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cph

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Males aren't always a bad thing. Are you going to try any breeding this year?

I think I'll stick to buying some PH down. :)

Damn only a couple lbs left!! What will you do?? lol
 

slabhead

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I don't know about spending $25 for something I made for about 20 cents +the water. I got 6 qts of acid for $9 and a gallon of distilled for $.83 . I only used about 9.4 ounces for a gallon of ph down at $1.03. Amazing but like I said, I'm a cheap bastard. ha


bro I don't know what I'll do if I run out. I guess I'll bag up those other two coolers that are curing. lol
oh well...

But hey, a male wouldn't be so bad. I am actually gonna do some seed runs I think. Maybe with my moms after I've harvested enough clones. We'll see how the moms like these new Perfect Pots 2 gallons.



Ya know, I got me a set of them bloom bulbs. Hmmm????? :bigjoint:

But first things first. I've got to separate these guys. Then I'll have 2 trays going 18/6 and start pulling clones for a 12/12 bank in another tray for sexing.


The Hijack crosses are coming along nicely.



So that's pretty much it until I get back around. I'm gonna be ready come spring. :leaf:

Then we'll strap on our boots and camo and go guerilla style in the bottoms. See ya there.

Rockin' on, shakin' & bakin' .

Peace out friends...
 

cph

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That is a lot cheaper! I paid 10.99 for a quart of each. You'll have more money in the h2o than the acid but the time your done. In a few months when out of of the ph down I'll probably look into to this again. Got any recipes for ph up? :)

Always busy! Keep it up!

How early can you put them outside safely?
 

greenthumb111

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That is a lot cheaper! I paid 10.99 for a quart of each. You'll have more money in the h2o than the acid but the time your done. In a few months when out of of the ph down I'll probably look into to this again. Got any recipes for ph up? :)

Always busy! Keep it up!

How early can you put them outside safely?
You know slab I did the same thing with the sulfuric acid. I still hyave a gallon mixed up and alot of acid left. Ive never used it because even though my tap water is around 8 when I add the nutes it drives the pH down to around 5-6. For soil I use 6.5 as my set point so Ive always had to add pH up not down; hence Ive never used pH down.

Like I said I wonder what your source creek water is? Unless its very basic, you wont need that pH down once you add nutes.

Very nice nursery again. What are you going to do when its time to transport all those plants to their homes? That will take some time me thinks.
 

slabhead

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That is a lot cheaper! I paid 10.99 for a quart of each. You'll have more money in the h2o than the acid but the time your done. In a few months when out of of the ph down I'll probably look into to this again. Got any recipes for ph up? :)

Always busy! Keep it up!

How early can you put them outside safely?
Thanks guys, I hear ya on the $$$. I don't mind paying top dollar for good tools and equipment but if I can save lots of cash in other areas it helps. I found about pH down.
Scotch Instant Power Drain Cleaner (Black Bottle)
it's nothing more than Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide diluted as an alkaline for drain cleaning. I haven't found a formula for it yet but I'll try finding some of it and experiment.

Thanks but I gotta stay busy in this new stage. ha, seems to take a liking to me though.

I'll probably wait until early april, don't want a late frost fucking everything up. I got some Silica Blast (someone recommended and researching it worth a try) that might help. We'll see how long winter lasts...

You know slab I did the same thing with the sulfuric acid. I still hyave a gallon mixed up and alot of acid left. Ive never used it because even though my tap water is around 8 when I add the nutes it drives the pH down to around 5-6. For soil I use 6.5 as my set point so Ive always had to add pH up not down; hence Ive never used pH down.

Like I said I wonder what your source creek water is? Unless its very basic, you wont need that pH down once you add nutes.

Very nice nursery again. What are you going to do when its time to transport all those plants to their homes? That will take some time me thinks.
I guess my nute package isn't so acidic or something. It will drop my ph about .5 from the high 7.9's so I've still been needing to go down. You might be right about the creek water though especially with full strength nutes. Good thing I have a meter now.

No problem on transporting. :blsmoke: ext cab trucks are nice for that. about a dozen with a privy curtain and ya never see them. That's about all I want to set out in a spot anyway.

AND, I need to get some new holes ready. I'll be moving to higher ground where I got flooded last year. And always have my eye on a new place or two. hehehe

So gotta go, have another light to hang and move some trays around...



:weed:


comments, suggestions, and advice always welcome! :peace:
 

slabhead

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That helped spreading everyone out. I got the tallest ones under their own light and moved the little ones in with the shorter ones.

I'm kinda torn about taking clones now to sex or just flipping to a 12/12 cycle to sex everyone right now. I guess they have time to recover from that. I just don't want to waste time cloning males unless that's the best way to id them. What do y'all think?

fresh pics...










Violator Kush






Bubblelicious "blondie"








 

Iron, Lion, Zion

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So you're gonna be putting these outside whenever this shitty weather disappears?... just wondering because 1) damn that's a lot of plants to be hauling around and 2) they will be monsters by then.:clap:
 

greenthumb111

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Awesome Grow Slabhead! You make me feel like a TOTAL amateur.......and well ....hell.....I am! LOL!!!
I was thinking the same thing driving around with a bunch of bushes in your truck. IDK slab I would clone and sex instead of sex the main plants and then revert. You always stress them when you do that.

Also you dont want a bunch of male clones either. Just take one clone of each unsexed plant , flip them once they are rooted and look for balls and hairs. Maybe a 1 month process. Then you can clone the good cuts and dump the rest. I cant believe you are running low already.

If your pH is lowered by only 0.5 you need to up the strength. Now Im talking about full strength grow and bloom and not clone or seedling strength.
 

slabhead

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So you're gonna be putting these outside whenever this shitty weather disappears?... just wondering because 1) damn that's a lot of plants to be hauling around and 2) they will be monsters by then.:clap:
Man I don't know if this shitty weather will ever break. Tornadoes last month, first snow since 2003 when I was heading to a foo fighters show. Now the ground is too saturated to dig any holes. idk, this indoor shit is kinda nice. ha :lol:

I don't worry about things like that. I've moved full size plants around in 5 gal buckets before. Just lay them down gently if ya have to or bend the tops over if they aren't that tall. I'm more worried about deer and hogs getting them.

Awesome Grow Slabhead! You make me feel like a TOTAL amateur.......and well ....hell.....I am! LOL!!!
Howdy there Mr Leafy, just take your time and you'll get it. Thanks for visiting and you're welcome to hang out. There's always something going on. :leaf:

I was thinking the same thing driving around with a bunch of bushes in your truck. IDK slab I would clone and sex instead of sex the main plants and then revert. You always stress them when you do that.

Also you dont want a bunch of male clones either. Just take one clone of each unsexed plant , flip them once they are rooted and look for balls and hairs. Maybe a 1 month process. Then you can clone the good cuts and dump the rest. I cant believe you are running low already.

If your pH is lowered by only 0.5 you need to up the strength. Now Im talking about full strength grow and bloom and not clone or seedling strength.
I'll be mixing up some stronger nutes next time so I'll see what it is. I've only been at half strength and 3/4 strength so far since the soil seems to be holding it's own. Last watering was just plain water anyway so they should be ready for some.

Well I went ahead and flipped them a couple of days ago to 12/12. I've id'd 11 so far and new ones are showing every day. I had originally wanted to do the clone then sex but I just needed the room. If I can thin out 10 or 15 or more :wall: I'll be able to revert the ones I want to keep then pull clones straight to 18/6. That way I'll have more light available for the girls w/o wasting it on males. I might set a couple males aside for some hanky panky after I'm done cloning. I figure 7 to 10 days will show me the majority of them. And any that haven't sexed by then I can keep a better eye on.

So here's what inside looks like as opposed to the opening pic.:eyesmoke:


check out that Jack's High catching up with the JTR...


anyone need a Violator Kush male??? I might :weed:










These stems are already the size of my little finger <and I got big hands>






 

greenthumb111

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Man I don't know if this shitty weather will ever break. Tornadoes last month, first snow since 2003 when I was heading to a foo fighters show. Now the ground is too saturated to dig any holes. idk, this indoor shit is kinda nice. ha :lol:

I don't worry about things like that. I've moved full size plants around in 5 gal buckets before. Just lay them down gently if ya have to or bend the tops over if they aren't that tall. I'm more worried about deer and hogs getting them.



Howdy there Mr Leafy, just take your time and you'll get it. Thanks for visiting and you're welcome to hang out. There's always something going on. :leaf:



I'll be mixing up some stronger nutes next time so I'll see what it is. I've only been at half strength and 3/4 strength so far since the soil seems to be holding it's own. Last watering was just plain water anyway so they should be ready for some.

Well I went ahead and flipped them a couple of days ago to 12/12. I've id'd 11 so far and new ones are showing every day. I had originally wanted to do the clone then sex but I just needed the room. If I can thin out 10 or 15 or more :wall: I'll be able to revert the ones I want to keep then pull clones straight to 18/6. That way I'll have more light available for the girls w/o wasting it on males. I might set a couple males aside for some hanky panky after I'm done cloning. I figure 7 to 10 days will show me the majority of them. And any that haven't sexed by then I can keep a better eye on.So here's what inside looks like as opposed to the opening pic.:eyesmoke:check out that Jack's High catching up with the JTR...anyone need a Violator kush male??? I might :weed:These stems are already the size of my little finger <and I got big hands>
Those babys are looking good Slab! You are doing a great job indoor. Hope you got a lot of fems goin on in there. My seed popping is getting close. I am getting excited as the new season begins.
 

slabhead

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Those babys are looking good Slab! You are doing a great job indoor. Hope you got a lot of fems goin on in there. My seed popping is getting close. I am getting excited as the new season begins.
Thanks GT, yeah I bet you are getting excited. I'm having fun too but the smell is sure getting strong already. ha
Finally got rid of this 8" snow we had. I was wrong about the last snow, it was the Sevendust concert I was going to not the Foo Fighters <that was the one one of those crazy parrotheads ran into my truck since buffet was playing in the adjacent venue, and they'd been margaritavilling it for days....:finger:> ha


anyway....after 6 days of 12/12 I've identified 15 females and 10 males. Just the little ones and one JTR have not shown sex. I'm gonna go a couple more days and flip them back to 18/6. The ones that haven't shown then will just have to give up some clones for sexing.

So here's where I stand right now.

Females = 15
<strain> <plant number>
Papaya 1,2,3,4
Bubblelicious 1,2,3,4
Jack the Ripper 1,2
Dairy Queen 1,2
Sleestack x Skunk 1,2
Violator Kush 1


Males = 10
<strain> <plant number>
Papaya 5
Bubblelicious 5
Jack the Ripper 4,5
Dairy Queen 3,4,5
Sleestack x Skunk 3
Violator Kush 2,3

Unsexed
<strain> <plant number>
Jack the Ripper 3
Jack's High2 1,2,3
Jack's High3 1,2,3
CinJack 1,2,3
Bubble n Squeak 1,2


Here's the 10 males moving out today...



The girls have a little more room now...




I might try to keep a few of these males going.


chop chop



so that's it for now....:bigjoint:


 

slabhead

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heeeree we goooo :hump:

this spring is going to be very fun and eventful. :mrgreen:
what up wicked? :weed: I'm thinking dank sherbert.:clap:

yeah I'm getting ready alright. Just drove all my males out to another location and went right by 2 po po's. My bird dog started barking and sure enough here they are, right at the stop sign with me having all 10 males right there in the back floor board. ha :finger: ain't this fun???

gonna be some fun fo sho :leaf:

I'll be getting the mom's into their 2 gal perfect pots.
I got the boys out in the country under some cfl's.
I got some beer iced down and I got me a big ol' fat doobie ready to go...

stay tuned...the best is yet to come:o
 

slabhead

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hey guys, i'm baked and well just really baked. hehehehe

it was exciting carrying those males out today right under barney fife's nose. lol

i guess i'm old enough to just not give a shit. ha

i'd play tool 46 & 2 here if i wasn't so toasted...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................





damn this shit stinks like hell. dead i guess. dead fish. nasty fucking shit.







yeah, I think it's time to get serious here.




y'all ready to ride along? mr brownstone? yeah i used to do a little...and a little and a little and a little little little too much




a few supplies


are we having fun yet? i'm thinking we will. if you want to party and go real guerilla style hang the fuck on bitch.


bongsmilie
 

cph

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Looking great slab!! You got a pretty good ratio of males to females, that should be plenty of women to keep you busy for the summer!

That shit would have made my heart skip a beat! I'm glad the man did fuck with ya! It sounds like you got a good dog, always watching for the man! lol

Are you almost ready to clone?
 

slabhead

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Looking great slab!! You got a pretty good ratio of males to females, that should be plenty of women to keep you busy for the summer!

That shit would have made my heart skip a beat! I'm glad the man did fuck with ya! It sounds like you got a good dog, always watching for the man! lol

Are you almost ready to clone?

hey there c,

yes sir i'm just about there. I got my air pump, stones, tubs, and neopreem collars for some aero.


thanks man, never done indoors before so this is kinda go & grow for me, ha. but it seems to be workin out. :bigjoint: I'm pretty pleased with my females. The Bubblelicious is just plain dank looking. I'm sorely dissappointed in the Barney's Farm Violator Kush though. Out of the 5 I planted I have one female. grrrrr But she looks fucking deadly. Already covered in crystals. damn :fire: My Jack the Ripper is gonna be off the hook dank... and I can't wait to taste that sweet Dairy Queen. yummy






So, I'll be transplanting my moms into the perfect pots. I'll be taking clones from the best ones. I'll be a shakin' and a bakin' and a playin' on my new guitar... :blsmoke:



I'm sure gonna cry when one of them gets mauled in the great outdoors. oh well, it's gonna happen. :finger: He just better not hang around and let me get a sight on him... BAMMM love that sausage. hmmmm

Yep my birddog is a real sweetheart. A Valentine 1. He sees them all around and lets me know about it.

http://www.valentine1.com/

Best money I ever spent.
 

B DUB

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Hey there cph, good to have you here.

I'll be putting together my bubblebox cloner pretty soon. Thank you for the knowledge. I got a dark blue tub & lid and air stones but need some neopreem collars and an air pump. Still a little ways from needing it just yet.

I'm gonna start some more beans tomorrow. I feel like starting some Dairy Queen and Jack-The-Ripper . I'm expecting great things from subcool's seeds. Still can't believe I snatched them early on Black Friday Sale for just $45 per 10 pack.
I am just finishing up with the VK myself. I am week 9 1/2 right now and they are still going strong. I think it might be another 1 - 1 1/2 weeks left. I'll be wathcing. CHeck out my signature. I got a poll of what I should grow next. 10 Options and I am going with 5 so I need which ones you all would pick. I will be journaling the whole thing.
 
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