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I'm back with another episode of Grump's Grows.

This time, we'll be talking about HSC's Guzzlers. This one really stood out to me with it's description. Most of the strains on their website have a pretty simple (herbal, fruity, citrus etc.) description of the terps. Not Guzzlers...
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How could you pass that up?!
If they went out of their way to describe it like that vs how they describe the rest of their strains, it must stand out from the crowd, right? Right??

I snagged a 5 pack from @B2ACG for $55. They all sprouted 5 for 5 on 4/21.

Here they are tonight...
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Got 1 runt and a freak that'll probably get tossed. The other 3 are pretty similar.

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Here's a couple lists of what I'll be using this round.

Equipment:
SpiderFarmer 5x5 tent (vaulted ceiling edition)
UnderCurrent 8 gallon 4-site system
CLW SolarSystem 1100 grow light
ACI Germination dome with lights
ACI heating pad
ACI Controller 69 pro
ACI 6" exhaust fan with refillable carbon filter
ACI 6" inline fan for intake from lung room
ACI CloudForge T7 humidifier
Vornado 1500w space heater
2x ACI CloudRay oscillating fans
2x BlueLab ph/ppm monitors
AquaticLife 4 stage RO/DI system
Active Aqua 1/10hp chiller
Alita 15 lpm air pump
General Hydroponics grow plugs

Nutrients:
Athena's Blended line
General Hydroponics RapidRooter
Plant Success Orca Liquid Mycorrhizae
Mr. Fulvic organic Fulvic Acid
0ppm RO/DI water

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I've been busy lately (I know.. I say it all the time) so the seedlings have quite a bit of visible roots coming out of the bottom of the netpots. I should've gotten the tent ready sooner, but I finally got around to it tonight. No plants in the system yet, but it's filled and circulating a pretty high concentration of bleach water. Whether or not it's necessary, It's a good way to get all the pipes and pumps squeaky clean. After a day, I'll swap it out for a batch with a bottle or 2 of H202 to neutralize any remaining bleach after draining. Dump that and add the plants. Couple days tops.
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I'll start them low and work my way up with the nutes. I won't run it nearly as hot this round. All in all, the Athena nutes worked well enough last round that I'll use them again, no hesitation. Won't be buying any more though.. just not worth the price. As much as I hated mixing those Lotus nutes, my plants were freakin' LUSH. I might consider them again in the future.

And this is for those that aren't in on the vaulted ceiling joke...
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A grow or so ago, I chopped the top and made my tent and convertible. It has since been modified and fused into my basement ceiling adding those extra inches we sometimes need.

So far in my four site system, I've only harvested half the plants I grew in those 2 grows. Beans were testers and I ended up with freaks in both rounds that only showed their ugly faces a few weeks into flower. I'm hoping for much better results this round. Guzzlers hit the market last year so I don't know how established it is, but HSC is at least reputable.

Any questions - feel free to ask
Criticism is welcome.

And as always,
✌️ & 💚
 
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I'm back with another episode of Grump's Grows.

This time, we'll be talking about HSC's Guzzlers. This one really stood out to me with it's description. Most of the strains on their website have a pretty simple (herbal, fruity, citrus etc.) description of the terps. Not Guzzlers...
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How could you pass that up?!
If they went out of their way to describe it like that vs how they describe the rest of their strains, it must stand out from the crowd, right? Right??

I snagged a 5 pack from @B2ACG for $55. They all sprouted 5 for 5 on 4/21.

Here they are tonight...
View attachment 100333
Got 1 runt and 1 freak that'll probably get tossed. The other 3 are pretty similar.

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Here's a couple lists of what I'll be using this round.

Equipment:
SpiderFarmer 5x5 tent (vaulted ceiling edition)
UnderCurrent 8 gallon 4-site system
CLW SolarSystem 1100 grow light
ACI Germination dome with lights
ACI heating pad
ACI Controller 69 pro
ACI 6" exhaust fan with refillable carbon filter
ACI 6" inline fan for intake from lung room
ACI CloudForge T7 humidifier
Vornado 1500w space heater
2x ACI CloudRay oscillating fans
2x BlueLab ph/ppm monitors
AquaticLife 4 stage RO/DI system
Active Aqua 1/10hp chiller
Alita 15 lpm air pump
General Hydroponics grow plugs

Nutrients:
Athena's Blended line
General Hydroponics RapidRooter
Plant Success Orca Liquid Mycorrhizae
Mr. Fulvic organic Fulvic Acid
0ppm RO/DI water

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I've been busy lately (I know.. I say it all the time) so the seedlings have quite a bit of visible roots coming out of the bottom of the netpots. I should've gotten the tent ready sooner, but I finally got around to it tonight. No plants in the system yet, but it's filled and circulating a pretty high concentration of bleach water. Whether or not it's necessary, It's a good way to get all the pipes and pumps squeaky clean. After a day, I'll swap it out for a batch with a bottle or 2 of H202 to neutralize any remaining bleach after draining. Dump that and add the plants. Couple days tops.
View attachment 100334

I'll start them low and work my way up with the nutes. I won't run it nearly as hot this round. All in all, the Athena nutes worked well enough last round that I'll use them again, no hesitation. Won't be buying any more though.. just not worth the price. As much as I hated mixing those Lotus nutes, my plants were freakin' LUSH. I might consider them again in the future.

And this is for those that aren't in on the vaulted ceiling joke...
View attachment 100335
A grow or so ago, I chopped the top and made my tent and convertible. It has since been modified and fused into my basement ceiling adding those extra inches we sometimes need.

So far in my four site system, I've only harvested half the plants I grew in those 2 grows. Beans were testers and I ended up with freaks in both rounds that only showed their ugly faces a few weeks into flower. I'm hoping for much better results this round. Guzzlers hit the market last year so I don't know how established it is, but HSC is at least reputable.

Any questions - feel free to ask
Criticism is welcome.

And as always,
✌️ & 💚
Hell yea, run it grump.
 
The raised tent ceiling looks well done.

Gj
It's pretty slick and it gave me 12-14 inches of extra headroom. I just taped it last round, but this time I added a bead a caulk around it to really give it a good seal. Shit just don't stick to the walls of tent that's been grown in. That foil tape came undone pretty early and it was a pain to deal with eventually.
 
I took a little longer than expected to move everybody into the tent (imagine that). They were starting to yellow up a little which is expected with little to no nutes 19 days after sprouting. I think they'll recover well enough.
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Surpsingly, the roots are looking pretty healthy, considering they've been exposed to light for nearly a week now. That, and they've had no aeration in the water. All things considered, I think they'll perk up pretty soon. Keep in mind, these netpots have just been sitting in a quarter inch of water in the germ dome. Nothing fancy. Regrettably, they haven't even had the heat pad on since my last post, though.
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I'm giving them 240ppm (500 scale) of Athena's Blended line, using their Balance as my silicate additive. I'll adjust the pH in the next coming days after it's had some time to circulate.
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They'll be getting their first blast of the CLW SolarSystem 1100. This thing's a beast. I have the spectrum set to CLW's recommended veg settings (49r:99w:99b) and hung as high as it'll go. If they seem to be getting too much light, I'll back it off some. Not enough and I'll lower it. I don't have an accurate light meter and I don't trust the Photone app for my S24 Ultra.

Long story short, we're on our way with roots in the water.

Here's my daughter on her 3rd birthday with some of her chickens getting their first trip outside.
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They're looking better and new growth is still happening so I think we're good to go. I've backed off the light 50% to 24r:50w:50b
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great to see ya around and growing a new batch Grump!!! you got any plans yet with these? mainline? scrog? el nat ter al?

nice work mounting your light right up in the rafters like that!! like ya say, every inch counts!!

how your chickens man? you daughter loving them to death?? mine were out in the rain today tilling up my garden for me!! sprinkle a little bread right where you want them to dig it up and it's cheap labor!! haha
 
great to see ya around and growing a new batch Grump!!! you got any plans yet with these? mainline? scrog? el nat ter al?
Gonna mainline again. This time I think I'm aiming for 6 branches. 8 seems to overcrowd things.

nice work mounting your light right up in the rafters like that!! like ya say, every inch counts!!
Yep exactly. Had some mutants still reach it last run, though.

Stable genetics (not testers) this time so I'm hoping to finally harvest all 4 plants. 3 identical and 1 runt so far. Last rounds runt still smoked just fine.

how your chickens man? you daughter loving them to death?? mine were out in the rain today tilling up my garden for me!! sprinkle a little bread right where you want them to dig it up and it's cheap labor!! haha
Man I'm loving the shit of them. They reminded me how much I LOVED taking care of my flock of ducks years ago. I didn't realize I NEEDED some poultry in my life.

The Jersey Giants are getting big. Almost 6 weeks old now and they've gotten free range outside for the last few days. They're friendly and beautiful.

The polish are some skittish little fuckers and they kinda kinda piss me off. Like... I'm just trying to give you some scrambled eggs ya little fuckers. Why are you so frantic right now??

I've got a runt with a limp and one that started acting a little sickly yesterday. 16 total so I'm not stressing, just feel bad for the guys.

They're coming up on 4 weeks and are looking pretty ragged with their headdresses coming in full force. I'll have to snag one for a picture when I get off work in the morning.
 
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7th day in the system and they're growing really well. Leaves good.. roots good.. s'all good
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Tent temp: 81-84
Rh: 58-60
Leaf temp: 76-78
Water temp: 72
Ppm: 250
PH: 5.8
Light: 35r:70w:70b

These Athena nutes do hold a rock solid res, I'll give 'em that.
 
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