Iced Grapefruit, Skunk#1, Menage a Trois, Flower from day 1

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Pinworm said:

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That's really nice to say bro. I'll echo what I said earlier, you guys are really kind.

I took some pics of course, and would like to post a couple. The first one is of the Menage a Trois. She has really put some weight on, but the pistils are all still quite white on top, but have finally started to shrivel some on the lower flowers telling me she is finally starting to finish. this and the slight fade she started to show a day ago or so are great signs. She's quite the chunky beast, ans as someone pointed out before, kind of looks like pictures of Great White Shark.
She's become quite the beast, and started as a total gamble. Funny how that can happen. I also would like to share a picture or 2 of my Iced Grapefruit. She's a stunner, with all the features I like, frosty, dense, and smelly. Features that are not so great on women, Ha Ha. All her colas are starting to get a slight lean to them, not the biggest flowers but the density is very impressive I must say.
I think she's perty!

Have a great day everyone, tomorrow starts pics without H.I.D. Just imagine if you can, clean, clear, crisp photos of the highest quality. Sounds exciting doesn't it, well at least I hope you're excited enough to come back and check them out tomorrow. Peace and Love.

love the last picture, so frosty, well love em all, nice size Bud`s, guess Im still a week or so behind

Nice job myco. Thanks for the reply on the humidity. Here in the south I'm a pretty constant 41% RH. And you're right man, at lights out it can get much higher. I'm running the exhaust fan 24-7 so RH is stable. I run the fan because I figured out that I need negative pressure in the room or my house a/c will suck the odor right out and into the rest of the house. Always a new challenge!

Only way around that is to have a motorized intake vent that would close when the fan goes off and seals the room. I could put that on my invention list, maybe it's already our there, has to be? Also on my invention list... the rotating plant carousel. Forget about light movers, a carousel would rotate plant containers and position in the room automatically for the grower. Throw an auto watering system on it. Hey, a guy can dream.

I took a couple of quick pictures this morning in the progression of trying out my new "Hood Blocker 3000" lol. It's just a thin piece of cardboard to be honest, but it seems to work alright.

These are with the hid blocked. I think they're alot better, but still need something.


And the Lord said "Let there be light"

I think these are a whole lot better, what do you guys think? The rest of my pictures are gonna start to look like this for now on. Still in the tent, but with the blocker up, and also a little stick light that's 6500K. Really seems to be a combo that's gonna work out for me pretty good. I hope you'll enjoy the better color, and definition. Enjoy your day everyone, I'll have some more pics later for your inspection and approval. Peace out.

Oh yeah. Those last two close ups are really sweet pics. Just don't get stoned and forget to remove cardboard brother!

I have been know to turn my shop light on for pics and forget to turn it back off when I'm done. No risk of fire but not good for my photo periods, LOL.

Have a good day man. Gotta go clean my portable vaporizer.

I'm going to hang out with my smoking buddy and get into some trouble. Wild stuff, like hit a museum, movie, pool, fine dining & drinks, crazy shit like that!

prosperian said:

Nice job myco. Thanks for the reply on the humidity. Here in the south I'm a pretty constant 41% RH. And you're right man, at lights out it can get much higher. I'm running the exhaust fan 24-7 so RH is stable. I run the fan because I figured out that I need negative pressure in the room or my house a/c will suck the odor right out and into the rest of the house. Always a new challenge!

Only way around that is to have a motorized intake vent that would close when the fan goes off and seals the room. I could put that on my invention list, maybe it's already our there, has to be? Also on my invention list... the rotating plant carousel. Forget about light movers, a carousel would rotate plant containers and position in the room automatically for the grower. Throw an auto watering system on it. Hey, a guy can dream.

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my humidity also go up and down a bit here in the hot summer months, mostly around 35-55% tho better then them 28% last winter (where I got my small humidifier)
and I have been running my ventilation on 24/7 last 15 months or so, both to control odor and to provide fresh air (co2) for my plants tho I reallt dont use fan`s in there anymore after I got the LEDs, no need really ventilation move enough air to even make my plants move slightly and I have nothing to cool down and my steams is strong enough, only thing I might spread is that "one stupid little hermi ball down there that I did`t catch" if they show up, have had any this grow

I have been looking on to carousel`s, well I tried, hard to find any, best bed is them they use in shop windows or at bike shows etc. or a DIY one, one problem that springs to mind tho, for me is that the plants fill to much to rotate, would have to keep em in cages, and make some kind of stand to rote em all, tho then I played with the idea to use em as a light mover, to rotate the light, could probably make some disc or sumthing pretty easy that can rotate, then either put a small motor on it, or just rotate it 1/4 by hand a few times a day if the motor thing don't work,

tried to make a light mover with a fan one my LEDs in the start (look it up in my fist thread) and did actually move it like +5 inch`s but motor could not handle +5kg
Im sure it would work with a normal HPS in a wing reflector as I saw it on youtube

mycomaster said:

I took a couple of quick pictures this morning in the progression of trying out my new "Hood Blocker 3000" lol. It's just a thin piece of cardboard to be honest, but it seems to work alright.
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These are with the hid blocked. I think they're alot better, but still need something.

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And the Lord said "Let there be light"

I think these are a whole lot better, what do you guys think? The rest of my pictures are gonna start to look like this for now on. Still in the tent, but with the blocker up, and also a little stick light that's 6500K. Really seems to be a combo that's gonna work out for me pretty good. I hope you'll enjoy the better color, and definition. Enjoy your day everyone, I'll have some more pics later for your inspection and approval. Peace out.

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you can always develop on it and add the light on to the cardboard to make the hood blocker 3000i model

prosperian said:

Oh yeah. Those last two close ups are really sweet pics. Just don't get stoned and forget to remove cardboard brother!

I have been know to turn my shop light on for pics and forget to turn it back off when I'm done. No risk of fire but not good for my photo periods, LOL.

Have a good day man. Gotta go clean my portable vaporizer.

I'm going to hang out with my smoking buddy and get into some trouble. Wild stuff, like hit a museum, movie, pool, fine dining & drinks, crazy shit like that!

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yea memory is a bitch, for some reason I seem to have forgot, well have a nice day with your SB

Slipon said:

reallt dont use fan`s in there anymore after I got the LEDs, no need really ventilation move enough air to even make my plants move slightly and I have nothing to cool down and my steams is strong enough,

I have been looking on to carousel`s, well I tried, hard to find any, best bed is them they use in shop windows or at bike shows etc. or a DIY one, one problem that springs to mind tho, for me is that the plants fill to much to rotate, would have to keep em in cages, and make some kind of stand to rote em all, tho then I played with the idea to use em as a light mover, to rotate the light, could probably make some disc or sumthing pretty easy that can rotate, then either put a small motor on it, or just rotate it 1/4 by hand a few times a day if the motor thing don't work,tried to make a light mover with a fan one my LEDs in the start (look it up in my fist thread) and did actually move it like +5 inch`s but motor could not handle +5kg
Im sure it would work with a normal HPS in a wing reflector as I saw it on youtube

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I was wondering about the canopy fans. I don't have room anymore for one because the plants have taken over the space. I didn't see any need for it either, it's 72 degrees at the canopy right now, light on!

I've never understood light mover because the most delicate sensitive grow equipment is your bulb. I would think the movement and vibrations would shorten the life just like in overhead garage door openers. The bulbs don't last and have to be replaced with heavy duty filament or cfl.

You're right about the carousel, the plants would have to be clear of each other as they rotate and that could be problematic. Just my laziness coming out and wanting the whole thing turn key. Fun to think about but not practical.

Still need a motorized vent flapper to seal off my room. I wonder how long the co2 would last in a 2x3x10 grow closet before plants would stress? If I could go an hour on hour off on my ventilation that could save me more money on a/c and heat.

cant you just run the ventilation/AC on minimum at night and on half or what ever works for you doing the day, just so they have some air exchanges, I think Rule of thump is every 5-10 min if you only do it for air and not heat, specially at night, but I would think a speed control on the ventilation with a timer would do the trick ?

I think what Slipon is saying about a fan speed controller on a timer would work out for you I think, if I'm understanding both of you correctly. I received another e-mail from Herbies saying they'll re-ship one more time, and if it still gets caught up they'll refund my $ at that point. i didn't pay one extra penny for all this service like you have to at the Tude. They've been more than polite, offering info I didn't even ask for trying to get their customer to try and understand the full picture of confiscations, and trouble with customs. They don't know I'm on forums and such. I appreciate the understanding of the staff, and all the help along this crummy situation with the customs being DICKS. They still think my package was stolen cause there was no letter or nothing ever arrived without the souveniors. If I look up my tracking # it still says my package was processed through sort facility in Chicago, and then absolutely nothing after that, it just up and disappeared like a fart in the wind. Oh well, Herbies is being really cool about it all, and I just wanted to pass it on. I don't suggest going out and ordering seeds right now, but when this cools down if it does, I will be ordering from Herbies. Peace out.

I worked a bit with my girls in veg today, doing some tying & topping. I also did a little lst on them with a great result after rebounding quickly. I think there's just no better way of strengthening up your ladies like pinching, and some rough lst work. My Skunk#1 got almost daily treatment like this up until the flip, along with the Menage a Trois, and Iced Grapefruit. They show it with all the weight, and no supports other than the ones keeping them tied down, where as the new ones in there have cages. Nuff said. The Green Poison I have is looking really good, and bushy. The Cindy99 is just as happy as could be as well, and I think will get a Xplant this weekend some time. The Skunk#11 from D.P. has been doing better, and has turned into a decent plant now. I think she has potential, but will prolly flower forever considering her sativa dom look so far. My other Iced Grapefruit looks awesome so far, and also has a good bit of sativa dominance to her, but so did the last one for the most part. I think she's gonna be more impressive the next time around, even though this plant is turning out great. Yumbolt47 is another surprise in the group. I bought her as a single seed not expecting much, but she has been a very nice plant, with little to no needs. She's alot like my skunk was as far as not being picky, and fussy about everything like the Skunk#11 was at first.

I just watered so that's why some of the more indica dom ladies look droopy. i didn't water the Green Poison in the 5gal though she was fine.

The Next set of pictures are my Bay11 regs that are still mute of sex. I like their growth so far for the most part. When I was cutting on them today I noticed they are as hard as friggin rocks. I was cutting on the Cindy99 first, and she was soft, and tissuey like a small indica usually is. The Bay11's on the other hand are really sativa dom, and hard as wood for being tiny like they are. Very interesting, I would say good genetics, but the one has a weird leaf mutation that I want to show you guys.

It's a weird mutation for sure, and before someone says it's nute burn, I've had this thing from seed, and it's displayed this from day one. I thought she wouldn't make it because she had a really weird leaf come out when she popped out of the dirt. I thought if it lives, fine. My Menage a Trois was a mutant, reg seed and look at her now. I trimmed off the branches with the worst mutation, and left what I thought would be fine if it turns female for me. I might take the 2 Bay11's and put them on the other side of my veg closet when they're ready, and put them into a 14/10 or 13/11 light cycle to see if they show sex.


I'm starting to do a little different tech when I M.L. I've been leaving a third branch on the main stems on top. It leaves a nice tri-pod effect on each side I'm really diggin. The first plant I tried it on was the Yumbolt47, and she's turned out killer since.

She has a Killer canopy on her so far I think, just spreading out. She has alot of tops, and they're all nice and thick, no larf going to grow round here.

The last pics are the Green Poison that's about to go into flower soon. I'm not sure when i'll put her in, it's a little dependent on when the Iced Grapefruit or Menage a Trois are just about done. I'll put the G.P. in when I can free a little real estate up. Til then she'll veg away. I haven't put her restraints back on yet, i like to give them a little time to stretch afterwards, without being tied down. I'll put them back on this weekend.

I think she's coming right along. I've been pushing her some with bottled organic nutes, thinking maybe she can grow bigger, faster. So far not too many ill effects although as you can see she has a little burn. I think this is a great strain, with lots of potential. Easy going in veg so far, and she doesn't mind Xplanting or topping at all. She been taking some heavy nutes as well, with stride, and not letting on to it besides what you see on her leafs as far as burn. Other than that, I think she can really be nice in flower. She'll prolly stretch pretty good, and fill in just as nice, we'll see. Have a blessed day everyone. Peace out.

i love no 11 pic its cool man ! and as usual loving the grow dude there just damn sex !

I thought I would put some pics up from this morning. Everyone is looking great and coming right along. The Menage a Trois is still fading a tiny bit everyday, but nothing dramatic. The Iced Grapefruit is starting to look more, and more rough everyday now. Some strains just look like crap when their done flowering. I don't know what makes them do this, but she's doing it now. I haven't given her nutes in a while, and she has a couple of burns on her, along with what looks like a P def, but i know darn well it's not. Oh well, she's sucking everything out of the soil, and starting on her leafs now. Her flowers are so dense, I've been worried about mold, but have had pretty low humidity at night, so not too much to worry about really. The Menage a Trois is looking good with a slight fade like I said before(not uniformly though), but still really nice looking. She never did put on the purple like I wanted, but she has still turned out really nice so far. I think I could still work on the color some if I can get night temps lower from here on out, we'll see.


The first 3 are the Iced Grapefruit, the last 3 are the Menage a Trois. I think both have potential, but need further work. I think the Menage a Trois needs some work on her trich production, and the Iced Grapefruit needs to be bulked up some as far as stems, and branches are concerned. I like heavy thick plants, but alot of times you can get past that by alot of pinching and lst early on in life. I would love to get ahold of an O.G. Kush someone thinks is hopeless and show them what some pinching and such can do, as far as keeping her from getting too spindley, and falling over all the time. The Sour Blueberry, and Blue O.G. are coming right along. They both have really put on some flowers now and look very nice. So far the S.B. has the larger flowers, but the B.O.G. has more of them. I really topped the hell out of the B.O.G., but with all the stretch she'll have alot of nice colas I think. The S.B. has alot less tops, but they'll be bigger with more light penetration, so prolly more dense as well.
This is the Sour Blueberry, as you can see, she has some nice flower sets. Real dense already, with alot of nice fluffy pistils. I have alot of work to get done, so enjoy the pics, and enjoy your weekend everyone. peace and Love.

I think I'm gonna order some better containers for my hash today. They're called NoGoo containers. I think they're just like the slick balls, by OilSlik or however you spell it. I just need something a little more secure and airtight I think. Thought if anybody has heard or has some personal experience with them you could give me a shout, good or bad. Here's the link from e-bay http://www.ebay.com/itm/NoGoo-Dab-Nonstick-wax-containers-food-grade-5-pack-No-Goo-Concentrate-Rasta-New-/161040503238?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257ec311c6 They also have Boveda paks too, I think I'll pick some of those up as well. You can never have too many Boveda Paks I.M.O. If you try to keep a perpetual harvest like me, then you're gonna need them constantly. Just worth every penny when you consider what you're doing with them. If I make as much oil as I plan on making these containers will be a good investment as well, along with holding bubble hash and other goodies. Take it easy everyone. Peace out.

NICE grow man. Even with the few niggles you have it's really looking magnificent! Well impressed.

Myco you are my growing hero. I have been crazy busy with all the crap I have overwhelmed myself with. I am mixing up my Rev today and tomorrow. Take it easy.

I Xplanted the Cindy99 today. I know she was slightly root bound a bit by her curled leaf tips, and the way she was drinking like a fish in her small container. It was a 1gal, and I upgraded her to a 5gal. My thoughts in doing this were that she'll be in flower soon, and a growth period in a smaller container, and then a flip would be added stress and time that I can avoid by doing this. When she's in flower and needs a little kick of nutes, I'll top dress her with my new Super Soil that I went a little heavy on in the first place so I can do a little less percentages when thinning it out to use. I put in extra mycos to get the process done efficiently, and will cook it a little longer as well. I really enjoy the amended organic soils for their ease of use, and ability to grow a heck of a plant.


This is the Cindy99 in all her glory. She's gonna be alot happier in her new home, I didn't give her a xplant sooner cause i was afraid she would get out of control on me before I could ever get her in flower. I popped a bunch of beans kind of at once thinking I had the time figured out a little better than I did, but it will work out just fine as I've done this before, you just end up shuffling some girls around, and get some extended veg time on others. This lady has a large frame to her, I like that in a woman. Really nice leafs on her as well, the ones I cut off lower had 9 petals to them, not including the tiny ones in the rear of the leaf by the stem.

The first pic here is my Green Poison in the 5gal Lowes bucket with holes drilled in uniformly, but it looks like it was assaulted by a drunk red neck with a grudge and a shotgun. She seems to be loving the new home after the Xplant into it last week. The second pic is my BubbleGummer, Female Seeds version of Bubble Gum. I received her as a freebie and am glad I got her so far. Nice solid branching, and good node spacing as well. Strong smell after working her, and she always responds good to the exercise. The last picture is of the Skunk#11 from D.P., and she's come a long way to better health since her beginnings. She hated my soil at first, which makes me leary to Xplant her, but I think she'll be fine now that she's older, and a little bigger.

These are the rest of the girls in the veg closet. They're lookin good, and making me very happy, and hopeful. I'll get Cindy99, and the Green Poison tied back down tonight or tomorrow. I'll also try and get some other pics of the girls in the flower tent up today or tonight. Have a great day everyone. Peace out.

I have some pics this morning.(of course I do) The Menage a Trois is coming right along, and starting to fade more everyday. She has a wonderful aroma to her of sweet, and somewhat fruity, but almost rotten or over ripe. I can't believe how much she has swolled up in the last week, finally a strain that will.

I really like the way she's turned out for me.

The Iced grapefruit is also doing really well, putting on alot of trichs recently. She's a frosty beast of a plant with a smell that makes you crave breakfast cereal. I've never had someone walk in my grow room, and say "did you just have some Fruity Pebbles?" Pretty nuts.

She's a pretty plant with alot of potential. Her scents are just amazing, with the fruit, and sweet, with some ozone smell as well. Very interesting, and a little complex like a nice wine.

The last couple of pics are of the Sour Blueberry, and Blue O.G. They're both doing good with alot of pistils kicking out everywhere.

The first pic is of the Blue O.G., and the second is the Sour Blueberry. Have a blessed day everyone. Peace out.