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 thedrake
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 1st grow (harvest numbers are in) 
#696720 - 12/03/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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hello growery! been awhile since ive visited last. i finally have started my 1st grow. im so excited!
ive got 1 plant from bagseed 33 days into veg. its under 1x32w ho t5, 2x20w cool white t8, and i think its a 26w cfl. shes (well hopeing shes a she) planted in scotts brand potting soil.in a coffee can. i havent used any type of nutrients yet except for a handful of horse manure when i first planted.
im thinking about transplanting into a 3gal pot with a soilless mix. most likely coir.if i even can seeing how i started with soil.can i use straight coir or should i mix in some perlite? i will also be picking up some nutes this coming weekend. if i go with a soilless mix, i need hydro nutes right?
also she has some yellow spots on a lower leaf. any ideas whats causing this.
the reason shes bent is because i was trying some lst.
sorry for the low quality pics. only got a dinosaur of digital camera. i plan on getting a better one soon.
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 Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#696741 - 12/03/13 11:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thats some crappy looking soil, I don't recommend any of the house plant mixes as they're make for people who don't want to water their plants all the time. Not the most aerated soils either, usually compact and full of peat.
I'd go into a soil-less mix or a better soil. Your going to need some sort of nutrient, less if your in soil(possibly none). Get a basic 2 or 3 part nutrient, should last you awhile if your small scale. If you go coco coir make sure to get the stuff thats been treated for plants, usually the loose-fill bags. The bricks need to be treated, and may also contain lots of excess salt from not being washed properly. If you go all coir you'll need some nutrients for sure. I suggest a coco-specific blend as there is some chemistry-specific benefits of using coco.
There is a good coco/perlite blend out there called ReadyGro by botanicare that is 50/50 coco/perlite with a dash of trace nutrients to stabilize it. I recommend that at first if you can find it. I've only used the Aeration blend, but they have another thats suppose to hold more water, otherwise it will need watching over since it can dry out fast. The soil you have now will act as a water reserve though, so it will take a long time for that portion to dry compared to the coco. I use the Canna brand coco straight without anything else and I like it. The Canna representative told me they don't like using perlite, but didn't explain why other than their coco is blended to have an optimal (i think 43% air) air-water mixture. House and Garden also makes a good coco coir.
If you don't have that many lights then you're going to want to switch it into flower before it gets really big--but at least a week after transplanting, once the plant starts to show signs of growth again (and not before.)
Those spots are probably from the soil your in right now, deficiency of some sort. I wouldn't worry about a few lower leaves too much unless they keep getting worse--sometimes those older bottom leaves will have that problem but the rest of the plant will be perfectly healthy. The plant looks healthy, the main stalk is a nice thickness and healthy green color, but there is some nutrient problems developing as indicated from the lightening of the leaf. The first photo shows it the best, yellowing around the tips and between the veins of the leaf. And in the upper left there is some brown nasty-ness going on one of the leaves. Its only going to get worse.
I would try and wash away as much of that soil as possible when transplanting, if you have a spray hose for your sink they work great for gently blasting the soil away and not breaking the roots. Its a tricky operation and can go horribly wrong, but that soil doesn't have the right nutrient profile and the more you can get rid of the better.
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Re: 1st grow (moved) [Re: thedrake]
#696744 - 12/04/13 12:14 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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 This thread was moved from Grow Journals.
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This thread is better suited in the Cultivation forum. You could shape it up into a grow journal, but it seems like your at the level where you need more input than spectators.
This thread will explain some basic journal guidelines. Feel free to start another journal if your heart is set on it but you'd be fine keeping the one thread open for the entire run, and probably better off if you need to ask a lot of questions.
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wow!thanks alot for the info, exactly what i was looking for the upper leaves with some brown on them, got a little too close to the light.i do have a 400w hps for flowering when the time comes. im going to wait until it gets closer to xmas to flower. cant have the house too stinky when the family comes over for dinner.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#696868 - 12/04/13 05:54 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Light burn makes sense, but sometimes that will happen from nutrient deficiency, or on clones before they're rooted will die out with that burnt look.
You should use the 400 in veg also if you have it. The plant should like it better than the cfl's. Transplant as soon as you possible. You might need to cut the coffee can to avoid damaging the roots-- one of the reasons pots have a slight taper to them.
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sothis is what i picked up today from the local grow shop. they didnt have coco specific nutes. will this stuff work okay? any tips for the transplanting process?
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#697230 - 12/06/13 05:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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They carried coco, but not coco specific nutes? Weird.
Those nutes will work ok. Did you pick up a PPM or EC pen? It's not completely needed, but will help a ton.
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i think the lady that owns the store just opened it just because she thought it would be profitable.she didnt know anything about the products she was selling.
i didnt get an ec or ppm meter yet. i started this with almost no money to put towards it. so im buying a thing or two with each paycheck. next week im going to get a meter. should i get ec,ppm, or both?
i forgot to grab some ph up and down today as well. and the store is 30-35 miles away.
i got some ph testing liquid with the general hydroponics performance pack and found out my water has a ph of 7+
so i cant even switch to coir yet. i feel like a little kid staring at my new badass toy with no batteries.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#697260 - 12/06/13 07:58 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You would get one or the other. I always preferred a PPM meter, that really because it's what I started with. Other people prefer EC.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#697291 - 12/06/13 10:36 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've rarely needed pH+, only when I've overshot the pH-, but even then I just use water to raise it back up/dilute.
A ppm meter is just the reads the EC and multiplies it by a constant--which depends on the brand. EC is suppose to be more universal, but ppm's is still an acceptable calculation.
ppm and pH are not essential that you use a meter, but a meter will help. Those pH drops work for awhile but you'll eventually want to get a meter once those drops start running out, they just suck to use after awhile. And as long as your not mixing full strength the entire time you probably won't have a problem with too high of a ppm, just watch the plants for any signs of nute burn (brown/yellowing tips and edges of leaves) and learn the plant and how it likes your nutrients.
You should be fine for a few days not adjusting the pH, it will drop a little once you mix up the nutrients and the plant will usually be fine for a bit, but its not ideal. Especially since you'll have a soil-coir hybrid you'll have two different pH optimal ranges for absorption. You'll probably want to adjust it to somewhere between the two, like 6.3.
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i transplanted to some coir 2 days ago and things seem to be going decent.would the hps be better for veg. than what i got now? also how long should i wait after transplanting before i can start some lst?
a couple pics of the roots when i transplanted.
i think the deformed looking leaves are where they got burnt by the light.
new seedling that doesnt look the best.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake] 1
#702162 - 12/25/13 06:55 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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ive been running a 400w mh for about 10 days now and my plant seems to be likeing it. i just got a temp gauge and found out my box was getting upto 90* when the mh was on. i opened a door to the next room which is not heated and turned my ballast down to 75% power. temps are about 80* now.some of my leaves are droopy and kinda yellow. do you think thats from the high heat for 10days that caused this or some kind of nutrient deficiency?
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#704538 - 01/04/14 05:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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DAY 3 of flowering
ive improved my ventilation a bit. i installed a 6in inline fan thats rated at 250cfm. i also got a 50cfm fan sitting in front of my intake hole. i got her tied down all around the pot, trying to keep the height down. shes definitly a girl. ive spotted some calyxs with pistils sticking out.cool tube and carbon filter will be here by friday. cant wait to actually see some buds!
hows she looking so far?
  
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#704611 - 01/04/14 10:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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How often are you watering? And how much each time? They look a little droopy, but fairly healthy overall.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#704620 - 01/05/14 04:54 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Looks decent but a few of those leaves need to feed, notice the yellow/green striping between the outer veins. Some signs of heat stress as well. Have you given the plant a full dose of nutrients yet? If not I'd try giving them full strength when the soil starts to dry out and see how the plant respond. Wait till the pot is light when picking it up to make sure it dries enough between waterings. Watch the plant for any negative signs but its large enough it can take a good dose without torching it.
The coco portion of your medium has absolutely no nutrients in it and the plants will start showing deficiency immediately if you don't feed. Your soil core will be unable able to support that large of a structure for very long(and was already showing signs of deficiency in early veg.) When I put clones in pure coco they need full strength nutrients within a week or two, but if you did that in soil you'd probably kill them.
Should be a good harvest if you keep it up.
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i was watering every other day with about .5 gallon of diluted nutrients. ive started to water daily with 1 litre of full strength nutrients when i started to flower. i was scared of burning her is why i was holding back on the nutes.
even after installing the 6in fan i cant seem to get temps under 84. im going to play with the intake hole size today to see if that helps.
been reading up on cheap digital ballasts causing rf interfence. is this still a problem? i got mine from apollo horticulture, their website says the ballasts are rf sheilded. my sat tv, wifi, fm radio, and cell phones work without problems.i dont get any am radio stations with ballast on or off. does this mean that my neighbors stuff should be working too? there is no cable company around here. almost all rf issues ive read about involved cable companys.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#704709 - 01/05/14 12:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm gay and like hary dicks.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#704744 - 01/05/14 02:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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i was watering every other day with about .5 gallon of diluted nutrients. ive started to water daily with 1 litre of full strength nutrients when i started to flower. i was scared of burning her is why i was holding back on the nutes.
even after installing the 6in fan i cant seem to get temps under 84. im going to play with the intake hole size today to see if that helps.
been reading up on cheap digital ballasts causing rf interfence. is this still a problem? i got mine from apollo horticulture, their website says the ballasts are rf sheilded. my sat tv, wifi, fm radio, and cell phones work without problems.i dont get any am radio stations with ballast on or off. does this mean that my neighbors stuff should be working too? there is no cable company around here. almost all rf issues ive read about involved cable companys.
Don't worry about the rf stuff, sounds like you're fine.
You have been watering WAY too often. Like phyco said, you need to wait until the pots are dry. And then water thoroughly. Weight of the pot is a great way to determine that like Phyco said as well.
85 as a high temp, is just fine. That being said, what is the temp at the top of the canopy?
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Edited by Hawksresurrection (01/05/14 02:52 PM)
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thedrake
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~84 when the light is on.~64 when the light is off. im going to start watering when the pot feels light. thanks for the help guys
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#704769 - 01/05/14 04:31 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Where are those temps being taken at? Have you measured what temps the top of the leaves are getting?
This tool is a great thing to have laying around the grow room.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/140827165941?lpid=82
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about an inch or two above the leaves. not sure how much itrust it though, just a cheap thermometer from home depot.
i had no idea those things were so cheap. i will put it on my never ending wish list. it seems like i find new shit to buy daily.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#704833 - 01/05/14 06:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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about an inch or two above the leaves. not sure how much itrust it though, just a cheap thermometer from home depot.
i had no idea those things were so cheap. i will put it on my never ending wish list. it seems like i find new shit to buy daily.
I feel ya there man. The grow shops are like a toys r us for growers, but shit I never leave one without spending close to a hundred bucks everytime (which is probably not much compared to the size of the grows most guys got going on here). I'm still in soil so all the hydro equipment looks like a wonderland.lol
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Hydro is fine, I've been preferring soil these last few years though. But I've been thinking of switching it back. I'm tired of having shit tons of soil to dispose of.
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Quote:
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Hydro is fine, I've been preferring soil these last few years though. But I've been thinking of switching it back. I'm tired of having shit tons of soil to dispose of.
We have a vegetable garden outside that we use the soil in. We give out veggies during harvest time to the neighbors so they don't think anything of us having soil in the backyard.
The hydro stuff would be fun, but the equipment seems daunting and expensive.
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I do raised beds, but living in the city, I only have so much space to keep putting the soil. I run 3-4 50 gallon tubs of soil for each grow. That adds up quickly over the years.
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One of the great things about switching to coco is that its reusable and I don't have to haul a bunch of bags in and out of my apartment. You get the best of hydroponics without having to do an ebb and flow system or recirculating tank, so their is no tank maintenance to worry about. I use blumats to water but want to upgrade to a drain to waste setup to keep them flushed better.
Hydro equipment is hella cheap and the operation is very basic. For my coco drain to waste setup I just paid $60 for a 2x4 tray, few more buck for some hose and fittings.
You would need $30-50 on a pump, $60 on ppm and ph meter, $20 on a timer and a few other random things your looking at around $200 for a basic ebb/flow system, but could easily do a drain to waste for just a little bit more. Coco is the way to go for hydroponic simplicity and amazing results.
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Quote:
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I do raised beds, but living in the city, I only have so much space to keep putting the soil. I run 3-4 50 gallon tubs of soil for each grow. That adds up quickly over the years.
Raised beds are awesome for peppers. Yeah I can see that much soil piling up pretty fast.
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One of the great things about switching to coco is that its reusable and I don't have to haul a bunch of bags in and out of my apartment. You get the best of hydroponics without having to do an ebb and flow system or recirculating tank, so their is no tank maintenance to worry about. I use blumats to water but want to upgrade to a drain to waste setup to keep them flushed better.
Hydro equipment is hella cheap and the operation is very basic. For my coco drain to waste setup I just paid $60 for a 2x4 tray, few more buck for some hose and fittings.
You would need $30-50 on a pump, $60 on ppm and ph meter, $20 on a timer and a few other random things your looking at around $200 for a basic ebb/flow system, but could easily do a drain to waste for just a little bit more. Coco is the way to go for hydroponic simplicity and amazing results.
Every grower I have talked to says its a little messy at times, but if you want awesome results coco is the way to go. Once I get a few plants flowered out in soil I am going to stick my toe in the water on hydroponics.
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You can get just as good of results from soil as opposed to hydro or coco/soilless.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#710939 - 02/01/14 05:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is that cool tube not being vented?
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it is. just hard to tell from those pictures.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#710986 - 02/02/14 02:20 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good shit. Was wondering what you think of that cool tube, like do you regret getting a cool tube vs a closed hood? need to get something for the summer and wondering if those cool tubes suck or not. Also do you know if it's possible to take out the reflector part inside the tube? Although I guess taking out the inside reflector and putting an added reflector on top of the glass would just mean the reflected light goes through more layers of glass.
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The standard hoods have a better footprint than cool tubes.
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i think i would have rather gotten an aircooled hood.i knew cool tubes have a smaller footprint than air cooled hoods before i made my purchase. i just didnt think that would matter much with my small setup. the ct has a noticabley smaller footprint than my open reflector, even in my small grow cab. i wish i would have gotten the air cooled hood.
im not sure if you can take out the inside reflector or not. i can check later when the lights come on.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#711026 - 02/02/14 01:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well I was thinking of getting a cool tube then taking out that aluminum piece and using my generic non air cooled hood over the tube. I have an idea how to combine them.
Either that or 40$ more for a hood I like. magnilume pro
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#711845 - 02/05/14 04:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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day 34 of flowering
i ended up going back to my open reflector. i just wasnt happy with the cooltubes foot print. it also seems like the light at the canopy wasnt as bright.
i moved my exhaust fan to hopefully be able to suck out heat more effeciantly.i also pointed my intake air right at the light.
midgetpawn: it doesnt seem like the reflector on the inside of the tube can be easily removed.
heres a couple of pics without the hps on.
im hoping for at least 14 grams. is that reasonable?
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#716943 - 02/22/14 02:22 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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day 51 flower
  
       
im finding at least 1 nanner on every bud! plus i got mites moving in!
trichs are 85% cloudy with only 1-2% amber the rest are clear. i really wanted to wait for at least 25% amber but im afraid of more nanners and mites.should i chop her down? ive got plants to take her place.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#717042 - 02/22/14 07:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Chop while it's still worth chopping and you don't end up with a bunch of hash making material.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: Magash]
#717043 - 02/22/14 07:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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you should prob deal with ur mite issue ASAP too, those bastard are a pain in the ass!!
Especially if u got other plants on the go that are/may be infected
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Re: 1st grow [Re: P-O]
#717069 - 02/23/14 08:16 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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off with her head! i got some neem oil for the mites but i didnt want to use any on this plant with it so close to being harvested. i have used it on my vegging plants.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#717071 - 02/23/14 08:29 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Get you some "Ladybugs". Spidermites aren't the Ladybugs favorite food, but Ladybugs will eat the shit out of some spidermites. Fungus gnats are Ladybugs favorite food.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: hamloaf]
#717104 - 02/23/14 02:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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im going to put the styrofoam cooler in a dark room with a fan blowing away from the cooler. does that sound alrite for the drying process? any one want to take a guess at the dry weight? im guessing 28 grams.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#717106 - 02/23/14 02:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Congrats on your first harvest.
Many first time growers dont get to see buds... so be happy u got something
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thedrake
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Re: 1st grow [Re: P-O]
#717111 - 02/23/14 02:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks man. harvesting this plant has to be one of the most satisfying moments of my life. honestly i would of been happy with just the main cola.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#717171 - 02/23/14 08:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Congrats man! Feels good to finish up trimming on your own harvest!!
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Inocuole
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Truth be told, I wasn't paying that much attention and I thought I was looking at 3-4 plants in a lot of the pictures. That said, nice fuckin job on training that bush!
Sucks you had to chop it but I'm betting it still produces some pretty good nugs.
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thedrake
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Re: 1st grow [Re: Inocuole]
#718470 - 02/28/14 06:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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i got 52 grams of bud and 2 grams of bho   
way more than i expected. if i wouldnt have taken a couple samples throughout the grow i may have hit 2 ounces. thank you everyone for the help!!!
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P-O
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#718471 - 02/28/14 06:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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nothing wrong with that.
Those dabs look tasty
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Inocuole
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Re: 1st grow [Re: P-O]
#718476 - 02/28/14 07:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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What did you use to make that BHO? I've been thinking about doing that with my trim and some of the not-so-hot looking buds. I've heard of people using metal pipes with holes drilled in, just enough to get the tip of the butane can in there. I think I also heard PVC was a bad choice due to the plastic particles breaking off in frigid temps.
The only thing I'm stuck on is the tube part.
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thedrake
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Re: 1st grow [Re: Inocuole]
#718479 - 02/28/14 07:33 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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in the cannabis grow bible it says pvc is no good but polypropylene or polyethylene are suitable plastics to use for butane extraction. i used a 24in polypropylene tube with i think 1in diameter. two end caps made of pp. 1 with a single hole for the butane and the other cap with many holes like a shower head. also a few coffee filters over the multi hole cap. i got everything at home depot. cost like $5 to make.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#718498 - 02/28/14 08:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Local head shop around here have 30 gram glass tubes to sell. They sell you a screen/filter to pop on too!
I havent tried it yet but have been thinking about it! Have a buddy that might help me do a small sample batch this weekend
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thedrake
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ive been wanting to make/buy a glass extractor for awhile now but i cant find any glass tubes locally. i dont really want to pay $75-$100 on a glass extractor when there are so many things to get for my grow room.
have you ever tried bho? if not i highly recommend making that batch. the shit is amazing. the first time i tried it was about 8 months ago and i got so fucking high. borderline psychedelic. thats with a hefty tolerance too.
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Inocuole
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#718509 - 02/28/14 09:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've only ever made BHO with some shitty regs, I'm anxious to try it out with trim and buds. It didn't taste very good coming from bunk weed. Plus vaping my own oil would be incredibly nice.
I have smoked some good oil before though and I agree with him that you should go ahead and go for it. Done right, it's just... everything good and nothing bad.
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Re: 1st grow [Re: Inocuole]
#718511 - 02/28/14 09:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ive tried some shady shit my buddy made a month ago. Didnt have a good rig to smoke it with either! Im kinda stoked to try making some this weekend.... I have 3 ounces of dried mini buds and top grade trimmings to use for my bho. 
mMaking my first batch of tinture this week too!
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thedrake
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you should get a pretty good amount of oil with that much starting material i was thinking about throwning some buds in with the trim but i didnt know if it would be worth it
ive never tried a tincture. is that like an edible high? it would be cool if you could concentrate it down to like a drop or two per dose.
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BluntguY 207
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Re: 1st grow [Re: thedrake]
#718583 - 03/01/14 05:16 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah the last time I tried some tinture it was in a dropper and you put a dropper full under your tounge. Great body buzz and good high for bed time!
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