love the dry ice that looks proper, get any melt from any of those? good looking silver.
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Silver's second straight-bulb several strain sweetened soil sweetness. Seriously.
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Love it! Thanks for the turnon!
No melt, .. though I did consider taking what the 220 screen gave and putting it through the 110, ..
But, either way, I'm quite pleased! I've been smoking and loving dry sift since before "full melt brah" was a thing..
Blue Satellite 2.2 is finished drying - 53.3 grams, with some lumber on.. So let's call it 48 grams - but probably closer to 50..
Anyway - haven't given it a fair smoke (read: clearheaded), but the buds are some of the most dense I've ever grown. Not just dense, but almost hard - you could probably drive nails with 'em.
Dried shots to follow, once life returns to semi-normal/non-holiday-craziness
Aaaaaaand I think I'm coming down with something. Ichabod, stay outta here with that shit!
also, when i was doin tons & tons of dry ice..... id let it shake a lil extra longer till it went green (separate green from "good") and used the greener stuff to "spike" edible butter, oil, etc. dump it in during the "cook" w plant matter
Dude yesterday I went to the doc and she gave me a steroid shot, a Z-pack. and a inhaler. Then she old me I have bronchitis.
I went into my grow to clean fan leaves off of a OG Kush last night and almost died. Had to use the inhaler and get my wife to water for me. Only got like 10 dam leaves off the plant. F-ing stinky assed Kush is going to put me behind. I got a shit ton coming down Sunday if I can get my breath back. Hope you don't get what I have.
HGO and d.f
And for the most part, it was still blurry [enough to not be useful] when I'd blow it up on the mac..
d.f, think it'll make any difference if I use GiMP to blow it up?
Just tryin to catch up.....
Get your camera positioned
Macro on and set the timer and let go
the only way to really eliminate shake blur that's inevitable in close crops
In my world..
Reflections on and looking towards two stories
Reflections on and looking towards two stories
With a slight break in regularly-scheduled programming, I thought I'd take a minute to download my thoughts of the grow thus far..
The upper-deckers/second level: Win! Definitely makes more sense to grow two levels of smaller bushes, each with their own dedicated 400/600 bulb, than to grow one level of taller trees using both bulbs.
The exchange of one 400 W for one 600 W: Win! Plants are far enough from the bulbs that there doesn't seem to be any issues with heat or light stress. But, I'm interested to see how the room can keep up with the heat of the 600 W come summertime..
Golden Goat: Super productive plant, very easy to grow, .. Powerful smoke. But, it's not for me. Far too lemon-y. If production were my aim, then it would definitely have a long-term place in the garden. But, since I'm a selfish bastard, she gets the boot.
Strawberry Diesel x ChemD: Per always, another productive plant. Productive, but from what I recall from last time I ran her, I was kind of indifferent to the smoke. Productive, no doubt. But, see last sentence of the Goat thoughts.
Blue Satellite 2.2: Will not likely get another go in my garden, unless I can source a cut with some serious blueberry stank. The pheno I ended up finishing was productive, gave rock-hard nugs, but I'm not terribly impressed with the effect -- probably too soon to give a fair judgement. I'm hoping she'll turn out to be a good AM treat.
ChemD: Dammit. I want another stab at her! Had I known (read: respected/listened to) how temperamental she was, I'd have given her another week or so before throwing her into flower. At the flip, I'd f'd up and let her dry out too much after transplanting, .. And then I hit her with a foliar and let her cook next to the 600 W.
All that said, the smoke is powerful and fantastic, and the taste is out of this world. Has that classic "good weed" taste that I remember from when I was just a lass - the first time I had a memorable "that tastes fucking killer" experience.
Nightmare Diesel: This paragraph is probably a waste of my time and a waste of your reading - I truly cannot say enough about this plant. Productive, hardy, powerful, utilitarian in her smoke, productive, gives lots of heavy flowers.. Did I mention she's productive too?
Currently cooking: Nightmare Diesel mom, one Golden Goat.
Currently vegging: Happy Valley seedlings, 3 (SFV x OG); Nightmare Diesel cuts, 2; the White cut, 1.
To be set to sprout today/this week: Hashberry x5
..the fam just cleared out, so now I can get back to life, back to biz, and back to gardenin'! The StrawDD will come down today, though I may give the other 2 ND's a few more days… We'll see.
..also thinking about replacing the other 400 with a 600. I will admit to a noticeable difference in the density of the buds grown with the 600 v the 400.. The challenge is HEAT! Or, maybe it's not a challenge. Who knows. Part of me figures, "Meh, fuck it, add the 600. If it's no bueno in the summer, just dial each ballast down to 400.."
Reflections on and looking towards two stories
With a slight break in regularly-scheduled programming, I thought I'd take a minute to download my thoughts of the grow thus far..
The upper-deckers/second level: Win! Definitely makes more sense to grow two levels of smaller bushes, each with their own dedicated 400/600 bulb, than to grow one level of taller trees using both bulbs.
The exchange of one 400 W for one 600 W: Win! Plants are far enough from the bulbs that there doesn't seem to be any issues with heat or light stress. But, I'm interested to see how the room can keep up with the heat of the 600 W come summertime..
Golden Goat: Super productive plant, very easy to grow, .. Powerful smoke. But, it's not for me. Far too lemon-y. If production were my aim, then it would definitely have a long-term place in the garden. But, since I'm a selfish bastard, she gets the boot.
Strawberry Diesel x ChemD: Per always, another productive plant. Productive, but from what I recall from last time I ran her, I was kind of indifferent to the smoke. Productive, no doubt. But, see last sentence of the Goat thoughts.
Blue Satellite 2.2: Will not likely get another go in my garden, unless I can source a cut with some serious blueberry stank. The pheno I ended up finishing was productive, gave rock-hard nugs, but I'm not terribly impressed with the effect -- probably too soon to give a fair judgement. I'm hoping she'll turn out to be a good AM treat.
ChemD: Dammit. I want another stab at her! Had I known (read: respected/listened to) how temperamental she was, I'd have given her another week or so before throwing her into flower. At the flip, I'd f'd up and let her dry out too much after transplanting, .. And then I hit her with a foliar and let her cook next to the 600 W.
All that said, the smoke is powerful and fantastic, and the taste is out of this world. Has that classic "good weed" taste that I remember from when I was just a lass - the first time I had a memorable "that tastes fucking killer" experience.
Nightmare Diesel: This paragraph is probably a waste of my time and a waste of your reading - I truly cannot say enough about this plant. Productive, hardy, powerful, utilitarian in her smoke, productive, gives lots of heavy flowers.. Did I mention she's productive too?
Currently cooking: Nightmare Diesel mom, one Golden Goat.
Currently vegging: Happy Valley seedlings, 3 (SFV x OG); Nightmare Diesel cuts, 2; the White cut, 1.
To be set to sprout today/this week: Hashberry x5
..the fam just cleared out, so now I can get back to life, back to biz, and back to gardenin'! The StrawDD will come down today, though I may give the other 2 ND's a few more days… We'll see.
..also thinking about replacing the other 400 with a 600. I will admit to a noticeable difference in the density of the buds grown with the 600 v the 400.. The challenge is HEAT! Or, maybe it's not a challenge. Who knows. Part of me figures, "Meh, fuck it, add the 600. If it's no bueno in the summer, just dial each ballast down to 400.."
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Jonnybgood29
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Have you tried growing the me untopped yet? If not, give it a try. She will amaze you my friend!
I think the first round with her was untopped - And she produced a cola 18" in length and about 3-4" in diameter, wet..
Just wait 'til I yank this next pair. Both were topped and trained, and there are masses of buds (just like big old knots) 2-3x the size of my fists..
On that note - let's talk humidity!
I finally got my act together and tossed a humidifier in the room, giving me reasonable control (refilling the rez is a pain, but maybe one'a'ya smart'ns can help me rig that)..
Anyway. Pre-humidifier, it could get as low as 20% RH in there. 30% was a "Woah it must be rainy/wet out today."
With the humidifier, I've been keeping it at 40-45 in the bloom room, and that's where I want it to stay as long as I'm finishing up this pair of ND (both at day 72), .. Once I take those out, I'll crank it up as high as I can get it, until this new ND (16 days) and Goat (9 days) wind down their stretch, at which point I'll bring the RH back to 40-45..
Anyway. Since having added the humidifier, I swear I'm seeing fresh growth/new white pistils on these ND (at least one of 'em), .. The only change, that I can think of, is the uptick in RH. No new food has been introduced, no stress (light/water/physical trauma).. ?
So I suppose the nutshell-question is this: Should a significant increase in humidity (late in flower) cause a re-flowering response?
Just curious. Nothing major, though it did curve-ball my plans to take 'em today.. ?
Just wait 'til I yank this next pair. Both were topped and trained, and there are masses of buds (just like big old knots) 2-3x the size of my fists..
On that note - let's talk humidity!
I finally got my act together and tossed a humidifier in the room, giving me reasonable control (refilling the rez is a pain, but maybe one'a'ya smart'ns can help me rig that
).. Anyway. Pre-humidifier, it could get as low as 20% RH in there. 30% was a "Woah it must be rainy/wet out today."
With the humidifier, I've been keeping it at 40-45 in the bloom room, and that's where I want it to stay as long as I'm finishing up this pair of ND (both at day 72), .. Once I take those out, I'll crank it up as high as I can get it, until this new ND (16 days) and Goat (9 days) wind down their stretch, at which point I'll bring the RH back to 40-45..
Anyway. Since having added the humidifier, I swear I'm seeing fresh growth/new white pistils on these ND (at least one of 'em), .. The only change, that I can think of, is the uptick in RH. No new food has been introduced, no stress (light/water/physical trauma).. ?
So I suppose the nutshell-question is this: Should a significant increase in humidity (late in flower) cause a re-flowering response?
Just curious. Nothing major, though it did curve-ball my plans to take 'em today.. ?
Jonnybgood29
Active member
What you are experiencing is normal for the nd my friend, when dialed in they do a second flush of flowers that greatly add to their weight. I usually let them go for 13 weeks give or take a week. Let them go and reap the rewards!
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Jonnybgood29
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Hit them with a little pk booster and they will really fatten up
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GMax
depends on what brand of humidifier you use.. I have tried to do it to 3 different cheap walmart humidifiers and broke all three of them
for some reason the basin overflows after a float has been added to the detachable rez.. its uncanny really and I cant figure out why it does it...but I have broken 3 trying to do what you are saying so be careful
for some reason the basin overflows after a float has been added to the detachable rez.. its uncanny really and I cant figure out why it does it...but I have broken 3 trying to do what you are saying so be careful
And also
13 weeks?! But I wanna smoke now! On their first run, I let the #1 pheno (keeper for me) go 82 days. .. I thought I'd f'd up the food on that and dragged it out, but apparently I was doing what I'm esposta be doing..
GMax - good stuff, thanks!
Sounds like I'm no more handy than you, .. So I'll learn to live with it in the meantime..
GMAX- DHF suggested to me hydrofogger.com for a humidifier, talkn @ smaller particle size than home dehuyus.... not expnsve either. like 35$
Hmm. Good lookin' Avinash. However, .. How 'bout this - GMax, you see if you can rig an existing retail store humidifier with the gravity-fed kit for $18..
And once you've got it all fingered out, lemme know how..
But on the for serious, .. Nice find, but it seems that the feeder/top-off gimmick is made to fit with their model hueys, which are $300+ .. ?!
And once you've got it all fingered out, lemme know how..
But on the for serious, .. Nice find, but it seems that the feeder/top-off gimmick is made to fit with their model hueys, which are $300+ .. ?!
yall jus wan do it the hard way huh?
LOL - Got me to thinkin' Avinash. ..
In my situation, I could probably get away with the Mini gimmick - which, IIRC, was $299. Then another $19 for the constant-feed doodad, plus shipping. Let's call it $325, heck.
Courtesy of bobble's brain (again), I'm thinking.. For less'n $325, can't I just do it on my own?
bobble, didn't you rig up a similar constant-feed humidity solution using basically a whole-home humidifier, a tote, and some ducting & tape?
I just put in a whole-home humidifier on my furnace, and it seems like it'd serve the same purpose and operate in essentially the same way. It comes with a humidistat (albeit a crude one, but it could be made to work, or replaced) ..
The whole-home humidifier was $160. Even after parts and mods, that's a bark less'n $325..
(Though I suppose you'd have to deal with a potential runaway rez even on the whole-home deal.. Mine, on the furnace, just drains via gravity into the furnace's condensation pump, which'll kick on in the event of any failure. If I rigged a whole-home for the grow, I'd have to somehow address the event of a potential rez/float valve failure..)
Any thoughts?
In my situation, I could probably get away with the Mini gimmick - which, IIRC, was $299. Then another $19 for the constant-feed doodad, plus shipping. Let's call it $325, heck.
Courtesy of bobble's brain (again), I'm thinking.. For less'n $325, can't I just do it on my own?
bobble, didn't you rig up a similar constant-feed humidity solution using basically a whole-home humidifier, a tote, and some ducting & tape?
I just put in a whole-home humidifier on my furnace, and it seems like it'd serve the same purpose and operate in essentially the same way. It comes with a humidistat (albeit a crude one, but it could be made to work, or replaced) ..
The whole-home humidifier was $160. Even after parts and mods, that's a bark less'n $325..
(Though I suppose you'd have to deal with a potential runaway rez even on the whole-home deal.. Mine, on the furnace, just drains via gravity into the furnace's condensation pump, which'll kick on in the event of any failure. If I rigged a whole-home for the grow, I'd have to somehow address the event of a potential rez/float valve failure..)
Any thoughts?
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Strawberry Diesel x ChemD
Strawberry Diesel x ChemD
Edit: Still need to learn how to grow her..
Not too fond of the way she finished - seems to have senesced the leaves into the bud itself in some places, .. Still some tweakin' to do with this'n.
She definitely carries the classic stink from the ChemD, which I do like. I'm anxious to try her again, despite her slightly raggly appearance, ..
Strawberry Diesel x ChemD
Edit: Still need to learn how to grow her..
Not too fond of the way she finished - seems to have senesced the leaves into the bud itself in some places, .. Still some tweakin' to do with this'n.
She definitely carries the classic stink from the ChemD, which I do like. I'm anxious to try her again, despite her slightly raggly appearance, ..
Seems to me you answered your own question... you could always just "Silver~rig"
it "all" up tothe furnace`s condensation reservoir, bada bing, bang, boom goes the dynomite, problamo solved.
happy new year ! :friends:
