guymandude
- 605
- 143
I've been bothering folks over here long enough, I figure I'd better start a journal of sorts. I've been growing 10 years. Started with 3 beans in a single pot with FFOF and the Fox Farms trio, under a 400 watt HPS. I fried those plants to a crisp, literally. Then I joined a online community and started learning.
Over the years, my grow rooms have evolved and changed. I'm a crusty ol bugger and I like to play. I started with my first real grow room was a 1K watt HPS in a homemade hurricane lamp cool tube in soil with Fox Farms and got some great buds, thanks to the online community I was a part of. That evolved into a 4K watt flower room 10x17 with running water, 2 circuit breaker boxes and an 18K BTU mini split AC, separate clone/veg room and my mother plants had a small room all to themselves. That was the best set up I've had to date. Where I am now is in a different house (old crappy house with a crappy basement) with a 3K watt flower room, the same mini split AC, running water (Evolution RO unit with the DI post filter, and inline ozone generators for odor control, exhausted out of the house, of course. The last time I had to haul a CAN 150 up a flight of stairs was indeed the last time i ever wanted to do that shit again.
My veg room is a mess. I am currently running 1 8 bulb T5 loaded with veg bulbs and a couple Hortilux powerveg bulbs, 1 2 bulb T5, 1 4 bulb T5, 1 400 watt MH (air cooled) and 1 apollo 8 LED. I like the powerveg bubls a lot. I'm seeing faster plant and root growth using them. You only want them to be 50% or less of the bulbs you are using - they will fry your plants.
I run Advanced Nutrients Jungle Juice 2 part in both hand watered coco and hydro. No I don't buy into all the hype and I don't have all the ridiculous additives and BS. I run the Hobbyist line and for all the crap many growers spew about how terrible AN is, I will say this shit works exceptionally well.
Jungle Juice is the old pre-pH perfect Sensi line. I also add in B52, Bug Bud (weeks 1.5-6 or so in flower), Voodoo Juice (yes, expensive and I friggin love this stuff, so do my plants), Overdrive (last week before the flush) I also add in Bud Factor X (again expensive and it gives a noticeable difference in the buds), Sugar Daddy (i think it's something in the sulfur that adds to the terp profile of the finished buds - they are delicious), and Great White myco. I have a system: I fill 2.5 gallon gas can with RO water. 1 full shot glass of base nutes, the additives are 1/2 a shot of each at the appropriate time in growth, ph to 6.1, feed, water, feed, water, feed, water, wash rinse repeat. I have not fried a plant in flower since I stopped using GH nutes, period. If I get a little tip burn, I've give them 2 waterings in a row. It's that easy. I have found that AN is gentle on the plants and the nutrients are more bioavailable.
My Moms are in FFOF and I feed them a variety of stuff, Sea Bird Guano, epsom salts, Fox Farms nutes, cal mag, etc.
I'll say first and foremost this:
I don't freak out over a yellow leaf or 2 on a plant, the occasional pH twisting, tacoing of leaves, or minor stuff like that.
just saying. I have just come out of a 2 1/2 year long broad mite infestation. For 2 years, I had no idea what the hell was going on. After I found out about the broad mites, I fought them for 6 months with everything: AVID, Green Cleaner, Forbid, etc, you name it, I tried it. I did a total clean out and the rooms sat empty for 4 months. After that total hell, I will welcome a tacoing leaf with open arms. Life's too short
current Strains:
Black Berry Kush - clone only - tastes like Blackberry syrup with fresh Thyme and a hint of lime. Great relaxing daytime smoke - makes me relaxed, happy and want to dance.
Blue Mystic - Nirvana - variety of flavors in this girl - berry with citrus and hints of mint. Another great daytime smoke
Skywalker Kush - Riserva Privada - smkunky skunky skunky. Nice buzz. too
Double Strawberry Diesel - Reservoir - I bought these beans back in 08. grew out a few and love her so much I made F2's then did 2 backcrosses to my mom. I think i have about 20 of those beans left. She has a beautiful earthy taste with a sharp wild strawberry finish and her high is all soaring ECSD. I mean you'll feel like you're being sucked into the couch while floating 10 feet above your body. Scared the shit out of me the first time 2 friends and i smoked her out of a bong. 3 of us couldn't finish the bowl. I thought it was permanent, :facepalm:
Hippy Slayer - Clone only phenotype of Bodhi's Dirty Hippy x Road Kill Unicorn. First girl will come down this coming weekend depending on how the trichs loks. Friday will be 9 weeks but she doesn't feel done yet.
Kali Mist - yes I like old school genetics. I just started one girl in hydro in the flower. I'll post more as information comes available.
C99 (Holy Grail cut) x Starfighter - test grow for a friend.
Cali O x Starfighter - again a test grow for a friend.
newer plants -
LA Confidential - my all time favorite. Such simple genetics. I can take 3 tokes, dance on the table tops at the bar and after a couple hours want to sit and melt into the couch. My back won't hurt for 3 days too. The potency on this girl is off the hook. I rolled a nice 110mm cone and smoked out 8 people at the bar one night. When the joint was done, a good friend sat with his head in his hands he was so high. I had trouble seeing well enough to drive home. I popped my last 3 beans. I got these in 09, i believe, before DNA lost their LA mom, so I am praying for a male out of the 3 plants i have. I will make beans and do some back crossing
Clementine - Madd Farmer - Madd was kind enough to send me his Clementine beans, which is one of his staple plants he does his crosses with. Supposed to be much like LA. She looks dangerous
D-Con - popped this girl on a whim - she just sounds ridiculous. It's Soma's NYCD x LA Confidential. i fail to see how that could be bad. I got one bean to pop and I hope for a girl.
I'm looking forward to getting the Holy Grail cut back. She is alos one of my top 5 favorites. She tastes like fresh passion fruit and makes me want to get naked and run down the middle of the street. She was my go to strain for taking to concerts.
now, lets see if i can figure out how to upload pictures.......
hey, that was easy..
The hydro project is basically me just playing around and seeing what happens if I do this or that. I have a blackberry kush in a cooled bucket in the veg room that i have high hoped for though. stay tuned.
I'll try to spare everyone the boring stuff.
anyway, thanks for stopping by
Have a Grateful and Freaky day!
Over the years, my grow rooms have evolved and changed. I'm a crusty ol bugger and I like to play. I started with my first real grow room was a 1K watt HPS in a homemade hurricane lamp cool tube in soil with Fox Farms and got some great buds, thanks to the online community I was a part of. That evolved into a 4K watt flower room 10x17 with running water, 2 circuit breaker boxes and an 18K BTU mini split AC, separate clone/veg room and my mother plants had a small room all to themselves. That was the best set up I've had to date. Where I am now is in a different house (old crappy house with a crappy basement) with a 3K watt flower room, the same mini split AC, running water (Evolution RO unit with the DI post filter, and inline ozone generators for odor control, exhausted out of the house, of course. The last time I had to haul a CAN 150 up a flight of stairs was indeed the last time i ever wanted to do that shit again.
My veg room is a mess. I am currently running 1 8 bulb T5 loaded with veg bulbs and a couple Hortilux powerveg bulbs, 1 2 bulb T5, 1 4 bulb T5, 1 400 watt MH (air cooled) and 1 apollo 8 LED. I like the powerveg bubls a lot. I'm seeing faster plant and root growth using them. You only want them to be 50% or less of the bulbs you are using - they will fry your plants.
I run Advanced Nutrients Jungle Juice 2 part in both hand watered coco and hydro. No I don't buy into all the hype and I don't have all the ridiculous additives and BS. I run the Hobbyist line and for all the crap many growers spew about how terrible AN is, I will say this shit works exceptionally well.
Jungle Juice is the old pre-pH perfect Sensi line. I also add in B52, Bug Bud (weeks 1.5-6 or so in flower), Voodoo Juice (yes, expensive and I friggin love this stuff, so do my plants), Overdrive (last week before the flush) I also add in Bud Factor X (again expensive and it gives a noticeable difference in the buds), Sugar Daddy (i think it's something in the sulfur that adds to the terp profile of the finished buds - they are delicious), and Great White myco. I have a system: I fill 2.5 gallon gas can with RO water. 1 full shot glass of base nutes, the additives are 1/2 a shot of each at the appropriate time in growth, ph to 6.1, feed, water, feed, water, feed, water, wash rinse repeat. I have not fried a plant in flower since I stopped using GH nutes, period. If I get a little tip burn, I've give them 2 waterings in a row. It's that easy. I have found that AN is gentle on the plants and the nutrients are more bioavailable.
My Moms are in FFOF and I feed them a variety of stuff, Sea Bird Guano, epsom salts, Fox Farms nutes, cal mag, etc.
I'll say first and foremost this:
I don't freak out over a yellow leaf or 2 on a plant, the occasional pH twisting, tacoing of leaves, or minor stuff like that.
just saying. I have just come out of a 2 1/2 year long broad mite infestation. For 2 years, I had no idea what the hell was going on. After I found out about the broad mites, I fought them for 6 months with everything: AVID, Green Cleaner, Forbid, etc, you name it, I tried it. I did a total clean out and the rooms sat empty for 4 months. After that total hell, I will welcome a tacoing leaf with open arms. Life's too short
current Strains:
Black Berry Kush - clone only - tastes like Blackberry syrup with fresh Thyme and a hint of lime. Great relaxing daytime smoke - makes me relaxed, happy and want to dance.
Blue Mystic - Nirvana - variety of flavors in this girl - berry with citrus and hints of mint. Another great daytime smoke
Skywalker Kush - Riserva Privada - smkunky skunky skunky. Nice buzz. too
Double Strawberry Diesel - Reservoir - I bought these beans back in 08. grew out a few and love her so much I made F2's then did 2 backcrosses to my mom. I think i have about 20 of those beans left. She has a beautiful earthy taste with a sharp wild strawberry finish and her high is all soaring ECSD. I mean you'll feel like you're being sucked into the couch while floating 10 feet above your body. Scared the shit out of me the first time 2 friends and i smoked her out of a bong. 3 of us couldn't finish the bowl. I thought it was permanent, :facepalm:
Hippy Slayer - Clone only phenotype of Bodhi's Dirty Hippy x Road Kill Unicorn. First girl will come down this coming weekend depending on how the trichs loks. Friday will be 9 weeks but she doesn't feel done yet.
Kali Mist - yes I like old school genetics. I just started one girl in hydro in the flower. I'll post more as information comes available.
C99 (Holy Grail cut) x Starfighter - test grow for a friend.
Cali O x Starfighter - again a test grow for a friend.
newer plants -
LA Confidential - my all time favorite. Such simple genetics. I can take 3 tokes, dance on the table tops at the bar and after a couple hours want to sit and melt into the couch. My back won't hurt for 3 days too. The potency on this girl is off the hook. I rolled a nice 110mm cone and smoked out 8 people at the bar one night. When the joint was done, a good friend sat with his head in his hands he was so high. I had trouble seeing well enough to drive home. I popped my last 3 beans. I got these in 09, i believe, before DNA lost their LA mom, so I am praying for a male out of the 3 plants i have. I will make beans and do some back crossing
Clementine - Madd Farmer - Madd was kind enough to send me his Clementine beans, which is one of his staple plants he does his crosses with. Supposed to be much like LA. She looks dangerous
D-Con - popped this girl on a whim - she just sounds ridiculous. It's Soma's NYCD x LA Confidential. i fail to see how that could be bad. I got one bean to pop and I hope for a girl.
I'm looking forward to getting the Holy Grail cut back. She is alos one of my top 5 favorites. She tastes like fresh passion fruit and makes me want to get naked and run down the middle of the street. She was my go to strain for taking to concerts.
now, lets see if i can figure out how to upload pictures.......
hey, that was easy..
The hydro project is basically me just playing around and seeing what happens if I do this or that. I have a blackberry kush in a cooled bucket in the veg room that i have high hoped for though. stay tuned.
I'll try to spare everyone the boring stuff.
anyway, thanks for stopping by
Have a Grateful and Freaky day!