Stoney's Luv Shack

[Stoneyluv]

Gardens look great man!
Good to read you're feeling better and didn't catch something worse like hanta virus or ebola

Unfortunately I think you got tricked by AI man. Those Dale Jr videos are fakes. There's a couple others too. Not sure why they exist.
Just be cautious with anything there. Lots of fake videos, doctor reports, merch, and more came out of the woodwork.

Dale has said some nice things but more realistic in regards to their differences early on then later finding some degree of friendship as race team owners but the stuff about Brexton is all fake. They couldn't even get the name right and call him Braxton lol. The voice is weird too.
There are scams for merch too. The official black hat is only on NASCAR.com and lots of stuff like the tiedye hat I got were direct from the New Era company and even on clearance sale with no price gouging since it was a 2025 hat design. Fake rare diecasts too. Fucking people man. They suck.

dammit, those assholes tricked me!!! ...again!

i'm done with social media... my dad used to tell me all the time: "believe in half of what you read and nothing you hear!"
wise words.

they can kiss my bacon!!!!

 

[Bandit420]

dammit, those assholes tricked me!!! ...again!

i'm done with social media... my dad used to tell me all the time: "believe in half of what you read and nothing you hear!"
wise words.

they can kiss my bacon!!!!

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It's nice to buy bacon in bulk again
Funny how you watch racing because that's how I wish football did it. No announcers and just field noise. Maybe pay a premium so you can hear coach to coach and coach to player comms.

When our players were posting stuff on social media we would take the pics and show them on the jumbotron during practice. Got them to think before they posted something but now with AI they don't even have to post it. Arch Manning gets faked like that too. Fake videos of him making deals to play for other teams and stuff. Sex tapes and revenge porn is super common. It's weaponized and gets people to believe all sorts of stuff.
Sometimes it's funny but it's stuff like those Dale Jr videos and other scams, especially the ones targeting elderly needs some regulation to it IMO.

 

[Stoneyluv]

It's nice to buy bacon in bulk again
Funny how you watch racing because that's how I wish football did it. No announcers and just field noise. Maybe pay a premium so you can hear coach to coach and coach to player comms.

When our players were posting stuff on social media we would take the pics and show them on the jumbotron during practice. Got them to think before they posted something but now with AI they don't even have to post it. Arch Manning gets faked like that too. Fake videos of him making deals to play for other teams and stuff. Sex tapes and revenge porn is super common. It's weaponized and gets people to believe all sorts of stuff.
Sometimes it's funny but it's stuff like those Dale Jr videos and other scams, especially the ones targeting elderly needs some regulation to it IMO.

i couldn't fit all the bacon in one pan.. still got like seven slices in the fridge!! saving that for hash browns and poached eggs!!!

ah man that would be the coolest football package ever, i'd buy it!!

that shit is just evil on those kids.. and i bet it never stops.. 365 days 24 hours a day. that is just plain wrong. i sure wish i could get to be the one who got to enforce a regulation like that!!

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qualifying just ended.. the 11 likes to sit on guys poles.. the 45 looks lights out fast..

 

[Bandit420]

i couldn't fit all the bacon in one pan.. still got like seven slices in the fridge!! saving that for hash browns and poached eggs!!!

ah man that would be the coolest football package ever, i'd buy it!!

that shit is just evil on those kids.. and i bet it never stops.. 365 days 24 hours a day. that is just plain wrong. i sure wish i could get to be the one who got to enforce a regulation like that!!

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qualifying just ended.. the 11 likes to sit on guys poles.. the 45 looks lights out fast..

11 to the rear for unapproved adjustments!

Chills on this one man. 1st time in program history, WVU punched their ticket to Omaha.
This why we grind man!!!

 

[Stoneyluv]

11 to the rear for unapproved adjustments!

Chills on this one man. 1st time in program history, WVU punched their ticket to Omaha.
This why we grind man!!!

i bet that makes the 77 happy!! lookin like a hot greasy track, should make for some great racing!!!!!

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wow man first time ever??? thats so freakin awesome!!!!

 

[Zen_seeker]

Gardens look great man!
Good to read you're feeling better and didn't catch something worse like hanta virus or ebola

Unfortunately I think you got tricked by AI man. Those Dale Jr videos are fakes. There's a couple others too. Not sure why they exist.
Just be cautious with anything there. Lots of fake videos, doctor reports, merch, and more came out of the woodwork.

Dale has said some nice things but more realistic in regards to their differences early on then later finding some degree of friendship as race team owners but the stuff about Brexton is all fake. They couldn't even get the name right and call him Braxton lol. The voice is weird too.
There are scams for merch too. The official black hat is only on NASCAR.com and lots of stuff like the tiedye hat I got were direct from the New Era company and even on clearance sale with no price gouging since it was a 2025 hat design. Fake rare diecasts too. Fucking people man. They suck.

Ya I’m losing my faith in people fast. Half the servers at the pool hall screw you over on the bill. I mention it in my thread but forgot to add they also give you pictures of beer that are literally half foam. And when I mentioned it she got all huffy. I literally said “We only got two and a half glasses out of it because of the foam, please watch that.” The next one was better, less than half the head of the last one, but she tries not to serve us now, which is fine with me.

 

[Stoneyluv]

well things are not going the way i wanted... it's taken the one plant so ridiculously long to establish roots that it's getting left behind and the whole idea of having two matching sized plants is quickly slipping from my grasp..





i'm getting impatient. i think i'm gonna pull an audible and put the first two plant back in.... i'll try to even them up the best i can and maybe one will get a little bit more light.. a topping might help with it too..



i really like the freedom of growing commando.. i'm dipping solution from the rez into the cloner so they're in the exact same bath water and temp, so should be no real shock to them in doing this. they're strong , stronger than the others thats for sure, i'm not entirely sure why i can't get them to root from that other plant. i have one other cutting in there that looks the same, a month later and just a tiny little stubble..

all the cuttings were all taken on the same day.. and this is the best this one got so far..



meanwhile the others look like this...



i'm a little more than a week lopsided right now and i think my best chances are with the stronger plants...

 

[Stoneyluv]

so it's great i neve change my mind and always have such a solid plan..

back to the plants i started with.. they're both Sun of a Peach and not really 100% they're from the same plant but i'm over it and if they turn out the same size great and if not i don't care anymore. but i will try a little bit, one light close and one far, i'll foliar feed the smaller plant everyday, and i guided the roots through the cup more on the left plant and left the bigger one more "birdsnested" and let them find their own way. i haven't topped either one yet but the node numbers are there and both will be topped soon, i'll let them make home again first.. and from here on out i will not be keeping the water level this high, as they drink i will let it lower to proper volume before topping off again.

this is it now okay, i'm not changing my mind anymore... haha!! on a serious note though, it sure is great seeing crisp bright white veins in hydro. a first for me. the other day i added more big foot to the system. nutrients haven't changed and ph is solid. i'll probably end up doing a change out on the sooner side of schedule just because this solution has fed different plants now and most likely a little lopsided in balance. perfectly fine for now though.

 

[Stoneyluv]

a couple days later and the plants seem to be okay with their switchback.. yesterday i topped them both and they now have their four nodes from the main stalk. once those top two grow past two nodes i will top those two and that should conclude the pruning for the scrog. also adjusted the lights up an additional 10% and up to 30% right now.









i also noticed that the past two days my rez heater has not turned on once. warming up a little down there.. the air heater still comes on a little. i have it set to 68°f for lights out lows. really helps keep my rh in check during lights out as well.

still not sure when i should do a change out... it's still the same 220 ppm i started with.

 

[GrumpAzz]

still not sure when i should do a change out... it's still the same 220 ppm i started with.

I'm convinced that there's no right or wrong way to go about it. It'll be what's best for you water-wise, plant-wise and time-wise.

How are you going about topping off this round?

 

[Stoneyluv]

I'm convinced that there's nonright or wrong way to go about it. It'll be what l's best for you water-wise, plant-wise and time-wise.

How are you going about topping off this round?

back in the very beginning Aqua Man suggested that i try the dilution flush method, also called a partial reservoir change. he said it would fit my style and helps in keeping down the cost of as much bennies. i think now that i don't have any off the wall goofy problems i'd really like to give it a try. i'm using just tap, micros, and bloom so my solution is not complicated at all and may also favor with this change out method.

it is so nice to have crisp white veins and petioles in the leaves. confidence is also starting to rise!

i'm not entirely sold on any particular top off. as much as i like the idea of topping with stronger solution but part of me also wants to just keep it KISS this round. and i would kinda like to see the ppms get eaten and replenish and really kinda just go through all those motions that i never really got to do before. so i think maybe i should just match whats in the rez and mix the top off a little more often and not lean on automation till i'm totally comfortable with it. maybe just mix up ten gallons or so at a time and monitor the PPMs and just get a feel for it.

for right now i don't have the top off turned on yet. the water level is still pretty close to the cups and i was hoping they would drink their way down but if the roots grow faster than they drink then i might pull some out manually. right now at this level right here the system has 30 gallons in it. it's been a month now that the system has been running, bluelabs was blinking at me today.. i cleaned and calibrated tonight.

 

[Stoneyluv]

on the dark side we have some stink setting in... the great kind of stink that is!!!! lights are pretty much at max height so hoping it will be good enough. tonight starts week 5 of flower. lights just got bumped up to 60% and set to just 11 hours on. i'll ride like this for a week or two and adjust both again. i haven't fed them anything yet and just have been given water only. ecowitt tells me when and who so i've been pretty much hands off this entire time. i never took them out and thinned them, i think my time has passed now and i'll cause more damage than will even be worth it at this point. i don't mind.. i squish almost everything anyway!!

 

[Bandit420]

back in the very beginning Aqua Man suggested that i try the dilution flush method, also called a partial reservoir change. he said it would fit my style and helps in keeping down the cost of as much bennies. i think now that i don't have any off the wall goofy problems i'd really like to give it a try. i'm using just tap, micros, and bloom so my solution is not complicated at all and may also favor with this change out method.

it is so nice to have crisp white veins and petioles in the leaves. confidence is also starting to rise!

i'm not entirely sold on any particular top off. as much as i like the idea of topping with stronger solution but part of me also wants to just keep it KISS this round. and i would kinda like to see the ppms get eaten and replenish and really kinda just go through all those motions that i never really got to do before. so i think maybe i should just match whats in the rez and mix the top off a little more often and not lean on automation till i'm totally comfortable with it. maybe just mix up ten gallons or so at a time and monitor the PPMs and just get a feel for it.

for right now i don't have the top off turned on yet. the water level is still pretty close to the cups and i was hoping they would drink their way down but if the roots grow faster than they drink then i might pull some out manually. right now at this level right here the system has 30 gallons in it. it's been a month now that the system has been running, bluelabs was blinking at me today.. i cleaned and calibrated tonight.

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I'm an advocate for a complete to 90% rez change every week to 10 days depending on the previous weeks events. If it's been slow going, 10 days. If they're growing like crazy then 7 or even 5 if the rez is undersized.
Early and young- 10 days. Mature and vigorous - 7 days. Is my basic plan.
Ripening, I just top off from the last rez with clean water and no nutes for the next 2-3 weeks and by the time chop is here, ppm is close to zero.

I only test the PPM after I've added all the ingredients and the test is mostly to make sure I didn't make a mistake and mix up a batch that can burn and also to know where my number is in relation to what the feed chart says it should be. I like to run at around 50-90% of what my feed chart recommends.

Testing is all in preparation to deliver it to the plants then after that I let the rez ride as is for the week without testing or adjusting it no matter what it does.
I only watch the plants and they will show signs of the rez being off. If it was set up correctly then the plants grow happy and I pay no mind to pH or ppm testing.

If it depletes during the week then it's either fresh water or a 50% concoction of what started the rez to top it off. I'll check ppm again just to make sure it's not too hot but it's usually always below the red line.

After the first feeding using a fresh rez the ppm may not change but the dynamics of the solution do change just by interacting with the roots. Your TDS tester just gives ppm but doesn't say exactly what the ppm is made up of. It would be awesome if there was a NPK and macro probe but that takes lab equipment.
Your plants can be depleting macros but say a salt build up or even the slightest evaporation covers it up, it will give you the same ppm making you think nothing has been depleted by the plants. Most nutrient depletion happens in around a 2 week time frame so doing it every week to ten days ensures less chance of a def or a burn from a residual salt happening

So with all the change going on day to day in a hydroponic plant's life it's always been recommended to do a weekly change but some crops and stages of cannabis as well can go 10-14 days.
+ the effect of a fresh rez is a great kick in the pants to keep growth momentum going