I guess i should start with how we got to this moment.
I had started a micro op and was using the op to test different nutrients/strengths and strains, while providing a head stash. My work situation changed and i now travel. Alot. so much so that my growing has taken a dive because of only being home on the weekends. Well after the op sat idle for 6 months and i started purchasing rather then growing, the dent that was making in my finances had the wife asking; When are you going to fire it up again?
This lead to the conversation that i didnt have enough time to devote to do it right and i try to never do things half assed. It was about this time that the wife asked if she could do it. My eyebrows raised and i said i dont see why not.
We started out with taking care of my moms in soil, she killed them. Well at least we have the clones in peat pellets. also dead in a week. Good thing i have spread the love and can get things back. So we started fresh from the ground up. New clone in dirt. and i emphasized the basics. pick the pot up, understand that it doesnt need to be watered everyday. and slowly she began to understand that soil requires enough love but not too much.
Then while i was away i asked her to take clones, which after asking her she adamantly stated she didnt need a refresher on. Imagine my surprise when i came home and there were two _leaves_ in the peat pellets. To her horror i ripped them out laughing and took proper specimens.... (it really is the small things in life). She explained that she always watched what i was doing but when it came time to cut she couldnt decide what to remove with the razor blade, so the leaves were used.
Once we got the clones rooted, i turned my sights to the system and explained to her that we were stepping of the deepend, she was gonna run a recirculating deep water culture as her first go at growing herb. i explained rather bluntly that if we got anything off the run i would be impressed. I also tried to caution her that if we do fail, not to give up as its just one notch in the growers belt. So off we went cleaning and disinfecting the system. We filled it up and i gave her the most simplistic run down i could.
-Never add nutrients to the reservoir unless we are doing a water change
-PH is always to drift down - set at 6.0 and drift down to 5.5
-PH adjustments were to be made with tap water only
-we would be using a nutrient schedule that i have had success with in the past, no going of into uncharted waters.
-under no circumstances was the PPM to exceed 450ppm.
-Water change every week.
With these guidelines we placed our clones in the lava rock, and my wife went off into the unknown. I took the hands off approach. I'd peek in to check the status and only offer help when she asked for it. And if she had questions she was more then happy to call me and ask. she did all the water changes, she measured out all the nutrients and balanced the pH (like a pro i might add).
Well we took them to 70 days and then i had her break out the microscope to look at trics. she proudly announced that they were ready on day 78. I was home just in time to help with the trim (you didnt think i was getting away scott free did you?). we weighted it up. 823.1 grams wet off two square feet. Now, that might not mean anything to you. Considering my personal best out of that same box was 699.2 grams..yea she stomped me out.
So thats how the wife stole the grow show. ill post some dry pics of the final product. its stellar. Heres to many more!
standing fucking ovation from this end "wife" (sorry dont have a name for you) !!!! serious. my wife makes plants cringe in fear, and wouldnt even try growing the herbs. she knows she cant come near my shit anyway.
started dome seedlings of regular plants for her once and caught her in my cab "watering her plants" (whatever the hell that meant).
BUT the one thing i had to lol at you for was:
yeah, sorry, i was getting stomach cramps from the laughter after i read that one. please let the wife read: no disrespect but that was some truly funny shit and to be totally honest, you did a whole lot better than i did on my first DWC run, so seriously kudos to you! now BITCH slap your husband and tell him to go sitt down! you got this!!!!
peace and happy growing
