shnkrmn
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Hey man, thanks for stopping by. And taking my invite in the right spirit, lol. I've been getting it together this last year or so. Starting to get happy with the results!
Shnkrmn's Pickle Bucket Hempy Grow 2009
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ganjanewbie
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man i love your grow.
Ive just started hempy growing and going to try with the 20L buckets like you use.
You def. got it down - thanks for bothering with all the photos and updates.
So much of what you have done i have basically copied.
Can i pick your brains a bit about your feeding schedules in the different sized buckets?
Your plants look very happy and healthy and the yield from the big two you chopped is where i want to be at.
for you
EDIT: I have recently been told to clean my bong with metho and rice, if you haven't discovered this (as i hadn't) - you will never go back!!
+rep
Ive just started hempy growing and going to try with the 20L buckets like you use.
You def. got it down - thanks for bothering with all the photos and updates.
So much of what you have done i have basically copied.
Can i pick your brains a bit about your feeding schedules in the different sized buckets?
Your plants look very happy and healthy and the yield from the big two you chopped is where i want to be at.
for youEDIT: I have recently been told to clean my bong with metho and rice, if you haven't discovered this (as i hadn't) - you will never go back!!
+rep
shnkrmn
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I use isopropyl alcohol and kosher salt to clean my glass; works pretty good. The rice makes sense as an abrasive too though.
Thanks, but I'm only just getting real control of this technique. But I'm definitely going to be pushing 3 oz per plant this time. We'll know in a couple of weeks.
My current veg nute mix is Fox Farm Growbig, 1 tsp per gallon (sorry, not very metric, here), Botanicare Calmag plus 1 tsp per gallon, Advanced Nutrients Barricade which I use to raise the pH back up after the other additives knock it down. I used hygrozyme for quite a while, but when I ran out I couldn't see any difference so I stopped using it. Waste of money in hempy, if you ask me. the PPM of my mix is typically about 480. I feed this every watering, no straight waterings for me anymore. I'm now at day 52 of flowering, so I'm trying to decide whether to go on feeding or go to straight water.
in bloom, everything is the same, except I substitute Tiger Bloom for Growbig. again, it ends up around 480 ppm. Lots of guys go higher concentrations but that doesn't seem to work out for me for some reason.
Thanks for coming by. Do you have a grow journal up to look at?
Thanks, but I'm only just getting real control of this technique. But I'm definitely going to be pushing 3 oz per plant this time. We'll know in a couple of weeks.
My current veg nute mix is Fox Farm Growbig, 1 tsp per gallon (sorry, not very metric, here), Botanicare Calmag plus 1 tsp per gallon, Advanced Nutrients Barricade which I use to raise the pH back up after the other additives knock it down. I used hygrozyme for quite a while, but when I ran out I couldn't see any difference so I stopped using it. Waste of money in hempy, if you ask me. the PPM of my mix is typically about 480. I feed this every watering, no straight waterings for me anymore. I'm now at day 52 of flowering, so I'm trying to decide whether to go on feeding or go to straight water.
in bloom, everything is the same, except I substitute Tiger Bloom for Growbig. again, it ends up around 480 ppm. Lots of guys go higher concentrations but that doesn't seem to work out for me for some reason.
Thanks for coming by. Do you have a grow journal up to look at?
man i love your grow.
Ive just started hempy growing and going to try with the 20L buckets like you use.
You def. got it down - thanks for bothering with all the photos and updates.
So much of what you have done i have basically copied.
Can i pick your brains a bit about your feeding schedules in the different sized buckets?
Your plants look very happy and healthy and the yield from the big two you chopped is where i want to be at.
EDIT: I have recently been told to clean my bong with metho and rice, if you haven't discovered this (as i hadn't) - you will never go back!!
+rep
lilmafia513
Well-Known Member
man i gotta clean my glass pieces too.
How do you clean the alcohol off? Or will it just evaporate?
How do you clean the alcohol off? Or will it just evaporate?
Boneman
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Hey lilmafia...hows things going? It just evap's
lilmafia513
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THanks bone, think ill still run it under some water to be safe...
Doing good man how bout yourself. I actually need some help from you bone.
hop over to my journal when you get a second, find the last big pic update. I mentioned your name in a question on a hempy i have posted.
Thanks!
shnkrmn
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Exactly.
EDIT: Oh yeah, hi Boneman. You gearing up yet?
shnkrmn
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They are getting fat at day 54. They have a ways to go though
I'm not harvesting early, dammit!Deconstructing my former bloom chamber; I'll keep the studs up; we'll see how cold it gets down here this year. I can just use the reflective insulation to contain a space I can heat if necessary.
shnkrmn
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Thank you Earl. I have a forest of them right now. I saw your very nice hempy plant finished pretty well
Thanks tom__420, it's really going well right now. Check back in a few days; I'll be doing a major update. Getting close to time . . . .
shnkrmn
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My plants are listing over like sinking ships under the weight of the tops. Sweet fruity madness is everywhere.
They are on nothing but water.
Trichs are cloudy/clear about equal right now. Maybe mid-week, maybe next weekend but soon they will come down. Looks like the lower branches are still throwing out fresh pistils so maybe I'll just cut the tops first.
And a good thing too; I only have an ounce or so left from last time. Whew!
They are on nothing but water.
Trichs are cloudy/clear about equal right now. Maybe mid-week, maybe next weekend but soon they will come down. Looks like the lower branches are still throwing out fresh pistils so maybe I'll just cut the tops first.
And a good thing too; I only have an ounce or so left from last time. Whew!
shnkrmn
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It conflicts with my need to flower the now near 6 foot plants in my veg room. My timing is bad!
shnkrmn
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I spotted some yellow bananas yesterday; just on one branch and I found only a few seeds right next to the bananas. I'm pretty sure my whole grow is not seeded. Got some seeds in June too, but it was very isolated. Oh well! Naturally I chopped it: here's a view. Note yellow stamens and seeds here and there (everywhere!) Edit: this hermie branch was from the mom of all the others so it was the physically oldest plant in the bunch. Don't know if this is significant, but I'm throwing it out there.
PotPatriot
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I got a ? Why no let or supercroppin to fool side brances into producing heavy top colas? I ask because I am in the process of taking pictures and getting my journal up, been at t awhile but recently went hempy and am going for an mblaze style trees. Sorry for the rambling rod, +rep nice headys!
shnkrmn
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I did supercrop, but ultimately the central cola still ruled. I got lazy with lollipopping this time, otherwise I'd just go with one or two colas per plant. My next batch of clones I've sworn I'm going to FIM them once just like mblaze (I'm a fan too).
Hempy is great. I'm planning on moving away from straight perlite. Azgrow is now using part coco with perlite and I'm interested in trying that. I'm happy with my current method, just experimenting
