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  1. Chairman Mao's Little Red LED -- Day 42, Magic Hobo Vibrator action!!!

    by , 05-20-2013 at 12:17 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by heckler73 View Post
    Everything is still going along well.
    Flowers galore, and stacking on more!

    Sasha triplets...
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    The Juliets...
    The first two pics are from the same plant. I didn't notice it at first, but there are a 2nd round of buds coming out on the 3rd node above the 1st set (the way it should be). I believe I caught both sets in the other photos.
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  2. Chairman Mao's Little Red LED -- Day 34 BUDS!

    by , 05-20-2013 at 12:11 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by heckler73 View Post
    I think it was the day after my last update that I noticed something strange.
    One of the Sasha's (the Commie Tomato) was looking a little droopy. Now I had watered them, and I know it wasn't overdone, so I pulled off the pot and saw this
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    I figured since the damn roots were starting to come out the top, it was necessary to transplant into bigger pots. I probably won't be able to get them outside for another couple weeks,
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  3. Chairman Mao's Little Red LED -- Return of Red Hanna, Day 23

    by , 05-20-2013 at 12:04 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by heckler73 View Post
    The jungle is developing nicely.

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    Even the "freak" (J1) came back without batting an eyelash (and there are plenty on that stalk!). I think the Mosaic Virus hypothesis can be put to rest now...THANKFULLY.
    Check out the tight internodal action!
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    I have now changed to using proper chemicals for the feeding regimen.

    Calcium Nitrate Ca(NO3)2
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  4. Chairman Mao's Little Red LED -- Social-yeast CO2 worker's party / Day 15

    by , 05-19-2013 at 11:58 PM
    The Generator has been constructed.
    Just the normal hobo-grow 2 Liter bottle (with back-pressure chamber)...
    3/4 cup of sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of yeast... yadda yadda, I'm sure there are 100 threads on this forum that already discuss it.

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    Now I do have the CO2 elevated, since the air will be a little warmer at 6' above concrete. And so I ran the 1/4" hose into the secret enclave where the plants reside, running the hose down ...
  5. Chairman Mao's Little Red LED -- KGB (TRANS)Plant

    by , 05-19-2013 at 11:54 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by heckler73 View Post
    Well, 10 days since the birth.
    Time to put these babies in soil.

    First some shots of the rockwool action.

    Here you can see how they have developed. I've never seen hairs like this on tomatoes which I've grown outside. There is definitely something special about LEDs and their effects on plant chemistry (I still don't know what the link is, though. Perhaps it is something to do with the blue light).
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