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Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
Hi yawl, just popped in for a lookabout. Want you all to know how mightily impressed I am with the general quality of discussion and advice going round the boards. I had feared that when I no longer had time to answer grow op queries that this place would devolve back to pseudocience-spouting. It mostly hasn't. YAY! 8)

When I first showed up here a few years back, muddleheaded fans of molasses, CFLs for everything, LEDs and organic nutes were leading earnest new growers down the rosy garden path. :wall:

I pounded the keys day and night in the hopes that a bit of science would stick, and to no small degree, it has. :clap:

Well done, rollituppers. :) Keep up the good work. :)
 

WoldofWeedcraft

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Welcome back Al. We've missed you. You've influenced a number of people including myself with your SoG op. What did you mean by muddleheaded fans of molasses? Is molasses not worth using even in soil ops?
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
Thanks for the greets. :)

My comment on molasses of course is made in the context of a hydroponics forum. Molasses may have some use in soil, but it should be kept well away from hydro ops.
 

DownOnWax

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Thanks for the greets. :)

My comment on molasses of course is made in the context of a hydroponics forum. Molasses may have some use in soil, but it should be kept well away from hydro ops.
I was actually thinking about that the other day. I use it in soil but there is no way I would want to run it through a resevoir.

Way too messy.
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
hello and welcome back, thanks for the juicy info, much appreciated
no wucking furries, mate. :)

Welcome back ABF :hump: Hows about staying a while huh?
Thanks for the welcome, but I can't really do the whole Q&A trip anymore. I once was putting 6-8h/day into it, inclusive of frequently repeating myself when a new grower would join one of the 'Ask Al' threads late in the game.

I was actually thinking about that the other day. I use it in soil but there is no way I would want to run it through a resevoir.

Way too messy.
Yeppers. While vascular plants themselves can't use sugars as a nutrient, in an organic soil grow, adding sugars will feed certain microbes which help to break down organic matter into nutrients which the plant can absorb. However, you don't get to pick & choose which microbes you're feeding. All of them get a feed. You're encouraging pathogens along with any bacteria which are breaking down organic matter. A yummy sugar solution also attracts insects which can cause you grief later down the track.

In a proper hydro op, the only organic matter present should be the cannabis plants themselves. Those attempting 'organic' hydro ops are on their own. I honestly can not count the number of people running 'organic' hydro ops who have approached me over the years who had root rot probs which could be attributed to nothing but failure of biological pathogen control methods. Since 'organic' hydro nutes are broken down tout suite by H2O2, one can't use H2O2 in such systems.

Bear in mind that the nutrients made bioavailable by natural decomposition of organic matter are the very same nutrients you get in inorganic nutes.
 

Philouza

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welcome back and thanks.. your posts have and are still influencing us noobs. you are an ambassador.
 

iloveit

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Yipee ka ya! This feels like reuniting with my mentor, how are your growing ops going? Thats a silly question I bet your jungle is doing great.

Youll be happy to know Ive finally got my Blueberry (dutch passion) clones growing & are currently in the last 2 weeks of flowering (flushing with Hygrozyme).











When I saw your avatar in this thread I promised I wouldnt scare you away by asking 80 questions so I wont...Ill only ask you one He he he, dont worry Ill make it quick.
On one of my plants I found the tip of the cola turning brown so I gave it a squeeze & it crumble as if lifeless (top right plant in above pics), I cut it off thinking it was mold but the humidity never exceeds 45%rh & there is the vent blowing fresh air directly on it. This happened 1 week ago & the rest of the plant is good & moist. What do you make of it?









This little black rock like thing fell out from within the cripy bud







Thanks uncle Al
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
I modeled the mini-sog I am in the middle of on your sog method. Your threads are a goldmine! Thanks so much! :D
You're most welcome. :)

Keep in mind that I didn't invent SoG. My only innovation (and I'm sure it also has been done before I yapped about it a lot) was the staggering of crops in 2-week intervals to break up the harvesting job a bit yet keep a steady output from the op. My main motivation in posting about growing was/is to help noobs get success quicker- quicker than I did, anyway. ;)

Hey man...damn..good to see you're around..... ;)
Thanks. Nice to see you too. :) I did kinda want to reassure folx that I hadn't died or become a drug war prisoner or anything foul like that. I got a paying gig running a few websites that suited my interests and just had to bail off the pot boards. I only get 24 hours in most days... well, not counting the hours I spend goofing off, of course. :D

Props Al! - I read your thread front to back. Lots of great info and suggestions.
Thanks for that. :) Those threads ran on and on and on. Good on you for persevering through them. I do have to say that for the most part, they were pretty high signal-to-noise ratio, but there were a lot of things that I necessarily had to repeat. I just can't expect everyone to review a hundred pages to find one measly solution to a problem that I can recap in a sentence or two.

welcome back and thanks.. your posts have and are still influencing us noobs. you are an ambassador.
Thanks much. :) I hope that I left folx more with overall concepts, such as thinking critically and understanding the science, instead of depending on a preponderance of posts praising a certain method or on rote memorisation of a laundry list of suggestions. Once you grasp the basics of how the plant works, you can make your own way without having to remember all manner of tiny snips of info.

Yipee ka ya! This feels like reuniting with my mentor, how are your growing ops going? Thats a silly question I bet your jungle is doing great.
heh, thanks. :)

Just so you know, I have ups and downs in my op, too. I get seasonal performance variations due to the fact that while my op can cope with a wide variety of conditions, it is not 100% climate controlled. I have to compensate when winter comes on with the associated lower intake air temps. My tapwater's pH also will swing around quite a lot- after we've had a lot of rain, the water treatment plant will change what they do, to compensate for pathogens being flushed out of catchments. Usually causes pH to swing up a bit. Being a stoned slacker, I am often tempted to simply 'cookbook' my tank mix instead of actually measuring stuff... and it almost always causes me grief, sooner or later. You'd think I'd know better by now, ut it's hard for me to give of my precious slack to actually do WORK or something. ;)


Youll be happy to know Ive finally got my Blueberry (dutch passion) clones growing & are currently in the last 2 weeks of flowering (flushing with Hygrozyme).
Not so sure I'd mess with flushing or Hygrozyme, meself, but if it's working for you, run with it.


When I saw your avatar in this thread I promised I wouldnt scare you away by asking 80 questions so I wont...Ill only ask you one He he he, dont worry Ill make it quick.
On one of my plants I found the tip of the cola turning brown so I gave it a squeeze & it crumble as if lifeless (top right plant in above pics), I cut it off thinking it was mold but the humidity never exceeds 45%rh & there is the vent blowing fresh air directly on it. This happened 1 week ago & the rest of the plant is good & moist. What do you make of it?
Some things I'd check: air temp (28C max), air circ, nute strength (obvious nute burn happening, hold the nutes to 1000ppm max), perhaps some grey mould happening, fixable with a sulfur 'burner.' The mould may also be due to opportunistic mould colonisation on the tips which have already been cooked by excess heat or nute burn.

Hope those suggestions sort it out for you.
 
Keep in mind that I didn't invent SoG.
I know, I've known about it for about 10-12 years or so, but your two pounds evey two weeks thread was what motivated/inspired me to do it.

I use GH nutes and also got a lot of information on hydro/sog from this Ask Lucas thread.

Here is one of my farthest clones so far (28 days), I'm doing three every two weeks. It wanted to say thanks :D

 

iloveit

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Much appreciated Al your words mean so much to us.

I was just saying to another member "What would become if Al B Fuct & Heath Robinson (another member who inspired me to grow mary jane) got together"?

Heaths latest grow (thought you may wanna take a peek at his space module): https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/149998-heaths-flooded-tube-vertical.html

You & Heath deserve an award (as if it will do your methods justice) for your contributions to us all :hug::hug:
 

Al B. Fuct

once had a dog named
Much appreciated Al your words mean so much to us.
Now you're just making me blush. :oops:

I'm glad I could be helpful, but please don't give me too much credit!

I was just saying to another member "What would become if Al B Fuct & Heath Robinson (another member who inspired me to grow mary jane) got together"?
Probably a catfight! :lol:

While I see what he's after, notably eliminating reflectors from the lighting system, causing all light to come directly from the lamp, eliminating losses- a darn good idea- Heath does one or two things that I just wouldn't, owing to the inherent complexity. I value simplicity very highly, mainly for reliability but also for ease of service and maintenance down the track. My ops are made exclusively from off-the-hydroshop-shelf bits which are replaceable in seconds if they fail, with no mods before use. Heath is definitely innovative and will surely get great results, but he works harder than I want to. ;)
 

dirt clean

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welcome back A.L. I am here to thank you for pointing out the wonders of ozone. It has saved me many a time now in an apt. Their is no reason why safely used with common sense that ozone should not be a more basic form of odor control. I use a charcoal filer with a modified uv gen shoved into a duct. I took the lid off. Cost me 50 bucks. When in the room off she goes or I tend to dream about monsters and the like. Fun, but odd. I am working on my journalism degree so maybe I will see another grower around the news sites.

I have moved from the A.L b fuct rockwool to soil and those magic teas of the organic section, but cheers to all. :)
 

iloveit

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Now you're just making me blush. :oops:

I'm glad I could be helpful, but please don't give me too much credit!



Probably a catfight! :lol:

While I see what he's after, notably eliminating reflectors from the lighting system, causing all light to come directly from the lamp, eliminating losses- a darn good idea- Heath does one or two things that I just wouldn't, owing to the inherent complexity. I value simplicity very highly, mainly for reliability but also for ease of service and maintenance down the track. My ops are made exclusively from off-the-hydroshop-shelf bits which are replaceable in seconds if they fail, with no mods before use. Heath is definitely innovative and will surely get great results, but he works harder than I want to. ;)
Ha ha didnt mean to kiss ass.
It would be perfect if you 2 were my neighbours.
Be sure to post pics of your grow ops every now & then dont leave us hanging.

Heres something that Ive always wanted to ask you: What is your favourite all time strain which you smoke regardless of your mood or state (state breeder also)?
 
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