Pipecarvers Pipes & things

[steamroller]

I have had my share of soakings and floods.
I learned about the pumps when I was breeding tropical fish and had 80+ tanks going in my fish room.
I still have my 180 gallon tank in my living room with the filter in the basement run by a DC pump that moves 15-20,000 LPH.
I like my pumps in the water for noise. Only way to do that without heat is DC.
I had some nice AC pumps that run inline / outside the res so they transfer heat to the air that I gave to Sweetleaf for his hydro set up.
If your AC pump is watertight to run in line you will change the heat transfer.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Ya as soon as I read above I had a ahha moment, I hadn't thought of keeping the power out of the water. The fking sound on the one I bought, screaming loud. I could muffle it some with bumpers but still. No way I could use it for long, just loo loud and too much speed. I don't need water moving through my system and into the tank at warp speeds. I had a fking geyser blowing water everywhere.....sure funny where you sit but I got soaked in just a test run before I got the hose under control.

You need a shop camera PC so we can watch these moments as they happen.

Those buds look delicious!

 

[Pipecarver]

You need a shop camera PC so we can watch these moments as they happen.

Those buds look delicious!

Hey, yes the buds look nice but low yield this run, all but 1 plants are small. I had Gnats chewing on my roots. I put down some sticky traps and I bought some Diatomaceous earth but I was too late. I have to do a serious cleaning. I saw a trick of adding boiling water to your soil to kill bugs and larva before planting I may do that with this next run with my VPW30. I'm still having trouble getting my last seed up and running. I have 5 up but the last one cracked the surface and died. That's 2 I've had go on me like that, I need to drop another seed tonight.

Yours look great, twice the size of mine, I'm still waiting on that perfect run where all plants perform and fill my tent. Maybe this next run if I can ever get my last plant up and running. Too fking cold this winter me thinks. I have 2 -150w reptile lamps in my 3x3 but its not enough. after I get my last 2 plants chopped down today I can move my heater in there. 1250w should do it

 

[Zen_seeker]

Hey, yes the buds look nice but low yield this run, all but 1 plants are small. I had Gnats chewing on my roots. I put down some sticky traps and I bought some Diatomaceous earth but I was too late. I have to do a serious cleaning. I saw a trick of adding boiling water to your soil to kill bugs and larva before planting I may do that with this next run with my VPW30. I'm still having trouble getting my last seed up and running. I have 5 up but the last one cracked the surface and died. That's 2 I've had go on me like that, I need to drop another seed tonight.

Yours look great, twice the size of mine, I'm still waiting on that perfect run where all plants perform and fill my tent. Maybe this next run if I can ever get my last plant up and running. Too fking cold this winter me thinks. I have 2 -150w reptile lamps in my 3x3 but its not enough. after I get my last 2 plants chopped down today I can move my heater in there. 1250w should do it

I’m always hoping I do as well as you guys.

How did you manage to get bugs this time of year? I know you’ve got a foot or two of snow outside.

I got my selected clones transplant last night. Wife helped by wiping down the tent with peroxide wipes. Cleaning the fans took the longest.

Harvest is drying in the basement bathroom, slowly I hope. It’s not as stable as I’d like but I can manage it better there than anywhere else.

It’s been nicer temperatures the last few days. Above seasonal this week. Hope you’re getting it as well.

 

[Pipecarver]

I’m always hoping I do as well as you guys.

How did you manage to get bugs this time of year? I know you’ve got a foot or two of snow outside.

I got my selected clones transplant last night. Wife helped by wiping down the tent with peroxide wipes. Cleaning the fans took the longest.

Harvest is drying in the basement bathroom, slowly I hope. It’s not as stable as I’d like but I can manage it better there than anywhere else.

It’s been nicer temperatures the last few days. Above seasonal this week. Hope you’re getting it as well.

I think the Gnats were in the soil from the start. I never noticed them until I had a flood then I got down on my hands and knee's messing with the float valves and I saw a few crawling around the edges of a pot. I put a fan down low and thought that would deal with them. A few days later there were more so I put down sticky tape. In just a couple of days the sticky tape was covered in dead flies so I added more tape and bought some Diatomaceous earth. By the time it arrived I was 1 week or so from harvest. I know the little fkers had a chow down on my roots and my plants were stunted (I believe) from them. My nice big Zamal Dreams was a back middle plant and hit the worst, light wispy buds, lots of sparkle but they lost their girth to the mtherfkers.

I transplanted my 2 single pot clones into the 3,9 gal pot yesterday. They are doing great I was going to wait and flip with the rest of my new seedlings with the clones but they are too far behind. I'm having issues getting them all up and growing healthy. I'm thinking now to flip it in my 3x3 by its self. I'm going to start cloning again so I don't fall so far behind on my perpetual growing. I gave that up because the plants got out of control and too big but I could turn crops bigger and faster with 2 month old clones to flip. I need to get a Bubba Mac N Cheese, and a Lemon Lava Lime clone line going with my Strawberry Purps

I have my dry box working well. temp is 63f at 55% much better than 70/40 I hopes. I'm just running the radiator with cold water, running it with my chiller got to complicated and noisy .I had to swap out 9 gal of water yesterday as the water temp had gone up to 68f in 3 days in the res, To me that's pretty good, I can swap it out in just a few min so I don't....really....need to run it through the chiller

. Ya...good talk...lol..Have a great day, our weather has perked up as well, sunny and around 0C icicles hanging off the house, Costco run today.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Thank god I haven’t had anything in my soil yet. Good or bad I don’t want bugs in my house let alone my grow tent. My wife would lose her shit if she saw it. You have no idea how hard it was to convince her that worms were okay.

My second tent should be getting chopped by Sunday.

I hope you get your rhythm back. Perpetual was cool for one or two years but it’s hard over summer and I ended up with way more than I could use or give away legally. So now I skip summer grows. (Son did one last year and might again this year.)

We got hit with a surprise blizzard yesterday after 5 days of above 0* weather. It was 7* the day before the storm. Yesterday was snow, rain, and freezing rain. Spent half my evening chopping ice and shovelling snow.

 

[Pipecarver]

Thank god I haven’t had anything in my soil yet. Good or bad I don’t want bugs in my house let alone my grow tent. My wife would lose her shit if she saw it. You have no idea how hard it was to convince her that worms were okay.

My second tent should be getting chopped by Sunday.

I hope you get your rhythm back. Perpetual was cool for one or two years but it’s hard over summer and I ended up with way more than I could use or give away legally. So now I skip summer grows. (Son did one last year and might again this year.)

We got hit with a surprise blizzard yesterday after 5 days of above 0* weather. It was 7* the day before the storm. Yesterday was snow, rain, and freezing rain. Spent half my evening chopping ice and shovelling snow.

Hey. its a nice bright day, I have the furness guy here now cleaning it up. Had some rusted pipes and a lot of soot. Lucky he's cool I was smoking when he knocked.

 

[Pipecarver]

Feb 23
Were in for a storm it looks like, calling for up to 2 feet of heart attack snow, as long as the power stays on were good. If not it'll be cold kitties until we can getter back on.

I saw a short clip of the Falcon 9 Booster rocket return after a satellite drop off and it looks like it fell over when it landed but doesn't actually show it go splash into the water. So I googled to get a full view and apparently??? it didn't fall over?????? now I'm confused. I googled again and asked if it fell over.
feb 2026 did falcon9 Spacex fall over

" after landing feb 2026 did falcon9 Spacex fall over after landing "

No, Falcon 9 booster did not fall off its pad or drone ship after landing in February 2026. Instead, the month was marked by high-profile mission successes and a brief grounding due to an upper-stage (second stage) issue.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Looks to me like that flying penis went limp at the end.

Crazy they didn’t admit to it crashing or falling over at the end of the landing.

I believe I did hear on the news this morning that they are now calling it a failed test flight but I didn’t see the TV when this was occurring.

 

[Zen_seeker]

You have any major snow to deal with?

We only had a few inches that took most of the day to fall. Then sun which melted where we shovelled. By 8pm it was back to -9* and felt real cold from all the moisture.

Hope you’re good today bud.

 

[Pipecarver]

You have any major snow to deal with?

We only had a few inches that took most of the day to fall. Then sun which melted where we shovelled. By 8pm it was back to -9* and felt real cold from all the moisture.

Hope you’re good today bud.

Hey, Gday, yes we got hit with about 1 ft of fresh snow, light enough to move easily. I shoveled my walk way down here 4 times yesterday, I'd shovel down then shovel back up so this am I only had a 3-4 inches to move.

Ya that space ship looks like it fell over, why the fk would they lie about that? We could see it fall yet Ai says no it was a successful landing......wtf.....there is no truth any longer, everything has to be slanted to fit an agenda, what ever that is.

 

[Kuwl]

Hey, Gday, yes we got hit with about 1 ft of fresh snow, light enough to move easily. I shoveled my walk way down here 4 times yesterday, I'd shovel down then shovel back up so this am I only had a 3-4 inches to move.

Ya that space ship looks like it fell over, why the fk would they lie about that? We could see it fall yet Ai says no it was a successful landing......wtf.....there is no truth any longer, everything has to be slanted to fit an agenda, what ever that is.

I guess you could be optimistic and say it was a successful landing.......but then fell over.

 

[Pipecarver]

 

[Pipecarver]

 

[Pipecarver]

Feb 27
I'm going to flip my Strawberry Purps clones this weekend in my 3x3. Shes big enough and well spread out, I'll let my sprouts go another month or so before I flip them, I'll move to my 5x5 . I'll take a few cuts this time and keep both strains going another grow or 2. I still have some rearranging to do with my lights I want to put the green light over head instead of the back wall , double up my side lighting and install my SF600 at the back for additional side lighting at the back of my tent adding another 74watts to my lighting 2-fc 4000-EVO's =640w 2 Blue 450nm Booster Bars 60w Green booster bar =12 w Spiderfarmer far reds 40w, Ion beam side lights = 40 w 3 Rapid led far red booster pucks 27 w ========= 893w lighting in a 5x5, actually a 4x5 I don't use the front foot = 41.3w / sq/ft with all lights on at max without far reds on......good talk...now I know...

 

[Pipecarver]

1.6 million dollars for snake bites? fkin yikes bit 3 times, and they let it lose? isn't that what guns are for? Catch and release my ass, if those fkers can bankrupt you for life I say wipe em out, if its them or us....I mean wtf? $1,600,000.00

 

[Zen_seeker]

Feb 27
I'm going to flip my Strawberry Purps clones this weekend in my 3x3. Shes big enough and well spread out, I'll let my sprouts go another month or so before I flip them, I'll move to my 5x5 . I'll take a few cuts this time and keep both strains going another grow or 2. I still have some rearranging to do with my lights I want to put the green light over head instead of the back wall , double up my side lighting and install my SF600 at the back for additional side lighting at the back of my tent adding another 74watts to my lighting 2-fc 4000-EVO's =640w 2 Blue 450nm Booster Bars 60w Green booster bar =12 w Spiderfarmer far reds 40w, Ion beam side lights = 40 w 3 Rapid led far red booster pucks 27 w ========= 893w lighting in a 5x5, actually a 4x5 I don't use the front foot = 41.3w / sq/ft with all lights on at max without far reds on......good talk...now I know...View attachment 126019View attachment 126020View attachment 126021

Nice! I still try to pop seeds in winter once in a while but get a high fail rate so tend to stick to clones until March/April.

Glad you had a few you liked enough to clone.

Isn’t this weekend the spring forward part of daylight savings? I think I heard BC is locking down to permanently stick with it. We’d need NY and Quebec to do it before Ontario would join in.

Don’t forget to check out the Blood Moon eclipse this morning. I’ve only seen a peek and red clouds.

 

[Zen_seeker]

1.6 million dollars for snake bites? fkin yikes bit 3 times, and they let it lose? isn't that what guns are for? Catch and release my ass, if those fkers can bankrupt you for life I say wipe em out, if its them or us....I mean wtf? $1,600,000.00

I’ve done that, when I was 14! You don’t just blindly grab a snake.

At least now I know if I ever did get bit NOT to get medical attention. I’m over 60, not worth my family losing the house over my stupidity.

 

[Pipecarver]

March 3
I'm flipping my Strawberry Purps clones tonight. I have my 5x5 all set up with all lights working when I need then to. I centered my Green light between the 2 Blue, I mounted my sf600 on the back wall and rearranged my Ion beam side lights to have 2 on each side.

I'm having some trouble keeping temperature & humidity stable in both tents, I came down this am and my 3x3 was at 92%, at 29f tent walls were wet, leaves wet wet. It looked like it wasn't exhausting the air...I made sure the fans were both working and cleaned up the water that built upon the floor, its at 66% @ 22F now, still some adjusting to do.

 

[Pipecarver]

Lets get a few friends and go shopping

 

[Zen_seeker]

Lets get a few friends and go shopping

Too bad they were able to get out. Smash and grabs have been on the ride since Covid but haven’t heard much lately.

Plants look great already. I’ve screwed up mine already. Maybe mucked up the feed mix when I transplanted. We’ll see if I can fix it.

You getting any of this warmer weather? It was 7* in the shade yesterday and I hear double digits on Saturday!

But I know Mother Nature isn’t done with us yet. We’ll get that “out like a lion” thing in a few weeks.

 

[Pipecarver]

Too bad they were able to get out. Smash and grabs have been on the ride since Covid but haven’t heard much lately.

Plants look great already. I’ve screwed up mine already. Maybe mucked up the feed mix when I transplanted. We’ll see if I can fix it.

You getting any of this warmer weather? It was 7* in the shade yesterday and I hear double digits on Saturday!

But I know Mother Nature isn’t done with us yet. We’ll get that “out like a lion” thing in a few weeks.

We got a blast of snow 2 nights ago, woke up to a leak in our bathroom. Snow has accumulated on the roof, melted to the edge and froze. There was about 6" of solid ice all around our roofs edge and it backed up under the shingles over the bathroom. I got out a shovel and cleared the area around where it was leaking and smashed some ice away so there was a path for run off. Yesterday it got up to 10c and melted most of it away. Now we have stains on our bathroom ceiling and water bubbles or whats left of them. I think we're supposed to get a bit more snow tonight/tommorow then warm weather after that.

I see you had a nice haul with your last crop and by the look of those jars you're well stocked. I've just smoked the last of my last crop. The stuff doesn't last long around me, about 10 joints a day cuts into my supply, fast.

 

[Pipecarver]

March 13
We got another blast of snow last night, about an inch but by noon most had melted away. Cold overnight though still into minus numbers.

My plants are perking up after a disastrous transplanting session. I musta been stoned cause I fked up on each pot, If they'd have been auto's I would have lost a crop. Luckily being photo's its just a bump in the road and they look back on track.

My Strawberry Purps clones are doing great, I flipped her a week ago and she's coming along nicely I'm going to need some side lighting in my 3x3 soon if not already because she's a bushy girl that needs all the light she can get

 

[Pipecarver]

March 17
Woke up late, dark, cloudy and raining hard, temps gone up to 14c and most of the snow is gone, For some reason I got energetic, my clone is very big and was in need of more light penetrating through her. I have 2 spare SE3000, 1, I'd cut in half and used it as an end piece over the 2 other se3000 but after going with 2 FC4000-evo's and booster bars in my 5x5 I just stored my 2 se's. Brain fart, I can use 2 of the bars off the cut in half se3000 at 75w each as side lights.

So I got to finagling and came up with 2 -35" shelf supports an 2 pieces of 4" long dowel I drilled through and bolted to the metal support bars I ty wrapped the se plastic hangers to the dowel and have my side lights I just needed a bit of wire and connectors . My only concern was power, that's another 150 w ( at full power) on my lighting load but it held. It really looks good and lit up the whole plant now

This twin Strawberry Purps clone looks more like the plants I used to grow because I used to veg for so long, 2months + most of the time because I was cloning and flipping moms. I'm trying to clean a space to get back to that again. I'd like to get clones off my next flowering batch but timing is everything. If I take them now they'll be too big before I have space, If I wait much longer my vegging plants will out grow my 5x5,a stoners conundrum

 

[Zen_seeker]

That last pic she’s a rats nest but good for making clones.

I’m always out growing my tent. Fix a deficiency and now they are too big.

I turned down my lights the other day. I’m pretty sure it’s been the problem with my colour issues. Now that they are in the new pots of soil I’m hoping they recover by mid April to flip.

How’s your plants going?

 

[Pipecarver]

April 1
Its still a rats nest and my clones are all dead...lol.... I let them dry out and cooked them, 1 still has some life but barely...alls good I have a bunch of new seeds I want to try out from Capt Red Beard, via Granny.

My crop in the 5x5 is doing well I flipped them a week ago and they are filling in nicely, they are drinking a lot and I seemed to have fixed the calcium problem on 1 Bubba Mac n Cheese, back left you can see the leaf marks on some lower leaves in pic. Shes still a bit faded but much better than she was. My feed now is 5/6/6/6/4/ml/gal of Cal/mag/Micro/Grow/Bloom/Diamond Nectar.

My 3x3 with twin Strawberry Purps clones are doing well, a lot of buds everywhere, none will be large but with the lower lights they should be smoke able. I thinned her out some but back center is a mess I can't really get to. I googled about using only 2 side lights on the 1 driver made for 4 lights and alls good as long as I only use up to half power, Full power I'll cook them. When I get this plant out I'll wire up a 3rd bar at the back.

I guess its a holiday this weekend so we gotta do a Costco run today, a 35-45 min drive in 1/2 hr shop and 35-45 min drive home. Non stop with just 2 stop lights right at the mall. A coffee at Star Bucks or Second Cup for the drive home...an outing...lol...shopping or Drs, exciting life these old boomers have

 

[Pipecarver]

The Bubba Mac n Cheese I was having leaf issues with I defoliated a bit and used some red clips to bent her over to be closer in height as the rest. The stalk is still very flexible 1 week into flower so the clips went on easily

 

[Zen_seeker]

The Bubba Mac n Cheese I was having leaf issues with I defoliated a bit and used some red clips to bent her over to be closer in height as the rest. The stalk is still very flexible 1 week into flower so the clips went on easilyView attachment 127790View attachment 127791

I’ve got to have a look at mine. Bend a few, trim a few, try to get them uniform again. Colors much better but still a bit off on a couple.

Mine look like they went through a defoliation. Which is okay if they get back to it now.

Watching the red led it’s hard to say if it’s helping or not. They have only been watered once after the bump up to the 3 gallon pots. Roots are probably just finding the nutes now. The 7 gallon pots should need watering today or tomorrow.

After a few wet and cold damp days it’s 22.6* in the shade today at 3:30pm.

Yesterday mornings report.

Yesterday afternoon report.

Why do they even bother with the seven day if they can’t get it right even a few hours later?

Sorry to hear you lost the clones but glad it’s not a big deal and you have plan B already in action.

I’ve got to start planning out the vegetable garden and see if my sons going to grow after this run.

Enjoy your Easter long weekend Pipe.

 

[Pipecarver]

 

[Pipecarver]

 

[Pipecarver]

April 9
My plants are pretty as they as they ever get 2nd week in flower, I've had to do a lot of defoliating to get to this point and I'll do more as needed. I have a lot of bud sites this time around, I did something right. I'm feeding heavy at 5/6/6/7/5/4 ml/gal with all of my nutes. I have a dehue running but its hard to get the rh down below 65% and 70% has been the norm. They love it but it needs to drop, I'll have to start up another dehue if this continues.

I thought I'd killed my clones but 2 survived and are doing well now so I have a Bubba Mac n Cheese and a Blue dream already transplanted into a 1/2 gal pot

 

[Kuwl]

April 9
My plants are pretty as they as they ever get 2nd week in flower, I've had to do a lot of defoliating to get to this point and I'll do more as needed. I have a lot of bud sites this time around, I did something right. I'm feeding heavy at 5/6/6/7/5/4 ml/gal with all of my nutes. I have a dehue running but its hard to get the rh down below 65% and 70% has been the norm. They love it but it needs to drop, I'll have to start up another dehue if this continues.

I thought I'd killed my clones but 2 survived and are doing well now so I have a Bubba Mac n Cheese and a Blue dream already transplanted into a 1/2 gal potView attachment 128131View attachment 128132View attachment 128133View attachment 128134View attachment 128135View attachment 128136

Looking good as always Pipe!
Ya them bud sites are poppin' like the 4th of July.

Wow that hummi high as hell, you have good exhaust to get rid of some of that?
Mine goes out my chimney and still gets high at times but 70% is crazy high.
Time to get those fans goin'.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Wasn’t expecting that voice from that body.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Hang in there Pipe. Im able to get my humidity down to the 50’s this week. Hoping to flip by the weekend.

We’re still getting mixed snow and rain but the ground is usually clear for half the week. 5* & 77RH outside this morning.

Think this is the lowest it’s been this year.

 

[Pipecarver]

Looking good as always Pipe!
Ya them bud sites are poppin' like the 4th of July.

Wow that hummi high as hell, you have good exhaust to get rid of some of that?
Mine goes out my chimney and still gets high at times but 70% is crazy high.
Time to get those fans goin'.

I have a 6" exhaust fan and a 4" intake with 1 dehue running on turbo now, my 3x3 is not bad at 52% but the fkin 5x5 with exhaust on full speed and intake on slow but I'm having trouble getting it down with the doors closed up. During the day I can open the door some but the RH is still too high. I have 2 other dehues if I have to I'll get another going before my buds get large. Its still early at only 2 weeks into flower, I don't think the high humidity is a problem the first few weeks but as buds develop I'll have to get it down, the more leaves I pull the better it will get but I don't like pulling too many off too early, Leaves = power so the more the merrier to me but then there is the RH issue leaves cause so I can't have it both ways, more leaves have gotta go I guess....

 

[Pipecarver]

Wasn’t expecting that voice from that body.

Ya me too, I was scrolling through and this popped up, I thought it cool, I love that style of music

Hang in there Pipe. Im able to get my humidity down to the 50’s this week. Hoping to flip by the weekend.

We’re still getting mixed snow and rain but the ground is usually clear for half the week. 5* & 77RH outside this morning.

Think this is the lowest it’s been this year.View attachment 128163

I'll get there, I hope, at only 2 weeks into flower I'm not too worried...yet and the weather is starting to perk up, a nice 7c this am and ...no rain...yeeha......Spring??? maybe.....I won't get my hopes up too high this is Nova Scotia after all.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Ya me too, I was scrolling through and this popped up, I thought it cool, I love that style of music

I'll get there, I hope, at only 2 weeks into flower I'm not too worried...yet and the weather is starting to perk up, a nice 7c this am and ...no rain...yeeha......Spring??? maybe.....I won't get my hopes up too high this is Nova Scotia after all.

Not sure if you need one but the dehumidifier I bought at Princess Auto has been great. I don’t use an app or the WiFi, just the console settings. I’ve also plugged in the hose that comes with it into a 5 gallon jug so I don’t have to worry about it shutting off or overflowing.

They are on sale right now.

We’ve only had it for maybe 6 months but it’s been on for most of that for the last grow and this one.

 

[Pipecarver]

Not sure if you need one but the dehumidifier I bought at Princess Auto has been great. I don’t use an app or the WiFi, just the console settings. I’ve also plugged in the hose that comes with it into a 5 gallon jug so I don’t have to worry about it shutting off or overflowing.

They are on sale right now.View attachment 128176

We’ve only had it for maybe 6 months but it’s been on for most of that for the last grow and this one.

I have the exact same one running now, I have 2 - 30 pints as back up

 

[OLDCRO]

I have the exact same one running now, I have 2 - 30 pints as back up

Dont have to worry about humidity here furnance still running and five feet of snow to go lol

 

[Pipecarver]

Dont have to worry about humidity here furnance still running and five feet of snow to go lol

We don't have any snow but the furnace is still running hard. I have it at 50 rh at my desk at 18c inside the 5x5 it is 26C @71%. I just adjust the temp down a hair and as I opened up the tent it dropped to 69%. I have my 6"exhaust on full speed...too many leaves still on I gotta get some more off today and see if that'll help.