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Rivendell

Rivendell

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Schwaggy P said:
Thank you! Sounds like you have a solid set of ideas for your future projects. I'm about to flip some Chemdogs (along with a couple other ladies) to be pollinated by Coastal's Black Lights (Black Domina x Northern Lights #1) for some old school knockout bud that will hopefully find their way onto Useful's freebie menu in the future.
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Freebies are great, but you need to convince Useful to sell your stuff as the "Schawggy Line" of Useful Seeds. I would happily pay for some of the stuff you are putting out!


Plus I would get to laugh at buying Schwaggy seeds!
 
ChronicWonders.

ChronicWonders.

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CoB_nUt said:
Does that Hydroton not dry out? Or does it has some wicking capability. I can't wrap my brain around how y'all keep them in it in solos.
I'm assuming they don't stay in solos very long.
@Amos Otis I notice you use your solos as net pots for your system.How long do ya germ/veg them before putting them on auto feed in your system?
@ChronicWonders is that straight hydroton in those cups? If so,same question,how long do you keep them in there?
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The hydroton does dry out, but it at least provides a buffer/slows down the soil from drying out. I have soil underneath the pebbles and for this run all these will stay in solos 12/12 til they sex. Then they will be transplanted to larger pots and put back into veg.

I’m running these this way because my tent is already occupied with solo competition cups and the cast-aways that were transplanted into 1 gal. Hands are tied with lots of lil plants. Maybe some will be cast outside if temps are warm enough.

I plant them in the pellets if they are going into hempys.
 
Covetsculitvars

Covetsculitvars

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Hmmmmm, I use marbles and night crawlers ......don't tell me they don't survive! Mine have been alive for 90 days so far! I'd be happy to dig some up to prove my point if I need to.
 
Amos Otis

Amos Otis

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CoB_nUt said:
Does that Hydroton not dry out? Or does it has some wicking capability. I can't wrap my brain around how y'all keep them in it in solos.
I'm assuming they don't stay in solos very long.
@Amos Otis I notice you use your solos as net pots for your system.How long do ya germ/veg them before putting them on auto feed in your system?
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One cup w/ hydroton and drainage holes sits inside another cup w/o drainage. The hydroton stays moist for days, as the seedlings use very little water at that stage and only the top few stones of the hydroton get dry. This is what you want, so that the infant roots follow the moisture downward. Even so, I'll water the cups about every 3 days in a 'flood and drain' manner, leaving a very small amount of water in the bottom cup - just enough to 'be there'.

In a week to 10 days, roots will work their way out through the holes in the bottom of the cup. When they get about 2 - 3 inches outside the cup is when I'll set them in the first bucket, a one gallon, with roots dangling into the bubbling light nute mix. They'll be in those buckets for 3 weeks of vegging, then sexing, before the selected plants get 'transplanted' the Amos way to 5 gal buckets for blooming.
 
CoB_nUt

CoB_nUt

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Thank you @ChronicWonders and @Amos Otis for your responses.I have some Hydroton and I'm trying it out on a clone.I have it in a netpot in a solocup of hydroton.
The roots were already long enough to come out of the netpot after coming out of my aerocloner. I filled the bottom of the solo cup with hydroton and set the netcup with clone in it on top.
She was wilted the next day.So I took out the hydoton from the bottom and added my soilessmix to the bottom of the solo with the netcup on top. Much better water retention and wick action,no 1 day wilt. Just an experiment because I've never used hydroton and am gearing up for a flood and drain run.
 
HydroRed

HydroRed

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CoB_nUt said:
Thank you @ChronicWonders and @Amos Otis for your responses.I have some Hydroton and I'm trying it out on a clone.I have it in a netpot in a solocup of hydroton.
The roots were already long enough to come out of the netpot after coming out of my aerocloner. I filled the bottom of the solo cup with hydroton and set the netcup with clone in it on top.
She was wilted the next day.So I took out the hydoton from the bottom and added my soilessmix to the bottom of the solo with the netcup on top. Much better water retention and wick action,no 1 day wilt. Just an experiment because I've never used hydroton and am gearing up for a flood and drain run.
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Hydroton pretty much has zero wicking properties. Its def a top feed kinda medium unless already rooted in a F&D setting.
 
CoB_nUt

CoB_nUt

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CoB_nUt said:
I have a bean popping addiction.4 HAOGxChoco Diesal and 4 GG#4xBananaKush testers nearly ready to be peat pelleted.
Saving the "other" pack so I can run the whole pack at once with the rest of these packs for a whole Useful seed run!View attachment 4300754
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Just realized I wet the wrong beans! Should've been the Gelato 45 x Choco diesal.Not the GG#4 x Banana Kush. My bad @Useful Seeds :wall:

I'll get these started soon.
 
Amos Otis

Amos Otis

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Oblazer said:
hey amos not trying to tell ya how to do business but I almost wish your packs were a straight up $40 so I could get the free shipping with usefuls $60 packs … just messing with ya , I scored some orgi and I cant remember what from useful but there getting wet the day they get here
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Sorry, amigo, but the next drop will likely be even less expensive. But I think you're blaming the wrong guy. My good amigo @Useful Seeds is definitely under pricing his gems. I say this while smoking another joint of Ricky Stokes. :weed: But I'd never suggest that good cat to mess w/ his success.

Much thanks for the support of Useful, DCSE, and that other guy.;)
 
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CuZiLuViT

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Signed up with RIU months ago but I found Useful through Great Lakes Genetics. I must say that I was blown away with the first seeds I tried, BO x Genius Thai Extreme. Incredible potency and flavor! My favorite cultivar at the moment! I also have Blue Dream SC Cut x Chocolate Diesel near finished, will share some pics this evening if I get up before dawn in the bloom room! I have a large assortment of Useful seeds I have purchased since I discovered you, with several already at different stages. I have about 20 keeper plants in my garden at the moment but most are not even in the same league as the Useful gear I have going now. I just wanted to personally thank you for making all of these top shelf strains available to the community at such a fair price! More than half of the seeds I have waiting to get wet and join my harem are freebies from recent Useful purchases!

I spent 6 hours tonight reading through this thread from page 1 though 161 and all I can say is that I am even more impressed than I could have imagined by your good nature, positive attitude and fantastic work!

Thank you for all of the hard work you do! There is no doubt that with you, it is a labor of love, love for our "Eternal Bottom Bitch".....Cannabis!
 
Rivendell

Rivendell

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Planted four purple chocolates, two males and two females. One female is very vigorous with the bottom branching pushing out and up to keep up with the main stalk. Other is a bit slower with much less branching. The males were split between the same two structure types as well.


Should start getting interesting real soon.
 
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