Gastanker's 600+w Organic UV Grow

Psychild said:

wish I lived at your place lol....good god man, your growing everything! you could be a vegetarian and live practically free the rest of your life ><

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Last summer I lived out of my garden with the exception of bacon, salt pork, rice, beans, and eggs. I can't do the vegetarian thing - gotta have at least a little bit of flavorful meat.

I have a smoke report for you on the water cured bud. It's definitely interesting and kind of a fun novelty. It looks pretty gross - very dark and although the trich are there they aren't nearly as visible. It doesn't smell like much and is quite light in weight. Initially the inhale tasted like crap and the exhale was similar to the normal bud but less so. Like someone screaming and then you stuck a pillow over there face - same taste/sound but muffled. It made me immediately think of freeze dried fruit, like the strawberries and peaches in cereal. After a few days the initial terrible inhale taste went away.

The high is nice. As it weighs half that of the regular buds and is thus half the density you can smoke large bowls in one inhale and hold it all in. Since the the THC content is the same but the ratio of it to organic matter is higher in the water cured you get pretty stoned pretty fast. One bowls worth gets you toasted which is nice...but when you think about it you're really just smoking 3 bowls at once. Personally I prefer the regular stuff. I would rather smoke all 3 of the bowls versus just 1 and I like the smack you in the face scent and flavor of air cured.

If you had really shitty harsh nasty tasting bud or are trying to get as high as possible with the least amount of inhales I would recommend water curing. Otherwise stick to the traditional. Really glad I tried it though. Fun novelty item - it's just like astronaut ice cream

A couple of the other ladies in my life.

She just hatched out a brood that I quickly released to the outdoors after being threatened by my gf. She guards the best of the best of my super chronic



This little lady hatched out her brood one day after the widow. She's currently piggybacking the majority of them.

Wait, time out....what do you use those for???

Definitely going to have to try the water cure thing, but I'm like you, I'd rather get the fulfillment of completing a few bowls rather than just one. I'ts not really about being high, it's about getting high

Psychild said:

Wait, time out....what do you use those for???

Definitely going to have to try the water cure thing, but I'm like you, I'd rather get the fulfillment of completing a few bowls rather than just one. I'ts not really about being high, it's about getting high

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"I'ts not really about being high, it's about getting high" Couldn't have put it better.

I keep a couple nugs in a vile at the bottom of that pill jar. Any of my friends are welcome to it whenever they want as long as they can get past my pet without hurting her. Free bud...kinda.

Oh shit man, I hate spiders but I have to try it! Is that a black widow?

Psychild said:

Oh shit man, I hate spiders but I have to try it! Is that a black widow?

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Yup. Here in California we don't have any really venomous spiders. Black widows and brown recluses are about as bad as we get and most people don't know what a brown recluse actually looks like.

Gastanker said:

Yup. Here in California we don't have any really venomous spiders. Black widows and brown recluses are about as bad as we get and most people don't know what a brown recluse actually looks like.

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As bad as it gets??? O.O Lol where I live we run from those and scream

Man...fuck those spiders I couldn't do it... what do you keep them in? R u ever scared they'll escape? What kind is the brown one?

mrorganics said:

Man...fuck those spiders I couldn't do it... what do you keep them in? R u ever scared they'll escape? What kind is the brown one?

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My buddy just brought me the brown one. She's fun to watch but just a common funnel weaver aka grass spider. Wouldn't be fun to be bitten but definitely not dangerous. I need to replace her with a brown recluse

I keep them in large vases with tin foil over the top. Not too worried about them getting out but their babies are super tiny and I'm sure some of them are going to escape. Oh well - when they get bigger and I find them I'll just have to relocate them outdoors or step on them.

So my tent is a bit warmer than I want it and saw these vases at walmart for $13. So...how do I get airflow?

I have a glass cutter meant for flat glass that I really don't think will work as this is thick stuff. I also have a small glass bit for my drill. I'm thinking stuff the container with a pillow and then plastic wrap and duct tape the outside to prevent cracking and then drill small holes going around the edge of the base.

Think I could pull that off without shattering the whole thing?

Dimensions are about 1 1/2' long and 5" in diameter and I have two so two chances to get it right. Looking for suggestions.

That's 6" ducting.

when i was a kid i got a glass bottle cutting kit. if u can put cutter in vise and get a strait cut around. then i had to heat cut with a candle. then there was a long metal rod with a metal ball on end, then u would tap from inside the cut till bottom fell out of it. good luck with it bro. o, btw u can keep ur free bud . i dont like spiders or snakes.

So here's my super cheap DIY cool tube.

Vase $13 from walmart. Glass cutter was $5. Made a rig to hold the cutter and vase so I got a nice even etch. I then ran boiling water over the line I had made and then cold water. Worked beautifully and gave me a nice clean break.



This is the edge I cut. No sanding and it's still pretty smooth.



A bit of bailing wire and we are ready to go.

People care about veggies? My white icicle radishes are coming up as well as the kohlrabi. I planted some sunflowers, african daisies, and alisyium and they are all showing as well - really fast imo. I built a trellis so I could scrog that one big tomato plant and the rest of the garden is really taking off. Everything has just about doubled in size since my last garden post. My butter lettuce is about ready to start harvesting my choi should be ready in about a week.

If there is any interest I'll snap some pictures and post them up.

My DIY cool tube is working well. Lowered the heat by ~15 degrees which puts it at 74-82 degrees.

Cool tube looks great! Cab looks great with girls in it again too! lets see the veggies!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Gastanker again. Maybe you should throw this in the DIY section (if it's not there). Great work!

SmokeAL0t said:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Gastanker again. Maybe you should throw this in the DIY section (if it's not there). Great work!

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You're too kind. Threw it in the DIY section just in case.

Here's my tent with it's self watering system as I might be leaving town for a few. Just transplanted the two bomberry and the white russian into 3 gallon smart pots. Rest of the plants are in 5, 7, and 10 gallon aero pots. One of my better looking ladies got fried about a week ago when I sprayed - I though they had all dried out enough to flip the lights on but guess I was wrong. She's a little ugly atm but growing it out. Also finally found my MH bulb - just in time for the last week of veg...



Here's the garden -

Scrogging this tomato plant


Planted alysium, african daisies, and morning glories along both edges here.


My other tomatoes. I added a second layer of shelving that they have grown through since the last pictures.





Sunflowers along the back fence

very nice grow subscribed in

Wish I had a place to plant all that stuff...it's looking good man. What exactly does scrogging a tomato plant accomplish? Keeping it controlled? or does it effect yield?

cannabis420420 said:

very nice grow subscribed in

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Awesome, glad to have you.

Psychild said:

Wish I had a place to plant all that stuff...it's looking good man. What exactly does scrogging a tomato plant accomplish? Keeping it controlled? or does it effect yield?

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trellising or scrogging tomatoes is pretty standard. Tomatoes are vines that we've bred to kind of stand up but not very well. The trellis provides support for further vertical growth. It should effect the size of the plant, the number of tomatoes, and the size of the tomatoes (they can grow a bit heavier when supported). Keeps it controlled as well I guess.

Sorry if you've mentioned it and I missed it.... but ... does the thicker glass (from the DIY cool tube) keep temps lower than that of standard-size thickness? Seems to me it would..