I'm not going to close this journal. The search for mother continues. I have a feeling I will be starting another journal after this next crop is done, but we'll see.
I have some pictures of the harvest, and I still need to bring my written journal upstairs to the computer so I can share some #'s. And of course, see who won the contest!
I'm sorry if it disappoints, but I won't get any pictures up until after the next crop is in and running. There are not many pictures from the last harvest that I haven't already shared. The next picture update will be worth the wait though. I've made some cool improvements to the flowering room. I know this next crop is going to be even better, and this last one was awesome for the first at bat in 2 decades! The light mover is in and the lights cover the width of the room with only a few inches to spare, so coverage is going to be outstanding. The air hockey floor came together really nice too. I'm excited to get this new crop in. At the risk of making much ado about nothing... I have a surprise planned for the next update too.
I really appreciate everyone hanging in here until the end. I apologize for suddenly disappearing after promising the, still missing, update. I feel even worse that it happened right as I won motm. Hopefully when you all see what I've been busy working on you will forgive me
I know I'm stealing it from Mr Fishington, but I like the sentiment...
Good weed to all