Grump's Kitchen Sink Grow 🌱

These things are fucked
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GrumpAzz said:

These things are fucked
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That's wild man!
Only time I've seen anything even close to what you have is outdoor plants that were stripped of leaves by hail when they had cotton ball flowers. They lived but developed much the same way yours are here but still got very frosty and was good smoke.
Only difference may have been the stretch in mine was like a vine. Very ropey and almost limp and weak until they firmed up weeks later after the hail storm

Bandit420 said:

That's wild man!
Only time I've seen anything even close to what you have is outdoor plants that were stripped of leaves by hail when they had cotton ball flowers. They lived but developed much the same way yours are here but still got very frosty and was good smoke.
Only difference may have been the stretch in mine was like a vine. Very ropey and almost limp and weak until they firmed up weeks later after the hail storm

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These are long and tall and still growing. I've seen this growth only once before in my 4 years.

At this point they get no special treatment. I've been reducing the light and nutes. Here in a week or so i''ll start swapping the reds and blues. I unplugged the heater to save juice. They're not gonna get any more than RO once this top-off is empty. Basically... they're on their own.

Well as fucked as they decided to grow... I think they may finally be starting to stack. Things are getting tighter anyway.

It's a jungle in there...


Messed up structure but they're sticky and frosty as hell...


Perfect nose on these girls and it's exactly what I was after on that side of things. Nasty dirty dish towel terps. Definitely unique. I've only really encountered it here with the Kitchen Sink. It's GMO mom might have something to do with the funk.

Creeping up on the start of week 9. I can't tell, going off of structure, whether or not these bitches will be done by the end of week 10 or not.

They do seem to be done stretching out every damn stem on the plants. The tips finally appear to be somewhat "nuglike". Still plenty of white hairs though


I've stopped pampering them... I did tie one up that decided to fall over. That's what it gets for growing so damn tall and spindly. It's absolutely not an intensity issue as I've got multiple bleached tops.

No heater on in the tent. Temps run between 72 and 76 degrees. Humidifier is off too, running between 35-50% rH. Light Intensity has been dropped way down. It's on the recommended "finishing" spectrum with a little extra blue. 20r:50w:75 blue at the moment. I'll drop some more red out of the spectrum next week and finish mostly blue and with some white. Nutes are around 670-680ppm at 6.3 ph. Top-off has been getting refilled with RO only and is diluted down to 100ppm. They won't be getting any more than they have available right now and hopefully we see closer to 4 or 500 by the end of it.

They are drinking a ton less, which is another reason I assume they're on their way to the finish line. It won't be a fun trim but it does seem to be a heavy yielding harvest. Buds are sticky-trap sticky and the smell is off the chain, though, so I'm not terribly disappointed.

Edit to add: what a crappy out of focus picture

Saw this yesterday on Leafly and made me think of your grow here.
This was from a list of new found genetics people will be working with in 2026



Another, unrelated to yours but interesting IMO, is a new landrace out of Ethiopia.
Looks like something from a 1979 High Times centerfold but I'd like to work with her in a controlled environment indoors and see what happens

Observer said:

I'd toss them and put the clones in

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Not getting tossed for sure.

They'll be done and dry by the time I have well-rooted clones that are ready. I'm hoping to get down there and take a bunch of cuttings here in the next couple hours.

These Kitchen Sink plants will do the job. It's just gonna be a pain to trim it all.

Toss this frosty shit??

GrumpAzz said:

Not getting tossed for sure.

They'll be done and dry by the time I have well-rooted clones that are ready. I'm hoping to get down there and take a bunch of cuttings here in the next couple hours.

These Kitchen Sink plants will do the job. It's just gonna be a pain to trim it all.
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Yea I wrote that before I saw the updated post, why I deleted it.


They are starting to look good now

Reverse Auction score from Seedly's.
$107 bucks for 7 packs of seeds.
That's less than a buck.50 per seed.

Not cool...
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I found this before leaving for work. Looks like 10+ gallons on the basement floor. I couldn't dig into it before leaving for work so I directed the leak towards my sump pump.

Anybody know what's going on here? It's leaking directly out of the that fitting. Can I tear it apart and fix something or did the diaphragm spring a leak and she's toast?

Look to see if a connection is loose.
That is your pump for the RO correct?
Very high pressure by plumbing standards.
I got my pump from BRS.
Not sure if you are 1/4 inch?

steamroller said:

Look to see if a connection is loose.
That is your pump for the RO correct?
Very high pressure by plumbing standards.
I got my pump from BRS.

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Not sure if you are 1/4 inch?

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Same brand but mine is the 6800. I was really hoping to fix it since the thing is only a year old...

It's not coming from the water lines. It's coming directly out of that electrical connection... that don't seem right

I would definitely take it apart and see what is up inside.
Do you have a pre filter before the pump?
They are not necessary but if you find debris in the housing I would consider one.
Quick search did not find a repair kit for the 6800 or 8800.

steamroller said:

I would definitely take it apart and see what is up inside.
Do you have a pre filter before the pump?
They are not necessary but if you find debris in the housing I would consider one.
Quick search did not find a repair kit for the 6800 or 8800.

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Sounds like something busted inside, and that's the way out, that pump might be toast.

Didn't know or think one could just easily repair them since the pressures? But idk I'm not a pump expert lol.

I wanted to open mine up and look at it, but don't wanna fuck it.

steamroller said:

I would definitely take it apart and see what is up inside.
Do you have a pre filter before the pump?
They are not necessary but if you find debris in the housing I would consider one.
Quick search did not find a repair kit for the 6800 or 8800.

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Yeah I'll have to tear it apart when I get home... it still works but it leaks whether running or not.

GrumpAzz said:

Yeah I'll have to tear it apart when I get home... it still works but it leaks whether running or not.

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The pressure is the same?

My thought on take it apart is there are screws around the top where the impeller is and likely a gasket that is the culprit.
Beyond that I don't know.
I would flip it if possible and see if you can keep the drip off the electronics part of the pump.

Observer said:

The pressure is the same?

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Yeah the output pressure hasn't changed.

steamroller said:

My thought on take it apart is there are screws around the top where the impeller is and likely a gasket that is the culprit.
Beyond that I don't know.
I would flip it if possible and see if you can keep the drip off the electronics part of the pump.

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Good thinking. Worth a shot.
I agree that it's likely a gasket on the inlet side. Hate to buy another one if they only last a year. Prefilter might extend it's lifespan I suppose.

I have had the same for over 7-8 years.
When I was breeding fish it ran 24/7.
No prefilter I am on municipal water.
I wasn't sure if you are on a well or municipal.

steamroller said:

I have had the same for over 7-8 years.
When I was breeding fish it ran 24/7.
No prefilter I am on municipal water.
I wasn't sure if you are on a well or municipal.

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I'm on a well and it's after my softener.

I would hope that maybe just tightening the screws on top may help.
I know mine vibrated like crazy when running.
I mounted mine on the dampening feet and could always see it vibrating like crazy when running.

steamroller said:

I would hope that maybe just tightening the screws on top may help.
I know mine vibrated like crazy when running.
I mounted mine on the dampening feet and could always see it vibrating like crazy when running.

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I didn’t even mess with it. I saw my redirection of the leak was still working out so I'll put it off until tonight or tomorrow while my daughter is with my parents. Kiddos don't leave much time for tinkering...

Yeah it vibrates like crazy. Every so often I have to pull the 1/4 inch line feeding it off of a copper water line. That rattles clear throughout the house. It gradually works it's way back every week or two and drives the wife nuts if it starts up while I'm at work