Xlr8's Psychedelic Bloom Party Extravaganza

Great tip on flushing x, because of your grows and my time constraints my next grow is going to be dwc. I hope I can make mine look as easy as you do, hydro is a little intimidating for me as I've never done it.

As for your extra females leave em on the side of a dark road and send me the lat & lon and I will take care of it -_-

Keep up the good work!
 
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Tokeman1 said:
Looks awsome as usual buddy. So I do use Clearex in my flush and one thing I do to clean out the system to minimize leftovers is to completely drain the res and then I use a Fein shop vac to suck out the control box. I can fit the vac hose over the feed lines gaskets to the buckets in the control bucket and am able to vacuum out all the water in all the pots in each line. After this I add RO water, some H2O2 and cyle that once. After this I add nutes to the res and pH balance it. What I am definitely going to start doing after reading this is some top down flushing. Thanks again for all the great advice and journals!
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Hi Tokeman!

You're probably fine if you're able to drain things like that, sounds like you are getting a thorough drain. The mistake I made in the past is to not drain it all out completely and thoroughly like you are saying, and it appears that there is/can be a lingering effect. But, for flushing mid-grow I prefer the diluted nutrient flush anyway as far as maintenance flushing goes. It's easy on the plants, effective, and if done top-down prior to a reservoir change (with this type of system) it's really pretty easy to do. Then, you don't need to worry about all the vacuuming either...

You'll even notice (if you don't do the top down flushes with this type of system) that by the end of the grow there can be a huge build up of salt on or near the top of the hydroton. Large crystal-like structures or moldy looking white powder will accumulate on the hydroton visibly. The "top down" flushes will keep that at bay too.

One thing I seem to always do to make things trickier for myself is to grow my plants too compact toward the medium, making it difficult to get in there and clean up or do a top-down flush like we're talking about. But, it's nice to keep them low at the base, otherwise.

Glad if it's helpful info! Thanks for the very nice feedback. :thankyou:
 
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hozona said:
The ONLY one I am not sure of is the Sour Diesel, but I think that it appears to be female. I hope so because I took a clone "just to be safe" and it is throwing out a LOT more roots than some of the others, so if it is that strong a plant now, what is it gonna be like as an adult??? :hmmm::cheesygrinsmiley:
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I know what you mean Hozona... I really suspected the Jillybean to be a male, because of the initial vigor and growth rate. But, I was thrilled she's a female, because she's really a nice plant with great symmetry, health and a lot of spunk. Plus, I've never grown it, but I've smoked/vaped Jillybean before, and it was absolutely exceptional (even though it wasn't well grown!). I've been really wanting to grow her out for a while now. :)
 
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BlazinThat said:
Great tip on flushing x, because of your grows and my time constraints my next grow is going to be dwc. I hope I can make mine look as easy as you do, hydro is a little intimidating for me as I've never done it.

As for your extra females leave em on the side of a dark road and send me the lat & lon and I will take care of it -_-

Keep up the good work!
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What's up Blazin?! Been a long time - nice to see that you're still around. My system isn't DWC exactly, though I do have a DWC element to my vegging area. DWC is a great way to do hydro as long as you can keep your reservoir temps in order.

Good seeing you - hope you had a great X-mas! :)
 
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hi mate +reps. looking great as usual and great advice for others. have a great new year mate. its my 31st bday tomoro (newyears eve) into my 4th decade, im getting so old haha, i feel it anyway with my workload at the min and no time to myself. hope the new year brings u a quality harvest (or two) :)
 
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Cultivator said:
hi mate +reps. looking great as usual and great advice for others. have a great new year mate. its my 31st bday tomoro (newyears eve) into my 4th decade, im getting so old haha, i feel it anyway with my workload at the min and no time to myself. hope the new year brings u a quality harvest (or two) :)
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:thankyou:

Happy birthday brother! :happybday:

Hope this next year provides you with many quality harvests as well... And a decisive knockout or three in your favor. :)
 
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yes thanks brother, after my recent defeat a knockout would be very nice but, i have to wait til march 3rd for that! just have to settle for some decent harvests in the mean time buddy ;)
 
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Hey X plants are looking great, so is the canopy. You may need to set up a v-type scrog to separate the plants (bubba in the middle) if they are all girls. It will really keep the taller ones from over-running(shadowing) the smaller. Go for the stadium effect, will coincide with all the bowl games. Happy new year as well.
 
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Xlr8 said:
I know what you mean Hozona... I really suspected the Jillybean to be a male, because of the initial vigor and growth rate. But, I was thrilled she's a female, because she's really a nice plant with great symmetry, health and a lot of spunk. Plus, I've never grown it, but I've smoked/vaped Jillybean before, and it was absolutely exceptional (even though it wasn't well grown!). I've been really wanting to grow her out for a while now. :)
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I know what YOU mean too! Have lots of new strains I am experimenting with and see where some might be more suitable outdoors. I should know by the time I put my summer kids out to play.:cheesygrinsmiley: I know how the plants I got from BID are for med value...smoked their mamas:cheesygrinsmiley: Looking forward to cloning the Blue Cheese...might have to take another Blue Mystic also:bong:
 
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Happy New Year X
and gratz on the chicks
shit is looking awesome:thumb:
 
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Hey X!!
Hope you have a Happy New year!
all the best brother!
:partyboy:
 
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Xlr8 said:
Hi UG - Merry X-mas buddy! :xmas:

Well, if your tap water has PPM's that low, you may not need an RO system at all. Mine is around 300ppm out of the tap last time I checked, so I like the RO system. Unless I'm missing something, you might just want to let your tap water off-gas for a day or so, and skip the filter. Sounds like you've got great water to begin with, unless you need to filter out chloramines or something.

As far as question 1, that's exactly right and normal. The black line (drain line) should be coming out much faster than the blue line. Unfortunately, RO filters aren't super efficient that way, although I think some of the newer ones are more so...

On question 2, unless the water or the containers are contaminated with soap or similar, it's probably just oxygen bubbles or something. I've never noticed any unusual bubbles or anything with my water, but air bubbles from pouring could be part of it I suppose. Sometimes air bubbles gather on the sides of the container, but are just normal from pouring.

You can get calibration solution for your PPM meter, that should help you understand whether it's reading correctly. Local hydroponics stores should have it - or online, etc. Maybe you have that already, but in case you aren't sure your meter is working correctly.

Hope your holidays are fantastic brother! :)
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sorry for taking so long to reply brother. I shouldn't complain because other people have it worse but I'm 100% not lying that I barely have time to even tend my own plants!! I'm always doing work in the room with my green miners lamp on during dark time so I rarely get to see what they really look like :phew:



props for the huge response!!!



Yes, my city water is filled with ammonia so that's why I bought the RO, cause chloramines don't evaporate. I think I will take 3 plants of the same strain/traits/age and use my Stealth water on one, aged tap water on another, and supermarket RO on the last one. The debris stuff has eased up but I am now running into another problem. Up to date I have been manually filling the storage tank (without valve or the blue shut-off valve) so I attatched it to the float valve yesterday and soon as it reached the max, the pressure went from 60psi to over 120. Even when I turned the main tap off, the pressure was still over 100. Also, the green carbon filter is starting to get lots of brown spots, don't know if that's normal or not?

I own the Truncheon Nutrient Dipstick by Bluelab and I don't think it can be calibrated? I've had it for over 3 years though, and every time I put it in calibrating solution it reads perfect (1000 on .5)


I appreciate the tips brother, hopefully shit starts going my way soon lol. Hope you had an awesome New Year and Xmas :smoke2:
 
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All caught up after the holidays and my own harvest and busy as hell schedule of late. Everything is looking great X, even with the crowding. I'm sure you'll be able to handle it. Hope everyone's holidays were great. Here's to a fabulous 2013 to all!:thumb:
 
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OG13 said:
Hey X plants are looking great, so is the canopy. You may need to set up a v-type scrog to separate the plants (bubba in the middle) if they are all girls. It will really keep the taller ones from over-running(shadowing) the smaller. Go for the stadium effect, will coincide with all the bowl games. Happy new year as well.
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Hi OG!

I don't think I have the energy to set-up and manage a scrog right now, but I'll need to do something... I may just keep a cutting of Bubba and take it out for space and manageability reasons. I also really need to do some plucking, but company and holidays and mobility have been making it nearly impossible to spend much time with the plants.

Thankfully, they are managing pretty well all on their own, aside from needing some serious plucking and bending. This is the first time I've ever tried to grow through the holidays - normally, I take a break until after the new year due to all we usually have going on. This year, I thought I'd try to manage it but it's been a bit tough. :)

Love your idea, and it's just what I'd do if I had the time and energy. I may try to "invisi-scrog" it similarly if I can.

Sure hope this next year is great for you!
 
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hozona said:
I know what YOU mean too! Have lots of new strains I am experimenting with and see where some might be more suitable outdoors. I should know by the time I put my summer kids out to play.:cheesygrinsmiley: I know how the plants I got from BID are for med value...smoked their mamas:cheesygrinsmiley: Looking forward to cloning the Blue Cheese...might have to take another Blue Mystic also:bong:
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I've heard a ton of praise for Blue Mystic. I've been wanting very badly to grow the Azure Haze strain, by DJ Short. Supposed to be his take on Blue Dream, and his breeding work is as good as it gets. :)

Oh, and... Happy New Year, Hozona! :yahoo:
 
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Cronichemphog said:
Happy New Year X
and gratz on the chicks
shit is looking awesome:thumb:
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Hi Chronic -- Thank you! Happy New Year my friend! :)
 
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Vick074 said:
Hey X!!
Hope you have a Happy New year!
all the best brother!
:partyboy:
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Hi Vick - Happy New Year to you as well. May this next year bring you health, happiness and abundant harvests! :)
 
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Alaskan1 said:
Happy new year my old friend and mentor :)
Because of you, jandre and bass I'm the grower I am today. (that may not be saying much the way some of my layest grows have gone lol)
Enjoy your day!!
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Well, thank you my friend! I am extremely grateful to have gotten to know you, and it thrills me if I've been able to help out with some things. I really appreciate the nice message and kind words, truly. I can't get around as much as I'd like these days, so I'm blessed to have great friends like yourself here.
:party:
 
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