MrHowardMarks' experienced grower journal.

VictorVIcious said:

Park in the garage and hit the button to close the door, open trunk remove dirt??
Buy it at the grocery store and carry it in with the groceries.
Leave two bags on the front porch with a couple of pots, 'Had a sale so I'm getting ready for spring'. If you have something to hide, don't act like it. VV

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Dammit VV you took post #420 jk

I agree, but in the case you don't have a garage...

It's best to bring everything in from the car right after it gets dark, around supper time.

I agree, don't act like you're hiding something, act casual, don't hurry and hide...

If it's something really noticeable, like a bigass hydro table, try to make sure nobody is around before you unload it, but again, most peoplke wouldn't know what the hell a hydro table is, much less what it looks like.

Laundry bags work well for smaller items. And boxes for larger ones.

For example, I moved my 6 hoods in a big TV box.

As long as you act normal, and don't look like a goon, (long hair, tie dye, general appearance) you should have nothing to worry about.

http://www.discountadvancednutrients.com/ the least expensive place i have found for advanced nutes...on the inside of the case..MOST ALL ballasts can be changed from from 110 volt to 220 volt just by switching a wire...right at the transformer' normaly marked ..if one wanted to double the voltage to a outlet..because 220 draws half the amps that 110 does..this means you could double the amount of appliances off of one circuit...all you have to do is add a 220 volt breaker at the box.....YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFULL IF YOU RUN THESE TO REGULAR 110 VOLT OUTLETS....IF YOU PLUG A APPLIANCE INTO THE OUTLET THAT IS 110 It WILL SMOKE IT STRAIGHT AWAY....it is recomended to change to 220 volt outlets...if you use the 110.outlet's .PAINT WARNING'S ON THE OUTLET'S..and you can use them..and the outlets are alot cheaper ...just something's i wanted to comment on after reading 43 pages...goos shit mr marks

Hello marks, i have a little problem. i am trying to germinate my seeds sense monday night, i put the seeds in a wet paper towel,inside this little box and cover the box with 2 of my t-shirts. The seeds have yet to split open to reveal any kind of root.

What should i do?

Stick with it, it takes longer than 2 days, up to a week for germination

Yeah, it's a good idea to NEVER hook up 220 volt to a 110 outlet, they aren't that expensive, change out the outlet to 220 if that's your plan, and you need to use 12 gauge 220 cable, it's pricey with the cost of copper and other metals soaring.

One more question... After harvest, how do you dispose of the by-products, such as the dirt, the stalks, the buckets, etc...

The dirt gets re-used for three harvests... Then;

It goes into the compost heap with the stalks, and all the other yard waste (leaves, branches, porch plants)

The buckets are infinately re-usable, just wash them out, then disinfect.


If you don't have a lot of property to have a compost heap, find a place to dump your dirt, or, (I don't recommend because of landfill issues) finding a dumpster outside an apartment complex and make a few trips, only a couple bags at a time. If you use rockwool, this is probably your best bet, and another reason I don't like rockwool.

lol that dog in the picture looks high as hell, damn dude good job. Also my seeds finally split, i think what made them split was that i used tap water instead of bottled water, so after the root came out i put them in jiffy peat pots (moss based tiny pots) so yeah, thank you for advice.

After roots pop out of the jiffy pucks, put them in a larger container, personally, I would've put them directly into soil after sprouting, but I don't see any reason a jiffy puck won't work fine.

Don't feed them any nutes until they are on the third node, when leaves actually look like serated marijuana leaves.

Here's my advice on being sneaky: Watch other people.

What do they do, what do they carry, what do they throw away? Think about it... what are people carrying a lot of this time of year?

Presents.

Find yourself some big boxes, cover them with wrapping paper, and use them to transport the goodies. Get some cheap crappy paper from the dollar store or someplace so you can wrap and re-wrap so people don't see you carrying the same "presents" back and forth several times.

Works just as well for getting rid of stuff, too.


And while it's not the most responsible thing to do environmentally, if you have to put a lot of stuff into the trash I'd suggest loading up and putting one bag in a dumpster in several different apartment complexes. For one thing that helps make sure the tenants there don't find their bins overflowing when they need them. For another thing, if you're tossing several bags into one and someone spots you they're more likely to complain.

Or make a trip once a week, to a dumpster you know is cool to use. Just one or two bags.

I'd rather you dump the soil somewhere other than a landfill though, if you have enough storage space, let it build up until it's enough to create a flower box, or till it into a small garden... I have also burned stalks and leaves, living in the country is great, it can smell like burning weed for miles and nobody can smell it, because nobody is around. If they were, they'd probably ask to hit your campfire.


Sorry no update in a week or so, I've been hella busy... I mostly post here while at work, and haven't had the time to go to the place where I upload pictures. I'll definately load some up by the end of the weekend.

Thanks for the good ideas guys! Looking forward to the update!

c'mon man, like a week with no pics and im starting to shake and scratch....jonzin...

if you have a minute, could you compare what ive been thinking was a NYC Diesel bagseed with some other NYC D. im begining to think i have a NYC D x mysteryweed bagseed. way fatter blades on my leaves than others who started with somas NYC D.

thanks in advance.

Sorry I've been hella busy with work, that's where I am now, Thanksgiving is a bitch when you work in the transportation industry...

Yeah, NYC is really sativa looking, at least when I grew it is was. It may be a different phenotype showing itself, but doubtful since it's bagseed.

Just cause it's bagseed doesn't mean it can't be incredible weed though.

I snapped some pics, I'll head over to a computer to upload them tomorrow, probably won't have time tonight.

---Everything's doing great, I have 16 clones under the big lights, a bunch more should be rooting today or tomorrow, and I took another tray last night. I cloned the Blueberry and the 9Mile first, since they were the largest, The silver mangoes are just now ready to have cutting taken, that's what I plan on for tonight.

I killed off 3 males so far, a few more are getting chopped as soon as I'm absolutely positive they're dudes.

The bushiest of the Super Skunks is most likely a girl, there are calyxes on her instead of balls, but pistols haven't shot out yet, so, I'm not positive, but fairly certain it's a lady.

Was having problems getting the clones to root faster than 2 weeks, realized it was only 65 degrees, and added a 100W incadescent for heat, worked out great, it's steadily 78 degrees, and the clones are much happier.

Taking longer than expected, but flowering is not far off, The first set of clones are taking off in their new home under the 600, need to get moving before they get too large.

-- I've been supercropping every node of the 9Mile, trying to shorten out the stretch it's displaying, VERY sativa dominant strain, probably a pure sativa by the growth pattern and the look of the leaves. Super stretchy.

sounds like everything is going well except for the taking longer than expected thing. but isnt that usually the case? i knew the chances of having a pure NYC D was slim to shit, but i was full of wishful thinking. ill be happy with whatever i get as long as its not a NYC x Kansas Hemp cross. lol

Hahaha, yeah, as long as the bag was good, the bagseed will be decent...

And of course everything always takes longer than expected, I wish I had started with clones, then I'd be almost ready to harvest by now, instead, I have a bunch of bushey mothers and trays of clones just now rooting. Oh well.

the bag was top notch, the seed cracked in just over 12 hrs, growing great so far, and its stanky than a mutha even in veg(which is different cause my NL doesnt smell unless handled). ill even be happy if its a male, then im gonna pimp him out.

Hey Mr.Howard, I finally made it over here to check your journal out bro. Things are lookin sweet. Sounds like your having some great success. My weed grow got put on hold till new years, but I started a mushroom grow this week, should be fun! I'll make sure I follow along for the rest of this!

One quick question if you have the time - What would be your preferred method of growing plants of different heights (one at 2-3 foot, one at around 5 feet or a bit taller) at the same time under the same light ? My growing partner and I have been throwing around ideas (SCROG over taller plants, raise buckets of shorter plants, shorter plants in middle and taller on edges of garden, etc). I respect your opinion greatly and would appreciate your input on this matter...Thanks a bunch in advance.

Hey thundercat

Yeah, I'm about to leave work, gotta stop by the hydro store and pick up some nutes and some more root plugs on the way home.

My TDS meter is on the fritz so I'm gonna look into buying a new one...

Wish I could upload pics from my blackberry, but no dice.

damn sounds like your doing good keep it up!