Again, I just want to reiterate how much I wish BreedBay was back because I'd like to at least archive my tester growlogs from there in PDF files. If it ever comes back, here's the link to this tester growlog:
https://www.breedbay.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?201365597-Testers-Jack-Herer-x-88g13hp . I've done strain-specific growlogs for everything I've grown (mostly testers, but not all) in the last 3 years
@Baja.Beaches but none on this site. It sucks to lose all that work. They were all at Breedbay and a couple other places.
@GreenNucleus I honestly dunno when or if BreedBay's coming back. Things aren't looking good, but perhaps
@IggyP can give us a status update on it. He still visits here after building a new LED strip growlight. How's that thing performing Iggy?
hey there.....yeah....i cannot really, at this time, give any concrete date for reopening plans....but i can give some general reassurances that i believe are not misplaced....
first off, just to remind part of the reason i got involved there....is because i was sick of moving site to site every few years only to eventually have each one shut off and loosing all my work and starting over......so as long as i have any hand in things, i will do anything possible to avoid that and i know pistils doesnt want that either....so, i feel safe at least reassuring people there will be a chance, AT THE VERY LEAST, to recover data.....
the fact that the server has stayed on, and only the site switched off this whole time....is actually a good sign...it is some complicated adversity around it all tho, so i will explain a bit more....
i still feel the biggest obstacle to bringing it back and continuing its evolution, is a financial one....and ironically, a general lack of community im sad to say...There has been a pride over avoiding advertisements since conception, however much has changed recently...alot of people can say they like the place but when its ultimately resting on a small handful of broke ass shoulders, then those few people start suffering personal life issues, things can become quite problematic quick....we made some small measures to step toward addressing this but it was a tad too little too late....
personally i am in the middle of a long overdue geographic relocation....which i expect and hope to be finished by the end of october....then i will be back as routine as i ever get at least lol....pistils is working out some delicate things as well but actually seems in line with my timing, although still having some things up in the air yet to be determined.....so really im hoping to see that chapter closed and resolved by another month or 2 at the very most.....and back to building again as the new foundation had taken ALOT(!) of work, but is really still in early stages of the revamp(again money obstacles blah blah but the commitment could not be much deeper)
i want to discourage any panic as thats not really called for from how i see things in my perspective...it sucks, but its not all gone to hell...just untimely delays and adversities...that will probly last > 6 months by the time we are thru...
life! ugh lol.....
As to the strip builds i made, i believe im about halfway into week 3 bloom atm....so that is pretty exciting, stretch basically done, trichs getting to pop pretty well and getting some nice aromas already......i have not been able to control temps very well, which im favoring toward cold for an adversity when theres a choice.....so they have a little temp stress....fckn gnats too lol, but overall i still feel happy and tho i achieved what i was after with the logics of the builds....the light output is pretty blinding, and even spread...so even giving relatively strong feeds they still look hungry....i can also say that although i see some fading from pushing the photosynthesis so hard, i can see a difference from pushing with hps where its sort of hard to explain, but with hps they seem to LOOK more pushed in cases like this...
...it takes me a minute actually to adjust to the appearance of the plants when i enter the led room...i am so used to that hps orange, i literally have not seen a blooming plant ive grown under any other lighting lol....so, i dont think they are as hungry as they look at first, but given the temp stress i am taking it with a grain of salt and not doing anything too drastic....should finish out pretty prime.........i didnt get the full on scrog cages on, which turns to be good as im gonna have to move the room before it finishes, which ugh probly stress me more than the plants lol, but i am hating to think of doing that to them....all adversities considered i am not expecting a full 5star run for my first led, but should give me a very good idea of what they can do at least....and what lvl of quality to expect etc etc....i havent been taking much photo, but i will be sure and at least get a few esp after the move when they will hopefully be looking fully mouthwatering....i am already reassured by the trichs and aromas present at week 3, plus all the info others have shared really helped me gain the courage to know i made a good choice...thanks out to
@Nube and many people here for that...
um...ok thats gotta be enough rant for now but thats basically the update ;P
peace!
iggy
the fence hides the lamp somewhat. i even took the top 3ft off of the space cake male,
