16000+ watts medigrow: og kush+ 13 x 1kw hps + 3 x t5 badboys + grotek = *HAPPY JOY*

mellokitty

mellokitty

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thanks tran!
it just happened to be a fantastic shot of wolvie (totally accidental):



i just love the way she's framed in leaves. (<- that would be the 2 monsters)
now that's a skype frame i could live with! :lol:

edit: here's the other pics showcased in the 'agua de beber' update:

vivi


xenia:


yasmine:


zahra:
 
mellokitty

mellokitty

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i may have mentioned before that i'm introducing the tea as an additive to our regular feed regime (for veg - grotek solotek 'grow'). right now they're getting 500mls of 50/50 tea/water solution on top of their regular feed.
the only real "difference" so far is that the tea-fed ones seem to be drinking slightly slower -- it takes just shy of an extra day to get them to the same degree of dryness as the other ones. we decrease the regular feed by about 500mls for those ones so it's not an 'extra water' issue or anything.

but they all look great; not seeing any differences overall in vigour / growth patterns etc. etc.
maybe next time, once i'm more familiar with the mellotea i'll try vegging up some babies in a side-by-side; that should be fun.

brewed up a new tea yesterday -- pretty much the same formula, but we're getting ready to transition so i went really easy on the alfalfa meal this time. starting the bud setter probably tomorrow.... trying to talk mr kitty into letting me do a foliar feed test with the chitosan additive ("bud fuel") -- it's supposed to help stack the nodes moreso than watering with it.
 
fumble

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mellokitty said:
thanks for all the likes, miz fumble! <3

i've been busy in the kitchen (and putting mr kitty to work with the squeezing) -- i find myself with 1375 mls of double-strength coconut oil. *rubs hands together evilly*
i'm thinking either canna-toffee or maybe a mild canna-fudge. should be interesting.
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Ooooh Ooooh Ooooh! Let me show you what my man came up with for me: he took two metal cookie sheets, two pieces of 2x4, a huge C-clamp, and a piece of steel (so the clamp doesn't just dig into the 2x4). My extraction method seems to take quite a while, but it works. I bought the big daddy crock pot (7 quart) I melt 8 sticks of butter (takes less time to melt it first) then add to the pot with the weed. If I am using straight trim, I use 300 grams, if popcorn trim, I use 150. I don't know why, it just sounded like a good figure to me. lol Then I add water to about 2 inches from top. Cook on low about 8 hours. Then I line the top of the pasta pot with the cheesecloth and dump the crock through it. This makes it easier later with the separation of weed from butter. Then I tie the cheesecloth up around the weed and press as much as I can out by hand. Then onto the press. Voila! Almost flat as a pancake. Oh and here are a couple of pics of with and without liquid lecithin in the butter. What a diff, eh? The dark green is without - you can actually see how it came together with the lecithin. The little candies are my O.M.G's -dark choc base filled with peanut butter fudge and topped with milk choc. yummy.
ps. so sorry for the loooong winded post.
 

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Joedank

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Well it was the former home of a well documented seed company.... I will share thru other means;)
We really need the help as the seed company had 5 interns to plant and 5 to harvest 2 to pack and sort ... All in all over 100 varietals are grown on the property organically ... Amarath to zucchini ... Aspargus from seed . You name it we got it .... I will post pics soon as I am back to further temp you... I can still learn new stuff and do each day from my master gardeners handbook;)
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joe: you have no idea how seriously tempting that is.

makes me wonder if i can work for you and put some of those hours towards the legit man-hours i need for a hort. apprenticeship? (i very much doubt that the sort of hands-on experience i have would fly with the admissions panel. :lol:)
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mellokitty

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fumble said:
Ooooh Ooooh Ooooh! Let me show you what my man came up with for me: he took two metal cookie sheets, two pieces of 2x4, a huge C-clamp, and a piece of steel (so the clamp doesn't just dig into the 2x4). My extraction method seems to take quite a while, but it works. I bought the big daddy crock pot (7 quart) I melt 8 sticks of butter (takes less time to melt it first) then add to the pot with the weed. If I am using straight trim, I use 300 grams, if popcorn trim, I use 150. I don't know why, it just sounded like a good figure to me. lol Then I add water to about 2 inches from top. Cook on low about 8 hours. Then I line the top of the pasta pot with the cheesecloth and dump the crock through it. This makes it easier later with the separation of weed from butter. Then I tie the cheesecloth up around the weed and press as much as I can out by hand. Then onto the press. Voila! Almost flat as a pancake. Oh and here are a couple of pics of with and without liquid lecithin in the butter. What a diff, eh? The dark green is without - you can actually see how it came together with the lecithin. The little candies are my O.M.G's -dark choc base filled with peanut butter fudge and topped with milk choc. yummy.
ps. so sorry for the loooong winded post.
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very nice post! gotta love the male ingenuity, eh? mr kitty's ruminating something involving a vice and the spinny part from a juicer but i'm pretty sure he already has a spare C-clamp or 2 kicking around.....

what a huge difference with the lecithin!! i had clean forgotten it also acts like a homogenizer (apparently the bottom of my cannaoil jar is always stronger than the top :oops:) ...... must get some more (i used to play around with making foams out of juices for drink garnishes, back in my bartending days). it's really hard to find around here, even at the big box stores. i suspect the lack of local healthnuts may be a factor in the lack of obscure food additives. last time i found lecithin it was in town (just shy of 2hr drive).
 
mellokitty

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Joedank said:
Well it was the former home of a well documented seed company.... I will share thru other means;)
We really need the help as the seed company had 5 interns to plant and 5 to harvest 2 to pack and sort ... All in all over 100 varietals are grown on the property organically ... Amarath to zucchini ... Aspargus from seed . You name it we got it .... I will post pics soon as I am back to further temp you... I can still learn new stuff and do each day from my master gardeners handbook;)
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*orgasmic wail*
 
hazorazo

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fumble said:
Ooooh Ooooh Ooooh! Let me show you what my man came up with for me: he took two metal cookie sheets, two pieces of 2x4, a huge C-clamp, and a piece of steel (so the clamp doesn't just dig into the 2x4). My extraction method seems to take quite a while, but it works. I bought the big daddy crock pot (7 quart) I melt 8 sticks of butter (takes less time to melt it first) then add to the pot with the weed. If I am using straight trim, I use 300 grams, if popcorn trim, I use 150. I don't know why, it just sounded like a good figure to me. lol Then I add water to about 2 inches from top. Cook on low about 8 hours. Then I line the top of the pasta pot with the cheesecloth and dump the crock through it. This makes it easier later with the separation of weed from butter. Then I tie the cheesecloth up around the weed and press as much as I can out by hand. Then onto the press. Voila! Almost flat as a pancake. Oh and here are a couple of pics of with and without liquid lecithin in the butter. What a diff, eh? The dark green is without - you can actually see how it came together with the lecithin. The little candies are my O.M.G's -dark choc base filled with peanut butter fudge and topped with milk choc. yummy.
ps. so sorry for the loooong winded post.
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You see.....this is why I do not eat pot very much...people make it so damn delicious, I will eat so much, just because it tastes great!

My friends came into town and rented a house....long story short, they had great tasting cookies, I ate a ton of them, passed out, and woke up about as close to frying balls as possible...haha. I am not addicted to pot, just addicted to peanut butter filled shit, you see. Or just plain old cookies. Or a fucking piece of cake. Or brownies. You get it. I am hungry.
 
mellokitty

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hazorazo said:
You see.....this is why I do not eat pot very much...people make it so damn delicious, I will eat so much, just because it tastes great!My friends came into town and rented a house....long story short, they had great tasting cookies, I ate a ton of them, passed out, and woke up about as close to frying balls as possible...haha. I am not addicted to pot, just addicted to peanut butter filled shit, you see. Or just plain old cookies. Or a fucking piece of cake. Or brownies. You get it. I am hungry.
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AAAAAHAHAHA likewise..... the sole religious experience of my life involved a shit-ton of brownies, excessive intimacy with a public toilet, and a deity-like being who showed up on the other side of said toilet as i was hugging the bowl (:spew:) and mocked me for being so damn high. needless to say, i'm rather careful with my dosage ever since. :lol:
 
mellokitty

mellokitty

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SCORE!!!

just happened across beeswax for $3/lb at the local honey farm.... topical experiments ftw!! <3

edit: compare with $14.50 for non-local pellets at the soap supplies place. yay!
 
mellokitty

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gonna start with this lip balm recipe:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/HealthBeauty/LipBalmRecipe.htm

so it says (as a guideline):
20% Beeswax (white or yellow pellets or solid blocks)
25% cosmetic grade oil that is solid at room temperature (Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Aloe Vera Butter, Palm Oil, Mango Butter, Shea Butter, etc.)
15% cosmetic grade oils that are brittle at room temperature (Cocoa Butter, Candelilla Wax, Pal Kernel Oil, etc.)
40% cosmetic grade oils that are liquid at room temperature (Caster Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Olive Oil, Avocado Oil, Aloe Oil, Jobo Oil, Hemp Seed Oil, etc.)

..... so theoretically, i should be able to sub in coconut canna oil for the oil "that is solid at room temp", and the local soapmaking supplier carries something called "foodgrade lip balm flavouring"....although flavourings that use the word "flavour" to describe them kinda freak me out (example: when it says "natural flavours" in ingredients lists) so i'm thinking of just using flavoured liqueurs instead. "chambord-malibu canna lip gloss with a natural oxide tinting" anyone? added bonus being the room temp stability of most liqueurs. gives me an excuse to buy a $50 bottle of raspberry liqueur too :lol:
 
mellokitty

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.... and from what i'm reading on google, the difference between "balm" and "gloss" is the addition/omission of glycerine/vitamin e/honey ..... *rubbing hands together in mad sicentist mode*
 
mysunnyboy

mysunnyboy

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hehehe what light would you suggest? i want a 600hunderd to hang in the closet. i'm going have an a/c unit blowing in there so i'm not worried about the heat really. i wanna order it today, looking on line now (while i am actually workn LOL) what are your thoughts kittay?
 
mellokitty

mellokitty

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mysunnyboy said:
hehehe what light would you suggest? i want a 600hunderd to hang in the closet. i'm going have an a/c unit blowing in there so i'm not worried about the heat really. i wanna order it today, looking on line now (while i am actually workn LOL) what are your thoughts kittay?
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welp, i have friends at both quantum and lumatek, both have their perks; hard to say who i'd go with if i had to rebuild today.

for bulbs, we're probably going ushio hps next time we re-up.

edit: sorry i was stoned last time and i feel like i should elaborate.
my understanding is that quantums have a better reputation for their longevity, failure/lack-thereof rate etc. etc. but lumatek are generally cheaper (in fact i think they have a "cheap" undimmable eballast now), and i hear they've got a conversion ballast available, or about to hit market. although..... my room is a sea of orange (both from the hps and the quantum-orange housings) and i've seen the abusability of the quantums firsthand. we're also big fans of the badboy t5s.

this is an excerpt from an email from a friend in the lighting industry that i posted a while back when the topic of bulbs came up, maybe you'll find it useful:
Digilux (R&M product), is a slick marketing bulb, but still is a Chinese Lamp just in nice packaging (Oooo Velvet Liner).
Sun Pulse made the same claim that they were the one and only Eballast lamp but still had Chinese quality problems.

I still would recommend Hotilux and Ushio over the Digilux.
Hortilux and Ushio use a Japanese Arc Tube and then it&#8217;s sent to Germany for the Gas and Glass.
China is getting better, but still quality control issues are still a problem.

Sylvania Plantastar&#8217;s Rock and is a little cheaper lampfor E Ballasts, but I think there only available in Canada.
 
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mellokitty said:
welp, i have friends at both quantum and lumatek, both have their perks; hard to say who i'd go with if i had to rebuild today.

for bulbs, we're probably going ushio hps next time we re-up.
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I like the Ushio bulbs quite a bit, I haven't used the 1kw's (had small surplus of hortilux bulbs) but in my 600w spaces I use them exclusively now. Cheaper, and I can almost swear I get a bit better trich development from those (but again, diff wattages).
 
Beansly

Beansly

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hello pussy cat. I just wanted to step out the lurk-zone for a moment to tell you what a wonderfully informed and talented grower you are. We should all strive to be so diligent. Thanks for giving me something to shoot for mk-ultra. Keep doing it the way you do. ;)

PS
you have great taste in music.
 
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