Recess Is Over - Now To Muck Up The Lesson

Haven't tried, same as feral, only seen them sold...
 
So I got the multiple iPhone uploads working. I had to update to the latest operating system- #10 - the one I've been postponing for month after month because they kept pissing me off all the time with their 'friendly reminders' pressuring me to install it. Sucks that they finally won, but being able to upload a whole batch of photos at once is going to be good.
 
I'm scared to update this thing, I always ignore those. Last update changed my phone. Going to have to if that means multiple updates.. Thanks weasel...
 
Weasel you legend.. Man that's just taken me no time to upload 8 photos. Man this makes it all so much less of a chore...

Lunar Landing
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Medicann Scrog

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Crop King White Cookies

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Feminised Seeds Viva Sativa

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Thought I'd bump those pics from earlier , have the flowering tent all together..

Sour Diesel
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FeralA9X said:
Its all my local hydro shop tries to sell me, says its all the rave with customers, have not actually tried it yet though, got enough nutes to last me about 12 months :thumb: I did buy one of their bags of coco (they have about 5 different types), didnt really suit my needs indoors as there were big chunks of coco in there and i was planning on using it for raising seedlings, i used the rest of the bag mixed with soil and perlite for my outdoor girl ;)
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I see people do wonderful things with nutes. They obviously work.

One of the reasons I started growing was to save money.
Whether I give my money to a dealer or a corporation doesn't matter a whole lot.
It is still flowing out of my wallet never to return.
I'm cheap. That is all there is too it. Always have been, always will be.
I feel like I'm paying for the cool name and the brand on the bottle.
I feel like I'm being played. That bothers me.
 
I use organic nutrients but not hydroponic centre or name brand line. Mainly commercial store brought, with couple from an organic supplier..
 
GrizzWald said:
I use organic nutrients but not hydroponic centre or name brand line. Mainly commercial store brought, with couple from an organic supplier..
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Lol. I use Burpee, Miracle gro, and fish emulsion.
I'm sure I could get better results but this works and I can go to
the local Tractor Supply store (Think hardware store for farmers)
And pick up my whole line for less than $30 usd. This will last for months.

I'll change if need be. But if possible I will remain cheap.
 
Ditchweed242 said:
Lol. I use Burpee, Miracle gro, and fish emulsion.
I'm sure I could get better results but this works and I can go to
the local Tractor Supply store (Think hardware store for farmers)
And pick up my whole line for less than $30 usd. This will last for months.

I'll change if need be. But if possible I will remain cheap.
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I have to say I have been quite pleased with the resuts from the Alaska Fish line from Pennington. Cheap at Wallyworld. They do stink though. o.O In addition I am researching teas made from comfrey and stinging nettle. I run a bastardized mix of coco and soil so Im not sure how all this will come together, but I am having way less nute burn this round, and the plants look for the most part pretty happy.

Im finding a whole lot of info on the cheap natural ferts on Sue's and Angrybird's threads...in between the DDA posts of course :)

My plan for the coming summer is to put in a bunch of outdoor planters and play with soil. Vegies only, since they are also intended as a plaything for my dad, but it will let me get my feet wet with mixing a workable soil.

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Hey Mates:

My name is Hyena and I've been a "member" on this site for about a year. I wanted to chime in as I follow this thread regularly (as well as many others) and maybe offer a tidbit or two to my friends down under. I don't typically offer advice to folks on this site unless asked because many of them know a lot more than me and let's face it we all do the same thing a little differently, that's what is so great about it. But, I saw you guys discussing the photography contests and photography is my strength so I simply had to say I'd love to see some better pictures of your frosty buds and maybe offer some thoughts on how to do so.

Bud/plant shots are basically product photography, with a touch of glamour. A good photograph of this type has:

-Absolute crisp focus of the main subject
-Foreground, middle ground, and background elements giving a sense of depth
-Interesting light, both on and behind the subject giving separation

All my plants grow together as one inseparable unit so unfortunately I can't do full-plant photography which sucks but I do a lot of bud portraits. My current journal is packed with examples, and you will notice my grow room is a great natural visual environment to frame bud shots against other plants and with beautiful illumination. I was a professional photographer for decades so I know how to do it but I'm telling you, it's easy if you have the light and get it sharp.

Specifically, first, get a camera that will give you good crisp focus. The beauty of buds is in the frosty trichomes and a decent digital camera isn't expensive. Here is something many people will find hard to believe...every picture in my galleries was taken with a Samsung phone. The important thing is a stacked, well-composed and well-lit scene, then any halfway decent camera can capture all its beauty.

A couple more things:

-Find a nice background and light it. You need a background that's ideally about half as bright as your subject.
-Give the subject some separation from the background so your camera flash doesn't throw shadows on the background.
-Use your on-camera flash to light the subject when you take the shot but experiment to find the right distance so the flash doesn't blow out the subject.
-Finally, very important...your camera has to be absolutely still or no shot will be totally sharp. That goes for all photography really. Set it on something, use a tripod, or whatever because it really pays.

If you play with these ideas you will produce amazing shots in no time and back to the reason I barged in in the first place, I want to see those nugs better. Your plants look good and could certainly be in a contest even.

Intended to help only...and no implication that my way is the only way. Nice work. Keep it up.

Peace, Hyena

P.S.-Here's a sample shot illustrating all the stuff I covered. Good luck!

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Thanks Hyena... your got some beautiful photos.. I pull my plants from the tent, take two or three photos of each and download those shots, lol.. no matter what I seem to try on this phone, realised the all look similar, same colouring etc. I barely take bud shots now, I could just download previous shots, they rall look identical... looking at getting a digital camera at Christmas, hopeful that changes the quality... thanks a lot of the help, appreciate it.. the contest I planned on stealing photos for but took forever to download a few I just threw mine in to make up the requirements. Not thinking they looked good and deserved to be in that comp...
 
Harvested a few branches while daughter was sleeping.. this stuff is some sticky dank smelling stuff.. buds are nice thick and no rot spotted yet... I allowed humidity to drop to lower 40's last two weeks as a preventative to anything, been keeping an eye on viva sativa, just Incase she has a reaction to it.. getting nervous with harvest, I'm so unsure of what she will do yield wise.
 
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