howak47
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thanks doc!!!awesome job on the powerkush too!!
the chitown sourkush thread
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Katatawnic
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Even if I could handle outdoor gardening (which I can't), there's no way I'd be able to handle harvesting that much in a small time frame. The only reason I'm able to handle growing at all is because I keep it all spread out time-wise, breaking a large job into several smaller chores... that's how I've got to do everything in order to get anything at all accomplished; which has taken a lot of adjustment!
Both of my brothers-in-law are cops, one of whom lives about 3-4 miles from where we're moving in a couple/few weeks. They know all about my indoor garden, and we've discussed concerns. I'm not worried; 30 or less small plants in less than 3'x5' of area isn't going to get me into trouble... there's no "interpreting" a rule being stricken by the courts due to being unconstitutional.
They've both dealt with medical grows on the job, and they're both more than willing to back me up in how much I need, etc., if there were ever a question of legalities, as most of what I grow goes to cooking and topical treatment; which of course uses a lot more than smoking does. 
Oh, just getting by most often, but all in all doing OK. Trying to come out of Lurk Mode for a while.
Right now my tent is used for flowering, but after we move it's gonna be switched to vegging. Planning on getting a light mover for my next purchase (after renewing my MMJ status next month), to help keep the lighting more even for the flowering area. Don't know how long it'll be till my next room is how I've been planning, but it'll be fun to watch it start to morph into something awesome compared to the crappy space I've had here.
Your camera takes some great closeups of the most lovely buds!
pitbudz87
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kat how wonderful to see you hey guys ive got a major problem im takin a job where i will be travellling all week and here on the weekends i need to figure out a way to keep my plants watered while im gone any help would be greatly appreciated some sort of system with a pump but im not sure how i shuld go about it pm me
howak47
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hahah thanks man!!!!
sounds good kat u have been busy !!!thyanks for the comments !!
Even if I could handle outdoor gardening (which I can't), there's no way I'd be able to handle harvesting that much in a small time frame. The only reason I'm able to handle growing at all is because I keep it all spread out time-wise, breaking a large job into several smaller chores... that's how I've got to do everything in order to get anything at all accomplished; which has taken a lot of adjustment!
Both of my brothers-in-law are cops, one of whom lives about 3-4 miles from where we're moving in a couple/few weeks. They know all about my indoor garden, and we've discussed concerns. I'm not worried; 30 or less small plants in less than 3'x5' of area isn't going to get me into trouble... there's no "interpreting" a rule being stricken by the courts due to being unconstitutional.
Oh, just getting by most often, but all in all doing OK. Trying to come out of Lurk Mode for a while.
Right now my tent is used for flowering, but after we move it's gonna be switched to vegging. Planning on getting a light mover for my next purchase (after renewing my MMJ status next month), to help keep the lighting more even for the flowering area. Don't know how long it'll be till my next room is how I've been planning, but it'll be fun to watch it start to morph into something awesome compared to the crappy space I've had here.
Your camera takes some great closeups of the most lovely buds!
C
chitownsmoking
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bet that powerkush will take no time to trim up... it has a very high flower to leaf ratio.... thats from the skunk side of the family..
poplars
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if your county laws say you can only have so many mature plants, and you have several over, you'll have to argue with someone at some point.
Even if I could handle outdoor gardening (which I can't), there's no way I'd be able to handle harvesting that much in a small time frame. The only reason I'm able to handle growing at all is because I keep it all spread out time-wise, breaking a large job into several smaller chores... that's how I've got to do everything in order to get anything at all accomplished; which has taken a lot of adjustment!
Both of my brothers-in-law are cops, one of whom lives about 3-4 miles from where we're moving in a couple/few weeks. They know all about my indoor garden, and we've discussed concerns. I'm not worried; 30 or less small plants in less than 3'x5' of area isn't going to get me into trouble... there's no "interpreting" a rule being stricken by the courts due to being unconstitutional.
Oh, just getting by most often, but all in all doing OK. Trying to come out of Lurk Mode for a while.
Right now my tent is used for flowering, but after we move it's gonna be switched to vegging. Planning on getting a light mover for my next purchase (after renewing my MMJ status next month), to help keep the lighting more even for the flowering area. Don't know how long it'll be till my next room is how I've been planning, but it'll be fun to watch it start to morph into something awesome compared to the crappy space I've had here.
Your camera takes some great closeups of the most lovely buds!
it's not like just because it was shot down in court doesn't mean they're not gonna actually try it . . . . imo it's j ust not worth testing it. even if you're growing indoors, you can find a way to grow 6 plants to your liking . . . . LST, topping . . . etc.
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chitownsmoking
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that cheese should be getting nicely fat has well huh howak?
Katatawnic
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I'm not trying to have an argument with you, Poplars, and I totally get what you are saying. But what I am saying is that I physically can't handle harvests that large; I've been doing topping & LST with 6 or less plants from the beginning, and trimming one plant for hours is something I simply can not do. My choices are break it down into several much smaller harvests (i.e., trimming that takes no longer than an hour, preferably less than), or stop growing altogether. I'm not willing to give up the pain medication that has helped me more than any other, with few to no side effects. So I choose to do a small SOG.
Also, keep in mind that my brothers-in-law are cops, who do deal with MMJ growers on the job regularly. And again, one of whom lives about 3-4 miles from the house we're buying and moving into in a couple/few weeks; that pretty much indicates that he's in the same county as me.
The county I'm in is so against dispensaries that they all but "push" for growing. That's their big motto, really: "You don't need a dispensary. You can grow your own." (I guess they forget that there are people who can't grow their own, due to living conditions and/or physical disability. I'm very close to being unable, and will likely need to give up growing and hand the job over to my son soon enough.)
ANYHOOO, before making the decision to switch to small SOG, I went to my "local" brother-in-law for advice on this issue. He can be a pretty conservative guy in many ways, but after a short description of the layout of 30 or less very small plants (with less than 15 in flower at any given time), he not only got it, but has encountered grows just like mine on the job... with no arrests much less convictions.
Honestly, the bigger risk in my current area is being robbed, which happened to me a bit over a month ago by someone who was helping me out with jobs I couldn't do on my own while my hubby was in Iraq; someone we'd not only believed we could trust, but didn't really have much choice at the time. (For some reason, there's a local biker gang all up in his business lately; but we have no idea why they've taken such interest in him! lol) My grow room in the house we're buying has no windows, and is dead bolted. So it'll be out of sight (something that hasn't been possible in this house, and certainly wouldn't be possible outdoors) from potential thieves as well as cops who don't know me... and there's never been a cop who's found reason to come to my house unless I'm the one calling for assistance. I know I'm not invincible, don't get me wrong.
But I've done my homework, and made sure that I'll be as safe as humanly possible from burglary and legalities, both. 
TrynaGroSumShyt
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its good your taking the steps to secure your grow.. because paranoia is no fun at all.
I'm not trying to have an argument with you, Poplars, and I totally get what you are saying. But what I am saying is that I physically can't handle harvests that large; I've been doing topping & LST with 6 or less plants from the beginning, and trimming one plant for hours is something I simply can not do. My choices are break it down into several much smaller harvests (i.e., trimming that takes no longer than an hour, preferably less than), or stop growing altogether. I'm not willing to give up the pain medication that has helped me more than any other, with few to no side effects. So I choose to do a small SOG.
Also, keep in mind that my brothers-in-law are cops, who do deal with MMJ growers on the job regularly. And again, one of whom lives about 3-4 miles from the house we're buying and moving into in a couple/few weeks; that pretty much indicates that he's in the same county as me.
The county I'm in is so against dispensaries that they all but "push" for growing. That's their big motto, really: "You don't need a dispensary. You can grow your own." (I guess they forget that there are people who can't grow their own, due to living conditions and/or physical disability. I'm very close to being unable, and will likely need to give up growing and hand the job over to my son soon enough.)
ANYHOOO, before making the decision to switch to small SOG, I went to my "local" brother-in-law for advice on this issue. He can be a pretty conservative guy in many ways, but after a short description of the layout of 30 or less very small plants (with less than 15 in flower at any given time), he not only got it, but has encountered grows just like mine on the job... with no arrests much less convictions.
Honestly, the bigger risk in my current area is being robbed, which happened to me a bit over a month ago by someone who was helping me out with jobs I couldn't do on my own while my hubby was in Iraq; someone we'd not only believed we could trust, but didn't really have much choice at the time. (For some reason, there's a local biker gang all up in his business lately; but we have no idea why they've taken such interest in him! lol) My grow room in the house we're buying has no windows, and is dead bolted. So it'll be out of sight (something that hasn't been possible in this house, and certainly wouldn't be possible outdoors) from potential thieves as well as cops who don't know me... and there's never been a cop who's found reason to come to my house unless I'm the one calling for assistance. I know I'm not invincible, don't get me wrong.
poplars
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well my point was you can use the same space with some minor differences if you do some serious LST . . . . .
it would get rid of the plant number problem, and you would have the SAME harvest.
and sorry if I don't take much comfort in the fact that your brothers-in-law are cops.
if you didn't already notice, interpretation of cannabis laws vary from cop to cop. . . . . I was only suggesting a way for you to have the nearly the SAME harvest, with NO legal risk.
sorry if you feel like my proposing a better way is argument . . . .
I see no reason why you can't LST to make nothing but tops, just like SOG, but an extremely LSTed plant. the trimming should be nearly equivalent . . . .
it would get rid of the plant number problem, and you would have the SAME harvest.
and sorry if I don't take much comfort in the fact that your brothers-in-law are cops.
if you didn't already notice, interpretation of cannabis laws vary from cop to cop. . . . . I was only suggesting a way for you to have the nearly the SAME harvest, with NO legal risk.
sorry if you feel like my proposing a better way is argument . . . .
I see no reason why you can't LST to make nothing but tops, just like SOG, but an extremely LSTed plant. the trimming should be nearly equivalent . . . .
Katatawnic
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Yeah, especially when you're naturally prone to paranoia already, like I am. Caution makes my life more simple, whereas paranoia makes it more likely that I'll end up having a not-so-fun hospital stay.
I only meant to let you know that I wasn't set on arguing; I wasn't implying that you were.
Discussion is always cool. 
Extreme LST is what I've been doing, and it isn't working for my physical condition. The problem is that it's not easy (I'd venture it's closer to impossible) to make a single plant grow so that those tops will mature at staggering timeframes, ensuring a reliably staggering harvest. In order to keep the plant count at six, I can't put one to flower more often than every two weeks, and there's no way to make two plants space themselves out to be harvested throughout the month instead of two larger harvests per month. Not reliably. I'm not looking to have the SAME harvest; what I need is to have a different way of harvesting so that I don't need to rely on others, which is something I can't do at this time.
I've been round and round the issue at every angle, and I made my choice after considering all the angles and "taking counsel" if you will from those who deal with the legalities on the job. I'm not suggesting anyone throw caution to the wind, as that would be suicide. My particular situation is low risk RE: legalities... I don't sell my pot, I only share it with my son who helps me grow when he can and another MMJ user who is a quad and definitely can't grow her own (I give her the lotion I've been making for topical treatment and cooking oil; she doesn't smoke it), and no one knows about me growing except for family that "needs" to be in the know. Even on the rare occasions I get to leave my home, I don't have any look or behavior about me that ever makes cops turn their glances my way. Hell, the only looks I get from most people is that combination look of curiosity and pity that people get when they see someone who appears relatively young and healthy using a cane or wheelchair.
(But, you don't look sick!)
howak47
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yea the buds are fucin rock hard and has a smell like no other plant i have ever grown
it will probly be ready in about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks 
bout to harvest the powerkush i will have a video up later tonight
TrynaGroSumShyt
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waitin on the vid... im throwin powerkush clones outside.yea the buds are fucin rock hard and has a smell like no other plant i have ever grown
so if your out in the woods of one our local state parks and u smell something familiar, u kno where its comin from.
lol.. nah but seriously i'm puttin it out.. wit some white widow.. i'll be startin late this year i guess.. even tho the weathers lettin up now.
howak47
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hahah it will be a late tonight on the vid !!!!hahahaha iam goin to do all the beans i got off that big ass sativa (that i pollinated with sourkush !!!) i had 2 grows ago!!we will see how they do outside!!
poplars
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I have a permenantly disabled arm haha. it sucks but I work through the pain. indica pretty much kills the grinding and the nerve and joint pain.
Yeah, especially when you're naturally prone to paranoia already, like I am. Caution makes my life more simple, whereas paranoia makes it more likely that I'll end up having a not-so-fun hospital stay.
I only meant to let you know that I wasn't set on arguing; I wasn't implying that you were.
Extreme LST is what I've been doing, and it isn't working for my physical condition. The problem is that it's not easy (I'd venture it's closer to impossible) to make a single plant grow so that those tops will mature at staggering timeframes, ensuring a reliably staggering harvest. In order to keep the plant count at six, I can't put one to flower more often than every two weeks, and there's no way to make two plants space themselves out to be harvested throughout the month instead of two larger harvests per month. Not reliably. I'm not looking to have the SAME harvest; what I need is to have a different way of harvesting so that I don't need to rely on others, which is something I can't do at this time.
I've been round and round the issue at every angle, and I made my choice after considering all the angles and "taking counsel" if you will from those who deal with the legalities on the job. I'm not suggesting anyone throw caution to the wind, as that would be suicide. My particular situation is low risk RE: legalities... I don't sell my pot, I only share it with my son who helps me grow when he can and another MMJ user who is a quad and definitely can't grow her own (I give her the lotion I've been making for topical treatment and cooking oil; she doesn't smoke it), and no one knows about me growing except for family that "needs" to be in the know. Even on the rare occasions I get to leave my home, I don't have any look or behavior about me that ever makes cops turn their glances my way. Hell, the only looks I get from most people is that combination look of curiosity and pity that people get when they see someone who appears relatively young and healthy using a cane or wheelchair.
though I do have my bad days.
back to the growing shit, I agree with the extra work point. hopefully you don't run into any problems in the future, or hopefully the laws get changed to allow what you're doing to be in the law books under something specific so there is absolutely no misunderstanding by law enforcement.