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EatShitake Presents: The Sexer

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EatShitake

Now that I've got your attention...

Hi Everyone! :wave:

This is my first Grow Thread here on IC, so welcome to my lil corner of the planet. Make yourselves at home!

The purpose of this thread is to document my current project of finding a possible keeper out of:
4 Dream Goddesses (MOD)
8 VenomHeads (Fjallhoga)

These plants were grown from seed and cloned. I will determine their maleness or femaleness in "the sexer." They will reside in a 2x3 Ebb & Flow table until maturity at which point they will be judged on the usual characteristics of (in no particular order) yeild, aroma, flavor, potency, and aesthetics, by a crack team of freaks, oddballs, durty mommas and clowns such as myself and my friends.

There are other strains waiting in the wings, too! I may add these to the thread, or I may start anew, depending on circumstances yet unknown.

Here's a basic rundown: I had a perpetual grow of purple kush and true blueberry going, as well as some SD IBL, and a few other odd strains going at any given time. I was attacked by borgs of epic proportions but refused to relent against the evil whiteflies. But after the summer went and left me with some SERIOUSLY deficient crops, I decided to start from scratch, hence this thread.

The Room:

Overall 13' X 7' X 8.5' in height.

I've added a "soft" wall of reflectix, dividing the room into:
8x7 bloom
5x7 veg/clone/utility/storage/etc...

I have a 60 amp subpanel wired in for electrical and a pool-type timer
10k BTU portable AC unit
600W Lumatek Blue Digi Ballast.
-MH for Veg
-HPS for Bloom
2x3 Botanicare E&F table that I inherited
GH Flora Nova Nutes
6" CanFan and carbon scrubber for exhaust

Here are some pics to get started:

ps-My photograohy skills are lacking, as well as my camera. I hope to improve both while I'm here!! :joint:

Electrical:




Nutes:



DG Plants:



Clone Tray:



Empty Room:



Some Clones in "The Sexer":



A closer view:



I'm about 3 days into 16/8 veg right now. I'm gonna veg for 10 days or so because I need to take clones of the VenomHeads (a long story, but these are the survivors of the donor plants), and then, judging the plants, I'll flip them and see what we'll get.

Thanks for stopping in, and feel free to comment, inquire, bitch, or wax poetic! :headbange
 

oaktree

Member
Can i ask a noob question? I'm running an ebb-en flow table as well... this is my first time with any type of hydro. How high does your table fill up... does it go to the bottom of the rockwool cubes? and how do you get it to drain fully? Does the water pump into the table from the lower or higher piece on the table? Thanks for any help. The grows looking good so far. Good luck.

Peace
 
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EatShitake

Hi oaktree!

My clones were done in rapid rooters, and the table fills to just below the rooter plug. I wait until there is a good amount of root mass below the plug so that it hits water on first flood.

Yes, the water pumps in (and drains out through the pump after the flood cycle is complete) through the short piece. The tall piece is the overflow which keeps the water at it's maximum depth during the flood.

The flood and drain fittings are actually in a shallow little well inside the table, so the actual pots sit slightly higher than the bottom of the table. This is a pretty nice table for its size- it has flood channels so the water just doesn't go gushing everywhere. It's more orderly. But my first "table" was a DIY job with rubbermaids that didn't completely drain.

Thanks for stopping in, and feel free to see if I can offer any help!


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EatShitake

Thanks for droppin' in, Lucky. I'm eager to see this through with little to no drama. Hopefully I'll have some good eye candy for y'all!
 

RebelGrow

Member
nice oh so very nice! my summer crop was a bitch as well hence only a little left in my
jars and me being super impatient. good work!
 
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EatShitake

Tahoe- thanks for dropping by! I'll be taking pics as the grow progresses, mostly to hone my pic skills, and also to appease to PotPorn Gods.

This is just a start to find a good momma or two. I've got PLENTY of space to fill in the room. :joint:

Rebel- Good to see ya! My summer was brutal this year for a few reasons. A broken leg and torn-up knee were just one of my many shortcomings this season. Heat. Bugs, too. But all is on track. I'm in it for the long-haul, and looking to refine my green thumb. I know the room has potential, and I'm looking to exploit it! :wink:

Thanks for stopping in, folks! I'll be back tomorrow with some update pics. There's one more clone left to go in the tray, and the little darlings are growing right before my eyes. Nothing like watching the grass grow, huh?


Til next time, :wave:
 

hazy

Active member
Veteran
i sure like that subpanel.
and i love dreamgoddess.
nice room. mom searching takes time. good luck.
 
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EatShitake

Hazy-Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks for the kind words, man. I like working in my room, I do all my own work on it, and I hope I can share some good strain info with everyone here.

I've had good luck with DreamGoddess so far, so I'm hoping for a keeper!
 
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EatShitake

Evenin', folks! :wave:

Quick update tonight. The last Venomhead clone (a little straggler) is now on the table, bringing me to 8. That's one clone from each of 8 seed plants. The rest of the plantlings are looking good, and growing stronger every day. I hope they all bloom into little goddesses, but I'm not averse to collecting a little pollen every now and again.

Here's a few pics.

Table shot:



Another table shot:



A little VenomHead:



And a little DreamGoddess:




Well, that's it for now. The plants will veg all next week. I need to take clones of the Venomheads to keep a potential mom. I also found 2 mystery seeds left from an old roommate who was responsible for getting me back into the hobby a couple years ago. I'm stoked, because they are either White Widow or Purple Kush. They're soaking right now. I'll also be harvesting my East Island Indica X Timewarp from reeferman. I chucked a little pollen on her from a nice stinky male, so I guess I'll have F2 seeds ready to go soon.:yummy:

People of zee wurrrld, relax!
 
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NZjay

FINALLY!!!!!!! lol...

looking great man! some healthy looking clones too... good luck in your quest for a sexy bitch.
 
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EatShitake

NZjay!!!:wave:

I thought some garden gnomes had dragged you away, or maybe Frank was using you for some experiments.

Glad you're stoppin' in. You can bet your bottom nug that once my durty momma reveals herself to me, I'll be filling this room up proper, blazin' away 2000 watts of joy!


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NZjay

did i mention i think your sexer is sexy?......

...what??.... im just saying.... at least im not Khaleeling it to your pics (yet) :jerkit:




edit: WOOO!! PAGE 2!!!!!!!!
 
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EatShitake

MUAH!! :laughing:

Thanks (I think? :) )

Having trouble uploading pics to my gallery. 2 nights in a row. Anyone else having problems?


:joint:
 
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NZjay

dunno... ill let ya know... im bout to do some uploading right now...

edit: yup. probs. dammit..
 
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EatShitake

Hey Hey! :wave:

Quick update. These pics are a couple days old because I was having trouble uploading (I guess a few folks have as well).

"The Sexer" is getting flipped this weekend. I'll be cloning VenomHeads as soon as they start the stretch.

Well, here's a shot of the table:



And here's a shot of room conditions:




I keep the humidity up by running my garage-sized swamp cooler. It will get shut off once the plants show me what's under their respedctive undergarments ;-)

Thanks for stoppin' in!


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NZjay

Look like they are growing at a very happy rate! good work, keep it up!
 
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