Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[StinkBud]

How did you solve the issue of the sprayers shooting water over the edge of the top container and the lid not being watertight?

Go to the hardware store and get some rope calk. It kind of looks like clay and comes in a roll. Trust me on this, nothing works better. You will have to change it about once a year as it dries out or gets funky.

Try to leave the lid on after you get a good seal.

 

[StinkBud]

Hey guys one of my cycle timers (fortunately my cheapers auto 4min on 1min off) fell in a bucket of water for about a day. You think it will still work (is safe to plug in?)?

I don't know if it will work but I do know that if it doesn't, I wanna watch! Please video the fireworks and post it on YouTube #Water+Electricity

I'm fucking with ya... If it's an old mechanical timer with the little tabs, you should be able to let it dry out for a few days and be okay.

 

[joey green]

first time doing scrog, just wondering if i should be removing leaves so light gets to the buds?
i feel like its too bushy....

 

[MrStickyScissors]

How about 6 pounds every 3 weeks

 

[StinkBud]

first time doing scrog, just wondering if i should be removing leaves so light gets to the buds?
i feel like its too bushy....

It's okay to remove the bottom leaves to increase air-flow and reduce canopy thickness but don't remove any others. The leaves are what's making the sugar to grow the buds.

 

[joey green]

ok thanks!
this is my first run using your system, and i can def see a difference between this and the soil grow i started with, from growth rates, to stem sizes, bud sites, and oh the crystals!, wow they are everywhere already, cant wait to see the finished goods. THANKS!

 

[AKGrowAreo]

StinkBud, and company!

I’m a first time poster long time reader and I’ve finally got my first Stinkbud grow pretty dialed in. I have a lot to get off my chest, especially cause I haven't been able to show or talk to anyone about this fun project I have been working on. So I’m gonna make this post count. Haha.

I have dabbled over the past two decades with many different types of grows, but I've never invested the time or money that I should have to build a proper set up. I went into this whole thing thinking that I had decent knowledge of growing, boy I was wrong, now I can see I was a total noob at that point.

I believe I saw my first aeroponic set up around 2003 and ever since then I have wanted to go this route, so thank you very much for taking the time to share you knowledge because even with all the BS there is out there on the internet, there is still a serious lack of quality comprehensive aeroponic instructions.

I started with Cervantes’ book, then Rosenthal’s, then I browsed the web until I found this thread and I have since read the entire thing, then moved on to “Harvest A Pound” as well as superstoner1's threads.

So I should probably also say thanks to Superstoner1 for the knowledge he shared as well as the other stinkbuddies that chimed in overtime such as Andyman, etc. BTW, what ever happened to those guys?

Kinda bummed I missed out on the whole stinkbuddies website, but not bummed that I missed out on the drama that went along with that, jeez guys, SB created this whole movement and I couldn't believe how they treated him. If I would have been around I would have had to pass around some virtual bitch slaps to all the haters. Glad to see the drama has faded.

SB: As I read through all that nonsense I was blown away. Sorry for all the shit you’ve been through over the past few years brother. Funny, I totally feel like I know you, and you probably have know idea who I am. (I will elaborate later.) I have found that the cannabis industry is just like another in that there always seems to be bad apples on even the dankest granny smith tree. Surrounding yourself with the right people makes all the difference and I am sorry to hear that there were some snakes that made their way into your inner circle.

I have been a medical grower in all my past operations, but my state recently approved recreational cannabis so I am going to be getting my cultivation license, processing license and opening a store. I am not just doing this so that I can get out of the nine to five, but so I can "spread the love" as SB puts it.

I am a big believer in something my grandmother always said, "charity starts at home." I did not understand what she meant until I was a grown-ass-man with three kids of my own, and I believe that there are lots great interpretations of it. The way I take it to heart is that if I can put my self in the best possible situation, I am best suited to help others. If I am broke and can’t help myself, how can I help others? I recently started a non profit organization comprised of local commercial growers with the common goal of getting people off "spice" and other synthetic and super dangerous drugs. Even though I am on the commercial side of the game, I am not just in it for the money. I cannot say the same for all commercial growers, but I can speak for the community of commercial growers that I am a part of and we all have the common goal of helping our crazy world through cannabis.

I will be comparing my SB system to a true high pressure aeroponic set up to decide how I will be building my commercial grow when that time comes. I have been around a few HPA grows and I have always been impressed with quality and yield, but I have a hard time believing that the potential extra yield or quality will be worth all the extra time, work and maintenance that goes into HPA. Eventually both of my systems will be running the same strains from the same clones so that it will be a true apples to apples comparison. I will start a journal when I am ready so those interested can follow.

First things first I am still currently dialing in my StinkBud system. I am running 3 tents, a hand build one from PVC and a tarp that holds my cloner, an Apollo 24"x48"x60" tent with my veg unit, and an Apollo 48"x96"x80" tent for my flower room. I have had great success with the Apollo line of tents and would recommend them to any friend. They really save a few bucks and the only issue you may run into are a few light leaks which are easily fixable with any kind of tacky light proof tape.

To remain within the law I will not be able to build the HPA setup until after I have my license. I call my current testing facility with my SB systems “The Lab.”

I keep my lab surgery room clean. I have seen a lot of sloppy grows over the years and every one has ended up with pests, mildew of mold…FUCK THAT SHIT! Its worth taking the extra 20 min to clean up after every time mess around in my lab which is a hell of a lot easier to do without dirt.

My aero cloner is a right out “Harvest a Pound.” Strong Box with 400 gal/hr Active Aqua pump. Works like a charm and I have a 100% rooting rate. I have the cloner set under a 2’ 2 bulb HO T5 24/7. My res temps are a little on the cool side around 62 to 65 degrees so I probably do not root as fast as I could if I had the temps a little higher. I’d rather take a few extra days to root than deal with algae, funk, and root rot. Still I get roots within 7 to 14 days, even when I clone my tops.

 

[AKGrowAreo]

My veg room is about 75 degrees and I am able to maintain reservoir temps at about 66 to 68 degrees without a chiller. I run one 8’ oscillating fan 24/7, and one 8 inch clip fan drawing in fresh air when lights are on. I will eventually hook a thermostat to my clip on fan. I built a double stacked veg unit that is a hybrid of the OG SB veg and the newer version with the “tough boxes” (now called something else but good as ever). I love how well it works! I keep the root chamber insulted with bubble reflective insulation (also helps keep out light), works great!

I have the veg unit set under a 2’ 8 bulb HO T5 and a 2’ 4 bulb T5. My internode length is kick ass and I couldn't be happier.

I use a Inkbird IHC-200 AC 110V - 240V Digital Dural Stage Humidity Control Humidifier Dehumidifier Controller w/ Pre-wired Plug Outlet of control my humidity, and for $45 you cant go wrong. It has one outlet to turn on your humidifier and one to activate a dehumidifier or exhaust fan. If my humidity falls below 50% my humidifier turns on (rarely happens) and 4” 100 cfm duct exhaust fan turns on if the humidity gets over 57%. It works awesome, well it usually does. I have bought two of these humidity controllers and one workers great and the other will kinda wigs out every once in a while. Someday I will get one of the higher end ones, but this works fine for now.

My sealed co2 enriched flower room consists of 2 adapted SB aero/nft systems under two 1000 watt HIDs in cooled hoods. I picked up one magnetic ballast with 8” AC hood, and 3 month old Hortilux bulb for $185 and I bought a 1000 watt dimable digital ballast for $115 shipped, Hortilux bulb for $55 shipped off Amazon, and I picked up my 6” cool tube from a local hydro store for $59…not bad! 740 cfm (craigslist $40) inline fan pushes cold fresh outside air past the lights and out the tent with a backdraft vent to prevent any light leakage.

With all that light in a sealed tent how the hell do I keep my room temps cool? Obviously I needed AC, so I found a window ac for sale on CL for $40. I cut a 25” x 17” hole in the side of my tent, covered the edge of the cut with Gorilla Tape, and stuck the window AC right in the hole! I taped it around the whole thing to seal it for light and CO2 and now I could keep my room at 60 degrees if I wanted to. If fucking dope and I didn't have to spend $600 on a portable AC that wouldn't have fit in my tent in the first place. I plan to build a table to hold the AC out of 2x4s, but it is comfortably sitting on 2 stacked strongboxes with a piece of plywood on top in the meantime. It actually looks pretty good as is so maybe I wont mess with it. I control the AC with a cheap $38 Inkbird Itc-308 Digital Temperature Controller Outlet Thermostat, 2-stage, 1000w, w/ Sensor bought on Amazon. It works great!

Since I run co2 I run my room temp a little on the higher side between 82 and 85 degrees. I am still looking for some solid information regarding the best temps for co2 and all I can find is conflicting information, even in the books I mentioned reading above. So any information from SB or any other experienced co2 enricher would be much appreciated.

After countless hours of research and feeling a little cheap at that moment I bought the Titan Controls 702618 Atlas 2 Preset Carbon Dioxide Gas Monitor and Controller ($231 Amazon) and I am actually really happy with it so far. It is preset to 1500 and it keeps your ppm right around there with easy to read green led lights to monitor co2 levels. My only worry with the controller is that it does not have a remote sniffer so the unit has to be mounted in the actual room. My understanding is that since the led lights are green that this will not cause my plants to herm out due to light. I mean my green led headlamp is supposedly “photoperiod cycle safe” so I can work in the dark if required, so I guess these green lights on the co2 monitor shouldn't matter, right? I would love to have someone confirm this so that I am not so stressed out about it. I don't know why they would make this product if there was any chance of herming your plants so I lean towards feeling safe about it, but you never know.

I also saved a few bucks and bought the Titan Controls 702710 Carbon Dioxide Gas Regulator for 120-volt Controllers and Timers for only $65 on Amazon. Scored a 1/2 full 20 lb co2 tank for only $75 on CL so I am stoked! Plus its only 2 miles to the closest tank exchange so this was the way to go for me. I get 4 to 5 weeks out of my tank since its such a small space to enrich.

I control my humidity with a Dayton 35 pint Dehumidifier, and its a little small for the job, but gets ‘er done. I have it set to 35% because I don't want to fuck with mold…ever. It keeps the room between 35% and 42%. If something goes wrong with my dehumidifier I have the same humidity controller as I mentioned above set to turn on my 400 cfm exhaust fan with backdraft damper if the humidity gets over 55%.

I use 5” fence posts on my flower units (hard to find where i live cause absolutely no one uses vinyl fencing due to weather fluctuations in my state). One of my SB flower units is built out of a 14 gal Rubbermaid Brute Container so its lower to the ground and allows for taller more sativa heavy strains. It is a miniature system with only 6 holes, and it does great. I run a 250 gal/hr Active Aqua pump in this system and I run sprayers between each net pot and at the ends. My only difference is that added a 180 degree sprayer between the removable end cap and first plant. I had the extra pressure so why not add the extra sprayers?

I also have my reservoirs sitting entirely under the rack on my units to save space. I use the 180 degree sprayers on the ends and 360s everywhere else but other than the fact that it doesn't spray me in the face when I open up the cap, there seems to be no real advantage to having the 180s as opposed to the 360s.

I have double layers of netting so I can train the fuck out of my plants. If you are not training your plants, then stop everything you are doing and research super cropping, topping, filming, etc. right now! This is by far the easiest way to increase your yields in my opinion.

My second flower unit is a big boy 15 site triple SB unit, so yes my harvest size is double or triple that of my other sativa unit if I veg everything for the same amount of time (I don’t). I use a 27 gal strongbox and a 400 gal/hr Active Aqua pump for the res on my triple, and everything else the same. The unit kicks ass, but there are still some improvements to be made on my part. I would like to redesign the way the water drains…maybe something close to the Oregon Special…btw, any designs or plans for that yet SB???

 

[AKGrowAreo]

I run SB’s original poop soup nute solution plus sweet. I actually use 100 more ml of the amount of cal mag called for because I get 0 ppm out of the tap, oh yeah! then I separately add hydroguard as a “just in case” and I have been adding Silica Blast lately. Silica Blast is GREAT and I have really noticed that it thickened up my stocks and helps my plants thrive.

With a few of the strains I that have run I get some red stems which to the best of my knowledge is caused by nitrogen deficiency and I would like to solve this. I am thinking that increasing the amount of base nutes may just do the trick.

SB: on page 531 I noticed that you are now running the following
1000ml Pure Blend Pro Bloom (or Veg depending on cycle)
250ml Cal-Mag (double if you use RO water)
350ml Liquid Karma

How has that been working out for you? That’s almost double your original amount of base nutes SB, I am thinking this may solve my red stems? Please advise if you have any knowledge on this.

 

[AKGrowAreo]

Okay, drum roll please……………………….……the true reason why I decided to come out of the shadows and share my SB growing experience is so I can tell you all about my DIY self designed chiller! This was my #1 concern, keeping my reservoirs cool. I researched, then researched, then researched some more.

The idea of a traditional chiller was too expensive and pretty inefficient, and pumping my nute solution to a remote chiller seems fucking retarded (how to keep the lines from getting dirty, potential for flooding, extra reservoirs, fuck that business). Peltier Thermoelectric chillers simply would not do good enough, they are expensive to buy, annoying to make, and quick to fail. So what were my other options? I was stumped!

I went back to the drawing board and designed my own reservoir chilling system. Full disclosure, I am positive that other growers have developed the same chilling system as I did, but I could not find shit about it on the web so I designed this one all on my own. I am not claiming to have invented style of chiller, but I am fucking stoked on it and would love to hear from anyone who has done anything similar. My first designs were very similar to other DIY chillers out there and there was nothing special about it really. My first plan was to put put a coil of hose in a fridge and pump my nute solution through it using a timer. Its would have worked, but also would have used unnecessary electricity and added extra headaches.

Frustrated, I then remembered that I had used a little thingy called a wort chiller when brewing beer in the past. Basically this is a immersion chiller that consists of a coil of metal tubing (usually copper, but you want a stainless steel one to prevent any leaching from the copper caused by the nute solution). What a great way to go! This meant I wouldn't have to keep any extra pumps in my res and I never have to move the nute solution out of the res to chill it!

I set out to put a really big res filled with potable RV/marine antifreeze into a freezer, then put a pump in the res connected to a hose that pumps the antifreeze through the wort chillers that sit in my reservoirs. The pump would be turned on and off by the another one of these $38 thermostats that I have run my AC as mentioned above.

Right when I was about to buy a fridge I had little light bulb go off in my head! Why the fuck should I wast time, power, and money on a fridge when my tap water is 43 degrees once it runs for a minute or two? I was stoked! I had finally figured it out!!! I am lucky enough to have a drain in the floor of my grow area and I plumbed cold water faucet to the area as well. Without both of these, you will not be able to run my chiller, sorry.

I turned my attention from fridges to sprinkler valve electronic relays. They are cheap and they last forever! Here is how it ended up working out. Don't buy cheap hose pars though because THEY WILL LEAK! I was able to build my chiller for my 2 flower room reservoirs for about $210 and its really easy to build. Shit is extra expensive where I live, so you can probable do better. I will do a detailed thread with pics and instructions on how to build this chiller as soon as I have some down time, but here are the basics.

These items work for my set up. You may need slightly different lengths of tubing, hose and more or less of some items. Measure and plan before you buy!

Supplies For 2 Reservoirs:

1 cold water hose faucet (sink will work but you'll need a garden hose adapter)
1 drain
2 - Super Efficient 3/8" x 25' Stainless Steel Wort Chiller = $40 each (brew shop or Amazon)
1 - Inkbird Itc-308 Digital Temperature Controller Outlet Thermostat, 2-stage = $38 (Amazon
1 - Orbit 57100 3/4-Inch Female Pipe Threaded Auto Inline Sprinkler Valve = $12 (Amazon)
1 - Orbit Sprinkler System Power Source Transformer 57040 = $13 (Amazon)
1 - box of miscellaneous wire connectors = $5
2 - male 3/4 threaded to male garden hose adapters = $5 each (Lowe’s)
2 - 2 Way Solid Y Valve Garden Hose Connector Splitter Adapter = $13 each (Lowe’s)
1 - PTFE Pipe Thread Seal Tape = $2 (Lowe’s)
1 - 50’ length of garden hose = $13 (Lowe’s)
6 male and 6 female (this should be enough to have extras) hose repair pieces = $5 each (Lowe’s)
1 - 20’ length of 3/8” vinyl tubing = $10 (Lowe’s)
1 - 3/8” vinyl tubing T = $3 (Lowe’s)

Instructions For One Reservoir: (If only chilling one res you will only need 1 wort chiller and you wont need the vinyl tubing T.)

1. Connect 2 Way Y Valve Garden Hose Adapter to water faucet.
2. Connect one side to the new garden hose and the other side to your old garden hose (if you have one).
3. Run the hose close to your flower room and cut it to an appropriate length (pvc pipe cutters work great for this).
4. Connect female hose repair piece to the end of the hose where you just cut it.
5. Connect the 2 male 3/4 threaded to male garden hose adapters to the Orbit 57100 3/4-Inch Female Pipe Threaded Auto Inline Sprinkler Valve using PTFE Pipe Thread Seal Tape and be sure to tighten well using crescent wrench.
6. Connect the hose to the Orbit 57100 and tighten well. Be sure to find the arrow to ensure the water goes in the correct hole and out her other.
7. Connect Orbit Sprinkler System Power Source Transformer 57040 to Orbit 57100 using wire crimpers and connectors.
8. Connect another female hose repair piece to the other cut off end of the hose.
9. Connect the hose to the out end of the Orbit 57100 and tighten well.
10. Clean the wort chiller using dish soap to remove any machining oils and rinse well.
11. Insert wort chiller into reservoir.
12. Connect wort chiller to the garden hose.
13. Connect vinyl tubing to other end of the wort chiller.
14. Run vinyl tubing to drain.
15. Connect Power Source Transformer to the cooling outlet on the Inkbird Itc-308 Digital Temperature Controller Outlet Thermostat.
16. Put temp sensor in the reservoir.
17. Plug thermostat into outlet and set desired temp, dead band, alarms, etc. Calibrate the unit if necessary.

Instructions For Two Reservoirs:

1. Follow instructions 1 through 9 from above then the following
2. Run the garden hose to a central location between the two res and cut.
3. Connect male hose repair piece to the newly cut end.
4. Clean the wort chillers using dish soap to remove any machining oils and rinse well.
5. Insert wort chillers into reservoirs.
6. Connect vinyl tubing to the supplied garden hose adapter.
7. Run tubing to the wort chiller and cut to appropriate length.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to the other wort chiller.
9. Connect vinyl tubing to both wort chillers using supplied clamps.
10. Connect separate vinyl tubing pieces to the other end of each wort chiller.
11. Run the end of the tubing to a point where you can connect them to the vinyl tubing T.
12. Connect another piece of tubing to the other end of the T and run the tubing to the drain.

 

[AKGrowAreo]

I set my res temp to 67 degrees with a 1 degree dead band so that the second the res it gets above 68 degrees the sprinkler relay is activated and cold water starts flowing through my wort chillers and thus chilling my note solution. As soon as the temp goes below 67 degrees the water ceases to flow. I keep my sensor in my warmer of the two reservoirs and they stay within 1 degree of each other. I could adjust the flow to each res using the valves on the y adapter to get the temps exactly the same if I wanted, but I just keep the valves wide open cause I am not worried about the 1 degree difference. Make sure to secure the vinyl tubing into the drain in some way. If you don't the line has a tendency to pop out of the drain and start spraying water everywhere. Boom!!! That is my kick ass chiller!

So now that I have been running this system for 6 months I have a bit of advice for everybody that is just getting started. Just stick to what SB has said and you will succeed…temps and cleanliness are everything. You want to know why I have had no problems, because I actually did what he said, kept my shit clean, and did my research. Do the same folks, it will pay off! Another tidbit for you, don't start building until after you have read the book, I started building after page 150 of the thread thinking I had found all the info I needed, but I had just scratched the surface.

Be patient, do all the research, save up some cash so you can buy quality equipment, don't go off overly excited half cocked and waste money like I did. I have an OG stink cloner that has never even been turned on because I found the new design before I ever got a change to put anything in it, granted I salvaged the pump and . If you are itching to get growing, grab some soil and start tinkering until you have money to invest in this set up. Its expensive, and if you are a geek and you want to really wet it up proper like I did, then its really expensive, and I didn't even buy all the high end controllers and shit that I wanted to. I even went with the bargain brand tents and I’ve still spent between $6k and $8k to get to this point. Probably would be over $10k invested if it were not for Amazon Prime, and craigslist. I bought what I could afford from the hydro store and the rest from Lowe’s, Amazon, and Craigslist.

Another thing, go down to the bookstore and pick up “Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible” by Jeorge Cervantes and or “Marijuana Grower’s Handbook” by Ed Rosenthal. Learning these fundamentals will really help you with all aspects of growing and will help you fully understand what people are talking about on this forum.

BTW, I have already started to spread the love by setting up 3 of my close friend with SB systems of their own. One of them is a vet with some serious issues, lets just say that I have got him on the cannabis now and he is getting his shit together for the first time since he got out of the service. I am not saying that cannabis solves all of the worlds problems, just 3/4 of them. JK.

SB: I am pretty sure we have been snowboarding together, but I am not positive. I grew up in OR and have been snowboarding for over 24 years and worked in the snowboard industry for most of that time. Its insane how much we have in common and hopefully we can take some turns together one day.

EVERYBODY: I should mention that I only grow what my state legally allows me to for recreational purposes until my license is finalized.

IMPORTANT: IF YOU EVER WANT TO ENTER INTO THE LEGAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY DO NOT GROW ILLEGALLY. STATE CONTROL BOARDS WILL BLACKLIST YOU FROM EVER BEING APPROVED FOR ANY LEGAL CANNABIS LICENSE IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN AN ILLEGAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY WHATSOEVER. THAT INCLUDES RUMORS, SO THEY DON’T EVEN NEED PROOF TO DENY YOU IF THEY HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL GROWS!

 

[letdown shifty]

@AKGrowAreo lots of reading, but very informative.

On a side note 2 pics are of the 24hr difference from moving 3 plants into flowering. All the ladies are working towards the light, hoping I can fill that 3.5' x 4' canopy. Since I'm new to scrog, how much undergrowth should I clear out?Thanks for any input.
-Shifty

 

[letdown shifty]

@AKGrowAreo yeah, I had those 3 plants under control & growing the way I wanted in veg. Then I ran into some tough times and ended up in the hospital for a week, then another week of no energy. So they were getting nothing more than ro+di refill and light. Needless to say, they got out of control growth & stalks thickened up where I can't really maneuver them. Plus they received 2 extra weeks of veg time, they were about 2 feet when I moved them to flower a couple days ago. Hoping to keep the stretching under control, as I only have a few feet to top of tent.
-Shifty

 

[AKGrowAreo]

@AKGrowAreo yeah, I had those 3 plants under control & growing the way I wanted in veg. Then I ran into some tough times and ended up in the hospital for a week, then another week of no energy. So they were getting nothing more than ro+di refill and light. Needless to say, they got out of control growth & stalks thickened up where I can't really maneuver them. Plus they received 2 extra weeks of veg time, they were about 2 feet when I moved them to flower a couple days ago. Hoping to keep the stretching under control, as I only have a few feet to top of tent.
-Shifty

Sorry to hear about your troubles bro. Hope your feeling better now! I would just add another layer of netting over that one 8 to 10" above your lower layer and try to train as much as possible and you should be fine. The one thing I love about my unit with the 14 gal res is that its 6" shorter than my other unit. That 6" really counts the last few weeks.

 

[letdown shifty]

@AKGrowAreo 6" absolutely is critical last week or two of flower, you are 100% correct. Which is why I'm hesitant at being stoked with flowering 2 feet tall vegged plants. If I had 10'+ ceilings all would be good. Can't wait to sell my house and get a house with property, so I can build a 20'x30' outbuilding with 12'-15' ceilings. As far as health, I'm doing better had a case of DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis) & Pneumonia. First couple days were rough, really was close to Death coming for me. Heh. But, I live so that I may grow yet another day & spread the love. My flowers are unofficially helping someone with fibermialgia, someone with chronic arthritis/joint pain, someone with knee & leg pain. Also, Of course the whole reason I started growing for myself.
So impressed with this stuff that my sister's boyfriend (who is a private jet pilot) brought back from Boulder Colorado That I've decided going to try my hand at extraction, picked up this 14" tube today from a local glass shop.
Going to extract both Reserva Privada Tangie, and Critical Kush. Although Tangie is a hell of a smoke, so tasty.
-Shifty

 

[letdown shifty]

So, has anyone ever tried the strain Blue Dream? I've got another local caregiver looking to swap some cuts, and have to say I'm intrigued by what I've read on leafly.
https://www.leafly.com/hybrid/blue-dream
It strikes me as a lot like Tangie, but different smell and taste. Probably take them up on their offer, and see what she is all about.
-Shifty

 

[AKGrowAreo]

@letdown shifty Cool you are trying your hand at extraction. Be safe bro!

I supposedly had a bag of Blue Dream a few weeks ago, but where I am at I bet 50% of the time the strain info is total BS. But if the shit I had was blue dream, it is a great strain. Dense small nugs and only take a few hits to be floored. The high maintained for a long time too. Smell was skunky. Who knows if it was really BD though.

I am currently running Emerald Triangle: Trinity Kush, Cotton Candy Cane, and Blackberry OG. I also have a Cali Connection: Girl Scout Cookie from seed, and a clone of Acapulco Gold from a buddy.

Trinity Kush:
Growing - Can handle lots as much nutes as you can throw at it. I had it as high as 2500 with no signs of nute burn. Great thing about this strain it that I have had it as low as 1000 ppm and they were barely showing any signs of being hungry so its very versatile. I settled at 1750 for this strain cause its right in the middle and it works for the other strains in the rack as well. The plants grow superwide with really big fan leaves and they stay nice and short in stature (GREAT FOR SOG) and great internode length.
Smoke - The jury is still out cause I have not taken this plant all the way through harvest. I don't know what it will be like, but if its anything like the OG Trinity Kush from back in the 90's then I'm gonna be fucking stoked. The tastiest, dankest, best smelling, and frostiest buds I have ever seen or smoked was the original Trinity Kush. I was fairly disheartened when I saw heard from a friend that this was a "remake" of the strain. Fingers are crossed that it turns out good. Anybody run this strain before?

Cotton Candy Cane:
Growing - Kinda a little bitch from time to time that seems to love the N. Took me a while to find a nute solution and level that worked and ended up with 1600 PPM optimal level with an extra 50% of Pro Blend than SB's OG formula. Took an extra 1.5 weeks to finish over my full Indicas. This one grows pretty tall but can be managed with proper training/netting. Great producer!
Smoke - Ridiculously good. Super white with frost. Great blend of sativa and indica hitting all the "high" points of bout types.

Blackberry:
Growing - This one likes the nutes on the higher side and starts to look hungry under 1500 and I have had it at 2000 happily, but have not pushed it that much.
Smoke - I dunno, but I have heard great things!!!

Girl Scout Cookie:
Growing - Crazy short internode length and I am getting 3 branches per node on most! I am excited to see its finished product. This plant looks like its gonna produce a lot of bud.
Smoke - Well, I have had a couple supposed bags of it, but you never know as mentioned above. I heard that Cali Connection's version is not the "true" GSC, but I have a hard time believing ant of the strain info unless I am getting it from the breeder personally.

I have Kosher Kush and Kandy Kush by RP on deck ready to pop, nut no place to put them until I take it to the next level.

I would love to hear some feedback on these strains from anyone else who has grown then.

 

[superstoner1]

Stink,
Just wanted to say merry Christmas and good to see you still going.

 

[StinkBud]

BTW, I have already started to spread the love by setting up 3 of my close friend with SB systems of their own. One of them is a vet with some serious issues, lets just say that I have got him on the cannabis now and he is getting his shit together for the first time since he got out of the service. I am not saying that cannabis solves all of the worlds problems, just 3/4 of them. JK.

SB: I am pretty sure we have been snowboarding together, but I am not positive. I grew up in OR and have been snowboarding for over 24 years and worked in the snowboard industry for most of that time. Its insane how much we have in common and hopefully we can take some turns together one day.

Yo Bro! Thanks for the great post!!! I really appreciate you taking time to help. I've been riding at Meadows since 1989 although it hasn't snowed for shit the last couple of years. I fucking love snowboarding! I've been working so much lately I don't know when I'm going to get a chance to go up. It's been dumping too!

Keep up the great work!!!
SB

 

[sky rocket]

Ak grow several pages back stink swore up and down on Kandy Kush. That's why i bought a pack of Kandy Kush. I have yet to pop them yet.