****Cab of Dreams ~ 110 plant SoG w/ HPS****

[White]

Guess who's back

Guess who's back

Howdy folks, how you all been? Sorry I disappeared for a while, but it was necessary.

Killing my plants was one of the hardest thing I ever had to do, but it was probably the right thing to do.

The time chronicled in my posts here was a time of happiness and heart break and even terror at times. Where do I begin?

First off, I started my first flower on 4/20/09. That was the day after a friend of mine died right in front of me..... That set the tone for everything to follow.

I was depressed most of the whole time I was growing and just ignored it until I couldn't any longer. Eventually I reached the place where my grow was so fucked up and my life so out of order that I HAD to quit.

I had everything go wrong that could go wrong. The cab of drams turned into a nightmare sad to say.

Besides problems with my plants (due only to my neglect) I got pulled over with a bunch of gear and got grilled for 30 min by these dick cops. They wrote down my name and let me go, but it scared the shit out of me and led me to shut things down.

I also got robbed... twice. Guns stolen, plants stolen, cash stolen, laptops stolen, over 1/2 lb of reggie stolen. That was fucking devestating and infuriating at the same time. Good news though, I found the little bitch who did it and beat him so bad that he had to go the the doctor for pain meds. I made that bitch scream.

All the bad shit happened because I broke some simple rules: Don't associate with douche bags, Don't carry all your grow gear at once, and Don't grow for the wrong reasons.

You see I was growing for greed and quantity, not love and quality. I want both, but now I come back to this with a desire to grow the best I can. Yields will follow.

This all hit me one night a few weeks ago after I bought a sack from this guy. It was the worst weed I ever had in my life. I said to myself "Dude you gotta get back to it, you can't keep paying money for shit weed."

I've found a better connect but still, you can't beat homegrown. So I cleaned out the old office and I'm now working with a blank slate.

I'll be doing the gravity water system in my closet. I just need to figure a good way of sealing the closet off and get the ventilation in order. I'll be doing a perpetual grow in smaller containers, probably the XL cups from Circle K. Most likely, I'll be using my trusty 400w HPS.


ALL IN ALL, this could have went way worse for me. I'm so glad it didn't. Learn from my mistakes kids I know we like to make 'em ourselves to really learn the lesson, but save yourself the hassle.

Once again, stay up and stay safe.


Peace,
White

p.s. It might be about a month before I'm rolling, f.y.i.

 

[J-Blunt]

...a month later...

hows it brother? hope ur back on ur feet, want to see some inspiration soon!

 

[White]

Back In Action

Back In Action

Hey everyone,

Well, I'm officially back in action. I put about 30 Pineapple Kush seeds into the ground back on the 24th (I guess it was 2 months instead of one huh... shit happens)

This time around I'm doing things different. First, I 'm not going to wait for my seedlings to mature and then take clones. I'm running these seeds all the way through a whole cycle. I will take cuts when it's time, but the plants will keep on going from one stage to the next.

I think this will help me stay on track better. I will have mothers mind you... just not right away.

Also, I'm growing hydro now. It's gonna be a gravity feed flood and drain system. I'm using Clay pellets mixed with lava rock for my medium.

I'll be aiming to harvest 15 plants (in 1 gal containers) every two weeks. So.... if I get over an oz per plant, which is doable ***you guys weigh in there*** I'd be looking at a pound per harvest (wet).

The seeds are under CFL in the mother/clone cab and I wanna get my MH going for the veg cab, I might go with cfl though (still got a week or so to decide).

The flower closet will be 1800w. Top shelf will have my 1000w HPS and the bottom will have two 400w HPS lights.

I think that covers it all. Besides getting some NL seeds, I'm set to rock and roll.

However, I need to finish my ventilation (still.... ugh) I was thinking of venting my mother/veg cabs outside. I'd cut a hole in the wall and install a dryer vent... ***what do you guys think?*** It seems to be the easiest method, just gotta have a light trap on it.

And for the closet I'll vent out the roof. For my odor killer I'll be using...... a Rubbermaid filled with POTPOURRI! My buddy used it on his grow and said it works great. I'll also get a Vaportec just to be safe.

Whew, long post. Anyways, I hope you're all well. It's been too long. Stay up and stay safe.

Peace,
White

 

[kaotic]

WTF man! I thought you fell off tha fuckin map! Nice to hear from ya. Sorry for all the shit you went through. Can't wait to see this thing rockin! Good luck! Glad to hear you enjoyed your harvest. When it comes to security though don't give it a second thought if your gut tells you to chop. I lost all my mothers like that once. Had to do it though. Good thing I did.

 

[J-Blunt]

glad to see u back in action

 

[maryjane2029]

um potpourri...is that some kind of joke? That will NEVER work, not in a million years, at least not with my stinky girls!

Peace/Love/Joy

 

[White]

I'll let you know how good (or bad) it works maryjane. My buddy had a large grow going and used the potpourri in a rubbermaid (lots of potpourri mind you) it made his whole house smell like his grandmothers. No stink, just potpourri.
This guy has done some serious growing, so I'll take his word for now. It needs to be changed out every 2-3 months, but it's a lot cheaper than carbon.

Great to see you guys, kaotic and J-Blunt. What do you think of the new setup? Yeah I did fall off the map for a while. It was so fucking hard to kill my plants. It was like killing babies. I took 'em all out one by one.

The only consolation was that I would live to grow another day. And here we are.

No signs of seedlings yet, I hope to see some of them peeking out tonight or tomorrow.

Stay up and stay safe.

Peace,
White

 

[stihgnobevoli]

lol i just pictured an idea for this potpourri you mention your friend doing. it sounds ingenious and would work. get a rubbermaid, fill with potpurri, exhaust from grow goes in one end, scented air comes out the other side. like a large carbon filter but the carbon is potpourri. very smart.

 

[White]

lol i just pictured an idea for this potpourri you mention your friend doing. it sounds ingenious and would work. get a rubbermaid, fill with potpurri, exhaust from grow goes in one end, scented air comes out the other side. like a large carbon filter but the carbon is potpourri. very smart.

Exactly, stihgnobevoli. That's the plan. Potpourri has a strong enough scent and with such a big quantity, it will totally do the trick. It's so easy and cheap too.... Couldn't be better. It's way cheap compared to other options.

Good news, little seedlings are popping out their heads. They should be moving to the veg cab tomorrow or saturday. I lost my camera, so I'll try and figure out how to get some pics soon.

Hope you're all well. Stay up and stay safe.

Peace,
White

 

[paulkemp]

i still dont really understand why you cut off all the leaves. i leave mine with as many leaves as possible. they need all the help they can get, they still need to collect light to make food to grow roots with. cutting off leaves just lowers their chances for survival imho. the leaves support the roots and the roots help grow more leaves. not the other way around.

Cuttings don't need light to root. Hence they do not really need a full canopy of leaves to root. I get about a 90+% success with clones. My process doesn't involve anything sterile. Just use clonex. And rapid rooters and you'll be good. No light's even necessary until they show roots.