benign
Active Member
RIU...well here it is, my first RIU grow journal. I've been a member of the site for about a year now, I generally don't post a whole lot and mostly stay to myself unless something strikes my interest or I feel like I can actually help. Recently I've been feeling a bit guilty for not contributing to the community...so now I'm stepping out of my lurker skin and into my active community member clothes.
I could have introduced myself in the "New member" section however I think it's better to do it my journal because if anyone cares they can read it, if not they can just skip straight to the pictures.
A little about me:
I started growing sometime around 2000/2001, prior to this grow I have only worked with hydro, I started with DWC and played around a bit with ebb and flow and a couple other methods, ultimately DWC has always been my favourite since it seems to be the most forgiving of all methods provided that you keep your controls in place.
In 2008 my wife and I moved to Eastern Europe we spent 2 years there and due to living in a Soviet era apartment building and being more than a little paranoid about neighbors turning me in to Poliţia Română and spending the next 15yrs in a cage with only gypsies and mafioso to keep me company I decided that it just wasn't worth it and gave up smoking altogether. Last year we came back to the US and since I laid the guilt trip on the wife about having to spend the last 2 years of my life living in a massively crowded European city sans marijuana she agreed on settling in California on the condition that if I decided to grow and smoke it would have to be organic because she is worried about me inhaling chemicals...before anyone jumps on me, I know that there really is no difference between the salt based nutrients and organic nutes provided that they are used correctly, however you have to keep in mind that my wife grew up on a farm in Communist Europe and they have a bit of different mindset when it comes to using any type of chemical fertilizer or pesticide; they also tend to have a bit of a different mindset when it comes to marijuana or any other kind of drug...that was a whole different (and much longer) discussion though, when I finally convinced her that it was nothing more than a plant she came around and tried it...she smokes every now and then but prefers a shot of Palinca or Tuica to smoking; but since she tried it she is more receptive to my hobby/habit.
Now that I've introduced myself a bit on with the journal...
Weapon of choice for my Saturday Morning:
Good old Jack Herer...always makes for a more productive day...get shit done weed:
It's one of my faves I always try to keep a bit on hand:
Medium: Soil (FFOF/Roots/Perlite/Dolomite) I didn't get too into mixing my own soil this round since it is mostly a test run
Nutrients: Bio-Canna Vega/Flores/Boost
GO CalMg+
Lighting: 1-1000W Lumatek select-a-watt ballast/ 6" Air cooled reflector
Strains: This run was intentionally started with the intention of finding a strain that fits two characteristics, the first being that I have to enjoy smoking it on a daily basis and the second was how well does the strain suit my growing style...I'm a bit stubborn when it comes to working in the garden; rather than completely adapt myself and my environment to the plant I prefer to work with a plant that is already somewhat in tune with my style and works well with me...the reason for this is because I'm in unique conditions, first of all elevation is a bit of a pain in the ass- being that I'm at almost 9,000ft above sea-level it gets pretty dry here and outside night-time temps can drop down to the teens or lower...of course I don't grow outside but since my tents are in the garage it can get a bit chilly at lights out (usually between 52-58f) which has led to a couple new purchases, more on that later.
Here are the strains...they have all been cloned and are currently in the process of interviewing for a spot in the garden: at the moment I am 11 days into bloom:
Blackberry Kush- I'm actually running 5 of her at the moment- I'm seeing good potential in terms of how easy she clones and branch structure
Sour Alien- She's a bit slow at this point with fairly poor branch structure, we'll see what happens but so far not impressed
Space Queen- She looks good so far, nice structure and starting to flower very nicely
Soma #10 (Lavender)- At first I didn't think much of this plant but she coming around and turning out really nice; I think she'll be a definite keeper
XJ-13- Not impressed- looks like a stick just all around doesn't mesh too well with me, but you never know it's still early
Eve Kush- Picked her up on a whim...at this point she isn't top 5
LA Confidential- Strange satty structure, not sure if she is what they said she was...we'll see
Querkle- Cool little strange growing plant, I like her but she grows a bit weird...
OG X Jack- Local seeds...not sure what to expect but figured it was worth a shot- running 3 at 12-12 from seed and will wait and see.
Blueberry Trainwreck- A very nice looking plant and so far looks good
Pictures: I'm not the greatest photographer and the HPS was on so you may need to bear with me a bit:
My blackberry kush...so far she is looking good
Thats it for now...more to come soon
I could have introduced myself in the "New member" section however I think it's better to do it my journal because if anyone cares they can read it, if not they can just skip straight to the pictures.
A little about me:
I started growing sometime around 2000/2001, prior to this grow I have only worked with hydro, I started with DWC and played around a bit with ebb and flow and a couple other methods, ultimately DWC has always been my favourite since it seems to be the most forgiving of all methods provided that you keep your controls in place.
In 2008 my wife and I moved to Eastern Europe we spent 2 years there and due to living in a Soviet era apartment building and being more than a little paranoid about neighbors turning me in to Poliţia Română and spending the next 15yrs in a cage with only gypsies and mafioso to keep me company I decided that it just wasn't worth it and gave up smoking altogether. Last year we came back to the US and since I laid the guilt trip on the wife about having to spend the last 2 years of my life living in a massively crowded European city sans marijuana she agreed on settling in California on the condition that if I decided to grow and smoke it would have to be organic because she is worried about me inhaling chemicals...before anyone jumps on me, I know that there really is no difference between the salt based nutrients and organic nutes provided that they are used correctly, however you have to keep in mind that my wife grew up on a farm in Communist Europe and they have a bit of different mindset when it comes to using any type of chemical fertilizer or pesticide; they also tend to have a bit of a different mindset when it comes to marijuana or any other kind of drug...that was a whole different (and much longer) discussion though, when I finally convinced her that it was nothing more than a plant she came around and tried it...she smokes every now and then but prefers a shot of Palinca or Tuica to smoking; but since she tried it she is more receptive to my hobby/habit.
Now that I've introduced myself a bit on with the journal...
Weapon of choice for my Saturday Morning:
Good old Jack Herer...always makes for a more productive day...get shit done weed:
It's one of my faves I always try to keep a bit on hand:
Medium: Soil (FFOF/Roots/Perlite/Dolomite) I didn't get too into mixing my own soil this round since it is mostly a test run
Nutrients: Bio-Canna Vega/Flores/Boost
GO CalMg+
Lighting: 1-1000W Lumatek select-a-watt ballast/ 6" Air cooled reflector
Strains: This run was intentionally started with the intention of finding a strain that fits two characteristics, the first being that I have to enjoy smoking it on a daily basis and the second was how well does the strain suit my growing style...I'm a bit stubborn when it comes to working in the garden; rather than completely adapt myself and my environment to the plant I prefer to work with a plant that is already somewhat in tune with my style and works well with me...the reason for this is because I'm in unique conditions, first of all elevation is a bit of a pain in the ass- being that I'm at almost 9,000ft above sea-level it gets pretty dry here and outside night-time temps can drop down to the teens or lower...of course I don't grow outside but since my tents are in the garage it can get a bit chilly at lights out (usually between 52-58f) which has led to a couple new purchases, more on that later.
Here are the strains...they have all been cloned and are currently in the process of interviewing for a spot in the garden: at the moment I am 11 days into bloom:
Blackberry Kush- I'm actually running 5 of her at the moment- I'm seeing good potential in terms of how easy she clones and branch structure
Sour Alien- She's a bit slow at this point with fairly poor branch structure, we'll see what happens but so far not impressed
Space Queen- She looks good so far, nice structure and starting to flower very nicely
Soma #10 (Lavender)- At first I didn't think much of this plant but she coming around and turning out really nice; I think she'll be a definite keeper
XJ-13- Not impressed- looks like a stick just all around doesn't mesh too well with me, but you never know it's still early
Eve Kush- Picked her up on a whim...at this point she isn't top 5
LA Confidential- Strange satty structure, not sure if she is what they said she was...we'll see
Querkle- Cool little strange growing plant, I like her but she grows a bit weird...
OG X Jack- Local seeds...not sure what to expect but figured it was worth a shot- running 3 at 12-12 from seed and will wait and see.
Blueberry Trainwreck- A very nice looking plant and so far looks good
Pictures: I'm not the greatest photographer and the HPS was on so you may need to bear with me a bit:
My blackberry kush...so far she is looking good
Thats it for now...more to come soon
we love to be praised about how nice we are etc etc
