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[Jacobsenji]

Hope all is well with you FE.
Those Cheese Candy flowers are gorgeous.
I seen that part about the coco and bennies and want to know what a bennie is. Now on to the TW and when you said you're swimming in it. I smiled knowing I will eventually too, be swimming in it. Ty for that. But I made a minor mistake with it already. I seen sign of a cal-mag def. and overdid it by reading the label wrong. Instead of a teaspoon per gal I mixed a half gal with half tablespoon. I misread. That became evident within 10 hours or so. Leaves started to claw. I reread the label and realized my mistake and immediately flushed it hard. Thank goodness it was still in pot you gave it to me in. (She looks better already) Made things a whole lot easier and cleaner. KInda makes me want to do coco as well. Then I could really pour over some journals even yours and probably get way better even faster. Meh, Don't matter too much about how fast I get there. I'm doin better than I thought I could already. Ty again.

Okay Buds I'm gonna take off now and I am super glad I stopped by to check you out and very good update by the by.
Later til next time man
Too bad about the clones.

 

[Noob4x4grow]

C99 show preflowers in veg after 50 days. Supposed to be a trait that was breeded into it along with the no herm trait. These statements are from extensive research on the strain because I was growing it. I'm in no way claiming to be an expert.

 

[Far East Buds]

Certain strains will pre-flower with that gas-lantern regime.

I used it, always had preflowers. During lights out plants would get cold so I quit that gas lantern game.

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I do worry a little about that in winter. I started the gas lantern method to help avoid heat issues and to save energy. I added an ac unit so heat is no longer the issue.

Hope all is well with you FE.
Those Cheese Candy flowers are gorgeous.
I seen that part about the coco and bennies and want to know what a bennie is. Now on to the TW and when you said you're swimming in it. I smiled knowing I will eventually too, be swimming in it. Ty for that. But I made a minor mistake with it already. I seen sign of a cal-mag def. and overdid it by reading the label wrong. Instead of a teaspoon per gal I mixed a half gal with half tablespoon. I misread. That became evident within 10 hours or so. Leaves started to claw. I reread the label and realized my mistake and immediately flushed it hard. Thank goodness it was still in pot you gave it to me in. (She looks better already) Made things a whole lot easier and cleaner. KInda makes me want to do coco as well. Then I could really pour over some journals even yours and probably get way better even faster. Meh, Don't matter too much about how fast I get there. I'm doin better than I thought I could already. Ty again.

Okay Buds I'm gonna take off now and I am super glad I stopped by to check you out and very good update by the by.
Later til next time man
Too bad about the clones.

Yah I am slacking on the clones but no biggie. Those plants had cal deficiencies when I gave them to you but I had already increased it but cal damage is damage that stays. I love Coco for many reasons. You can't over water for one. Well you can but not really once it is decent size. "bennies" are beneficial bacteria. (plant success i gave you) So in one of our talks we talked about sterile or live. sterile you constantly clean and sterilize to kill all bacteria. Live is adding in bacteria good ones to kill the bad ones. I use to run sterile and just felt like I could not win the clean battle. So I switched to live and it made an instant difference and I never looked back. So I was buying Coco brick that you break up and add water to expand it. Very cheap. But recently I had switched to growstone3 which has coco predone with stones and good bennies added in for a substantially increased cost. But I look at it as though these plants I take care of for weeks and weeks. If the better coco will help that then cost isn't the issue.

C99 show preflowers in veg after 50 days. Supposed to be a trait that was breeded into it along with the no herm trait. These statements are from extensive research on the strain because I was growing it. I'm in no way claiming to be an expert.

Thanks noob. The JH if you look at other grows has an amazing amount of pistils so I am thinking it is normal in veg but I havent run it yet so I threw it in flower anyway because flower is way too empty. Its one of the few strains I have multiple seeds so I figured I'd quick run it and then be more attentive on the next one.

Thank you guys for responding!

I appreciate it!



FE

 

[Perfect Sun LED]

Thanks for answering. Yeah, I will then stick to my home page drip rings. I just use 1/4 inch tubing, then I use T connected, then connect a half inch piece of tubbing to the part of the T the water comes out of, then I place a flag dripper there. Super cheap to make.

The flag drippers are really easy to keep clean.

 

[Far East Buds]

Thanks for answering. Yeah, I will then stick to my home page drip rings. I just use 1/4 inch tubing, then I use T connected, then connect a half inch piece of tubbing to the part of the T the water comes out of, then I place a flag dripper there. Super cheap to make.

The flag drippers are really easy to keep clean.

I did the exact same thing to start with and I still do this in veg. But i just run the lines wide open (3/16). 1/2 inch feed tube and I got those plugs and tool to run the 3/16 lines right off of it... But in veg i actually like to make the roots stretch in the pot. Well my brain seems to make sense of it that way. In flower i wanted the rings to really soak the coco better so that the plants can concentrate on drinking it Thats been the recent plan..lol


Thank you LEDRF for coming by!



FE

 

[Mr. Krip]

Hey, Far East! Congrat's & on the MOTM nomination!

I'm looking forward to getting caught up on your journal. So far, I saw you were off to a good start on the first page, and then, I skipped to the last page to post a message and saw some beautiful, healthy girls with just enough burning on the tips to tell me you're pushing the nutes!

FYI...I ran GLR for a long time in veg. At the time, I was maintaining Bonsai mom's. I found that several strains, after vegging for more than a year under GLR, actually started to flower. GLR worked great for me for the short-term getting a clone to the size to flower, but not for maintaining moms.

 

[Far East Buds]

Hey, Far East! Congrat's & on the MOTM nomination!

Wow I'm flattered.. not even sure how it happened.. who... Thank you truly... I don't really like the recognition though kinda feels odd...

I'm looking forward to getting caught up on your journal. So far, I saw you were off to a good start on the first page, and then, I skipped to the last page to post a message and saw some beautiful, healthy girls with just enough burning on the tips to tell me you're pushing the nutes!

Thank you! I have gone through some really neat things.. Changed it up and now seem to be much calmer and fluid. I appreciate the mentioning of it. I don't expect you to read it all... But it truly is interesting to see how I have matured in my growing...

FYI...I ran GLR for a long time in veg. At the time, I was maintaining Bonsai mom's. I found that several strains, after vegging for more than a year under GLR, actually started to flower. GLR worked great for me for the short-term getting a clone to the size to flower, but not for maintaining moms.

I actually have been on GLR for maybe 3 months? The big things I notice. Plant do seem to grow a tad slower in veg then 24-0. slightly... Yes some strains seem to not like it much. And also my clones hated it... I am starting to get better results now on the clones but I am overriding the timer some days for an extra 4 hours or so in veg. Not totally convinced it is the reason but I think it was too high humidity in lights out on the clones...


Again thank you to whoever nominated me. I haven't looked yet cause I am sorta embarrassed at the recognition...



FE

 

[Jacobsenji]

Hey Buds. What's good ?
Looks like you are. Congrats on the nomination. Ya know that sometimes you just have to live with the consequences of your actions. So buck up and deal with being a nice guy that does good stuff for folks. Your info is always detailed, spot on and delivered in a way that can be understood, even by one such as myself.
You're the first person here at 420 that showed any interest in what I had goin on, which wasn't even an eighth of what's goin down now. Thanks to you.

Okay, Back to the reason I showed up here today. I have noticed that the PC and TW have started to become a bit more sturdy. They seemed like they were softer. Do you think that the texture of the plants has changed due to growth medium ?

 

[Far East Buds]

Hey Buds. What's good ?
Looks like you are. Congrats on the nomination. Ya know that sometimes you just have to live with the consequences of your actions. So buck up and deal with being a nice guy that does good stuff for folks. Your info is always detailed, spot on and delivered in a way that can be understood, even by one such as myself.
You're the first person here at 420 that showed any interest in what I had goin on, which wasn't even an eighth of what's goin down now. Thanks to you.

Okay, Back to the reason I showed up here today. I have noticed that the PC and TW have started to become a bit more sturdy. They seemed like they were softer. Do you think that the texture of the plants has changed due to growth medium ?

I think it is mostly because you are giving them better care than I was ..lol

I also am getting better results with my veg as well I think it was just a light run on nutes for a bit there.

Thank you for all the kind words!



FE

 

[Far East Buds]

Harvest Bugs!

Remember that mangy TW i was very close to harvesting? Well it was time and low and behold just mostly in the center it was packed with mites... Wasn't pleased... So that got harvested and is drying outside my house (hopefully good enough) and will be made into oils.

So I scoured the entire grow and have not seen a plant that has a single mite. I finished up my mighty wash on the entire grow veg and flower... (I know it is not the safest stuff I read up and I am not near harvest on anything) Then a day later I washed the entire grow as well... I went to my local grow store and he recommended greenclean. Expensive but dilutes into alot.... so I will do a follow up tomorrow with that and hopefully I can rest again.

I can tell you my first experience with mites was at this same time last year on my very first flower and this time my setup is so much better. I can pull out plants and use my work bench to clean inspect and wash them very effectively. Last year I did a scrog and had to lay underneath it for hours inspecting and cleaning...


So the results on that DCC where 3.99 zips if I didnt say. Much better run on it and smokes well...Not close to cure so it will only get better but starting to get a little flavor... I still think my runs should improve as I bumped up cal and mag etc with new Res. Lets see....


So over in Veg things are ok but still not where I want....
The cloner is still not doing as well as i want. I think I need a fresh change on it soon and maybe that will help.

I have one PC in there with roots that just needs some more time and it should be good....

The rest are mixed on times and types...Hopefully some of these will root soon as alot from veg went into flower recently so veg is starting to get thin again.

Theres is one that is ready for flower. The NL#5 but I want it to have one more week. I need to up pot some others as well soon. That way there will be some ready to go into flower down the road. they should have a decent amount of time as once I add in the NL to flower I will be full again for like 4 weeks or so... That will be a first for awhile...

So over in flower I have some smaller stuff running but things are starting to take off on others...

Overall looks real good...

Those above are pictures of the Sour Diesel. This is a 12 week strain but last time it hermied at 10 weeks. Now I am sure it was my fault. But this one is a new seed and it already with the new feed dosage is looking far better than the first run.

Then we have the WW that is simply gorgeous. I will say it is such an easy strain to grow. Very hearty and forgiving. as I have mentioned my wifes one and only strain so it's a lifer for me..

That is the JH that is recent to flower.... I hope it stretches or something.. It is growing but I threw it in flower way too early.. Oh well... More seeds for the future and "maybe" clones...

The PC.. Another run on it's way Nuff said...

This is an unsexed Blueberry Headband. I am watching it close... It looks decent and i pulled some clones but i have suspicions, unfounded that it is a male.. Just a hunch.. We'll see....


So there we are with an update... There won't be a harvest for several weeks but the amount in flower right now should become quite a show.. The SD and WW are looking stellar... Let's hope I can keep those pests away. So far so good... Tomorrow's cleaning should put the final of them to rest. Not that I have seen any but if there are eggs. They will pop 2-3 days after I killed off the others. So soon... Hopefully I caught it just right and will can again.

Thanks for stopping by!



FE

 

[Mr. Krip]

Looks great, FE!

Sorry to hear about the mites!

 

[Jacobsenji]

Lookin good man. Too bad about the mites. Blueberry Headband I clone from the original had bot male n female flowers when I put it down. Maybe the strobing of the light made it have both. I assumed it was a female turning hermie but in fact it could've been the other way around. Well okay man I gotta get out of here n take care of now.
Have a good night Buds.
P.s. I will post a smoke report very soon on all three. Do you think I could post it here in your journal ? Should I post the previous one here as well ?

 

[Far East Buds]

Lookin good man. Too bad about the mites. Blueberry Headband I clone from the original had bot male n female flowers when I put it down. Maybe the strobing of the light made it have both. I assumed it was a female turning hermie but in fact it could've been the other way around. Well okay man I gotta get out of here n take care of now.
Have a good night Buds.
P.s. I will post a smoke report very soon on all three. Do you think I could post it here in your journal ? Should I post the previous one here as well ?

Thanks Bud... You can post those here i don't mind at all.
Hopefully you are right on the BBHB. Plant looks beautiful but still no signs....

Have a good day bro!

FE

 

[Noob4x4grow]

My condolences FE.

 

[Far East Buds]

Learning! Learning! Learning!

So anyone who has followed my thread knows I have dealt with my fair share of issue's. I have learned how to deal with these and some issue's have reoccurred and I have tried other methods adapted etc.

So a few weeks ago I say some "flies" and could only assume it was gnats. I treated it with SNS 203 as a root drench method. First time I have dealt with gnats and the SNS was recommended. The gnats have never been an issue I just occasionally see one or two hanging around and my sticky pads are getting some here and there. But I wanted it to be dealt with now so I have treated the Coco 2 times?

So then a week ago I harvested that mangy TW and it was infested... So I used up my mighty wash and treated the others. 3 days later I used a sprayer to do them all again in green clean. I have yet to see a mite except that initial plant but I must stay on it... I will spray again in a few days with GC again but I will start to avoid ones getting close to harvest...

So then..(they come in three's) I did a full rez fill 2 days ago and I was looking at my plants after a feeding and they do all look fabulous if I do say so myself. But wait... is that PM? WHAT? NO its not.... What the f is that? I look in the rez NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Cyanobacteria is back... On a fresh rez? With fresh bennies? Can't be? How ? Think Think Think....

.....New rez... pump.. everyhose... stones....feeders.....WTF... Thats it..

It's in my wonderful ph 9.0 everytime 45 ppm water... Has to be....

Research..... Some more.... OK so I think I got it figured out... There is a trace amount of cyano in my water has to be... They kill it off at the water plant with Chloramine... But 1 ppm probably remain.. Not harmful to humans in trace amount... So they say... The chloramine does not dissipate like chlorine alone does so it kills off all the bennies I add in the rez but the trace amounts of cyano love the food of the dying good bennies and feed like mad... Thus Bloom of it happens...

Does all that make sense?

Solution is simple a filter that I already installed but I do need to switch out the cartridge for a specific one to greatly reduce the Chloramine thus allowing my good bennies to flourish and stomp out the baddies! Yippee Hooray! At Least this solution makes sense to me..... I hope....

It is true what they say though with experience I am catching things a lot earlier and that is huge in growing. If things get too far out of wack things get irreparable.

So let's go look in veg

Last pic is the one of note. It was just transplanted and I watered it extra ( was dry in pic) It is a Fruit Punch.. I want it to have a good veg and flower is full so it can
All of veg is really going well.. I want to try cloning direct into coco soon so I am popping seeds all over and all kinds of clones from existing runs...

Ok Cloner still needs that water change but I am pulling out clones.. I know the issue as well.. It does need a stone in there.. I believe it needs the fresh air being pumped into it...I believe the extra stirring is helping alot... But I still want to clone with gel or powder right into coco. I have seen peoples threads on it. Should be easy.. But I am sure I will have to learn my way to do it...

Over in Flower I am glad I got at that early.. i still want to take the top layer of coco off all the flower plants before I run the auto feed again and it will be two days until the right filter arrives to start the non chloramine water treatment. So I ran some filtered water to all the plants to keep them from drying out.. Like a flush... Then I will feed them in 48 hours... They will sure be dry and ready by then... Hopefully it wont hurt them... I will be watching..

They look great right now...

Group Shots!!!

That's a Sour Diesel that is 5 weeks in? It is doing very well better than I have run it of course. It is suppose to be a 12 week strain but I have never hit 10. This is a new seed and running great!!

Northern Lights #5 gifted to me by Jacob! Here we go bro lets see what I can do with it... but wait!!!!

Blueberry Headband was it Jacob? This is just about to show male or female...Unsexed. I swear I see female pistils but I am not totally sure. I have been checking daily.. It has not flipped to flower totally yet...Looks promising.. I have two really good clones of it in Veg.. Lets hope!

This White Widow clone from my past plant is growing at a rapid pace! Look at the crystals... This one is the one i worry the bacteria will hurt because it is the latest into flower.. 7 weeks i think? Forget...I have noticed I am now running 1 week over on most strains if i can health wise to get the trics darker.

Pineapple chunk for like the umpteenth time.. Nuff said...

The JH that I have no idea what to think of... I run gas lantern in Veg and this thing started to flower in veg I think.. So i threw it small into flower and Now i have no idea how long it will grow and it looks odd..!! LOL At the time flower was getting low on plants so I didn't mind. If the BBHB is female i will be full for 2-3 more weeks.. Veg definitely will catch back up...I have 2-3? more seeds I popped and i have 3 new PC seeds from along the way that I am curious if one can replace the current overrun clones I keep taking... It still produces but fresh and more systematically run I think I can get a new plant to be a heartier strain longer these days...

I guess that's it for now.. Sorry I am behind on my 50 threads I just have been super busy with the grow and RL as you see..Thanks for coming by! I will get caught back up soon!



FE

 

[Mr. Krip]

Good job on working through the issues, FE! +REPS!

 

[Jacobsenji]

FE. Man I don't really get what's goin on here. I mean I get you have an issue with bacteria but from a technical perspective I'm lost for now.
Seems like you have it down though. I am always amazes at the problem solving ability that comes with experience. Great job dude.
Northern Lights #5 Lookin good. I like NL. We harvested a small one over the weekend and what a nice body high offa quick dry n smoke. Great for my nerve pain. How long left on that ?
BBHB will be a surprise if it's fem. I def thought it was until strobing.


Phrum the light room.

 

[Far East Buds]

FE. Man I don't really get what's goin on here. I mean I get you have an issue with bacteria but from a technical perspective I'm lost for now.
Seems like you have it down though. I am always amazes at the problem solving ability that comes with experience. Great job dude.
Northern Lights #5 Lookin good. I like NL. We harvested a small one over the weekend and what a nice body high offa quick dry n smoke. Great for my nerve pain. How long left on that ?
BBHB will be a surprise if it's fem. I def thought it was until strobing.


Phrum the light room.

Basically my water is very clean from all the chloramine they put in it. But that is preventing me from growing good bacteria. So a bad strain of bacteria is liking the nutrient environment I am creating and flourishing in my Rez. It is stronger than the Chloramine. So I need to get rid of the Chloramine so my good bennies can take care of the bad bacteria.

I am hoping experience is the reason I am doing better but it probably is a mix of luck as well..
the BBHB and the NL are just into flower recent so quite awhile... The BBHB a week earlier... It still has no bud sites or balls yet... I will know soon enough. The two clones I took of it took so hopefully is wasn't for not...

have a good day bro..



FE

 

[Far East Buds]

I can't believe I actually just got caught up on my subbs... Wahoo!


FE

 

[ShiggityFlip]

FE I just work with the chloramine. I keep a jug of standard chlorine for cloning. And you are right an air pump and air stones are necessary.

So I soak the stones in bleach water (1cap/ gallon) for 12 hours. I spray out the cloner with bleach water and air dry. I soak the foam things in a cooler filled with bleach water and put the pump in there running it at the same time. I soak the emitters in bleach water and swirl them around with a chop stick to remove any organics stuck inside. Now we are all cleaned out. I reassemble and fill with tap then take the clones. The air stones in there are primarily there to introduce fresh air and pump out stagnant air.

Every two days I add 0.5ml of bleach for the 10 gallon resevoir. At two days the chloramine that was originally there has dissipated because of contact with organic matter (those stems). So we add 0.5ml bleach every two days. In a week you should have roots.