SweetSue's Perpetual 2.0 - The Transition To Doc Bud's HBB Kit

I literally laughed out loud! :cheesygrinsmiley:

Ya, brighter, sharper, heheh - that and more. :slide:

I'm really happy to see so many people giving it a try for growing. And I hope Ministry of Cannabis still has this batch on hand. There's just something special about the strain.

:Namaste:

There certainly is something about the strain. Her first reaction was one of "aaaa.... I don't know Mom" and by today she started the conversation with "You know, I like this high."

She keeps forgetting the name and then laughing when I remind her. :laughtwo: It's been fun watching her learn cannabis. She's responded so well to the capsule regimen that she can now explore without fear. Now she knows sativa isn't something to be frightened of. We figured out it was her fear of letting go. The indica brownies got her past that and she didn't even resist the suggestion to try Carnival.

We've come far enough that she spontaneously decided she'd like daytime meds and nighttime meds. :slide:

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I grow. To keep this daughter of ours healing
 
Thank you so much for putting me on to this carnival strain. Very much top shelf buds and the high is unlike any I've ever tried!! This is my second one I've grown 10 weeks in flower
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Thank you so much for putting me on to this carnival strain. Very much top shelf buds and the high is unlike any I've ever tried!! This is my second one I've grown 10 weeks in flower
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You are so welcome Jgrowlove. :hugs: She's looking nice. :high-five: How much longer do you plan to keep her going? By ten weeks I'm chomping at the bit. :laughtwo:
 
Anyway! So I just found out that my plant has some spidermites and I don't really have anything to fight them with... Although, I'm insane and I do have some pretty reckless ideas. Well, let's go to war.
 
Tried out a new method of cloning. Used "living soil" instead of rooting medium in slightly modified airpots. I don't know if it goes under the category living soil, but I added a shitload of beneficial bacteria to the mix so it's alive all right. If my hypothesis are correct, this method will give the clones a superior root-system compared to clones rooted in rockwool or any other rooting-media out there. This is due to the nature of the air-pots air-pruning system. Since small enough containers doesn't exist, I modified their smallest model to become a "rooting-clones" model. I did however chose extremely hard to clone test subjects. 2 of them were 25 days into flowering and will be forced to re-vegg and root simultaneously

FIRST ATTEMPT OF CLONING IN SOIL WITH BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IN MODIFIED AIRPOT

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Do you have access to an ozone generator? They sell them cheap on EBay. They kill spider-mites in a matter of minutes (and all other pests along with them)

Just be very careful. Ozone is not something to take lightly. Especially not in the dosages needed to kill a spider-mite infestation. Please read the following text in it's entirety before considering using ozone, it could save your life some day:

"Ozone generators are becoming more affordable and are a common feature in larger commercial growrooms. Domestic and industrial use of ozone is not new, but translating the many benefits into a grow operation deserves a little attention. An inexpensive ozone generator is capable of saving crops from molds, battling predators, oxygenating root zones, sterilizing equipment, disinfecting entire growrooms and more.

We’ve all heard about ozone, and how the lack of it in the atmosphere caused by pollutants is a problem, so one might ask, “Isn’t using an ozone generator just going to compound climate change?” The simple answer is no. The ozone we generate in growrooms is the same stuff that protects us in the ozone layer of Earth’s atmosphere, but it won’t harm the planet.

Ozone (O3) is a triatomic molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms (instead of two in regular oxygen). Oxygen is one of the most powerful oxidizing agents in the world, and a potent natural disinfectant 3,000 times more effective than chlorine bleach in broad spectrum antimicrobial activity. Ozone is not just another cleaner, ozone is a true sterilizer. It can completely destroy impressive amounts of spores, bacteria, viruses, mold, fungus, mildew, smoke particles and other contaminants while at the same time oxidizing any dead organic materials in its path. Because ozone has a spare, unstable oxygen molecule, as soon as it touches a pathogen, the spare atom breaks off and attacks the cell walls of the pathogen, rupturing them and killing it instantly, without hesitation or mercy.

Ozone Safety

Ozone is used in low atmospheric doses in hospital wards, offices, veterinarian rooms, commercial kitchens and factories to keep the air sterile, sterilize bedding, prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and keep the place smelling clean. People occasionally use it at home to sterilize dishes, treat various ailments and make their homes a little fresher. Because ozone is so powerful, it can be harmful to humans and pets if precautions are not taken. Ozone can be harmful to the respiratory system if breathed in high concentrations, but the fact that it breaks down quickly allows us to work with it in relative safety. The safety aspects in this article are overly cautious, but it’s worth taking the extra care.

Fortunately, people can start to smell ozone before it becomes hazardous. The familiar smell of it is like that fresh smell after a heavy storm, which is the ozone created by electrical energy in the clouds and brought down in rain.

Choosing an Ozone Generator

Choosing the correct ozone generator is important. Too small an output will be ineffective, too large will be dangerous. For an average-sized grow space, a generator with an output of around 200 to 400 milligrams (mg) per hour will be fine. Huge commercial operations will need upwards of 1 gram of output per hour, and micro-grows can get by with under 100 mg per hour. These are only guidelines. To really make the most of ozone, look for a generator to ozonate water, too. These models have a silicone tube attached with an air stone at the end. Most are wall mountable, but it is more convenient to be able to move them around.

Using an Ozone Generator Safely

You need to be switched-on and alert to safely use ozone. As a general rule in the growroom, you should never be able to smell ozone from your generator while it’s switched on. If you can smell it strongly, you are generating more ozone than you need. Switch off the machine and leave the room for at least 45 minutes while it disperses back into plain oxygen. Next time, don’t run the machine for so long.

Keep all pets away from the ozone generator while it’s running, and for at least 45 minutes after it’s been switched off. Get everything else completely ready before you switch on your generator. It should be the last thing you switch on before quickly leaving the growroom. Always connect it to a timer to switch it off after it’s finished. Some have a built-in timer, but experience says they are not always reliable.

If you need to re-enter the room while the generator is running, hold your breath.

Ozone is safe for humans if it’s not breathed in. It’s a good idea to make sure a friend is around, just in case. Consider buying an ORP (oxidation reduction potential) sensor to monitor safe ozone levels in your growroom. If just using the generator to oxygenate water or oil, consider running it in an outbuilding. Close the door of your growroom to keep the ozone contained. Tell anyone else in the house before you use ozone, so they can also stay clear of the room.

Sterilizing Your Room and Equipment

Sterilizing your room and equipment is one of the biggest hassles of being a grower. Ozone acts as a magic bullet that cuts out such soggy labor. You will still have to manually clean up debris with hot water first, but that’s the hard part done. Let equipment dry, and then stack it up so air can circulate freely around it. Include things like scalpels, pruners, pH meters, screens and fans because ozone sterilizes everything.

Position your generator in the center of the room and switch on some circulating fans. It doesn’t have to be blowing a gale in there, but the air needs to circulate around the entire room. If you have a generator with a tube attached for ozonating water, great! You can set up your nutrient tanks and hydroponic system now, and run the pumps with plain cold water. Attach the end of the generator’s tube to an air stone and put it in your nutrient tank. Now you can sterilize the entire room and your nutrient delivery system in one easy move.

Set up a timer to switch off after 30 to 45 minutes. Plug your generator into it and turn it on. Hold your breath to avoid breathing the ozone in as you quickly check the air stone is bubbling ozone into the water, and then leave the room immediately. The generator will switch off after one hour, and the room will be safe to re-enter an hour after that. If your growroom is in the main part of the house, then it’s probably a good idea to open the windows to allow any leaking ozone to escape. That’s it! Your room will smell incredibly clean and is now completely sterile, ready for your next grow.

Inline Odor Control

The most common use of ozone by growers is inside the ventilation ducting with a carbon filter. This gives an extra insurance against unwanted odors escaping. This works great and is a belt-and-braces addition to odor control. This method is also completely safe because the ozone is immediately extracted through ventilation into the outside, leaving no possibility of ozone buildup inside the growroom. For this set-up you need a medium output inline generator to place inside your ducting. Here the ozone molecules mix with the smelly plant terpenes inside the pipe. In an ideal world, you would have this inline ozone system paired with a portable ozone generator.

Ozonated Water

If you buy a generator with a tube and air stone option, then you can ozonate water. This is a fantastic way to ensure your root zone stays healthy and lets you disinfect a hydroponic system with your plants still installed.

Working with ozonated water is much safer than using it in the air. When ozone is bubbled through water, the unstable molecule behaves as it does in the air; attaching itself to any single-celled pathogen and killing it instantly. The by-product of this is pure residual oxygen in the water. Once all the pathogens are gone, the ozone actually starts to be absorbed into the water too, where its power can be harnessed.

When using a 400 mg ozone generator, place the air stone at the bottom of the water container and ozonate for around two minutes per liter of fluid. If possible, do this in open air as to not breathe ozone. Use the water right away, as the ozone starts to break down into oxygen over 30 minutes. Once you have ozonated water you can really do some amazing things with it, such as:

Spray it directly on your plants to kill any spores, rust spots, fungus, powdery mildew or bud rot. It is safe to use at any time in the flowering period because there are no chemicals.
Immediately dip fresh cuttings in the solution for 30 seconds to sterilize them before dipping in rooting hormone. This improves strike rate dramatically.
Dip pots, syringes, pipettes, meters, drippers, pumps, connectors and anything else that goes near your plants in the solution for one minute to sterilize safely.
Pour it straight into your root zone to give a massive oxygen boost and sterilize the rhizosphere.
When you change your solution, ozonate the fresh nutrient solution thoroughly before running it through the system, disinfecting everything and giving the plants a huge oxygen boost.
Working with ozonated water is more forgiving than ozonated air. You can safely handle it, and people with skin complaints may actually find it helps a lot, as it gently keeps skin sterile. There is no point in using organic nutrients or supplements in freshly ozonated solution, as the ozone will kill any beneficial bacteria too, including trichoderma. If your supplement isn’t compatible with liquid oxygen, it’s not compatible with freshly ozonated water. But, because ozone only remains active in water for around up to 45 minutes before turning back to oxygen, you can still use organics if you wait for an hour or so after running the ozone through your system, and get the best of both worlds.

No More Bud Rot

An ozone generator can save crops from botrytis and other pathogens, even if it’s already started to weave its gray web around plants. It does this quickly without adding any toxic chemicals at all. Here’s how to go about it:

At the first sign of mold, physically remove any infected material from the room.
Switch off your extractor fan but leave your circulation fans running. (You will need to set a timer to switch your extractor back on in about 15 minutes).
When using a 400 mg per hour generator, try running it for 30 to 45 seconds per square meter of enclosed grow space and then switching it off. If you have a machine with a tube outlet, you can attach it directly to a circulation fan for maximum spread.
Leave the extractor fan off for 15 minutes afterwards, but make sure the circulation fans are moving lots of air around inside.
After the extractor fan has been on for 15 minutes, open your tent and look at the mold. Instead of looking a vibrant, fluffy gray, it should now look brown, crusty and dead.
If mold is more progressive, you may need to run the ozone for longer. For serious infestations, run for up to an hour without the extractor on.
Dispose of any previously infected matter. Although the mold is no longer active, it shouldn’t be ingested.
Inspect every plant thoroughly, and if there is any mildew alive, repeat the process. Be aware that building up too high a concentration of ozone in a room can cause plant damage to the stomata, resulting in burnt leaves, especially at the tips and wider shade leaves closest to the generator. There have also been reports of it damaging the delicate trichomes with major overuse. Tread carefully, using it sparingly yet often to prevent contamination, and you will be OK. You might have to toss a few plants if they were infected already, but it will not spread and you have saved your crop from death or early harvest. Check your plants for new mold thoroughly every day for a week, and if you spot any new stuff, repeat the process.

Battle Spider Mites

Spider mites spread fast and are tough to beat. A higher level of ozone will break down the respiratory systems of spider mites and kill them. Be warned that the levels you need to run ozone at to kill spider mites may cause plant damage, but spider mites will cause worse damage.

Conclusion

Ozone is a wonderful tool for the hydroponic gardener. If treated with respect, it can troubleshoot many problems and maximize efficiency in a growroom"


Anyway! So I just found out that my plant has some spidermites and I don't really have anything to fight them with... Although, I'm insane and I do have some pretty reckless ideas. Well, let's go to war.
 
Do you have access to an ozone generator? They sell them cheap on EBay. They kill spider-mites in a matter of minutes (and all other pests along with them)

Just be very careful. Ozone is not something to take lightly. Especially not in the dosages needed to kill a spider-mite infestation. Please read the following text in it's entirety before considering using ozone, it could save your life some day:

"Ozone generators are becoming more affordable and are a common feature in larger commercial growrooms. Domestic and industrial use of ozone is not new, but translating the many benefits into a grow operation deserves a little attention. An inexpensive ozone generator is capable of saving crops from molds, battling predators, oxygenating root zones, sterilizing equipment, disinfecting entire growrooms and more.

We've all heard about ozone, and how the lack of it in the atmosphere caused by pollutants is a problem, so one might ask, "Isn't using an ozone generator just going to compound climate change?" The simple answer is no. The ozone we generate in growrooms is the same stuff that protects us in the ozone layer of Earth's atmosphere, but it won't harm the planet.

Ozone (O3) is a triatomic molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms (instead of two in regular oxygen). Oxygen is one of the most powerful oxidizing agents in the world, and a potent natural disinfectant 3,000 times more effective than chlorine bleach in broad spectrum antimicrobial activity. Ozone is not just another cleaner, ozone is a true sterilizer. It can completely destroy impressive amounts of spores, bacteria, viruses, mold, fungus, mildew, smoke particles and other contaminants while at the same time oxidizing any dead organic materials in its path. Because ozone has a spare, unstable oxygen molecule, as soon as it touches a pathogen, the spare atom breaks off and attacks the cell walls of the pathogen, rupturing them and killing it instantly, without hesitation or mercy.

Ozone Safety

Ozone is used in low atmospheric doses in hospital wards, offices, veterinarian rooms, commercial kitchens and factories to keep the air sterile, sterilize bedding, prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and keep the place smelling clean. People occasionally use it at home to sterilize dishes, treat various ailments and make their homes a little fresher. Because ozone is so powerful, it can be harmful to humans and pets if precautions are not taken. Ozone can be harmful to the respiratory system if breathed in high concentrations, but the fact that it breaks down quickly allows us to work with it in relative safety. The safety aspects in this article are overly cautious, but it's worth taking the extra care.

Fortunately, people can start to smell ozone before it becomes hazardous. The familiar smell of it is like that fresh smell after a heavy storm, which is the ozone created by electrical energy in the clouds and brought down in rain.

Choosing an Ozone Generator

Choosing the correct ozone generator is important. Too small an output will be ineffective, too large will be dangerous. For an average-sized grow space, a generator with an output of around 200 to 400 milligrams (mg) per hour will be fine. Huge commercial operations will need upwards of 1 gram of output per hour, and micro-grows can get by with under 100 mg per hour. These are only guidelines. To really make the most of ozone, look for a generator to ozonate water, too. These models have a silicone tube attached with an air stone at the end. Most are wall mountable, but it is more convenient to be able to move them around.

Using an Ozone Generator Safely

You need to be switched-on and alert to safely use ozone. As a general rule in the growroom, you should never be able to smell ozone from your generator while it's switched on. If you can smell it strongly, you are generating more ozone than you need. Switch off the machine and leave the room for at least 45 minutes while it disperses back into plain oxygen. Next time, don't run the machine for so long.

Keep all pets away from the ozone generator while it's running, and for at least 45 minutes after it's been switched off. Get everything else completely ready before you switch on your generator. It should be the last thing you switch on before quickly leaving the growroom. Always connect it to a timer to switch it off after it's finished. Some have a built-in timer, but experience says they are not always reliable.

If you need to re-enter the room while the generator is running, hold your breath.

Ozone is safe for humans if it's not breathed in. It's a good idea to make sure a friend is around, just in case. Consider buying an ORP (oxidation reduction potential) sensor to monitor safe ozone levels in your growroom. If just using the generator to oxygenate water or oil, consider running it in an outbuilding. Close the door of your growroom to keep the ozone contained. Tell anyone else in the house before you use ozone, so they can also stay clear of the room.

Sterilizing Your Room and Equipment

Sterilizing your room and equipment is one of the biggest hassles of being a grower. Ozone acts as a magic bullet that cuts out such soggy labor. You will still have to manually clean up debris with hot water first, but that's the hard part done. Let equipment dry, and then stack it up so air can circulate freely around it. Include things like scalpels, pruners, pH meters, screens and fans because ozone sterilizes everything.

Position your generator in the center of the room and switch on some circulating fans. It doesn't have to be blowing a gale in there, but the air needs to circulate around the entire room. If you have a generator with a tube attached for ozonating water, great! You can set up your nutrient tanks and hydroponic system now, and run the pumps with plain cold water. Attach the end of the generator's tube to an air stone and put it in your nutrient tank. Now you can sterilize the entire room and your nutrient delivery system in one easy move.

Set up a timer to switch off after 30 to 45 minutes. Plug your generator into it and turn it on. Hold your breath to avoid breathing the ozone in as you quickly check the air stone is bubbling ozone into the water, and then leave the room immediately. The generator will switch off after one hour, and the room will be safe to re-enter an hour after that. If your growroom is in the main part of the house, then it's probably a good idea to open the windows to allow any leaking ozone to escape. That's it! Your room will smell incredibly clean and is now completely sterile, ready for your next grow.

Inline Odor Control

The most common use of ozone by growers is inside the ventilation ducting with a carbon filter. This gives an extra insurance against unwanted odors escaping. This works great and is a belt-and-braces addition to odor control. This method is also completely safe because the ozone is immediately extracted through ventilation into the outside, leaving no possibility of ozone buildup inside the growroom. For this set-up you need a medium output inline generator to place inside your ducting. Here the ozone molecules mix with the smelly plant terpenes inside the pipe. In an ideal world, you would have this inline ozone system paired with a portable ozone generator.

Ozonated Water

If you buy a generator with a tube and air stone option, then you can ozonate water. This is a fantastic way to ensure your root zone stays healthy and lets you disinfect a hydroponic system with your plants still installed.

Working with ozonated water is much safer than using it in the air. When ozone is bubbled through water, the unstable molecule behaves as it does in the air; attaching itself to any single-celled pathogen and killing it instantly. The by-product of this is pure residual oxygen in the water. Once all the pathogens are gone, the ozone actually starts to be absorbed into the water too, where its power can be harnessed.

When using a 400 mg ozone generator, place the air stone at the bottom of the water container and ozonate for around two minutes per liter of fluid. If possible, do this in open air as to not breathe ozone. Use the water right away, as the ozone starts to break down into oxygen over 30 minutes. Once you have ozonated water you can really do some amazing things with it, such as:

Spray it directly on your plants to kill any spores, rust spots, fungus, powdery mildew or bud rot. It is safe to use at any time in the flowering period because there are no chemicals.
Immediately dip fresh cuttings in the solution for 30 seconds to sterilize them before dipping in rooting hormone. This improves strike rate dramatically.
Dip pots, syringes, pipettes, meters, drippers, pumps, connectors and anything else that goes near your plants in the solution for one minute to sterilize safely.
Pour it straight into your root zone to give a massive oxygen boost and sterilize the rhizosphere.
When you change your solution, ozonate the fresh nutrient solution thoroughly before running it through the system, disinfecting everything and giving the plants a huge oxygen boost.
Working with ozonated water is more forgiving than ozonated air. You can safely handle it, and people with skin complaints may actually find it helps a lot, as it gently keeps skin sterile. There is no point in using organic nutrients or supplements in freshly ozonated solution, as the ozone will kill any beneficial bacteria too, including trichoderma. If your supplement isn't compatible with liquid oxygen, it's not compatible with freshly ozonated water. But, because ozone only remains active in water for around up to 45 minutes before turning back to oxygen, you can still use organics if you wait for an hour or so after running the ozone through your system, and get the best of both worlds.

No More Bud Rot

An ozone generator can save crops from botrytis and other pathogens, even if it's already started to weave its gray web around plants. It does this quickly without adding any toxic chemicals at all. Here's how to go about it:

At the first sign of mold, physically remove any infected material from the room.
Switch off your extractor fan but leave your circulation fans running. (You will need to set a timer to switch your extractor back on in about 15 minutes).
When using a 400 mg per hour generator, try running it for 30 to 45 seconds per square meter of enclosed grow space and then switching it off. If you have a machine with a tube outlet, you can attach it directly to a circulation fan for maximum spread.
Leave the extractor fan off for 15 minutes afterwards, but make sure the circulation fans are moving lots of air around inside.
After the extractor fan has been on for 15 minutes, open your tent and look at the mold. Instead of looking a vibrant, fluffy gray, it should now look brown, crusty and dead.
If mold is more progressive, you may need to run the ozone for longer. For serious infestations, run for up to an hour without the extractor on.
Dispose of any previously infected matter. Although the mold is no longer active, it shouldn't be ingested.
Inspect every plant thoroughly, and if there is any mildew alive, repeat the process. Be aware that building up too high a concentration of ozone in a room can cause plant damage to the stomata, resulting in burnt leaves, especially at the tips and wider shade leaves closest to the generator. There have also been reports of it damaging the delicate trichomes with major overuse. Tread carefully, using it sparingly yet often to prevent contamination, and you will be OK. You might have to toss a few plants if they were infected already, but it will not spread and you have saved your crop from death or early harvest. Check your plants for new mold thoroughly every day for a week, and if you spot any new stuff, repeat the process.

Battle Spider Mites

Spider mites spread fast and are tough to beat. A higher level of ozone will break down the respiratory systems of spider mites and kill them. Be warned that the levels you need to run ozone at to kill spider mites may cause plant damage, but spider mites will cause worse damage.

Conclusion

Ozone is a wonderful tool for the hydroponic gardener. If treated with respect, it can troubleshoot many problems and maximize efficiency in a growroom"
Thank you DeVille but I will do it the old fashion way. With my bair hands. You do kill them wen you rub the leaves between your finger that works pretty effectively but it takes a long time. But you can't kill those in the buds or maybe there are some lady bugs in my room that I can set loose on my plants. My new cavalry! Tomorrow I will get CANNA Cure, a natural infestation killer that brings a little sticky layer on the plants that kills the bugs. Apperently that dticky layer will vanish in a few days do it won't harm the flowers. The sticky layer also makes sure it's impossible for fungi to settle and grow. I'll talk to the salesman about that tomorrow.
 
Anyway! So I just found out that my plant has some spidermites and I don't really have anything to fight them with... Although, I'm insane and I do have some pretty reckless ideas. Well, let's go to war.

Stick it in the shower and blast away with water. A strong stream, directed at the underside of the leaves will wash most of the buggers and the eggs off. Do that on a regular schedule and you can keep them controlled.

Make some type of cover for the soil to keep from saturating it while you work. This is as effective, if not moreso, than any other method. The real challenge is to keep from spreading them to other plants. I have the advantage of smaller, more easily isolated growing spaces. That allowed me to stop the infestation, but I was anal about cross-contamination. And I processed everything at harvest, so there was no chance of a stray egg hatching while they dried. What gets dried in my house is done in the fridge, cold enough to kill eggs.
 
Stick it in the shower and blast away with water. A strong stream, directed at the underside of the leaves will wash most of the buggers and the eggs off. Do that on a regular schedule and you can keep them controlled.

Make some type of cover for the soil to keep from saturating it while you work. This is as effective, if not moreso, than any other method. The real challenge is to keep from spreading them to other plants. I have the advantage of smaller, more easily isolated growing spaces. That allowed me to stop the infestation, but I was anal about cross-contamination. And I processed everything at harvest, so there was no chance of a stray egg hatching while they dried. What gets dried in my house is done in the fridge, cold enough to kill eggs.
That's also something that will work! I removed them by hand so far, and if one plant is infested then probably all of them are. and yeah my drying process is in vacuum pots so they'll have no air and die of ideally ofcourse. My last plants also had spidermites so I bud washed the buds and dried them and then put them in tightvac pots for 24 hours. And no mites were seen after that! Maybe their little corpses where still in the buds but that's okay, I love smelling the smoke of corpses that tried to kill my little plants.
 
Good morning everyone :Love:

I hear it's stinkin' hot out there, but I have the air on, so I'm good, and the plants are good. That's all I care about, to be honest. :laughtwo: It struck me as funny that I'd live with the heat if it weren't for the plants. Lol! I have to admit, it was nice to get sound sleep, something that I'd have struggled with had I not fired up the AC units last night. Living on the third floor of a brick building in an urban neighborhood means air cooling is a necessity, not a luxury.

Are we ready to play? "Hell Yeah!" is the hoped for response. :battingeyelashes: :Love: I know I am. I'm on a creative wave and having the time of my life exploring the intricities of the amazing ECS. I think I'll stay heavy in student mode this week. :slide: Best way to beat a heat wave is to get lost in study.

Just a couple pictures to keep us on topic. :cheesygrinsmiley:

I was playing with hempy pots this morning. Rolled right out of bed and into the tents. Lol. Haven't even had breakfast yet. I'll tackle that after this post. Everyone got watered and Thin Mint GSC got transplanted into another 2 liter with the full load of Osmo Plus. She's a week today. Right on schedule.

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While in the closet I noticed vigorious growth over the past two days with the Devil's Carnival, so I dropped her down a bit.

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Once she catches up with the spacer beads I'll begin raising the lights.

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I need to be more careful about measuring the Way Ahead portion of the Brix foliar. Obviously I missed the mark and made her pay for it. :straightface:

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CBD Critical Cure 2.2 is now at 51 days flowering. She looks like she might make 60 days. :yahoo: I think the bananas in the tent are making a real difference. :woohoo: Haven't checked trichomes yet, but she's not ready to take yet, from the looks of her.

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Every bit of this one gets processed into oil on harvest day. We're seeing dramatic healing with the daughter, and it just occurred to me this morning that those results appear to have begun when I shifted to making the fresh harvest infused oil. It's time to up her regimen to more capsules. The same applies for my BIL and myself, although I'll have to stick to suppositories for additional doses. I can't handle any more euphoria than what I'm getting from my two capsules a day, although........:hmmmm: I was taking double doses on both days that my creativity kicked up a notch........ Hmmmm....... I also wasn't able to do more than smoke later in the evening, so those double doses at breakfast were carrying me all day.

Still trying to figure out how to dose myself. The daughter and I have reasoned that they affect me so strongly because after three years of consistent Callanetics I've reached the point where I have much more muscle fiber to fat, so the cannabinoids don't have the hiding spaces they do in her body. That might explain the BIL as well. He has to take two to get the effect I get with one.

After spending my weekend immersed in studies and documentaries on the healing potential of cannabis I came away believing there isn't anything you can't use cannabis to treat.

Alright guys, get out there and share the joy. Light up the atmosphere around you with love and watch marvelous experiences find their way onto your path. I'll be doing my best over here by the mighty Mon, helping the community celebrate the Pen's victory. :yahoo: :party:
 
Tried out a new method of cloning. Used "living soil" instead of rooting medium in slightly modified airpots. I don't know if it goes under the category living soil, but I added a shitload of beneficial bacteria to the mix so it's alive all right. If my hypothesis are correct, this method will give the clones a superior root-system compared to clones rooted in rockwool or any other rooting-media out there. This is due to the nature of the air-pots air-pruning system. Since small enough containers doesn't exist, I modified their smallest model to become a "rooting-clones" model. I did however chose extremely hard to clone test subjects. 2 of them were 25 days into flowering and will be forced to re-vegg and root simultaneously

FIRST ATTEMPT OF CLONING IN SOIL WITH BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IN MODIFIED AIRPOT

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I'm interested in seeing how this goes for you. I'm still running 100% on TOAST's produce bag method. Not having to take more than one cutting is such a relief. :battingeyelashes:

That's also something that will work! I removed them by hand so far, and if one plant is infested then probably all of them are. and yeah my drying process is in vacuum pots so they'll have no air and die of ideally ofcourse. My last plants also had spidermites so I bud washed the buds and dried them and then put them in tightvac pots for 24 hours. And no mites were seen after that! Maybe their little corpses where still in the buds but that's okay, I love smelling the smoke of corpses that tried to kill my little plants.

Haha! I figure they're just extra protein. :laughtwo:
 
I'm interested in seeing how this goes for you. I'm still running 100% on TOAST's produce bag method. Not having to take more than one cutting is such a relief. :battingeyelashes:



Haha! I figure they're just extra protein. :laughtwo:
My auto Fresh Candy from Pyramid seeds is actually almost done. Just a few more weeks and I can bring her down. And well, DeVille i'm pretty curious how that will turn out.
 
What's one more hempy?

I've almost hit the halfway point of soil to hempy ratio. :laughtwo: We never anticipated I'd get this deep in, did we? At this point I have 6 plants in soil and 5 in perlite.

Enter Carnival 4.1. She's 17 days from being clipped and dropped into the bag.

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I'm trying out the Grow Better line with this one. The mother is growing in Osmo Plus and this'll give me a good look at the differences. This nute line doesn't require pH adjustment unless it's at 3 or below.

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Let's see how she responds. I started her out at 1/4 strength. I'll toggle up with each watering.

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Today she sits in her old spot. Tomorrow I'll get her into the veg shelf after Hash Hound and I get the quantum boards hooked up and hung.

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Ahhh...... Another Carnival in the pot. Life is sweet indeed. :battingeyelashes: :green_heart:
 
I agree. It is interesting. If it works like I believe it will, we'll have perfectly developed root systems in a while.

I'll keep you updated - Also if I fail of course. There is a lot to learn from failed experiments
 
Hey SuperSue

How are the banananana's Supposed to Help????

Hey Sweet Scorpio, it's to release ethylene gas from the bananas, with the hopes to bolster the ripening of the buds at the same time. I was out looking for a reasonable explaination and found one over at icmag and in reading through found the best comment ever. This comment is from the op, by way of explaining why he'd use this method rather than purchase a product to do this very thing.


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"I am cheap, Sometimes people try to be nice and call me efficient."

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The bananas and their peels give off ethylene gas. It appears the bananas ripen better around another ripening plant, as in my cannabis. I can tell you I'll be ripening my bananas in the flower tents from now on. They certainly are more tasty, although I'm in danger of running into the same problem that OP ran into in the beginning of the experiment - my bananas keep disappearing. :rofl:

Ok.... another thread over there was on using banana peels to improve the female expression in your regular seeds. He claims he's been doing this for over two years, at the time of the post, which was ......in 2007! Old school tactics saved by the data stream that never forgets. :laughtwo: He was talking 100% success. I have some seeds that could stand this treatment, most particularly the Jamaican seeds.

Hmmmm..... I'll have to share this with that thread. :thumb:

The process is to wrap your peels in tissue to absorb their moisture and place them and your seeds into a ziplock bag for a full two weeks.

I know I'll try it. :cheesygrinsmiley:

As to "Does it work?" I'd be hard pressed to tell one way or another, but there's a bit of solid science behind it and I see buds getting fatter as they near the end. That's something I always see. :laughtwo: I know the bananas are tastier than when they were hanging in the kitchen. I started wanting two a day instead of my typical one. Lol!
 
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