619ster growing Alien Rock Candy & Arctic Fallout w/ growevolution LEDs
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And a little natural light bud shots, as well as a few snaps of the Arctic Fallout which ended up going a full 12 weeks and was very much worth the wait. I'll give more details and shots of her along with final harvest numbers and my overall impressions of these LEDs from growevolution.com
Have a great week all!!
Have a great week all!!
619ster
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HAHA it's all good here. That's for me not the plants lol. I'm still young, but I've had enough good times in my life for me to start worrying about things that could "possibly" lead to my departure from this life form. I keep focused on the good and positive, and try not to dwell so much on the bad and negative. Don't get me wrong, I love the information and keeping up to date with what's going on around us, just not my thing to go out of my way to live in fear of so much that could "possibly" harm us. But thanks for that info, and thanks for the compliment. Peace!
Dr.Amber Trichome
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Gorgeous! that fallout is really pretty. I love this trippy photograph. Man 619 your a really fantastic photographer. I think I might try to draw this.i really like the colors.the purples soft and dark are breathtaking.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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oh yeah I wanted to tell you I got some girl scout cookies and im sampling my first batch now.im so fuckin lit right now.lol. lights on I 6 .6 I can do anything cuz I am the LIZARD KING!!!! 
Dr.Amber Trichome
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Gorgeous! that fallout is really pretty. I love this trippy photograph. Man 619 your a really fantastic photographer. 
Dr.Amber Trichome
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lOL! see what I mean.. ttya later 6! lol
619ster
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Self bump lol!
Ok here is a picture dump[ of various shots at various stages throughout the final two weeks
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Thanks DAT!! You're too cool lol. Can't wait to see what you come up with. I expect nothing less than amazing as usual from you haha. And looks like real deal cookies right there!! Also have some beans from a very nice batch of cookies I had, and can have access to the clone if I wanted. I'm a seed junkie though so I just love to find my own treasures. Only been growing 3 years but I've been through at least 100 beans and maybe around 30-40 strains. Aaaah the memories of my green lady friends (and a couple males for breeding haha).
Nother bump!
Nother bump!
Some more throughout the last days and through harvest:
Dr.Amber Trichome
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whats new 6? Beautiful harvest !!! Congrats!!! do most LED grows tend to have to flower a few extra weeks? you mentioned you had a mite issue .are you talking spider mites? how were you able to get that under control so well. I don't see any signs of mite damage.
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Same ol same DAT! Just enjoying the fruits of my labor lol. Still adding up the dry weights and need to figure out my GPW, but it's looking promising. I have seen some LEDs that tend to take longer to ripen up plants, but I have never personally had that issue with the brands I've used. My ARC finishes in 8-9 weeks (depends on the high you want) whether in HPS grow or LED grow. Arctic Fallout was a new one and first time blooming her so the 12 week flower time was unexpected, but I don't mind (especially since my first ARC batches were dried and ready to smoke by 10th week of AF's flowering). As for spider mites, I only use Mighty Wash. I've tried all kinds of things in the past, but have found that a steady bi-weekly treatment of Mighty Wash will keep them bastards away. Around week 4 I figured they were all gone since plants were spotless. Come week 7-8 they were back up in population (I didn't notice it developing), and ready to do damage. And they did for a bit until I caught them and started back up on my Mighty Wash treatments. Will have to not stop doing the treatments at all in the future if I feel mites are a risk. And there's a bit of damage you can see on some pics, but only on leaves since I caght them before webbing started for the most part. And looky looky at who is loving her new home in SoCal and already eating and drinking strong:
hyroot
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Pure spray green is the best thing I have ever used for spider mites. I've used mighty wash. Pure spray green is organic and omri listed. It kills eggs, babies, and adults. It's very concentrated so 1 quart will last a couple years. After 2-3 applications spider mites will be gone for good. 1 application every 3 days , 2-3 times. Also if you use soil. Compost will deter bugs. Predatory mites live in compost. They eat all other bugs and decaying organic material. Then die off once their food source is gone.
I haven't had bugs in years. I got spider mites on one of my plants 2 days ago. I'm too broke to buy anything. I pulled the leaves that had noticeable damage. Top dressed with a little home made vermicompost. They are gone after a day. It was too hot in that room when the plants sleep. Spider mites are attracted to heat. I doubled up on heat resistant black out curtains. That cooled down the room alot. Its been 110 degrees outside. All the heat was coming through the closed windows. Now I can leave door open in the little room (big walk in closet). No light getting through now either. WalMart has those curtains for $10.
I haven't had bugs in years. I got spider mites on one of my plants 2 days ago. I'm too broke to buy anything. I pulled the leaves that had noticeable damage. Top dressed with a little home made vermicompost. They are gone after a day. It was too hot in that room when the plants sleep. Spider mites are attracted to heat. I doubled up on heat resistant black out curtains. That cooled down the room alot. Its been 110 degrees outside. All the heat was coming through the closed windows. Now I can leave door open in the little room (big walk in closet). No light getting through now either. WalMart has those curtains for $10.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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Sixy! what up dude? how the garden a bloomin>? howz that precious lil pebblez doing these dayz, what do you have her listening too up against that speaker there..lol .i emailed you : )ripped my hair out trying to decide which ones .errrrr.so tasty!!!.have a wonderfully spaced out day! : 0
hyroot
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I just figured out a cheaper and better way to get rid of mites. The mites still lingered. A foliar spray with diatomaceous earth. 1 tsp per quart of water. Spray all over. Keep shaking bottle. Its silica and iron too. The plants love it. The de makes the leaves pray for days. So perky. The de foliar got rid of them after 1 application. I'm making it part of regular regiment.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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wherererererr waeararr WHERE are you?? I wanna update, you slacker!!. how can u leave us hanging like this?. I know your around.lol..you fuckin tease.lol...I gotta tell you, I harvested bubba too early. You know the new High times mag has a huge centerfold article about bubba. mines don't look that good. But on a brighter note. she is sooo super sticky that even in the curing jars she feels wet and when I pick up a bud it sticks to my hands like super glue. Im waiting to smoke her for another week or so. laterz sixerz.. have a good weekend!
619ster
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That sounds good. I may have to give that a try! I would def like to stop buying Mighty Wash, but the stuff just works!!
Hey Ambz, you know I'm lurking around lol. The Fruity Pebble OG should be blooming very soon. Oh and I've been enjoying some Banana Bubba as well as some Banana OG. Hope you still got some Bubba. I love the stuff!!
Sorry bro, this is like the 4th site I share at and just gets a bit time consuming. Plus my last harvest hasn't made things any easier lol
As for yield, I had about 5+ oz total of primo buds, and another 40g of popcorn and trim. I lost the piece of paper where I wrote my total numbers so kind of have to go by memory. But IIRC, I believe the GPW of primo buds only was like .7, and never got to doing the math of total weight with popcorn and trim (never weigh it personally or add it to final weight). I'll see if I can get exact numbers, but I could've done better either way. I started harvesting two plants too early and the were both in the mid 30 or so grams. The two plants I let got at least 9 weeks were more around 40 grams each. Didn't think a week could make so much of a difference!
Going to test out a new model of lights from this company, and see how they can do in a bigger garden, seeing as these are bigger lights. They pull 308w from the wall, so 2 of them should put me at about 600W, which is perfect for a 4x4 or maybe even a 5x5 space. So be on the lookout for the new grow!
For now, I leave y'all with my current works going on under the 125w LEDs. Not the best pics, but it gives an idea of what they can do still. I'm only growing a couple autos under them right now while a few other things veg. Just wanted to make use of the lights since there was room, and autos just fill the role perfectly:
Dr.Amber Trichome
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SWEET tasty BUDS, bud! congratulations on another wonderful harvest and your new light! The light sounds and looks awesome. I cant wait to see the outstanding results you shall be getting with it. 
MedScientist
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Just wondering whats going on with you, HOPING you are having FUN! I MISS seeing you around!