Re: Scientific's Hydro Dwarf Low Flyer 24/7 Illumination Fireplace Grow Journal - 201
Hi Bubbi -- I'm glad you are enjoying reading about my various cannabis growing misadventures. I'm enjoying it too.
> Why must weddings be so expensive?
I take comfort in the fact that in other cultures they spend even more (at least as a percentage of income). I think the anthropologists would say that it strengthens social ties! And of course everyone enjoys a big party.
> I'll finally be doing growth journal starting mid to late November.
I'll look forward to seeing it. Please send me a note when you start it. The fact that you say you are concerned about the prying eyes of golfers leads me to believe you are planning an outdoor grow in November. I'm guessing you live someplace further south than me.
> You know what 420 needs? Members who like such and such informative posts could put it into a folder of their own that they create. In the future, one can go back to such folders and find what they were looking for and use it for their reference.
Agreed. Of course, you can bookmark the thread. I cut and paste some really useful info into Microsoft OneNote.
> With 'Nodes' (Is node singular word?
Uh huh. They are the points at which leaves emerge from the stalk and flowers form. I do believe it's an actual botanist's term. As for the details of topping, FIMing, and other techniques, I am so happy that now we have all of this information on YouTube and the places like this. When I attempted my first grow, all I had was a little booklet called "Growing Marijuana at Home" or something like that. They kept it under the counter at the hippy garden shop (which is still in business after 50 years).
> I was under the impression that we want flowering to produce. Did I actually misunderstand what I thought? I am getting confused with auto flowering plants vs non auto flowering plants.
Yes, we absolutely want flowers! (And only female flowers.) I was confused also by autoflowering plants and some of the other advances that have been made. Basically, most cannabis doesn't flower in nature until the days start to grow short in the fall. Indoor growers simulate those shorter days by reducing the number of hours that the lights are turned on. But the flowering of one type of cannabis (
Cannabis ruderalis, is not triggered by day length. It just flowers automatically after a certain number of days. Breeders have bred C. ruderalis with other cannabis plants to make hybrids that flower automatically without having to change the length the duration of illumination. The indoor plant I'm documenting here is a great (and kind of funny) example--it's only inches tall and getting bright light 24 hours a day, but after 23 days, it's starting to flower, ready on not!
> I have been meaning to ask you... I had to find the word... you call it a rock wool.
Rock wool is pretty much the same thing as the fiberglass insulation in your ceiling. It is nasty stuff that can put little slivers of glass in your skin and worse, in your respiratory system. It was only after I used it that I learned of its hazards and that my grow guru says not to use it, and sure enough, it caused me nothing but trouble. Rapid Rooter plugs are what people are enthusiastically recommending to me instead.
> Btw, I purchased just 5 auto flowering seeds from CK, its White Widow. I might purchase train wreck seeds in a couple months or so
Excellent! Why not plant one just for fun in a quiet, sunny corner of the golf course and see what happens?
> Oh! Before I forget, what does TST stand for please? Thanks!
"LST" stands for "low stress training," which is just using wires or tape to position the leaves and branches where you want them to make room for big buds to form. (Anything else, topping, FIMing, supercropping, etc, is I guess "high stress training."
> I have decided that I'm far too intimidated to do hydroponics.
I wanted to try hydroponics because I have been hearing about it all my life. (I remember as a kid that it seemed in the future, no one would use dirt and we'd grow everything using the new scientific hydroponic techniques.) It's fun to be able to control the nutrients exactly, and when it works, I'm told that the results can be astonishing, but you have only to look around here to see that most people are still using soil, and they are getting amazing results (or to ready my journal to see that not done right, the results can be... interesting). I enjoy fussing with pumps and chemical solutions and all that, but clearly, good seeds in good soil with plenty of light works just fine! That said, I do think it's good (and fun) to get out of my comfort zone every now and then to try something new. I'm already planning my next hydroponic grow, and am confident that with what I have learned, it will be much more successful.
> I'm forever grateful for this 420 magazine app! The best thing is meeting with everyone!
Agreed! This is a great resource, and I enjoy learning from and interacting with the people here.
