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[Stoneyluv]

Job could take months~!
Travel pay will work for me no issue. I'll just be tired.
Had several long hauls last year also. Kind of used to leaving at 5 for 7~!
I have been staying up late and sleeping late like a pro~!
They know and sort of bid stuff on the high-end spectrum for us.
You can't do specialized copper work in your back yard every day.

damn dude that's a long time, i don't think i ever had a job/contract that lasted months!! back when i travelled a lot we would have long jobs but it was like a bunch of logistics and shipping in the beginning and ten a bunch of waiting and shipping parts. but installs and work was still only a few weeks at very most and 90% were under two weeks.

man driving to same site for a couple months would start to feel like a regular job!!


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so i'm curious man, are you seeing all kinds of cotton tops on your plants like i am?

i got five big plants and three smaller ones, all five are soaking up more than a quart a day each right now. tomorrow night i am going to pull each one out and give them their "down there care" and defol the underskirts. this will give me a great opportunity to lift each one up to feel the water weights better. gonna top em all off with soil while i'm at it as well.. maybe even some dry bloom nutes!!!

 

[steamroller]

My company takes what I call big bites.
When I started with them, they were doing the 1863 club at Saratoga Race Track.
Come to find out it was the largest copper roof project on the east coast 2019~!
We finished on the last day before penalties which we were told was 10k a day~!

I got some cotton tops here~! Not quiet as exciting as I thought but still pleased over all~!
12/12 brother~! We made it and to have Bandit flipping his experiment also~! What a great comparison.
I don't run out since my first grow I think 3 years ago?
But I think after these seeds I will kick into a smaller perpetual grow where I plant may be ready every week or two.
I know I faked you out before but I am new man~!
If you have the space for 2 light cycles no need to ever change. Just move plants from one to another.
Imagine just trimming 1 plant a week or maybe every other....
On to pictures and some explaination.
All seeds went into my homemade bag in bag and over all I had good results.
I moved all seeds to soil today regardless of condition.
But some are worth noting.

^All in their bag in bag popping station with cups waiting since yesterday.

^First found seedling was a Sirius Black^ The other 2 were split and showed tails.
Next I found another single seedling from the Max AC. the other 2 were close.

^Next surprise was the GMO X OD that SSHZ gifted me.All three ready to play~!^ Best of all the seeds.

^ Zamal Dreams came ready to play also. 3 for 3^
Dragons flame wins the popping contest by a landslide~!
All other seeds were cracking or seemed close enough to me and have been put in their solo cups.
The cups are 50/50 COM seed starter and COM Stonington.
Tent is 82f 63RH 18/6 light.
All seeds/ seedlings got 2-3 ml water with Mr.Fulvic and kelp in it.
The cups are 'moist' but not soaked. The fine line is where I like it to keep beans from getting leggy.
Fingers crossed they come up.
Quick shots of room.

^ Mandarin cookie R3^

^Planet of the grapes^


Got some funny colored edges on low leaves of a couple of the Ethos so have left out CA in case I am locking them out. Both the buds I showed are plants with funny lower leaves.
Everybody is doing fine with the rings and blumats now and I fed 5 gallons of mix yesterday minus the CA with maybe the 3rd or 4th dose of Open Sesame.
Knowing I am ahead with the OS has me thinking that the color is either lock out or just what the Ethos do.
They have turned every time, but we are nowhere near there yet.
12/12 finally after 73 and 62 days~!

 

[steamroller]

So stretch should be over huh?
Basically taking 4 weeks to get to 12/12 losing 1 hour a week I have to think it is over?

 

[moe.red]

So stretch should be over huh?
Basically taking 4 weeks to get to 12/12 losing 1 hour a week I have to think it is over?

Seems like it. Flowers are forming if I’m looking at the pic you are referring to?

I guess I missed it you took a month to go from 18:6 to 12/12? Never tried that myself. Seems more natural tho and should result in big plants like outdoor right?

 

[steamroller]

Seems like it. Flowers are forming if I’m looking at the pic you are referring to?

I guess I missed it you took a month to go from 18:6 to 12/12? Never tried that myself. Seems more natural tho and should result in big plants like outdoor right?

I don't know they got any bigger really?
I think they stretched in a more natural fashion.
I never really noticed stretch specifically in grows and think last grow had minimal stretch.

 

[Stoneyluv]

your plants are huge!!! very impressive looking when you see them all like that!!!

i don't think my stretch is quite over, i haven't measured them but i still see leaves growing, so i am assuming stems are too..

i'm just happy 12/12 is here and my plants finally made it this far!!!!! bring on the buds!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[moe.red]

I gotta read up on what you guys are doing. I missed a lot. Pretty cool

 

[Stoneyluv]

I gotta read up on what you guys are doing. I missed a lot. Pretty cool

it's his next grow that you're gonna wanna watch!!! we're gonna try mainlining!!!

 

[steamroller]

Stoney and I just popped seeds and flipped on same days.
Bandit is flipping his no veg to 12 also. This will be cool to compare.
Stoney and I have plans to mainline these seedling like JonnyBio84 is doing in his thread.
You're pretty caught up besides the moon and the sun~!

 

[steamroller]

Did some defol today.
Never really did more than remove large fan blades and clear bud sites.
I didn't do much to the 3 Zamal Dreams as they are not showing bud set yet.
They were started 11 days behind the others.



^^ Zamal Dreams. The tight little bush on a bucket to match up with others^^

^^ What many look like from top^^

^^ But not the Rum Runner. All my reading from GP says indica....
Slow and narrow leaves just like the Zamal Dreams.

So I lolli popped some and didn't do a lot to others.
Some that grew lenky really would not have benefitted from pulling more leaves than I have done already.
Happy Friday night~!

 

[steamroller]

Here's the stretch from 12/30 to yesterday 1/25.


^^12/30 17 hours light on.^^


^^ 1/25 first day of 12/12^^

 

[Stoneyluv]

they look happy and just full of life!! nice job on the defol. they love that down there care and keeps the air moving better. now it's time to bring on the fat juicy buds!!

 

[steamroller]

Thanks man~!
I have always grown just using my experience from outdoors and what I see others do.
Never really did big defols and often allowed a lot of larf to grow.
I know many lollipop and clean up so I just thought ya.
You did so good with yours I figured I had to~!
Part of what made it easy was thinking of time saved in trim jail.
Removing stuff from the bottom now that will not grow to be much was an easy choice when I think about trimming.
Then couple that with the thought that more food and energy sent to bud sites and it was something I'm glad I did.

I think the drip rings and blumatts are dialed in.
Have not seen any wilt but still pots are dry enough I can feed 1/2-1 gallon without run off.
That is what I wanted.
I want to be able to feed so no worry about clogging thin line.
I have added Mr.Fulvic and kelp to the barrel as they are both liquid.

Will need to fill both barrels tomorrow.
I think 60ish gallons in 2 weeks~!

 

[Observer]

Thanks man~!
I have always grown just using my experience from outdoors and what I see others do.
Never really did big defols and often allowed a lot of larf to grow.
I know many lollipop and clean up so I just thought ya.
You did so good with yours I figured I had to~!
Part of what made it easy was thinking of time saved in trim jail.
Removing stuff from the bottom now that will not grow to be much was an easy choice when I think about trimming.
Then couple that with the thought that more food and energy sent to bud sites and it was something I'm glad I did.

I think the drip rings and blumatts are dialed in.
Have not seen any wilt but still pots are dry enough I can feed 1/2-1 gallon without run off.
That is what I wanted.
I want to be able to feed so no worry about clogging thin line.
I have added Mr.Fulvic and kelp to the barrel as they are both liquid.

Will need to fill both barrels tomorrow.
I think 60ish gallons in 2 weeks~!

 

[Observer]

Here's the stretch from 12/30 to yesterday 1/25.

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^^12/30 17 hours light on.^^
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^^ 1/25 first day of 12/12^^

They blew up on ya

nicely

 

[steamroller]

They blew up on ya

nicely

I don't think I have ever noticed it personally either~!
The pictures really help me see what I miss.
Part of the whole thread really keeping track of what was done as best as possible.
It is hard to see it happen right in front of you.

 

[Observer]

I don't think I have ever noticed it personally either~!
The pictures really help me see what I miss.
Part of the whole thread really keeping track of what was done as best as possible.
It is hard to see it happen right in front of you.

Nice to have references on hand, come back and double check things, especially when issues arise.

A Collective of the Big Picture, to Further Analyze.

 

[Stoneyluv]

Part of what made it easy was thinking of time saved in trim jail.

plants harvest in minutes, not hours!!

by time i got done picking leaves off my plants in flower there weren't many left at harvest. i trimmed up six plants in less than an hour. didn't even need a smoke break!

my general rule of thumb for all plants, trees, bushes, etc... is never take more than 40% of growth at one event. if more than 40% is required i wait two weeks in between. 40% is a lot when it comes to ganja and probably never get anywhere even close to that amount so i never fear going heavy hands with them.

better get used to it now... next round is gonna feel like torture!!!!

 

[smoke]

Part of what made it easy was thinking of time saved in trim jail.

Ain't that the truth

 

[Bandit420]

Is it just me or should we nickname Steam, "MoonDawg"

 

[moe.red]

Here's the stretch from 12/30 to yesterday 1/25.

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^^12/30 17 hours light on.^^
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^^ 1/25 first day of 12/12^^

This is really amazing to me.

I’d love to try this side by side with Durban poison. Traditionally I see the plant double in height due to stretch. I wonder…

Need to do some kinda side by side in the future. Tough to do with lights tho. You really need 2 separate grow spaces then it’s no longer identical environment.

I have been able to cancel the stretch using spectrum. Light is very much a driver of morphology.

 

[steamroller]

I am glad I posted or at least checked my pics to see.
Most of the time I say I don't see much stretch.
Possibly just how I see things or a testimony to the product.
Maybe both.

 

[GoodShit97]

I am glad I posted or at least checked my pics to see.
Most of the time I say I don't see much stretch.
Possibly just how I see things or a testimony to the product.
Maybe both.

I almost  never notice my plants stretch to ne honest with ya.
I know they do, i just never notice it

 

[Stoneyluv]

so do you have any more above soil today?

i'm at 12/15 still..

 

[steamroller]

I was at 18/27 this am.
I'll check again in morning.
If I still have some down I may bag or cover the cup.
Just spraying now to keep top moist, but only spraying 1 or 2X a day.

 

[Stoneyluv]

I was at 18/27 this am.
I'll check again in morning.
If I still have some down I may bag or cover the cup.
Just spraying now to keep top moist, but only spraying 1 or 2X a day.

thats funny i just put cups on mine this afternoon. i had also been only spraying 2x and my rh is still in 20's so i domed em all.

 

[steamroller]

Not all of mine looked as ready as the ones I took pics of or yours.
Still only 1 Sirius Black , but all 6 of the DFG seeds are up.
I have never covered cups before but I have lost seeds so I want to give this 100% effort.
I get this week off or most of it I am pretty sure so this is working out great to me.
I went out in the room this morning and cleaned up a couple more plants a little better.
Ones I did less on the first time.
Seeing some buds forming on 1 of the 3 Zamal dreams.

 

[Stoneyluv]

Not all of mine looked as ready as the ones I took pics of or yours.
Still only 1 Sirius Black , but all 6 of the DFG seeds are up.
I have never covered cups before but I have lost seeds so I want to give this 100% effort.
I get this week off or most of it I am pretty sure so this is working out great to me.
I went out in the room this morning and cleaned up a couple more plants a little better.
Ones I did less on the first time.
Seeing some buds forming on 1 of the 3 Zamal dreams.

i like to use convertible cups. lets air and light in but still keeps a mini environment around the seedling. i haven't used them in a while but i felt this was the right time..

 

[stonemason]

I like to grab my seedlings by the throat and tell them" welcome to the thunder dome bitch"but you know a actual dome might help them. Smack them a couple times before you cover them they love it.

 

[stonemason]

What dosnt kill then makes them dank.you guys are such good dads.

 

[stonemason]

I always flick and pinch my seeds and talk shit until the third set and then they are my queens and get nothing but love.

 

[Observer]

i like to use convertible cups. lets air and light in but still keeps a mini environment around the seedling. i haven't used them in a while but i felt this was the right time..

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Same

 

[dragonsflamegenetics]

cant wait to see these in all their glory looking off to a graet start!

 

[Habosabin]

looking awesome!

 

[steamroller]

22 for 27 seeds this morning. 2 Sirius black now~!
Still have hopes for others. Haven't covered them yet.
Filled barrels yesterday [ trying to keep track of water use since I don't know what the bluemats do].
I had turned the 2 FC8000's to 100% but this morning they have flipped their surge protector.
I don't really want them on same circuit, but also cringe thinking about needing an extension cord for one.
I have 3 circuits in room, so will probably just install short ext. cord to split the two 8000's, thinking on this for the day. 8000's are back at 80% .
Pics or video later.

 

[steamroller]

I was pretty careful/ meticulous so have absolutely no clue how there are two in one cup.
I did each envelope separate and complete; packing and unpacking to pot.
I had no two seed strains out in play at the same time, nor did I take more than 3 seeds from any source that I am aware of.
If all but 1 pop I will have a guess, if others do not come up then another mystery plant~!
I think there are 6 still not up not 5. Maff...

On to the room~!
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^^ Left side of room^^
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So am I locked out with the tip color change or deficient.
I have installed more Open Sesame than in any other grow before. I got an early start with it .
I have Mr. Fluvic and Kelp [COM] in the barrel so the plants get that through the rings 24/7.
No Ca last couple of waterings but extra Mg.
So I have wandered from 3 2 1 as I think plants have needed.

 

[MDK]

Stopping in to smell the grass!

 

[Stoneyluv]

two in one container... nooo.. OCD OCD..i need dab just reading this! do you think they're both still the same strain?

hope ya get your power sorted, at least you have multiple circuits to play with.. that was good planning!

 

[steamroller]

The two in one is one of those things that can really bug me.
It's like losing something you just had.
No explanation but right in your face~!
The cups are rows of 3 for each strain.
That is the super lemon haze and all 3 cups are up.
Having 2 in one of the cups just blows me away.
When I put those seeds in the cup I only had those 3 seeds out of their bag.
Having all 3 cups up means I have no clue. Seed could be from last time if I lost one if it went into the soil bag?
I have no clue. I was methodical about putting them in dirt.
It ain't no big deal but I am clueless more every moment it seems.

I'll probably run the extension cord to other outlet. I'll use a heavy 12ga AC/ Appliance cord, but still don't like it all the same.
One outlet/ breaker only has the 2 TSL3000s going to it. I'll just split one of each light to each outlet.
That should be around 11 amps each instead of 16 on one and 6 on the other. Running under 100% keeps me under 15amps I assume, besides just the shock at start up.
Every bit of power in the shop is basically going to the room~!
Yet with 3 breakers I am still pushing it with all the lights and heater or AC.

I will be thrilled if the rest or more beans are up tomorrow.
So do we think it will really be 8-9 from 12/12 the way we did it?

 

[stonemason]

Could be twins it happens sometimes.