lordjin
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Hey, look at that! It's the ass-kissing emoticon. I wonder why they're wearing suits? Lol.
Diablo OG In Dual Monster Plant System
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lordjin
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Dude, for real. When I test the distance between my lights and plants, I put the back of my hand out at canopy level and hold it there for about one minute. I have to alternate hands every other I time I do this to avoid walking around with a tan glove on one hand. Learned my lesson the hard way with that one
Yeah, these HID horticultural grade bulbs are not to be trifled with. I need to get an electrician in here to re-wire me so that I can run 2x1000w next grow in a 5x5 tent. I'm thinking about doing a scrog next time, but with 2x1000w in 5x5, it needs to be pretty sturdy or the plants will just bust through it. My plants would push pretty hard against chicken wire.
dsmoke1
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You'll be fine. Use some treated lumber around the base. If your plants get strong enough to lift that, you have a VERY good problem on your hands.
As far as electricity works, if you can isolate a single breaker, it will run two 1000w ballasts no problem. Once again, ensure everything is 15A compliant and you will have no problems. A heavy duty 15A power strip with a built in breaker (~20$) will let you test the load of a breaker without tripping anything in your actual breaker box. I've been through electrical nightmares, so let me know if you have any specific questions. It's not a bad idea to hire someone else, but more often than not if you just use the proper equipment and map out your house's electrical blueprint, you can achieve optimal success with minimal load on your power bill.
As far as electricity works, if you can isolate a single breaker, it will run two 1000w ballasts no problem. Once again, ensure everything is 15A compliant and you will have no problems. A heavy duty 15A power strip with a built in breaker (~20$) will let you test the load of a breaker without tripping anything in your actual breaker box. I've been through electrical nightmares, so let me know if you have any specific questions. It's not a bad idea to hire someone else, but more often than not if you just use the proper equipment and map out your house's electrical blueprint, you can achieve optimal success with minimal load on your power bill.
lordjin
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That's awesome, dude. I'm pretty familiar with the breaker layout in my place, so if run 15A strips in separate breaker zones, I might be okay.
lordjin
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I like that. Looking forward to planning my next outing. I'm pretty excited by the fact that the more i think about it, the more I realize I have almost everything I need. I need a good 1000 watt fixture, a 5x5 tent of some sort... Those are the two most expensive things I will need. Very doable... Very nice.One 15A power strip on one isolated 15A breaker will run *three* 600W lights, to my knowledge. Two 1000W lights should be perfectly fine. Run your pumps/chiller/ac elsewhere. No electrician needed
daveroller
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Hey, Jin. Count me in for the e-book. I like classy looking nude photos of the female form. I'm a big fan of the Bettie Page photos from the 1950's. What an awesome bod she had & she really knew how to pose it with that pretty, "girl next door" smile on her face. I didn't know that you took these photos that you've been posting. You've really got an exceptional talent for photographing nude ladies. Very, very nice work. (How can I get these gals to pose for me? ha ha) Now I'm a big fan of Dita Von Teese, who dances in the old Burlesque style where she carefully takes off her gloves, corset, headdress, top, etc and her almost-nude form is well worth the wait. Here's an example of one of her dances. Anyway, I'm a big fan of your style of nude photography and I like your work, so I'll kick in a donation for your e-book.
lordjin
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Hey, I've been a fan of everything retro, pinup, hot rod, fetish all my life. So much so that I was driven to pick up a camera. I won't go into the first time I saw a nudie photo in one of my older sister's teen magazines (an ad for breast self-exam) and ripped out the page and hid it away... Lol... Yeah, I was that kid. So yeah, Bettie Page is basically like the air I breathe... Dita too. And unlike the legend of Bettie Page, Dita is a living goddess who seems to defy age.
The book is in the works. I'll have a teaser cover up in a bit. I want to make it something special and exlusive for the RIU community. These ladies are professionals and have appeared in publications ranging from Playboy to Penthouse as well as their own official sites and all over the net in other places... But these images I own the rights to and they don't appear anywhere else. I'm going to lay out a good gallery of dozens of hi-res images for a nice thick book featuring four different lovlies. So you'll feel your donation was money well spent. Thanks for your interest, buddy.
daveroller
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Yes, and her gorgeous tits still defy gravity, even though they look perfectly natural and unenhanced to me. What a gifted beauty she is.
lordjin
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Great to know that my work will be seen by someone who has a real appreciation for female beauty.
ru4r34l
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Wow I am very very impressed with what you have done, thanks for the kind words on my grow. If I can achieve a grow like this, again WOW.
I am late but definitely subbed, I hope you don't mind some questions I may ask as I will be working my way through the previous posts.
Can you explain your set up? I would like to implement a remote reservoir but am not quite sure of the hardware required.
I love the way you have truly turned this into a daily journal, you have given me something to strive for in my own journal and grow. Thank you.
regards,
I am late but definitely subbed, I hope you don't mind some questions I may ask as I will be working my way through the previous posts.
Can you explain your set up? I would like to implement a remote reservoir but am not quite sure of the hardware required.
I love the way you have truly turned this into a daily journal, you have given me something to strive for in my own journal and grow. Thank you.
regards,
lordjin
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Remote auto-top requires a float switch that should run you around 40 bucks. Just google float switch. You should even be able to get a better one than mine (mine is actually one of the more ghetto models but I like it) for a reasonable cost. You will plug a small submersible (that you will have sitting in an external res of plain water) into the float switch. The float switch will plug into a power outlet but has an outlet built into it that you will plug this pump into. Run the output line of the pump back into your main res with the floater device set in your res to activate the pump whenever the level drops. That's it!
Don't be daunted if it sounds a little complicated. It isn't. Research a few float switch models, download the pdf operation manuals and determine which model would work best for your tub. Any number should suit your needs. Again, it sounds a little nuts, but if you set this up properly, the auto-top will establish a rhythm of growth that will improve yield dramatically. And you will never grow any other way. If and when you do get this going, just manually adjust the ppm back up to your desired target number as the water topper slowly dilutes... It's really the peanut butter to the jelly of your tri-meter. With the tri-meter, it's precision growing all the way... no guessing games, no errors... And look ma! No salt buildup! Everyone thinks I have a green thumb, but my dark little secret is the auto top (not so secret since I announced it here lol). My thumb isn't all that green. Lol.
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In addition to constant refresh eliminating salt buildup (also eliminating the need to run around with a jug of water watching a silly marker line in a dark res), it is an immensely powerful automated flushing tool. I am now removing the last traces of nutrient simply by dipping a power-head pump into the main res, force-topping automatically with fresh water. It's a hydro grower's dream...
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Dude, I just googled float switch and came up with a bunch way less than 40 bucks. Shit, now I can't remember how much I paid for mine. Shit. Probably too much.
Damn, Edit again:
The only thing is, you need a little extra air space in your res to install the actual float device, but I'm thinking if you have tri-meter probes in there, you should be able to work it out. Remember that dropping your water level a little and allowing a bit more of your roots to be exposed above water will not hurt the plants, in fact they'll like it.
dsmoke1
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Dude, buds are looking GREAT. Man. Foxtail central. I called that so early. Ten points for me.
Of top of that, that godfather looks nothing like the Godfather I got. The club around here has won awards with their cut. It's a GDP and OG (Maybe bubba) Kush cross, and is super purple and delicious. Tastes like fruity cleaning products. Yours looks iced. Super bomb.
Your harvest is going to be epic. By Saturday you should have some delicious buds ready to dry. Gonna wait for the morning a do a nice photo-shoot using sunlight? No better way to truly capture a beautiful nug. What better way to truly finish the photo-journal... Up to you! I sure would love some nice color-corrected sunlight macro photos of those beautiful flowers. Keep at it.
Of top of that, that godfather looks nothing like the Godfather I got. The club around here has won awards with their cut. It's a GDP and OG (Maybe bubba) Kush cross, and is super purple and delicious. Tastes like fruity cleaning products. Yours looks iced. Super bomb.
Your harvest is going to be epic. By Saturday you should have some delicious buds ready to dry. Gonna wait for the morning a do a nice photo-shoot using sunlight? No better way to truly capture a beautiful nug. What better way to truly finish the photo-journal... Up to you! I sure would love some nice color-corrected sunlight macro photos of those beautiful flowers. Keep at it.
dsmoke1
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LMAO. Dude, 30ppm is nothing. Your roots will put out 30 ppm. Set it and forget it. Turn off that air-pump if you want to start curing now. Your plants are donezo.
lordjin
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Yeah, when the dude said Godfather, I thought it would be purple, but he explained that there is a different more straight OG Godfather. I smelled it, shrugged my shoulders, and decided to try it. Ha!
Don't worry, the photographer in me will do something thorough. Also want to keep the viewers coming for that little book of art nudes I plan to publish exclusively for the RIU community.
lordjin
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This is is the pre-official announcement of the art book I will assemble and publish in the next week or so. I'm timing its release for the drying of my harvest and my first vape report. It will be available for instant download and enjoyment in PDF format. The link will be provided here of course.
Now about the silly title of this post? It means just what it says. As a photographer of beautiful nude models and a giant pothead, it's my goal to create a hot girl / marijuana synergy where one supports the other and the other supports the one. If enough of you contribute the small download cost (probably around ten bucks) for dozens of professional high-res nude portraiture of Playboy and Penthouse models that I have lovingly photographed and edited, I can grow more weed, photograph more models and make more books with different models, previewing them with future calendar girls for my subsequent grows. This way you win, I win, the models win, everyone wins. Did I mention you win?
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And even though the title is silly. Please know that I realize the value of a dollar and I'm also fully aware of the tough economic times we are all going through. As such, I know asking even ten dollars from you is no small thing. But aside from the beautiful and tasteful nude portraiture (real art even if I don't mind saying so myself) you will receive, you should also be aware that every penny you contribute will go to one man's dream of eventually growing for the seriously ill at low or no cost. So there isn't a direct charity element now, but it is a goal I am working towards. And I will make it a more Cannabis Compassion Girl theme as models love being involved in stuff that ends in charity as well. So think of it as a small investment in a dream... of beautiful, fun-loving women and real compassion for Aids and cancer sufferers.
Now about the silly title of this post? It means just what it says. As a photographer of beautiful nude models and a giant pothead, it's my goal to create a hot girl / marijuana synergy where one supports the other and the other supports the one. If enough of you contribute the small download cost (probably around ten bucks) for dozens of professional high-res nude portraiture of Playboy and Penthouse models that I have lovingly photographed and edited, I can grow more weed, photograph more models and make more books with different models, previewing them with future calendar girls for my subsequent grows. This way you win, I win, the models win, everyone wins. Did I mention you win?
Edit:
And even though the title is silly. Please know that I realize the value of a dollar and I'm also fully aware of the tough economic times we are all going through. As such, I know asking even ten dollars from you is no small thing. But aside from the beautiful and tasteful nude portraiture (real art even if I don't mind saying so myself) you will receive, you should also be aware that every penny you contribute will go to one man's dream of eventually growing for the seriously ill at low or no cost. So there isn't a direct charity element now, but it is a goal I am working towards. And I will make it a more Cannabis Compassion Girl theme as models love being involved in stuff that ends in charity as well. So think of it as a small investment in a dream... of beautiful, fun-loving women and real compassion for Aids and cancer sufferers.