The Ultimate Growing Competition

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MadMel

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SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe said:
Just ripped open two bags of coast of maine stonington blend soil. I've never used this soil but just looking at it, it is a beautiful, beautiful mix. Not sure what it equates too & don't feel like doing math but I did add six~18oz cups of #4 perlite to the mix. I also added four ~18oz cups of worm shit to the mix as well. It was already premixed with perlite & worm shit but I like a fluffy mix & the added worm shit can only add more biology to the mix. Each com sb bag is 1.5 CF. so this is what it looks like all mixed together. I'm going to let it sit in this bin for a few days next to a heater to get things going in the soil. It has been sitting in my mud room cold as shit for the past two months. So it's time to warm it up, so all that biology can come out of dormancy!

I'm still not sure what I'm going to run for beans. I've got a nice little stash of genetics to choose from. I have 17 fem peyote critical from barneys, 11 fem holy punch from greenhouse, 5 fem blue gelato 41 from barneys, 5 fem pink sherbet from feminised, 5 fem king gelato from feminised, 2 fem cindy 99 unknown, 2 fem double berry unknown, 4 mexican airlines from fastbuds, 4 blackbery kush from fastbuds & 2 auto wild thailand ryder from world of seeds. I think I'm going to stay away from the autos. They produced a good yeild last run and both smokes are really good. After my run with autos even though the grow went good and I got good buds. I feel like they are not worth growing in the tent during this time of year. I'll probably just toss them in the raised bed in my yard in a few more weeks and see how they do outside.

In any case, some help choosing beans would be awesome. Ide like to possibly hold off on the king gelato, pink sherbet & blue gelato 41 until I can get a separate space for moms and clones. Everything else is fair game though. I am willing to grow them. I just prefer to wait till I can get another space as I said. So if anyone has grown any of these strains your input is wanted. If you have not grown them your input & choice is wanted as well. If you have grown & smoked any of them your input is also wanted. Like I said though the autos are out.

I am going to enter the contest! Although cleaning out the tent & sanitizing everything the other day, then ripping open the bags today has got me just a taddd bit impatient! I know it's only a week till the competition starts but I'm sick of waiting!

This grow will be completely organic. My last run was organic with organic bottled nutes but I'm going to stay away from the bottled nutes this time. I'm going to top dress as needed and brew worm shit tea throughout and brew banana peel tea for flowering. The com is a water only super soil but since I'm not using 15gal pots they will need a bit of nutrients after about 30 days in the 5gal pots I'm going to use. That's where the top dressing and teas will come into play.

Again, a big shout out to @Big Perm for inviting me and helping @Dyna-Gro set this all up and getting it going! Also a big thanks to all the vendors who have contributed to the prize pot!

Good luck to everyone, I hope you all have a happy & successful grow!



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You have a bunch of peyote critical, supposed to be some reality good stuff too. That is what I think anyway. I will also be growing some Peyote Critical myself, but not entering the competition.
 
H.A.F.

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DesertPlants said:
The basic setup was by hand, but now, all I do is add links to each persons page and everything else updates. I was going to write something using the XenForo API, but it’s locked down here. I will probably throw together an HTML parser to make it easier, I just haven’t yet.
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I also have a BS in Elem. Ed. and can dig the shit out of a spreadsheet ;) I saw the student numbers tabs, links to pics posted, etc. I'm right there with you dude! Saved the link ;)
I was looking it over and thinking "Hmmmm, that dude is out if he doesn't post today" then dude updated and it was funny - to me - because I was high - I do that occasionally ;)
 
Pa-Nature

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H.A.F. said:
#125 update
I believe that on most plants, the 1st two nodes are "training wheels". Both the single-blade seed-leaf and sprout, and the 3-toed-sloth leaf and sprout are there for initial support, and thereafter are worthless unless you like LARF that detracts from your prime growers.
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Here we have all 4 with their now useless appendages removed. I like to do it early to promote growth in what's left, and to make it less painful ;) Once they start getting bigger it's harder to do.

And I'll be the ass and ask that people not post 27 full size pictures of 27 plants that all look the same. I can also understand a sentence saying that you used a teaspoon of bat-guano rather than a full sized picture of it. :)

Just remember! Bash on me in the other thread LOL
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At this stage those are needed to capture light to aid in growing ...JMHO
It was only 9 pics not 27 and the pics were very nice . Made me order something :)
I need all the help I can get ....Thanks JJ
 
J.James

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@H.A.F. "Everyone is free to post however they would like, I'll be posting full size photos."
Big Perm said:
A phone probably isn't the best device to use for this competition. 18 weeks, 30 something people, that's a lot of photos, I understand.
I personally scroll through threads, thumbnails are an inconvenience for me because I have to click on each picture and go back and then click on the next one, that's a lot of clicking to see a depressed plant.
Everyone is free to post however they would like, I'll be posting full size photos.
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Making it an inconvenience for the host of the event to view your photos @H.A.F. probably not a wise idea if you want to win.
 
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