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Bandit420 said:
Thanks Brother! Yeah I'm thinking I'll be chopping some grass on 4/20 😋
Haha those colas aren't too big. Gotta few beer bottle size and they're held up by yoyos and then the indicas all have fat eggs size buds at the top on thick branches so I doubt they'll fall over plus they have a low center of gravity.

I have a retractable net system I'm working on but it wasn't ready for this grow and needs some better engineering.
Adjusted the spectrum a little more toward a Fall replica and Mother Nature is helping out giving me some cool air to run thru the room for a really good Fall weather simulation


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More pics as some purps move in.....



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Not much branching on the indicas and instead lots of nugs clusters off the main stalks

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Those look gorgeous, love the color coming out
 
Zen_seeker said:
Next time I run HB you want a clone? Never mailed one before but I’m sure we can manage.

For that matter I can send you clones of Z-Weed if you want. Mine are a week in flower ATM so not sure it’s worth the trouble but we grow it often enough that there will be other opportunities.
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I have more seeds, I did something wrong. I'm a bit shocked I got 0 out of 8 but that says I fked up it wasn't the seeds. I'm going with bad water and maybe too cold the first 2 nights before I put them in the tent. I think I might pause now. I'll be running too late into August to finish. It may be an opportunity to try Auto's outdoors, I'm going to think on it a bit, I'm up in the air on what to do now, I was pushing it as is popping now putting me late July early Aug for flower but now I'm right smack in the middle of 95-100% @ 90-95f. I got me some contemplating to do....lol
 
Bandit420 said:
It's been a journey filled with a ton of "I wonder what will happen if ____?"

I think the challenge of growing in Texas vs the weather and the law keeps me on my toes trying to stay ahead of both but also grow the best dank possible.
Other growers online and in person also push me. Not to keep up or outdo but the collective mind gets wheels turning and makes ideas come to life. I take a lot from others. Maybe not copycat follow but I'll see or read something that can apply to an idea I have that will make it work.
That's where a forum like this really helps and excels. Rather than growers attacking each other we make each other better here.



Never stop never stopping! hahaha!
Man I've been at this bar light, no veg style of growing for about 3-4 grows now and I'm just now feeling like I've got it dialed in but at only around 90%. Always room for improvement!!!

Working weekend here but I'm making the best of it.......


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What? I'm working hard!!! Who doesn't have driver cams and sheet metal on the wall at their work space? Sheesh.

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So the garden is winding down and I've changed up the lighting to something more of a ripening spectrum turning off the full spectrum supplements, reducing white by 60%, and keeping red and UV maxed out.

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Full garden shots today and tomorrow I'll get macros.
The hybrids have started their fade while indicas are holding a dark green with possible purps on the way with them.
Not seeing many if any fresh and erect pistils and the decline is beginning to set in for many. Maybe 2-3 weeks left?

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Just fken Wow, Your space station grow looks so cool. What a room can be over a tent...eh. Nice pics man and great grow!
 
Beautiful things happening in that garden!

What are you using for a spectrometer?
I've been looking for something affordable but accurate.
I was looking at a new version of par meter I have that breaks down ratios of rgb and another unit will do uv and ir and be around $130 all in. It doesn't do graphs though.... https://www.amazon.com/Test-umol-365nm-800nm-Spectrum-Meter/dp/B0CSJHX52W
 
Pipecarver said:
Just fken Wow, Your space station grow looks so cool. What a room can be over a tent...eh. Nice pics man and great grow!
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Thanks man!
It's been a long time since I've grown a crop all the way to harvest in a tent and I don't miss it or want to go back!
The small new one will work for light veg duty and my old veg tent is for drying but yeah for bloom I like a wide open room.

Driver77 said:
Beautiful things happening in that garden!

What are you using for a spectrometer?
I've been looking for something affordable but accurate.
I was looking at a new version of par meter I have that breaks down ratios of rgb and another unit will do uv and ir and be around $130 all in. It doesn't do graphs though.... https://www.amazon.com/Test-umol-365nm-800nm-Spectrum-Meter/dp/B0CSJHX52W
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Thanks Driver!
I'm using the Pulse Pro device that measures light but also every environment metric in a room like VPD, RH, CO2, Temp, and a couple others.
It was $500 for the device and the app and data are free.

That device you linked looks very interesting and affordable! Good to see pricing on PAR meters come down because the floor used to be around $250 and it only got more expensive from there.

Recently I downloaded and tried out the Photone app to compare to my Pulse. The app was only $7.
I'm using an old Iphone 2 with paper diffuser the app recommends and it was accurate enough to measure PPFD. DLI was way off but could be due to my phone being old, IDK, and to get color graphs the app had some pay to play upgrades to do that.
I like that app and would probably go in that direction if I didn't have the Pulse Pro. A newer Iphone or android model than mine and the diffuser Photone sells I'd bet would be just as accurate as any par meter around and save a lot of $$$.
 
Seems like the math at Equilibrium is a bit funny. I see a lot more than 12 beans here

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Testing the new VG before I send any out. New colors, personalization, all sorts of shit going on now. Working on a several surprise models now for a few here.
This here is my Kona Sunset model

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Coming soon...Slimer!!!

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Cool beans, literally. I suck at guessing numbers like that, but there's gotta be triple the amount in there.

Your new design for the vertical grower looks great. It's like it becoming more neat and efficient with each new iteration, which emits a sense of sleekness. Do the to pieces that make up the seeds compartment pressure fit together?

I didn't even realized that soft printing filaments are a thing 💡. That's pretty wild.
 
Bandit420 said:
Seems like the math at Equilibrium is a bit funny. I see a lot more than 12 beans here

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Testing the new VG before I send any out. New colors, personalization, all sorts of shit going on now. Working on a several surprise models now for a few here.
This here is my Kona Sunset model

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Coming soon...Slimer!!!

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BADASS!!!!
 
Bandit420 said:
Seems like the math at Equilibrium is a bit funny. I see a lot more than 12 beans here

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Testing the new VG before I send any out. New colors, personalization, all sorts of shit going on now. Working on a several surprise models now for a few here.
This here is my Kona Sunset model

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Coming soon...Slimer!!!

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Nice score on the seeds!

VG upgrade is cool. Love the green.
Does the soft rubber grip the sides tight? I didn’t even know you could get soft flexible material to print.

You’ve got it all going on sir. 👍
 
Stoneyluv said:
i think we need a "totally awesome" reaction for that post^^!!!!!!!!

man where did you get that cool green TPU? i want some of that!!!
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The green slime TPU looks even better and way more wild in person



When searching TPU I also like to throw the word "transparent" in there and all kinds of transparent gel like TPU will pop up.

BlueCollarBob said:
Cool beans, literally. I suck at guessing numbers like that, but there's gotta be triple the amount in there.

Your new design for the vertical grower looks great. It's like it becoming more neat and efficient with each new iteration, which emits a sense of sleekness. Do the to pieces that make up the seeds compartment pressure fit together?

I didn't even realized that soft printing filaments are a thing 💡. That's pretty wild.
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Yeah I think there's at least 30 beans in there. Kinda reminds me of myself when I send seeds because I'll send out a Farmer Phil Pheno Hunt pack of around 100 seeds.;gr

The VG has come a long way with tweaks here and there to make it better or easier to use. This design solves some issues but opens up new ones to figure out. All part of the process.
I try to make them extremely snug fitting from the earlier versions needing rubber bands to keep closed. That's one of the new issues as too snug can be an issue. It's a matter of fractions of millimeters to dial it in perfect.

Yeah that filament is called TPU and it's super fun to work with. It's almost like silicone so you can use it to make gaskets, cell phone covers, even shoes. All kinds of possibilities with it but in the VG it require all new R&D adjusting density and infill otherwise it's too flexible.

doublej said:
Stoney counted that....;fu GOTCHA FKR
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PRETTY badass stuff bro, keep the cool shit coming 😎
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Stoney's stoner math ;smoke

midwestcannaman said:
BADASS!!!!
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Thanks buddy!!;tiphat

Zen_seeker said:
Nice score on the seeds!

VG upgrade is cool. Love the green.
Does the soft rubber grip the sides tight? I didn’t even know you could get soft flexible material to print.

You’ve got it all going on sir. 👍
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Thanks man!!!
I've got a bunch of projects I'm working on all at the same time but eventually I'll get around to upgrading and outfitting you with a way better VG kit than I sent earlier. I hope to have that all complete maybe around May or June once I get some of these projects finished.


Speaking of projects...The Pink Cadillac is up and running!

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Orientation day in the world of freeze drying. Started to unbox this guy and see what I've got myself into here

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Bandit420 said:
The green slime TPU looks even better and way more wild in person

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQLYPZ66?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_5&th=1
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072LYRQ84?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1
When searching TPU I also like to throw the word "transparent" in there and all kinds of transparent gel like TPU will pop up.
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so my stoner moment of the day, i'd say week but man i pulled off some doosies this week!!!! so i guess i already own that tpu and is in my collection somewhere and i didn't know it... hahaha

i bought it on 4/20, maybe thats why i don't remember!!!! hahaha thats the one with the #5 blue!!!!!!!!!!

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Stoneyluv said:
so my stoner moment of the day, i'd say week but man i pulled off some doosies this week!!!! so i guess i already own that tpu and is in my collection somewhere and i didn't know it... hahaha

i bought it on 4/20, maybe thats why i don't remember!!!! hahaha thats the one with the #5 blue!!!!!!!!!!

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I can’t say too much about this…
I walk into the kitchen and forget why I’m there. 🤦
 
Zen_seeker said:
I can’t say too much about this…
I walk into the kitchen and forget why I’m there. 🤦
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ninjadip said:
I do the same thing ..
Then I remember why when I get back and it starts all over lol
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the best is when i put my shoes and coat on and go out the garage and stand spinning in circles wondering why i came out there!!! hahaha
 
Stoneyluv said:
the best is when i put my shoes and coat on and go out the garage and stand spinning in circles wondering why i came out there!!! hahaha
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maybe that's why us stoners are often calmer when most people would flip out, we're used to not understanding what the hell is going on, that's a normal trip to the garage! lol

we know eventually, it'll come back to us, if it's important enough
 
Seems my biggest stoner issue is when I roll a doob, set it down, then go make some tea. I come back and about 50% of the time cannot find my doob or remember where I put it. ;smoke
I tell Y'all...if Bill Gate or any of the other tech bros were really worth their salt, they'd invent a Where's my doob and a Where's my lighter app for these phones if they're so smart.

;teez

While we wait for that to be invented, I'm gonna go ahead and drop some bud porn before peeling off for some evening work then watch the race late tonight.....

Need some tunes for this one. feeling like something old and clubby.... Hmmmm....Got it...


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Added more fuel to the fire on the next grow project...
3x ARC F2 have been dropped. We'll take this slow and as it comes. First step is getting heads up and we'll go from there but good chance with this Pink Caddy tent, I could keep a mother if needed and that opens up potential ARC clones.

I've also started the GPS redemption or ruin tour. 3x Frozen Custard that grew great for me and yielded some of the best weed I've grown from GPS and a new cut, Joker Juice which being new, the joke could be on me for even considering it so we'll see

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Murder Truck got the hook up at the custom audio shop Friday and Saturday!!!

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This dude is living under my seat now

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And now there's a touchscreen the size of my head in the dash!
Love the sound coming out of this new rig. Been tuned up and it is sounding incredible!
Next up will be rear cab speakers where none exist now and a bigger, thumpier sub than the single 12" I have in there now

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steamroller said:
All the colors~!
That is why growing multiple strains rocks besides variety of smoke.
Beautiful man~!
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Indeed!
Thanks man. I'm gonna be trying to grow indica, sativa, and hybrid side by side pretty much as long as I grow. Don't really want more than 3 plants of any strain per grow and a minimum of 4 strains each grow.

Would also like to have that split with one difficult cut that's real fussy about everything but worth it in the end. That's usually an OG or a haze. Another intermediate like a hybrid. Not too difficult but some traits like stretching that needs attention. And the rest filled in with ez to care for indicas not needing too much attention so those others can get it. And in the end, a personal dispo with all the variety a stoner could ask for 😋

Organics help as a one size fits all feeding program and the tables make any plant height side by side possible so those two things really make life ez for me to keep on with multi strain grows.



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We got action!
2 PLTG are up along with a Vietnamese 3-Way and a couple Frozen Custards on the way as of late last night....

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Aint gonna lie folks that Vietnamese cut has my tail wagging. It aint very far removed from it's landrace heritage. And that Mekong haze can be special with plants that grow haze flowers but ripen quick and have shorter structure like indicas. Just a weird spot on the globe where genetics from the highlands naturally crossed up with lowland sativas for a Mother Nature bred hybrid.
They've been hard AF for me to grow and using regular stock aint gonna make it ez but this should be a really fun challenge
 
lookin killer man!! the buds, the system, the new beans!!! what are the vietnamese 3 way?, is that the equilibrium beans?

how are ya liking your new stereo? sitting out in your truck in the car port just to listen to it? that wasn't very nice of them to cover your fuse box access with their wiring. tough to find good help these days!

you've been killing it on new gen VG's man!! some really cool designs!!!!
 
Is one of the coloring up /purple the Ethos?
I am starting to think alot of the color I get is genetics.
 
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