first journal

[Perp]

hahaha no, thats no myth.... you can shock plants with cold water, its a FACT...

Do you have evidence to prove this "FACT." I doubt it. What happens when a plant is shocked? What are the effects?

I use cold water straight from the tap, and never had any problems whatsoever. No slow growth, no shocked plants; just green, healthy growth. An old time grower I know refridgerates his water before giving it to his plants. Believe me or not, your choice. But don't go around saying something is fact when it isn't.

[dutch.lover]

you are looking for some organic ferts? look into things like blood meal, bone meal, worm castings, bat guana, etc...

[chicago_white_guy]

any experience with stuff like that though? should i still use things like superthrive or cal mag +? i'm lookin for details, i guess.

[chicago_white_guy]

you guys need to see these pics of our harvest the other night, but they are like 2.9 mb jpg files. what should i do

[chicago_white_guy]

finally got photoshop installed today, resized the pictures, saved them as .gif and now we're rollin. might have to save it to zoom, but boy can ya not bad, but i still don't feel like i'm actually growing pot like you buy.

[Perp]

Nice bud pics.

[Abattoir Dream]

nice weeds mate

Do you have evidence to prove this "FACT." I doubt it. What happens when a plant is shocked? What are the effects?

well, yes, as a matter of fact there is plenty of proof that cold water stresses plants, firstly, when you stress a cannabis plants' roots, the leaves will often curl up like little boats, which is a sign of STRESS.

I use cold water straight from the tap, and never had any problems whatsoever. No slow growth, no shocked plants; just green, healthy growth. An old time grower I know refridgerates his water before giving it to his plants. Believe me or not, your choice. But don't go around saying something is fact when it isn't.

so, you use cold water straight from the tap - how do you KNOW there is no slow growth, or shock/stress? - you have nothing to compare it to, plus, you cant be that much of a genius if you dont pH test your water...

as for the old timer refrigerating his water, its done for a reason, when you STRESS a budding plant, it will produce more resin, as it causes the plant to worry about bad/COLD weather, resin protects the plants and gets us stoned, so the more resin the better, - thats why the guy uses it, not because it promotes 'green, healthy growth,'

dont use cold, un pH'd water for vegging as you will most likely stress your plants into being male or hermie, wait till its budding with female flowers before you screw around with cold water. just a tip, leave your water to sit for 24 hours and then use it, it will have less impurities and will be the right temperature to ensure no root stress...

dont try to be smart with me, especially when youve clearly misunderstood the whole concept of cold watering, and havent exactly been here long... its not a very good move... hopefully you might stop stressing your plants so much now... i hope so, for their sake.... - im out...

[chicago_white_guy]

very true AD. you didn't say anything about the pics, though.

ouch.

there go my feelings.

[chicago_white_guy]

chi_whi-guy: that sexy little chick blew her brains out
ranjur: yeah
ranjur: so sylar couldn't get her goodness

heroes is like tv crack

[dutch.lover]

nice pics! i'm on my first grow and i just put 4 plants into flower a little under 2 weeks ago...buds are forming! im so excited- can't wait to see the end result!

ps: i do use all those organic nutes that i mentioned as a soil additive (as i use synthetic nutes as well). one thing you should be careful with though, is if you are going to use some sort of manure, make sure it is composted first. if it isn't, it will be too hot for ur babies.