Howdy, Y'all!
Yet another long absence for me; no inlaws to blame this time.. Just little ol' scatterbrain me... Thought it was only a week since I was last on here....
But I have been thinking of y'all, and I've got almost 60 pics to post to prove it!!
Bit more DIY this time, as not much plant activity to report, other than the fact that the First Lady is looking VERY good. A little small for 5 (!) weeks, but tops and nodes all over the place; she's been FIMed and defoled a couple times, and is green and healthy without any trace of stress or deficiency; nice thick stem, and strong branching. Pretty happy about that! Alternating nodes and sex organs tell me she's ready to go; might flip today...
The two autos (PE-Polar Express and LKA-Little Kushy Auto) are doing well also; expecting a growth spurt on those soon, pending their response to this mornings 5 am upcan, which was pretty clean and easy for a change, thanks to the tiny pots with straight coco I plant all my seeds in.. Unlike the final upcan for the FL: will explain later with pics.. If I do flip today, I plan on giving them extra hours of light (outside the cab), even just for a few more weeks, to make sure they get a bit bigger as flowering starts for them..
Still umming and ahhing about cab upgrades... I put a bigger internal fan inside the cab, bought on special cos summers almost done, and with a few basic mods, is working a treat. Pics to follow.. Was gonna get one of those clip-on fans; 10 bucks at Bunnings instead of 50 at a hydro shop--What a scam they are!! But went for a small desk fan instead.. Also about 10-12 bucks..
Still want more extraction, and at this stage am planning on using a 200mm bathroom vent fan; it's JUST quiet enough; I think the new circ fan is louder, and the CFM is just enough to do the cab 5-ish times per hour.. Need a new ceiling in the cab to do anything, so it'll be a major operation, which is why I'm procrastinating on it... Might do it today if I get the time..
The other DIY is my Hempy pots.. See pics!!
The only thing I really need at this point is advice on how to get a seedling in coco/perlite out of a small pot into a bigger one!!!
Seriously; I didn't think of it until I had to do it; I ended up with medium all over the place..... It was enough to drive a man to drink.. Pics to prove it!
How do you guys upcan in perlite?????
Ok; on with the show...
Autos 2 weeks ago
FL pre-upcan..
Dammit; the uploader sux!! They're all in different order. Date filenames mean nothing (big grumpy sigh...).
Ok; the hempy pots. I got my buckets, marked where one litre levels out, and punched a hole just under that.
Then, I cut sections of electrical conduit with a 45D angle on one end, and fixed these with wire to the inside of the bucket to make watering/feeding easier, and so I wouldn't have soaking wet, moldy perlite attracting bugs or whatever.
Black pots to light proof the res, so now I pour a litre of solution into the tube every 2 days, so there is always fresh nutes wicking up into the roots...
I guess you guys know how this works; sorry!
Then I cut and re shaped some coat-hangers into half-circles, and taped these to the outsides of the buckets to give me easy, all-access, any-angle tie-down points for training....
They work pretty well! The one I'm using (the second will be saved for the next grow) is pretty much dry after 2 days or so, so I know it's working. And the LST "rail" is awesome. Something I've wanted to do for ages..
These are the fan. I just removed the factory base, and attatched a bent metal bar using the fans original angle adjustment set up, added a few rubber washers (from roofing screws) to the inside of the fans bracket so I wouldn't crush it too badly when tightening and viola!
Petty simple..
Looks homemade, but works a treat.
Here is the upcan spill, and the drink it drove me to.... (On topic!!!)
I just grabbed it, looked at it and thought "Shit; this mite get messy!! Probably shoulda thought of this"
It did.
Just kidding; I was already drinking!
Here is the hempy in action, from construction last week to yesterday, and the autos in their new homes.....
That's it for now!!! All that just took me an hour and a half!! I'm not a great typist...
And now I'm in extreme nicotine withdrawal, so I gotta go.
I will be back today, so enjoy!!!
Cheers!
PS the autos are also hempy; I just didn't bother with the tubes...