Dave's Area 51/Inda-gro combination grow
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daveroller
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Planted the 3rd girl today. She’s a runty little thing. I think I’ll call her “Teeny”.
Teeny isn’t getting as much light as the twins, so I might set up a 19 watt Cree LED bulb near her. I just need to find where I put the damn thing.
One of the twins started to wilt just a bit. I checked the pH and it was up to 6.30. I should have rechecked it a few hours after adjusting yesterday. Lowered it back to 5.85 pH.
Also adjusted the cycle timer on the water pumps to:
10 min on
4 hours off.
I’m afraid I’ll saturate the Rockwell cubes. I’ll make the pumps water more often after the roots grow a little.
Now the closet’s full. I’m beginning to realize how much more work it is to take care of more than one plant. That’s a lot more water to carry from the store, twice as much nute mixing, the time it takes to adjust pH and just jockeying the 2 buckets around in my room, it’s kind of tiring. Now I know what you other guys go through. GreatBranch, we need to get ourselves RO filters I think. It’s a lot of work to haul all that water across town every week. I just got a $250 check for an insurance settlement. Guess I might use part of it to buy an RO filter.
Teeny isn’t getting as much light as the twins, so I might set up a 19 watt Cree LED bulb near her. I just need to find where I put the damn thing.
One of the twins started to wilt just a bit. I checked the pH and it was up to 6.30. I should have rechecked it a few hours after adjusting yesterday. Lowered it back to 5.85 pH.
Also adjusted the cycle timer on the water pumps to:
10 min on
4 hours off.
I’m afraid I’ll saturate the Rockwell cubes. I’ll make the pumps water more often after the roots grow a little.
Now the closet’s full. I’m beginning to realize how much more work it is to take care of more than one plant. That’s a lot more water to carry from the store, twice as much nute mixing, the time it takes to adjust pH and just jockeying the 2 buckets around in my room, it’s kind of tiring. Now I know what you other guys go through. GreatBranch, we need to get ourselves RO filters I think. It’s a lot of work to haul all that water across town every week. I just got a $250 check for an insurance settlement. Guess I might use part of it to buy an RO filter.
daveroller
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That's right. It is pretty quiet. About the same as my old Rena air pump, but this might be more powerful. You can't really hear it outside the closet.
daveroller
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Hey, Karma! Thanks for the compliment. It's a hell of a lot of work I'm finding out. But I hope that I reap more rewards. If I get enough in this grow, that should keep me and a few disabled friends medicated for a while.
Chronikool
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I bet you are stoked with your Setup Dave...alwayz a sense of anticipation with new gearz and a new environment huh...go champ! 
The Dawg
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Looking Flippin Sweet Brother Roller 
Hydro Is Alot Of Work Brother Expecially When Running Multi Buckets Systems.However The Reward Is Very Sweet 
Check Out This Site For Your R/O Needs http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-reverse-osmosis-filters-systems.html?sitelinks=Bulk_RO&gclid=CNPloo3y5L4CFdSMMgodnyEAsQ 
Hydro Is Alot Of Work Brother Expecially When Running Multi Buckets Systems.However The Reward Is Very Sweet Check Out This Site For Your R/O Needs http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-reverse-osmosis-filters-systems.html?sitelinks=Bulk_RO&gclid=CNPloo3y5L4CFdSMMgodnyEAsQ
daveroller
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Looking Flippin Sweet Brother Roller
Thanks brother Dawg. I like that company a lot. I called my public water company and they told me that they add chlorine, not chloramines. Do you think it's safe for me to buy a non-chloramines RO system then?
daveroller
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I lowered the Inda-Gro light to 30" above seedlings as per Hyroot's recommendation.
The Dawg
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Yes,You Can Also Get Away With A 4 Stage R/O System.Sorry This Is A Fish Place As I Do Not Have Any Discount Codes
daveroller
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Yes,You Can Also Get Away With A 4 Stage R/O System.Sorry This Is A Fish Place As I Do Not Have Any Discount Codes
Thanks brother. I bet they'll have a 4th of July sale. I'll wait and see. Just one month.
daveroller
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Found the 18 watt Cree bulb and put it next to Teeny. It’s the 2700K version for flowering, but I think it should be ok.
The twins are looking good.
One suffered a little leaf damage the first day she was transplanted:
but the other one looks great:
The twins are looking good.
One suffered a little leaf damage the first day she was transplanted:
but the other one looks great:
daveroller
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I bet you are stoked with your Setup Dave...alwayz a sense of anticipation with new gearz and a new environment huh...go champ!
You bet, Chronic! I'm still working on the finishing touches, though. It never seems to end!
greatbranch
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Well, THAT just sounds like a challenge! I would have to at least TRY eating the whole thing...lol. I'd be in Deebo's pigeon coop sweatin' like a slave...
Got this from a friend who lives in Denver today. I'll try not to eat half the bar all at once like Maureen Dowd did. "Help me, I think I'm dead!" ha ha...
greatbranch
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Loving the new setup, D-! I'm all about the lazy, my man.
I just popped an LSD. - Lafonda...lmao. Think I'm going to keep her in the Phototron and pull clones for when the new hydro system is set - an insurance policy for my dumb ass...
daveroller
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2 squares didn't do ANYTHING for me... So I ate 4 squares last night, almost half the bar. I eventually got a nice buzz going. Still smoked some more. I guess my tolerance is pretty high. I bet if I ate a whole bar I'd feel pretty good!
daveroller
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You're more creative with names than I am, GB.
An LSD mother plant... Wish I had the space for one of those. You must have a whole extra room devoted to growing, you lucky guy. Having a mother plant would be nice because you can pull a clone off her anytime and save a couple weeks vs growing another seedling. (I'm guessing, but never tried it.) I always worry that my seedlings will die and screw up my whole schedule, pushing it out a couple more weeks. So you're being kind of smart.
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....... greatbranch
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Well, I HAD to come up with another use for the Phototron, since it looks like I am going hydro. Seemed the best I could come up with to not moth ball it and make it worth continuing to run it. I figure 1 plant should be good for at least a few runs before it gets too big to stay. I'm trying to time it so I can pull two clones to start in the new hydro setup in about a month.You're more creative with names than I am, GB.
An LSD mother plant... Wish I had the space for one of those. You must have a whole extra room devoted to growing, you lucky guy. Having a mother plant would be nice because you can pull a clone off her anytime and save a couple weeks vs growing another seedling. (I'm guessing, but never tried it.) I always worry that my seedlings will die and screw up my whole schedule, pushing it out a couple more weeks. So you're being kind of smart.
greatbranch
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Oh, and I've just recently gotten to where I can clone with more success than failure. It wasn't something I did before getting the new tent. That's why I overran myself. I had so many "good" ladies that made it, I couldn't bring myself to just pitch them like I should have. I JUST cut down one of the strawberry cough plants that was 4 weeks in flower, so the other plants could have the space and light gained for the last month to month and a half. It was a very sad moment. Please take a moment to remember Shakira #2...
daveroller
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THAT must have been a hard thing to bring yourself to do! 4 weeks into flower... Too bad I don't live near you.
Rest in Peace, Shakira II. 
