Gen's grow

[Gen]

Okay, my desperation is over. The seeds arrived and it only took a little over a month to get them. I am not real long on patience. They are white widow cause I thought the name sounded really cool. They were $$$$ (at least for me) $87.50 for 10 seeds. Yeoh!!

I'm growing in a rubbermaid 33 gallon box. I will take them outside for light therapy during the day. At night they get fluoro. Light 24/7. I started two, incase I killed them off. They sprouted in 24 hours. I planted them after a couple of days. I just planted the other 8. Heck live dangerously. I am in short supply of mj. So I need to get some fast. Here are my pics. Fingers crossed.

I'm starting them in dirt. Then I will switch to hydro once they put on a few leaves.

[Easy Roller]

OK Gen lets grow some Bud

[turtle420]

Hey Gen!
Congrats on getting your seeds :) !!!
Please keep this updated, as we're very interested on the outcome.

I'm growing White Widow my self... believe it or not, because the name sounded cool !!! I know there's a couple of you growers out there thinking ("This two retarded newbs... picking strains based on their names"), but, oh well...

Peace Gen,

-turtle420 :cool:

[smoke ranger]

yeah, bump the above post, keep the progress pics comin ;)

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi, Gen I don't want to be bad news but for hydro you don't want to start in dirt. I saw this discussed just a week ago or so. Dirt roots are dif from hydro roots. You should start in peat cups so you can wash the peat off when you put them in the hydro. Or use 1 inch rockwool starter cubes. I don't know how dif but there are bacteria and things in dirt you don't want in your hydro. My brother had dirt in the tron and I didn't clean it out before I turned it into a bubbler and I was getting this slime on the roots. Just a heads up. Maybe some one could shed a little light on it for us.

[J DOG 6000]

Use 1 or 2 inch rockwoll cubes not dirt.
The roots grow way differant in soil without soil they grow like a bunch of perfect secondary roots of each tap root.It's like a grid of roots if you were to lay them out.Soil is much more speratic.

[Easy Roller]

If you only plan on using the hydro system for flowering...my advice is to veg in dirt and take cuttings . Then you can root your clones in rockwool cubes and flower the clones in hydro...But having 2 hydro rooms is best...1 for veg, 1 for bloom!

Goood luck though

[LOC NAR1958]

That's what I do Easy thanks.

[Gen]

Turtle, great minds (nubies) think alike.

Hey guys, I did the veggie experiments. I took stuff growing in dirt and transfered to hydro with no problems. I'll be doing dirt and hydro. I would like to do all hydro. Since I won't have enough room indoors to grow 10 seeds out I'll have to grow some outside too. I'm thinking I need a greenhouse now with smoked lexan to keep snooping neighbors out.

The plant with the white top, has a brown spot inside the seed coat. Doesn't look good.

Loc the slime you got from your brothers grow has to do with not enough beneficial bacteria in the system.

[LOC NAR1958]

Thanks I am cleaning it to try a drip, bubbler together. If you have done it before use what works best for you. No the one does not look good. Maybe but you can't always get 100%. How's the rest ?

[Gen]

The rest are waiting to be germed. I planted them yesterday. Will take photos when they're up. Darn, first I had to wait for the beans, now I have to wait for them to grow. Toooo slow for my taste. Mj is selling for $400 an ounce here in so cal. $40 for 1/8 in Humbolt county. What's it going for in your neck of the woods? Anybody?

[Da1KrayzieThug]

350 in Chicago (best shit) for normal people, but I got..uhhm..connections so i get em for 250. And here in Arizona it's 300 but none of the stuff I've had was anything real good.

Also, if you were gonna turn that rubbermaid tub into youre hydro system I'd have to strongly advise you not to. The way you put that reflective duct tape all over the inside is GREAT as a reflector, but roots don't take too well to having light on them. Otherwise goodluck. Also let us know how the transplant from soil to hydro goes. I'd love to learn more about that. Keep us posted.

[Easy Roller]

Man the money I've spent!!But now I'd rather pay 50 £ for some topnotch seeds and harvest a pound in 3 months rather than pay some scum bag my money so he can spend it on himself.
It takes patience though..but pretty soon I'll have a perpetual turnover every 2 months!!!
That works for me coz I can get hammered for a few weeks, then once the weed runs out ,I can return to being sober for a while untill I harvest again..No more street weed for me..I'm gonna grow every strain that is worth smoking and keep the best mother from each batch and maybe even breed a super plant and take seeds, for my own retirement stash

[Gen]

The 33 gallon tub is just a grow box. I plan to stick another container inside this one to grow. The plant roots I have growing outside don't seem to mind the sun. You just need to worry about the roots drying out. That is certain death.

As far as transplanting from soil to hydro, it works. Just rinse all the dirt off before sticking plant into the hydro unit. I've also added a picture of my lettuce with bubblers. The lettuce was started in dirt and transplanted to hydro as seedlings.

[turtle420]

Mj is selling for $400 an ounce here in so cal. $40 for 1/8 in Humbolt county. What's it going for in your neck of the woods? Anybody?
I have to give my :twocents: ....
Where I live, an 1/8th will go for $60. Incredibly good shit will go for $75.

Same applies for an onz. $400... all the way up to $600.

And you can buy $20's worth... which should be 1gram, but it's 0.7grams.

:( I know. I know.

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Gen, looking good with your grow :)

-turtle420 :cool:

[Gen]

Thanks, turtle. How old are your white widow? How many females:males. Did all your seeds germinate?

Easy, if you have a perpetual harvest every 2 months how will you ever run out of weed.

I plan to never run out, till I die. Can't see any reason to be unstoned. I owe a friend some bud, other than that it is all mine!

[LOC NAR1958]

It's 350 to 400 an OZ here. If I can't get an OZ I mostly don't want it. Just males me want more. LOL 1/4 goes for 100 to 150. Most of what I have seen is not that good compaired to what I just grew. 20 years ago they would be lined up at the door and my ass would be in deep shit. Now nobody knows and nobody really cares, except for my brother who I have not heard or seen. His loss. Cause I'm fried. Pretty much average prices. It takes time and effort to bring the money home. It's worth it. No one but a few friends left will see this.

[Gen]

Ok, here's the evening 7:30 report. The one the left has opened her leaves. The one on the right is still stunted. Stay tuned....same bat time, same bat channel!

[turtle420]

Thanks, turtle. How old are your white widow? How many females:males. Did all your seeds germinate?
They're about 80 days old... give or take 5 days.

Males:females... no idea... I haven't flowered them yet... and I'll never will. They'll be veggies for ever. They're mother plants. I'll clone for sex tomorrow :D

SEEDS: I threw in 5 seeds... all sprouted... somehow managed to fuck one up. Got 4 super healthy plants right now. :)

-turtle420 :cool:

[Gen]

Thanks turtle, hmm, 80 days old. How tall and how much internode spacing is that?

ooh, I need a better camera. The one on the left is starting to stetch, so I moved her closer to the fluoros. She's about 2 inches away now. She started to get her first pair of true leaves last night about 11 pm. At 5 AM they are out. I cannot believe how well they grow under fluoros.

Her friend on the right is showing signs of life. She's stretched a bit, I can see green true leaves starting to show. Not open yet. She's hanging in there. Temperature is 74 degrees F inside the grow box. They did spend the day outside yesterday with the lettuce in constant shade. It was in the 70's yesterday. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[BkSkillz]

hey gen wassup jus thought id drop by and wish you luck on ur grow by the way that bin looks strangly familiar maybe you should check out my thread its in the closet cabinet grow section..will tune in later..good luck good grow

[Gen]

Thank you for stopping by bkskillz! Great minds think alike. Nice grow.

I got the idea from Nimby on overgrow.com for the buckets. In fact I am pretty much copying everything he did.

Now for the 8 AM update, 1/14/2006. Not too much of a difference from the picture I posted at 5 AM this morning. I did cut off the brown scar tissue off the right plant. It seemed like it wanted to open, but was stuck because of the scar tissue. I also had to help this one out of its seed coat. Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[Gen]

Ok, here's the 6 PM report, Saturday January 14, 2006. There is no change on top from this morning. There must be alot of root activity going on below the soil. The poor plant on the right, continues to struggle for survival. Still has not opened the cotyledon leaves. Outside today was overcast and rain. Protected the seedlings by putting a clear plastic lid on them. I'm keeping them on 24/7 light by bringing them in at night and using fluoros. That's all for now.

Stay tuned same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

Ok, here's the lastest the 8:30 AM morning report. The one on the left has stretched somemore. I did have them 2" from the fluoros, so I guess it's due to genetics. Took them outside and took their picture. The one on the right has green on the cotyledon parts now and still is not open. The leaf is peeking out a bit more now. This was the first bean to pot, so I'm still not giving up on her. It's sunny here is so cal, clear skies, temperatures in the 70's. Have a great day! Stay tuned same bat time, same bat channel.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hey green is good. I like you don't give up so easy, many do now a days.

[Gen]

Thanks for your kind words, Loc. What do I have to lose by keeping her? Besides, she keeps the other one company.

[Gen]

Here is the 5 PM report. The stunted one on the right had a flap of dead tissue holding the two cotyledon parts together. Once I cut that the plant went BONG. Ladies and Gentlemen it is now open. Now we should see some good top growing going on. The one on the left is looking healthy and dark green for such a young wipersnapper.

The oven grow. That's right the oven grow has sprouted 2 of the 8 white widow seeds. That's all folks. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

Here is the 12AM midnight report Sunday January 16, 2006. The big girl on the left has grown taller, her name is Big Bertha. She is sticking her head out of the top of the container and looking around. Her sister on the right is still very short, but alert and happy, now that she has become unstuck. Her name is Mini. So there you have it Big Bertha and Mini, folks.

Stay tuned same bat channel, same bat time.

[LOC NAR1958]

Mini I like that. There's always a runt but you got to love them. ( as long as there female) LOL.

[Gen]

Thanks, Loc.

Good morning. Here's the 8 AM report. According to the thermometer outside it is a chilly 40 degrees here in sunny so cal. Big Bertha and Mini were taken outside to get their light therapy. Burrr. They are both looking good. Nice deep dark green. No fertilizer burns (they have not had anything to eat yet). No browning yet.

The second batch of young ladies is up and running. After a night of restful sleep in the oven 7 of 8 beauties have sprouted. They have been put outside in the shade. It's a nice clear sunny day today.

Thanks for tuning in folks, stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel. This is Gen signing off at the marijuana farm. Have a great day!

[LOC NAR1958]

Great Gen, mini's looking good. I can't wait to see them bloom. It's seems so slow when you see them everyday, it's hard waiting.

[Gen]

Thanks loc. Yes, it is frustrating waiting for them to grow up. I am also fascinated by the perfection of mother nature.



Here is the 4PM Monday January 16, 2006 news report. The new ladies are starting to sprout. We should see them greening up soon. Big Bertha is several heads above Mini. Will Mini ever catch up?

Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[The White Snoop]

I would just let them be for the time being...try to forget about it ..seedlings need no work for a while...just let them get a couple leaf sets before you do any thing w/ them... My last grow I was soooo anxious in veg for growth...I ended up just quiting smokin until harvest and it made it much easier..my wife also apperciated it! lol

[LOC NAR1958]

Saving money till harvest is good snoop. I couldn't find any either. LOL. Unfortunately mini will never catch up. Sorry but they all serve a purpose. None of mine even thought of catching Monster Bitch. On the bright side mini is Ahead of the rest so she will fit in nicely. Good pic's man.

[Gen]

The angel is on one shoulder and the devil is on the other. The angel says quit smoking till you havrvest your awesome crop and the devil says you're got to buy some in case your awesome crop doesn't work out. Who should I listen to? I think I will listen to the devil. Heh heh

Thanks for the advice snoop. I will let them be. Shucks and I was just getting the fertilizer ready.

[Gen]

Good morning. This is the 8AM morning Marijuana report. Loc nar has just reported that mini has no chance of catching up with Big Bertha. Darn. The girls are looking good today. Of the seeds started only 7 of the 8 sprouted. The seeds spent the night in the fluoro chamber and they are looking much better now. Big bertha and mini are looking fine as can be. Can't wait to smoke them. yum.

On the serious side, this is a quote from Jorge Cervantes's book Marijuana Horticlture. White widow, blueberry, white rhino, super silver haze, pure power plant tend to finish mid-late-October. Yields and potency are very high! They do not smell alot while growing, but that changes when they are cut. They grow 7-10 feet tall and yield heavily. They require some attention to get the best crop. Then he finished to say they all do well outdoors, but grow even better indoors. And you gotta watch out for mold.

I really like this book. Thank you Zandor for recommending it!

Anyway, here are pictures of the girls. Have a great day. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[LOC NAR1958]

good info , I thought all of those were mostly indica's ? That's tall I only have one type from nirvana that is tall Hawiian skunk mostly sativa. When I ordered I was looking for known strains and short potent flowering times. The only one I have got to is papaya and it seems to want to grow out and stretch when first in 12/12. I'll have to look at what I got now.

[Gen]

Here is the 5 PM report. Nothing much happening with the seedlings. Just watching them grow. Here are the recent pictures.

On a side note I received from seeds from Weedfarmer and they were crushed into tiny pieces. He sent them in a straw!!!! And then put bubble wrap around that.

Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[The White Snoop]

Now make your self a mini bubbbler and lets see them roots!!..you wanna get them in a small bubbler either when you see the taper root(rockwool) or when you have a 2 leaf set...from your pics I only see one that is ready to go in a bubbler (left) but I would make one now and if you dont have a RO filter...go to walmart and get a 5 gal tub...Make sure it is Reverse Osmosis...

I am probably saying things you already know but when I first started I loved info and I still do...all Im tryin to say is if your gonna do it...do it right..and do it BIG!

here is a link to a great mini bubbler/cloner also DWC builds...check it out..Blaze is a OG and has grown some of the best grows Ive ever seen...study all those links while your at it...youll be glad you did!

http://www.overgrow.com/edge/showthread.php?t=730768&onlyuser=&perpage=15&pagenumber=1/

[LOC NAR1958]

Looking good Gen. Some good info Snoop, I think he might go his own way it's working for him. I like the bucket setup may have to build some 1 day.

[Gen]

Dang white snoop you must be a mind reader too. Thank you for the link, I will check it out. I'm wondering how does the plant get taller if it's in the bubble cloner with just the leaves holding it up?

Good evening this is the evening news report at 9:30 PM, January 18, 2006. I put all the sprouted seeds into a bubble cloner. Didn't want to mess with roots getting tangled. I'm surprised at how sturdy the stalks are. I thought I would leave a few in dirt, just in case I bungle this whole thing up, I'll still have something to smoke. Big Bertha and Mini, plus a late sprouter are in dirt.

Have a great evening. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[LOC NAR1958]

I like that cloner man. I got a small room not much space. It would fit in.

[Gen]

Thanks, Loc. Make sure the roots all get sprayed. Try to use a container with straight sides.

Good evening this is the 5 PM marijuana report, January 19, 2006. There's been one casualty. One of the seedlings on the right in the bubbler did not get watered. So I may be losing that one. The root got stuck to the side of the container up high and the tip turned brown. Darn. Otherwise the bubbler is working well. Big bertha and mini are in the back of the picture with soil. The two in the front are new comers and ended up in soil for various reasons. So that's all folks, have a great evening.

Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[The White Snoop]

looking lovely gen...you have some healthy plants to start witch makes things a lot easier. Im pulling up a chair for this one...whats holding your seedlings in place in your bubbler?

[Gen]

Thanks, white snoop. 1/4 inch clear tubing make mini supports for the seedlings in bubble cloner.

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the Monday, January 23, 2006 news report from the marijuana farm. Everyone is healthy so far. The bubbler cloner was getting a bit low. I gave them a bit of weak fertiliizer today. Have you guys ever seen this weird looking plant? The first true leaves are gigantic compared to the rest of the plant. They look like elephant ears! This is the only plant doing this. These are all white widow seeds. Very strange. Everyone is healthy so far.

Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[LOC NAR1958]

They are looking real good Gen. I haven't had a chance to try WW but that leaf set is different. As long as it's healthy that's what matters. It will probably be a green giant.

[Gen]

Thanks, loc. The jolly green giant? That would be a good name for this one.

[The White Snoop]

:thumbsup:

[turtle420]

They look like elephant ears!

Gen's Green Dumbo Widow

[Gen]

okay, come on turtle. You're growing white widow too. What no elephant ears? I paid a small fortune for these. Hope they're a good smoke.

[turtle420]

okay, come on turtle. You're growing white widow too. What no elephant ears? I paid a small fortune for these. Hope they're a good smoke.
:( No elephant ears Gen... :(

But, they're tough girls, I'll tell you that. Very tough in fact.

About the smoke, well, I'm sure it'll be very good. I want to plant some White Russian I've got from Serious Seeds.

Hey, is your garden with sunlight, or do you have bulbs? I've got a lot of pictures in my mind of your grow... outdoors... indoors... ???

Best,

-turtle420 :cool:
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[Gen]

Turtle, what do you mean they are tough?

This is the 2 PM weed farm report. The dumbo plant and companion were put into four inch pots today with dirt. In the first picture it looks like part of dumbo's leaf is missing, but I assure you it is not. The second picture is Big berta and mini. Next picture is the beautiful leaf growth of these two. Last picture is the bubbler. All are doing well. I can't believe how fast they are growing, I guess they don't call them weeds for nothing.

Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

Hey turtle, I'm growing indoors and outside. The girls go out for light therapy everyday. I have them under fluoros the rest of the time. Hope this answers your question.

[Gen]

Good afternoon, this is the 3:00 o'clock report January 25, 2006. Today was moving day for the hydro girls. Took them out of the bubbler and put them into 4 inch pots with hydroton. They are in a swallow water container (swc) with bubblers. Interesting that the roots were so long on the hydro girls. Hardly any stretch in the stem department.

The soil grow is doing well. Getting bigger by the day. The growth is alot larger on the soil girls. Lets see if the hydro girls can catch up.

Thanks all folks, thanks for tuning in. Same bat time, same bat channel.

[turtle420]

Hey Gen,

Sorry for not replying earlier... but these last days haven't been the most "vacation-like"... Anyways, here we go ;)



Hey turtle, I'm growing indoors and outside. The girls go out for light therapy everyday. I have them under fluoros the rest of the time. Hope this answers your question.
Thanks :) :thumbsup: :thumbsup:


Turtle, what do you mean they are tough?
Well, it isn't that I treat them bad or anything... but I've been "rough" on them.... Sometimes I forget to water them... or I bend them a little too much with the LST.. Or I'm working on them and I accidentally "snap" a main fan leave off...

But they're doing good... so, in my opinion, they're pretty good fighters :)

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Best Gen,

-turtle420 :cool:
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[Gen]

Good morning, this is the 8 AM grow report. I'm going to flower the four plants in dirt. Today is their last day of 24 hour light. I'm looking for one huge single cola each. I also need to sex.

The hydro girls are growing slowly. Probably putting out alot of roots below. That's ok, I've got my hands full with the four plants I plan to flower.

Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

Thanks, turtle.

[Harvesthetic]

those soil clones are nice! the colour is sooo healthy :) i love to see 'smiling' plants :thumbsup:

[The White Snoop]

lookin great..those hydros may take a while to really start taking off..they need a strong root system first so it may be a week or 2...but when they do there gonna run laps on those soils...also veg the hydros until there 10"+.. youll get more bud.

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the 9PM marijuana report. Hydro girls are about the same. Soil grow got the last bit of 24 veg cycle. I am putting them on 12/12 starting tonight. They are 10 days old from sprouting. This is just an experiment, don't try this at home.

Thank you for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel.

Thank you snoop and harvest.

Hey turtle, how large are you growing your white widow and with what lights? It would be interesting to compare bud sizes.

[Gen]

Good morning, this is the 9AM marijuana report. Hydro girls are growing slowly, but surely. I believe the reason they have not kept up with the soil grow is because the hydro plants get 30w and the soil plants get 65w and outside sun everyday. Which says if I want to keep mothers or clones growing slowly, just use a lower watt of light. Duh!

The soil plants are doing well on 12/12. No major catastrophies yet. Keep yer fingers crossed. That's all folks, have a great day.

Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[Gen]

Here are the photos.

[mobay]

hello Gen checking out your grow, doing good.

[Gen]

Thanks Mobay.

The cotledon leaves on a couple of the hydro plants were turning yellow. I sprayed with dilute fish emulsion and gave them a little extra food.

[BkSkillz]

its gonna be really intresting to see how much bud u'll produce with 10 day old sproutings i hope it works out for u.. nice grow so far

[Gen]

Thank you Bkskillz.

This has already been done and documented by growdoc on IC. I am a mere novice.

[turtle420]

Hey turtle, how large are you growing your white widow and with what lights? It would be interesting to compare bud sizes.
Hello Gen, :)

I'm growing my mother plants right now... I'll take clones from their secondary growth. Right now, I'm "cloning for sex"... I took clones, and placed them 12/12 so they show their sex. Once I know for certain which are my females, I'll take cutting from her for my actual grow.

I plan on doing a SCRoG setup. I'm running a cabinet (20"x40" with a 48" height)... lights: 400W MH + 600W HPS. I'll veg with the MH, and run both bulbs when flowering time comes around.

It'd definitely would be interesting to compare buds.

Keep up the good grow Gen,

-turtle420 :cool:
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[turtle420]

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[Gen]

Thanks, turtle.

How about posting some pictures?

[grow4fun]

Those soil plants look very healthy, the hydros.......probably just not enuf light , water ph, nute strength.
What I wanted to mention is that those soil plants look waaay too small to be flowering now. Even SOG hydro growers won't flip 'em until 8" - 1 foot tall, and it's because they'll grow faster in the hydro. [And even in that situation you get more by letting them go to more like 14" before going 12/12, and then pruning away the lower part of the plant when it gets taller].
In soil, you should veg those plants in the 4" pots until they're thoroughly rooted; roots hanging all out the bottom of the pots. That's definitely required before flowering, so they have a good root system to take up nutes right from the start of the critical early-flowering period (the first 2 weeks of 12/12, when the plant kind of decides how big/what quality of bud it's going to produce).
By that time they should also be around the 8", maybe even a foot (better).
Then put 'em in some larger container of some good soil (2 gallon pots, or even 3). It does of course mean waiting another couple weeks while they veg, but the flowering time is set -- you'll have to wait 8 weeks for that regardless. That's a long time to wait for the tiny amount of bud you'd get going into 12/12 now.
Wish I'd read your post yesterday..................... have a nice day :)

[Da1KrayzieThug]

I'm mostly confused with the whole reporter thing. So much that I can't focus on anything besides the pictures.

[Gen]

That's ok thug, enjoying the pictures is good. The reporting is just me rambling on about nothing. The pictures say it all.

Thanks for the advice grow4fun.

[Da1KrayzieThug]

So, wheres the umm, 11 o clock news? Can you tell me about what's going on in Iraq too? :D


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[mobay]

Gen i dont know if your hot or not , but some of us are holding back on some information about your plants. 1st on your hydro- 4 out of 6 pots are white roots hate the light a fact. 2nd how does your system work? does it fill and drain? honestly you need net pots, get a storage tub cut 6 holes out place the soon to be root bound plants in the net pots , so the roots has a place to grow out. 3rd go to home depot and get some fluoresent lights 150w/3 of them would work for the 6 plants, dont know your budget. 4 would be around 20 bucks. 4th get yourself some nute for those plants. i hope this will sink in real soon to help you with your grow. Think about it , what happens when your plants become 2-3 foot tall , inside of those plastic soup cups? where are the roots suppose to go? you'll bee growing LITTLE SHOPS OF HORROR PLANTS, feed me semore.

[mobay]

Big Bud 5 weeks

[Gen]

Thanks for the picture mobay. Beautiful plants.

I assure you I am not nuts. There is a guy called growdoc on IC. He has done all this before with photos. He said he could grow from seed to harvest in 70 days. It sounded very interesting. I'm hoping to get big buds on small plants. We'll see. This is only a test. Yes, I have the GH 3 series. As far as clear plastic pots, I chose them because they are square. This is all a study of the marijuana plant.

[turtle420]

Thanks, turtle.

How about posting some pictures?
There you go Gen.

1st pic is day 11...
2nd is day 108.

[Gen]

Beautiful ladies turtle. Well done. What is that tiny white probe on the top of your soil?

[turtle420]

Beautiful ladies turtle. Well done. What is that tiny white probe on the top of your soil?
Thanks Gen.

It's the temperature probe. My temp/humidity meter has that attachable probe for remote (to the little display box) temperatures. I guess, people that use it for "regular" households place that probe on the outside of their houses. :D

Since that picture, RastaKaze suggested I place the probe under a shaded region with good airflow for better air temperature readings. I did that, and worked wonderfull for a while. When I placed a 8" desktop fan inside the cab, I placed that little probe in the fan's grill.

That's the story of the tiny white probe on top of my soil...

[Gen]

Good morning, this is February 1, 2006, time for the 8AM marijuana report. The outside weather has been excellent for growing marijuana during the day. The hydro girls enjoyed a full day outside in the shade yesterday. Will introduce them to a few hours of sun today. The 4 soil plants are doing well. I have one weak plant that should be culled. I'm going to leave her since I do not have the heart to rip her out. Big bertha is doing outstanding. Her stem has thickened up nicely. She will be a good clone mother. So would Dumbo for that matter. She always had a strong stem without any support in the beginning. And mini would make a nice mother too. She's a slow grower and stocky. So which one would you pick? Strong stem; short stocky growth; or vigorous growth?

Have a great day, this concludes the morning edition. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Strikerrr]

your plants are looking good. I'm loooking into growing ponics when I move out in a few months. How much did your entire set up cost? Pricey seeds, i hope they are worth it!

[Gen]

Hey strikerrr, thanks.

My system is really cheap. I made a bubbler for clones and seedlings. $15 and grow buckets $20. Lights 65 watt fluoros $13 each. So I've spent around $100 .

All the seeds sprouted, so I'm happy. We'll see how many females I get.

[turtle420]

Strong stem; short stocky growth; or vigorous growth?

I would take the short stocky growth...
:)

BTW: My clones died... I think. :(

I'll keep you updated on what I do! :)

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the 7 PM report, Feb 4. All is well at the marijuana farm. Here are the latest pictures. One of the hydro girls was looking a little peaked, so I changed out to coco/peat 50/50. We'll see if that helps.

Stay tuned same bat time, same bat channel.

RIP for your clones turtle.

[LOC NAR1958]

Looking good Gen, I hope she comes around for you. Go with what works. I haven't had much time, started a new job about 65 miles away. It's suppoed to get closer to home when they see our skills and can let us go by ourselves. What can you do for a 1000 a week and your , your own boss and work the hours you want ? Keep up the good work, I will try and get a few pic's of mine to show. It's week 5 of 12/12. they were small because of problems with my brother. The papaya is stinking up the place and starting to trichome up, even some of the leaves look funny with bumps on them. The buds are small now but will fatten up in the last 3 weeks.

[Gen]

Congratulatons on the job, loc. I'm happy for you. Stay safe.

Thanks too. Would like to see pictures of the funny bumps.

[skunkydelight]

Gen, looking good man, keep up the good work...as long as you love your babies, they will work miracles for you. Here's a pic of one of my finished white rhinos on chop day for some finishing inspiration for you. How long will you veg them for? And these are all from seed, correct?
-sD

[Gen]

Nice nugs, skunky, making me drool all over my keyboard.

I do love these babies; I do, I do, I do.

They've been vegging for 28 days now. Day 1 being the day I put sprouted them. Not too shabby.

[Gen]

Good late morning, this is the 11AM marijuana report. I think we have all girls for the soil grow. Big bertha is the biggest plant. She eats and drinks like a pig. I tried to take a close up of her tiny hairs sticking up, but the camera and I don't agree. I am jazzed; now what to do, what to do? Should I take clones of her and let the biggest main cola grow on? Or should I just leave her alone?

That's all folks, stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[skunkydelight]

If you know it's a girl, I would clone her...plus topping is a great technique to start perfecting early on...whenever you take 1 clone, you get 2 more tops on your mommy..!

[Gen]

Here's the 12PM marijuana report. Couldn't keep my hands off big bertha. I took two clones. These will be started in plain water and kept in the house under low light conditions in front of kitchen window.

Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[skunkydelight]

make sure it's ph'd 5.5 water and that you add a little tiny bit of nute to help them along....i find i have roots in 5 days with this method...just stick them in a large rubbermaid with the top resting on it...plenty of light will get through the lid....
-sD

[Gen]

Hmm for every one clone taken I get two more tops on my mommy? What the jeepers is that Skunky?

Well, I took two clones and left the big main cola. The other plants are lagging behind. I'll let them be for now. This has got to be one of the happiest days of my life.

I 've wanted to grow ever since I started checking out the hydro sites. Those beautiful pictures of buds. That was November 2005. I ordered my seeds and now I am growing. What a high.

[skunkydelight]

Hmm for every one clone taken I get two more tops on my mommy? What the jeepers is that Skunky?

Gen, when you top a plant, or cut the top stalk to make a clone, the two little tops that where growing right beneath that top you just cut off will become your new tops...plus it will give the bottom growth time to catch up with the top, therefore giving you a bushy plant to flower, thus producing more budsites or more clones if you leave it in veg to be a mom.
-sD

[The White Snoop]

very nice start gen...looking great!

[Gen]

Doh, I get it skunky.

Now tell me about the rubbermaid? This is what I envision. A large rubbermaid with a opaque lid that will act as a humidity dome since the whole thing is inside. Am I right? So I put my container with clones in water with a ph of 5.5 and a tiny bit of nuts, inside this rubbermaid container. Then leave the whole thing under fluoros or a weak light.

[skunkydelight]

Gen, exactly right! Except, you don't want to leave them sitting in standing water...just mist them from time to time and after about 5 days start taking the lid off for about a couple hours a day till they get used to the relative humidity...you want your medium to be moist...not soaking wet...unless you need to leave them for a couple days alone, then you could put about 1/16 inch of water in the bottom of the rubbermaid and they would stay good for a couple days...but if you need to do this, crack the lid so all that moisture doesn't stay inside the whole time...Goodluck! Cloning is simple once you get the basics down...should be right around 80-85 degrees too...
-sD

[Gen]

Thanks skunky that helps alot! I'm glad you're here to help us.

[Gen]

Here is the 9PM news report from marijuana farming. The girls in the bubbler really need to be moved into larger quarters. They are now getting full sun during the day and supplemental light at night. Tehy have pretty long roots for such small tops. That is the end of the midget report.

Thanks for tuning in folks, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

Good evening. This is the 8PM marijuana report. Big Bertha is a whooping 14 inches tall. She's a fine looking young lady. The clones are still healthy and green. I'm wondering if the reason they are curled up is because I have them under too strong of light. Will move them to window light. The other soil plant is growing slowly if at all. I had her in coco/perlite. The medium stayed too wet. It did not dry out for 3 days. Too wet. I transplanted again to regular soil. The other plants are doing great. No fatalities so far.

Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

Good afternoon, this is the 3 PM report. I'm setting up a swc with a submersible pump. The water level comes to just the bottom of the pot. These plants have really long roots and need a bigger home. The soill grow is going fantastic. I cut 2 clones from Big Bertha and 2 clones from mini. The big bertha second clones are small compared to mini's first clones. I've included pictures of both. I've decided to run an experiment with clones. Two clones sit in a sealed jar with moisture, 2 clones are in a bubbler with water level below the stem, no humidity dome and 2 clones are in a glass of water with stems submerged and a humidity dome. Let the race begin!

So that's all folks, stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel. Be safe.

[Aprod]

Gen,

I am absoutly thrilled about your grow and your attitude! I to have just purchased my seeds and am currently a waiting there arrival so I can do a DWC grow!!!!! Keep posting as this is GREAT!!!

zen_larry

[Gen]

Thanks Aprod. Your heart will sing when you get your seeds. I know mine did.
Can't wait to see your grow.

[LOC NAR1958]

Looking real good Gen. I'm just taking a few minutes to see what's been happening. New job and long hours to start but it will smooth out. Mine are just about 6 weeks flower. I will get a pic tonight. They are not bad for having to go in early. Good luck and keep the green coming.

[Gen]

Thanks loc. Did you flower early? I flowered mine at 10 days of sprouting. I never took measurements either. Doh!

Good afternoon, this is the 12PM marijuana report. First picture is clones in a jar, they are 4 days old. Next picture, hydro plants in a tub, then the roots of a typical hydro plant. Note to self, use the same container. Because I used two different kinds of 4 inch pots, some are hanging lower than the others. Doh!

On to the soil grow and then a close up of Big Bertha. She is starting to show signs of flower. She's big and beautiful! Soil plants have been on 12/12 for 13 days.

That's all folks. Thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great day.

[mand]

Hello Gen :) well I know nothing at all about Hydro growing I'm affraid :o

However you are doing a really first rate grow journal here and the plants look really very nice :)


Reading with intrest .......................... love mand xxx:)

[Gen]

Hello Mand,

Well how does that saying go? It doesn't matter how you do it, as long as you do. Growing and learning to be self-sufficient.

Thanks

[mand]

Hello again Gen :) That's the reason I started growing love ;)
It's cheaper than buying it and you don't have to rely on anyone else for it.


bye for now .................. love mand xxx:)

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the 5PM marijuana report.

For the soil grows I have been pushing water and weak fish emulsion. Once I see the slightest bit of yellow, I add more water. In other words, I don't wait for the plant to get dry. This stresses the plant. Today, is the first hint I have that I have been overwatering. So starting right now, I will let them get a bit dryer, before I water.

The second picture is the first clones I cut from big bertha. They are 4 days old. Like a dummy I put them under fluors right away. About, too close. So the plants started to curl. Don't they look like they are trying to pull away from the light? By curling up, less surface area is exposed to the light. I'm suprised they are not yellow. I have been spraying them with a weak kelp solution. No signs of root nodes. I probably stressed them out. Interesting to see if this will cause them to hermie.

Thanks for tuning in folks, I appreciate all your comments. Same bat
channel, same bat time. Have a great evening.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, Don't mean to hijack but here are a couple pic's of mine. The first are ones ready to go to flower. The second ones are 6 weeks of 12/12 started very early. 4 papaya and 2 northern lights. You can see the trichomes on the leaves good. when they first started they looked like funny bumps.

[Gen]

Wow loc, looks like you got it going and going. Beautiful green, gorgeous pictures. I felt like, this is nature raw. What kind of camera is that? I want one.

Please hijack! I like to have dialog. What ever happened to super bitch? When your bro ..... How many plants have you got going?

[LOC NAR1958]

The camera is a Fuji 6 mega pixal and I'm just learning to use the macro. It's only set on 3 mega pixals. There are 7 plants in there, 4 papaya and 3 Northern lights but 1 nothern punked out on me, just a little stump. I have 4 more papaya ready to go in to 12/12 tonight. Kind of keeping the harvest going. The plants in flower were so small I didn't think they would do much but their coming on good. I tried to clone 3 more papaya and 3 more northerns but the NL's are punking on me and not rooting OH well. I thought my mothers were diying but the papaya came back with a vengence. She will give up many more clones. May keep me going untill I take a break in the heat of the summer. Then I will start some blue mistiq , Nirvana's blue berry. Monster bitch went an extra month because of burn damage and was cut down new years eve. She gave me 8 oz's of dank sticky stone the hell out of you buds. Put you on the couch for about 4 hours. It is more than enough to last till next harvest in about 3 weeks. I'm trying to get enough vacum sealed in mason jars to last over the summer, About 3 months. My buds in flower will really fatten up the last 3 weeks and i'm seeing real good results with the dehumidifier. Average humidity here is about 70 to 80 percent. If you can't get it down they will not produce the trichomes very well as you can see. I'll keep you updated about once a week with pic's. I guees those bumpy leaves would be real good for hash, Now I'm going to have to get some bubble bags. LOL. I'll be back to the bat channel later, keep up the good growing.

[Gen]

Mega pixel number has only to do with how large you want to blow up the picture. The higher the number the larger the blow up without distortion. I got a 4 megapixel and it can handle a picture up to 8X10.

I want some monster bitch! What part of the world do you live in where the relative humidity is 70-80%? Yikes. Do things in your house mildew?

I've been reading about potency of hash and mj. Turns out the hash, because it is very processed will not last as long as unadultered mj. They tested hash stored awhile lost some of it's potency on the outside and was more potent on the inside. Probably because of air degrading the thc. So don't keep that hash around too long. Smoke it.

[Gen]

Good morning, this is the 9 AM marijuana report.

First picture is tomato clone rooted after 12 days. I floated this clone in a swc container with nutes outside and no humidity dome. It did wilt the first day, but came back 100% the next, never showed any signs of nute or sunburn.

Next photo, serrano chili pepper clone. This clone I started 2 months ago. No roots, no bubbler, tap water, no nutes and stuck in a glass of water by a window. Amazing. Next soil grow and hydro vegging plants.

Did you know public and school libraries have marijuana books? At the local community college I found 10 books on mj. I told the librarian I was doing a report on drugs. Yeah, right. Here are some titilating facts from Marijuana Chemistry. "Best strain for fucking, Jamaican (I swear this is what the author wrote); hypnotic intensity, Hawaiian Santa Marta Gold, sophisticated high; Thai, hallucinogenic.

That's all folks. Stay tuned same bat time, same bat channel.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, I live middle east coast US. Right next to Camp Lejune North Carolina. The humidity is rarely under 50 %. Where are you near ? All your plants are looking good man. Way, way back I had to do a demonstration speach in high school. Mine was how to roll 3 different types of joints. All info found in our library. I made a 98, didn't hurt our teacher was a head, we use to smoke with her husband at lunch time. LOL. If your US a little monster could make it your way. I would love for some one else to enjoy it too.

[The White Snoop]

fuck yeah..sick growth..youll be smoking good here in a min.

[Gen]

Hey Loc, I am other side of the US. Southern California, Disneyland.

Don't know how I could get my po box address to you. Do you know how to private message? Cause I sure don't. Did you see the news report where the narcs busted someone for receiving 32 cans of pot? The pot was placed in plastic bags and sealed inside cans. Unbelievable. I don't know how the narcs ever found out. How could the odor escape? Maybe, the package went to the wrong address? so to be safe use a bogus return address. This could be fun.

[Gen]

Good evening this is the 6:30 PM marijuana report. The mj plants are doing fine, but first we have breaking news. Check this out. Two plants per seed. What do you think of that? Pretty cool. This a package of cilantro seeds sprouted in paper towels, wet. This is how close I'm going to plant them. Stay tuned for exciting updates.

Big bertha grew 1/2 inch while she was outside in the sun today. Amazing. The plants are a beautiful, bright healthy green. They are splendid. The hydro girls are doing great. Green and healthy. This morning I checked the temperature of their contaner outside. It was 50 degrees. Yikes. For the past 3 days I have been putting them in cold water. While the inside container is 70 degrees. Hope I don't hermie them. You'r e not supposed to change termperatures, rapidly. Ten degrees either way.

These are the healthiest plants I have ever grown. I'm going to have to do more gardening this summer.

Thanks for tuning in folks, same bat channel, same bat time.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, It looks like we don't have any contact info. I had a hotmail but it's been awhile. I don't want either of us to give a personal email on a post. Trying to figure it out. I have an uncle in LA, west covina and a brother in law near ocean side. I have been there a few times. We have pictures of when Walt Disney himself led the Parade down main street. That's a long time ago. Anyway i got a hotmail. send me an email at [email protected]. PO box or we can figure something out. I'll keep checking my email. Later man

[Gen]

I knew you were cool. So tell us, what are the three ways to roll a joint.

[LOC NAR1958]

Oh man That's been over 25 years ago. I do remember the book was A Childs Garden Of Grass. Now I'm lucky to be able to just roll a straight one. LOL

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, I got your email and will try and send it out this week. I have been real busy with new job but it will go out this week. I would like to try some white widow. My brother in law said he was going to South Carolina to get some but I beleave it when I see it. He has been hounding me for some of mine but he doesn't know I grew it. LOL

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the 7 PM marijuana report. Let's see I burnt one. This one was smashed up against the 65w fluoro for a couple of hours. I'm going to have to get stricter. I have been letting them have extra light hours everyday for the past 14 days. You see, I felt sorry for them, having to be alone in the dark all night along. So today, I'm getting tough.

Now, the hydro girls are vegging. Getting bigger everyday. They have a pretty substantial root system going. I wonder if I should start flowering them right now. They're only about 5 inches tall. Would I get small buds? The last picture is the clones. I have taken a total of 6 clones from big bertha. Of all the plants she has the most characteristics of sativa. She has always been a fast grower. I'm keeping them in 4 inch pots, so I have to water them 2 or 3 times a day. I check the plants every hour, during the day. They grow so fast.

That's all folks. Thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great evening.

[turtle420]

^^^^
Hydro looking good Gen!
Everything looking good! :)

[Gen]

Thanks turtle.

[Crimsondane]

Your grow is looking good. great job. Keep it up..

why did you germ all those seeds ? :rasta: :cool:

[Gen]

Thanks crimsondane.

I germinated all 10 seeds expecting several to be duds or male. I'm also running low on stash. Need to build up inventory.

[turtle420]

I'm also running low on stash. Need to build up inventory.
That's the best part of growing... :) as I see it...

[Gen]

You got that right turtle.

Good evening, this the 5 PM marijuana report. The hydro plants are doing fine. The soil grow is growing. All plants are 11/13 for flowering. 3 of the 5 soil plants needed to be repotted. I put them in deeper 4 inch containers. There is very little odor.

That's all folks, thanks for tuning in. Same bat channel, same bat time. Have a great evening.

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the marijuana farm report. Soil plants are looking good. We are currently 18 days into flower. Very exciting. The hydroplants are growing well. Not alot of height yet. Only 2 days into flower. Remember guys these plants were all started at the same time, within a couple of days.

That's all folks, thank you for tuning in. Same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great evening!

[Crimsondane]

you can tell a plants gender just by germing seeds?
am i missing something?

[turtle420]

Looking good... :)

I find it very interesting the size difference between the hydro and the soil plants...

[Crimsondane]

post #118 shows like 50 seeds all germed, still confused ..
your plants look delicious though, keep it up

[Crimsondane]

hey turtle wassaaaap!!!!

[Gen]

Crimsondane ,post #118 is probably a picture of my cilantro sprouts. No you cannot determine sex by sprouting seeds.

Thanks turtle.

[skunkydelight]

Gen, looks like you're getting the hang of things nicely....glad to see it! StayDro! BTW, check out my thread...I found out some interesting things about my system that I didn't know and it even makes things more simple!!
-sD

[Gen]

Thanks Skunky. Tell me is your first grow like , you know, your first love. Are all grows just as satisfying as the first. I can't believe how happy this had made me. Mj has been great for my insomnia and I get twice as many things done. I only wish I hadn't quit 25 years ago.

[Gen]

Good evening this is the 5 PM marijuana report. We have roots, ladies and gentlemen. Big bertha's first clones have rooted. Took 11 days.

Took 6 clones today. I have a total of 14 or so. I lost count. What I'm trying to do is restrict growth to the top bud. Have any of you guys ever grown artichokes? Well, the artichoke in the center is always the first and the largest. So I'm cutting off the side growth to encourage the top bud to be the largest. We'll see if this works.

Hydro plants are 3 days into flower. Soil plants are 19 days into flower.

That's all folks, thank you for tuning in. Same bat channel, same bat time. Have a great and safe evening.

[turtle420]

Wuhuuuuu!!! Roots!

I'll have a toke in your name, and in the name of your roots!

[Crimsondane]

WOW!! thats great!!! that should save you 2 weeks of germing are you sure they are female? i cant remember if i read that or not a few pages back.
And i just got a refill of MJ and i am back to normal. my babies are in 5th week of flower and have fuzzy hairs off the bud sites. hope 2 weeks and they will be done.
I have crappy seeds from a bag bud i cared for them hydroponically for a while, we have had some ups and downs, but i hope to get a bunch. they look really happy.. I should start a thread on my next grow. i want to make a cabnit and have a momma , and have a seperate flowering section . Ive been procrastinating gettin gall the goods to do so. I have a real supportive friend who has been enjoying my first gro with me. Im single and these have become a reason to wake up in the morning and rush home from work.



sigh...

[Crimsondane]

I got a question...

After your plants are in the dark after 12 hours of light.. does it screw things up if you turn the light on for a few minutes before i go to bed and interupt there dark cycle/?.. I cant help but look at them before i go to bed, but i dont wanna keep doing it, if it, wakes them up during crucial dark time..


and if the light does hurt, does my room light hurt it seeping through the cracks in the closet doors? very minimal light i would suppose it would be.

[Crimsondane]

Oh yeah, and i second your toke in the name of your and your roots name.

Amen
SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSHHHSS nnngt nnnngt.........coooooooooooooooooooouuuuuggggggg
cough cough

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, I'm tired as hell. Put in alot of travel time this week. Let me know what you think of it, it's going reg mail but it's on the way. Happy trails to you. LOL

[turtle420]

and if the light does hurt, does my room light hurt it seeping through the cracks in the closet doors? very minimal light i would suppose it would be.
Hell yeah dude!

Doesn't matter... during the dark cycle, it has to be dark 100% of the time... no ifs, ands or buts... Maybe you can change your cycles, so it goes into dark about 1 hour after you go to bed... ??? Don't interrupt their cycle... it'll screw them up.

You can use a green light to work with plants during the dark cycles... green light doesn't disturb their beauty sleep.

..... Now, back to our hit in the name of the roots....
[bong].... brbrbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrbbbrbrbbbb brrrr
:smokin:

[Gen]

Thanks turtle and crimsondane. I am jazzed. I'll toke to that!

Loc thanks alot. With anticipation.....

[skunkydelight]

I got a question...

After your plants are in the dark after 12 hours of light.. does it screw things up if you turn the light on for a few minutes before i go to bed and interupt there dark cycle/?.. I cant help but look at them before i go to bed, but i dont wanna keep doing it, if it, wakes them up during crucial dark time..


and if the light does hurt, does my room light hurt it seeping through the cracks in the closet doors? very minimal light i would suppose it would be.

It takes one lightleak, 1 night to cause an unbelievable plant to hermi into and pile of worthless, i'm about to make a bunch of hash and it sucks to be me, waste of time...You can't even use the seeds...so, to answer your question, like turtle said, yes, it is VERY important...
-sD

[Gen]

Skunky, why can't you use the seeds? Breeders like hermies, cause if you take the pollen from a hermie and fertilize a female, you'll get all female seeds.

Yes, crim they are clones taken from a female. Crappy bag seeds can turn out good. So don't despair, you might get some great weed.

Good evening this is the 7:30 PM marijuana report. I decided to make a drip system to see what the fuss is all about. So here are pictures of the setup I did. The black tubing is 1/8 inch and the drill bit I used is 1/4 inch. To make perfect round holes, which fit the hole precisely. The tubing I used is 1/2 inch to connect to the 130 gph submersible pond pump. If you're going to use misters I suggest you go with 1 inch tubing instead of 1/2 inch. You will have less problems with clogging.

Big bertha is living up to her name. She's still the largest of plants.

That's all folks, thanks for tuning in. Same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great weekend.

[Gen]

Here are the pictures.

[turtle420]

I decided to make a drip system to see what the fuss is all about.
Wow! Talk about a motivated grower...
I bet you do wonders in the kitchen! ;)

Let us know how it goes with the drip... Question: Big Bertha.... she's soil... ok... you flowering her? Just misplaced the info in my head...

:)

-turtle420 :cool:
.

[Gen]

Thanks for stopping by turtle. Yes, big bertha is soil and I'm flowering. The reason I'm working like a madman is because I have a ton of clones! Feast or famine around here.

[Gen]

Good evening this is the 10 PM marijuana farm report The soil grows are doing great. Hydro is still going, I'm trying to determine sex. This picture is a group shot of clones. For the hydro plants I started to get clogged pumps. The fragile roots of the plants were breaking off and plugging up the pumps. So I had to put a stocking on each pot to protect the roots and keep the pump clear.

Next is my mother section and last is the grow section with mother's on top and grow underneath. It has taken along time to get this far. Too long, about 2 months. But it's all done. I have had all the electrical professionally wired (no fires), and have a large electric fan vent in the roof of the garage. It's cool.

Thanks for tuning in folks, same bat time, same bat channel.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, looking good. I like your drip system. You should get something this week (slow mail). I think you will like the stealth. Keep up the good work and I will get some pic's today to show later. I got 5 new ones and the papaya will sweet skunk you out of the room. Wish my whole house smelled like that. LOL. Wait till you see the crystal trichomes on them. Later. If a man is not as good as his word, he is no man.

[Gen]

Thanks loc. I've been down to the po box and nothing so far. I'll let you know as soon as it comes in. Thanks a bunch.

[Gen]

Good evening. Ladies and gentlemen I have some bad news. Balls have been found on mini and bent. Mini has been feed to the chickens. Bent will be sent to the bad room. He's been a naughty boy. His fate will be decided later. Probably, torture.

Big bertha and all the plants at the marijuana farm want to say hello. Hydro plants are miniature. They're bonzai. I think I stunted their growth and even though they get full sun everyday, they're growing like snails. I'm getting some yellowing at the bottom leaves, so I'm upping the nitrogen. Should see better results in a few days.

Here is another shot of the roots. Thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great evening!

[SmurfyBH]

[b] Don't want to sound stupid but that's like a Soil/Hydro mixed growing. Awesome., a lil roots in soil and water. gaining nutes from both :) best of bost worls.

[Gen]

Thank you smurf.

Good evening this is the 4 PM marijuana farm report. First picture. This is what the chickens did to mini yesterday. I'm going to give mini aspirin to see if I can get HIM to change sex. The two males have been quarantened and will spend the nights outside. Next picture hydro plants, too soon to sex. Next, I set up the drip system to handle clones. This is a photo of big bertha's first two clones.

Thanks for tuning in. Same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great evening.

[Gen]

Here are the photos.

[LOC NAR1958]

Sorry about mini and bent. Your chickens are almost as bad as my dear. If I put one outside they use the stalk for a touth pic and keep looking in the window like thier paranoid. You should see something by friday to make you feel better. I think you will like the drip, they will take off fast. Here's the lucas formula working on my papaya, with a few small northern lights mixed in. And the young ones that have been in for 10 days. Hard to take pic's with the 1000 on.

[Gen]

Big grin loc, you will be feeling better by Friday.....

Good evening this is the late 11 PM marijuana report. This is day 24 of flower for the soil plants. Meanwhile, the first picture depicts the first two clones of big bertha. These two are the ones with roots. Well, they don't look to good. I had them in drip and could only get a stream of water, so I thought they are drowning. Me and my overactive imagination. I planted them in hydroton and stuck them in a bubbler. These are the ones I gave too much love and left them under bright lights for 3 days. They curled. Anyway, the next picture is roots in action. I have made bumper boats a new ride for clones. It's like that ride at Disneyland, the motor boat ride. Where you're on a track, but you got a steering wheel and so you drive, like you're REALLY in control. The ride consists of a bucket of nutrients, a submersible pump and bumper boats.

Now for a commercial break. The last picture is a root bra. Tired of messy, tangled and unsightly roots? Well, we have the answer at marijuana laboratories. Yes, ladies and gentlemen we have invented a new device called the root bra. No more looking at boring roots, now you're got the root bra. Get your's today.

Thank you for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

Good evening this the marijuana farm and bud report. Loc the wonder drug came. This is the best New Year's and Chrismas present I have ever received. You are a gentleman and a scholar, true to your word. I smoked it and loved the weed you call monster bitch. The resins taste sweet and are sticky. We digress.

The first picture is chopping the roots off big bertha and unknown, both females. They were rootbound and growing slowly. The next picture is the two soil plants back under lights. Next is the plant I call runt. Runt was a tiny hydro plant, that wasn't doing to well. So I planted it in soil. Well, as you can see runt is still runty, but the leaves are getting large, like my other soil grows. Which brings me to the next picture, the hydro plants. Even with two weeks of full sun, they are still miniatures. What's going on? I'm getting an A in soil and a F in hydro. The leaves on the bottom have been turning yellow, so I upped the nitrogen today. We'll see if that is enough.

Thank you for tuning in folks, same bat channel, same bat time. Have a great evening.

[turtle420]

^^^^^

Gen! Looks good! Really! I see that the hydro girls are slower, but please don't say you have an F in hydro.... if you have an F, I wonder where I'm standing?

****puuufff! Kicked out of hydro-college****

lol :) Just kiddin'
Your girls look great ;)

[Gen]

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is the 5 PM marijuana farm report. First picture is of Big Bertha with her row cover on. For anyone doing a small grow and need to control odor, I think I've found something that will work. I took row cover and sewed a tube. Only the side is sewn. This way I have access to the bottom of the plant and the top. I've seen these bags selling at Home Depot in the garden section. They prevent cross pollination. They also are great for controlling odor. I can practically put my nose up to the bag and sniff. Very slight odor. When I open the bag, I get a huge whiff of skunk.

Next picture is the clones. Last picture is of runt. Runty is only 9 inches tall after one week of flower.

Thanks for tuning in folks, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great evening.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, Looking good. I hope I didn't couch lock you too much. Your post was going down the page, needed a bump. My papaya is getting close. It looks like they are dipped into crystals sugar and smells so sweet with a touch of skunk. I had a minute to take a few, what do you think ? Looks like candy land and they are starting to fatten up.

[Gen]

Okay, you win, you've got the best pictures this side of the west coast, loc. Yeah, I've been smoking monster bitch and loving it. She is really fine.

Good evening this is the 8:30 PM marijuana report. High everyone. The first picture is of the soil grow. Next is the clones and last is hydro. I just got a couple of 20X40 inch germination mats. They are great for cold weather. Seeds just pop out because they think it's summer. Looking for things to be speeding up around here. If I can put a grow mat under the marijuana plants and give them light, they might even grow faster. Interesting.

Thanks for tuning in folks, same bat channel, same bat time. Have a great evening!

[Gen]

Silly, me. All right loc it's all your fault I'm really spacing out now. Here are the pictures.

[LOC NAR1958]

Looking good Gen. Not trying to show anyone up, just a good camera. Maybe you can get a taste of the papaya when it's ready!! Only a week or two and a week to dry. Keep up the good work and thanks for the compliment. Some times you it's hard to tell if it's me or if it's really good. Thanks

[Gen]

Loc, my girlfriend tried monster bitch and she loved it. She wants to call it Lucy, because of the red hairs. She said the high lasted a really long time and felt high after 3 or 4 hours. It's amazing! I would love to try papaya. After white widow, I'm planting afghani. I can send some your way. I'm looking to havest white widow the middle of March. This is fun.

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the 10 PM marijuana report. Hope everyone is having a great evening. The first picture, I have finally made a bubbler swc. These are the first two clones of big bertha. Tortured, by too much light in the beginning. There are strange brown spots on the older leaves. I think these are burn marks from the fluoros. The new growth is nice and green. The second picture is of the clones. Still no roots with 24/7 lights. I'm looking forward to some explosive growth with the hydro plants. I was not paying enough attention to ph and let the numbers get ridiculously high into the 8 range. I am now monitoring ph and hope will have better luck in the future. I suspect at least two males in the hydro plants.

That's all folks, thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a wonderful tomorrow.

[turtle420]

They look good G! ;)

Wow! pH of 8? Wow!

I'll be doing a simple bubble cloner soon. :)

Take lots of care,

-turtle420 :cool:
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[latewood]

Hell Yeah, Bad Ass Gro, Bro...Gen, You and LocNar...Man, I wish I had more time to hang out and read all this. I just went through the last couple of pages, and Cool Stuff...

Locnar; are you dripping thru top tub and pumping from bottom tub? or what?

Gen, Your Freakin' NutZZ like me, Shit growing all over the place...Soil/Hydro...
I love 'It'!...well, work to do, later.lw

Oh, If I may; I leave you with these thoughts (a pictorial essay)2pix
Carolina Sky/re-veg harvest, SexyOrangeSkunk, (Yummy, On the right).

Mickey likes it!!!

[LOC NAR1958]

Keep the PH good and it will take off Gen. latewood. That's right. They are small 10 gallon tubs with a pump at the bottom of one end. Comes up through the lid and down the center with six feed lines. Holds 5 to 8 gallons for res. It has 3 inch net pots and I would like to make them about 5 inches. Works real good. I think I like what Mickey likes. LOL

[Gen]

Hey turtle, thanks for stopping by.

Thanks latewood, you are one of my heros. I am drooling.

Thanks for the encouragement loc. I hope my stuff will be half as good as yours. I laughed when I got turbo tax 2003. I used to use that program, now I'm using tax cut. The ph of my water is very high 8.1 I have to add alot of apple cider vinegar to bring it down. When I get to 6.1 or so I stop. I'm afraid of putting too much vinegar in.

Good evening this is the 6:30 marijuana report. First picture is the hydro males I found. Say bye, they are going to be chopped up and stuffed into a jar with rubbing alcohol. Next pic are the hydro plants. The smallest ones are big bertha's first two clones. Wish them luck. Life is full of perils. Then big bertha, who is a whooping 22 inches tall. And last, but not least soil.

Thank you for tuning in folks, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great evening.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi, Gen. That's one way DR chonic sends seeds stealth. I thought it was a good way. I should of put the Unledded dvd in it but forgot. Maybe next time.

[Gen]

Loc, can I get a prescription for monster bitch? Since I've been smoking her I have cleaned my entire house and backyard. Unbelieveable energy and focus. I hope to smoke many more like her. I toke to you, my friend.

Good evening, this is the late, late report. I moved all clones outside with protection. Giving clones 24 hours of light is bad. Really bad. I've gotten my ph down to 6 and the plants seem to be making a comeback. How often are you supposed to recalibrate a ph meter?

Thanks for tuning in folks, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a great day!

[LOC NAR1958]

Thanks Gen, I wish I had one too, She is running low as I have helped a cancer pateint. Monster is about the only thing that makes him feel a little better. Kind of paying it forward. I lost my best friend last year to cancer ,I wish I had some for him. Everyone I light up is in his name. The papaya is almost ready. It doesn't look like a big crop but they were put in real small, brother problems. 4 more papaya about 20 days into 12/12 showing sex good and 3 or 4 more to take the place of the ones about to harvest. I was trying to split the grows between papaya and northern light, I won't do that again. My NL's just didn't take to good. Should stick to one kind at a time. I think I can get one more set of clones from the papaya mother. Then it's going to be blue mistiq, Nirvana's blueberry. I am glad you enjoyed it, kind of like xmas. Most of the fun is in giving. The next ones for you my friend. Keep the bat reports coming.

[Gen]

Thank you loc. My heart is with you. Thank you for helping that cancer patient. I hope I can help someone out like that someday. When should I start the next round of seeds? I've got 10 afghani from weedfarmer or 5 smoke colas and 5 chronic X ak47. I'm 33 days into flowering. I'll listen to you and stick to growing only one variety at a time.

Good evening this is the late report. The hydro plants have recovered and have stopped yellowing. I did get some burning of the tips, but that seems to have stopped. I think I have one male hydro plant and another male soil. That would give me a ratio of 4/6 four females to 6 males.


Should I keep a white widow mother? From seedling or from clone? I guess I just figured out my own answer. The fluoros are empty right now. I could start seeds and put them into veg.

I got home too late to take any pictures. Tomorrow I promise.

Thanks for tuning in folks, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

Good morning, this is the early report. First picture is the bend I put in my plants. Next is a bend I did last night, around 6 PM. Last is big bertha's clones with roots. The roots prefer being outside the root bra. So as a service reminder, do not waste your money on root bras. The reason I used a root bra is to protect the roots from the turbulence of the pump. Now I place the pump with the water spraying up, so the roots don't get injured. Looks like another male in hydro. The means I have 3 females to 7 males. What do you think about bending the plants? It's called LST. I like it alot. The plant gets mad and starts making the whole plant grow. Especially the side shoots.

Thanks for tuning in folks, stay tuned same bat channel, same bat time.

[turtle420]

^^^
Hey G! :)

Nice looking plants...

I was going to point out a small thing...

The bending/training you just showed in your pictures, it isn't LST. LST (Low Stress Training) is when you bend them without having the stems "kink" like in your pictures.

The training you did, has a name... and it's commonly done... I don't know the name... maybe it's High Stress Training?

In any event, nothing harmed... just mis-placed naming.

BTW: Gen, can you check my thread? I've got a clone bubbler idea... ;)

Best G,

-turtle420 :cool:
.

[Gen]

Thanks for stopping by turtle, I miss your posts. I thought you were supposed to bend the stem like that. My bad. I'll check out your thread.

[turtle420]

Thanks for stopping by turtle, I miss your posts. I thought you were supposed to bend the stem like that. My bad. I'll check out your thread.
Hey G!

Yeah, I'll "invade" your thread more often! :)

As to the plants... again, you should not get stressed... I know this is an actuall technique that's used for plants... you "kink" it, and it'll grow a bulge there...

No harm done!!!

They still look lovely! I'd love to see how that HST turns out! :)

Best Gen!,

-turtle420 :cool:
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[Gen]

Good evening, this is the 11 PM late report. First picture is hydro. The smaller plants are clones. Next picture is bent named unknown. Last picture is the top of big bertha. She is mighty.

That's all folks, thanks for tuning in , same bat time, same bat channel.

[The White Snoop]

Yes she is mighty, great job

[Gen]

Thanks for stopping by white snoop.

[Gen]

Good evening this is the 8 PM evening marijuana report. First picture are the clones. I took 6 clones from the hydro female plant. They are small, 1 1/2 inches. I'm going to plant them in dirt once they've rooted and see if I can get them to grow big. The next picture is the big bertha clones. Unknown is bent over and I rather like her spray of foliage. Last picture is the top of big bertha. That's all for the evening report, have a great evening.

Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[Gen]

Good evening this is the 9:30 PM report. The ladies have all retired for the night. So I don't have any pictures today. Big bertha's top is getting really long and hairy. It's probably about 5 inches long. I planted some afghani seeds. I'm doing 4 in soil. And 7 in hydro. The four seeds in soil have been planted with fresh chicken manure (produced right here at the marijuana farm).The soil will be watered only with plain water.

That's all folks, thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel. Have a wonderful evening.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi, Gen.
I been putting in some long hours and not much time. I just stop by my cancer dudes house and burned the last of MB ( Lucy) with him. I left him in no pain. Your stuff is looking good and planting more, man if I had the time. My papaya was done, not a big producer but these were put in very early and were not expected to do much. 3 northern lights may be a half OZ they were tiny when they went in. Waiting for them all to dry. I got 3 more of each NL's are small and another monster bitch papaya. Should bring in much more with 6 papaya cloning now to go behind them. I might keep a NL for a mother or go with blue mistiq (blueberry) next I can't decide. What would you like to taste next ?

[Gen]

Loc, you just asked me the million dollar question..... What do I want to taste? All of them. I'm starting a list. My goal in life is to smoke every single variety of mj and hash available. Hmmm. I just might make it with a little help from my friends.

So on my wish list is Kush, Haze, white russian and aka one hitter.

I've got afghani started. Then I have smoke cola and AK47 X chronic next. 4 of the afghani are growing in chicken shit. That's going to taste great. I can hardly wait.

[Gen]

And my list goes on, misty, blueberry..... Whatever you want to grow, I'm willing to sample. And the same goes with my stuff. Loc thank you for spending sometime with a stranger/human being/friend. I'm still toking on monster bitch and everytime I light up I think of you.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is the 8 PM marijuana report. The first picture is of the seed boat. You've all heard of the love boat. Next is roots on clones, followed by big bertha's top, then unknown's top, that got a big karate chop and is now more beautiful than ever. And last but not least is hydro as in one. I have one plant left in hydro, that I had started from seed. All the others got axed by being male. I've decided to veg these clones longer, since they're so small.

And that's all for the marijuana report, thanks for tuning in, same bat channel, same bat time. Have a great evening.

[Gen]

Good evening, this is the marijuana report. First picture is 4 afghani seeds, next big bertha top, unknown with bent stem. I love the spray look of buds. And last but not least hydro plant.

Thanks for tuning in folks. Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time.

[turtle420]

Liking it ! :)

[The White Snoop]

Its great too start to see all that hard work pay off! Im w/ turtle

[Gen]

Thanks guys. I am busy with the plants and and lovin it.

I don't know about you, but mj is speed to me. Since I've been smoking, (thanks loc) I have tremendous amounts of energy. I run.

I was talking to the new seedling plants today. I put a tray in the sun and came back four hours later. I thought I had burnt them. Well, they were loving the heat from the sun. What wonderous little things.

[LOC NAR1958]

No prob's Gen. I am glad it last you awhile. I can get alittle like CHONG some times. LOL. I got the day off kind of, Got to go to the hospital and see if my partner (older brother) is OK. He has had the flu or something the past few days and woried about not being there for me. HA. If you don't have your health you don't have anything. I'm glad you run and keep in shape, I got to get back to my weight lifting soon and drop a few pounds. Your plants are doing very well. I will get some pic's of the new girls (papaya). These had the veg time so they look like good producers. Not much on the last harvest but they went in too soon. I thought Lucy was bad to the bone, the papaya is just sugar dusted with crystal trichomes and it's baaaaaaad to the bone even though I think I picked it just a wee bit too soon. New batch will be ready about the middle of next month and one behind it in a month and still another papaya behind it in a month. Then I will change. Expect something middle of next month my friend. Keep on doing what your doing, looks great, later.

[Gen]

Thanks loc. How do you dry your stuff? I don't have one of those vacuum sealer things. I was thinking of trying plastic wrap and aluminum foil to seal off any smells for shipping. What do you think? Do I need to dry it before shipping?

Good afternoon this is the 3 PM marijuana report. Well, this is a big set back here at the mj farm. I sprayed the clones without roots with soap and water. Bad. They're dying off. I had to take a few more clones from big bertha since the other ones are going. I saved the buds to see how they smoke. I know it's not a good idea to take ones so late, but what am I going to do?

The first picture is afghan seedlins in soil and next in perlite. Then Big bertha and unknown. Last but not least hydro plants. Still creeping along. I am changing nutes everyweek and checking ph and ppm. I'm still trying to get the hang of this hydro stuff. You guys make it look so easy.

Thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel.
Have a great day folks!

[karmaxul]

Gen can I ask how the nylon works out, seems like it would be great for keeping in coco fiber. Any root problem or humidity problems on the inside?

One love
c

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, I dry them by hanging in a vented dark closet or in a brown bag loosely for 4 to 6 days. they will be kind of burnable by then but I put them in gallon or quart mason jars and put the lid on and lay down side ways . Don't pack them too tight. If you see moistier in the jar take the lid off for a half day or day. Do this untill you see no more moistier. The ones you had were about a six weeks or so cure. They get mellow with age but good. I would dry before shipping so it doesn't mould and yea tin foil, plastic rap and a little perfume if you like. Kind of through them off. LOL. well a couple of pic's about 5 weeks and I think this papaya likes about 10 weeks. I looked a couple days ago and all smooth. Today trichomes all over, man. Sorry about the clones but BB looks like she could give up a few more. Later man.

[Gen]

Outstanding pictures loc. I'm going to try smoking the buds off the clones I took today. The stems were kind of woody. Might not take. Let you know how it smokes.

Karmaxul, the roots grew out of the nylon. I took them off. I had a mess going with hydro. My poor plants lost their roots a couple of times. It was me. But yes, the roots will grow right out of it. It would work for coco. I didn't have any humidity problems. I'm not sure about that question.

[karmaxul]

Thanks that is exacly what I was wondering. Great idea.

One love
c

[Gen]

Thanks. How are you growing in coco? I tried to use it instead of soil. 50/50 perlite/coco. The poor plant didn't dry out for 3 days. I repotted it. Coco holds too much water. I'd like to find a way to use it, environmentaly friendly.

[karmaxul]

I just use a bit say 10%. With grow rocks in hydro that should be all you need to support micro organic lifearound the roots for organic nutes. It has calcium naturally so that keeps the ph up. They should make coco rocks. Or at least mix it in with the clay with just enough clay to make it stick.

One love
c

[karmaxul]

Or have you ever seen the whooper candy. Some one should make grow rocks and coat them in coco dust with a non toxic organic glue substance. I think I know some one who may be able to do it.

One love
c

[karmaxul]

Just left a message with my associate and will hopfully hear back tomorrow. They have a giant organic business and we will see if they can help put a product out. Man I hope he doesnt call me early.

One love
c

[Gen]

Karmaxul, I always have the problem of a rising ph. Never too low. My r/o water is 8.1 ph.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is an urgent report. At approximately 9:17 PM pst I smoked my first homegrown by me pot. It is f**** fantastic. I can't believe it. The way I dried it is nonkosher. I turned on the oven for 10 minutes and turned it off. Put the buds in and closed the door. Came back later and repeated once more. The second time worked. Crispy leaves and slightly moist buds. I crumbled the leaves off and popped a airy bud into my pipe. Then I inhaled and watched it glow. I'm not sure what is better, the high I got from smoking it or the pride I feel from growing my own.

Thank you for tuning in folks and all your support. Stay tuned, same bat time same bat channel.

[Gen]

High everyone, how you tried drying the leaves and eating them? The leaves around the buds are crispy and nice when eaten dried. I'm drying some larger fan leaves now. I may just forgo the work of making hash and eat the entire leaf. There's no green cholorphyll taste.

I forgot to tell you, I left one of the males for the chickens to eat. Well, they descended like vultures on the plant. One of them developed a severe case of the hiccoughs. They all sleep in a big macademia nut tree in my backyard at night. This poor chicken had the hiccoughs all night. I felt sorry for the other ones since they had to sleep with her. I was worried about her, but she seemed fine and was pecking in the yard. The next day she was fine. I put another male out for them to eat. This time they wouldn't touch the plant.

[karmaxul]

Awsome the first nugs grown with your own love. I remember my first bowl I grew. Wispy as hell cuz I cut it down way to early when the hairs had not even turned once but the high was amazing. When I had my operation running I would eat the leaves to see how the tds of the plant was doing. The clorophil is slightly tangy but you get used to it. I used to eat the dry nugs to and give them away for free if the people would eat them. I love em. How many chickens you got.

Kind regards
Joker

[Gen]

7 chickens. Should have named them after all the seven dwarfs. I have 5 aracuanas and 2 black astrolops. That's interesting, how would the leaves taste with different tds?

[karmaxul]

I only use a tds so I cant taste it in the leaves. If it is to much it tastes nasty as hell. 100ppm soil and up to 300ppm hydro of added ions.


One love
c

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, I often do the oven dry to try them. Can't always wait. There's nothing like your own grow. I thought I was the only one that eats leaves. I'm building up now I need to make hash for the summer. I shure do like some good brownies with hash.

[Gen]

Hey karmaxul, are those your chickens? I see barred rocks, rhode island reds, aracuanas. Neat.

Loc, what does hash smoke like? What is the high like?

Two of the clones I took from big bertha are so hairy, I don't know if I should try to reveg them or just smoke them? I'm getting sugar frosting!!!!! Does this mean I am two weeks away from harvest? Big buds book says to switch lighting to 8/13 for the last two weeks. Am I getting close?

[karmaxul]

I dont have chickens. Used to have 30 plus cows who mowed my field for me and some cats and dogs but no chickens yet. I think they would be cool to share the land with. Dont know what I would do in the winter though as I live in the north east. Not big on picking up chicken dropping in the house.

One love
c

How you set a timer for 8/13. Seems like a odd timing aswell.

[Gen]

Hey karmaxul, how about a heated hen house. As to how to set a timer, I'm not sure I understand the question.

Good evening, this is the 7 PM marijuana report. First picture, big bertha's top, next unknown top, afghan seed soil grow, afghani perlite grown. So far the perlite and soil afghani grow are the same size. I am watering with superthrive to see if I can get more females this time. I didn't post any pictures of the hydro grow. I can tell you this, once I stopped moving the plants inside and out, they picked up and started growing. I think the temperature change was too drastic and just retarded their growth. So now they are inside under lights warm and happy. I will have to reserve my hydroponics to the garage, until it warms up.

That's all thanks for tuning in folks, same bat time, same bat channel.

[Gen]

ooops, here are the pictures.

[dopehouse]

down here in texas middle of nowwhere in the tip its like 180 for a pound of really good bud and 120 for regular weed and so on down (typed this beacause only read first page before posting first time) does plants look really nice keep up the growth

[Gen]

thank you dopehouse.

$180 a pound??? Are you kidding? I bought 1/2 oz for $145 plus $5 gas for the kid to deliver. My mj connection is only 17 years old. That's in so cal. When I got my medical mj letter the dr said the going rate at the mj clubs is $400 an ounce. Ouch. I have not been able to confim this.

[Gen]

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,

This is the 11:30 AM marijuana report. I am finally growing hydro!!!! After I stopped carrying them outside and just left them inside under a 65 watt fluorex bulb, they started to grow. The wild temperature fluctuations must have stunted their growth. Now I know better. I'm leaving the hydro stuff inside. At least for now. Summer is coming.

Thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel.

[karmaxul]

Hey karmaxul, how about a heated hen house. As to how to set a timer, I'm not sure I understand the question

I thought you said you were using some thing besides 12/12 to bud. I think the dope man is talking swag. If not I be down tomorrow.

[Gen]

yes, that's right. Greenhouse recommends 8/16 last two weeks of flower. I'm in the 7th week of flower. Will switch them next week.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen, I have been real busy. Looking good on the hydro , they do good under flouro's for veg. I tried the 8/16 and 2 to 3 days of straight dark at end. No real difference that I can say maybe for some others it works. Trichomes produce during the dark but you can tell that's not my problem. Friday will be the end of 6 weeks for me. Starting to crystal up good and look like they will produce more than the first. Oh hash can be just like weed good and bad. The stuff I grow now is better than hash on the vine. You will certainly see some of this Papaya. It's skunky at the end of the grow and then turns fruity when cured. Not much time keep up the good work, will show pic's when i get time. Got to go do one before the family gets home. Keep it in the bat zone Later.

[Gen]

Thanks loc for checking in. Missed you.

[Gen]

Good afternoon, this is the afternoon edition of the marijuana report.

It's not harvest day, but I had to show you a picture of what I cut today. White widow is in the 9th week of flowering. I ran out of mj so I had to trim.

The hydro plants are doing well. Hope everyone is well.

Thanks for tuning in, same bat time, same bat channel.

[latewood]

Hi Gen, I have been real busy. Looking good on the hydro , they do good under flouro's for veg. I tried the 8/16 and 2 to 3 days of straight dark at end. No real difference that I can say maybe for some others it works. Trichomes produce during the dark but you can tell that's not my problem. Friday will be the end of 6 weeks for me. Starting to crystal up good and look like they will produce more than the first. Oh hash can be just like weed good and bad. The stuff I grow now is better than hash on the vine. You will certainly see some of this Papaya. It's skunky at the end of the grow and then turns fruity when cured. Not much time keep up the good work, will show pic's when i get time. Got to go do one before the family gets home. Keep it in the bat zone Later.I just grew some sexy orange skunk that was sweet at end of grow, turned skunky after cured...just the opposite.
Trippy shit too! good growing...

Gen, I'm sorry i dodn't visit earlier, just too much Bullshit @home(illness and court battles, intermittant contracts)
anyway, I wish I would of known you were having problems moving plant in and out every day...hmmm, crazy:cool:

You are right: consistancy in the atmosphere is just as important and should take priorities in cases like this...

Although I have gone back to 400w agrosun/MH for veg...
I vegged alot of plants especially my early cloning projects
with 45watt cfl's from walmart...8 bucks apiece. they worked great... no debate, don't care what lumens they were; They worked. As all here, knows; The key to using them or any other cfl...Is, keep'em close and keep the fans on them...It works...modern science. I Love it!

Looking good, glad you conquered your hydro, good luck...
later lw

[Gen]

Thanks late. You and Zandor are my heros.

Yes, the soil grow does fine going outside, but hydro. Forget it.

I'm using the 65 w fluorex from walmart. And they kick butt.

Hope you're feeling better and your problems get resolved favorably.

[britewire]

Looking at your last picture.. you harvested way too early in that picture. You had to wait untill 75% of the leafs are red/brown.

[latewood]

If you want to try you early bud...I read this in 5 easy gardens, cut it up into 1/2" pieces and microwave 20-30 seconds at a time...the 1st time you will see dampness...It usually takes 1-2 minutes, depending on how long they been drying...

On another note...If i run out, like I did before alst harvest, then I take a 6week old plant and harvest the whole thing, rather than shock 3-4 by hacking off stems...Jmho lw.

[Gen]

I just got my pocket microscope. I looked at the trichs and they really under developed. Just a few trichs on the bud leaves had mature trichs. It'll still get you stoned mildly. I just smoke more. Hey, it can only get better, right?

I threw out my microwave years ago. Bad waves. I use rice cookers for reheating. That's about all they were good for anyway.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen
They might of been early but they look fat. I'm in week 7 of papaya and I got trich's they just need to fill in. I think they might like 9 to 10 weeks, will have to wait and see. The scope really helps but I can tell more when I take macro pic's with my camera. I will post some pic's when the light comes on in just a bit.
Hi latewood, Yea it's weird when it changes. Kind of threw me but then I was too stoned to care.
My papaya mother has come back to life, lots of cutting to take and 1 NL that I thought was dead revegged and is coming back out. I like NL but the orange bud and papaya kicks it's ass. Trich pic's in just a few coming up. Later.

[Gen]

hi loc, send me your snail mail address. I'm about two weeks from harvest.

[LOC NAR1958]

Will do. I don't have a PO but my cancer buddy right now said he could get it, what are they going to do he said. I'm affaid he doesn't have much longer. He is going about as fast as my highschool smoking buddy did. I will get that to you looks like I might be with you or a week behind you ? The scope helps but tell me what you think, almost the end of week 7. This stuff rocks !!! Anyway here's some pic's. the last one are the young ones for next month. OHHH and the vaporizer, way to go I would like to try one cause I smoked cigs for 20 years I can't take a pipe any more.

[LOC NAR1958]

Oh yea I just juiced them with the lucas formula at 1600PPm's that's over 2000 with all the additives. AND no leaf burn. I can barely keep humidity down below 40 with lights on and low 30's with light off, oh hell I smoke tooooo much that's why I always run out. When I can see straight I will get that addy out. You will have some in about 3 weeks too. There I go again. Later

[Gen]

That leaves look awesome. The stuff I picked only has 1 mature trich every 50 bumps. Not as many as yours. The trichs on the hairs are small and straight. I can't tell from the pics what the trichs on the hairs look like. What kind of lighting are you using? It gives the photos a unreal feel, trippy. So what's the highest you've gone with ppm's? Interesting.

You smoke too much. Ha, that's funny. Don't worry it's all good. Healthwise. A study came out of UCLA recently that could not link pot smoking and lung cancer. There may even be a protective effect from smoking pot. More research needs to be done on this. So how much do you smoke a day? I like my vaporizer, but I like smoking more.

[LOC NAR1958]

Hi Gen,
If you click on the pic and then click in the bottom right hand corner you can inlarge the pic and really see them good. Lighting is just the 1000 HPS and mylar on all walls, no flash on camera. It depends on where you hold it on how the light looks. I'm getting good with the macro.

They just came out with a new study that says pot grows brain cells in lab rats. New brain cells not suppose to happen , you lose from the time you are born. I smoke 4 or 5 joints a day, about half as big as a cig or so. Sometimes as big, zoners.
The papaya doesn't want to fatten up as much but it has the trich's. I have had my PPM's up to 2000 before additives and no leaf burn. The more you can put to them the more the put out. Take it till the tips burn and then back down. Man those still look like some fat bud, wish the papaya would do that. Anyway I will get a few more months of this and then on to blue mistiq, nirvana blueberry. Later ,keep up the good work I'm going to hotmail now.

[LOC NAR1958]

Gen my hot mail deleted your last message with your PO addy. Send me a message and I will send my buddy's addy to you. Thanks and I think i will get some of the widow fom nirvana. I have so many to try but blueberry's next. [email protected].

[Gen]

ok

check your in box.

[Gen]

This is the final episode of marijuana farm. It's been fun. Today I chopped big bertha. I'm hoping to reveg her. So she got the root chop treatment, new soil and chicken manure.

Thank you fellow mj worshippers.

Same bat time same bat channel. Enjoy the rest of your life!!! Grow forever.

[The White Snoop]

Great job Gen. You have learned soooo much on this run and have share your knowledge w/ all. Great work.

Do you have any clones going? If not you better be hitting up the gypsy.

(my drill sgt voice)GET YOUR ASS BACK IN THE GARDEN AND GIVE ME 20...OZ.s!!! LOL Looking forward to seeing the next one.

Later

[Gen]

thanks snoop. Did you use to be a drill sgt? Hmm.
Yes sir.