Stoney's Luv Shack

[Stoneyluv]

I think I'd rather deal with wild hogs than coyotes. They're here but depends on the neighborhood if they take hold. Older neighborhoods more than likely have multiple homes that know to shoot it while newer neighborhoods might take pictures and call pest control lol.
We stayed down in the desert a few summers ago where it's super primitive and wild. Coyotes come out at night and the howls sounds insanely spooky. Freaked us out because city dwelling trash eating coyotes don't really howl but down there it was freaky AF and we'd make sure the doors are locked at night.
It sounded like 5 herds of a dozen or so spread out every 1000 yards, surrounding this small town we were in.

Seems like sports is the new "computers". Like growing up, everybody said get into computers, tech, code and now AI is eliminating so much of that. But AI will never score a touchdown or sink a hole in one on a Par3 or steal home in a game 7.
As much as I dislike it, I think it's also driven by gambling. The whole sports world is like it's own separate economy and it's lucrative right now. Like the new "computers" haha
Weird as a fan though. Would like there to be more loyalty and there is but it's rare. It's mercenary ball more than anything but there's special guys out there. Mendoza is one.
The road don't matter but now that you got him, hell yeah!
Every owner is crazy too. Jerry Jones is up here dude and he's a psychopath. I hear the owner of the Jags is the money behind Spire Motorsports too.
I'd think I'd rather have a race team than a harem but that's just me

i fear we will get hogs up here one day. i can deal with stupid dogs, i don't wanna have to deal with dangerous hogs!! i hear they're as far north as west virginia.. bro thats close to me!!! closer that want hogs anyway!!!

a few years ago i was working late out in the garage and i stepped off the porch with a small pair of wire snips and a flashlight in my hand and there was a coyote standing right there a few feet from me!!! shepard size fucker too!!! he def had the upper hand but i'm so glad he didn't know it. i instantly started playing out how am i gonna get out of this one, thank goodness he just turned around and walked away. i think it may have been the flashlight that saved me from a bad night. i would have gotten fucked up.. he would have died but i would have been fucked up with a trip to the ER for sure!!!

why can't the freakin bears eat them??? those lazy asses just sit around eating berries in the woods all day!!! i see em too bastards... i like berries, save some for me wtf!!! hahaha

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wouldn't that be great to have enough money to put a sponsor on a car or better yet be part of a team!!! just show up at the shop anytime ya want!!! pit tickets comp'd all the time... way better than hookers!!!!!!!!!!
money really makes people crazy sometimes.. i'll never be crazy!! haha

we get a triple header this weekend!!! they used to never have races on mothers day. they always said they never wanted a son to die on mothers day because of a race. then they got slick and used to schedule a night race for saturday... now i guess it doesn't matter anymore. the almighty dollar rules all.

you see that tcket auction on fan rewards? man if that would have been the all-star race at dover i would have bid all my points. coke 600 is just to far for me to drive right now, but that dover race i could do!!!!

here's an $85 video intro....haha i can laugh now days later.. both our teams need some good stage points this weekend!!!!

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i had to pull an audible on the cardboard play.. nobody answered the bat signal so i bought some weed block.. just ordered another pack the same size to double it... got done as soon as the sun was setting. like 25x15 for the melon patch right now. i have no idea how much room i need. i guess a smarter guy would find that out first. I plan to start about 140 seeds.. i have seven strains and would like to start 20 of each one. i have no idea how many will come up nor how many i can even keep and fit in my area. we be wingin' it!!!!!!



still need to get cleaned up and organized inside... plans are still in the air..



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today started the 2026 outdoor season here.. i put the three plants in the ground that didn't make the cut indoors.. i never grew in this area before, it looks like it might be a nice sun spot. it was after 7pm when i was drilling the holes and the sun was still beaming me in the eye yet!!



this is the sun path they will get throughout the day...

https://imgur.com/a/Si2dXRe

so far we have these three.. all the regs i wanna grow outdoor are going in a totally different area. i think these three will be the only ones here.




and one last airpot root porn shot...




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

OOOOh and i turned off the hydro lights... harvest is this weekend!!!!!!! new fallponics system to follow ten minutes after!!! hahaha

 

[Zen_seeker]

So far we haven’t heard of any coyote attacks in the area but in other neighbourhoods small dogs and people have been attacked.

Haven’t seen foxes lately but rabbits and possums are a nightly event. Still not used to seeing so much wildlife in the city. Raccoons and skunks will be around soon too.

BTW the cheap paper bags people use to collect leaves work in place of cardboard. They just breakdown faster, possibly better for the worms to get into.

I store my old soil in the paper bags in late fall, I put the paper bag in a used dog kibble bag first. This is because the paper bag breaks down over winter and if lucky enzymes are eating it and in the soil. Only the top of the bag is left in spring.



What remains of the paper bag inside.

 

[Stoneyluv]

So far we haven’t heard of any coyote attacks in the area but in other neighbourhoods small dogs and people have been attacked.

Haven’t seen foxes lately but rabbits and possums are a nightly event. Still not used to seeing so much wildlife in the city. Raccoons and skunks will be around soon too.

BTW the cheap paper bags people use to collect leaves work in place of cardboard. They just breakdown faster, possibly better for the worms to get into.

I store my old soil in the paper bags in late fall, I put the paper bag in a used dog kibble bag first. This is because the paper bag breaks down over winter and if lucky enzymes are eating it and in the soil. Only the top of the bag is left in spring.

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What remains of the paper bag inside.
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the breakdown and deterioration is the main reason i went with the cloth once i couldnt really get enough cardboard. i want it to stay weed blocked for the whole season. i'm not really trying to attract worms, they're already there!! i'll use all that old cardboard inside the poly tunnel. the stuff i had in there a couple years ago did a pretty good job. if i happen to have left over cloth tomorrow i will just use that instead. i also have the option of laying down old cut open chicken feed bags. prolly just like your kibble bags and i have a never ending supply.

i gotta start all the mellon seeds tonight.. i wanted to last night and then got all side tracked.. i am going to put them in soil tonight no matter what!! i'm still ahead of our safe outside date and really i am further along then most years anyway so i feel i'll be in good shape. depending on mother nature a bunch in this one though.. yikes!!!

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speaking of yikes, i saw that i had a small leak in my hydro system this whole time and didn't know it..



looks like storm system stoneyluv came tearing through here...

 

[Stoneyluv]

rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://imgur.com/a/lEXiXQ9

leak tested and prepping already!!!! these current culture bulkheads are the tits!!!!! i could have never used them with round buckets but for flat walls oh my are they slick!!!!



inside left and right.... what i see here is two site cloner to get started!!!!!!!



command central is very similar... i put a shelf up for the air pump but it made the whole cabinet hum and bugged me out when i was right near it.. i went back to a cement block!! haha



i had a few hink ups... all my causing.. i had a small leak inside my pump, i had taken the head off and cleaned it all and saw that the one gasket looked warped and tried it anyway, nope.. it leaked! i put a new one on like i should have done when i saw it and all was good. also the left bucket inlet hose had a drip, i had only tightened the hose clamps with a screwdriver so i gave em all a few clicks with the impact and that fixed that!!!

another slight issue i now have is i reinforced the floor in the cabinet, about a year ago i put my knee through the floor about right in the middle.. it was a pita and i was afraid it was gonna get worse. so i stuffed some two by's under it and it should hold a car now!!! but in doing so it raised the front edge a scoash and now the doors are rubbing when i close them... so i took then off. i'll plane them down outside with my electric jobby.. it's quick but messy. so for now, no doors!!!!!! haha



and the only one shitty thing that happened was my clumsy ass dropped my heater off that little shelf and shattered glass all the floor... that was a $25 mistake!!!! sucks!!



other than that i couldn't be happier.... ohhhh and i also fucked up and flooded my basement last night with rain water!! not terrible but not just a little.. dumbass!!!!!!!!!

so right now i have some bleach crystals in it circulating all day.. i'll flush it out later and refill it, to get to the bottom of the netcups it was 31 gallons. pretty much the only thing left is to pick two cutting to clone...



Happy Mother Day to all the mothers!!!!!!!!!! and happy race day to all you other mutha's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

 

[Observer]

rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://imgur.com/a/lEXiXQ9

leak tested and prepping already!!!! these current culture bulkheads are the tits!!!!! i could have never used them with round buckets but for flat walls oh my are they slick!!!!

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inside left and right.... what i see here is two site cloner to get started!!!!!!!

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command central is very similar... i put a shelf up for the air pump but it made the whole cabinet hum and bugged me out when i was right near it.. i went back to a cement block!! haha

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i had a few hink ups... all my causing.. i had a small leak inside my pump, i had taken the head off and cleaned it all and saw that the one gasket looked warped and tried it anyway, nope.. it leaked! i put a new one on like i should have done when i saw it and all was good. also the left bucket inlet hose had a drip, i had only tightened the hose clamps with a screwdriver so i gave em all a few clicks with the impact and that fixed that!!!

another slight issue i now have is i reinforced the floor in the cabinet, about a year ago i put my knee through the floor about right in the middle.. it was a pita and i was afraid it was gonna get worse. so i stuffed some two by's under it and it should hold a car now!!! but in doing so it raised the front edge a scoash and now the doors are rubbing when i close them... so i took then off. i'll plane them down outside with my electric jobby.. it's quick but messy. so for now, no doors!!!!!! haha

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and the only one shitty thing that happened was my clumsy ass dropped my heater off that little shelf and shattered glass all the floor... that was a $25 mistake!!!! sucks!!

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other than that i couldn't be happier.... ohhhh and i also fucked up and flooded my basement last night with rain water!! not terrible but not just a little.. dumbass!!!!!!!!!

so right now i have some bleach crystals in it circulating all day.. i'll flush it out later and refill it, to get to the bottom of the netcups it was 31 gallons. pretty much the only thing left is to pick two cutting to clone...

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Happy Mother Day to all the mothers!!!!!!!!!! and happy race day to all you other mutha's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

Looks great man

Love the bubbles.

 

[steamroller]

You can suspend the air pump to get it out of your way and keep it quiet.
Were you using the heater before?

 

[Stoneyluv]

Looks great man

Love the bubbles.

the airstones came with the kit, they put out way more bubbles than my old ones, and here i thought i had good ones in there.

i had a serious root rot issue when i harvested. something ain't working with my bennies. either two different trusted brands of powder went bad on me, or maybe something in one of those compounds of sealant was killing off the bennies. either way i had a problem big time!!!

half tempted to go sterile this first run. i have h2o2 and the ppm testing strips. i have a pretty good idea on how much to add to get it right where i want too.. hmmm.. thoughts? opinions?

You can suspend the air pump to get it out of your way and keep it quiet.
Were you using the heater before?

thats a good idea man, that worked for me with a noisy fan back in the day. worth a try for sure. plan b to that is i'm just gonna mount the shelf to concrete wall on the other side. i tried foam feet and that did nothing...

and yes on the heat.. without my water is around 62° right now.. i'll have a new one tomorrow.

 

[Observer]

the airstones came with the kit, they put out way more bubbles than my old ones, and here i thought i had good ones in there.

i had a serious root rot issue when i harvested. something ain't working with my bennies. either two different trusted brands of powder went bad on me, or maybe something in one of those compounds of sealant was killing off the bennies. either way i had a problem big time!!!

half tempted to go sterile this first run. i have h2o2 and the ppm testing strips. i have a pretty good idea on how much to add to get it right where i want too.. hmmm.. thoughts? opinions?

I use 1-8ml (3-8ml/ 2-6ml) of 34%h²o² per gallon for my sterile grows.

I suspect you can do 5ml~ 34% h²o² every 3 days, for a sterile r-dwc grow.

DO NOT mix any organic chemicals in the res though.

Leave the organics to foliar if you grow the sterile route.

 

[Observer]

I use 1-8ml (3-8ml/ 2-6ml) of 34%h²o² per gallon for my sterile grows.

I suspect you can do 5ml~ 34% h²o² every 3 days, for a sterile r-dwc grow.

DO NOT mix any organic chemicals in the res though.

Leave the organics to foliar if you grow the sterile route.

Oh, u have the o² ppm strips? I think moe. Said 10ppm for h2o2

ORP is a good metric too, if you have a sensor for that.

Not sure on the numbers though.
I think 200-400 for plants, I'd have to check back.

 

[GrumpAzz]

You can suspend the air pump to get it out of your way and keep it quiet.
Were you using the heater before?

When in doubt.. hang it out

and yes on the heat.. without my water is around 62° right now.. i'll have a new one tomorrow.

I wonder how much heat your little pump would add if you put it in the res vs inline? Sounds like a little heat would help.