The Re-Invention of MileHighGuy

MileHighGuy · Dec 11, 2011

WalMart Box Fan is now in the tent running on low.

Turns out the temperature with the light on is perfect, If I turn the 6" In line fan on, the temps are too cold... lol, I guess I'll just leave it off until I get another light or two in there.

I through my digital thermometer in there today to record the high/low, I'm worried about lights off during the day, I think it may still be to cold. So I shall find out very soon.

The plants are loving their new light

MileHighGuy · Dec 11, 2011

mugenbao said:
Dude, congrats on the new gear! Can't wait to see what you do with it

I am upgrading to a new bigger tent w/ 600W as well, got everything but the light. I'll get that next week, then I'll be as excited as you seem to be, hehe!

Nice Mang, What Kind of setup are you gonna go with? Vertical, CoolTube, Hood...???

:thank you:

And thanks for the congrats, I'm still really excited, I've never had two tents at once, I'm really Really Really Stoked to Be going perpetual, I hate having dry spells, even with good friends and wholesale prices it's always better to smoke your own.

:jump:

MileHighGuy · Dec 11, 2011

And one more thing... Since I'm going organic, and I'll have plenty of room, I've decided not to defoliate, and may not even touch them the whole grow... but you never know, I might have to.

Any input here? I've always pulled a few leaves off here and there and trimmed a mountain of leaves off every few weeks, except for right after I switch to flower.

Anyone think I'm going to lower my yield significantly by not trimming?

mugenbao · Dec 11, 2011

MileHighGuy said:
Nice Mang, What Kind of setup are you gonna go with? Vertical, CoolTube, Hood...???

And thanks for the congrats, I'm still really excited, I've never had two tents at once, I'm really Really Really Stoked to Be going perpetual, I hate having dry spells, even with good friends and wholesale prices it's always better to smoke your own.

I've got an air-cooled hood and am going to run horizontal, pretty boring plain-Jane run. At least at first

I'm interested in trying vert, but I just really like the way plants look and grow under horizontal lighting. It's just a personal thing, I guess. I may try vert some time in the near future just to see how I like it, though.

And yeah, smoking your own is the best. Bar none.
:dance013:

mugenbao · Dec 11, 2011

MileHighGuy said:
And one more thing... Since I'm going organic, and I'll have plenty of room, I've decided not to defoliate, and may not even touch them the whole grow... but you never know, I might have to.

Any input here? I've always pulled a few leaves off here and there and trimmed a mountain of leaves off every few weeks, except for right after I switch to flower.

Anyone think I'm going to lower my yield significantly by not trimming?

I often defoliate to some extent, especially when things get crowded. A couple cycles ago I decided to run two clones of Blue Satellite 2.2 side-by-side, one with moderately heavy defoliation and one without any. Same soil, both hooked to the same Blumat reservoir, under the same light. Literally side-by-side. To be honest, I didn't notice any significant difference in yield. Perhaps the defoliated one took a little longer to finish, but not drastically. I think some of the lower buds on the defoliated plant were a little chunkier if I remember right, but it wasn't enough to wow me. I probably should have documented it, but it was just a lark to see if I noticed any big difference. Not a very conclusive test, but the defol plant didn't really wow me compared to her sister. I think from now on I'll do it sparingly, and mostly when needed for air circulation or light penetration, but not to the extent that the folks in the defol thread do it.

In your place, I'd try going a whole cycle without touching the plants on the first run of the tent (unless needed of course), to get a feel for the "baseline". Then experiment from there

killerweed31 · Dec 11, 2011

Yo mile..what a nice healthy progress dude, seems gonna be quietly nice!!!
keep it up.date!!!

MileHighGuy · Dec 12, 2011

OH Snap!!! I checked my temps this morning about 3 hours after lights off and the temps were dipping below 50, so I ran to Wally World and grabbed and Radiator... metal heater thingy, it looked like the best value for 36 bucks and it is working like a champ.

Hmmm... Yep, I'll go take a picture BRB

MileHighGuy · Dec 12, 2011

mugenbao said:
I often defoliate to some extent, especially when things get crowded. A couple cycles ago I decided to run two clones of Blue Satellite 2.2 side-by-side, one with moderately heavy defoliation and one without any. Same soil, both hooked to the same Blumat reservoir, under the same light. Literally side-by-side. To be honest, I didn't notice any significant difference in yield. Perhaps the defoliated one took a little longer to finish, but not drastically. I think some of the lower buds on the defoliated plant were a little chunkier if I remember right, but it wasn't enough to wow me. I probably should have documented it, but it was just a lark to see if I noticed any big difference. Not a very conclusive test, but the defol plant didn't really wow me compared to her sister. I think from now on I'll do it sparingly, and mostly when needed for air circulation or light penetration, but not to the extent that the folks in the defol thread do it.

In your place, I'd try going a whole cycle without touching the plants on the first run of the tent (unless needed of course), to get a feel for the "baseline". Then experiment from there

Crazy I don't know how I didn't see this post earlier... oh well,

Thanks for the advice, I think that's what I'm going to do. I have always defoliated for air flow and to prevent PM or bugs, but it doesn't seem very organic to me... lol so we will see how this round turns out without any touching, something I wasn't quite capable of my first few rounds... I had to be in there touching all the time, don't get me wrong, I still check everyday, but I'm more confident and can spot problems faster.

MileHighGuy · Dec 12, 2011

It was about 65 with lights off and the heater on medium in the tent... and about 75 with lights on and heater on low.... Perfect

Mmmmm... Sweet Tooth Still waiting for her to show

The Veg Room, soon to be Clone, Mom... and Veg room

calientecarlos · Dec 12, 2011

Effin Ay man! Like the progress

I had to do same ish with my tent bc it was gettin too cold. Love the oil heaters for sho!!! Keep er up dude!!!

MileHighGuy · Dec 16, 2011

6 Days in

6 Days in

NOTICE: ALL OF THESE PICTURES WILL HAVE A HORRIBLE HPS GLOW TO THEM, THE PLANTS ARE GREEN AND HEALTHIER THAN EVER. Just think luscious and beautiful.

The 3 Blue Hash are front row, the 2 C99 are behind

The Blue Hash in the middle is so damn symmetrical, has very vigorous growth since birth and has had almost zero nutrient issues while the rest of the plants have had issues in the first few weeks.

Back Door and now the C99's are up front

C99 Sativa Looking and Beautiful

Canniwhatsis · Dec 16, 2011

calientecarlos · Dec 16, 2011

HEY LADIES!!! GET FUNKY!!!! :dancer:

silver hawaiian · Dec 16, 2011

MileHighGuy · Dec 16, 2011

Oh you guys

MileHighGuy · Dec 17, 2011

Just hooked up my PhatFilter.

STOKED, they were already starting to reek and now it smells like pure clean air

Adrift · Dec 17, 2011

nice updatess!

cant wait too see some flowers in here!

later

MileHighGuy · Dec 18, 2011

ahhh 20 minutes til lights on in the flower room.... I can hardly wait everyday to see what they look like... and so far I've resisted the temptation to touch them to much.