ghb - this is how i grow

oldman60

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I had to buy some, after 5-6 years looking at bare hps bulbs i cant even go out on a bright day now without sunglasses, hurts too much and my eyes just close and i cant open them until im somewhere darker again, optician reckons ive gone from perfect eyes all my life to severe damage over the last 5 years and is adamant it will affect me later in life
I have problems from looking at printing negatives and working in very low light.
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papapayne

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I had to buy some, after 5-6 years looking at bare hps bulbs i cant even go out on a bright day now without sunglasses, hurts too much and my eyes just close and i cant open them until im somewhere darker again, optician reckons ive gone from perfect eyes all my life to severe damage over the last 5 years and is adamant it will affect me later in life
you know, after you say that...I kinda realize I do the same thing now. Always squinting outdoors now. Guess I didn't really connect the dots.
 

ghb

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Here's a little porn from last night.View attachment 3381649View attachment 3381650 View attachment 3381651 CP, Extrema, SW. 30 days from flip.
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looking amazing, the extrema seems to be frosting up nicely and forming decent sized nuggets i would likely give that slightly more pk than the swamp wreck, she looks like she is getting a bit hot being so close to the light., damn beast what she is.

are you going to harvest them all before replacing them or do you want to keep it on a perpetual 1 out 1 in basis?



i had some equipment failure in my grow room, the plants have had over 48 hours of darkness and were all stretching up to find light when i went today. hopefully they don't get too stressed out by it all because they were looking great. i changed a fan which had popped, and i assume tripped the circuit and ran an extension on to another circuit for the light controller so it has a dedicated circuit.
 

oldman60

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Please don't send the curse my way! I had 4 ballasts burn up in 5 weeks last year.
I'll hit the Extrema with another shot of PK. I just gave them a dose of Micostim and
molasses and some extra nitrogen, they were looking a little yellow.
That Swamp Wreck did get a little sunburn, I had them on pallets to keep them off the
cold floor but now they're on styrofoam sheets and I lowered them a few inches.
I'm thinking about reveging the Extrema I took some cuts but they're not doing to well.
I'll harvest before I start the next one and clean the coir (enzyme) as I go.
I have a couple real fast flowering strains to run so next grow will be quick.
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papapayne

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that almost sounds like they got a power surge through them or something. or the wiring shorted.

got a brand new ballast for 85 bucks at the grow store, so back in business
 

ghb

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seems like equip failure is in the air! one of My 1000 watter ballasts took a shit last night

at least they were still getting light, you shouldn't have any problems at all there, living with your grow is the best way to avoid fuck ups like the one i had.


i remember when i first ran the pit, doing my pheno hunt, i had a similar problem but it lasted nearly a week and though a few did show some funky growth and a few also grew nanners, overall it was still a good grow.


oldman i have had mixed results doing reveg, if you have the space, time and overall greenthumb it can be done if you think a strain is special enough to keep around for a while. just leave it well alone is my best advice, don't water it like a normal plant and give it plenty of enzyms to break down dead root matter. i also think constant light would make it happen quicker than 18/6
 

ghb

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they are drinking a lot more than normal, i will have to start coming every other day at this rate, the gringo is dry the last couple of times i have been there, don't want her wilting on me!.
 

oldman60

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Even tho your plants are way shorter than mine I think you're pushing almost as much
vegetative growth, no wonder that Gringo is always thirsty it has a ton of leaves to
maintain.
Very, very nice. I love the way you've trained them.
They will fill out so well. :clap::clap:
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ghb

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first to last by gunnar olsen from youtube of course :P

can't sleep either huh?
 

ghb

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looking nice and frosty there, i wish i was that far in.
mine are all crying out for some pk, i only finished the week 2 res yesterday so they won't be getting any til monday, i expect the chese will already be producing resin by then but should still be fine.

how are your yins doing jig? you managed to get some smoke in stock yet?
 

jigfresh

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Doing well, at least in my eyes. I'm learning a lot about growing in soil. I think the biggest problem I had with my previous attempts was watering too much. I don't think I ever 'overwatered', but I'm finding that letting things dry out a bit gives the roots a reason to grow some. Not sure if I should raise the light or not, but everything is super short/ compact.

A fairy dropped some smoke off, but my tolerance is such that I can't deal with it. I'm basically fucked here when sober... stoned I haven't a chance. So the irony I had expected has come to fruition. That I would be off smoking once I started growing full time. Not sure how I'm going to test anything when it comes time. :/

And I'm pretty sure I jumped the gun up potting the 3 I did. Oh well, it was a fun learning experience. I can't remember the last time I felt so fulfilled as dropping the cups worth of plant and soil into the space in the bigger pots. I used an empty cup like the ones they were in to make the space, so the little ones dropped perfectly fitted into their new homes.

I've also come to realize that if there is one thing in the world I hate more than anything it's fucking leaf blowers. If it can't be done with a rake and/ or broom... it shouldn't be fucking done.

Psycho killer, and two views of a Jakes dream.

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