Tead's Indoor-ish, Winter, Hempy, OGK, SOG

Well... to be honest, I really don't plan or think that way, so I'm really not sure.
I have a bit of a supply and demand system going. The bloom room is the demand, I want to keep it always filled with at least 2 plants. The veg tent is the supply side. When my next girl gets harvested, one will be ready at some bloomable stage to fill in the empty spot.

For example, I'm on plant #3 in the bloom room. The 2nd plant started into bloom at the height of the first one in full bloom. The 3rd plant started into bloom at the height of the 2nd plant in full bloom. Kind of like shifting gears until I hit 'full speed'. I suspect I'll hit 5th or 6th gear before I back off the gas so to speak.

So, the osmo girl is an exception of course. Will she be able to incorporate herself into the current routine, or will she require different treatment? Dunno. Curious as hell tho!

I'll be really curious to see her coloring once she gets legs and starts growing quicker. I hope the osmo+ can give her what she needs. My ideas around osmo are really kind of motivated by a desire to create an automated garden with drainage and an auto water system... 1st step, replace liquid nutes. Maybe sometime in the next few years I'll work something out in that arena... we'll see. Oh... and I'm SUPER lazy.
My next grow journal needs to be named "The laziest hydro grow ever!"
Feeding and photos later today... temps down to 46 out there with whippin wind. Gotta bundle up just to get out to the shed! Damn winter.
 
Ok... Photos and feedings...

First up, Betty says "Brrrrrrr!!!"
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Next, the Osmo girl.... still getting legs some, but uncovered and doing well.
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Other vegging girls and group shots of the veg tent.
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Shots of the blooming girls....
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Off to warm my bones by the fire....
 
After doing a bit of sampling, I find myself getting philosophical....

I've been haunting these forums forever. I like my current "role". I peek into the FAQ thread and see if there are any questions that catch my attention... somewhat rare and usually well addressed by a sea of other users. I check on the regulars I follow. I sit back and bullshit about anything I wish. I hijack threads at random.

Lazy. So friggin lazy. My dog and cat might be lazier.. but I'm starting to have my doubts.

back to your normally scheduled programming....
 
Gotta vent... and it's not pretty... sorry.
So, 16 humans were introduced to the joys of gunshot trauma in my fair city last night.
It was a after party for an organized second line.
16 in one swell foop. Fuck.
Why am I here again? Do Gumbo, liquor, and warm weather outweigh simple societal sanity?
I believe the time may be near. I simply can bare no more.
 
Apparently 70g was a bit optimistic on my part...
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I'd add another 8g of already consumed product. In the 40s. Suck, but she was "1st gear" and one doesn't cover much distance in first after all...
Drying occurred a bit too quickly. It was not even. Base of stalks were crispy with some non-crispiness in the tips. Put it all in a mason jar.... I'll monitor and adjust as needed during curing.
Needed to do something positive while the negative flows.
Yin Yang man... I see it in action everywhere at every moment. I seek sanity in a world that swings so wildly to either side...
 
Tead said:
Do Gumbo, liquor, and warm weather outweigh simple societal sanity?
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Hmmm. Gonna have to role the dice on that one.

Just trying to cheer ya up.
You ever get the itch to head out West, I still know of a few dispensaries hiring.
 
I hear the west calling harder every day.
Just saw this little tidbit it the local media....

"Gold frantically shakes his hands yelling at the gunman, who abruptly fires a single shot. Gold falls to the ground, holding his stomach and wincing in pain. In the video, the gunman moves closer to Gold, points the gun at his head and pulls the trigger. However, the gun jammed and wouldn't fire. The gunmen then fled the area."

Punked with a gutshot and moved in to finish. Cold. Very cold.
While one, of course, rails at the criminality, I find myself asking deeper questions.
During the course of my career, I've been exposed to some of the outer rings of the inner circles that have been running things in this city since dirt was new. As an import from the west, I found it shocking and a bit disgusting that these sorts of ancient social structures were still around and apparently running things... but that's another subject. I've personally witnessed these striations with my own eyes... not running off 2nd hand info at all.
Combine that idea with the shear desperation and poverty on the other side of the spectrum.
When we create a world that locks generations of humans into such a dark hole by providing no real options for improvement, we're really just creating our own problems.

I'm starting to feel like nothing less than an old school revolution could ever sweep away the local social structures designed to suppress, nullify, and numb and entire population so that we may power our money making machines.

The gumbo tastes a little tough today. Sorry.

Side note... WTF criminals?!?! Really... a little firearm maintenance screws you? You got nothin to do but count the results of your criminal endeavors and clean your gun. Geez.
 
I wish Betty would turn a bit and do a little dancing for me....

Happy Tday Y'all. No turkey for the Yat this morning. Beer Can chicken was the sweetheart's request, so Beer Can chicken it will be. I'm much more of a stuffing guy anyway, so I'm far from broken hearted... roasting a big bird is a good bit of work. I thought about frying one this year, but as good as it is out of the oil, it sure goes downhill quick and that's a lot of bird to go south (teehee).

I was going to give the girls a feeding this morning, but I've seen a few boated leaves on 3rd gear so I'm going to let it slide for one more day. I see no indications of a need for water and the pots feel fine, so I'll let them slide for one more day.

Osmogirl doesn't seem to be going anywhere. She's not dry or dying or drooping... just not moving. I'll keep spritzing her and patiently wait. Not concerned... yet... but noting it.
 
Happy tday tead. Sorry to hear bout the shooting. Thank god for lazy bastards who don't clean their guns though could have been worse. Take it easy
 
A question if i may tead. With hempy do you have to flush the salts out more frequently than normal or is that not really a problem?
 
The only planned flushes I do are the final flush before harvest and sometimes when they switch between veg and flower. Of course, one might run into other occasions that require a flush, but I haven't seen any of those lately.
When I water, I pour until I get a bit of runoff. Generally my runoff amount is roughly equal to the amount of water in the 'res' of my bucket. The idea here is that you're rinsing the medium with the new nute mix and pushing the old out with the new as you water.
I suspect this is true for any drain to waste system... but I only have hempy bucket experience.
I'll toss out a related side tip for those wanting to dip their toes in the hempy world...
Many folks seem to think that they should be able to make some sort of analysis or conclusions based on reading the ppm of the runoff. This has NEVER worked for me, or anyone else I've seen do it in hempy buckets. I think this may be responsible for some cases of insanity...
I say it often, Hempy Buckets are more like a soil grow in almost every way except for the speed of growth.

or we can go for the short simple answer....
It's not really a problem Lex. Don't worry about it in the slightest.
 
Hey Tead, read through from start to finish. Now subbed and sitting in with ya. Got a friend starting out and am hoping I can recommend Osmocote hempys to them. Got my fingers crossed for your girl to take off!
 
How often do you water roughly? Do you alternate feeding? And how hard is it to manage ph? I appreciate your answer for my last question and hope im not bothering ya lol i just been really wanting to go hempy
 
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