Aqua Man's first grow diary

Aqua Man said:

I was breaking the law for the few days with 6 so it was in my interest to only make sure I have 4 germ to go into the system. So I did 6 beans to ensure that I had 4. The other 2 went to a buddies house. To me it's not worth the risk when it's legal to have 4. Lose all my equipment and fines plus criminal charges for 2 seedlings .. no thanks. But it's not like I destroyed them

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I do the exact same thing. I unload most my extras on to my dad and another buddy. I constantly kill plants. Just culled 2 today. 4 is harsh. But at the same time, I'm so glad we are allowed that.

I'm sure in time the laws will lighten up. Till then I have to keep 1 mother that i will have to learn to graft other strains on to. 2 in flower, and 1 floater that can be testing, or vegging before it goes to a flower tent.

It's very hard to get a perpetual system with just 4 plants. But I'll do my best

BigCube said:

I do the exact same thing. I unload most my extras on to my dad and another buddy. I constantly kill plants. Just culled 2 today. 4 is harsh. But at the same time, I'm so glad we are allowed that.

I'm sure in time the laws will lighten up. Till then I have to keep 1 mother that i will have to learn to graft other strains on to. 2 in flower, and 1 floater that can be testing, or vegging before it goes to a flower tent.

It's very hard to get a perpetual system with just 4 plants. But I'll do my best

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Truth. I can easily get my amcr but there are reasons I don't. I'm happy with what I have... For now. I would love to do a lot more but if I get my amcr I know myself... It will be a bad scene lol

BigCube said:

Mine is down to a single leaf. I didn't full reveg. I had it in veg for 3 weeks or so testing a wick/net pot system. Then I dumped it in to DWC in the flower tent. Lol. So shes right fucked up I'm sure.

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I'm not going to fully flower it. I was just testing the wick to DWC system to see if it's a good way to start from clone. And it was!

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ive got plenty of buds off plants wit wild fingers,from 1 to 3 sets,i had some roy walker that wasnt a reveg ,and from seed the damn plants all had 1 and 3 finger sets of leaves but turned out to be one the best smokes ive had ,and ive smoked a few hahahah

An ACMPR personal grow certificare is well worth it if its feasible. I got mine for my chronic back pain very easily and stayed with a small reasonable prescription by most standards, and I lay low. But I know dudes that have been growing under MMAR or ACMPR regs for almost 2 decades. It's just the only way to keep numerous strains long term under the new legal framework. Very little downsides imho. Annual renewal is a pain but whatever... Its incredibly nice to both grow a reasonable amount of plants and still sleep at night. I grew unlicensed for years and it made me paranoid, but there is no way In hell I could ever stick to the stupid 4 plant rule. I've been growing as many plants as I want for 20+ years, and that's not going to change.

Indiva710 said:

If your that prone to dropping plants with your butter fingers maybe u should check out growstones instead they don't roll all over the place like hydroton does......

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i think if they would give me some bionic fingers be better at the job,shit i just lost 4 plants about month and half ago,matter of fact had to start over hahahahah,you know another good tips is drink coffee ,do transplanting,not drink coffee smoke a bowl do transplanting haahah

oldskol4evr said:

ive got plenty of buds off plants wit wild fingers,from 1 to 3 sets,i had some roy walker that wasnt a reveg ,and from seed the damn plants all had 1 and 3 finger sets of leaves but turned out to be one the best smokes ive had ,and ive smoked a few hahahah

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Hah, maybe I should have flowered it just to see what it did. Lol. But sadly it's already in the compost.

BigCube said:

It happens... not saying I'm stupid... but I was installing my carbon filter a few weeks ago in the new tent. When I dropped it on my gelato. Snapped it right in half, took out 3 of the lower branches..

I'm damn lucky it lived, the filter filled the top of the 3.5g pot. It could have been much worse

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ive done that myself,now days that filter better last the whole grow because it is ratchette strapped to the top of that tent,id have to take every thing out of it to even try and replace it,ya that shit wasnt cool at all had one i veged for 2 months and was 3 weeks flower ,so i feel your pain,i dont even no why they bother to send them flimsy ass straps with the filter

Damn that's crazy I don't use the straps they come with I attach a pipe clamp or eye hook and then attach the ratchet strap to it and hasn't failed me yet which that's how they should make them actually except for the large ones that sit vertical...
Damn 4 plants only that sucks I thought my 12 was bad but can do 6 bloom at a time however I do 4 and the rest is in veg and clones ....A increase plant count here is worthless to me for getting one as 12plants is the max a residential house can have here and def not renting a warehouse or letting a bs poison infested dispensary to grow my meds for me I think fuckn not mine is actually medical cannabis not shit full of poisons and bs...fuck that which is why I started growing well one of the reasons

13 days from sprout (I think) to lazy to look back.

Just some pics to show growths Ina couple days. Still no roots out the net pot from the one I dropped it causing me issues dialing in. The bigger plants are asking for higher VPD and the little guy hates it. Sitting in the middle is slowing me down.

Also new ph pen on the way. Calibrated it then tested ph was like wtf 6.2? Was at 5.8 yesterday and my ph doesn't drift that much from experience. Recalibrate it again and I get a ph of wtf 5.4..... new pen will be here Monday. It's not a bluelab and I'm already Kickin myself over that. But we will see.

Anyhow here are the pics of the mediocrely happy plants in no order.

Yeah man, I'm probably going back to DWC. I miss the explosive growth.

BigCube said:

Yeah man, I'm probably going back to DWC. I miss the explosive growth.

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I find it pretty fast but I don't have much experience in others. If i pull lottery odds and end up with all females I'm probably 3 weeks from flip.

They look very happy. Whats your PPM at this stage?

Aqua Man said:

13 days from sprout (I think) to lazy to look back.

Just some pics to show growths Ina couple days. Still no roots out the net pot from the one I dropped it causing me issues dialing in. The bigger plants are asking for higher VPD and the little guy hates it. Sitting in the middle is slowing me down.

Also new ph pen on the way. Calibrated it then tested ph was like wtf 6.2? Was at 5.8 yesterday and my ph doesn't drift that much from experience. Recalibrate it again and I get a ph of wtf 5.4..... new pen will be here Monday. It's not a bluelab and I'm already Kickin myself over that. But we will see.

Anyhow here are the pics of the mediocrely happy plants in no order.

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sometimes you got to nip um in the bud bro,holding you up you got to make that decision,a friend gave me a blue lab pen,that thing never did work for me i wound up throwing it away,i just been buying the cheap amazon special but seems like im buying a new one every couple months,i had a oakten that lasted me a year if it remember right,i just cant get myself to foot 75 bucks for a blue lab,but hear all yall say how great they are,shit maybe he gave the pen to me because it wasnt worth a shit from the beginning hahah

oldskol4evr said:

sometimes you got to nip um in the bud bro,holding you up you got to make that decision,a friend gave me a blue lab pen,that thing never did work for me i wound up throwing it away,i just been buying the cheap amazon special but seems like im buying a new one every couple months,i had a oakten that lasted me a year if it remember right,i just cant get myself to foot 75 bucks for a blue lab,but hear all yall say how great they are,shit maybe he gave the pen to me because it wasnt worth a shit from the beginning hahah

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ya blue lab aint worth it , just hype, are they good quality, sure, but the cheap ones work just as good if u take care of them...and after a while using them , if u keep the same routine, u dont really need one anyway....mileage

OdlaFett said:

They look very happy. Whats your PPM at this stage?

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Its at 400 total PPM (130ppm tap and 270 mega crop) I will probably be bumping it to 350ppm mega crop in the next few days.

Srenots said:

ya blue lab aint worth it , just hype, are they good quality, sure, but the cheap ones work just as good if u take care of them...and after a while using them , if u keep the same routine, u dont really need one anyway....mileage

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Yea i didn't look after this one at all. This time i bought everything to make my own storage solution and enough to last my grand kids, grand kids a lifetime.

I have my Hanna groline hi 9814 and I love it it was a bit pricey however I got a steal on it as I got x2 extra probes..You only use 1 solution quick cal for all your calibrating and it's done not having to have 4 diff solutions to calibrate the meter and it's hella accurate....
You can find a couple okay cheap ones like the hm yellow and black pH meter is actually not too terrible ...But do not buy a cheap tri meter they are worthless like can't even be used u would have better luck guessing lol

Indiva710 said:

I have my Hanna groline hi 9814 and I love it it was a bit pricey however I got a steal on it as I got x2 extra probes..You only use 1 solution quick cal for all your calibrating and it's done not having to have 4 diff solutions to calibrate the meter and it's hella accurate....
You can find a couple okay cheap ones like the hm yellow and black pH meter is actually not too terrible ...But do not buy a cheap tri meter they are worthless like can't even be used u would have better luck guessing lol

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It a 1 point cal also. Apera... again hoping its decent as it not one i have used before. I used to have a bluelab and was good until i fucked it right up and before that was milwaukee.

This is it.

Ya I never heard of that brand before but for that price you could of got a Hanna groline pH meter and it does 0.00 like how it should be not a must have but makes it easier as there is a big difference from 0.0 to 0.00 however it's not like your doing coral and fish where shit like that is crucial

Indiva710 said:

Ya I never heard of that brand before but for that price you could of got a Hanna groline pH meter and it does 0.00 like how it should be not a must have but makes it easier as there is a big difference from 0.0 to 0.00 however it's not like your doing coral and fish where shit like that is crucial

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Not even close to the same price man

https://indoorgrowingcanada.com/products/hanna-instrument-hanna-groline-ph-ec-tds-temp-meter-hi-9814