sleezy1
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Where is this Local shop? I assume we are in the same area (LOS ANGELES) Those clones are very healthy and big!
Diablo OG In Dual Monster Plant System
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lordjin
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Dude,
If you're in LA, check this place out. Call ahead, and find out when a new shipment of phenos has arrived. When they have a new shipment of fresh clones in, the selection and health is way above average. This is the first time I'm growing their genetics, but from what I have seen so far, their OG genetics are legit. And these days, that really means something. The manager is really cool and knowledgeable about growing. Just talk to him and tell him what kind of setup you're running and he'll have good information regarding the strains they have in relation to your system.
http://www.sunsetsupershop.com/
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Oh, and check it. They deliver meds AND clones until midnight if you're not too far from West Hollywood.
lordjin
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Thanks, Sleez. Love your screen name almost as much as your grow. The LED technology is something I've been thinking about for some time. I was psyched when I found your journal because you're giving me the opportunity to see what that kind of light does to an OG strain. Your nugs look great so far and are def looking OG. I'm VERY interested in seeing how that fancy light of yours performs in the bulking phase. I'm watching your journal.
sleezy1
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Wow they deliver too! Awesome! Ya I have been growing only OGs, cuz we are OGs from LA! jk. Ill definitely check them out when I need some more clones. Im also growing $100 OG in a grow tent under LED. Check my sig, they are still babies right now, and they are recovering from ugly clones!
sleezy1
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Thanks man! Dude that Fire OG grow box is under a 300w 1w diode LED. The actual power draw is only 150w! Think about the endless possibilities using LED with the save in energy, fans, etc. There are a few manufacturers that I like for LEDs, so if you ever want to buy one hit me up first. My other grow is 500w 3w diode LEDs. The actual power draw on that is 304 watts. I am hoping that is enough to power my new grow from start to finish, but I might add another light later on. Its a trial and error thing with that grow. Your OG is looking beautiful too!
lordjin
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Hear, hear, OG brother. Yah, I checked out the $100, you don't waste any time do you? I need to start doing that too. Honestly, even if you're just experienced hobby growers like us, if you're in LA, you better be growing OG.
Yeah, check in there when you get a chance. I'm never gonna look anywhere else for clones after seeing how these are performing.
lordjin
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Sorry, bro. I'm really high right now... having alittle trouble with the keyboard. Lol.
Are you fucking' shitting me? That shit emits that kind of power for such a low draw? I'm gonna make LED experiments a future project goal. In the meantime I'm gonna watch your shit grow. If and when I'm ready to try the LED experiment, I'll consider you a source of information.
Peace.
lordjin
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We've hit day 30. A milestone. Here's a pulled back shot with the flash off to highlight the shadows cast by the bulk.
I'd like to take a moment to say that I'm really happy with the experience I've had here at RIU since starting a thread (finally). I feel a real sense of community among my fellow growers. I continue to learn from you all, and I hope someone has been able get something useful from my ramblings.
I'm very high right now on something called Emperor OG. It's lovely. Okay, I'll stop before my rambling gets out of control. I know how distracting those thick paragraphs can be from the bud porno.
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I've had these shooting muscle aches in my shoulders where the shoulder muscle meets the lower neck for years. It's not an injury or anything, just bad sleep posture. I'm the kind of person who tosses and turns and ends up in weird positions. Ever since I started smoking strictly OG Kush, my upper back muscles feel better than ever. Almost no pain at all. It happened almost without my noticing. One day in the shower, I noticed. Hey, my neck doesn't hurt anymore. And those conservative clowns keep saying it has no real medicinal value? Puh-leez.
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What would my dream job be? I'd love to oversee a large, licensed grow op. I'm not a large-scale expert, but I'm intensely familiar with the basic and a few advanced principles. I'm sure with the knowledge of the larger scale experts here at RIU, I'd be a quick study. I'd like to do this for people with really serious illnesses in order to provide them meds at low or no cost. These dispensaries, God love 'em, but how's an Aids or cancer patient gonna afford 70 dollars for three and a half grams? Now imagine twenty more plants exactly like the two in the picture above. Now that would be something. I'm pretty sure I could do it too.
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daveroller
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How do you know when it's time to add that stuff and how much to use?
Is your beautiful plant getting close to harvest, do you think?
If my plant looked like yours, I'd stare at it all day, just like I never get tired of looking at beautiful tits.
lordjin
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Lol. Beautiful tits, huh? I can see your point, but for me, I'm just slightly more of caboose man myself.
To question one: I have the GH feeding chart (they give it to you free at the hydro shop). I used to follow the chart almost to the letter (except PPM because the aero element of my system made them need less than what the chart said) and that worked pretty great. But as I grew more and gained more experience, I realized I could play around with the suggested proportions of base and additive to sort of customize the mixture to a given strain. These here girls are super hungry and super powerful, so I'm exaggerating the mixture proportions beyond what the chart says. The chart will suggest a solid base proportion of mix appropriate to the point of the plant's life cycle... but it's really fun when you start tweaking the mixture to suit your current grow.
To your second question, Yes, I would say I'm pretty close to harvest, but I can also say you'll probably be looking at my journal for another four weeks or so. After four more weeks, the plants you see now will be a distant memory and they will have transformed into something pretty different looking. At this point, I can only guess how they're gonna look when they're done, but what they've shown so far is very promising.
Plant gazing (especially if you're high off your ass on OG all the time like me) can get quite addictive. But after you complete a few grows, you do worry less AND stare less. But I still stare, don't get me wrong, just not nearly as much as my first few grows.
lordjin
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Man, I'm seriously baked. I just had an internal debate with myself on whether to go to hydro shop today, or put it off till tomorrow. How fucking lazy is that? Anyway, I'm gonna take another hit, get off my ass and go. It would be too embarrassing to say I was going and then not go cuz I got high. See what a great motivator an RIU journal is? I'll be back.
DinafemHazeAuto
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really nice bro keep it up....
lordjin
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thanks. I don't always finish what I start in life, but ganja growing is the def exception.
lordjin
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Hurry! Look at my latest Flower Calendar Girl before they take it down... though I don't see why they would since this is my copyrighted photo and it's tasteful and shows no nudity.
Now look at my other latest Flower Calendar Girl.
They're putting on weight in a hurry. I see more drying hairs. I'm so amazed by the speed of these plants. Usually it takes forever for me to see my first orange hair. Yeah!
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sleezy1
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Beautiful! You are only 1 day ahead of me! I can see orange hairs starting to show up also! How tall are those colas? I can see the difference in the leaves compared to my LED grow. I think I can see some of the leaves curling up because of transpiration due to the 1000 watter's heat, and the green in your leaves is a little different. Still beautiful, but I think the light spectrum from the LEDs seem to absorb a little better vs HID.
lordjin
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My twin Goddesses wouldn't be where they are today without these twin Goddesses providing them all the RO they need with a twist of the faucet handle. This thing is great and I strongly recommend one for every household, whether pot person or not. It's basically the exact thing you see in one of those coin operated bottled water machines. It's great drinking water, and you never have to buy bottled water again. Now it seems kind of gross to me that so many people rely on a dinky Brita filter for their drinking water.
The sediment filter is getting kind of grungy, but it's still producing under 10ppm water. This type of filtration system generally tends to lower the ph of your tap also. My tap is in the high sevens and low eights, and the water generally comes out around 5.5 to 6.5, perfect for growing. Lucky me, huh? But it's the damned mineral loss you gotta watch out for. I've noticed it doesn't taste as good as a fancy mineral water because it has so few particles.
The sediment filter is getting kind of grungy, but it's still producing under 10ppm water. This type of filtration system generally tends to lower the ph of your tap also. My tap is in the high sevens and low eights, and the water generally comes out around 5.5 to 6.5, perfect for growing. Lucky me, huh? But it's the damned mineral loss you gotta watch out for. I've noticed it doesn't taste as good as a fancy mineral water because it has so few particles.
lordjin
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I haven't measured them, but they're pretty big.
That is correct. My leaves are NOT perfect. They're tougher, wilder, and curled because of the heat/wind stress (which I have in control this time, but some is still unavoidable). That's why I'm always jealous of those people who have really mature colas, yet the leaves all still look tender and fresh. The LED's low heat is very attractive indeed.
Of course the trade-off for having wilder leaves is that with the intensity of the hid light and the constant wind, my stems get thicker and hence the buds get bigger. That wind tunnel is a tree branch creating machine.
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Oh, it's difficult to perceive their true green with such an intense warm spectrum blazing down on them, everything photographs yellow/orange under that beast. In regular light, they're a deep forest green with a lime-colored green interspersed in the upper leaves and the ones closer to the actual buds... similar to what yours looks like in regular light. You just can't really tell under that orange monster skewing the colors in my photos.