Gastanker's 600+w Organic UV Grow

Gastanker

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welcome back tanker sounds like ya had a blast plants r lookin pretty good. good job on ur watering system
Thanks. Definitely had a great time and even had great weather (I hear this is often not the case in Ireland).

Thought I should throw in a labeled pic - again should be taking pics of each plant later this week along with switching to 12/12.



Two middle Chocolopes are a week ahead of the rest and in 5 gal smartpots. The Chocolope in the rear looks to be the healthiest plant at this point in my opinion. The one on the right must have recieved less water than the rest - was largest when I left and now looks a bit shocked and not nearly as healthy as when i left it nor compared to the plant to the left.

The Vet seed is looking great - second healthiest plant if in my opinion. You can't see in the picture but it's pretty tall. I want to say taller than all the others started at the same time. This strain keeps all side branching completely against the main stalk and super tight in with very few nodes on them, pretty unique strain - super stubby leaves, darker leaf color, short but doesn't bush out as the side branches stay extremely short, extremely fragrant with bluish buds and the trichromes stay very tiny but very compact spacing. The smoke is extremely smooth and one of the most relaxing I have ever enjoyed - no couch lock, the world just becomes sublime in all regards similar to the begging of a shroom trip. I really hope it's a female and if so will seed part of her - if not I'll be collecting pollen as this is the last bean that I had and the vet that gave it to me passed away. This is in a 3 gal smart pot.

Spider Goo x ? is doing well. Spider Goo seeds are HUGE and these plants are some of the fastest growing I have ever had. This was male pollen bred with one of my first females from my CFL grow (grab bag of undocumented crosses from a local breeder) - Most likely the plant I called the pink lady, the monster, or 'my favorite'. This is in a 3gal smart pot.

White Russian x White Russian - This is a white russian x white russian cross - Not sure if the strain is a stable F1 or S which is why I didn't just label it White Russian. I have heard great things about this strain but was not at all impressed with the original White Russian seeds. They grew strong and big and fast but the bud was fluffy, didn't taste nor smell pleasant, reminiscent of dirty chalk. The high was strong but disorienting, was neither relaxing, energizing, euphoric, or inspirational but rather left me bored and incapable. It does have a very high ceiling so upon smoking large large amounts I could manage to completely empty my mind resulting in a near paralytic state of staring at the wall - very little of anything less and even less capable. I do really enjoy the hash oil I made from this though - for some reason the hash oil leaves me very competent, energized, and relaxed. This is in a 3 gal smart pot.

3 of the remaining five are Spider Goo - a kush x goo hybrid a buddy up North is working on. The rest I really don't know. They could be from the original grab bag of undocumented seeds a local breeder gave me, crosses of my own, or possibly bag seed although I can't remember the last time I had one or these. These are in 1 gal plastic pots.
 

Gastanker

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Pic Update: Switching to 12/12 today.

This morning:


Spider Goo x ?


Spider Goo - Grew naturally topped :)


Vet Seed:


Chocolope 1



Chocolope 2



Air pruning:



White Russian x White Russian - Showing pistols :)


Chocolope 3


Rest:


Group Shot:

 

Allday06

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Looks good man. Your chocolope have so many fucking heads!! Cant wait dude hella excited. Just popped my Pineapple Chunk into flower yesterday so pretty excited about her. Later!
 

mrorganics

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Man I can't wait to get some awesome strains goin like u bro lookin awesome, those smartpots made a huge diff on plant size, next time ill have some feminized seed and ill pop em right into my 3 gallon smartpots lol, for now I hopw the bud size reflect my 3s once I do the final transplant, other than the 2 chocolopes all our 1 gallon plants are comparable in size and foliage only diff is I got rid of the bottom 3 nodes and fan leaves for airflow and convienence.
 

Gastanker

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nice family portrait there tanker
Why thank you. They are a handsome bunch huh?

Looks good man. Your chocolope have so many fucking heads!! Cant wait dude hella excited. Just popped my Pineapple Chunk into flower yesterday so pretty excited about her. Later!
Thanks. Those Chocolope are looking pretty nice. The larger two have had their primary growth tips trimmed which I attribute to the multiple bud sites - seems to have worked fairly well.

Man I can't wait to get some awesome strains goin like u bro lookin awesome, those smartpots made a huge diff on plant size, next time ill have some feminized seed and ill pop em right into my 3 gallon smartpots lol, for now I hopw the bud size reflect my 3s once I do the final transplant, other than the 2 chocolopes all our 1 gallon plants are comparable in size and foliage only diff is I got rid of the bottom 3 nodes and fan leaves for airflow and convienence.
Can't wait to see yours, sounds like they are doing great. I usually would have trimmed mine up a while ago but really don't know what to do a this point; some of the lower side branches are taking off so I'm a bit hesitant to trim them at this point without knowing how many females I am going to have in the end. I'll have to take clones of the females in a bit so perhaps that will be my trim. Smart pots definitely helped I just hope the spider goo x ? and the vet seed are females, if not I guess I wasted those two smart pots. So far only the White Russian x White Russian has shown sex so only 4 confirmed females.

I purchased one souvenir on my trip and have been really enjoying breaking it in.



This is my new tobacco pipe from Peterson of Dublin. It's a System 303 and I am tickled pink with it. Peterson of Dublin is a pretty well know pipe manufacture with hundreds of retailers all around the world and I had the pleasure of purchasing mine in their only personal retail location. Turns out I got an amazing price on it as well. Their patented chambered system really does everything they say it does and the mouth piece makes a huge difference as well.



Time to dig up my antique silver pipe lighter :)
 

HellaBlunts

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I bought a little paperback by Ed Rosenthal called "Easy Marijuana Gardening" which is directed specifically at the indoor grower who plans on using a small space to grow in. It's more of a pocket bible, if you will, and gets right to the point. Got it @ Border's and highly recommend it. :bigjoint:

@Gastanker: how was Dublin if you're back yet? :cool:
i dont have the patience for a larger growing bible lol but yours sounds about right for me...

@ everyone elses comments, im not a very gullable person so if it doesnt sound right i dont usually go for it, but this site is def. loaded with info, but im just using bag seeds along with this info with kind of a test or error type of system for now till ive got it down pretty well and im not really wasting my money too much.

@gastanker - they are looking beautiful , kinda jealous haha
 

Gastanker

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i dont have the patience for a larger growing bible lol but yours sounds about right for me...

@ everyone elses comments, im not a very gullable person so if it doesnt sound right i dont usually go for it, but this site is def. loaded with info, but im just using bag seeds along with this info with kind of a test or error type of system for now till ive got it down pretty well and im not really wasting my money too much.

@gastanker - they are looking beautiful , kinda jealous haha
Thanks. I personally think most grow books are a joke. Helpful if you know nothing and really don't want to learn about the plants but simply grow one. I would recommend an accredited text book - this one can be found online used for $1.99 and contains everything you need to know to not only grow dope but anything else you might be interested in. After a text book Google can be used to locate quickly any specifics for pot cultivation.

Botany: ISBN10: 0697037754 ISBN13: 9780697037756

Just placed my order for 8 18" UVA/UVB bulbs for flowering. Should produce some sticky sticky bud.
 

hammer6913

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tanker nice pipe ive been smoking 1 for a few years now . wish i had smoked one sooner cigarettes are nasty now. patooey. i hve just an italian pipe i like urs
 

Gastanker

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tanker nice pipe ive been smoking 1 for a few years now . wish i had smoked one sooner cigarettes are nasty now. patooey. i hve just an italian pipe i like urs
Amen. Much smoother buzz and none of that nasty taste nor the unhealthy ick feeling of cigarettes. (although I do miss them now and then)

My collection:



One of my favorites:


And my candle flame butane Zippo which is perfect for lighting a pipe:
 

hammer6913

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i have some of the exact same pipes. the ones with broken stems. the last one i replaced i dropped out of my mouth down the side of a tree and right under the lawnmower.lmao broke the stem but could smoke till i got a new 1 lol.
 

HellaBlunts

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great pipes, mine are glass and colorful lol.

and thanks for the book info.

def. gonna keep a checkup on this thread
 

Gastanker

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tell me about the pipe with the head
I have a couple others with black mens faces that are middle eastern - most likely from Bahrain or Saudi Arabia but believe that one to be early North American which means it is not as old but worth a bit more to a collector.

great pipes, mine are glass and colorful lol.

and thanks for the book info.

def. gonna keep a checkup on this thread
Always happy to help. Those are just some of my tobacco pipes. I smoke my bud out of glass (one snuck into the pic in the top right of the group shot). Have several other colorful glass pipes as well.
 

HellaBlunts

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i have a few friends that smoke pipes, im just a camel kinda guy lol. but i consider everything but weed a last resort to smoke.
 
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