MrHowardMarks' experienced grower journal.

Hey, I got a carbon filter with a 6" HO can fan. Does the fan need to attach directly to the carbon filter or can it be in a different room hooked up with ducting? I don't think that this would make a difference and it could reduce the noise a lot (I can currently hear it outside the room when it's directly in the flowering room).

What do you think?

They look flippng great man. It was great to read this post over the last few months. I have modeled my room(s) after yours. However I went with 220v and 4 1000's in each. You might remember I asked you a question about 220v a LONG time ago. I will send you some picks when I am about done. I have Super skunks, LSD and Sensi Star they are about a week into flower. I just started to trim the lower branches as you recommend. You are a inspiration to us all. Keep up the good work. FS

Thanks for the kudos

I'll look forward to it FatS, yeah, I remember talking to you a while back...

Nacho- Yeah, that's fine, the fan doesn't have to be directly attached to the filter. But, remember, static resistance is the enemy, the shorter the duct work the better.

Very nice man, those buds look fantastic!! So would you say that your 9 mile turned out as good, or better then the bag it came from? Just curious. Thanks for swingin by the thread too man, I appreciate your experienced input. I really hope that mine turn out that nice.

Way, WAY, WAY, WAY better than it's bagseed mother... The flavor is similar if I'm remembering right, like a floral, fruity, haze.

You can take the dankest strain known to man and do a terrible job growing and end up with schwag dirt. It's all in the technique, and horticulture know-how. (And the nutrients)

very nice.. and fast...What day are the skunks in?

I assumed it was better, but for all I know the bag it came from could have been soem serious FIRE! Thats sweet though man, glad to hear it turned out so well, not that I ever doubted it would, lol!

Man,more porn.the humanity.


Mark was wondering about yer comment on supercropping in the first week of flowering.I'm 3 days into flowering and have trimmed some lower branches off the girls but have two that are getting taller than the rest.Should I just LSt them or try to supercrop them?? So far I've not toped them at all and there growing several branches of every node so just been tuckin the large fan leafs under the new branches to get them more light.Just not sure if I should start pruning them now being I flipped the lights to 12/12.

Well Im not mark.. But maybe I can give you some helpful insight.. You can trim after the flip.. I usually do some the first week then a little more the second, then try to finish my work by week three.. I think it lowers the stress if you take your time...

Or you can do it it veg.. Its whatever.. It's pretty hard to mess up a plant Beleive me I have met some really stupid people.. that could successfull harvest everytime.. No worries just grow...

Kruzty said:

Man,more porn.the humanity.


Mark was wondering about yer comment on supercropping in the first week of flowering.I'm 3 days into flowering and have trimmed some lower branches off the girls but have two that are getting taller than the rest.Should I just LSt them or try to supercrop them?? So far I've not toped them at all and there growing several branches of every node so just been tuckin the large fan leafs under the new branches to get them more light.Just not sure if I should start pruning them now being I flipped the lights to 12/12.

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Cool been trimmin here and there when needed.Only snipped a couple small branches this week.The 1 plant I had to tie over today and it seemed not to kill the dam thing.Just eased it over and tied it off.Hour later the top was trying to turn back up at the light.We see what this does next few days.Sure opened the center branches up to the light now.

Yeah, supercropping reduces stretch quite a bit... The nodes form closer together after a supercrop pinch too.

Sometimes if a cola has stretched further than the others, I'll supercrop it and bend it over at the pinch mark to a 90 degree angle, be careful not to snap the stalk in half.

It may stunt growth just a bit, but I never notice any stunting or stress. And you can prune all the way through flowering, just don't go crazy with the scissors...

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I'm pulling down all of the Skunks this week, I've taken dow 5 to dry, the rest should be finished within a day or two...

Total flowering time, 65 days, today is day 66.


I'll take a picture of a Super Skunk for you all to see, I load it up later on...

If you remember seeing the picture of the big cola with a 20 dollar bill, just wait until you see these buds... Massive.

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If you remember seeing the picture of the big cola with a 20 dollar bill, just wait until you see these buds... Massive.

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hope they're massive mr.nice cuzz' all those are some average lolipop plants!

I cant wait to see these buds.

Hey, I'm going into week two of flowering and one of my plants is stretching up above the rest, a good 6 inches or so. Would you suggest suppercropping it? A couple of days ago I went through and trimmed up the under brush a bit and for the most part everything is looking great.

And those cuttings I showed you a while back rooted fine and are now going into vegetative so thanks a million!

So mark do you dry your colas in one piece or do you cut them up and dry them on racks?

I dry them still on the plant, they'll hang for 4-5 days, then they'll be removed from the stalk and go through the sweating process.


I'll upload a few pics of them drying, all of the skunks are harvested, the room is cleared, and transplanting is about to begin.


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I'm headed out of town for a week and a half, going to Vermont...

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And suprise, suprise!!!


I got a job working for a really large hydroponic supply manufacturer/distributer... I'm willing to bet 75% of you or more have at least one or more products made by this company.

It's a great opportunity, that I'm going to jump on, I'll be getting paid to do basically what I do here...


And think of the Karma that must've been involved!

I quit my job at the airport two weeks ago, and, out of the blue, I get a callback for this job... Karma always got's my back.


-I'll load up those pics in a few...

sounds like a dream job. you gonna have to relocate?

Congrats....now wheres the pics

Awesome grow man! Great strains, setup, idea, equipment, nutes, etc., etc. Very nice work. You have further inspired me to take my self built 6x6x7 grow room to the limit! Plus rep all day my man!

Damn, busy, busy day...

I'm leaving for VT on Friday, and start my new job when I get back... It's a local job.

So before I can leave I have to tune up my car. I flushed out my tranny and rear differential, changed my oil, and sparkplugs, and put on a new air filter. Tomorrow I'm replacing the front wheel bearings and hubs, and replacing the timing belt, water pump, and 4 belt pulleys... I might install new dampers if necessary, but probably not. I'm not doing all this work myself, I'm going to a tuning shop. Lots of work, about 2 grand...


BTTT

Everything was cut down yesterday, and in between working on my car I managed to break up the used soil, (I flushed it already) and re-pot the 5 gallon buckets... I have the full 54 ready for planting. My math says I broke up 270 gallons of rooted messy soil today...

The sensizym has already started to eat away at the dead root mass on the blueberries... It was much easier to break up, and the roots crumbled up really nice.



I know this question has been asked over and over...



After using the soiless mix, you want to use a good flushing agent (Clearex, Final Phase) and moisten the soil well, you don't need much run-off at this point, just as if you are doing a normal watering...

Let it sit for several hours saturated with the flushing agent mixture

~This will allow the chemicals to do their job of breaking down built up nutrients.

Then flush the soil with plenty of water, lots of runoff. All of the built up salts will run off in the water.

Collect and check the runoff water's EC/TDS, once it's same as tap, you're good to go, and the soil is clean.


Using an enzyme will allow you to reuse soil and not have to worry about rotting, dead roots, it will eat up the dead plant matter in a week or two.

Soiless mix can be reused infinately in this matter.

Personally I just use it 3-4 harvests and replace with new.