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  1. Carl Spackler

    Losing plants in a guerilla grow

    I recently went out to my guerilla grow patch(s) to do some early season prep work. I typically do this every year to remove unnecessary growth surrounding my sites that ultimately rob sunlight from my plants. Last year, I put out 8 plots of 3-4 plants each and had very good success with each...
  2. Carl Spackler

    White Widow x Big Bud day 20 of flower

    This plant was vegged from early Feb. and selected as a mother for several cuttings that were taken about 40 days ago. Node spacing is a bit wider than I anticipated but overall has been a easy grow under a switchable 500/750/1000 watt dig. ballast. Grown in smart pots with no special...
  3. Carl Spackler

    Ken Burns's newest documentary "Prohibition"

    I just completed watching the entire documentary. It may well be his finest effort yet. Brief in comparison to "Baseball" or "The War", it chronicles America's efforts to ban and later support consumption of alcohol from the turn of the last century to the ultimate reversal of the 18th...
  4. Carl Spackler

    Describe your worst pain ever and best strain for relief

    We've all had 'em. Searing pain that sends you up the wall. Not chronic stuff such as back pain or muscle aches. I nominate middle-of-the-night-leg-cramps that come without warning followed closely by bruised or broken ribs. Both relieved by a high quality indica strain such as White Widow or...
  5. Carl Spackler

    Purple Maroc Review

    Strain: Female Seeds, Purple Maroc Environment: Indoor, 400w MH/HPS, 3 gal., Fox Farms Ocean Forest, Minimal fertilization. Some supercropping and topping to restrict height, mother cloned after 12 wks. veg. Required tying to keep the stems from breaking under the weight of flowers the last 3...
  6. Carl Spackler

    Mid-life crisis car or practical choice? Hyundai Genesis Coupe

    I recently got a bad case of car fever and while this is hardly the forum for rational, well thought out opinions I thought I would at least get a little feed back on this car. My '01 Honda Accord Coupe Ex with 5-speed manual is getting a little long-in-the-tooth. It's long since been paid...
  7. Carl Spackler

    Purple Maroc Mother Won't Stop Flowering?

    Got her as a freebie from a earlier order from Attitude. Germinated 2/28, Soil grown in a custom mix. Have some crappy Auto's growing along side her under a 400wHPS (they are nearly done). All were under 24/0 cycle for first 3 wks then, went to 20/4. I took 6 clones 4 wks. ago and they are...
  8. Carl Spackler

    I gotta be more careful..(smell issue)

    I was giving my small, 6 plant grow a check last night. On week 8 of flower for 4, Super Lemon Haze and 2 Cheese plants. Smell is not really that overpowering as I have carbon filters and the like keeping the indoor air scrubbed but...I made mistake of adjusting the containers as I have done...
  9. Carl Spackler

    SLH Mutant clone refuses to flower

    Tech. Stuff Strain-Green House Seeds Super Lemon Haze Feminized Light-400W HPS (MH during 3 week veg.) veg'd for 3 wks. except mother that had 6 Soil-Happy Frog with 1/2 cup dolomitic lime for pH buffer Veg Ferts.-Flora Nova 7-4-1, Generic Fish emulsion 5-1-1 both applied bi-weekly Flower...
  10. Carl Spackler

    Super Lemon Haze stem deformation/mutation

    I started 10, Super Lemon Haze feminized plants from GH seeds in late March with plans of only using my closet set-up to get them to a suitable size for transplanting in late April. The 200w cfl with a brightwings reflector, plus, a homemade inverted surge protector with 6, 6500k bulbs gave me...
  11. Carl Spackler

    Hot summer temps and spider mites

    Just a friendly reminder to all fellow outdoor growers that now is the time to begin inspecting and/or treating your plant material for spider mites. Hopefully everyone has found a nice, sunny location to place your babies, unfortunately this environment is ripe for spider mites to have...
  12. Carl Spackler

    13"+ of rain....doesn't look good

    I had scouted out this G.Grow site 5 months ago near a fairly benign little creek here in the Volunteer state. I was fairly careful to look for any signs of significant flooding in the past, logs, tree limbs and other evidence of erosion and was satisfied that this was a good site. I didn't...
  13. Carl Spackler

    15 day old "Cheese" problem pics input appreciated

    Germinated 15 days ago using "mini-greenhouse"method. 20 oz. styro cup . Heated 6 penny nail hot and melted 5 drain holes for drainage. Pre-soaked in distilled H20, stretched Saran Wrap over top, rubber banded in place. Germination was rapid (3 days) A bit later for my S.Lemon Haze but both...
  14. Carl Spackler

    Mite season

    Last week, I saw a few spots on the tops of the leaves on two of my girls and took home a sample to examine thoroughly under my old-school microscope. Got confirmation of two-spotted-red spider mites. I knew that later in the vegetative/early flower stage coupled with hotter temps, the...
  15. Carl Spackler

    Superthrive or SuperJive?

    I checked out this product years ago while working for a landscape supplier and came away with feeling of "well maybe." A lot of controversy surrounds the use of vitamin B1 (thiamine) as an amendment for plants, not just in the cannabis growing community. Plants have the ability to synthesize...
  16. Carl Spackler

    Solar powered irrigation?

    I got this idea while watching a episode of "Ask this Old House" on PBS one night. Not the first to come up with this I'm certain as a alternative to lugging buckets etc. to the grow site(s) but have seen no one that actually has tried this. Pros: Autonomous watering, extremely quiet...
  17. Carl Spackler

    Mycorrhizal root stimulants?

    Anyone in the forum have experience with using these type of Bio-stimulants? I've seen outstanding results with nursery stock, annuals, perrenials,transplants,turf etc. Not sure if I want to go with the Endophyte or Ectophyte type but I do want to try some as a control group this year. I have a...
  18. Carl Spackler

    Just a quick intro.

    Hey all. I'm brand new, squeaky clean to the forum and just wanted to say that I lurk no longer. Probably a little older than many of the other folks (I remember $25-30, 3 finger bags if that clues you in). It has also been many, many moons since my last guerilla-grows back in 1980. I...
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