2011 Veggies

4tatude · Jun 30, 2011

DST said:
cool, so I was checking things out and I read that you pull when the flowers are gone, but I guess you just let the whole plant get really messy and on it's last legs before pulling them?

Can't wait to eat home grown spuds.

dst thats correct. the flowers let you know theres spuds there, they dont usually bloom prolifically but that is no indication of how well they are doing. let the plant get really ratty as in almost dead before digging n you will get nice big spuds... the taste of fresh dug potatoes is unmatched with anything you could buy, just wait

good things headed your way

4tatude · Jun 30, 2011

mcpurple
rule of thumb is you get 10# return for every 1# planted. thats in the ground n planting small seed potatoes whole. i personally chitt my potatoes n plant eyes only, not the whole spud. have no ratio available for return doing it this way but they produce well.

mcpurple · Jun 30, 2011

whodatnation said:
Veggies!
See my little patch of dill growing in the bed with corn and cucumber dill pickles! yay!

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looks like the garden made a great come back. looks great.

and i uploaded the video to youtube so i could post it here ( thats the only way i could figure it out) and after it uploaded it said it was to long to play, it was 17 minutes ( i was high) but ive seen hour long videos theri, any one know how to get around that

CarbonX · Jun 30, 2011

mcpurple said:
looks like the garden made a great come back. looks great.

and i uploaded the video to youtube so i could post it here ( thats the only way i could figure it out) and after it uploaded it said it was to long to play, it was 17 minutes ( i was high) but ive seen hour long videos theri, any one know how to get around that

You have to get onto the youtube special program to get longer video times. Your gonna have to split it up in half and upload them to youtube.

mcpurple · Jun 30, 2011

CarbonX said:
You have to get onto the youtube special program to get longer video times. Your gonna have to split it up in half and upload them to youtube.

that sucks. im trying right now to upload it it again, im not sure how to split it up either

mellokitty · Jun 30, 2011

if you have moviemaker you can split it in that....

(just got the free download because i was having trouble making my "femme fatale" video for my grow journal the way i wanted. picasa? no. media centre? no. ms works? no. moviemaker? 2 clicks.)

CarbonX · Jun 30, 2011

mellokitty said:
if you have moviemaker you can split it in that....

(just got the free download because i was having trouble making my "femme fatale" video for my grow journal the way i wanted. picasa? no. media centre? no. ms works? no. moviemaker? 2 clicks.)

I find Windows Move Maker for XP is the easiest to use.

mellokitty · Jun 30, 2011

yes. windows. oops.

CarbonX · Jun 30, 2011

I just got this wired idea that came out of no where. Air Conditioners create water and there's a thing on them that either collect water or let it drop out of it from the bottom of the back or at the bottom. Why not catch the water and find a way to heat it up out side to create steam and capture the steam and let it cool to get water out of it and if you have it use a water filter system to make sure you filter out as much junk as possible then use it or throw it through the system 1 or 2 more times to make sure its clean. This way it will help lessen your water usage and you can always have a constant flow of water to use during the summer and you could probably use the water to water your lawn and such. Not to mention in the summer you can collect alot of water from the a/c but also if you use an a/c in your grow room you could possibly produce more water then you use for a soil setup and it could produce more then what you'd use in a hydro system depending on the temps.

whodatnation · Jul 1, 2011

CarbonX said:
I just got this wired idea that came out of no where. Air Conditioners create water and there's a thing on them that either collect water or let it drop out of it from the bottom of the back or at the bottom. Why not catch the water and find a way to heat it up out side to create steam and capture the steam and let it cool to get water out of it. This way it will help lessen your water usage and you can always have a constant flow of water to use during the summer and you could probably use the water to water your lawn and such to.

I collect from both my ac and dehumidifier ;-)

but why steam it? To make electricity?

CarbonX · Jul 1, 2011

whodatnation said:
I collect from both my ac and dehumidifier but why steam it? To make electricity?

Because when collecting it its not always going to be clean because with the systems dust, dirt and what ever else that is in the air can be collected through the systems into your watcher catcher. Distilling it and filtering it takes all the bad stuff that can be in it out of it but also you could use the water you collect to drink it hence steam it and filter it if you chose.

whodatnation · Jul 1, 2011

CarbonX said:
Because when collecting it its not always going to be clean because with the systems dust, dirt and what ever else that is in the air can be collected through the systems into your watcher catcher. Distilling it and filtering it takes all the bad stuff that can be in it out of it but also you could use the water you collect to drink it hence steam it and filter it if you chose.

Hmm never thought about that,,, but I also clean the filters on both units regularly that helps but probably doesn't get it as clean as your talking about.

CarbonX · Jul 1, 2011

whodatnation said:
Hmm never thought about that,,, but I also clean the filters on both units regularly that helps but probably doesn't get it as clean as your talking about.

Yea its the parts inside of the machines that collect the dust, dirt and such over time and the water runs through it and it can collect things that are worse then that from the air like if your sick it can get into the water from the air. I might have to find a way out on how to do a nice setup and post it on here how I made it.

whodatnation · Jul 1, 2011

CarbonX said:
Yea its the parts inside of the machines that collect the dust, dirt and such over time and the water runs through it and it can collect things that are worse then that from the air like if your sick it can get into the water from the air. I might have to find a way out on how to do a nice setup and post it on here how I made it.

Do you run big AC? I got a 18k btu ac that doesnt really put out too much (stingy thang lol) but probably cuz it doesnt run that often... The DH puts out a good bit, way more than the ac prob b/c its running ALL the time lol DOH Im stoned again. I havent done it in maybe 6 months but I do blow it out with a big ass compressor (lots of dust) buts still not stanley steamed cleaned!!! lol Im not sure what to do here,,, plants seem ok.
......hmmmmmm,,, cough syrup for your plants??? maybe it'll work lol
I think it be cool if put something together, go for it carbon!

CarbonX · Jul 1, 2011

whodatnation said:
Do you run big AC? I got a 18k btu ac that doesnt really put out too much (stingy thang lol) but probably cuz it doesnt run that often... The DH puts out a good bit, way more than the ac prob b/c its running ALL the time lol DOH Im stoned again. I haven't done it in maybe 6 months but I do blow it out with a big ass compressor (lots of dust) buts still not stanley steamed cleaned!!! lol Im not sure what to do here,,, plants seem ok.
......hmmmmmm,,, cough syrup for your plants??? maybe it'll work lol
I think it be cool if put something together, go for it carbon!

The one that I am using for the summer to cool my room is a small 5050 BTU unit but I wasn't watching it and it almost had frost/ice mis covering the whole from rad part that the coolent runs through, when I just used the fan it tool 3 to 10 mins for the rad to be clean again and there was alot of water from it. I wanna find a way on how to do a solar system setup or w/e to run my a/c and rig some thing up to catch the water. I wonder if I can get away using a metal bottle that is black to use as a distilling bottle. I have plans to eventually have an indoor garden off the grid producing its own water and such. I am curious to if its possible to find MH light that is aroind 100w maybe less if possible for my garden.

whodatnation · Jul 1, 2011

CarbonX said:
The one that I am using for the summer to cool my room is a small 5050 BTU unit but I wasn't watching it and it almost had frost/ice mis covering the whole from rad part that the coolent runs through, when I just used the fan it tool 3 to 10 mins for the rad to be clean again and there was alot of water from it. I wanna find a way on how to do a solar system setup or w/e to run my a/c and rig some thing up to catch the water. I wonder if I can get away using a metal bottle that is black to use as a distilling bottle. I have plans to eventually have an indoor garden off the grid producing its own water and such. I am curious to if its possible to find MH light that is aroind 100w maybe less if possible for my garden.

Home improvement stores have some 80w mh for sale. Iv always wanted to do a off the grid grow but doing it indoors would be quite the feat!

CarbonX · Jul 1, 2011

whodatnation said:
Home improvement stores have some 80w mh for sale. Iv always wanted to do a off the grid grow but doing it indoors would be quite the feat!

I see the ones that say MH but they are small ones compared to the 100w that I've seen. Where I live there might not be any of those that I can find.

I was going to use CFLs and LED lights but atm its cheaper for me to buy a MH light and balast then to buy CFLs and such to do it up. Also going off grid meens you need to use lower wattage lights that gives you the best result since doing off grid will draw a lot of power from the system and needs it to be timed right.

littlegrower2004 · Jul 1, 2011

i collect a lot of water from my AC since it runs about 18 hours a day. only a 5k BTU but still produces about 4 gal every 3 to 4 days i would say. i just use it to water the plants outside. should use it for indoor garden, just havent.

CarbonX · Jul 1, 2011

littlegrower2004 said:
i collect a lot of water from my AC since it runs about 18 hours a day. only a 5k BTU but still produces about 4 gal every 3 to 4 days i would say. i just use it to water the plants outside. should use it for indoor garden, just havent.

Nice. Please correct me if I am wrong but the colder you try to make the AC to keep the room the more water it produces correct?

littlegrower2004 · Jul 1, 2011

i would assume so since it would make the copper piping that the air runs through colder which would result in more water build up.

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