Balls to the Wall grow, Riddleme Gets Serious

mlad

mlad

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riddleme said:
They got rained on and fed on thursday, same nute mix as last time
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Really sweet grow man. I have a question about what you said above. I thought the let it rain method meant that you rain and then wait until it dries up, then feed the nutes. What you said here seems like you rain and feed on the same day?

Sorry for the noob question, but I'm going to try raining on my next grow so I need to be clear on the process. Thanks!
 
riddleme

riddleme

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mlad said:
Really sweet grow man. I have a question about what you said above. I thought the let it rain method meant that you rain and then wait until it dries up, then feed the nutes. What you said here seems like you rain and feed on the same day?

Sorry for the noob question, but I'm going to try raining on my next grow so I need to be clear on the process. Thanks!
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I am adding nutes to the last gallon of rain because I am in a soilless medium that has no nutes, I am in the process of actually feedin em now and Kat is showing signs of a defiency (or a lock out) why I'm feedin now instead of tomorrow (normally takes 3 days after rain) this is an adjustment I have made simply because they are not in soil and it is my first time using the sunshine mix #4 so kinda learnin myself here :)
 
riddleme

riddleme

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miteubhi? said:
Just seeing that much potential pollen makes me nervous.

Nice grow boss, keep it green.
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He's upstairs, in a closet, and now in a 50 gallon construction grade trash bag, yeah the light is in the bag with him :)

it's a breedin project, so gotta have pollen

Plus I wanted to post pics so new growers can see what they look like when they start to hang, most never get that far :)
 
I

Illumination

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riddleme said:
Ok so the bitches took over the garden, they went nuts and grew and grew, I held back water till they drooped to slow down the growth :) didn't work, I candy caned (supercropped) the shit out of em, didn't work, I had one bud burn cause it got to close to the light. Could not raise the lights any more so I had to take out the drip drain rack to lower the plants, this will make watering them a bitch but hey everyone should have this problem right, I mean can't argue with 60+ bud sites on 4 plants (and that is only the canopy)

Without the rack and fans circulating CO2 I had to add a floor fan, that is raised by the screen bolts, it is a 4 inch AC fan so moves a bit more air.

Also the new light got here so I said WTF and installed it, really wanted to finish with just the one but these bitches got so big, I am happy to spread em out a bit more and have the coverage needed to do this so basically now there are 2 plants under each light. I should note for everyone that this raised my temps ALOT went up to 87, so I am very happy that fall is finally here, yesterday's high was 91 and today we expect a high of 73 (it's about time) so not seeing this as a problem as things will start to chill.

They got rained on and fed on thursday, same nute mix as last time, gonna top dress some more dolomite as a preventative today also gonna start buildin my fermentation chamber, was gonna buy one of those Hov-a-bators but decided they are to small so gonna build one based on the same concept, I will take pics and post a ditty on how I do it

Also gonna top some of the clones today, you'll see the first ones in are growin like weeds and I need the last ones in to catch up for the next go round :) still got at least 6 more weeks and gonna keep em smaller this time, no more wild jungle gardens :hump: Plus there will be 8 instead of 4.

You can see the trichs in some of the pics, considering this is only the end of week 2 of flowering, I am very impressed with the CMH bulbs UVB :hump::mrgreen::hump::mrgreen::hump:

And one last note lowering them this way is a good thing as far as the IR heater experiment is concerned cause now the canopy is where it should be in relation to the heater, was gonna be a bitch to move it :)

Enjoy the pics as always
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Props! All is looking awesome my friend....yep looks like you are finally becoming a grower!!:mrgreen:

That was a good laugh this morning....Thanx

Namaste":eyesmoke:
 
lime73

lime73

Weed Modifier
riddleme said:
He's upstairs, in a closet, and now in a 50 gallon construction grade trash bag, yeah the light is in the bag with him :)

it's a breedin project, so gotta have pollen

Plus I wanted to post pics so new growers can see what they look like when they start to hang, most never get that far :)
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Hey Riddleme Can I take out your garbage for you...:twisted: j/k.

Love the male pics too...can't wait to see them open up!
You will be taking pics of that xxx show right?

Took me 2 weeks but....
I have finally finished all the threads and there was so much information on those threads. I see things differently now! Thank you!

Thanks for the Guidance much Respect for you my friend!:mrgreen:

Good Job on the girls and the male...Nice to see many pics as you went along. You really know how to put it all together. Sum of all Parts! Good Job!!!

I like how you are open to experiments. Nothing better than to see it through your own experiments. You pay attention to them...and they are showing you what they can do, Like they are showing off...lol.:hump:

You have a very good understanding of what makes them tick...

I like how you guide people in the right direction. I see so many that have fallen to the Myths/Hype and You have tried...I've seen it in the threads,and you try to show them that, It is a plant... so Grow It!

Well thanks for all that you have contributed and you deserve the Elite Membership!!! I voted... Yes!!!:joint: Hopefully they see you as a Very reputable member of RIU...as most here do.

And I can hardly wait to see your newest crop finish...so turn up the Volume on those bitches and show us what it is all about! :mrgreen:

I love Mj and everything that it has to offer. Keep em Green!:peace:
 
rastadred22

rastadred22

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lookin good! where did ur grow room go? looks like u lost most of it.. its all small now...lol they look great though love how they are all pointed up happy as can be! i still dont have that many trichs on my leaves and shes 50days into flower lol!
 
xshooterx

xshooterx

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Hey Yall!

Been tryin to keep up with this great thread, but haven't had a chance to post for a bit.

Excellent, excellent work Riddleme! You are a very good teacher. Those shots of Udo are priceless for a noob like me. Never really saw a complete pic of a male in his splendor, lol.

I have a question about supercropping. In your photos I can only see one or two branches that are bent. Didn't you SC pretty much all the branches? Maybe they are just being hidden by the leaves? A few branches look like they returned to their almost normal straightness after being bent, is that right? Does SC also create more bud sights where none would normally be, as well as opening up the plant body to receive more light down inside it?

Got to thinking about the EXIF data thing... thinking it was more of a mobile phone camera issue than a "stand alone" camera. Here is what Wikopedia has and below that is a link to Lifehacker, one of my favorite websites, with some info on striping EXIF data.

Thanks, of course to Riddle, but also to almost everyone who has posted here for creating a kind of one stop shop for all I need to know about growing our favorite weed.

Geolocation
See also: Geotagging

The Exif format has standard tags for location information. Currently, only very few cameras, such as the LEICA V-LUX 20, Panasonic LUMIX TZ-10, Samsung CL65 (also known as Samsung ST1000), Ricoh Caplio 500SE, Nikon Coolpix P6000 or some higher-end mobile phones, have a built-in GPS receiver and store the location information in the Exif header when the picture is taken. For other cameras, such as Nikon D300, Nikon D90, or FinePix S5 Pro, a separate GPS receiver that fits into the flash connector or hot shoe is available. Recorded GPS data can also be added to any digital photograph on a computer, either by correlating the time stamps of the photographs with a GPS record from a hand-held GPS receiver or manually using a map or mapping software. The process of adding geographic information to a photograph is known as geocoding. Photo sharing communities like Panoramio, locr or Flickr equally allow their users to upload geocoded pictures or to add geolocation information online.

Most of Nokia's Nseries mobile phones (such as the N95) are equipped with a GPS receiver, and using Location Tagger[1], a piece of software from Nokia Beta Labs, all captured images are tagged with corresponding GPS coordinates when GPS signal is available. The second generation of iPhone (known as the iPhone 3G) by Apple Inc. is also equipped with a GPS receiver, and uses the receiver to geotag photographs taken with the device. Subsequent generations (the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4) also support this feature. The first generation iPhone is not equipped with GPS, and uses a service provided by Skyhook to triangulate and approximate the location at which the picture was taken using nearby cellular phone towers and WiFi hot-spot signal strength data. The Skyhook service provides approximate GPS location information which is then added to the Exif data associated with the picture. Also mobile phones with the Android operating system as well as BlackBerry smartphones with a camera and builtin GPS or Bluetooth GPS addons can geotag images with the included camera application.



http://lifehacker.com/comment/24787821/
 
xshooterx

xshooterx

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Got another question. I'm in the process of building out a veg cabinet (30cf) inside my grow room. I was thinking that I needed to seal the cabinet not only light tight but also air sealed so as to create a negative pressure for good air flow. The problem for me with the sealed cab thing is, well, I ain't no Bob Villa not to mention Norm Abram, so making doors for this thing that will air seal may be a big PITA. So, if I just use black out curtains for the doors and two or three computer case fans to help vent the heat, will that be adequate? Maybe a small oscillating fan for added circulation?
 
pkp134

pkp134

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I have recently made a vegging cabinet as well, I have one fan directly beneath my t5, with passive vents real low, and a fan blowing around for circulation, the fans should be enough if your using floros. I used weatherstripping for the cracks of the doors, and the same stuff the put on the bottoms of the doors to bloxk wind I used as well. Not the best in the world, but as long as you are blowing out more than what is availiable you will have negative pressure so it shouldnt be that hard with all those fans.. I would deffininitely have two fans blowing in from the bottom and 2 blowing out on the top... just my oppinion... does depend on the size it is awell... I bought an unassembled cabinet at lows for 35 bucks. super easy to make, just needed alot of duct tape to seal in where I had to mod to get the light in. If you find a cabinet with the right hinge it actually seals light proof, It is not a barrel hinge, but more like an arm hinge you would see on a door, the ones that close slowly. they had one when I wnt and it was 80 bucks, and super pre-cut and pre drilled to put together...
 
xshooterx

xshooterx

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Thanks PKP for the reply. Yeah, I'm using the T5 4ft., 8 bulb fixture for veg. This is going to be a built in (rough built lol) cab. Gotta make the doors. Was just going to use 1/2in plywood. I already have some spare hinges, but they are not the arm (pneumatic?) type you mentioned. Would be nice and easy to use a black out curtain instead.
 
riddleme

riddleme

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As always thanks everyone, we're trying to keep it all together :)

as for the supercropping, yes I bent all the main colas over a few of them I bent twice and 2 of them I bent 3 times, that was why I finally had to move things around, it does open up the canopy (if you pay attention and plan your bend) and it does make a lot of bud sites and I kinda like it, gonna play some more with the next batch as I now have a few ideas :)

as for the cab thing, I have never built one but I am about to build a fermentation chamber, just went and rounded up everything (cost almost $300) but I'm still cheaper than buying a bunch of hovabators and this cab will do the same thing once I get it built, which will take awhile :)

was just at walmart, they have put all the fans on sale as they are now puttin out heaters, so if you need fans??? also got a digital temp/humidity gauge for $8 and thermostat for $20, the worst was the cab and heaters, cab was $69 and the lizard heaters were $32 each for 2 60 watters, kinda breakin it down now while it is freesh in my mind, so when I start the build a DIY fermentation chamber ditty I won't forget :)

PS the lizard heaters were not available at walmart had to go to a lizard store, prolly why they cost so much lol
 
riddleme

riddleme

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xshooterx said:
Thanks PKP for the reply. Yeah, I'm using the T5 4ft., 8 bulb fixture for veg. This is going to be a built in (rough built lol) cab. Gotta make the doors. Was just going to use 1/2in plywood. I already have some spare hinges, but they are not the arm (pneumatic?) type you mentioned. Would be nice and easy to use a black out curtain instead.
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RMH can tell you how to use a black on one side white on the other poly curtain with zippers as his whole room is divided off with em
 
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