The why I am Bi Journal!

jJacKSon · #1 02-19-2008, 08:17 AM

At least I will be bi soon (soil & hydro running at the same time for a little while ).

Hello all. I previously did an intro here. VV suggested I start journaling. So, I'm jumping in. Thanks for having me!

I am currently a soil grower but am moving to hydro for a few reasons.

1 is that the perpetual harvest thing is getting old and ties me down too much.

2 is that I want to start doing about 3 or 4 big harvests each year with breaks in between (instead of pulling plants weekly).

3 is the most embarrassing reason. I'm a big retard and stupidly brought an outdoor plant inside and now have spider mites. BIG TIME! My room needs to be stripped down and cleaned. I figure no better time than now to make the change.

Here's my plan as of today: a: Keep harvesting plants currently in 12/12 as long as possible and move no more into bloom room. b: Get my mothers and existing clones free of critters (plants in veg don't have the mite problem too bad because of the humidity in that area). c: Hit the grow store and price my options. d: try not to freak out about the whole thing.

Also, going forward, I will try to include the minimum details (a. how much nutrients used, b. ph of water, c. medium used, d. temperature of room, e. light cycle calendared, f. water schedule).

But, today, I'm just going to begin this thing and throw up a few pics since I've heard many of you are picture ho's!

The attached pics are of a Dynamite that I pulled yesterday. She was beginning her 7th week when I yanked her. I was concerned that mites I saw might move into the buds (who likes to hear the tell-tale snap, crackle, pop when smoking mite infested bud???).

I'll post more when I get her trimmed and hanging. Thanks again for letting me stumble into this journal thing! Let me know if I'm missing important do's and don'ts of participating.

All Posters Welcome, BTW!

jJ
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natmoon · #2 02-19-2008, 09:45 AM

Looks like some nice bud shame about the mites.
Best of luck with it all

VictorVIcious · #3 02-19-2008, 10:32 AM

That is pretty. VV

jJacKSon · #4 02-20-2008, 04:50 PM

Man, I'm old! Cannot believe it's already evening!

Spent hours at the grow store this a.m.; next, I got baked and went with a friend and our dogs for a mountain drive; stopped for Mexican (ummmm... green chili) and am finally home.

So tired and baked that I'm not even emptying out the vehicle. All the grow store treasures will hang out overnight in the garage.

Long story short, I'm not going hydro after all, all though I am switching things up by moving to raised beds so that I'll harvest all at one time.

I'll share some of the decision process I went through to stick with soil. Tomorrow.

Meanwhile, here's a pic of the plant I showed yesterday. She's all trimmed up and hanging now. And another of the little stash that I pulled off the drying racks last night.

jJ

ace1059 · #5 02-20-2008, 05:23 PM

in the first pic you have the plant hanging upside down, why?

jJacKSon · #6 02-22-2008, 06:14 AM

Hey Ace, I think the pic you're referring to is one of the plant chopped up and hanging from a drying rack. It's one plant in many pieces.

Still running slow but making progress. The first pic is of the temporary space for the ladies in 12/12. They'll hang out like while I get the rest of the space set up for my move to raised beds. The other pic is of the vegging closet that holds plants that still need to be sexed. You can see some clones in the background on the right. Once they're viable, I'll put them into 12/12 to see if they are boys or girls. I have another little area for some mamas from which I regularly clone.

Today will be all about cleaning and rearranging in the basement to accomplish the beginning of the transition to raised beds AND making sure the new space is free of spider mites. I'll take more pics as I go along.