World Of Hempy

ISK, thanks for sharing that info!! I was going to do some research on autos for next season. Did you ever contact the company on your issues with their product. I've read they are very helpful and also may hook you up with some free replacements for your troubles. Peace!!

Shaggn said:

ISK, thanks for sharing that info!! I was going to do some research on autos for next season. Did you ever contact the company on your issues with their product. I've read they are very helpful and also may hook you up with some free replacements for your troubles. Peace!!

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I know I should contact them, as I'm only a 20 minute walk from their store, but I'm not sure I even want replacements.

I bought a total of 40 seeds, so I'm not sure I need/want any more.

I also don't want to slag a local company, but all in all I'm disappointed, ....but the ones that grew with issues are really quite nice, so it's hit & miss.

Update time. Harvested the 2 indoor Afghan Kush this weekend. The Amnesia,,, one has a wk the other 2 maybe 3wks? Had a gnat event for a few wks and it shows. This plant again had a weak structure and had to be supported, but on the flip side they are over the top sticky. The fragrance is strong and really nice to me,,,, the wife not so much.





Now the outdoor girl just keeps stacking, but the night temps keep dropping, last week it stayed in the low 40's but last night it was going to drop to 36 so I pulled her inside for the night and it was no easy matter getting her through the door. The wife really complained when she got up this morning even though I had the plant back outside for a couple of hrs already.


It's supposed to still drop below 40 tonight, but not by much. I wrapped the bucket with a moving blanket for the night I hope it helps. I've been mixing food the night before and leaving it in the grow room and then at 6:30 in the morning I run the warm feed through the bucket and it seems to be keeping it going.

Well night temps didn't get any better, around 9/26 had a couple of nights at 37, I could see the first signs of root damage so on 9/27 I cut down the Amnesia a few days early and the outdoor grow became an indoor grow. It was a real pain to get it into the room without major damage. It's getting close hoping it will be done by the end of this wk, if not I'll chop in on my birthday the next wk. Photos from 10/1




Don't know if its fair to say, but I think this 3.5gal hempy bucket outperformed any 5gal DWC.
I know that I used direst sunlight, and I've yet to see an outdoor DWC grow, so it just proves another point, the hempy is much more flexible in it's growing environment. I wish I had that perfect outdoor growing environment like the cali or hawaiian. I truly believe a 16gal hempy could out preform those 100gal fabric pots of soil.

Well this last weekend my odometer passed another yr and I chopped the indoor / outdoor / indoor Afghan Kush. This plant had a greater leaf to bud ratio compared the the pair that stayed indoors. It was very time consuming to trim tight. The girl did regain her sweet scent (lets just say she stunk up the place) and even threw out a few new hairs in the last wk. Hard to say how the end product will be after the root damage sustained due to low temps in the bucket. Only a smoke test will tell, and that's several wks out.

Last shots while still in one piece.





The yield was nuts so I have to admit I pretty much just high graded her.
Here's the keepers



This is the leftovers, I kept very little out of this maybe another couple of ozs of the very best, and a screen full to turn into oil, the rest made the trash can smell really good when I pushed it to the curb this morning.


Should I re-veg????

WattSaver, how do you get the links under your signature?
Would like to post my blog.

GR

gr865 said:

WattSaver, how do you get the links under your signature?
Would like to post my blog.

GR

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Go to the 1st page of your thread and copy the URL in the address bar, then While you have the signature editor open highlight the sentence you wan to to be active then click the link icon (looks like a link of chain) and then paste in the URL you just copied.

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Lol

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I think I am loosing it, but I don't remember reading about this.
Should I be concerned with the pH of the reservoir, 5.8 going in but reservoir pH is 6.57.
I just don't remember, Damn Marijuana! LOL

gr865 said:

I think I am loosing it, but I don't remember reading about this.
Should I be concerned with the pH of the reservoir, 5.8 going in but reservoir pH is 6.57.
I just don't remember, Damn Marijuana! LOL

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Just read your new journal, I'll be sure to follow gr.

As far as the ph.... It's been a couple of yrs since I monitored the runoff of my buckets, but I do remember when I changed to coco the ph of the runoff increased, as compared to using perlite which was generally lower, this is due to using Osmocote for the food. From what I've seen coco has a natural buffering component and likes to stay around 6.5. For this run what are you using in the rez? or are you running coco clear to the bottom?

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Just read your new journal, I'll be sure to follow gr.

As far as the ph.... It's been a couple of yrs since I monitored the runoff of my buckets, but I do remember when I changed to coco the ph of the runoff increased, as compared to using perlite which was generally lower, this is due to using Osmocote for the food. From what I've seen coco has a natural buffering component and likes to stay around 6.5. For this run what are you using in the rez? or are you running coco clear to the bottom?

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I am using GrowStone, the large chunk, wanted the small stuff but did not work out that way, it seems to be fine though so far.
I do remember checking the rez on another grow and it varied greatly. I believe it's the compost/worm casting that I used for a cap. I will just continue pH'ing my water to 5.8 to 6.0.

Thanks for checking my journal, hope I can keep it up.

GR

By the way what a gr8 grow my friend. Let's have a sit down, LOL

Shaggn said:

How is everyone doing?? Just thought I'd drop in and let everyone know I will be starting a new grolog soon. Will be running Crop King - White Cookies to start. Also have their Purple Kush. Have a pack of Strain Hunters - Money Maker also. Checking out Crop King genetics will be my main focus. Hope all is well. Peace!!

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I have run early vixen and had great germ rate but one out of the 5 , or 7, turned hermie 3 weeks in , she had huge resinous buds and then all of a sudden the canopy of pollen pushers popped up at the v of every branch , I would show a pic but I destroyed her and didn't get a chance. I'm still keeping the early vixen till my Nebula is ready to be the front runner because it is from a well known seed bank "gorilla seeds"

ISK said:

good to see you back shaggn....I have run 5 different strains of Crop King auto-fem's and have some disappointments along the way.

Had issues with the Revolver and Early Miss not being true auto's and required 12/12 to flower....then had one that was male, and the Jack Herer is loaded with seeds. The Candy-cane and Dwarf Low Flyer have been decent....so maybe it's just their auto's that are the issue

cheers...let's us know how your strains work out

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I've had the same problem , I had early vixen turn hermie at 3 weeks into flower and this girl had huge resinous buds and then one day she grew balls everywhere!!! I've only had this happen to one so far and I've flowered all of them , I will not be cloning this strain because I have some Nebula from gorilla seeds getting ready , also I have white widow from crop kings, should I even bother with the widow or just get rid of these potential pollen pushers?

Schnorphie said:

I've had the same problem , I had early vixen turn hermie at 3 weeks into flower and this girl had huge resinous buds and then one day she grew balls everywhere!!! I've only had this happen to one so far and I've flowered all of them , I will not be cloning this strain because I have some Nebula from gorilla seeds getting ready , also I have white widow from crop kings, should I even bother with the widow or just get rid of these potential pollen pushers?

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i would give the white widow a try, as Crop King is hit & miss, but they are good when all goes well

Hey Hempy fans, since I'm not running another round till the beginning of next yr, I did my hang and dry in the grow room as seen in above photos. So as another experiment in curing. I turned off the ventilation after 5 days of hang and turned the room into a humidor of sorts. I went in today after work and it smelt a lot more green and the humidity went from 35 to 51%. I'm hoping it will raise a few more % points.
So looking for some input

Should I continue in this humidity range?
Should I run the intake & exhaust fans for a short spurt each day to change the air? I'm sure this will drop the humidity. (need to see if it goes up and by how much tomorrow)
Or get the shit out of the room and into a bunch of jars?

Another item I've been playing with for the past couple of grow cures is a vacuum sealer for wide mouthed jars. It's really great for when you've reached the point when the cure is over and you want to save it. I have just a little bit of bud I stored this way, that was cut in April and it's just as good if not better. I've worked with it early in the jarring between burps but can't say if it has helped or hindered.

What do you guys know about rope tote hempys? Do you think it will work well, or did I go overboard? Each individual plant will end up under a 600 or a 1k hps after about a 60 day veg. They've been vegging for two weeks in 70/10/20 perlite,verm,coco. They are going ape shit growing fast! It's my first time going hydro. I'm an organic soil guy, but am loving this.
Cocotek nutes with all the general hydro supplements recommended in the "expert" feeding schedule.

This is my critical sensi star. Around only 3 weeks old!

resinhead said:

What do you guys know about rope tote hempys? Do you think it will work well, or did I go overboard? Each individual plant will end up under a 600 or a 1k hps after about a 60 day veg. They've been vegging for two weeks in 70/10/20 perlite,verm,coco. They are going ape shit growing fast! It's my first time going hydro. I'm an organic soil guy, but am loving this.
Cocotek nutes with all the general hydro supplements recommended in the "expert" feeding schedule.

This is my critical sensi star. Around only 3 weeks old!View attachment 3532916

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I don't think that the rope tote is going overboard, since you're planning for and spending the veg time to grow monsters. As far as growth speed the hempy bucket will hold it's own compared to soil and most active hydro systems. And it's just too easy.

I've got a question resinhead what is the white material you're using to cover the top of your medium in the totes? Do you pull it out when you water?

WattSaver said:

I don't think that the rope tote is going overboard, since you're planning for and spending the veg time to grow monsters. As far as growth speed the hempy bucket will hold it's own compared to soil and most active hydro systems. And it's just too easy.

I've got a question resinhead what is the white material you're using to cover the top of your medium in the totes? Do you pull it out when you water?

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The white stuff is panda film. I thought it would keep the humidity down since the area of exposed medium was so big. The roots now grow right to the surface, and I haven't had any issues with algae yet. I do move it when I water.

Nothing exciting to report, grow is going very well, best I have had to date. I think I am finally learning something,

Color is great not to lush, well the White Rhino is a lot darker green, think it is the strain. No tip burn, no curling up or down just cruising down the road with my headlights on.

The WR is very very indica dominate while the Exodus Cheese is more sativa dom, I have the WR blocked up with a plastic tub, about 4 to 5 inches, to achieve equal height of the two plants.
Oh yeah, it started showing pistils Monday evening, they should break loose soon and go into full bloom. Love it!
Really like the shape of the WR, it is going to be a good strain to Manifold (mainline). The EC is very branchy and considerable space between nodes. I have had those type of cola'a before on other plants, the Mr. B's Cotton Candie x Blackberry/Grape Ape had a very similar cola signature.

GR

WR day 9 of 12/12


EC day 9 of 12/12


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