A Cannabinerd's Journey

[Dr.D81]

Cali people just keep blowing my mind.. People are too damn nice I swear, back home, my life long best friends weren't as kind as giving/caring as new friends I've met out here.

From day 1 @Aeroknow has been such a great dude. If it wasn't for him, my grow wouldn't be setup near what it is now. He's helped me out more than I can explain

To top it off, tonight a patient gave me a washing machine, it's used (hoping it works lol) but it will make my life just a bit more easier. I knew there was a place for me and glad I found it here in cali. I miss ny, but really only a handful of people, but being out here is greater than I could ever imagine, and it's only been a year and a 1/2. I knew I was born to be here because I've always been the same as the people I've met here, helpful, caring, ect.. And after I get back on my feet I can't wait to repay all the good peeps out here

End rant

Man that is great! I fill the same and just wish I headed west years ago

 

[AlphaPhase]

Right on brother, I'm glad you made the leap too! I also wish I made the trip years ago, but this is where life will begin now

I'm still having a ton of ups and downs out here, but damn if I was in NY going through the same things I'd be so miserable, being out here Just makes it much easier, the only thing id ask for is a teleporter for rare occasions so I could send myself to ny for a day. Other than that, it's all good

 

[AlphaPhase]

Going to throw the glue into flower today. Most are a bit bigger than I wanted, 2 are kinda smaller than I'd like, but all in all its OK for a 3 week veg. I worked them up to 15-25 tops each, 13-16". So/so health. Will run them 9 weeks instead of 10 so I can get a head start on the next run.

In a few weeks I'll be vegging 16 GDP for the flood tray and will do 10 glue in the flood system (unless something in flower right now stands out and impresses the shit out of me)

 

[AlphaPhase]

Actually, probably more like 14 gdp and 2 purple og 18, I forgot I have cuts of that I need to test out.

 

[Dr.D81]

Cool bro! I am ready to see what you do with a good run of glue.

 

[AlphaPhase]

I'm not sure if the glues I'm gonna throw in flower tonight will be too great :/ too many new variables, but next run back in my hydro system should be pretty sweet the glue I'm flowering now are much bigger from veg though (could be a good or bad thing), we will see though! The glue in the tray is doing OK but with all these plants in the croutons and pots it's all been a huge learning curve, iI can't wait to get back to recirculating my water again though, makes things alot easier to figure out problems quickly with out the guess work

 

[AlphaPhase]

Well, here she is, the flower room is full, time to re-freaking-lax!

Crazy thing is, with the lights running for an hour and 1/2, the temps weren't over 76. It's starting to trip me out, because the temp reading is from directly under a 600w that's not air-cooled and has no glass. I bought an Ac thinking I'd have to be blasting it, but nope, not yet lol (thank you jesus, electric sucks.)

Oh, I tested out the washing machine and it Works! Stoked , so maybe a week of hash making ahead of me

 

[Dr.D81]

I'm not sure if the glues I'm gonna throw in flower tonight will be too great :/ too many new variables, but next run back in my hydro system should be pretty sweet the glue I'm flowering now are much bigger from veg though (could be a good or bad thing), we will see though! The glue in the tray is doing OK but with all these plants in the croutons and pots it's all been a huge learning curve, iI can't wait to get back to recirculating my water again though, makes things alot easier to figure out problems quickly with out the guess work

I hear you on the learning curves. I had a bit of transition in to the coco when I got here.

 

[AlphaPhase]

I'd love to try Coco sometime, but it's going to have to be a side project in the veg room so I have a while to figure it out. Even though people think I have a green thumb, it takes me soooo long to get the hang of different growing methods, honestly all I consider myself good at is outdoor and hydroponics, other than that I feel like a brand new gardener when it comes to using different things. So many people use Coco though and I could do organics in Coco. It's something that's been on my mind lately, a just add water Coco, but I need to get things back to dialed in before anymore experiments lol. I'm glad I made it through veg to flower with these smart pots and drain to waste, now I'll be on the edge of my seat hoping things go well in flower

 

[AlphaPhase]

Not sure I'm going to have room in there, there are a few that are going to be so big -_- they didn't look that big in the 3x3 but dang Imay have uunder estimated, the 4 on the left are straight bonsai bushes and already in beast mode. I really really hope they stay under control.

I've hooked up the Ac to a timer to run during lights out and iI figured out you can hook 2 fans to one speed controller, so that was sweet. An mh bulb bit the dust, but luckily I was out there to see it and swapped it out. Buckle up, this could get interesting

 

[papapayne]

looking awesome!! back online now, cool to see the progress.

I hear a lot of people want to do organic in coco, and I do love organic but IDK if coco is the way to do it. personally, the reason I like coco though is its simple with chemical nutes, and grows like hydro. I never saw the same kinda of roots or vitality when I ran organic as I do with dialed in coco. Organic gardening is much more about the soil. big root system with a diverse soil life converting biomass.

 

[AlphaPhase]

Thanks bro

I hear ya on the Coco, I know a couple people doing just add water Coco beds though which really intrigued me, I just don't know enough about it to know how well it actually would work. All my soils were subcool soil recipe, I wwas thinking letting it cook with Coco maybe, then adding the bennies to it? I'mjust not sure if bennies would lI've the same in Coco as they do in soil. I need to research a lot more on it, but iif there isn't a way to do a good living Coco, I might better stay with my systems since it's basically the same lol. I'd only switch to Coco to do organics I suppose since I can't so them in hydro. I rreally miss justaadding tap water, it was so easy, only down fall was growth/yield I guess, but the ease made up for it, no meters no mixing

 

[AlphaPhase]

Well the cloner still works as good as it used to. The new mama's have started to root and are right on schedule.

Anyone using a aerocloner, do yourself a favor and get some hth pool shock. No changing the water at all, no worrying about water temps. No domes. Plain NON pH tap water. Add pool shock 2x a week and at 7 days everything will have roots. Never fails.

 

[papapayne]

lookin great. Yea my cloner is popping roots. The water was hella hot at the apartment and killed some, but now on the concrete wokring like a charm

 

[Dr.D81]

lookin great. Yea my cloner is popping roots. The water was hella hot at the apartment and killed some, but now on the concrete wokring like a charm

I have been dropping two ice cubes a day in mine and it seems to be fine. I have some wether striping to add to stop the leak when this batch finishes.

 

[AlphaPhase]

Right on, I think my water is right around 85 degrees or so, it stays about 80 in the veg room so with the pump running 24/7 it stays pretty warm. I wish my rh was a little higher, it stays at about 60% and I'd like 70% but I don't want to get a humidifier just for that

I hooked up the scrog net for the glue, I wasn't planning on things going smooth this run but it looks like it'll turn out better than the last batch for sure. Never thought I could out grow my ebb buckets but it seems I have to suck it up and say the croutons just with hand watering is beating it hands down, I don't really know how but I may start rethinking my systems if things continue this way. Everytime I look at them I think to myself "how the eff is this happening", beginners luck or some grow God's are on my shoulder haha . I am starting to think screw the expensive price of the croutons if it's going to up yields 25%, I might just Grow drain to waste for a while

Day1 and day 3.

 

[papapayne]

as the saying goes...if it aint broke...

 

[Dr.D81]

Cool man! Glad shit is working for you with the croutons.

 

[AlphaPhase]

I think I'll be pulling the clue mom's and hb#1 and possibly #2, I might run #2 again but not positive, but the clue and hb#1 don't appear to be keepers at the moment, it might be too early to tell, but at 4 wks I don't like the growth. They seem to be really really slow. The gg4 is looking much better than clue at the moment so I might give them a few more days before I pull the mamas to give them a chance. The fcj, for being in a 1 gal pot and a runt is doing good besides it's deficiency, pretty damn frosty. The blt is stacking great despite deficiency and same with chemalope. Chemalope wreaks like citrus I think, maybe zesty lemon, I dunno, just hope it's not orangy at the end. I germed a blue og, Kushberry and 2 hairy bananas to take place of whatever I cull in the near future. All popped and are planted. The glue are doing great, flooding them 2x a day.

 

[Dr.D81]

I think I'll be pulling the clue mom's and hb#1 and possibly #2, I might run #2 again but not positive, but the clue and hb#1 don't appear to be keepers at the moment, it might be too early to tell, but at 4 wks I don't like the growth. They seem to be really really slow. The gg4 is looking much better than clue at the moment so I might give them a few more days before I pull the mamas to give them a chance. The fcj, for being in a 1 gal pot and a runt is doing good besides it's deficiency, pretty damn frosty. The blt is stacking great despite deficiency and same with chemalope. Chemalope wreaks like citrus I think, maybe zesty lemon, I dunno, just hope it's not orangy at the end. I germed a blue og, Kushberry and 2 hairy bananas to take place of whatever I cull in the near future. All popped and are planted. The glue are doing great, flooding them 2x a day. View attachment 3438257

The heri banana was great in veg and had to move before I could flower them. I would give the moms more time or take them back to clone. 4 weeks is not far and a lot can change.