Stoney grows Honey Fried Bananas in RDWC SCROG

[Zen_seeker]

I don’t think I’ve made any alcohol in 25-30 years. Kids and life got in the way. Most of the equipment is in the garage, gets moved around every so often.

Most, if not all, of the micro breweries are gone. They let people make their own beer/wine then come back later to bottle it. Some got caught making and selling the beer and got shutdown.

Up here you can make alcohol for personal consumption. Selling is where trouble starts.

Cool song, found myself repeating the main verse later. Guy has a pretty deep voice.

Put the sugar in the water…

 

[Stoneyluv]

I don’t think I’ve made any alcohol in 25-30 years. Kids and life got in the way. Most of the equipment is in the garage, gets moved around every so often.

Most, if not all, of the micro breweries are gone. They let people make their own beer/wine then come back later to bottle it. Some got caught making and selling the beer and got shutdown.

got paid for a job years ago in some beer making equipment.. i just wanted it for the glass carboys and seven gallon buckets. he gave me a bunch of bottling gear wth it but honestly i would never use it, this guy was super old and he had a mouse problem in his house and some of the gear was even rusted..

if i ever did it i would just buy new stuff.. i have a good bottle corker... those always clinch my butthole a little when using!!!

Up here you can make alcohol for personal consumption. Selling is where trouble starts.

it was that way here but not many busted for it then a few years back they changed the laws, thats what got me into it.. i knew i couldn't loose my house for making five gallons!!! i think the limit on mash here is like 20 gallons at a time i think... i'm really not sure man, the law is actually kind of fuzzy and can be interpreted a few ways.. i think it's done like that on purpose..

wine making was opened way up though, i don't know all the laws but it's way more laxed now,. in Pennsylvania now you can even sell homemade wine to the liquor stores for sales... i mean ya gotta pay the tax and license and all that but you can make wine in your own home here and sell it to the government!!! thats pretty cool if ya ask me!!!

Cool song, found myself repeating the main verse later. Guy has a pretty deep voice.

Put the sugar in the water…

i sing it often too!!!! i have a whole playlist of shine songs i crank while running a batch!!!!!

moonshine bandits are always on the speakers too....

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ah yeah!!!!! look whatt rolled up at the luv shack today!!!!!!!

new furnace day!!!!!!!



it's gonna replace this old tired girl....



saw this.... yea i'll get right on that!!!!!!!! hahahahahahaaha



i'm fuckin certified alright!!!!!!! hahaha

 

[Bandit420]

Good luck getting that beast installed! I pretty much thought the same thing with my mini split and it's professional installer only mumbo jumbo warning on the pallet. Only special tool I needed was a vacuum pump so I was like "Bitch, I grow weed. That pretty much means I can install anything professionally!"

I forgot how many times you started and restarted this grow. Been a journey for sure!
I'm just be a bit more critical of the plants I let stay in the grow bed. They all need to be on the same page in that system much like DWC so anything not keeping pace early will just go outside and hope for the best with it.

I think you have the pool locked up and have had it down for a while now. We're all just racing for 2nd but I'm pretty sure I have that locked up too so they can all fight for 3rd. IDK about any bonuses...all I know is if you're not first, you're last!!! I just have fun playing it like I do the fantasy and all the point collecting for free shit hahaha!
Got my 625 bonus on fantasy today! I guess all the 500 point bonuses are actually worth 625 at Championship level!

 

[Stoneyluv]

Good luck getting that beast installed! I pretty much thought the same thing with my mini split and it's professional installer only mumbo jumbo warning on the pallet. Only special tool I needed was a vacuum pump so I was like "Bitch, I grow weed. That pretty much means I can install anything professionally!"

it says a smoke test must be performed for proper setup... well shit that has my name written all over it!!!!!! hahaha

I forgot how many times you started and restarted this grow. Been a journey for sure!
I'm just be a bit more critical of the plants I let stay in the grow bed. They all need to be on the same page in that system much like DWC so anything not keeping pace early will just go outside and hope for the best with it.

i forgot how many times too man... it was a years worth i know that!!! like august to august of problems..

you're right man, with only two plants and the special training they need to be about as equal as possible. in the soil side i have so many more plants and it's easy to let a smaller one ride along without problems... with only two plants it's so damn critical man!!!

these are times i really wish i had ARC back.. it's why i want to get back into cloning more, just to have known plants that i can get comfortable with.. today my neighbor offered me a tent again.. i also talked him into setting up one of his other tents and taking the one plant in soil i don't want. so i'll get cuttings from it and he gets to flower it!! the plant will live on and he gets some fun!! he hasn't grown anything in a couple years now and has the itch. and i owe him a solid anyway for hooking me up with the new furnace, he even picked me up and drove to go get it!! i owe him more than a little plant!!! haha

I think you have the pool locked up and have had it down for a while now. We're all just racing for 2nd but I'm pretty sure I have that locked up too so they can all fight for 3rd. IDK about any bonuses...all I know is if you're not first, you're last!!! I just have fun playing it like I do the fantasy and all the point collecting for free shit hahaha!
Got my 625 bonus on fantasy today! I guess all the 500 point bonuses are actually worth 625 at Championship leve

i just hope you and i finish 1-2.. i honestly don't even care if you beat me as long as i finish second.. just the whole one two finish is badass!!!! and we rarely had the same drivers!!!!

i got an extra 20 for the powerball again today... i was snooping through the point badges and yeah, there are two fantasy badges that i won't get and i'm sure they come with point bonuses.. the 20x and the 30x.. i should get the check in badges though, hoping they come with bonus points.

this weekend will be here before i know it... hell it's already hump day night!!!! damn where did the week go??? this weekend is daylight saving time too... i've been completely swamped with work again and see no end in sight at the moment so i'll keep riding the gravy train as long as they'll let me!!!!

 

[Bandit420]

The season sure has had it's moments




Of all the drivers I coulda picked a few years ago and how this has played out....



That break-out season I felt was coming for him finally happened




And yeah..to be 1 and 2 in the pool is just the cherry on top....

 

[Stoneyluv]

been a couple weeks.. time flies!!!

nascar season is now over and i can't wait for next season already!!!

until then, i still have some buds to finish up.. i'm near the end of week seven of 12/12.. my plant did not like GH's ratio for the mid bloom and got tip burn. something i'll alter next round for sure! prolly go from early bloom to late bloom ratio and just skip the mid GRO spike the chart calls for. maybe if the plants were showing signs of def i'd do it. i learned though..

just a few more weeks left.. not much weight and the buds are tiny AF.. big enough to use the bowl trimmer... the smell is loud in the cabinet!! i changed around my venting and now use a carbon filter in that cabinet and just exhaust right into my lung room.. the filter is working absolutely perfect right now.





the system itself is running flawless which is good. i have about ten gallons or so left in the top off and honestly i haven't checked the ppm in like a week now. the ph has been perfect and i still hear the chiller run periodically so i'm just letting them ride!!!!!

last weekend i took some cuttings of the five fastest plants i have from my current soil run and hopefully one of those pairs will make the next scrog run...



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[Bandit420]

been a couple weeks.. time flies!!!

nascar season is now over and i can't wait for next season already!!!

until then, i still have some buds to finish up.. i'm near the end of week seven of 12/12.. my plant did not like GH's ratio for the mid bloom and got tip burn. something i'll alter next round for sure! prolly go from early bloom to late bloom ratio and just skip the mid GRO spike the chart calls for. maybe if the plants were showing signs of def i'd do it. i learned though..

just a few more weeks left.. not much weight and the buds are tiny AF.. big enough to use the bowl trimmer... the smell is loud in the cabinet!! i changed around my venting and now use a carbon filter in that cabinet and just exhaust right into my lung room.. the filter is working absolutely perfect right now.

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the system itself is running flawless which is good. i have about ten gallons or so left in the top off and honestly i haven't checked the ppm in like a week now. the ph has been perfect and i still hear the chiller run periodically so i'm just letting them ride!!!!!

last weekend i took some cuttings of the five fastest plants i have from my current soil run and hopefully one of those pairs will make the next scrog run...

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They look outstanding from where I'm sitting!
The size and weight is just the byproduct of a level canopy and having far more than only 4 tops on a single plant.
From birth, your main cola is directly connected to the tap root. The main will get the most energy and be the flower the plant dedicates itself to.
The main is determined by height so whichever shoot is the highest set on the plant will become the main. So if you top a plant and it's side branch gets taller than the cut top, that side branch is the new main.
As you top and top some more to fill out a scrog or level a canopy, turn a plant into a bush, etc, the connection between the main and the tap root is split equally between all tops so while they're all equal and uniform, they wont get super huge and usually max out around thumb size to maybe skinny beer bottle size on heavy yield strains.
Cola size drops significantly on plants with more than 4 tops. 4 or fewer and having 1 or 2 as mains will get them arm size but also bring on other problems like bud rot if not well ventilated.
You do get the most efficacy from your lights though with the smaller tops and even canopy and that's very ideal with those 550s.

 

[Stoneyluv]

They look outstanding from where I'm sitting!
The size and weight is just the byproduct of a level canopy and having far more than only 4 tops on a single plant.
From birth, your main cola is directly connected to the tap root. The main will get the most energy and be the flower the plant dedicates itself to.
The main is determined by height so whichever shoot is the highest set on the plant will become the main. So if you top a plant and it's side branch gets taller than the cut top, that side branch is the new main.
As you top and top some more to fill out a scrog or level a canopy, turn a plant into a bush, etc, the connection between the main and the tap root is split equally between all tops so while they're all equal and uniform, they wont get super huge and usually max out around thumb size to maybe skinny beer bottle size on heavy yield strains.
Cola size drops significantly on plants with more than 4 tops. 4 or fewer and having 1 or 2 as mains will get them arm size but also bring on other problems like bud rot if not well ventilated.
You do get the most efficacy from your lights though with the smaller tops and even canopy and that's very ideal with those 550s.

Thanks man, i really don't mind the fingerling size buds when there are so many of them... but man why they gotta be the pinky size?!? hahaha



HOOK EM!!!!!

one thing i am impressed with is the footprint of the 550 bro. i thought for sure it would have been a little tighter and thought maybe since reducing to just one light the outer edges would suffer but not even close man.. the outer edges are the exact same size and not leaning inwards at all. i think the buds are spread something like 35" x 38" and not one of them are sufferings from lack of light!

the density is there and also seems to be of great quality.

last night i did the change out to the final nutes that i will run the rest of the way. no buffer, no cal/mag.. just light on the trio with some GH Ripen. ppms are low, 380ppm right now.

so maybe not quite the thumb size that would be nice but i'm hoping to make up for it in resin collection with the tumbler and stuff..

nice and stinky too!!!!!!!!!!!







Just starting week 8 of 12/12 today.

 

[Stoneyluv]

getting near the end of week eight of 12/12.. i could play tune in to tokyo all day long with all these hard nippies!!!! hahahahahaha








i'm getting close to having a successful harvest and it's a great feeling!!!! this weekend i will drain the system and then fill it up with rain water and add 250 ml of florakleen. i already bought it over a year ago so i may as well use it!!!!



i'm really not sure if flushes are BS or not in hydro, i know they are in organics.. i'm gonna flush this time since i did everything else nute wise by the textbook i'll ride it out that way... next time i might just try a low taper. one bud will end up with a whole grow longer on the cure so it might be tough to compare.

hope everyone has a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[doublej]

Yours stayed pretty well uniform........ Well done on the harvest buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bandit420]

They look fantastic and I think it's official...Congrats on your first hydro haul Dude!!!
So happy you finally get to experience this!
Any plans for another round and expansion?

IDK much about the flush either. The products to do it are kinda weird...like mine is just yucca extract and I think floarkleen is sugar water. Plain water is probably good too.
I forgot to check before and after but current running ppm for maybe the past 12-15 days has been less than 200 and base from the tap is 150. My max was 1150.
I think it's mostly a way to get them to eat up the rest of what's mobile in their system before they get the chop.

 

[Stoneyluv]

Yours stayed pretty well uniform........ Well done on the harvest buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm getting excited for the harvest!! last night i drained it all out and put in zero ppm water with florakleen. nothing left to do except wait it out now.

the rez is really clear without any nutes in it!!!! thats full to the top with water!!! you can just see a tiny bit where the heater cord comes out of the water and thats it!! haha

They look fantastic and I think it's official...Congrats on your first hydro haul Dude!!!
So happy you finally get to experience this!
Any plans for another round and expansion?

IDK much about the flush either. The products to do it are kinda weird...like mine is just yucca extract and I think floarkleen is sugar water. Plain water is probably good too.
I forgot to check before and after but current running ppm for maybe the past 12-15 days has been less than 200 and base from the tap is 150. My max was 1150.
I think it's mostly a way to get them to eat up the rest of what's mobile in their system before they get the chop.

Thanks man, it feels freakin awesome!!!! and it stinks in all the right ways!!!!!!! man is this a pungent girl!!! i reached under there the other night to sweep up some debris and man it made me gag a little, had to step back and take a breath!!

i'm not quite sure about any expansion yet. my plan was to take a look at these roots when i harvest and if there's some room in the buckets yet and the roots aren't packed the shape of a bucket i'm going to let it ride. i'm hoping i don't have to change them out!!! but if they're packed solid i might upgrade to eight gallon plant sites.

hoping these buckets are fine and i can just move forward with the next round. for that i took cuttings of the five biggest plants i have in soil right now. i took two cuttings of each plant and figured i would just pick two that i really liked. i was kinda hoping i'd see more flowering by now and a little bud formation to help me pick as well. good thing is i have at least a week now till i harvest this plant now so maybe by next weekend i'll see something that tells me "yeah, these two!!" haha

but all the cuttings have roots and are ready to go whenever i am... guess it kinda makes em all clones now.. the clonex gel i bought was the only bottle i ever bought and has to be well over ten years old.. still works!!! hehe





one set is of the plant for my neighbor.. not sure when he'll take it or if he even will really, he changes his mind often and there's the clock we all live by and then there's Jim time!!!! hahahaha i love him like family though!!!!!!! he's a fuckin super awesome next door neighbor!!! i happen to have three super awesome neighbors!!! not many people live around me so it's like 95% of all people here are great!!! hahaha

i'll keep it till it don't fit in the tent no more... hahaha



other than that no real plans for anything different. i learned a ton on how not to waste nutes and additives.. it's really the additives that are pricey. i know people say they're not even needed for the most part and that will be where i play around a little more by pulling back on the extras. i'll still use the trio, it costs me like $20 for the two plants in nutes from start to finish so i'm not worried about those at all. and i learned i don't need to add bennies every single time so that will save me a bunch right there alone!!!

i think for this next round i might pull the chiller stuff out of the rez and flush it clean and store it for next summer. it will be time for heat soon.

still gonna go with the smaller leca balls and the trix flavor for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! def not changing that part up!! i am going to put less of them in this next round though, once the trunks get big ot pushed some out onto the floor.. i'm gonna leave room next time!!

i'm pretty much on cruise control though from here on out.. top off has over five gallons in it and she's only using a gallon every couple days. the ph doser is keeping things steady and all i have to do is carry down my folding table because i want to do the harvest right there next to the cabinet. i plan to pull the branches off and give them a quick trim with the electrics and then in the bowl trimmer for the touch up. i don't see many dead leaves or any bugs at all so every scrap of trim will be used!!!

Game Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!