MrHowardMarks' experienced grower journal.

[SlikWiLL13]

mine is every five weeks now, and i think it will work perfect for my needs. i only keep 5 ladies, no more. so i harvest 2, then one, then 2...

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Well, here's a bit more than 5 ladies to look at...

 

[SlikWiLL13]

showoff...

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Awww, my bad, actually it's a real update, I just planted more clones, I have 2 full lights of Super skunk, and two lights of blueberry, and two lights of 9mile... so I'm ready to bloom, pretty much.

I also have those bubble buckets going... they're on the left of the first two pics.

 

[SlikWiLL13]

its cool, makes me miss my big rig, gotta be careful these days. my five get me by and thats better than nothing. how you likin those bubblers so far? ive been considering trying one myself.

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Well, the first 6 hours are great

They haven't fallen over...

No, I just started them up before dinner.

 

[SlikWiLL13]

do you have any clones same age/strain in both soil and dwc? for a side by side?

 

[SMOKEDATKU$H]

God damn bro, I'm envious!!

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Yep, side by side soil vs hydro, and foxfarm vs advanced...

Sorry about what just happened in your thread smokedatku$h, you can make a new one...

 

[SlikWiLL13]

are you using both nutes in both systems for the uber-test? if i was only kinda interested before, im sold now.

hey, smokedakush. what hapened, some A-hole get your thread closed?

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Nope, this guy Genfranco, came in spouting out bullshit, and saying I was wrong... Apparently it's happened before from him... So it turned into a stupid back and forth of me trying to open his eyes and him telling me I'm stupid... Oh well, some will never learn. I totally owned him in the nicest way I could, I consistantly offered advice on how he could increase his yield... A long story short, he was recommending Miracle Grow, and Miracle Grow soil, he's on his first indoor grow w/ one 400W and a few CFLs, his buds are as big as a bic lighter, and he thinks he knows everything, but his facts are all mixed up...


Just another reason you have to be careful about getting advice from people, some things that they will tell you might not be the best solution. That's why you have to rely on your own judgement, and choose what's right and what's wrong... And test different methods.

I am fortunate enough to have enough space to try new things and tweak existing methods, I always have been, and always will do so.

I was taught from a young age, anything anyone can do, you can do better... You just have to learn how it's done... Also "if you want the job done right... Do it yourself"

I'm satisfied with my current yields and flavor, but I know there are probably better ways of doing what I do, the biggest of which is an upgrade to 1000W lights. I really, really, want to start using thousands.

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Oh, and yeah, I'm testing both...

I have a few bubble buckets, I'll give 3 fox farm, the other 3 advanced...

And my soil is the same, majority fox farm, and some w/ advanced...

So I'll have a comparison of Fox Farm vs Advanced in soil and hydro, and the basic soil vs hydro...

 

[SlikWiLL13]

some people get way too excited here. arent we soposed to be potheads? yeah, in all my advise-giving and whatnot i always add an "IMO" or "thats just how i do it" as an asshole deflector. one also needs to realize that if this is your first grow, maybe one should take more advise than give.

did you see that shortlived thread "dont harvest a pound every three weeks?" some tool on a tirade about how anyone who wants to grow that much herb is an evil drug-dealer who doesnt contribute to society at all. he had no valid points yet called for "the deep thinkers of RIU" and when he got no support for his beliefs he decided that there weren any "deep thinkers". the fucking asshole stalked me to my journal and tried talking shit there. he got neg repped to kingdom come by those who read my journal!

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Yup, it's the internet, you'll have that... Stupid trolls.

 

[twistedentities]

hey, question for ya...if u waited about a week b4 harvest and hit them with some gro nutes and switched to 24 light for 3 days or so...and then went back to 12/12 and flowered for say...2 wks...would the switch make them gro about an 1/8 in and stretch the buds then when u re-flower form new stuff inbetween the old ones...seems to me tho this idea may need tweeking, u would get a gr8 2 way high kinda psycadelic i think...ripe glands and "green" glands....u also increase your yeild to a degree.........

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Nope, won't work, they'll most likely hermie, that's Soma's breeding method...

If it did work, the majority of the bud will have converted its THC into CBN.

Keep thinking outta the box.


You can however cut off all of the colas, and leave some of the smaller buds, re-veg them and bloom a plant twice, but it takes almost a month to re-veg.

It's called a double harvest, I tried it once, it was a waste of time.

 

[twistedentities]

thanks man!...i'm new to the indoor but have had some incredible grows outdoors....so now im in my first gro and now that have all the bugs in my room worked out i can enjoy my gro and think...in my od gros we take and bury the low branches after scraping them and root gel and let them root at the point buried this seems to not only grow a "new" plant but also give extra to the origonal plant since they are still connected...can this b applied for the indoor gro? in a way you r cloning it but never actually remove it from the plant....

 

[MrHowardMarks]

Yeah, I guess you could do that... But with indoors there's not much time.

The biggest differance from indoors to out is speed... The buds form and are finished waaaay faster than with outdoors... Plus there aren't any variables like clouds and rain.

Yields aren't nearly as large due to the fact you're replicating the sun, not growing under it.


I think the best possible way to grow would have to be a greenhouse... Somewhere in the south.

 

[SlikWiLL13]

i just cut off the top colas, lowered my lights, and grew the lower buds for an extra 10 days. i was kinda pleased with the results.

 

[twistedentities]

Yeah, I guess you could do that... But with indoors there's not much time.

The biggest differance from indoors to out is speed... The buds form and are finished waaaay faster than with outdoors... Plus there aren't any variables like clouds and rain.

Yields aren't nearly as large due to the fact you're replicating the sun, not growing under it.


I think the best possible way to grow would have to be a greenhouse... Somewhere in the south.

i gotchya....yeah u cant grow 10ft tall trees in the average gro room....lol...