Boomer's 2400w Sour Grape GrowOp w/ ScrOG & CO2

BooMeR242 said:

haha i was 12 when the SD storm went down so naw i dont remembr. but sounds crazy.

lol and fuk that im not about to die out in the water. sumtimes the surf at HB can get hardcore as it is and its a battle during reg season let alone storms creating 20ft swells. they just crumble anyways, no face to ride. but ya im still laughing. so cal was not built for this rain our streets and fwys are flooded. maybe the cities need to rearrange shit cuz everywhere i go my adreline is pumpin and sketchin on other dumbass drivers. im over being on the road im just got roll sum blunts and sit out on the balcony and watch sum ligthning. snow sounds way more legit to me then wet rain lol.


ya go figure it was 80+ last week. now its 50s and pouring.

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yeah no shit........here in Mt ,last week it was -23 and this week it;s been in the 50's..fucking weather

tell me about it. i was driving home from work and a lady couldn't see and drove up a curb hard, then ran into a green "slow, children" sign, then into a cinderblock wall, hard! Cali people can't handle this weather mang!

you guys need to suck it up.

40 degrees here is warm.

Yea we're wussies here when it comes to weather but its all relative I guess. Boom glad to hear one episode of stress in your life is over. New beginnings are ahead. We are here to support you in anyway both in life as well as growing green.

So does this mean the house is back on?

so i finally busted out my new digi pH and PPM reader and tested my filtered water and our reg tap water. the reg tap water actually had les PPM then the filtered water. lol go figure.

anyways the pH of the water was high; 8.5 or so. the PPM is like 300 as well.

So i mixed up sum water and pH downed to 6.8 and things should work fine now. PPM is still gonna b at 300 or so until i move out and upgrade to a R.O. system. im not sure if the new pad has filtered water but i think its safer to just invest a few hundy into a reverse osmosis setup and start at 0ppm.
this will allow me to increase my feedings without lockout issues if i understand correctly?
my recipe only calls for 1500-1800ppm total anyways so shouldnt be too big of an issue.

greenthumb111 said:

Yea we're wussies here when it comes to weather but its all relative I guess. Boom glad to hear one episode of stress in your life is over. New beginnings are ahead. We are here to support you in anyway both in life as well as growing green.

So does this mean the house is back on?

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thanks GT. funny i actually sat down last nite and took ur samples and started a joint rolling mission. haha. i am rollin all ur shit up to sample easier. the hijack gave me a good high. very clean.

but ya the house is a def go. were just waitin on the renter to get out. hes now on his last warning before cops come to kik him out so shit should be moving forward fast here soon. so now im gettin my desgins and setup ready and gonna crack down on my medium choice and nute recipe.

it seems unreal.lol. like a tv show, everyday i get on here to see whats happened and waiting to what gonna happen next. i have followed All of your journals and the drama fits right in with it. And now a complete turn around everything fallin into place for you seems crazy! also your dedication to post pictures and updates for us people on the internet is insane.lol. you could easily never post again but everyday you do.lol. jus saying subscribed and congrats

BlazinL said:

it seems unreal.lol. like a tv show, everyday i get on here to see whats happened and waiting to what gonna happen next. i have followed All of your journals and the drama fits right in with it. And now a complete turn around everything fallin into place for you seems crazy! also your dedication to post pictures and updates for us people on the internet is insane.lol. you could easily never post again but everyday you do.lol. jus saying subscribed and congrats

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thanks blazin. i see ure a newer user but still follow along. i try and post a lot for peeps to help myself and others. im still in the learning stages as well. practice makes perfect. but ya i do like to include sum of my personal life since its like a book to me. i know everyones got their ups and downs but fuk it this is my thread ill write watever i want haha. sum like to stick to straight facts and no casual discussions. idc ill talk about the weather girls cars and of course our lady mary jane.

hope u can still follow along cuz now shits gonna get exciting

also your very humbel ( if i spelled that right haha). you got money the girls and yet not greedy or ignorant, you just dont see people with qualities like that anymore. im on the same conquest as you jus not on a grander scale as you. ill start a thread soon and post a link as soon as i figure out how to post pics.lol

hey boom, i know your totally doing a legit setup, just an opinion from my lowly newb ass: i dont know what kinda meter you got, but when i gotta $100 manual calibration ph meter, it wan;t very accurate. next grow im gonna get an autocalibration ph meter with a probe. using the dyes works great for me in my soil-like grows. i think the dyes work good at least to back up your digital readings once a week maybe? just a thought because my meter would give different readings when i fed it the 4.0 ph calibration water, im sure you got a good meter though.

my tap water pH is 8.5 too

Drella said:

hey boom, i know your totally doing a legit setup, just an opinion from my lowly newb ass: i dont know what kinda meter you got, but when i gotta $100 manual calibration ph meter, it wan;t very accurate. next grow im gonna get an autocalibration ph meter with a probe. using the dyes works great for me in my soil-like grows. i think the dyes work good at least to back up your digital readings once a week maybe? just a thought because my meter would give different readings when i fed it the 4.0 ph calibration water, im sure you got a good meter though.

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well unfortunately i wasnt able to do much research for ph meters but my buddys at the shop i trust their advice. i couldve picked up a more expensive unit but this seems to work fine but it wouldnt hurt to make sure its calibrated correctly by using the dye stick meter. thanks brotha

I know u guys have been waitin for an actual update of this grow so here ya go.

I fed them with Sensi Grow A & B today. PHd down to 6.5

PPM was at 1012 total cuz its tap water

I FIMmed my 4 strongest and tallest ladies. the two on the left side are stunted from watever i did to fuk things up so i mite be tossing them. i also broke the bottom stem of one of the weaker ones on accident.snapped rite thru 3/4 of the branch so im not sure it will recover. i used a paper clip and elect tape to try and tie it up for support and recover but its just an experiment. I only want strong healthy mothers to produce cuttings so using Darwins theory i will weed out the weaklings and keep the strong ones.

I decided to use the FIM topping method since ive used LST and its hard to keep symetrical growth, and i attempted the pinch tech last batch of clones and wasnt impressed with the results. it seemed to work a little bit but i want a bushy ass mother and the pinchin just doesnt quite produce the results im lokin for. its prob a better tech to use with vegging plants thast ure gonna flower. so anyways hope u guys enjoy and thanks for still following. im gonna be workin on design ideas soon and figure a way to upload sum drawings on here for u guys to review.

There hurtin. Ive been here. Thanks for the update.

Boom - until you get that RO joint you should buy distilled water and give them that. It has a really low PPM to start, and usually has a ph of around 7.3 to start as well. It looks like the tap water you're giving them is giving em a hard time. Just mix your nutes up in distilled water and then Ph the whole thing up to 6.6 or so.

But first right now I would flush the hell out of em with plain properly Ph'd distilled water just to get the tap water leavins out of the substrate, and then go back to your regular feeding schedule using distilled. They look like they could use some nutes, but I'd flush out the medium first. Just use distilled until you get the RO machine hooked up.

BooMeR242 said:

im gonna be workin on design ideas soon and figure a way to upload sum drawings on here for u guys to review.

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hey boomer.... i just take pictures of my drawings and upload them like that. Kinda silly but it works.

d.c. beard said:

Boom - until you get that RO joint you should buy distilled water and give them that. It has a really low PPM to start, and usually has a ph of around 7.3 to start as well. It looks like the tap water you're giving them is giving em a hard time. Just mix your nutes up in distilled water and then Ph the whole thing up to 6.6 or so.

But first right now I would flush the hell out of em with plain properly Ph'd distilled water just to get the tap water leavins out of the substrate, and then go back to your regular feeding schedule using distilled. They look like they could use some nutes, but I'd flush out the medium first. Just use distilled until you get the RO machine hooked up.

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i just fed them yesterday so hopin theyll pick up sum. i actually went to costco and bought a bunch of distilled water so ill test it and prob use that for now.
im sure theyll recover but its gonna take time. one more lesson... lol

jigfresh said:

hey boomer.... i just take pictures of my drawings and upload them like that. Kinda silly but it works.

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haha ya thats wat ive done before and figured would be the easiest to do. ill get workin on it.

BooMeR242 said:

well unfortunately i wasnt able to do much research for ph meters but my buddys at the shop i trust their advice. i couldve picked up a more expensive unit but this seems to work fine but it wouldnt hurt to make sure its calibrated correctly by using the dye stick meter. thanks brotha

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yeah they also have a calibration ph water that is like ph4 or 5 or something. i calibrated mine, then tested the calibration water, it gave me inaccurate results. the dyes always test my water the same color. good luck bro, either way.

hey man, we've all been there. good thing your on this site and cool peps like DC are here to help! good luck, you'll figure it out. you got time right now to dial it in, soon it'll be easy and fun! i never thought i would be in day 23 of my first bloom! it really looks likt i have the potential for 1/2lb on my one 600w hps, lets get you there per600w you got!

Keep up the good work, my friend. I'm still lurking! +Rep!