Personal Medical Grow in Coco. [Chem D, Grape Romulan, Grapefurit Haze, Casey Jones]

bender420

bender420

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Don Gin and Ton said:
damn your an organised chap bender! i never take that much notice and just muddle through feeding what i feel like, to a rough guideline lol till i get sloshed....

girls like fine man love the resin on the grapefruit thats going to be a winner i reckon.
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Thanks Donny, its feels like just yesterday I was asking questions silly questions trying to learn the ropes.

You are right, GFH is almost a guaranteed winner. Haze shines in it's flavor, I reckon it is the SSH the BC Grapefruit is crossed with. Smoke is spicy and potent with the plant dominating an ultra indica structure.
 
DST

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Damn Bender, you sure you are not related to my Uncle in some way?!?! Any shipbuilders in your past??

Anyway, impressive nute line up and I wouldn't want to start commenting on it all as it certainly seems to work for you.
My set up is
A/ Not condusive for watering everyday, takes me about an hour to do the lot.
and...
B/ It's ran by some stoned cookie who can't even manage to plant 2 seeds in 2 different pots at the best of times...I work on the Don principle, "so what did I feed them last time, eeeeh, must of been about 4 mls per litre, ah well, lets increase it a bit and hope for the best". It's even worse when it comes to adding pk13/14 since this has such a low ml/litre ratio and I tend to build that up over the 8-10 week flowering...so that is always an interesting early morning calculation (hey, do you water in the moring or at night?). If only I could get my wife interested, she would have me up to your standards of organisation in no time.....shame, she can't even stand the smell of an open jar of weed let alone my grow room!

Have a good weekend bru.

Peace, DST
 
bender420

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Don Gin and Ton said:
to be fair you hit the ground sprinting, for a first timer it was real impressive stuff man
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Don I cannot thank you enough bro. You were one of my first teachers in general, and the very first teacher from over the pond. I learned a hell of a lot from you, you always come by my threads with great input.

How could I not be doing good, I have a great group of folks here that got my back.

Reminiscing my first grow. Here are some pictures for the memories.

OG aka Ooo GESUS





 
Don Gin and Ton

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bender420 said:
Don I cannot thank you enough bro. You were one of my first teachers in general, and the very first teacher from over the pond. I learned a hell of a lot from you, you always come by my threads with great input.

How could I not be doing good, I have a great group of folks here that got my back.

Reminiscing my first grow. Here are some pictures for the memories.

OG aka Ooo GESUS





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just glad i can help bro! still some of the finest dank ive seen on this here riu!

man ^^^ o sweet be geebus hahah crystals check! amber check! jar of, check! WIN
 
DST

DST

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OG-eesus indeed. That looks mighty fine, I am down to my last oz of og...luckily I only got a few weeks to wait.

I just read on a link that Mr West shared that OG stands for Ocean Grown? and here was me thinking it was Original Gangsta weed....oh well, seldom right, and wrong again.

EDIT, my grammar is terrible and I ain't even stoned yet! it's 14:20 here though so maybe give it a bash, as close to 4;20 as I can get at the mo. Working from home can be dangerous!
 
bender420

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DST said:
Damn Bender, you sure you are not related to my Uncle in some way?!?! Any shipbuilders in your past??

Anyway, impressive nute line up and I wouldn't want to start commenting on it all as it certainly seems to work for you.
My set up is
A/ Not condusive for watering everyday, takes me about an hour to do the lot.
and...
B/ It's ran by some stoned cookie who can't even manage to plant 2 seeds in 2 different pots at the best of times...I work on the Don principle, "so what did I feed them last time, eeeeh, must of been about 4 mls per litre, ah well, lets increase it a bit and hope for the best". It's even worse when it comes to adding pk13/14 since this has such a low ml/litre ratio and I tend to build that up over the 8-10 week flowering...so that is always an interesting early morning calculation (hey, do you water in the moring or at night?). If only I could get my wife interested, she would have me up to your standards of organisation in no time.....shame, she can't even stand the smell of an open jar of weed let alone my grow room!

Have a good weekend bru.

Peace, DST
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LOL, no ship builders in my past mate.
Organization can really help decrease the amount of common errors, statistically speaking everyone is doomed to encounter some issues at some point. I am too small time of a grower who greatly relies on my home grown medicine. If I screw something up that means no medicine for the next few months. Being organized and planning things out to the last detail give me the mental peace that Stoned Bender did his best.

Seriously I wouldn't be able to tell that you and don be just eyeballing nutes, I mean your guys' flowers look top notch. May be all this extra work I am doing is useless. Hmmmm.

Its OK about the wife thingy, I prefer that my girl doesn't smoke. As I would hate to come home only to find out she smoked my last eight of CJ. I have had a gf that smoked a ton and others that hated it but didn't have a problem me using my meds. TBH I preferred the latter.

I am even thinking that when I get married, I will have her sign a prenuptial that she is not entitled to half of my medicine. Hahahaha, JK, that would be too extreme.
 
bender420

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Don Gin and Ton said:
you make me sound like some sort of dope growing cowboy D, id argue but.........
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Master DON :hump:

Don Gin and Ton said:
just glad i can help bro! still some of the finest dank ive seen on this here riu!

man ^^^ o sweet be geebus hahah crystals check! amber check! jar of, check! WIN
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Thanks. Although I don't have the cut anymore, I have passed it on to someone from whom I can retrieve it anytime.

So many Damn genetics in Cali man, it is really foolish to not keep trying new shit all the time and just hold on to one strain. The best is to just spread the love and share the genetics around in that case it has higher chances of being around longer, especially if it is a keeper.


DST said:
OG-eesus indeed. That looks mighty fine, I am down to my last oz of og...luckily I only got a few weeks to wait.

I just read on a link that Mr West shared that OG stands for Ocean Grown? and here was me thinking it was Original Gangsta weed....oh well, seldom right, and wrong again.

EDIT, my grammar is terrible and I ain't even stoned yet! it's 14:20 here though so maybe give it a bash, as close to 4;20 as I can get at the mo. Working from home can be dangerous!
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Damn man I wish I had an O of OG.

Ocean Grown, that is hilarious. I personally think it is Original Gangsta of Kushes, hence OG Kush. But I guess this is an endless debate. Lets not even get started on Chem Dawg D, Snow Dawg, Skunk VA, Chem 91'. Even cannabis isn't safe from politics.

Just saw the HT Cannabis Cup 2009 documentary, and saw how crazy the breeders are to make money. Arjan, The King of Cannabis, I cannot believe he refers to himself as that. I met him in person and what a fuckin nut job he is selling garbage genetics that good. Even in the video he was a dick.
 
bender420

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They swelled up noticeably last last night. Here are some lights out pictures. I didn't know they were this green.

Gave them a light dose of green cure before the lights came on, as a preventative for PM. I have noticed that GC sprayed 15-30 mins before the lights come on does almost zero damage. See for yourself in the pictures.









 

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jberry

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Wut up bender? Took a look at the schedule and the pics and the plants look great... it doesnt get any better then when your leaves are standing up reaching for the light like the chem d pics... that is a sign of fast growth and a happy plant that is getting just the right amount of nutes.

If I didnt see the pics I probably would have suggested a slight change or two but since your plants look so healthy I wouldnt change anything. If I had one suggestion it would be to watch the Fulvic Acid in flowering because it can encourage your plants to stretch... if you dont mind the stretch then it isnt a issue i guess. Also keep in mind that the coco a/b has fulvic acids in it already (but you arent using very much a/b so i guess your good) and the TM-7 is like 50% humic acids i believe.

Some Amino Acids may be a nice addition but keep in mind that a lot of aminos may be better for veg because they help with N uptake but aminos are good for when the plant is growing fast or putting on a lot of weight/bio-mass... they are somewhat helpful when applied through the roots but the are much more beneficial when applied as a foliar feed.

I gotta ask where you got the idea to use the roots exel during the last weeks of flower... ive heard this method once before but didnt bother asking why... so what is the idea behind doing that?

Also wanted to let you know that I have been getting a ton of samples from a ton of different companies, and have been testing out some new products and some of the products that I think may be worth keeping around are: Banana Mana (Bannana Extract), CocoCat (Coconut Milk Extract), and for the last 3 weeks I'm using Sugaree, -it's organic, it smells like candy and you can flush with it as well.

Oh and I also switched from magical to GH's (aka General Organics) new organic Cal/Mg.+Molasses in attempt to improve flavor among other things... (most cal/mag's contain EDTA's which some say effect the taste quite a bit, and others say it can even hurt the microbes in your coco) -General Organics new cal/mg+molasses contains no EDTA's......... Plus I got 5 quarts for free lol... I still keep the Magical around for veg and I keep it because it contains iron, sulfer, and nitrogen which is nice sometimes.

nice job, peace..... -J

bender420 said:
I feed the girls everyday. Absolutely zero run-off the entire round. If I notice salt build up I just cut the dosage down to 1/4-1/2 strength for a day or two and up the fulvic/humic acids a bit.

Fulvic is a natural chelating agent, if you ask me it is by far the sickest ingredient I have encountered in my limited experience of growing. I don't want to come across as a salesman, but anyone reading this, if you aren't familiar with fulvic acid, do some research on it and you will see for your self.

Bendy's Wanna be Compost Tea
Great White/Myco Madness along with some molasses/micros/fulvic are bubbled with a few stones. After only half a day the pH starts going up crazy and there is a thick layer of live foam on top. I make this tea on a bi monthly basis during veg and early flower. During late flower there is ton of micro life that I don't need to keep adding more.

I know I know that is a lot of products, but hell if I only get an extra O due to the extra help from some nutes than it still makes it worth it for me.

That said I am very open to criticism/thoughts on my nute regimen. Let me know if there are any questions.

Peace. Best wishes for everyone's grow.


A picture is worth a thousand words. I wrote this out for you fellows and of course for my own reference.

Note I take all my reading in EC so there is no confusion for folks with different conversion for their PPM meters



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bender420

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jberry said:
Wut up bender? Took a look at the schedule and the pics and the plants look great... it doesnt get any better then when your leaves are standing up reaching for the light like the chem d pics... that is a sign of fast growth and a happy plant that is getting just the right amount of nutes.

Thanks JB, I am psyched about how the plants are going, hope I can do well with the booster too.

If I didnt see the pics I probably would have suggested a slight change or two but since your plants look so healthy I wouldnt change anything. If I had one suggestion it would be to watch the Fulvic Acid in flowering because it can encourage your plants to stretch... if you dont mind the stretch then it isnt a issue i guess. Also keep in mind that the coco a/b has fulvic acids in it already (but you arent using very much a/b so i guess your good) and the TM-7 is like 50% humic acids i believe.

JB, I request you please share with me the thoughts you had without looking at the pictures. I respect your opinion and any input or just comment can be helpful in expanding my knowledge.

Some Amino Acids may be a nice addition but keep in mind that a lot of aminos may be better for veg because they help with N uptake but aminos are good for when the plant is growing fast or putting on a lot of weight/bio-mass... they are somewhat helpful when applied through the roots but the are much more beneficial when applied as a foliar feed.

I will surely keep the aminos in mind for next round's veg and early bloom.

I gotta ask where you got the idea to use the roots exel during the last weeks of flower... ive heard this method once before but didnt bother asking why... so what is the idea behind doing that?

Well I was suggested by a few folks who use H&G. I did find out that Root Excelurator has three main components: Kelp Extract, B1 Complex, Beneficial Bacteria. I like to use some during bloom at very low doses to maintain good root health, and as a preventative for any fungus/mold growing in the coco. What do you think?
Also wanted to let you know that I have been getting a ton of samples from a ton of different companies, and have been testing out some new products and some of the products that I think may be worth keeping around are: Banana Mana (Bannana Extract), CocoCat (Coconut Milk Extract), and for the last 3 weeks I'm using Sugaree, -it's organic, it smells like candy and you can flush with it as well.

Thanks for the insight bro. That's great you are scoring so many free samples. I will keep these products in mind and do some reading on and possibly try them out next.

I am running the hydro honey and man that thing is high in calcium, I feel that I need more sugar sometimes to feed my tea and not having to worry about causing lockout due to ca toxicity.

Oh and I also switched from magical to GH's (aka General Organics) new organic Cal/Mg.+Molasses in attempt to improve flavor among other things... (most cal/mag's contain EDTA's which some say effect the taste quite a bit, and others say it can even hurt the microbes in your coco) -General Organics new cal/mg+molasses contains no EDTA's......... Plus I got 5 quarts for free lol... I still keep the Magical around for veg and I keep it because it contains iron, sulfer, and nitrogen which is nice sometimes.

You got it man, GO's Cal/Mag is what I am really interested in. I definitely plan on running a fully organic line, with no EDTA what so ever. I am using MagiCal at the moment.

I have some Equilibrium by Humblodt, have you heard anything about that?

 nice job, peace..... -J
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Thank you so much brother for your kind words it means a lot.
I greatly appreciate your terrific detailed response.

I do want to mention to everyone that jberry was the main influence for my current nute regimen. I owe a great deal to jberry for helping me putting my schedule together. Cannot thank you enough friend.
 
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