Tales From The Krip!

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I love the under lighting, like a tree at night lit with accent lighting. Buds are looking beautiful....bud.


On the clones and seedlings, try dipping/dripping with a solution of AN's 'root tribe'. We dripped 1ml of solution right on the stem so it ran down on each clone this last time. In 3-4 days roots were popping all over, even above the root plug. One had a 1/2" root sticking out 1/2" above the plug.

I'm sold.

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Thanks, Brother!

Which "member" of the tribe were you using? There are actually four additives that make up AN's "Root Tribe" including VooDoo Juice, Pirhanna, Tarantuala, and Microbial Munch.

I suspect it was the VooDoo Juice???

I was going to start using AN B-52 and Bud FactorX. What else are you recommending???
 
The solution we used was 2ml/L VD, T and P, with .5ml/L B-52. No thought given to the PH. I'll have to isolate which member it was that caused this, either VD or P. P says on the bottle to dip cuttings right in it....so maybe that's the one. We just had a little mixed up for some seedlings and decided to drip some on the clones. It was 3 or 4 days after cutting them. Might presoak the plug with it next time.

I don't have Microbe Munch. I think Bud Candy has MM in it, plus other stuff. I'm using BC as though it were MM.

Have not tried the X factor. Nor the rhino skin, although I do have Pro-tekt...another potassium silicate product. I wouldn't change much if I were you Mr. K. Try the 3 main microbe products. If you can only afford two, get VD and P.

I used to use superthrive for a B supplement, but B-52 is way more of a complete package. I like it.

Hope it pays you dividends my friend!
 
The solution we used was 2ml/L VD, T and P, with .5ml/L B-52. No thought given to the PH. I'll have to isolate which member it was that caused this, either VD or P. P says on the bottle to dip cuttings right in it....so maybe that's the one. We just had a little mixed up for some seedlings and decided to drip some on the clones. It was 3 or 4 days after cutting them. Might presoak the plug with it next time.

I don't have Microbe Munch. I think Bud Candy has MM in it, plus other stuff. I'm using BC as though it were MM.

Have not tried the X factor. Nor the rhino skin, although I do have Pro-tekt...another potassium silicate product. I wouldn't change much if I were you Mr. K. Try the 3 main microbe products. If you can only afford two, get VD and P.

I used to use superthrive for a B supplement, but B-52 is way more of a complete package. I like it.

Hope it pays you dividends my friend!

Thanks, Brother! :thankyou:

I use DM Silica. I do have SuperThrive but, since my first grow, haven't used it. I can't remember why, but seem to remember potential issues with hydro, so the B-52 seems like a great choice.

My roots tend to do pretty well between the drip system and have airstones in the reservoirs, so I was more focused on the bud enhancers, and am very anxious to try the BudFactorX (that stuff is expensive!), but will add VooDoo Juice and Pirhanna to the list.

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Then the bud ignitor might help. I know it says faster flips, but I think it also stacks flowers faster/more. I JUST got it, so I have no results yet.

Can't argue with aeroponic roots. If the root stuff shows no noticeable gain, well it was a one time purchase and not a huge loss. But I think you'll see some gains.

I think X factor triggers the UV protection mechanism in the plant, and increases terpenes and resin.

Good luck buddy!
 
BIG CHANGES - RES, LIGHTS & OTHER

It's res change Sunday and I changed a lot more than the res today! :)

Due to everything going on with the house renovations, I want to get this grow done and harvested ASAP, but I don't want to harvest early, if it can at all be avoided.

So, first thing I did was CULLED the bag seed plant! I was thinking about it last week, but didn't think I'd be able to make enough room for the New Mars 144. The bag seed plant is probably 2-3 weeks behind the Blue OG and clearly isn't going to be anywhere as good (although, I guess you never know until you smoke it! ;) ).

I then tied that Blue OG down like few girls have ever been tied!

I had to lower the entire canopy by approximately 10" so I could spread her out in the tent AND hang the new Mars 144 LED! :yahoo:

I'm hoping those 5w chips will really help her finish and not cause any burn, cuz' the canopy is pretty close to the lights!

I then took the 240w LED and am using it to shine from the bottom-up through the canopy, replacing that 100w flood light.

Here's what she looks like now...almost like a SCROG with no screen taking up the entire 4' width of the tent:

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Here's a closer look at the canopy:

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I didn't really spend much time taking pics, but I did take a few random shots of the buds:

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Happy Harvests!

K
 
Good job. She looks wild and lonely. :battingeyelashes: I'm going to be in the same boat as you with the tents. They're only 5.5', which means I better get good at keeping them low as long as possible. A couple times through and we'll be old ands at that K. :laughtwo:
 
Hi there Krip!

Sorry to hear about the mold! He will definitely want to see the other side of the wall so yeah. Peppers and Basil is a good call. Grow is looking great. So not all bad news. Thanks for the input over on my thread! :thanks:
 
MORE MEDICAL STUFF WITH RSO

I just sent my dad two videos on Parkinsons patients that have had incredible success with RSO.

This is one:

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This is another...it's a little boring, but watch the first minute or two and look at the tremors in the guys hands, then forward to about 5:30 (25 minutes later) and look at his hands!

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For whatever it's worth, it appears Rick Simpson is now living in Croatia since he's been labelled a "criminal" in Canada and can't travel to the US, etc., and boy is he pissed (and correct!). Here's a recent interview with him:

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If there's one thing I DON'T like about growing, it's the stress that can come with it, if in an un-condoned situation.

I met Mr. Krip, along with many other growers here on 420Magazine.com back in 2010, while searching for info on growing our own at home.
I had recently gotten my life together and had been frequenting a local Denver dispensary, located across the street from he Denver police department in the "bail bonds district". I remember the distinct anxiety of leaving the shop with a paper bag in my hands and stopping to look up at the DPD and city jail a half block from me.

I once picked up a bag of NL, for cheap, because it had been "accidentally pollinated" from my shop and remember asking if the seeds in said bag were viable. When the guy said "sure" and shrugged his shoulders I knew, right then that I would never buy another bag.

It was from that sack that I grew my first bag seed(s), using CFLs, a couple 3 gallon pots and some M. Grow.

I'll never forget the evening my wife and I decided to watch a movie, smoking several cigarettes in the garage periodically. (We've since quit)

Somewhere around the end of the movie we started to smell smoke, and, surely it couldn't be ours. It had been well over an hour since I last smoked. We automatically assumed since we couldn't find any trace of smoke that it was our neighbor, the elderly woman who smoked like a train. We searched he house, including the garage and nothing.

Long story short, I told her to dial 91, and wait for my signal. After many attempts to wake our neighbor, I told her to dial the other 1.

I ended up with my whole family (sans myself) piled into my ford truck, and several fire trucks in my parking lot...We lived in a town home at the time.
I listened to the sirens as they got louder and louder, quickly approaching the house...A sharp pair of scissors resting on the stalk of one of my two first plants.

We rented, and there was no way I supposed to be growing. It was also pre recreational.

I ended up braving the sirens, walking the fire department through my house and garage.

I'm glad the firemen chose not to look in my closet, but I'll never forget that feeling.

It turned out to be one of my own butts, smoldering in an ash tray full of other butts. Melted to it was a plastic bag, containing perlite.

The fire chief said to me, "close one buddy, if that perlite had caught, you'd be in a hotel tonight with your family, and probably up on charges of negligent arson".

Turns out, perlite is HIGHLY flammable.

Long story less short...I feel ya on the stress of having people in your home that might compromise your grow.


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I'll have to finish listening to the interview later. Powerful stuff. I agree with him. We all should grow our own. This is our act of non-violent civil disobedience. I like to think Ghandi would be proud of us for being the change. Every secret closet grower is another nail in the coffin of prohibition.

Good morning Mr. Krip. :battingeyelashes:Love:
 
Just a quick update on the status of the grow, with more to come in the next few days...

The results of the mold analysis came back and, while I don't have the formal report or an estimate, I do know it's not good and, part of the remediation will be "wiping down" the whole house. I don't yet know how long, if at all, I'll need to be out of the house, but (without getting into all the details!) I anticipate at least 4-5 days.

So, I've already begun removing all the equipment from the veg cabinet and resigned myself to the fact that it's going to need to be disassembled and trashed. I've definitely got my money's worth out of it, having vegged probably close to 200 plants, flowered a couple, and housed several mothers.

I know I'm not going to take the time and effort to build another one anytime soon, so, when everything is done, I'll probably move the current 5' flower tent in there and sacrifice the stealth I've enjoyed. I'll still have the closet doors, but you won't be seeing me fling them open in front of any contractors again!

Then, I'll upgrade to a taller flower tent.

As far as what's in veg, there are currently two rooted clones of the Blue OG, two UN-rooted Blue OG clones, and the two new seedlings (Cherry Bomb & White Widow). They're all young and the plan was to make ALL the currently rooted plants into Bonsai moms and flower the two currently UN-rooted Blue OG clones next while the moms are maturing.

If things are delayed long enough, I'll flower the first cuttings of the Cherry Bomb & White Widow instead of the Blue OG clones.

That being said, there are 4-6 plants (depending on whether the two UN-rooted clones take) I'll need to find a way to maintain and I do have a plan for that I believe will work fine (again, depending on how long I'll need to be out of my house!). I'm going to put their containers in a larger Sterilite bin that I'll cover with Burlap and place it outdoors, out of plain site.

As for the Blue OG in flower, I really can't do anything with her except harvest her. Especially being in that WaterFarm and 12/12 light schedule, there's just no place I can safely put her.

She's been under 12/12 for 56 days now, but still has at least a couple of weeks left (probably more!).

So, I'm probably going to stall this whole process another 2-3 weeks to let her finish. That sounds pretty easy, but, I've been without a kitchen (no sink, oven, dishwasher, microwave, cabinets - NOTHING!) for over a week now and getting tired of washing dishes in my bathtub! :)

Even if I wait two weeks and harvest a week or so early, it will be better than abandoning the grow now. I'll need to not only get her harvested, but also let her dry enough that I can get the buds into at least paper bags, if not jars, and move them to a secure location.

So, that's the plan for now. I should find out in the next few days how long I'll need to be gone and hoping the plan will hold up!
 
Glad you found out now. I've seen some pretty bad episodes and if you can abate it, your good. The most important thing is to remediate the cause. I'm sending positive vibes your way my friend!
 
Glad you found out now. I've seen some pretty bad episodes and if you can abate it, your good. The most important thing is to remediate the cause. I'm sending positive vibes your way my friend!

Positive vibes coming ur way.....can u feel them yet


Let me up the amps....u should feel them now

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Thanks for the good vibes and wishes. Unfortunately, they came a little late (I'll ask sooner next time!) and I just found out today I'm going to have to move out of my house for about 4-6 weeks! :thedoubletake:

So, I did what we all do when we're "bummed"...had a couple of vapes and went into to play in the flower tent. Pics coming soon! :)
 
HOME OF THE SIDEWAYS BUDS - ONCE YOU GROW SIDEWAYS, YOU'LL NEVER GO BACK! :)

This is the second time I've had a girl get so big in flower, I've literally had to bend her branches sideways. The last time I did that, I ended up with a bunch of HUGE buds and harvested over 6 oz. from that one plant (personal record!).

It looks like the sideways buds are paying off again! :yahoo:

She's definitely in the swell now and buds are putting on some good weight and bending all the branches down which is giving me more headroom and better coverage with the light.

As I mentioned in the last post, I am going to need to move out of my house for a month or so, while they take care of the mold and finish the renovations, but, there's no way in hell I'm going to pull this girl early! I already told them I would need at least a couple/few weeks to work out the logistics which should (hopefully!) give me enough time to harvest and disassemble the grow.

Here come the bud shots!

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Happy Harvests!

K
 
Dang! Those buds look incredible! :bravo:

Sorry to hear about having to move out for the cleanup. At least you'll have a killer Box full-o-weed to keep you entertained. :)

Sideways buds FTW lol!
 
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