SilusBotwin's Medical Tent

silusbotwin said:

Relatively close. I didn't start feeding until later in veg since I'm using Ocean Forest. I've noticed that the HPS lights do make them look much more yellow than they actually are but there are a few patches of yellow here and there. I was only giving them 1/4 to 1/2 strength of GB, full strength BB, and full strength CalMag up until a few days ago.

I just ran down to grab my notebook for reference and here it is. Last feed was 12-22-11 and they were fed with 2 Gallons of total mixed with 3 tbsp of BB, 2 tsp of TB, 1 1/2 tsp voodoo, and 2 tsp of CalMag. I just watered last night but I've been following the water-feed-water-feed-water-feed schedule. Should I just go ahead and follow your schedule? Also, what about clearing some of the lower foliage out?

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No GB in your mix? You are at 1/2 strength basically and should bump it up. May as well go with what I've got written above, that's 3/4 strength of the feeding schedule. Voodoo juice should be safe to add, I used to rock that stuff when I first started out.

I don't feed until flower either because I pot up to big enough pots for FFOF to get me to flower. You should go ahead and trim some of that foliage up to the bottome 1/3 of the plant. I get pretty aggressive with the trimming. I hate the lower buds. I'd rather not harvest them at all later and the let the plant focus up top.

If you are going water-feed-water-feed-water-feed you'll get quite a bit of salt buildup by midflower and you'll need a good flush somewhere down the line. Not a big deal, just don't wait until problems get out of hand to do it.

laserbrn said:

No GB in your mix? You are at 1/2 strength basically and should bump it up. May as well go with what I've got written above, that's 3/4 strength of the feeding schedule. Voodoo juice should be safe to add, I used to rock that stuff when I first started out.

I don't feed until flower either because I pot up to big enough pots for FFOF to get me to flower. You should go ahead and trim some of that foliage up to the bottome 1/3 of the plant. I get pretty aggressive with the trimming. I hate the lower buds. I'd rather not harvest them at all later and the let the plant focus up top.

If you are going water-feed-water-feed-water-feed you'll get quite a bit of salt buildup by midflower and you'll need a good flush somewhere down the line. Not a big deal, just don't wait until problems get out of hand to do it.

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The next feed will be tomorrow so I'll just pick up your schedule starting then. I'll feed them tomorrow and then flush them come Thursday's watering.

I was hoping to get all the way up to flower without needing nutes but mixing the FFOF with ProMix really cut the potency of the FFOF. I've always used pure FFOF from start to finish so I know how well it works and how long it usually lasts.

Yeah, I got pretty aggressive trim-wise on the Grapefruit Krush plant I had running about a month ago. I'm the same way. I prefer a few extra bigger colas over less colas and a bunch of bottom nastiness. I'm going to give her a trim later this afternoon after the lights kick on. Common sense tells me I should be cutting off any early branching that hasn't gotten any decent growth so thats what I will do. It's pretty easy to spot which leaves and branches are not getting light, they're still as small as they were a month ago

I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to make sure I'm set, Laser. I wish I could toss a sample pack your way come harvest time.

Ok so, I took care of all of the thick undergrowth. It's all gone. I chopped anything that wasn't getting any light.

Looks good. As far as picking up the feeding schedule...remember that after about 28 days of flower you don't want to be adding GB anymore. Too much N, it'll turn your plants into cabbage.

what are the dimensions on those pots? i am switching into flowering in 3 days and hoping mine are big enough for the rest of the time

They are 3 gallon smart felt pots but I'm not sure about dimensions. I'll be giving them a feeding in about an hour. I'll bust out my handy dandy tape measure and measure them up for you More pics incoming btw.

laserbrn said:

Looks good. As far as picking up the feeding schedule...remember that after about 28 days of flower you don't want to be adding GB anymore. Too much N, it'll turn your plants into cabbage.

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So, if today is day 21 of flower, I should only use the GB through the rest of this week then stop? Headed down now, to feed them what you recommended. As always, thanks laser, you rock AND you roll!

IDoLikeNdIcA20 said:

what are the dimensions on those pots? i am switching into flowering in 3 days and hoping mine are big enough for the rest of the time

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Dimensions are 9 inches around and 14 inches tall. 3 Gallon capacity.

And some photos after feeding

silusbotwin said:

Dimensions are 9 inches around and 14 inches tall. 3 Gallon capacity.

And some photos after feeding

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awesome! thanks for the help, those are looking really good, nice work! my pots are 12 inches tall and 10 inches wide, i think im going to keep those for the rest of the grow

Installed 3 motion detectors at various strategic locations throughout the vicinity of my room. All of them are connected to a loud ass siren and the whole box is connected to a keypad at the entryway to the grow room. Tomorrow I'm hoping to get the cameras setup connected to a server tower to record 24/7 365. Or I could also hook the cameras up to the motion detectors as well. Just a small photo. I didn't take a photo of the finished work since me and my cousin were both pretty tired after wiring everything. We did a very professional job. I'll take another photo of the finished job tomorrow. Notice the battery backup Even if I lose power I still have security

No bud shots but a few photos of the security system instead

Bored, nothing to medicate with so why not spam my journal with photos?

Pictures of of today's flush. I decided to follow the advice of laser and flush them out now instead of waiting til problems arise.

I still don't like the looks of this leaf. I know the yellowing is natural and it happens around this time during flowering but what about the blackened, upward curling leaf edge serrations and the brown leaf tips?

silusbotwin said:

Bored, nothing to medicate with so why not spam my journal with photos?

Pictures of of today's flush. I decided to follow the advice of laser and flush them out now instead of waiting til problems arise.

I still don't like the looks of this leaf. I know the yellowing is natural and it happens around this time during flowering but what about the blackened, upward curling leaf edge serrations and the brown leaf tips?

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Pretty normal man, ur lookin fine. Is the security system internet connected to call you or text you if there's a problem? Pretty cool system

Someguy15 said:

Pretty normal man, ur lookin fine. Is the security system internet connected to call you or text you if there's a problem? Pretty cool system

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Not quite yet. I plan on buying a separate DVR cam unit that will alert me through the internet via text message. This system I currently have will send an alert to a pager or call the police. But who the hell has pagers these days? lol

Bored and shameless photo bump

Happy New Years Eve ladies and gentlemen!

My stage 4 cancer patient father has recently tried marijuana and it worked so well for him he decided he will be getting his doctor to certify him for legal mmj. He of course is going to be designating me as his caregiver so this will give me room for 12 more plants so I can get running perpetually. Decided I'm going to run the 5 clones I didn't destroy or give away, as mother plants, so I put them into some 5 gallon hempy buckets. I know they are not black buckets and roots don't like light and blah blah blah. I'll get em painted or something tomorrow.

Bored photo bump.

One of the White Widow's seems to be a peanut butter pheno. Never heard of it before but if it finishes out keeping it's strong PB aroma and if it ends with a PB taste, I'm gonna cross it with some Grape Ape and call it "Peanut Butter and Jelly Sammiches" or something along those lines.

Noticed that the JH looks like someone sprinkled snow on it. I'm having a blast here

Oh yeah, for sure. Things are already starting to get frosty! They look good and healthy.

Wow, just stumbled across your journal. Things are looking AMAZING! I learned a lot from the read. Time to put it to good use in my garden. Keep up the good work!

sargesbudz said:

Wow, just stumbled across your journal. Things are looking AMAZING! I learned a lot from the read. Time to put it to good use in my garden. Keep up the good work!

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Thanks alot man. It means alot to me to get the feedback from viewers, positive or negative. I do this because of my passion for cannabis. I love the fact that I can share my experience to help others not have to make the same mistakes as myself. I was expecting more feedback from people but I accidentally put this journal in the wrong section. Just don't know how to go about getting it moved.

Here's what I'm medicating with. Shark's Breath.