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maybe the lizard doewnt want to see his fate in old age lol i m sure wanting to see this chocalope. ive heard about it and want to try some but i never see it at the flea market i go to. i hear it is the ultimate smoke after dinner cause of the taste. dont know anxious to c it when she flowers. they look great also u r soaking ur smart pots why soak them for so long? seems like the nutes would dry out or lose them or something thanks tanker your thread is very informative. this is shuch a great place to learn from

hammer6913 said:

maybe the lizard doewnt want to see his fate in old age lol i m sure wanting to see this chocalope. ive heard about it and want to try some but i never see it at the flea market i go to. i hear it is the ultimate smoke after dinner cause of the taste. dont know anxious to c it when she flowers. they look great also u r soaking ur smart pots why soak them for so long? seems like the nutes would dry out or lose them or something thanks tanker your thread is very informative. this is shuch a great place to learn from

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I am not actually soaking for that long. I put my soil in the smart pots and then get it wet - really wet so that every single pore is filled with water. Remember that the more water within the soils pores the less air there is so a soaking wet soil is not ideal for plants as the gasses are missing. So now I have to let my soil sit until some of the water evaporates out to allow for air exchange. Without plants too help suck up the moisture and with low temps it takes several days for the 3 gallons of soil to reach the moisture content I like.

I soak it to begin with (versus just moistening it) so that there are no dry pockets. My soil is largely organic content which tends to get a bit hydrophobic (doen't like water) when dry. Soak it though and it doesn't mind hanging out with the moisture.

Pre transplant I also let my plants dry up quite a bit. This way they are super hungry for water and when put into the llarger container with nice damp soil the roots are encouraged to grow outwards looking for more damp soil versus staying within the 1gal of soil the roots currently reside in.

Glad I found this thread lol. I am going to learn so much from you Tanker. Your shit is amazing thats all. One Love!

Allday06 said:

Glad I found this thread lol. I am going to learn so much from you Tanker. Your shit is amazing thats all. One Love!

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Thanks! Stopped by your thread and you don't seem to need to learn all that much. Looking good from what I saw.

Right now my stuff is going well but just wait for the bugs. I might be moving soon and if so I could be safe but if I flower at this location my end product will completely depend on how well I manage spider mite populations - they will get in, nothing I can do about that here, and they seem immune to most all pesticides so we shall see.

Man I hate to hear that, hope you get everything under control.

Moved my fluoro banks back a bit and raised my light before switching to 600w (been running at 400). Also turned the next fluoro level on and spun all my plants. The big one in the back is bushing out like crazy in the other direction so the side you are seeing now is a bit bare. Hopefully with enough spins I'll get a nice even plant.

there getting bushy tanker

hammer6913 said:

there getting bushy tanker

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Yeah they are really taking off. I flip to 12/12 in two weeks - hopefully by then the smaller ones will be around the size of those larger two and the larger two not too big that they block all the light.

looks like the ones in the center are in the optimum position to get the best light from both sides....but not to worry, that 12/12 makes them go nuts! Crazy things start to happen to their growth cycle, the little guys will surprise you!

suchnsuch said:

looks like the ones in the center are in the optimum position to get the best light from both sides....but not to worry, that 12/12 makes them go nuts! Crazy things start to happen to their growth cycle, the little guys will surprise you!

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Yeah I am really looking forward to the flip and the explosive growth.


This is my tent. According to my projections the best area is in the middle right to left and not front to back. There is a 1-2 week gap between germination times of the two more mature plants and the rest of them. Right now I am spinning the larger plants and I switch the smaller ones around as well to help maintain equal growth. Completely equal lighting throughout the tent would be nice but I think I would need two lights.

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Yeah I am really looking forward to the flip and the explosive growth.

This is my tent. According to my projections the best area is in the middle right to left and not front to back. There is a 1-2 week gap between germination times of the two more mature plants and the rest of them. Right now I am spinning the larger plants and I switch the smaller ones around as well to help maintain equal growth. Completely equal lighting throughout the tent would be nice but I think I would need two lights.

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pretty crazy to watch em go go nuggets and i dont mean denver lol

Bored:

If there were no plant limits in this county:

lmfao even with the thermals I'd rep you if I could

Damn bro, definitly a stoner, haha.... Nice setup though, it's bomb....

Nice drawings! I'll have to try that with my Turbocad pgm...

Your plants look great!

Psychild said:

lmfao even with the thermals I'd rep you if I could

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Thanks Reps not necessary just enjoy.

pennywise619 said:

Damn bro, definitly a stoner, haha.... Nice setup though, it's bomb....

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Yeah...I've been dreaming about pot plants - Part of me loves it and the other part of me finds it extremely frustrating, Grow faster damn it!

suchnsuch said:

Nice drawings! I'll have to try that with my Turbocad pgm...

Your plants look great!

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Thanks. Downloaded DIALux (lighting software) for free and been having a blast with is since. I just wish grow light companies supplied luminaire files for all their products.

Gastanker said:

Yeah...I've been dreaming about pot plants - Part of me loves it and the other part of me finds it extremely frustrating, Grow faster damn it!

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Man isn't it rediculous? I've been dreaming about it too...wish I could get it out of my head just for a couple of days Lol

ahhhh yes, the dreams... I dreamed my plants did a jack & the weedstalk and destroyed my MH light right after I got it.
Can't stop thinking about it while I'm at work, as males are starting to pop up from my bagseed babies. So I rush home daily to see if any more showed up!

On a good note: found 3 or 4 definite females yesterday, but I'm worried about them going hermie...

Psychild said:

Man isn't it rediculous? I've been dreaming about it too...wish I could get it out of my head just for a couple of days Lol

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Yeah, I hear you. I'm going on vacation soon - hope it doesn't plauge me while away.

suchnsuch said:

ahhhh yes, the dreams... I dreamed my plants did a jack & the weedstalk and destroyed my MH light right after I got it.
Can't stop thinking about it while I'm at work, as males are starting to pop up from my bagseed babies. So I rush home daily to see if any more showed up!

On a good note: found 3 or 4 definite females yesterday, but I'm worried about them going hermie...

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Woot! for females! Have you have problems with hermies before? One of the strains I am growing hermies almost every time but it is one of my favorite smokes Going to be having to look for nanners constantly durring flower.

Todays pics: