5x5 Love Machine

[LyryC]

Damn dude it all looks spot on. I picture you ducking and weaving - like a fighter - avoiding contact. Taking shots (pics) where you can.

Thanks!!!

The Blackwater OG is taking the hits for hte team for hte photo shoots. Shes smack dead in the middle center and gets the shove and squish treatment. I prop a bucket upside down - post up on top and then try to get good shots with the damn'd glasses infront of the camera.

I hope when I get my sexy DSLR camera I can get a professional attachment that works exactly like the Method 7 glasses.

Todays photoshoot was stickyyyyy but being a skinny mofo is a must to tender this garden.

 

[LyryC]

PREPPING BULK WOOL

to properly counteract the alkalinity of the rockwool, one must soak the wool in a ph of 2.9-3.0 for 48 hours. After 48 hours of sitting in this low ph solution the water will have risen from 3.0 up to 6.0 due to the low ph dissolving the lime deposits into the water and it will leave the medium with a perfect ph in the mid 5's. Low ph solutions dissolve lime, that’s why standard rockwool is soaked in a low ph and then flushed to flush out the dissolved lime deposits

CHARGING THE WOOL

Now comes the medium charge, and depending on how expensive your nutrients are and how much wool your soaking, there are 2 ways to go about this

First way: mix full strength nutrients in with the soak water, then ph down to 3, then after 48 hours you can pack the pots with wool and put the plant in with little to no flushing. Doing it this way is quicker but it wastes more nutrients and it’s not as good for stabilizing the medium

Second way: do the soak with plain water. Then once the wool is in the pots, flush the pots with a full strength nutrient solution to flush out the lime and super charge/stabilize the medium, I test the runoff and keep flushing until what’s coming out is the same thing
that's going in, ph and ppm wise, usually takes about 7-8 gallons of nutrients to charge and stabilize a 20 gallon pot of wool and flush out all the plain water; this is the way I do it

A Few Notes

-DO NOT squeeze or compress the wool, as it changes its structure.
-When you soak it’s easier to use 2x the amount of water for the medium you have. Example, put a 45 gal bale in to 90 gallons of water, this makes it possible to stir the wool around more and loosen the lime deposits, as well as assures the wool doesn’t get compressed

-The wool you want is "water absorbent" that is all I use. The water "repellent" can be mixed in to prevent it from holding too much water...a 50/50 absorbent to repellent mix has the same water to air ratio and water retention as grodan cubes and slabs...a mix would work well for smaller plants (SOG etc.), but with large trees id go 100% absorbent.


PH & PPM/DTW VS. RECIRC/MONITORING RUN OFF & COUNTERACTING SALT BUILD UP

When running bulk wool DTW with salt nutrients, salt build up has to be taken into consideration as does the ph of the medium and run off. Rockwool is spun limestone made in the same way that they spin cotton candy; this gives the rockwool a high ph which will always raise the ph of the watering.

The bulk rockwool, being unrefined, has more lime deposits in it and therefor raises the ph after watering higher than standard rockwool would. Due to this, one has to adjust the nutrient solution in a ph range to when it passes through the rockwool it’s never allowed to rise above a certain ph.

Example, if you were to feed this wool with say a ph of 5.5 your runoff after 24 hours would be roughly 6.2 or so, water source dependent and being in hydro one wouldn’t want the ph to go beyond 6.0 as you will begin to birth a phosphorous deficiency.

What I do is ph my nutrient solution down to a ph of 5.3 and after 24 hours of passing through the rockwool, the runoff will rise up to 6.0 and go no higher; this gives me full nutrient availability of all elements every 24 hours using a ph swing of 5.3-6.0..and I’ve found that in hydro, using a ph swing to cover a wide range of elements is much more effective than locking it down to any one ph like 5.5 or 5.8

if running this wool dtw, its best to monitor the ph and ppm levels of your run off and tweak the next day’s watering’s according to the previous days readings; doing this will assure that the medium is stable in ph and ppm levels...if your phI s over 6.0, lower the next feed .1 for every .1 the run off is over

If running dtw, one must also either allow a lot of run off each watering or alternate with plain watering, the best way is alternating plain watering, even with 10% run off, salt build up after 5 days/5 feeds will usually be 300-400 ppm’s higher than ingoing water has ever been.

Example, if I fed for 4 days and every day I fed at 700 ppm’s, the runoff on day 5 would be past 1000 ppm’s even if I’ve never fed past 700..i found that depending on how salty your nutrients are, giving the plants a plain watering every 4th or 5th feeding will counter act this salt build up and keep the medium in the range of 700-900ppms when feeding at 700 ppm’s.


HIGH HUMIDITY AND LARGE TREES

High humidity and large plants go hand in hand. I read something a while back that stuck, it was something like “The largest most vigorous trees and plants grow in the most humid place in the world, the rain forest.” I feel larger plants growing at faster rates need more humidity to thrive.
I like to keep my rooms between 60-70% RH. I’ll even go as high as 75-80 RH in veg and through stretch with some strains. I've never had mold, rot, or pm. The key is never let temps go below 68 and have tons of air flowing around your plants. If you don’t have enough humidity, the environment will suck moisture from your plant and it will never grow to its fullest potential.
For some reason there is a stigma surrounding high humidity from people who live in fear of mold or pm and it’s unfortunate. People never figure out the wonders of high humidity because they think anything over 50% will rot, but what they don’t understand is that those things (pm/mold) can only exist if you give them the environment suitable to do so. Keep your airflow up, don’t let temps go below 65F and let the humidity crank, your plants will thank you

NUTRIENTS

The nutrients I use are Dutch Masters Gold A & B, Calmag, and Protek silica, that’s it. I feed at 700 ppm’s most of the grow cycle and never go above that. When using RO water, I add 6ml per gal of Calmag, 2ml per gal of silica and the rest is DM Gold, I use this for all veg and first half of flower. I cut out the Calmag and Silica at week 5 or 6 and pump the base nutrients up for the remainder of the grow cycle.

I foliar feed twice a week with base nutrients @250ppms and a ph of 5.8 up to day 7 of flower...after each foliar feed I spray down with plain water to wash off salt residues.

 

[wildgrow]

Thanks for posting this info bro. Ive got a friend who always asks me for advice, ignores it and does what some youtube bozo says to do. Im pasting this into an email to him.

+1 to you my friend.

 

[LyryC]

Thanks for posting this info bro. Ive got a friend who always asks me for advice, ignores it and does what some youtube bozo says to do. Im pasting this into an email to him.

+1 to you my friend.

My pleasure. Its from DonJuanMatus's thread on Rockwool Trees - his setup was insane to say the least. He has since parted with ICMag and rementents of his legacy remain and this is one I wanted to keep for myself because I want to grow in rockwool again later.

Honestly want to grow in 3 different mediums - soil - coco - rockwool - different stages/setups. This is vital information for success later

 

[LyryC]

Fan Leaf Massacre

Fan Leaf Massacre

I pruned over 100 fan leaves off everyone in the room - but honestly - the yumbolt the least.

I remember from last round that the plants didn't stretch much due to not having fan leaves - but the buds swelled considerably - that night terror og was due to pruning/training with supercropping that resulted in a squat super chunky bud.

Same went for the blackwater OG.

Might be too late in the game for it to be a breaker so tonight was a leap of faith because these are all different genetics from last round so I'm not sure if these phenos or genetics will take kindly to my decision.

It was to increase light penetration ultimately. Secondly and almost just as important was to cease pistil destruction via air flow movement causing the fan leaves to damage the hairs. I feel like some buds have stopped growing because they were getting smashed by a big ole fan leaf. So more light - less damage - and as a test. I have documented my actions with this grow to a tee - much better information collected than last time - with consistent routine data available.

I hope the cali connect freebies don't mind being naked.

Pics tmrw in the AM - starving and wishing I got me a 6'er of some Magic Hat #9 before I came home from work - would hit the spot.

Feeling good and balanced. Its going to take me a few years to get strains and rooms dialed to my liking in a style and routine working in a schedule that can adhere to "reality" lol

When Cali Legalizes in 2014 - I can't imagine a reason it won't happen - I'm quitting my current lame job and pursuing a career in Permaculture via Hemp all the while marketing to establish a cannabis business or join one.

Already begun creating a portfolio and I think Oaksterdam University is still up - Got a flyer earlier this year some where - but anyways I'll be taking classes there just to have a formal background as well.

Advise welcome - also pioneers

 

[LyryC]

2014 Ballot Initiative

2014 Ballot Initiative

Lyryc is going to become a Hemp Permaculture Designer and a Medical Cannabis Cultivation Expert with the high hopes that California passes a ballot to legalize cannabis and hemp like WA/CO, with due time.

This is whats up my sleeve come 2014

I also have begun a portfolio documenting my achievements, mistakes, and experience gathered thru my short cultivation career.

I plan to have formal schooling/training via my college and Oaksterdam coupled with a smashing portfolio to present myself to opportunities after the vote. Finally my associates in marketing will be put to good use - I will be selling my ideas and designs along with adventures to pioneers alike who want to lead the next industrial revolution the world will see via the best plant available to man.

Fan Leaf Massacre uploading as I type. But I'm going hiking any moment.

 

[LyryC]

Yumbolt x Vintage 2006

Yumbolt x Vintage 2006

 

[LyryC]

Raping the server bandwith today

Raping the server bandwith today

decided to not go hiking as my friend was running about 2 hours late... lol laundry done - dishes done - pics up - gardens in order - house cleaned - and i mixed a bowl of the og kush - night terror og - angel cake - and blackwater OG - WIZOW!!!! I'm like a fucking robot - SUPER wired right now - I should eat some food today...

 

[LyryC]

HYAN POM PURPLE

HYAN POM PURPLE

ITS GIRL!

Lots of pictures - lots of work done - but ICMag is boring and dead - no love to keep the love machine running...

Overdrive initiated - yumbolt scoped - 70% cloud 30% clear.

The SCxSSSDH are epic - phenomenal - can't wait.

Jack33 = keeper. Sativa - main cola dominant growth - heavy on the herrer stank - shes going to be a 12 weeker

Man so much to update - clones planted - everything vegging is 100%.

I think I'll be popping my Red Eyed Testers this upcoming week. Grape Plague and PHD.

work work

Wildgrow - SLHxMM #1 keeper - but they all clone very well - badass roots - #1 is tallest - biggest buds - but resin coverage is equal for the most part. Being seeded will hurt yield but #1 looks very very promising. I'll pop some more of these with the Red eyed

 

[wildgrow]

Hey bro! I forgot all about that Hyan Pom. Can you remind me what that's about? I can tell ya that IC has been real slow this last week or so - I bet theres a lot of OD getting harvested. I know 1 of our local harvie fests was on this past weekend.

Any more herms popping up across the board?

A SLH x MM keeper?! That would be bomb! Would you say its as frosty as anything else, generally speaking? I was just hoping I wasn't wasting your production space at least giving you a nice jar of head. The MM is a rooting fool. I was just chucking cuts in dirt and watering - and presto, roots in 5-6 days. Whats the smell? More sweet or kushy?

Lots of love for your effort, don't get discouraged. Youre doing an excellent job bro.

 

[killerweed31]

AMAZING PLANTS BRO
IM HAPPY FOR YOUR PROJECT...BIG RESPECT TO YOU GROWER, ALWAYS CLEAN EFFICIENT JOB!!!

 

[LyryC]

Day 39 Week 6

Day 39 Week 6

Super Lemon Haze x Midnight Madness

 

[LyryC]

Day 39 Week 6

Day 39 Week 6

Jack33 KEEPER

Nice and tall - you can tell this pheno likes to be a big main cola.
Extremely impressive structure and growth. I feel this will be a 11-12 week plant - nice resin but not that greasy - very very very dominant Jack Herrer smell. Very nice Veg vigor as well I might add.

Mind you this was a flower induced plant - revegged hardcore and flowered again - viola.

 

[LyryC]

Day 39 Week 6

Day 39 Week 6

I take too many pictures


My Drain to waste set up. I move so many gallons of water by hand - and when I explain to people their flowers have love and hard work behind them they don't get it - but little do they know...

The Blackwater OG Pheno #3 - shes got bad light positioning and I don't care - I'll keep her for headies and will run her again - got copies. she also got a few seeds on the lower larf.

Cali Connect Freebie Randoms - small but they might make daddy proud - all cloned 100%.

 

[LyryC]

Day 39 Week 6

Day 39 Week 6

Drumroll...... YUMBOLT! More precisely Yumbolt x Vintage 2006

This fucking thing is outa control. Its so big I can't lift it with 1 arm anymore... lol AND THE TRIMMING - I WANT TO CRY...

Underneath the light the plant is yellowing hard and it looks like nitrogen deficiency but the parts with undirect light are just as big and are very dark green. Not sure if she's burned or just being light bleached - don't care. I foresee much wax from this girl.

She needs a second run - with much more control. The buds aren't airy at all - but they aren't that frosty either. Also the terpentene department is out on vacation or something - not stinky at all - maybe this is a good thing - like some plants are stealthy to grow.

Shes throwing lots of orange hairs - not sure if its burn - cause shes burnt up alright - been picking off fried leaves. Shes got some seeds too but she has a total of EIGHTEEN tops.

Anyways since shes such a fat bitch - its hard for her not to be so photogenic - shes practically a 1/4 of my grow space... not cool.

Check her out:

 

[LyryC]

Day 39 Week 6

Day 39 Week 6

Fat girls always like attention

 

[Arthritis_sucks]

Nice ladies ya got there lyryC, that cali conn mystery looks frosty to all hell.

 

[wildgrow]

Nice ladies ya got there lyryC, that cali conn mystery looks frosty to all hell.

Fo Sho!!

Id like to see a 5x5 of the Y x V2006 - machete time!

Let me guess... you have 4 x to many clones to grow. Aint that the way.

 

[5th]

I take too many pictures

https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=47238&pictureid=1147537

If you were taking pics of 2 week old seedlings I'd agree...but your taking pics of the dank son...keep it up.

Your right about people "not getting it"...it kinda funny really... We all know how hard it is to maintain the set ups we want to run....we know its a labor of love...we take pics or our shit because the people here appreciate them...

...but most people that smoke this shit have no idea what goes into it lol.

Jack33 structure has SOG written all over it.

 

[LyryC]

Nice ladies ya got there lyryC, that cali conn mystery looks frosty to all hell.

They definitely have very nice resin production but being over shadowed by everything a second run will judge their ultimate potential - this run you can tell where my focus has been. The smoke will ultimately provide the verdict tho - I think one of these is actually blackwater lol

Thanks for stopping by AS! Hope that move up to Norcal goes smoooth as butter - you know which budder right? Try and make it a fun trip - catch some sites if you can?