Been well man, nice to see ya pop in. Does CS = Couter-Strike??? If so, we must play together, been playign that game for over 10 years lol. I stick to source now though.
Man those are looking FANTASTIC bro, so healthy!! Great job, cant wait to see how they turn out!
havent played that in a while. cs is club speedy. id like to play again. maybe soon lol.
I hear ya. But I wood in my closet. If I cut a whole in that, the landlord would know. It hard to patch without it looking like shit. Or is there a way it can be done without notice?This is NONSENSE!!! Haha. I thought the same thing back when I rented, then a good friend came over and showed me just how easy it is to patch drywall. Landlords can never keep up with damages in their rentals, plus they pay people to fix things for them. If you patch a hole correctly, they will never even know its there. I told my landlord when I moved out that I put a small hole in the wall, and patched it up real well. He was thrilled that he didnt have to do any work, and I never heard from him other than getting my deposit back in the mail. The best part is, there is no way to tell it was a circle, so no one would ever assume it was for ventilation.
If you are interested, it will let you do so much more, here is how to cerrectly patch drywall:
-Find 2 studs, and cut your hole right in between them.
-Then when it comes time to move, cut a large rectangle around the hole that goes from the center of one stud to the other.
-Go to Home Depot and ask for some scrap drywall (they always have some). Worste case, spend $6 on a small piece of new drywall
-Measure the hole and cut a piece to fit as snug as possible.
-Use nails to secure the cut piece to the edges of the studs that you left exposed.
-Patch the seams with mud (very, VERY easy) and sand it all down.
-Paint over it with some cheap interior semi gloss white paint (thats what almost all renters use).
-You're done!!
In case you do decide to go that route, I make a little sketch in Google Sketchup (best program ever for designing grow rooms/cabs, and its FREE). The circle is the original hole, the rectangle around it is the hole you will cut before you move. I even colored the studs
Whatever you decide, hope tyhe grow goes well and thanks for being a productive debater and not an asshole, I love to see people who can agree to disagree and not get bent out of shape. Its how we all learn from each other, so keep up the good vibes
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Hey man Easy Ryder is awesome. There is a fruity pheno that everyone I gave some to loves. Even more so than my non auto plants. I'd keep them on the 20/4 schedule. Mine did after about 2 1/2 weeks. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about the transplant. As long as you are gentle you won't notice much of a transplant shock.
You know what I love about the word can't? Any time it is used, it inspires someone to try anyways. In this case, it most certainly CAN be done, it would just be an awful waste of money. The cheapest way would be to go to Home Depot and buy five 68w (300w Replacement) CFLs to flower them with. They are the size of footballs and use a regular socket. But they are $15 a piece, plus you would have to buy sockets and not to mention that the CFLs would not penetrate nearly as far, giving you less bud per plant. You can go with the higher end CFLs (125 true watts or better) but they require different, more expensive sockets, and for the price you could have bought a nice HID with a reflector and remote ballast.
I did flower 2 Diesel Ryders under a single 68w CFL and got just over 7g dry off each. I think I could have ended up with more but I had to keep them in small 6" pots due to height restrictions, and the light schedule was on 12/12 because I had other strains in the cab that were not AF.
And as far as the 600w goes, it would be ideal but I really think you could do 12-16 AF plants SOG style in small (1gal or less) containers under a 400w, maybe even a 250w and get decent results. I have 8 Diesel Ryders and 3 Apollo11 (non AF) under a single 250w right now and they are all looking gorgeous, none of them stretching for light. Now all mine are in 1gal grow bags, and I am not topping or training in any way, otherwise the canopy would be so large I would need two 250w.
I think most people who prefer CFLs have to worry more about heat and thats why they go with CFLs. Well Im here to tell you, 250w of CFLs get hotter than a 250w remote ballast HPS. Each CFL had a ballast between the bulb and socket which produces heat along with the bulb. Watt for watt, a remote ballasted HID bulb will always be cooler than a CFL. What CFLs are damn handy for is supplemental light, or when you are using no more than 150 actual watts. Anything more than 150 actual watts of CFL in one space, and you could probably increase your yield by 25% or more just by switching to a HID bulb of equal wattage.
There's just nothing I hate more than seeing someone spend gobs of money on a zillion CFLs when one HID would do much better, run cooler, and be easier to maintain. I was scared of HID bulbs for a long time, but once you use one you will always have them in your arsenal. Now for veg I ALWAYS use CFLs or fluorescent tubes because you typically dont need hundreds of watts.
Just putting some food for thought out there. All too often I hear people thinking they have to conform to a certain way of doing something because people say it CANT be done. Well many years ago people would have said fluorescent lights CANT grow quality buds, or AF strains CANT produce high potency buds, and we have proven them wrong so why not keep trying?
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That's a damn good question. I know one time I let a couple of my Diesel Ryders go for about 11 weeks and all the leaves were starting to turn brown and crispy, so I would imagine if you cut off the buds that is what would happen. I have some going now, so maybe come harvest time I will try it out and see what happens exactly.
Wow, didn't show sex until day 35? Stable autos will usually show sex around day 18-19, give or take a day or two. Did you purchase the seeds from Nirvana by any chance? Post pics please.
nice def let us know harvest...
Um, so you actually purchased the AK47s directly from Lowlife, not through Nirvana, but purchased the Short Rider directly from Nirvana? It makes perfect sense if you purchased them all from Nirvana, regardless of who the alleged source is, but if you purchased them separately from the two different seed banks (weird since Nirvana sold both) and planted them at the same time, then it would be a little more bizarre.
If you're not already aware, Nirvana supposedly pulled their entire line of Autos after countless complaints of their so-called Autos not actually being Autos (or not being stable). Customers found that the plants didn't show sex or flower for 45-60 days or more if at all, usually requiring switching to 12/12 to get them to flower, and by that time they were usually MUCH larger than the supposed maximum height for that type of plant. Search this thread and others for more info if you're not aware of the issue. Whichever ones you purchased from Nirvana, contact them and let them know that your Autos didn't AF when they were supposed to, and they'll almost certainly send you some new seeds to compensate, but they'll probably be Photoperiod.
