MrHowardMarks' experienced grower journal.

careful....Advanced will put a hit out on you if you figure out the secret sauce!


you can come hide at my place if you bring the recipie!

I doubt it, they tell you the percentages right on the bottle... Pretty easy to replicate if you ask me...

A gallon of sweet leaf is 100 bucks... I figure I could make at least 10 gallons for that price... And that would dilute into... (Lots of math) ... 320ish gallons...

Looks like I'm going to make a copy, I already have the real shit to compare my replica to... It's on.

I'll get something really close.

you can still share the secret sauce right? ill tell you where Jimmy Hoffa's buried.

Once I figure out a good recipe I'll let everyone know.

dont worry us RIUers will protect you from the hit squad!

MHM, what do you feel about growing in 2-liter soda bottles? They have depth and you can stacking them side by side to get more under your light.
Your and everyone elses advice is always appreciated.
Happy Holidays, I know I'm having some great ones with my first batch.

I got my new hydroponics system at a garage sale and it came with 3 huge containers of florabloom, floramicro, and floragro and a small container of Sweet. My previous, and first, grow I used Rockwool Formula One (A and B) along with GreenFuse Root, growth, and bloom stimulaters. I was just wondering if there are any nutrients I should use along side the flora serious and how much to use of them during the different stages.

I have a 18 pot ebb and grow system for flowering and was planing on doing one harvest a month but I was just realized I only have one 55 gallon res for all the pots so I can't give time specific nutrients based on how far they are into flowering. Would it be better to do only one harvest every 2 months and have a specific nutrient solution or would it be OK for the different size plants to share the 55 gallon res?

I just put my 17 seeds into the starter tray after germinating them, half in rapid rooters and half in rockwool to see which starts them faster. Keeping my fingers crossed

Thanks again

LOL @ someone selling thier hydro setup in thier garage sale LMFAO

Yeah, it was a crazy garage sale for sure, but all the stuff was legit. The guy was growing tomatoes, at least right before I bought it but who knows what was in there a couple of grows back...

Make sure to clean and disinfect the equipment... and I'd look at buying some of the soluables, Foxfarm's soluables, or Advanced, Humbolt make some, basically all the same, boosters for the flowering stage... like Beastie Budz, Big Bud, Overdrive chaching...

I definately recommend growing in a bigger container than a two-liter bottle, you could pull it off in a hydro setup, but that's not enough rooting room in my opinion, to have a decent harvest...


stay tuned for those pictures...

So... I got a Bluelab Truncheon TDS EC meter today... freaking sweet...

I was all baked and took some pics of the led display under water, pretty trippy, enjoy.

Well, those bigass bushes aren't bushy no more, here's some fine examples of stalking... I only leave the last three nodes on the end...
Before





After



I know this seems fucking ridiculous, but trust me, wait a week... and they'll need some more trimming...


Here's a decent shot of the canopy left behind after the underbrush massacre...


and the top of a blueberry.

Some random room shots








One of the SilverMango mothers... bushy bushy girl





the veg cabinet...

That's all for now...

great update! tell me, when i cut off my underbrush i just take the new growth and try to leave the fan leaves if i can. should i be taking these off?

Nice pics. Coming along quite nicely

What exactly does a Bluelab Truncheon TDS EC meter do?

wow, thanks for the pictures and explanations people
that'll definitely help for my next grow ..hopefully coming soon.
I guess you do this gradually to not stress the plant and use the cut off branches as clones? I still have a long way of learning heh

Yup, it was a track prepared s13. I took it to roadrace events and drift events, just switched up alignments and tires between two events. built motor with a 30r, it was a blast. The car is sold now as I left the states couple months ago, i hope it is still kickin ass on the track!

one time at a parking lot drift event when I had a supra, I took a bowl hit mid-drift with my friend's help lol, I should've video taped that

hitting a bowl while mid-drift... Not that's a lot trickier than waving to the croud


And yeah I strip the stalks, fans too, to create an even canopy... I topped those plants too...

You can see how much is gone, but the coverage at the tops will fill in and be an even canopy within a week...

The Bluelab Truncheon is a TDS/EC meter... It measures the TDS (total dissolved solids) and EC (electro conductivity) of the water. Which is basically how much shit is in your water, with organics literally shit... but really it's similar to every other TDS meter on the market. It has a wierd display, it has LEDs in increments of 100, and the lights flash in between two a certain number of times to judge the exact ppm down to one point... If you tested it over and over, but it gets within 25 on the first test, and with the LED display, it's easy as shit to read. Cost 140 bucks.

every thing looking real nice..i have a blue lab also...excellent piece of equipment..and has a five year warranty..dependable as a old chevy...