The Ultimate Growing Competition
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Greenthumbs256
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can't say I could join that lol!
but if I could the only thing I would change about this comp, is have everyone using the exact same clones! I just think it would be interesting to see how everyone's methods stack up without genetics playing a part!
obviously that would be very difficult and a pain tho...
SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe
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I know that. I've just had alot going on with life since the new year. Knowing my luck, I'll join and something else will come up. I'm going to give it a few more weeks to see how the tide flows. If this damn slack tide ever moves. I'll have a definitive answer. I do really want to join in though. Although the prizes are extremely generous. It would be more about the experience alone. along with everything I could learn. I've also not started a run since the last one finished in mid december. So you could just imagine how antsy I've been.
ANC
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Unless you have a hard climate controlled room, even growing the same cut, varies a lot by season.
Big Perm
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Glad you're back. Hope all is well.
Dyna-Gro
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Each 8 oz. bottle will yeild 47 gallons at 5 ml./gal. Pro-TeKt is the only supplement that will run the entirety of the grow, so you may come up short on that. I'm happy to inclued an extra bottle for you on that. Here is our recommended feed chart and grower notes...the most important thing to remember when mixing the Pro-Tekt with anything, ALWAYS add it first to your water and mix thouroughly.Well, I figured that since the prize is plant food, I might want to see if the plant food is any good.
For anyone in the competition that wants a friendly challenge, I'll be using DG stuff for the first time and growing seed(s) in 3gallon pot(s). I figure $30 is $30.
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@Dyna-Gro , you have until March 15th to get me my stuff! LOL
Seriously though, will this sample pack realistically get me through one soil grow?
So will this sample pack mix 14 assorted gallons as required for one grow? Also, to help compute this, do you recommend starting out with "50% nutes" or some lighter strength than what is on your schedule like some companies advise?
- For me, a dry 3 gallon pot will drink about 1.25 gallons with decent run-off.
- Probable 4-5 veg feedings at .25-1.25gal, max of 4gal
- Possible 8 flower feedings at 1.25gal or 10gal
- Total possible 14 gallons per plant.
SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe
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Thanks Perm. Hope all is well with you my friend! Hey, just wanted to say thanks again for checking in on me two weeks ago, I appreciate it alot!
And a huge thanks for your hard work in putting this competition together with @Dyna-Gro.
Mellow old School
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Thats a great idea, but alas as you also mention, difficult hence members live all over the Globe, and sending clones these days from the US eg to Europe, I dont dare think of the troubles one could get in to these days, since 9/11 us customs seem to pull every damn parcel with their crummy hands aside.
And this comp just keep getting more and more interesting....
H.A.F.
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Cool! Here's the plan. I am going to go with what I am used to (Fox Farms) in one pot and your product in the other. I have been having issues in flower with the FF original trio, but they have a "Gringo Rasta" nute-set I bought to try before the contest started. Game on girlfriend! LOL Winner gets my future business!
H.A.F.
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Having a seed company with a competition makes sense. They mail everyone a fem seed, set a "wet" date a reasonable time after that for everyone to get their seed, then set a "stop" date. one seed, anything goes, you have X amount of time.
The winner might be getting more seeds or something, but really everyone would win
Greenthumbs256
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I'm building sips, and cooking soil!
diggs99
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I ordered some new genetics that ill be growing and bought 2 x 315 cmhs for my flower room
I doubt ill do much else, buy a couple more bags of FFOF and more perilite at some point.
H.A.F.
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Planning a new manifold variation. instead of evenly distributed in a big circle, I want to do a skinny plant. Tall and wide, but skinny. I think that having 6-8 cola on a manifold is probably the easiest, but if they were all in a line, you could fit more plants side by side under the same lights. you need skinny pots, so I altered some regular 5gal fabric pots.
Personally I love the results of a manifold/mainline/whatever over other methods I've tried, but I have begun to think that after the first topping and cleanup is done, you could do whatever you wanted with it. I'll be growing a non competition plant at the same time with a different style to try.
Personally I love the results of a manifold/mainline/whatever over other methods I've tried, but I have begun to think that after the first topping and cleanup is done, you could do whatever you wanted with it. I'll be growing a non competition plant at the same time with a different style to try.
Greenthumbs256
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here's my new double sip, it's a 30g instead of 18g and will hold 2 special ladies!
H.A.F.
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I was looking through the GRAV website at their sale stuff a while ago and they had their "menorah" multi-joint rig.
I'm not Jewish and this isn't a religious thing LOL But think menorah, then think manifold. For those on here familiar with Nebula's version, it's all based on the opposing nodes on the shoots and how they grow as far as what to keep and what to prune. Nodes 1,3,5... grow sprouts laterally, 2,4,6... grow them up and down.
So on this pic, the middle part would be the 'knuckle' after you form the manifold. the red is nodes or shoots to snip, green (even nodes, top shoot only)is to keep, and the stars are eventual cola. BINGO! Menorah! (ish) but I saw how many nodes I would be snipping (time wasted) and came up with the second idea - keeping nodes out of the sides instead of out of the top.
You could stop after as few as you wanted, 6 probably being the median. but I saw this staggered version and thought about growing 2 or more side by side. For the contest I am just doing two to test the theory, but here is what I was picturing a "fat-cola-garden" looking like:
And the contest pretty much mandates when you have to flip based on flower time, so that will determine how many cola on each.
I'm not Jewish and this isn't a religious thing LOL But think menorah, then think manifold. For those on here familiar with Nebula's version, it's all based on the opposing nodes on the shoots and how they grow as far as what to keep and what to prune. Nodes 1,3,5... grow sprouts laterally, 2,4,6... grow them up and down.
So on this pic, the middle part would be the 'knuckle' after you form the manifold. the red is nodes or shoots to snip, green (even nodes, top shoot only)is to keep, and the stars are eventual cola. BINGO! Menorah! (ish) but I saw how many nodes I would be snipping (time wasted) and came up with the second idea - keeping nodes out of the sides instead of out of the top.
You could stop after as few as you wanted, 6 probably being the median. but I saw this staggered version and thought about growing 2 or more side by side. For the contest I am just doing two to test the theory, but here is what I was picturing a "fat-cola-garden" looking like:
And the contest pretty much mandates when you have to flip based on flower time, so that will determine how many cola on each.
SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe
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Green, do you have a thread going on your sips. If so would you mind linking me to it? I've been interested in them for a while. I was going to buy a few earth boxes but was hesitant to jump the gun. Reading mixed reviews. Due to my mobility issues this would possibly be a game changer.
Greenthumbs256
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first two pages explains it all!
https://www.rollitup.org/t/greens-wedding-cake-sip-probiotics.984543/page-12
Greenthumbs256
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it has been a game changer to me! u will see in that thread!
SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe
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Thank you kindly. I'm sorry to bother you with the link. I forgot there is a search area. Knowing you I'm sure it's very detailed! I'll give it a read tomorrow when I'm not half asleep.
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