I'm Ready- Blue OG, White Lavender, OG #18, and Sour Kush.

[Slipon]

lol thanks

and yes so frosty and dense, a Bud looking like 3 grams weighs 5

LSD is from Barney`s farm, some People diss like barney`s but I have only had great experience with this strain, tho it can be stressed to hermi so treat em like babies in flowering

also why I wanted to look in to skunk N01 as it should be pretty stable and a high yielder and I do sumtimes wish I had some "day" time smoke as the LSD do lock you in your place for hours, maybe do one of both on my next run and see, some how it seems like the best way to really know for sure, by doing it yourself

and yes from seed, Phenos ? sorry please explain ? dunno the exact meaning of that word

 

[Slipon]

Ooh yea BTW

about grow medium, Im a "soil man"

just seem`s like the best choice for me, and I also like to keep it rather organic, tho its not sum thing I follow strictly, I also have some "semi" organic/mineral base liquid nuts from Plagron I use, but I like to mix a nice home for my girl`s so I dont really have to do much other then water in Veg. seem`s to work for me




in flowering I usealy try to keep it simple, I have good experience with plagron`s product, tho I don't like there light mix as much as Biobizz

here is what is mostly use in flowering



some Bat guano (both powder and "tea") and some molasses have worked nice for me (grew them LSD in the pics)

and also a small bottle of green sensation from Plagron (Bud booster for late flowering)
but as I said I also have a bottle of plagron terra bloom, a simple cheap basic flowering nut`s

as I wanted to try to see if you could keep it simple and cost down,mix a basic organic soil for veg and use one bottle all flowering, works for now, the bigger plant I have going now is on terra bloom from plagron alone other is a more organic grown with the bat guano and molasses

tho I must add that I use a good amount of Epsom salt on all plant, to keep em nice green and happy, specially the LSD is a big Mg lover, I normally use it in between the nuts, so nuts, water/salt, then nuts agin aso

 

[mycomaster]

I like your syatem bro, pretty close to mine. I like epsoms as well works pretty good, and if you go to a drug store or grocery store you can pick some up 4lbs or about 2 kilos for like $4 american instead of $13-$14 in a grow shop. I like to use gypsum for cal or an egg shell soak of some kind. Phenos just mean what different looking and smelling types come out of the same strain. For instance does L.S.D. have both taller growing girls and also girls that will stay shorter? Everytime you grow from seed you always get the same taller ones and the same smaller ones at the same time, and each one that is different you always notice in each grow from seed. So the taller one would be pheno#1 and the shorter pheno#2 and maybe there's one that smells like feet or some shit that would be pheno#3. So if you ever hear someone say I have the fruity pheno they're talking about a particular attribute this one plant has out of all their plants that are the same strain. I hope that helps I don't know how good of an explanation that was. When you say you want to grow Skunk#1 because it's stable you're saying you want to grow it because it has very few phenos, each one has uniform yields and potency when compared to each other. And yes it is a good yielder of very frosty dense flowers. I never discredit a strain until I personally grow it, you're right the only way you know is if you grow. I got an Acapulco Gold seed gifted to me from a friend and it was an awesome plant, tall as hell and frosty dense and beautiful. Alot of people said I got lucky with a good pheno, but it's hard to believe there are forms of that plant that suck. Sometimes if I'm sick and just can't tend my girls like i nedd to I'll cheat a little and use bottle nutes or semi-organic pure blend pro or something. I won't lose sleep over that, but I really try to do it the best for the girls whenever possible. I figure they're giving they're lives for my meds so I try to give them the best lives I can to the end. Kind of a hippie mentality I guess, but that's how I personally feel about it. Hell during flower I'll put my mp3 player in my grow and play Bach and Beethoven for the girls sometimes if I can't give them as much personal time that day, they seem to respond. I like to at least go through once or twice a day and touch them all and bend them around and talk to them. Well anyways you sound like you have a system that works for sure, lookin good bro. Good luck, Good grow, Be safe, out.

 

[prosperian]

"Are my plants ready to harvest?" "How many oz. do you think I will get?"

I don't see any amber trichs... wait I don't see any buds, or leaves, or stems. Lol, have a great weekend!

 

[Slipon]

a ton maybe two

 

[prosperian]

Ooh yea BTW about grow medium, Im a "soil man" just seem`s like the best choice for me, and I also like to keep it rather organic

Part of me would like to build a lab in my grow closet with automated everything full on hydro and software driven. But, I get a lot of enjoyment from the smell and feel of organic soil. It's therapeutic at the moment. If that ceases to be the case, I will dive head on into more synthetic growing just to give it a try. I can always go back to organic.

 

[Slipon]

for me its mostly a question on work, if I mix a good soil to begin with I will have a minimum of work and most likely less problems to deal with, atleast thats how I see it, have been looking in to DWG, but then I also need pump`s running, buy/maintain/adjust a good PH and Ecc pen, keep temperature`s down (hard with LEDs as you need a ambi temperature around 80F as there is next to no heat so canopy stays the same as the ambi (when I check it might be 82F if my ambi is 80F)

guess its a mater of temperament and personal prefers, I can see the yield is better, but then agin, one mistake with the hydro set up (PH/Ecc) and you might ruin that I can also see the point in not buying/trowing out soil, that would be nice but thats the only real work of soil, after that its just watering, the DWG would need daily checks and weekly changes and replacement of broken pump`s plus the extra noise/power use

I tried coco, but I still like soil better, its "semi" hydro so to speak, but then I would rater that the hole step and go hydro/DWG, agin this is me, I know theres a lot of people that love it, as I said Im a soil man

 

[mycomaster]

I was doing an Ebb N Flow table for a while but I could never flush everything out of that shit. Oh man that would piss me off, all that work and the trimming and curing and then it wouldn't taste right. I tried all kinds of flushing methods and flushing agents and all that. When I got back into soil and finally went 99.9% organic I couldn't be happier with the final meds for sure. Burns real clean, smells amazing, and the quality is just there for me now. I'm really kind of stuck on that L.S.D. man, I'm more of a sativa smoker myself. Unless I feel bad and then the indicas come out pretty quick, but I think I'm gonna pick up a 10 pack of beans to have on hand. I like having a good selection, I just know one day I'll be able to plant an entire field Good luck, Good grow, Be safe, out.

 

[hbbum]

I really like the adjustable shelving idea, seems simple but a very good idea for airflow. After my current grow I am going to throw up a door and some drywall so I have a completely lockable closet like you are using. I figure that will also help with the sound and insulation since it is in my office and would love to get rid of the sound of fans while I work

I will be stealing the adjustable shelf idea though

 

[prosperian]

for me its mostly a question on work, if I mix a good soil to begin with I will have a minimum of work and most likely less problems to deal with, atleast thats how I see it ... I know theres a lot of people that love it, as I said Im a soil man

I can see your point. The soil does have a nice time buffer that allows for correcting mistakes.

I really like the adjustable shelving idea, seems simple but a very good idea for airflow. After my current grow I am going to throw up a door and some drywall so I have a completely lockable closet like you are using. I figure that will also help with the sound and insulation since it is in my office and would love to get rid of the sound of fans while I work I will be stealing the adjustable shelf idea though

Yeah, you are welcome to anything I post on here, some of it might actually work!

I like the flexibility in this design and the adjustable shelves are perfect. I have extra arm brackets for hanging stuff like clip fans, gauges, or humidifiers. I make a few adjustments to shelves and it becomes my drying room. Airflow is great and the floor stays clean!

When I got back into soil and finally went 99.9% organic I couldn't be happier with the final meds for sure... Burns real clean, smells amazing, and the quality is just there for me now.

Interesting results, thanks for sharing. We eat a lot of organic fruits and vegetables and they always tastes better than the other stuff. Local organic is the best. Seems to me, growing organically would produce a similar quality of product in the bud. Only problem, organic produce is very expensive.

Couple questions to throw out there to my subs...

Does organic bud cost more to make?

How does organically grown bud compare on the retail market to non-organic?

 

[Slipon]

Im in the believe it would be cheaper, much cheaper, if I had a garden I would make a compost bin and a small worm farm, make my own organic soil and tea`s

and that would be the end of buying expensive nutrients, that you really don't know where comes from or what it contain

Im also in the believe the organic Bud`s would cost more

 

[prosperian]

That's dedication. I don't know if I could keep a compost bin and worm farm. I can barely keep fish.

 

[Slipon]

yet you keep both plants and a wife

 

[hbbum]

yet you keep both plants and a wife

Only one of those has any chance of being a cost savings....

 

[prosperian]

yet you keep both plants and a wife

Well, I think she keeps me. I feel like a kept man, yeah I'm kept.

 

[mycomaster]

Organics are cheaper for sure, if you do your own composting and collection of natural soil amendments. Or buy them in bulk like I've started doing, can be up to 50-60% cheaper to buy soil amendments in bulk. I half a shit ton of storage bins and garbage cans full of soil cooking in my basement labeled with dates and ingredient lists and their percentages. I have 3 different soils I'll make up, a higher nitrogen one for veg, a higher phosphorus and potassium mix for bloom, and a general lower nute formula for mixing and seedlings. I have a kiddie pool I mix it all up in and then put it in the tubs and trash cans to mellow or cook. I've really picked up alot over the last couple of years with Subcools Super Soil and other good reading about composting and organics and such. Although I have my own super soil recipes, but I focused more on plant phase than just choking the soil with ton's of stuff and burning up my plant, not that Subcool ever burns his girls, I was just having some troubles with it. I was lucky enough to learn alot about organics from my father before he passed away, very save the earth kinda guy, but far from a hippie. He loved growing his own food and the occasional pot plant or four or five. My first grows were with the chemical bottle nutes but got sick of the flushing and nute lock and all the dumb shit, thought how can I make this easier and better, Organics! That was it after the first harvest and cure and smoke session, said OH SHIT, this is what it's suppose to taste like, and never looked back. I do have to say at first I was spending way more $ on all the amendments and better starting soils and such, but started finding cheaper alternatives to more popular forms of amendments and buying them in bulk when I could and also sourcing things from the internet as well as local shops I really don't find it to be any more expensive than chemical nutes if not cheaper now. I used to spend tons of cash buying expensive ass bloom boosters and all kinds of enhancers and hormones and all kinds of weird irrelevant shit. I now know you just don't need that crap, good soil, some molasses and clean water can get you just as far if not achieve better results, and the smoke is 100X better I.M.O. I have to agree with Prosperian, I think my wife keeps me around as well. Not sure why, she doesn't smoke but maybe twice a year if that, and I'm on disability, have been for years so it's sure as hell not the $. I guess she sees something in me I'm incapable of bringing to light for myself. I'm just glad she considers me a good enough pheno to keep around. Keep it green everybody. Good luck, Good grow, Be safe, out.

 

[Slipon]

yea keep it green

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[prosperian]

Good Saturday morning!

I have 4 of the 6 plants popping through the surface soil.

Now I'm in the game.

 

[mycomaster]

That's 2/3 in 2 days, not bad man. Keep that up! I'm sorry I didn't catch what you were popping, do you mind posting that I would like to follow along. I should be popping some beans right now, but I have to veg and flower in the same spot this time. There goes my perpetual harvest. I'll just have to work with the 32+ headed monster I have going. I've never had this many tops on a plant before, I hope it will flower all right. I knew I wouldn't have my normal spaces so I wanted to boost my yield a little so I've had some plants in veg for a pretty long time now, it will be more than 70 days before I flip. I still have them no more than a foot tall right now though. I've pinched topped trained and tied these girls just about to death, but they're still as healthy as could be. The 2 older ones have preflowers all over them pretty cool, and they are so stinky it's great. Vegging the Skunk#1 like this is really interesting, my yield will be pretty killer I hope. Oh Slipon I was tooling around Attitude and found R.K.S. from I think Reserva Privada It's Really Killer Skunk and it looks and sounds pretty good. Old school meets new school kinda thing. Thought I would let you know. Keep up the good work Prosperian lookin killer. Good luck, Good grow, Be safe, out.

 

[prosperian]

I'm sorry I didn't catch what you were popping, do you mind posting that I would like to follow along.

Got any pics of your plants?
Here's the list:

White Lavender G13
Diesel Auto G13
Blue OG G13
SourKush AKA Headband Reserva Privada
The OG #18 Reserva Privada
A bag seed for shits and giggles planted a day later and probably a give-a-way for my smoking buddy

yea keep it green

I forgot about that scene, so many good ones from the Fifth Element.