Phreaky's Intimate Grow Journal

yeah, the soil would have been better if i had not been a lazy ass and just added more perlite. i've never heard of the air pump idea, but it sounds feasable.
but i have also transitioned to using much smaller pots, so there's less root space in general (hasn't stopped the TW).
i would also have better roots if i had the space to veg them longer/ with more light. veg is the first upgrade i will make when i get a new pad, its so vital. I am also toying with the idea of sticking with SOG, but on a greater scale...
but i do agree with you completely, soil does have that constriction when improperly used.

looks like you found some shrooms, lol

I read the entire thread. Great work so far.

Subscribed! I'm very interested in how everything turns out.

Looking good man, been busy but hope to have a few pics of the 6 I have up soon. They are taking off pretty good.

ohh yeah the kushie kush is supposed to be really ggod shit just havent tried it yet.

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/122372-airbasket-fimming-tech-pics.html

there is a thread on an "airbasket" technique where you run an air pump through the soil.
The first post has a link to the site where you can download the guys pics that show how to do it

slabhead said:

looks like you found some shrooms, lol

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haha, yeah i like to trip. haven't in too long tho, maybe its time.

dannyboi619 said:

Looking good man, been busy but hope to have a few pics of the 6 I have up soon. They are taking off pretty good. ohh yeah the kushie kush is supposed to be really ggod shit just havent tried it yet.

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nice dude, i'll check it out. and as to the kushie kush, my hydro shop guy uses it and loves it... and he doesn't even sell it. i've got to get my ass to oakland and get some.

tom__420 said:

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/122372-airbasket-fimming-tech-pics.html

there is a thread on an "airbasket" technique where you run an air pump through the soil.
The first post has a link to the site where you can download the guys pics that show how to do it

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dammit, i'm on a mac and can't see the file :[
could you paraphrase it for me?

SickSadLittleWorld said:

I read the entire thread. Great work so far.
Subscribed! I'm very interested in how everything turns out.

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thanks man, glad you could make it. did you really read it all?! props and +rep to you sir

phreakygoat said:

dammit, i'm on a mac and can't see the file :[
could you paraphrase it for me?

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That is what it will look like. The air line is attached to a bath sponge that should look something like this:



The sponge is in the middle and pumps air to the roots. The reason for the sponge is that it won't clog as quickly as a regular airstone. Here's a link to a grow where the person used this technique:

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/90011-4x4-600w-scrog-3rd-wk.html

thanks tom! you are the man

No problem dude, keep up the good work

phreakygoat said:

thanks man, glad you could make it. did you really read it all?! props and +rep to you sir

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Yeah I was bored this morning and you are growing some delicious strains, so why not...?

That purple kush looks so delicious. I'm also interested in how that WW turns out since I am awaiting mine to break ground. A lot of good information in this thread, so it was a productive use of time, IMO.

I did have a question though and maybe I missed the answer somewhere but...when you cut all the fan leaves off that one flowering plant (PK?) did you notice a significant difference in yield/bud size/potency compared to the ones you left alone?

SickSadLittleWorld said:

Yeah I was bored this morning and you are growing some delicious strains, so why not...?

That purple kush looks so delicious. I'm also interested in how that WW turns out since I am awaiting mine to break ground. A lot of good information in this thread, so it was a productive use of time, IMO.

I did have a question though and maybe I missed the answer somewhere but...when you cut all the fan leaves off that one flowering plant (PK?) did you notice a significant difference in yield/bud size/potency compared to the ones you left alone?

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thanks man, thats awesome.

but i have some bad news. my white widow hermed out.
it may have been its origins as a seed, it may have been a leak from my intake who knows? i couldn't take pics, i was too pissed off when i found them that i pinched each male flower off right then...
so i'm moving the budding plant outdoors somewhere and the rest of the strain is gone/ removed/ aka in my trash. i'm a little let down as white widow is awesome, but i'm fine with the two sweet strains i have and i'll get to check in on the ww.

as to the experiment with the small pks and fan leaves, those plants aren't quite done yet (still in the soil)... with PK it can run for days with purely cloudy trichs, so I'm just gonna give them under the light for another day or two.
what i did notice was the leaf-less plant got much more light on the bottom bud sites, and is looking very happy. So we will be seeing those results in about a week.

but the kush that is now going in to cure is the best i've had yet!

that was an interesting read.
would love to try some TW in my next grow, im subed wanna keep an eye on how your fanless girl finishs up

have some rep coz thats a serious bit of bud growing. keep it up

Yep, That was what I was talking about.

stickey said:

that was an interesting read.
would love to try some TW in my next grow, im subed wanna keep an eye on how your fanless girl finishs up

have some rep coz thats a serious bit of bud growing. keep it up

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thanks a lot stickey, i may actually harvest them tonight!

cruzer101 said:

Yep, That was what I was talking about.

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when you had this happen to ww in the past what did it look like?

Oh, I meant the thread Tom posted about the air to the roots.
That was the one I was talking about.

When the widow hermed on me it wasn't much at all.
As a matter of fact I didn't know until I was looking at the trichomes with a
scope and noticed a couple of the calyxes were fatter then others.

I only got ten seeds out of the whole harvest and never seen any male pods.

ok, so i think it was a light leak which has now been fixed. cause these pods were so huge they were almost pretty. really is a 'flower'... it didn't look like any had released anything, and the only plant that could have been knocked up is the PK. what a combo that would be!

Damn, that sucks to hear. Sounds like we both have had shitty luck in the last day or so with the white widow. My only WW seed didn't germinate so I am not going to be growing it this time around.

I'll definitely stay tuned since I am curious to see how that PK turns out. I would have thought cutting the fan leaves off would adversely affect bud production but it is interesting to hear you are experiencing the exact opposite.