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tobh's troll cave

Franksta said:
Yeah I've been out here in Washington for about fifteen years now... Spokane.. Moses lake. Tacoma... Seattle. Some years before that in Salem Oregon


The rural area and cities both up and down sides. IMO It's like Mars except lots of rain 🌧️ and vegetation out here sometimes. Have to be creative on what to do
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I've spent many years in eastern Washington, but prefer the Puget Sound region. This is where I grew up. I'm up in the north sound wilderness now. I love trees and being among them, except when it's time to clean out the gutters. I don't have much good to say about the preponderance of mold, as well. So, yes, it does rain a lot sometimes. I complain about it when there's too much and when there's not enough. It can get pretty darn dry during the summer, too, though. That's when the spiders come out to play.
 
Amnesia said:
I've spent many years in eastern Washington, but prefer the Puget Sound region. This is where I grew up. I'm up in the north sound wilderness now. I love trees and being among them, except when it's time to clean out the gutters. I don't have much good to say about the preponderance of mold, as well. So, yes, it does rain a lot sometimes. I complain about it when there's too much and when there's not enough. It can get pretty darn dry during the summer, too, though. That's when the spiders come out to play.
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Lol they are everywhere up here now. Just got the needed rain today and yesterday. But I think it's going to be a dryer one this year

My aquifer off the ridge is drying up


Mold.... I just try to be around the healthy kind 🤠. It's unavoidable.
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Franksta said:
Lol they are everywhere up here now. Just got the needed rain today and yesterday. But I think it's going to be a dryer one this year

My aquifer off the ridge is drying up


Mold.... I just try to be around the healthy kind 🤠. It's unavoidable.
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Good to see the forest got 5 stars. You'd think there would be at least one person who complains about the service.
 
Damn, maybe we washingtonians should plan a get together. I'm smack dab between Portland and Seattle now.

In other news, seeds have been dropped. Let the lady pick the poison this run. We'll see if I can actually get these to germinate this time. Last time I tried with these, I had one out of three germinate.

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alright alright. seeds in rapid rooters, temporary ghetto seed germination station set up.

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yes, that tray is filthy. yes, i preach cleanliness like a broken record. yes, i will clean it. just not now, later. maybe later later when it's time for taking clones.

the insulated reflective material is arched over the little setup to try and capture some of the heat from the light and ballast as it's about 68F in my office, so likely closer to 65F in that restroom they're gonna hopefully start their lives in. Heat mat is set to 79F on the controller, so should see some sprouts in a few days.

Still trying to figure out how I want to mount the carbon filter to the ceiling in the garage. The platform is all refreshed and ready to go in, but if I'm going to mount the filter to the ceiling, the tent is going to have to move at least one more time before I can get placed in the tent. I have got to figure out a way to make getting the irrigation pipe into and out of the platform easier if I'm gonna use this set up anymore after this run.

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Shopping list includes four more clip fans, a 12" oscillating fan, and I think I have an idea for how to use a gutter downspout to take the catch bin out of the tent entirely and have it sitting next to the res instead of requiring getting into the tent to empty it. just gotta work out the math for the gravity situation to make the idea work. IIRC a slope of three degrees for every 12 inches is the minimum requirement for optimal water flow.

Anyways, so long the seeds germinate, I'm hoping to be able to be taking clones about three weeks to a month from germination. We'll see if that'll happen, though. Figure the rapid rooters will go into 1 gal bags of straight coco and I'll set em up in the utility closet so the tent stays nice and fresh for once the clones are ready to go.
 
tobh said:
IIRC a slope of three degrees for every 12 inches is the minimum requirement for optimal water flow.
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It's 2% or ~¼" per foot.

I recall watching my father tape a piece of wood of the right thickness to one end of a level. So, a 2-foot level would have a half-inch piece of wood taped to one end.
 
Amnesia said:
It's 2% or ~¼" per foot.

I recall watching my father tape a piece of wood of the right thickness to one end of a level. So, a 2-foot level would have a half-inch piece of wood taped to one end.
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ah, thanks! i knew it was something real marginal. I think i did 3% on the platform just to try and combat wicking, which I still had a problem with till i put some spray foam on the lower edge and trimmed it flat.

water and its hydroscopic behavior is a motherfucker to overcome, man.
 
Amnesia said:
It's 2% or ~¼" per foot.

I recall watching my father tape a piece of wood of the right thickness to one end of a level. So, a 2-foot level would have a half-inch piece of wood taped to one end.
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Was your father a plumber?
 
Interesting read, written by a dead man. If this is too political mods, feel free to delete. I find it interesting, nonetheless, given I've done extensive research on Hitler's rise and WWII overall, and the quoted author was something of a pivotal figure albeit not as well known as his oppressor.

Bonhoeffer on Stupidity (entire quote)

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tobh said:
Interesting read, written by a dead man. If this is too political mods, feel free to delete. I find it interesting, nonetheless, given I've done extensive research on Hitler's rise and WWII overall, and the quoted author was something of a pivotal figure albeit not as well known as his oppressor.

Bonhoeffer on Stupidity (entire quote)

www.platoscave.org www.platoscave.org
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This sort of explains his "pro-god/anti-religion" beliefs.
 
MysticEpipedon said:
This sort of explains his "pro-god/anti-religion" beliefs.
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Yeah, it's an interesting quote. The power of religion being so captivating that it can make even intelligent men stupid by blinding their reasoning. That era has always fascinated me from a young age, especially given my grandfather fought in the war. He was in the Navy and was stationed in Pearl Harbor. I'm sure the pestering kid asking him for stories wasn't good for his PTSD but back then, PTSD wasn't a thing -- it was just the 1000 yard stare.
 
Seven days have passed. Battle time. Images delivered to the judge, and the results are in. I won, as to be expected. I've been doing this shit longer than the kid has been alive. But the BALLS I tell you. I'm damn proud of him for even proposing this, and hope he keeps his confidence and comes at me again.

His submission
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My submission
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The rules were simple:

  • All ballpoint ONLY
  • Seven days from inception to delivery.
  • Word to be written is ADABE

Fucker didn't adhere 100% as he used marker in his piece, but I'm damn proud of him. This is a personal thing that means nothing, no prizes, no gift cards, no ribbons. It means nothing to the rest of the world but to him and I, it means everything, and the fact that I've given this kid an outlet for his totally fucked up life, and those emotions a 15 year old feels regardless his uniquely fucked position; I'm humbled.

I still beat the fucker per the judge. Don't try to fuck with my mistress -- ball point is my weapon of choice for many reasons haha
 
the basement is striking. had temps pretty stable at 80F in the ghetto seed starter but they dived to 74F as the sun went down. the office is probably about 65F from 68F so makes sense, but damn. turned on the space heater again to try and get temps back in order.

wild to be running a space heater on the summer solstice, but here we are. welcome to the western Cascade region. It's wet, it's cold, not too cold though. just cold enough to fuck with your shit enough that you need to burn some watts.
 
tobh said:
Damn, maybe we washingtonians should plan a get together. I'm smack dab between Portland and Seattle now.

In other news, seeds have been dropped. Let the lady pick the poison this run. We'll see if I can actually get these to germinate this time. Last time I tried with these, I had one out of three germinate.

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Let the fun times roll!!
 
MDK said:
You'd love the graffiti wall in stl....real long flood wall down by the river that has tons of art up and down it
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that's the one thing i miss most about living in Albuquerque. There were a ton of yards all over the city where we could paint freely. Anything street side ended up buffed rather quickly, and the city thought it was a good use of taxpayer money to buff the tunnels, but we'd crush those anyways. Portland and Seattle have a handful of places as well, but I avoid those cities like the plague.
 
GoodShit97 said:
Sometimes i wish they would but thats just not the case.

Ive got like 6 cuts in my cloner and they needed to be planted like 6 days ago... i need more solo cups first and ive been lazy.
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finally getting around to prepping the coco now. i don't know wtf i'm gonna use to rinse the shit, i threw out all our non-matching pillow cases and that's what I've always used to rinse brick coco.

yes, i'm that cheap-ass that still buys the reptile bedding bricks instead of the pre-washed shit. don't judge me.
 
tobh said:
finally getting around to prepping the coco now. i don't know wtf i'm gonna use to rinse the shit, i threw out all our non-matching pillow cases and that's what I've always used to rinse brick coco.

yes, i'm that cheap-ass that still buys the reptile bedding bricks instead of the pre-washed shit. don't judge me.
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Im the guy who still grows in soil, so who am i to judge🤣
 
lost my EC meter in the move. guess i can finally justify ordering the bluelab truncheon stick.

concentrates went bad too, so gotta mix up a new batch of those this week. for now just weighing out each part for a few gallons of initial feed solution.
 
tobh said:
lost my EC meter in the move. guess i can finally justify ordering the bluelab truncheon stick.

concentrates went bad too, so gotta mix up a new batch of those this week. for now just weighing out each part for a few gallons of initial feed solution.
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No EC meter, means careful measuring😂
Are you feeding them with the poo water from the house?
You will love the truncheon, stirs and works flawless.
 
Alright, they was ready for sure. The rapid rooters were exploding with roots and the babies are looking a bit hungry.

Set the light at about 100umol for the next couple days and will start dropping it lower as they adjust to the intensity.
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Mr.GreenthumbOG said:
No EC meter, means careful measuring😂
Are you feeding them with the poo water from the house?
You will love the truncheon, stirs and works flawless.
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so, something weird and i think it might be related to the stuff we've been experiencing with the water lately. for the first time since i was on a well, i didn't have to pH the nutrient solution once it was all mixed. landed at a perfect pH of 5.8.

to me that indicates that this water likely doesn't have a whole lot of alkalinity which is gonna play fuck around in the res. gonna have to monitor it closely as i get used to it. might have to bite the bullet and move away from MSA and go back to protekt just for the buffering component alone.
 
Alright, I'm stumped here guys. Probably a dumb question but I've avoided using these for years, but can't have the whole neighborhood smelling my business.

Do carbon filters need exposure on all sides? Or will having all of like three degrees or less in contact with the ceiling impact its functionally in any marked way?

I'll be pushing air through the filter instead of pulling, FWIW.
 
Alright, now we're making progress. Ballasts and fan controls mounted, carbon filter and exhaust fan hung from the ceiling, intake fan has been mounted on the underside of the table inside the tent. I need to get a handful of 6" fans, and do some wire management.

But, it looks like I did something finallyPXL_20230629_020929298.jpg
 
smoke said:
The girls are waiting lol
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Ha, I just bought some time by putting them in Coco is all. Give it a couple weeks and the story isn't gonna be the same.

Figure can do a test run of the environment for now. Have the lights set to 75%, and watching what the environment does. The humidity down here is gonna be the most difficult component to contend with, but I don't think it's gonna be too much for the dehuey to handle. Temps are staying stable at 75f and RH is slowly dropping so we'll see what it looks like in 24 hours
 
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