Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL - LED

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TheNuttyProfessor said:
i give away all my ballasts and hps bulbs last week , but i am going to run giant cfl along side my led , i dont like the heat from a ballast it freaks me out , and if the hps hood where to fall it would set my place on fire , it just spooks me now that i have the low heat stuff ,
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I hear ya Prof.....after swithing to LED's. I 'm like you ....afraid of all the heat from HID's.Makes me nervous.Cheers eh.:thumb:
 
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TheNuttyProfessor said:
i give away all my ballasts and hps bulbs last week , but i am going to run giant cfl along side my led , i dont like the heat from a ballast it freaks me out , and if the hps hood where to fall it would set my place on fire , it just spooks me now that i have the low heat stuff ,
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I'm probably going to go with LED in the end and continue to supplement with CFLs. The heat factor kind of freaks me out too, and this tent is going in the corner of my bedroom, but then ventilation is designed to cool. Not sure yet, still open to other options. I haven't looked at hps units yet. The decreased power draw and lower temps of the LEDs make them more attractive, and that cal/mag problem doesn't appear to be the concern with an LOS grow the way it might with other mediums.

Max, you're planning on an LED/HID combo, but you won't be running in one tent and under 11/13, correct? I can see how using one for veg and the other for flowering would work, but how would you accommodate that in a single tent with everything subjected to the same schedule all the time? I keep going back to the simplicity of using just LED panels.

It sounds like I've already made up my mind, doesn't it? :laughtwo::green_heart:
 
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i cant sleep with a hps going , just that thought in my head " WHAT IF ? ",... with my led i have it that if it where to fall the power lead would pull out , actually thinking of buying a second to go along side the other , safety first :)
 
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Daily Update: Dark Devil Auto - Day 38

Beginning with the 1/4 turn under the light, I'm once again mesmerized by her beauty. Such a little thing, but with great presence. The lights just came on about two minutes before I opens the curtain, so she's not quite awake yet.

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A strong and sturdy stalk is developing.

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Doesn't look like my little violet is going to make it.

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I'll leave it and see. It's not in the way, so we can still hope, can't we?

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A daily measurement. Putting on height.

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The sun popped up and began to fill the room with light, so I took the opportunity to get some shots in natural sunlight.

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One last look before the lights go back on.

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The bedroom has come a long way in the past couple days. All this furniture got moved by yours truly. He married me, in part, because I'm a workhorse and won't hesitate to do the job alone if called for. I found out I'm stronger than I thought. Go Callanetics!! WooHoo!!!

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The tent will sit in this corner. It leaves just enough room to get around the bed and out the door to the balcony. Dale wants me to rig up some type of curtains to block the view of a big, black tent in the corner of our bedroom. Not a bad idea, that.

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I still need to find new homes for all the stuff you see piled up all over my living room. :laughtwo:

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You all have a wonderful day. There's no lack of need for that joy I know you're harboring, so get out there and share as much of it as you can. :Love:

:Namaste:
 
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lol sue the gardening is taken over your house :) but thats good in a way . growing is good medication on its own , keeps my head on the straight and narrow :)

photos are brill bit sad with the sick plant , i lost a few my self this year , mice killed 3 , i over watered 1 , i just think ive killed my clones lol. take the good with the bad
 
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Hey Sue,

I was curious, how long did you have the leaves sitting on your HB Soil before the little mycrobes (I think thats what comes out to play) showed themselves? I placed leaves on my soil yesterday after giving them some water, then I lightly sprinkled some "Roots!" on top and around the leaves.

Just wanna get a little idea of how long I should wait before worrying about my soil not being alive :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
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MaxYields said:
Hey Sue,

I was curious, how long did you have the leaves sitting on your HB Soil before the little mycrobes (I think thats what comes out to play) showed themselves? I placed leaves on my soil yesterday after giving them some water, then I lightly sprinkled some "Roots!" on top and around the leaves.

Just wanna get a little idea of how long I should wait before worrying about my soil not being alive :cheesygrinsmiley:
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If you mixed your soil correctly---pretty damn hard not to----and your temps are in the 70's with no cold nights or cold cement slabs....your soil is alive.

Why the worry?
 
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Doc Bud said:
If you mixed your soil correctly---pretty damn hard not to----and your temps are in the 70's with no cold nights or cold cement slabs....your soil is alive.

Why the worry?
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What would you consider a cold night? I have had maybe 2 or 3 nights where the temps where around 60* but otherwise hasn't gone below 68*.

I'm hoping at the worst I'll have to let it go a week longer than most people, I am at day 22 of the cook.

I have kept the soil moist and I have turned it 2 times since I mixed it.
 
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MaxYields said:
What would you consider a cold night? I have had maybe 2 or 3 nights where the temps where around 60* but otherwise hasn't gone below 68*.

I'm hoping at the worst I'll have to let it go a week longer than most people, I am at day 22 of the cook.

I have kept the soil moist and I have turned it 2 times since I mixed it.
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You're fine! Stop worrying about it.

This has been done by hundreds of people now....and literally there have only been 2 cases of people "cooking" their soil in sub 40 degree conditions. If your soil has mostly been in the 70's you've got NOTHING to worry about. A night or two in the low 60's probably didn't hurt anything.
 
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Doc Bud said:
You're fine! Stop worrying about it.

This has been done by hundreds of people now....and literally there have only been 2 cases of people "cooking" their soil in sub 40 degree conditions. If your soil has mostly been in the 70's you've got NOTHING to worry about. A night or two in the low 60's probably didn't hurt anything.
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Right on, thank you very much Doc! I am so close, I cannot wait to get my beans a poppin in this High Brix soil!!!
 
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To answer your question Max, I checked on them about three days in and the mycelium were actively digesting leaves. I didn't stir my soil at all. I was under the impression that it wasn't necessary to stir the cooking kit soil. Was I correct in that?

Max, I'm right there with you, jumping out of my skin to get a seed into this soil. Tomorrow I'll be ordering my one gallon pots for veg and a nice 15 gallon for the final pot. I have that African Buzz seed and I want to give it lots of room for explosive roots. It will be my first start of a photo flowering species and it's 100% Sativa at that. Even under 11/13 lighting I'm pretty certain it's going to get pretty tall.

Greytail, I'm counting on you to tap me on the shoulder when it's time to train her with some gentle bending. Don't let me get too distracted and miss the opportunity to do it right. :Love:
 
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Sue,
I'm looking to switch over to LOS or High Brix soil next grow. My question: How do you decide which plants will be beneficial to grow in the pot with your "pot"? From past experience with vegetable and herb window gardens, the more plants in the pot the smaller each plant grows.
Thanks!

P.S. I started using the SWICK System last week, and I absolutely love it! The knowledge you share is vital to this community and I plan to learn as much from you as I can.
 
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MysterySeeds said:
Sue,
I'm looking to switch over to LOS or High Brix soil next grow. My question: How do you decide which plants will be beneficial to grow in the pot with your "pot"? From past experience with vegetable and herb window gardens, the more plants in the pot the smaller each plant grows.
Thanks!

P.S. I started using the SWICK System last week, and I absolutely love it! The knowledge you share is vital to this community and I plan to learn as much from you as I can.
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Welcome MysterySeeds. (Love that user name BTW!) I'm so thrilled you're enjoying the SWICK. Your life just got easier. The LOS would change your life. Seriously. Will you be considering no-till? The real beauty of my soil recipe is it's ability, with proper maintenance, to improve with each and every cycle. My expectation is to continue to run these pots of LOS for many, many years and harvest healthier and more potent plants each time. Once you get the routine down pat it's almost effortless. Harvest by cutting above the soil line, reset the pot with a topdressing, plant the new seed and go. Twice a week teas or drenches and that's it. Simplicity itself.

It warms my heart to have influenced another grower to consider LOS. We have a multitude of experienced organic cannabis growers on the site and they can be an invaluable resource. The link in my signature to the soil thread is an exploration of the many varied LOS recipes we use for our soil mixes.

Should you choose HB, Doc has that excellent Q&A thread where he teaches us how to succeed with the kit. Obviously I'm a fan of both approaches, although this will be my first HB run. You can watch me do both and it may help you make an informed choice. I blame Greytail for my interest in the HB. How could I resist the call of those happy plants? The other HB growers surround you in support with every grow. That love is a big draw as well.

It goes without saying that my joyful support of LOS will be a constant. :laughtwo::green_heart:

Re living mulch: The most beneficial, and easiest to grow living mulch is white clover. Hearty, compact and an active nitrogen fixer, so every time you trim and drop you are helping the micro herd care for your plants. As the cannabis takes over the pot the clover die back from lack of light and then rebound following harvest. I'm a big fan of side lighting, so mine never did die back.

If you have large enough pots (I would think a minimum 20 gallons) I'd consider Borage. It benefits it's neighbors in fabulous ways that we have yet to fully understand. A visually beautiful plant to grow and another priceless trim and drop.

I see fenugreek used a lot. Haven't tried it myself.

Your concern about the plants competing for resources is born of having watched herbs growing as a community in smaller pots. With LOS and HB you are working with vibrant microbes and the soil food web. It's difficult to mirror that in small pots. As Doc is fond of saying "Minerals, Microbes and Magic". Either choice is a win, IMHO.

We all want you to succeed in the transition, regardless of your choice, so don't hesitate to ask anything.
 
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In the search for increasing the brix potential of my LOS I will at some point include this topdressing. BlueJay calls this his "once every three years" topdressing. For the first three years he followed the watering schedule I've laid out here, with the only variation being including biochar over the last year. At the end of those three years he simply decided to kick it up a notch. What he saw were much deeper greens in the leaves and even more vigor than previous.

I probably won't wait three years to try it. :laughtwo:

BlueJay's Super Duper Top Dress

For every cubic foot of compost or vermicompost amend with
- 1 cup each: neem/karanja mix, kelp & crab shell meal
- 4 cups Basalt rock dust
- 8 cups biochar
- 2 cups malted barley grain powder

Let it sit for one week. Top dress 1" thick. Sprinkle with regular neem seed meal and fenugreek seeds.
Apply at transplant (or at that stage if planted in final pot) and follow with a malted barley grain enzyme tea. Two days later hit it with a strong neem/kelp tea.

Note to self: Top water with more regularity to work the top dressing in. Don't just write that Susan, act upon it.
 
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I would figure the legumes would be the best choice of the three. Lavender would be too bushy and strawberries too aggressive. I'll be interested in what you learn from the experiment.
 
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Lol I'm always a day behind here. But I gotta say I'm loveing my hps led combo. I'm not even cooling my hood right now. I run at night and just the exhaust fan and passive intake keeps my flower room in mid 70s. I keep the ballast outside of the room hanging from the ceiling and have a fan on it aswell. Ballast is never hot. With proper planning anything is possible. These girls still have about 4 weeks to go. Hope Dales appointment goes well Sue. :thumb:
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Thanks for the input Subnoise. How did you decide who gets which light?
 
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The angiogram went better than the surgeon anticipated. That's the good news. After the procedure he came out to share that with me. He hadn't seen the ulcer since we saw him almost two weeks ago and it was dressed for the angio, so he didn't see it today either. I pulled out my phone and showed him the picture I took yesterday. Not a pretty sight. The surgeon was shocked and dismayed once again. We had to try this in hopes of helping it heal, but he accepts that it may have been for naught. There's a strong possibility he's going to lose at least that foot, if not the leg. Only time will tell.

I'm lost guys. Just lost.
 
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