Dreaming Big

Damn fine grow Stew, been lurking but I guess I never commented so was not subbed.. yet

Welcome to the party ....

A few weeks ago

Now

nice, I like yure quarters,very tidy and clean and yuve got great talent.rdr.

Had to clean up. by that I mean get rid of all the upside down buckets I possibly could....
still using 2 but oh well lol... New plant stands with perfect space below them for clones that can't be in direct light.
Just to be sure it's clean. within the next few days i'll be pulling everything out to give the tent tray a good scrub down.
clean it up a bit. I know theres dirt and perlite just blowing around down there lol...


Thanks bro. Appreciate the kind words

yure welcome, I jus pest controlled all around to stop anything before buds form.

I've got a new bug problem today.... and i'm completely dumbfounded about the situation.....

WASPS........ IN MY TENT!!!!! there were 3 of them..
I was like WHAT THE FUCK!??!?!??!?!

I'm guessing they came in around the AC and snuck through a vent hole into the tent....
fuckin bastards! took 45 minutes to catch/kill all 3 of them.
Hope there's no more.


So tonight I am opening all the windows, pulling out the screens and RE SCREENING THEM!!!!!

High here today is like 73. so I think I can just about remove the window AC and pull in outside air.
as long as my intake is 10 degrees lower than the temp I am looking for it works out well currently with only 1 light.
I like to run 82 all day everyday. usually stay right between 78 and 82. my optimum temp range.


Hope I can get these screens taken care of today without letting in anything else unwanted.

seasons are changing and thier lookin for a place to hang out .

No Vacancy!!!! lol

we have some ground hornets here some 3 inches long.tarrantulas are everywhere also,i'll pick a granddaddy next time i see one,lol.

We got all the small ass bugs here.. fuckin horrible.
I'd rather have something HUGE that can't get in through the screen.
I got gnats and leafhoppers that are almost the size of a pin head, just a little bigger.
so they pop right through the screens when they see light.
Only reason I have my grow room window blacked out at the moment.

even with the tent they have been coming in...... UGH.

and now I have to pull the AC(once the sun leaves the back side of the house......) and hope I don't have anything waiting for me out there. lol

pest contrlloing the room not plants sure helps alot

My plan is to just leave it be for now. The gnats aren't going to last much longer.

Once the fall hits hard enough and they ALL wanna come in....
I'll be spraying the outside of the building around my windows and my entire screen for the open window so that nothing comes in again.
I'll keep spraying weekly if needed. No bugs is my goal for the next grow....
A little hard when I know for a fact my gnats came from my soilless mix....

fuckin bullshit grow shop I happened to go to.....
Same place had spider mite infested rubber tree plants in their shop for over a month.
until they started getting complaints that their products were infested as well......

I gave them a year before shopping there again and still not liking what I get from them.
I personally didn't have anything mite related but know a few growers who lost multiple plants to the infestation.

o man that's bs,i'd be pissed to..i'd tell them i'm posting on facebook daily if I don't get replacement bags.

I would but the owners are 2 brothers one is a cop and does the book keeping on the side for his brother...... Not going to try to fuck around with that... lol...

I can see it now... I post on FB with my info exposed to the world.
the cop brother gets pissed off and has my shit raided hahahaha.
Fuck NO! I'll take the $20 loss over that....

Just gonna stick with my #1 grow shop. the guy gives me free shit everytime I go in there.
and if it's expensive I pay cost not retail... I just can't always make it there before he closes during the week.
my girlfriend gets home at like 7 and he closes at 7. so I never get to go there unless it's a Saturday.

He will always replace something if it was his fault. like I had bought some nutes but the seal was broken on it.(used it because I needed to and then returned it for a free replacement.)

SxIstew said:

No Vacancy!!!! lol

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buy some of that ultra fine screen mesh at home depot or lowes the one made PETS . that stuff is freaking awesome. my wife's BIG PUSSY (LMAO) comes to the front door and always tries to open it, he gets his claws stuck on that screen and he can climb on it, has done for the last 10 years and it's still going strong, no rott like the metal stuff. anyways just wrap it around the outside of the air conditioning unit, BUG proof and you can still hose it down once in a season to get all the muck out of the a/c system. if you clean the condenser out with a water hose (straight water through the veins WITHOUT bending them you can get 20% of your efficiency back out of the a/c and less money spent !! A/C tech here talking !!!! )

just in case the condenser is the part outside the house and as the name says it pushes the heat out of the house and condenses the super heated gas back down to a liquid. Awesome stuff when you learn about the "change of states " of a substance from gas to liquid to solid ! AWESOME stuff can't help it, always have been a NERD Trekkie Science is my love

SxIstew said:

I would but the owners are 2 brothers one is a cop and does the book keeping on the side for his brother...... Not going to try to fuck around with that... lol...

I can see it now... I post on FB with my info exposed to the world.
the cop brother gets pissed off and has my shit raided hahahaha.
Fuck NO! I'll take the $20 loss over that....

Just gonna stick with my #1 grow shop. the guy gives me free shit everytime I go in there.
and if it's expensive I pay cost not retail... I just can't always make it there before he closes during the week.
my girlfriend gets home at like 7 and he closes at 7. so I never get to go there unless it's a Saturday.

He will always replace something if it was his fault. like I had bought some nutes but the seal was broken on it.(used it because I needed to and then returned it for a free replacement.)

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o shit......

burnedout1958 said:

buy some of that ultra fine screen mesh at home depot or lowes the one made PETS . that stuff is freaking awesome. my wife's BIG PUSSY (LMAO) comes to the front door and always tries to open it, he gets his claws stuck on that screen and he can climb on it, has done for the last 10 years and it's still going strong, no rott like the metal stuff. anyways just wrap it around the outside of the air conditioning unit, BUG proof and you can still hose it down once in a season to get all the muck out of the a/c system. if you clean the condenser out with a water hose (straight water through the veins WITHOUT bending them you can get 20% of your efficiency back out of the a/c and less money spent !! A/C tech here talking !!!! )

just in case the condenser is the part outside the house and as the name says it pushes the heat out of the house and condenses the super heated gas back down to a liquid. Awesome stuff when you learn about the "change of states " of a substance from gas to liquid to solid ! AWESOME stuff can't help it, always have been a NERD Trekkie Science is my love

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lol........

looks good bro, fuck I hate gnats too they are a fucking nighmare

burnedout1958 said:

buy some of that ultra fine screen mesh at home depot or lowes the one made PETS . that stuff is freaking awesome. my wife's BIG PUSSY (LMAO) comes to the front door and always tries to open it, he gets his claws stuck on that screen and he can climb on it, has done for the last 10 years and it's still going strong, no rott like the metal stuff. anyways just wrap it around the outside of the air conditioning unit, BUG proof and you can still hose it down once in a season to get all the muck out of the a/c system. if you clean the condenser out with a water hose (straight water through the veins WITHOUT bending them you can get 20% of your efficiency back out of the a/c and less money spent !! A/C tech here talking !!!! )

just in case the condenser is the part outside the house and as the name says it pushes the heat out of the house and condenses the super heated gas back down to a liquid. Awesome stuff when you learn about the "change of states " of a substance from gas to liquid to solid ! AWESOME stuff can't help it, always have been a NERD Trekkie Science is my love

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The hornets came in the side of the AC where the gap is(tiny windows had to fully remove the accordion sides.)

The AC is shot. gotta take it apart and see what's wrong. but it is pretty much TOAST if you ask me...
It was a free ac from someone years ago. and I never used it... got 5 months out of the thing. whatever.

they are only $100... get one next year...
Fuckin 70 degrees outside. so it's cold enough for me to hook up some booster fans.....

Decided I am going to use.........
1' pressure treated plywood(3/4" if I can't get the 1")
Cut to the same size as the AC. without the gap lol.......
Drill a couple holes in it... 4" and 6".
4" is going to be on one side. I will use a metal "Drain cover plate"(not this exact one, but similar with a stronger metal) to block the large bugs from getting through, and I will put double layered screen down behind it, put some epoxy or glue around the rim of the drain plate and stick it THROUGH the screen to the wood. this way the whole thig is sealed and I can still screw down the plate.

6" will be on the other for exhaust. Dryer vent...... also plan to double screen this as well... even though I plan to vent 24/7 incase of failure I need something in place for a failsafe I guess it can be called.....

Not sure if it would be better for the intake to be above the exhaust or not.