The ZIP ZONE, UNZIPPED! 2010

[zipflip]

nice grow. Good yield, also, for the system and plant size. Keep up the great work!

thanks altitude!

 

[zipflip]

heres shot of the flower room just few minutes ago.
i got 3 buckets on the way right at just bout 2 weeks flower. 2 buckets in middle are 8 weeks flower, and 2 buckets and the round pot are on the left row. round pot is 8 weeks also and the 2 buckets in front it are 2 weeks.
sorry for the lightin in the shot. i've no idea how to make a pic look good under HPS lighting.

 

[zipflip]

i also have 4 of the same strain in veg been veggin for almost 2 months now and been topped every branch twice so far. and trained pinned down wit wire stakes i made form a roll of anchor wire i just cut strips off and bend a hook on one end after straitening it out and viola. ya got enuff on that rol for a life time of LST stakes.
i try not to reuse any as tehy do start to rust if in soil for more than few months. and im plants are all small and short lived so...
veg 1 week and flower for 10, usually. with an occassional diff style like teh first pix in this thread i posted .
and my 4 beasties in veg im workin on a seperate small 2.5x2.5'x? cab forthem.
got 4 12x12x12 square 4gallon pots for them 4 which im repotting into either tonite yet or within next day or two. depends how stoned i get.
but i have my old refurbished HPS as extra so i finger i'll put it to good use for at least one nice size run at least. i plan on taking a break on indoors this summer for couple/few months to vacation and camp and fishing etc etc so iwanna somewhat outgrow myself as much as i can until bout may and have enuff to ride the summer out.
tis my plan anyway. but im so hooked on this growin thing i dont know wat i'll do not ahving some ladies to look over/after.
i might get lost ...

 

[BayArea]

Whats up Zip, nice pics......

 

[lurch]

hey zip everything is looking gooooooood. yeah i got em back i think. new growth is starting again, but color is still lagging. 3 LA cons are up & loving my soil mix. so i know that i got that dialed so if the others conk out i know it was that garbage coco. sucks though cause ive had my 600 mh kicking for a good month & i should be flowering now but looks like 1 more to go. wish i could run my floros but basement is 58*. space heater eats 1500w so mh it is. nex month ill be popping some early misty gifted by a friend which gets so purple it looks black, @ least when grown OD.

 

[TheIrieOne]

really nice man.. I like how ripe they look also the way you bush 'em out like that.. nice touch.

 

[SUPERBABY]

Looking good right up the middle brutha
;)

 

[zipflip]

hey zip everything is looking gooooooood. yeah i got em back i think. new growth is starting again, but color is still lagging. 3 LA cons are up & loving my soil mix. so i know that i got that dialed so if the others conk out i know it was that garbage coco. sucks though cause ive had my 600 mh kicking for a good month & i should be flowering now but looks like 1 more to go. wish i could run my floros but basement is 58*. space heater eats 1500w so mh it is. nex month ill be popping some early misty gifted by a friend which gets so purple it looks black, @ least when grown OD.

you know wat i found helps alot in some cases when growing...?
someone a while back turned me onto the concept of "preemptive gardening"
since then when im unsire of somethin such as a soil mix or new nute i add to my list or watever new im uncertain or nervous of doing. i just start one ahead of all the others and just start doin watever to the first leader of the pack and by the time somethingbad happens if anything, then i'll more than likely catch it before i give the following ladies the same detrimental treatment.
i also do this when im tryin out diff angles of training, basically anythin i do thats new i do this way.
hasnt let me down yet!
i just read few posts form ya over the past and ya seem to get all worked up just liek i do when things even look liek they gonna go awry on me. but a friend told me to give this preemptive thing a try and its been smooth sailing since, bro.
i never really read anywhere or asked ya.. is this ya first time growin/growing indoors?
i just dont wana come off sounding liek im preaching to the choir is all LOL.

i hear ya on the space heater deal too. i just recently noticed how much power they consume and was like wtf, wow! no wonder why my electric bill jumped 20$ in the last month an half.
i was runnin two them sucker til i found hwo much they draw.
and to think i was worried bout my 400 spiking my electricity. so i upgraded to a 600. lol and gona use my spare 400 for a new cab i started buildin today and bout finished.

 

[zipflip]

Looking good right up the middle brutha

haha :D took me a minute but i got ya now. LOL u talkin the two in the middle in the pic, right?

im slow tonite

 

[zipflip]

really nice man.. I like how ripe they look also the way you bush 'em out like that.. nice touch.

thanks much!

i like how they give the look of a plant thats been toped a couple hundred times LOL and vegged for couple months. when really all it is are 6 clones in each bucket.
this the first time my flower room has had a strait even table like this tho. but hse does best and responds better to this style tan any other way ive tried doin her.
i think ive bent her(strain) over in more ways than a porn star.
she does fantastic when vegged longer, but i dont have patience. i liek em constantly movin in an out like i do them .
only im considering just runnin wit seeds to boot this year off and give cloning a break. im so sick of clonin already

thanks for comin by everyone.
i tok some pix tonite of the 4 i have in veg which i been veggin for round 2 months about, now. and ive them at 4th node each. then topped each branch then toped again. im also bout finished up on my second flower cab tahts 2.5x2.5 x 4.5 which im gonna flower them four in 4gallon pots each
im too lazy to do resizing etc right now but i'll get em up tomorrow maybe.

also got my new T5 pioneer jr IV too and i love this thing.
when they say lil heat and lil noise i thik tehy really mean , no noise and no heat. LOL
so now i'm gonna rig up my shelf in my closet thats up high above the clothes hanger bar, into a veg area. and get one more t5 and keep one for seed starts and clones and maybe get a t5VHO for the bigger veggin ladies when i do veg them longer.
.... jst pondering outloud(via post) i tend to do it alot. LOL

i need sleep. time for bed for zip.

 

[lurch]

thanks zip. naw this is my 6th run, but i took off a year cause i had to get legal w/ my wife becoming a nurse. wouldnt want to risk ruining her career. been doing coco for 3 runs w/o a hitch w/ this pet store coco. this time after my hiatis it decided to kick me in the ballz! feel like its my 1st run w/ all this headache. itll be fine now i just added 3 more sprouts in my mix & theyre loving it. so got 8 sprouts in all vegging in my 4x3. my guess is ill get 5 fems. hoping for 4 though. anyhow off to get a sack. tried to not buy but we see that lasted 3 wks...lol

 

[zipflip]

ya gotta do wat ya gotta do, right?
pretty soon you'll be swimmi in it im sure LOL

 

[lurch]

thanks man. yeah i seem to get gidding w/ indoor when going from seed. OD i seem to be more laxed. probably cause ive got kick ass soil ive been working for 7 yrs. so it can handle what ever i throw at it...lol. ill be keeping myself in check from now on, especially when i get a mom to experiment w/ & keep me busy so i dont have to deal w/ rearing damn sprouts! i like the tip on haveing a guinea pig plant. toke to yah later

 

[4u2sm0ke]

Hello Zip Gotta love the cat liter buckets..dont think ive seen the Half size ones..but I have seen the extra tall at cosco..hey Lurch maybe Ill buy one for your coco bucket eh? ..take care buddy..now Zip those colas are Rocking my friend..sorry didnt see thread earlier..Hope ya got the power and heat straight..Have a Great week...take care and be safe

:passingjoint:

 

[zipflip]

Hello Zip Gotta love the cat liter buckets..dont think ive seen the Half size ones

pretty much every walmart ive been to has em. i think they 3gallons. and i just cut the top like inch or so, enuff to cut the lid lip LOL (that sounds so wacked. LIDLIP LOL sorry im stoned and all jacked on jave already) but it gives me the lip below the lid lip as a handle to grab em .
LIDLIP !

now Zip those colas are Rocking my friend..sorry didnt see thread earlier..Hope ya got the power and heat straight..Have a Great week...take care and be safe

you know, i was just thinkin. you remember the first plants i grew indoors last year? hahaha

 

[TheCoolestMan]

I like that Channel!! It's original and artistic...Don't stop post pics bro!

 

[zipflip]

thanks, man.
but wat channel you talkin of :confused0054:

 

[zipflip]

next runner up for the knife in week or two.
and jar of buds curring from last girls i chopped.

 

[zipflip]

found my old jumpdrive wit my outdoor pix from 2008. it was my very first grow ever.
jus look how thirsty they look in them pix LOL.
my car broke down and i couldnt get to them at the time for two weeks. lol

but they prevailed.

the last pic unfortunately was a male.
come time it showed sex it was 5'11" tall
just wanted ta share some my first outdoor grow.
pix were from cam phone so quality is kinda crumby.

 

[mace]

Wow, thirsty is definitely the word for that top picture. The others look great, i can't wait to do another outdoor grow.