The Ultimate Growing Competition

[Dyna-Gro]

Alright everyone, if you need me for anything please tag me. I'll be checking in now and then but won't be reading all of these posts, as that would be a full time job in itself. The players are the judges now, holding the other players accountable, or not.
If someone misses the rolling one week photo post requirement, let me know and present the case. I will verify the dates.
Only players can make a cheating claim. If it needs to come to a vote, let me know and I will call for one. Players will have a week to get their vote in, after that a decision will be made. During the whole process until the decision is made they should continue to play as normal.
Good luck everyone!

 

[H.A.F.]

Lol ya man .I'm gonna personally post a pic every 2 days just so people see every aspect of growth pretty much .. I agree things are getting a little Moody in here lets all just smoke a bowl and grow some cannabis

That contest pic page is gonna be wrecked by the time everyone is flowering (hashtag-full time job ) I think that within a week we will do something or have something happen "momentous" that deserves posting.

• Seeds popped - check
• clone roots showing (5-6 days?) or "not dead yet"
• Rooted
• Transplanting
• New node
• pruned
• LST'd
• Fed and how

etc. Just remember that we have to weed through all of it at the end!!!

 

[Justinsbudzzz]

I am going on a limb here. BACK TO FLOWERS!

This is a "process" post some of you might find helpful. I am showing you on the non-contest seedling I have. (Please note the "not #125 )
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You see how the black solo cup has a clear one inside?
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You can monitor root progress and moisture as it grows, and it is easy to transplant without much lag time (transplant shock) if you repot them right when the roots reach the bottom of the cup. I also pre-split the cup on both sides all the way to the bottom so that when I transplant it opens up like a clamshell. I open one side to make sure nothing is stuck, then close it and roll it over and open the other side and it is completely loose with no upside-down plants getting dirt on leaves. When it is ready for transplant I soak it before I start getting the pot ready, then by the time everything else is good to go it is a semi-solid plug that is easy to move.
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It is setting in this so complete drainage. this is mainly to protect roots from light.

blue outside white inside is what I use but same thing good tip I like being able to see root progression

 

[H.A.F.]

View attachment 4301997 blue outside white inside is what I use but same thing good tip I like being able to see root progression

YES!!!

Win or lose, this is why I joined. Hopefully we have 30 awesome growers that can share and 'grow' (pun intended) but if not, maybe we can at the end.

 

[H.A.F.]

For the other 29 of you, I am retired (U.S.) military. I was on various opioids with "refill as needed" scrips for back and neck stuff. Before the crack-down on legal scrips that would have sucked pretty bad, I re-found weed. I am 52, rode hard and put away wet, but now only need an antacid from big pharma.

NOT a sob story!!! I learned online how to grow, and love getting better! I started (2014) with bag-seed and not even knowing what 12/12 lighting was about. I had seeds sprout, grow, start flowering, and had gnat problems. I grew 2 plants for about 180 days start to finish, they probably slipped from flower to veg and back a few times, but the forum I found taught me. I "harvested" an 1/8th from one plant and a quarter-bag from the other But it was PRIMO and I was hooked!

I bought 20 seeds last year, with a 10 + 10free deal and still have 10 seeds left.

 

[homebrewer]

Plant numbers were called out back on page 27. Please see the bottom of my posting. where I said I was going with six ladies of the holy punch.

From page 27:

Beans, 6 holy punch fem photos. I might keep them all or I might keep the best 3. I have not decided yet.

I don't know if this adds clarity but the statement from page 27 about how many plants you may or may not run was likely not definitive enough?

 

[Mysturis420]

For the other 29 of you, I am retired (U.S.) military. I was on various opioids with "refill as needed" scrips for back and neck stuff. Before the crack-down on legal scrips that would have sucked pretty bad, I re-found weed. I am 52, rode hard and put away wet, but now only need an antacid from big pharma.

NOT a sob story!!! I learned online how to grow, and love getting better! I started (2014) with bag-seed and not even knowing what 12/12 lighting was about. I had seeds sprout, grow, start flowering, and had gnat problems. I grew 2 plants for about 180 days start to finish, they probably slipped from flower to veg and back a few times, but the forum I found taught me. I "harvested" an 1/8th from one plant and a quarter-bag from the other But it was PRIMO and I was hooked!

I bought 20 seeds last year, with a 10 + 10free deal and still have 10 seeds left.

It only goes up from here my friend you might find a pesky pheno here and there but I've been growing for 15 years now and my first few were something else but now things go pretty smooth and these kind of forums make it a breeze sometimes I remeber reading book after book and now I learn things in minutes due to these forums just wait till your considering co2 just for the extra yield that's my next battle lol happy growing

 

[dstroy]

That contest pic page is gonna be wrecked by the time everyone is flowering (hashtag-full time job ) I think that within a week we will do something or have something happen "momentous" that deserves posting.

• Seeds popped - check
• clone roots showing (5-6 days?) or "not dead yet"
• Rooted
• Transplanting
• New node
• pruned
• LST'd
• Fed and how

etc. Just remember that we have to weed through all of it at the end!!!

You can search a thread (like the TUGC pic thread) for a single person's posts, and view all of them.

 

[H.A.F.]

You can search a thread (like the TUGC pic thread) for a single person's posts, and view all of them.

I'm a stoner - remind me in July LOL

 

[H.A.F.]

And for the people with issues, I have no issue. if you work something out between the contest proctor and get back in, welcome! But it doesn't need to fill this thread. Sorry, but that is my opinion. I assume other people not in the contest can view the thread (duh) and would hope to promote more contests and chances of me winning free stuff by them all seeing the fun we are having.

 

[H.A.F.]

There are 30 of us in the contest, and we should be the only ones in here. If someone beats a technicality and there are 31, cool. then they belong as well.

 

[dstroy]

#540 checking in

I moved one of the LVTK clones to a different spot in the cloner to make room for the seeds.

One of the seeds taproot was caught on the membrane that's around the embryo, I freed the taproot and will check on it in a couple hours to see if it straightens out, otherwise it will have to stay in the towel for now.

6/7 of the TK#2 seeds are in the cloner now.

I spray them with RO a few times a day (if they're dry) until the husk is ready to come off.

Cloner sprays 24/7, no worries about the heat from the pump because it's chilled.

I only use those modified collars until the taproot is about 1-2" below where a normal collar would end, then I put them in a normal one.

 

[Big Perm]

You can search a thread (like the TUGC pic thread) for a single person's posts, and view all of them.

You can also ignore certain people and it cleans things right up...

 

[H.A.F.]

One of the seeds taproot was caught on the membrane that's around the embryo, I freed the taproot and will check on it in a couple hours to see if it straightens out, otherwise it will have to stay in the towel for now.

The Northern Lights seedling I have did that! It was like an onion-skin on the seed-leaves that kept them from opening. I used my fingers (tactile senses are better than tweezers) and just lightly rubbed my finger print across it and there was enough separation to grab it with tweezers.

 

[Big Perm]

#540 checking in

I thought that was a shank at first, lol.

 

[dstroy]

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I thought that was a shank at first, lol.

It looks like one lol. The rubber band makes it a lot more sensitive, takes barely any pressure from my fingers to pinch and I can feel when I touch the seedling this way.

 

[Way2-High]

There’s a ton of talent on this thread it’s kinda shitty how it’s gone so far. I know we can all learn from eachother and everyone will improve there grow game from it. Anyway I have nothing to report yet, no movement in the soil. But here’s a picture of my hermie that I’m growing (day82 from sprout, day 38 of 12/12) until I need to clean the closet and move my two girls in for the competition.

 

[Way2-High]

You can also ignore certain people and it cleans things right up...

Lol hell yea! I don’t have anyone from the comp ignored but there’s two special people on my ignore list lol

 

[Justinsbudzzz]

For the other 29 of you, I am retired (U.S.) military. I was on various opioids with "refill as needed" scrips for back and neck stuff. Before the crack-down on legal scrips that would have sucked pretty bad, I re-found weed. I am 52, rode hard and put away wet, but now only need an antacid from big pharma.

NOT a sob story!!! I learned online how to grow, and love getting better! I started (2014) with bag-seed and not even knowing what 12/12 lighting was about. I had seeds sprout, grow, start flowering, and had gnat problems. I grew 2 plants for about 180 days start to finish, they probably slipped from flower to veg and back a few times, but the forum I found taught me. I "harvested" an 1/8th from one plant and a quarter-bag from the other But it was PRIMO and I was hooked!

I bought 20 seeds last year, with a 10 + 10free deal and still have 10 seeds left.

I'm in same boat man I'm note a vet.(thank you for ur service) but i blew 3 disk in my lower back and was taking painkillers for 6 years stopped taking them started smoking more weed I smoke 2 zips a week now but it's better than the pillls

 

[H.A.F.]

Here's the thing for me. I read. I learn. I think of stuff on my own based on what I heave read. I take notes. I record data. I enjoy it.

That said I have successfully grown 6 good quality seeds, and have 3 clones growing and 4 seeds sprouting for this. I have experience. I have no expertise.

My initial search was for a reliable rotation, so I had weed while weed was growing to replace what I was using. That is still my goal. Now that I have weed I want efficiency.