A Cannabinerd's Journey

Mohican said:

I remember reading an article stating that our climate had always swung wildly from hot to cold until about 10,000 years ago when it started to hold steady. I wonder whether we are heading back to the wild swings?

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The issue we're facing now is that those 'swings' are happening more often and for longer periods of time than they have in the past. The marine environment is struggling to cope with warmer water and it's carbon absorbing ability is at a point where it will start to release it soon enough. The ocean is where our weather is generated, if the ocean can't cope, it shuts down like it has a number of times in the past 150,000 years.

eastcoastmo said:

I doubt they will mate. Being a marine scientist myself, nearly every day there are journals saying the opposite to what we have learnt....and then a few months later it's disproven again ha ha.

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That sounds like a dream job bro! So cool and Totally agree, things seem to change daily, I wish everyone could come to an agreement so everyone could be on board to make the proper changes

papapayne said:

Shit man, you wanna see some shitty plants I should post up some pics of my flower room. The first run has suffered hard core from me not being able to dedicate time to them vs the greenhouse and not being able to afford to fill large pots. Looking forward to the GH being down so I can focus my energy on dialing in the new room.

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Dang man, I hear ya there, outdoor is a full time job alone, I remember working around the clock on the farm and had to live on it, it was brutal but I loved every minute of it now that you have more spare time you'll dial in the indoor. It's getting cold fast here, my flower room isn't getting above 76 degrees now at lights on, I might have to do another no glass hood

eastcoastmo said:

The issue we're facing now is that those 'swings' are happening more often and for longer periods of time than they have in the past. The marine environment is struggling to cope with warmer water and it's carbon absorbing ability is at a point where it will start to release it soon enough. The ocean is where our weather is generated, if the ocean can't cope, it shuts down like it has a number of times in the past 150,000 years.

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I hope we can fix whatever is wrong for the future generations. It's scary shit! I want to believe global warming is fake but I just have the feeling something is amiss. Even if it is just the natural cycle of the world, it's scary to think about

I got the glue sog in, so now we wait to see what happens. I hope they do ok, most are not topped, which I don't think anyone really has grown a sog with glue untopped.. Hoping for the best though!


These just hit 7 full weeks, I was going to harvest in a week but decided to let them go 9 full weeks since I won't have anything to fill the spot for a little while anyway. They keep plumping up every week so maybe the extra week will help with the yield

Here's a full shot of the alpha lair, I really should simmer down with experiments but I can't help it lol. I got a little of everything going in there, all I need is some aeroponics or aquaponics

It is a very satisfying (but very scary at the same time) job bro, keeps me very busy, but I love it
Governments are slowly getting on board but I'm still on the fence if it's too late or not, even if we completely stopped all CO2 emissions right now, it will take over 1000 years to go back to pre-industrial days...coral reefs will be hit the hardest as the pH of seawater decreases, the corals dissolve anyway, back to your grow, sorry to get off topic bro!
Man, you keep your grows perfect, not a blemish on any of them, I love a clean workspace and love how danks your plants always look, massive props to you mate i just wish we had smellyvision so I could take in that delicious aroma ha ha.

Looking awesome girls are really starting to fill out now man your grow makes me want to go big but i can't so ill be happy running my little set up for now one day one bloody day

AlphaPhase said:

I got the glue sog in, so now we wait to see what happens. I hope they do ok, most are not topped, which I don't think anyone really has grown a sog with glue untopped.. Hoping for the best though!
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These just hit 7 full weeks, I was going to harvest in a week but decided to let them go 9 full weeks since I won't have anything to fill the spot for a little while anyway. They keep plumping up every week so maybe the extra week will help with the yield
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Here's a full shot of the alpha lair, I really should simmer down with experiments but I can't help it lol. I got a little of everything going in there, all I need is some aeroponics or aquaponics
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Looking awesome dude

AlphaPhase said:

I got the glue sog in, so now we wait to see what happens. I hope they do ok, most are not topped, which I don't think anyone really has grown a sog with glue untopped.. Hoping for the best though!
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These just hit 7 full weeks, I was going to harvest in a week but decided to let them go 9 full weeks since I won't have anything to fill the spot for a little while anyway. They keep plumping up every week so maybe the extra week will help with the yield
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Here's a full shot of the alpha lair, I really should simmer down with experiments but I can't help it lol. I got a little of everything going in there, all I need is some aeroponics or aquaponics
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Your experimenting indoor is similar to my experimenting outdoor (without all the dank just yet ). Cant stop planting, wont stop planting

AlphaPhase said:

I got the glue sog in, so now we wait to see what happens. I hope they do ok, most are not topped, which I don't think anyone really has grown a sog with glue untopped.. Hoping for the best though!
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These just hit 7 full weeks, I was going to harvest in a week but decided to let them go 9 full weeks since I won't have anything to fill the spot for a little while anyway. They keep plumping up every week so maybe the extra week will help with the yield
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Here's a full shot of the alpha lair, I really should simmer down with experiments but I can't help it lol. I got a little of everything going in there, all I need is some aeroponics or aquaponics
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Let me know when you want to throw in those tubes/rails i got just chillin.

AlphaPhase said:

That sounds like a dream job bro! So cool and Totally agree, things seem to change daily, I wish everyone could come to an agreement so everyone could be on board to make the proper changes


Dang man, I hear ya there, outdoor is a full time job alone, I remember working around the clock on the farm and had to live on it, it was brutal but I loved every minute of it now that you have more spare time you'll dial in the indoor. It's getting cold fast here, my flower room isn't getting above 76 degrees now at lights on, I might have to do another no glass hood

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What temps do you like to flower at ? I generally let mine go in flower during winter and don't even worry about temps going to low. Haven't seen any negative effects from it, but could be wrong.

Your lab is looking dialed-in!

You can get off topic anytime you'd like east coast! I find your work interesting, when I was in high school I wanted to be a marine biologist but I can't swim lol. Had to take a different path, but diving has always been one of the things I wish I could do and the ocean is extremely awesome!! Scary about the co2, maybe we will invent new tech that can take care of it faster (if the government gets their heads out of their asses and applies funding for the right causes). And thank you bro, I get anxious if the grow room gets messy lol, it's just my ocd lmao

Thanks dirtynerd! Just do what you can, even a small grow is a fulfilling and rewarding hobby

Thanks Vnsmkr, plant the world I say! We are the new age Johnny appleseeds

Definitely want to run those tubes eventually, especially since they work, I could never get my aero system working good enough it sucked I spent 1000$ trying to get it going, turns out I needed a pump that cost another 500$ haha, I would totally rock out the tubes, maybe this winter? I have to see how Temps are, but it's getting cold as hell fast

Hippy, I like 80 degrees lights on and 68 lights off, that's my ideal Temps, but if you have a 8 degree temp difference from day and night, you should be fine, as long as your in the 70s lights on. It's a lot easier to keep the room warm in cali, imagine what it was like in ny when it got 10 below zero lol! I ran 62 and 73 in the Winters in ny and needed a water heater for my reservoirs, it was brutal.


Thanks MO! Can't wait to see how they look in a couple more weeks

Oh, some cool shit I just noticed! My air-conditioning in the flower room is also a dehumidifier! That's going to help out so much in the wet months and to keep the room warm also, the new glue sog made it through the first night of 12/12 perfectly, they actually look better now than they did in veg, much more perky!

Sweet as bro, happy to discuss any time you like it is a very interesting field, I must say. I'm off to the great barrier reef for a week shortly so I'll post up some pics when I get back
OCD is a good thing when it comes to growing too, lessens the chances of things going wrong or getting out of hand

This is the type of stuff I get to work on
http://www.sciencealert.com/pioneering-review-of-632-ocean-studies-says-marine-food-chain-will-collapse scary stuff!!

Definitely post pics! I've always wanted to go the the barrier reef! That must be so damn cool, lucky dude that is one scary article, but at least there's people like you out there trying to make a change. That's what counts bro, knowledge is power!

I'm spending the day making some water hash with the gdp trim. Aero told me it would make purple kool-aid, never thought it would turn this purple, crazy! I wish the hash was purple though lol

AlphaPhase said:

Definitely post pics! I've always wanted to go the the barrier reef! That must be so damn cool, lucky dude that is one scary article, but at least there's people like you out there trying to make a change. That's what counts bro, knowledge is power!

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Will do bro, I'll try get some cool macro shots for you
That stuff is scary mate, what we need is the voting public to make a stance and show our governments we want the environment protected...after all, we only get one!
Man, I'm so jealous, that gdp bubble will be off the charts! There looks to be a good amount too bro, that will keep you going for a while

Awesome bro! and you nailed it, only if the government cared about the voters

The hash is smelling great! Another day or two and I'll give it a try, the yield was really good, I love the new washing machine!! So much faster!

I've made a decision tonight about the glue sog I just put into flower, if they don't reach the trellis by 2 weeks and look on track, I'm going to pull them out. I checked the roots tonight and they are still not doing well, the white roots turned brown again, from overwatering I'm assuming, one night with 3 floods, go figure. I changed the flood schedule to 2 floods now. I can't pinpoint the problem exactly, but I know if I flower these with a bad root system it will be a waste of 9 weeks, so rather than get a bad harvest and spend a lot on electric, if they aren't in tip top stretch mode by the 31st I'm heading to the bay to pick up a new batch of 16 clones. It will be a surprise of what genetics, because I won't know until I get there, but it will be somethin worthy. I figure this is the best route, it will only put 1 light on standby which isn't too big of a problem, and since I always have issues with the glue, it will be nice to have something different. It's looking like my sour power will have enough cuts ready in a month to run a light full of them, the new sour power mama is in straight beast mode

Yeah, if only hey

Oh man, that sucks about the glue's, I guess some strains are just finnicky and have very specific requirements and for someone as experienced as you having issues, I reckon your plan is on the money! Nothing worse than wasting time and money on something that just doesn't want to work! Hopefully they work out mate, but if they don't, I look forward to seeing what new strain you can smash out