Jigfresh's Closet Flooded Tube Vert Scrog - 1000w

haha, you know your pimpernels Mr West!!! at the moment he is kind of like the Scarlet Pimpernel...very seldom seen, but always doing good things.lol

mr west said:

u saying jig is the scarlet pimpinel?

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I know PIMPS haha

you guys are great. BrownBearClan... love the jesus in my closet comment. Makes me laugh everytime I see the light coming out. Lol.

BabyHughie, welcome glad I could contribute.

Natto, welcome to you. Honored to have you along. Thanks for the kind words.

Was really nice to see what everyone had said while I was away. I've been very very sick for a couple weeks... then when I get better BAM. My computer gets sick. I have a horrible virus that wont let me run any programs and I basically can't do anything. I do have a degree in Computer Science so I should be able to figure out how to fix the fucker, just not looking forward to wrestling with it anymore. I'm on my wifes computer right now watching the Cricket world cup. England has their hands full with the Netherlands. Can you imagine, haha.... Like anyone has any idea what I'm going on about. Netherlands beating England in cricket... It's sorta like USA winning a Football (soccer) world cup game against Brasil, Spain, or England. Anyways, if anyone wants any reports on any world cup games give me a holler... I've been watching all the games. ONly problem they start at 1am here and last about 6 hours.

I'll try and wrestle my wifeys computer away again tomorrow and update you guys on the grow and respond properlike to your posts. Glad to know you guys think i'm the scarlet pimpernell... for some reason we watched the movie in my high school.

Much love to my RIU friends. You guys mean a lot to me.

Oh and an update on Black ops (to those of you who play)... I've finally gotten good. Took getting to level 35 or so, but I've been consistantly getting positive kill/ death ratios. Got me a 20-4 and a 23-7... For those who don't know... that's fucking bad ass.

As for the closet... It's a FREAKING JUNGLE. No kidding things are just out of hand. Not sure what to do... not sure if there is anything to do... I'm just going with it and pulling a couple leaves here and there so things don't get too cramped. I haven't removed a single bud site, so should be lots of popcorn along with some fat buds. Had to do a sorta supercrop on a branch that was growing into the ceiling. Man it's just nuts. Pics, videos, and responses to questions and the like soon. Hopefully tomorrow. Sorry I been gone so long.

peace

Hey everyone... I just answered someones PM about posting videos and full size shots... thought since I typed it all up I would share with everyone else... others might want to know as well:


For youtube videos right in the post you do this.... first you put a [ then youtube then ] put a code here then [ then / then youtube then ]

There should be no spaces inbetween anything. I'd just put how it should look, but it would put a video in. should look like [boobtube]xjcikelf[/boobtube]

The code is the end of the url for the video. So like here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcHOfbeZXbU

You use the part after the = .... so the ZcHOfbeZXbU deal. Make sense, I hope so. Feel free to clarify if it doesn't.

To put the pictures in there are a couple ways. You have to upload them to RIU first. SOme people put them in their albums, I just attach them to the post. THey are similar. If you do the album thing, upload them to an album... then find the pic you want to insert, click on it, so it's just the pic, or it's large, you know what I mean. Then right click on the pic and copy... then paste that into the actual post... it will be full size. Or the resize that RIU does, I think it's 800 x 600. What I do is just insert the pic by clicking the insert image icon... upload them and put them at the bottom of the post (for whatever reason RIU puts them randomly in the text). And post that post.... now on the little thumbnails in the post you just made, right click each pic and press 'Open in new tab'.... then when they are all open, edit the post and do the copy paste thing with the big pictures in the other tabs.

peace

Ah Sir Jigeth hath returned. Hope you are feeling better, had the same shizzle for the last 2 weeks as well. Had to big it up for the Oranje!!! Done quite well, but I think England were fairly tosh by all accounts. Here's a funny for you, everytime I read it I pee myself laughing, the wife sent me it. This is the 3rd time I have posted it, it's just too funny...Cricket explained, perhaps you could pass this onto some of your friends who are not sure of the rules J!!!


"You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when
he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's
out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in
and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get
those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in
and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who
are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes
in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two
men called umpires who stay all out the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides
have been in and all the men have been given out, and
both sides have been out twice after all the men have
been in, including those who are not out, that is the
end of the game!"

nice explanation. Hella funny. It's spot on, lol. Really clears things up if you aren't sure what's going on out there. Or in out there. Or should I say going on out in there. Hahahaha. Good stuff D. Props to the wife.

20-4 and 23-7 is damn good going jigga! seems your excelling at all you do lately man! shine on!

video game : $69.00 , new cpu : $800.00 , living enviroment in ur closet : priceless... for that dank that no money could buy ... glad to hear you doing good , stay healthy...

DST said:

Ah Sir Jigeth hath returned. Hope you are feeling better, had the same shizzle for the last 2 weeks as well. Had to big it up for the Oranje!!! Done quite well, but I think England were fairly tosh by all accounts. Here's a funny for you, everytime I read it I pee myself laughing, the wife sent me it. This is the 3rd time I have posted it, it's just too funny...Cricket explained, perhaps you could pass this onto some of your friends who are not sure of the rules J!!!


"You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when
he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's
out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in
and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get
those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in
and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who
are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes
in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two
men called umpires who stay all out the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides
have been in and all the men have been given out, and
both sides have been out twice after all the men have
been in, including those who are not out, that is the
end of the game!"

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That is very funny and I'm now more confused than before I read it, lol.


Congrats on the Black Ops stats! That's kicking ass bru!

Cheers jig, much appreciated, I'll be following along with great interest

Apologies if my question is a real newbie one - I'm pretty sure it is, so just give me a brief answer if you don't mind and I'll go off and research what you say - but I'm fascinated in all of this and just trying to suck up all the information I can get. Also, sorry for such a long post.

You're from the US but love cricket?! That's pretty amazing - my best buds are from the States and Canada, and they've barely heard of it. My Texan bro just glazes over when we talk about it, but he does love football. I'm a big baseball fan after living in Japan for a long time, can't beat a long afternoon and night game, it's like chess sometimes (just like cricket).

DST, great stuff, that just about sums it up eh

So, Black Ops on PS3 is OK? I've read a lot about how buggy and unplayable it can be, plus I've got MW 1&2 and WaW. Haven't played 2 too much but I was huge on CoD4 when it came out - awesome game and unbeatable maps, played it every night for hours for a year or so with my mates (back when I had more access to the good smoke). Can't beat going 20 for 1 or 2 on any of those games, what a rush!

Peace all, very much looking forward to seeing 'the jungle'!

I'll respond to you guys soon... been a long day. Among other things I refilled my water and gave the girls a fresh batch of nutes. They should be very happy tomorrow. The leaves in the pics I'm attaching look droopy, but that's just because it's their night time... they are more lively looking during the 'day'. Hope you guys like. It's getting insane.

Speaking of getting insane, do you all think it's ok to trim some budsites off at this point. I'm thinking there are some in the back and in the 'middle' of the plants that are going to be super popcorn... plus there are 2 little branches that are getting mighty bleached I figure it's better to pick them now than waste the energy to grow them out. Let me know what yall think. Raiderfan if you are out there let me know your input I know you messed with popcorn this round.

peace

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ahhh sleeping beauties gettin damn full in that cupboard man!

I am sure trimming back with that much foliage is not going to be a bad thing Jig. Away with those popcorns I say!!

Filling out in there quick like Jig. Id have to agree with DST them popcorns aint woth saving, off with there heads hahaha.

It's definitely filling up quick. Huge difference from the last pics I looked at which is always cool to see.

First off, I've got to say, I'm so glad to be using a computer and on the internet right now. The power just came on about 5 minutes ago after being off for about 40 HOURS!!!!! Things I'm grateful for: 1.having gas utilities. We had a heater, a stove, and water heater that all worked the whole time. 2. Having an awesome wife who tag teamed my plants with me. I don't know if I told you guys, but I took the dams out of the top level, so they weren't in water. I woke up every hour both nights to take 2 gallons out of the rez and pour it in a funnel going into the tubes. Since I was pretty exhausted during the day, I slept and the wife would do it every 40-60 minutes. Plants look great. 3. I'm glad to have a strong back for all the shoveling I've had to do. We got 2-3 feet of snow in about 18 hours, which knocked out the power among other things. Just crazy, 30 foot tall trees were bent down so their tops were on the ground. Big ass branches broke off the 100 foot trees and some were hanging on the power lines. I got some lumberjacking in today, was pretty fun. 4. Very happy about my wood stove in the living room. Even though we had heat, we couldn't use the heater because the closet with the plants had to stay open so as not to get the humidity in there up to 70% with no airflow... and with the door open the heater would have gotten the plants up to about 90-95 f. Not good to cook plants with no water. So we relied only on wood to keep us warm which brings me to 5. Glad to have a great neighbor, who during the fall made me a deal. I help him split a bunch of wood, he gives me a bunch of the split wood... so we had plenty of wood to keep the fire going almost the whole time. 6. Happy that I didn't have to go anywhere the whole time, so I could stay with my wife, house, plants, and cats. 7. Grateful to have RIU to share this story with. I've missed you guys. WIsh you could be here with us... it's real pretty outside.

OK... all that being said, the plants are looking amazing. Freaking huge. Pretty much taking up the whole top half of the closet. I've never grown bushes like these are turning out to be. Between that and never having grown this strain (and knowing nothing about it) I have absolutely no idea what to expect for yield. Will be exciting to see. I pruned a bunch of undergrowth and sad looking fan leaves off them. Just for fun I weighed what I took off. About 2.5 oz of plant matter. Makes me laugh thinking about the 'mortgage buster' on the 600 thread. What was it 10 pounds of plant matter. Anyways things are going well. Only thing to complain about I guess is my clear tubing for the water pump to take the water up... it's totally green with algae. I'm not super worried about it, but I am going to do something about it soon. The rez water looks crystal clear and I"m sure the roots are shining white as always.

babyhughie said:

soo about a year and a half ago i stumbled across your videos on youtube.. since then medical cannabis has been a life changer for me.. i am now a medical patient that suffers from back problems from a bad car accident years ago.. your innovative grows inspired me to grow my own while also helping people with my meds that are qualified... i am 26 years old and seriously you have changed my life i wonder what i would be doing if i didnt see your videos... Thank you Bro seriously... I cant wait to see your grow.. Check out what you have inspired me to do : http://www.thcfarmer.com/forums/f95/cheap-diy-uc-10-bucket-8gal-gdk-pw-black-28012/

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BabyHughie... that is so cool that I could play a little part in the bettering of things for you. I'm so glad that you have found mmj to help with your pain. It's such a great medicine, just makes me sad everyone who needs it can't use it, but that's another subject. Really really appreciate you coming by to share. I haven't checked out your grow yet, but it's on my list of things to do today. Really stoked you found my videos too. That totally why I love youtube, get's things out to a broad audience.

natto said:

After thinking about my post jig, I'll post my question first so I can spare others from reading through the other stuff! I'm a complete beginner here, so forgive me if my question's stupid. But, following all your vertical grow journals I'm deeply confused! They look absolutely stunning (of course!) but doesn't scrog take advantage of the fact that plants want to find the 'sun' (i.e. grow upwards towards the light)? I saw your video of your skeleton (first grow I think it was) and it looked like awesome colas and little else. If the plant's trying to find the light I can see how it works bending it over to train more main shoots upwards, but if the light's coming from the side I can't follow (unless it's gravity encouraging the plant up, and you're training it off to alternate sides all the time as it grows, but your journal doesn't mention doing that?)

That skeleton was incredible, I'd love to know how you did it.

You're a great writer too, I couldn't stop reading once I started following along with your journey. I think I read a while back (so much to take in the last few days!) that you were interested in writing professionally? If I've got that right, go for it - you've got what it takes for sure, to my mind.

Right now I'd still like some chemical support, but am ready to kick the booze into touch, and return to the beautiful bud, which instead of destroying stuff (my body, my creativity, my relationships) nurtures it all! I have serious medical problems and no doubt if I was in the US where it applies I'd get mmj (is that the right acronym?) in five minutes flat from a sympathetic doctor. The problem is I can't really get it at all here in the UK right now.

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Welcome again natto. The reason for the scrog in the vertical grow is basically to hold the plants off the light. You are correct in that it doesn't really expose more budsites to the light like a flat scrog would, but that's not really why I use it. If there was no screen the plants would grow all over the light (kinda like they are doing in this grow). And that wouldn't be good because they would burn, bleach, and block light for more branches in the 'middle' of the plant. So that's the thinking.

Not sure which the skeleton grow was, but I have all my journals in my signature, you can check any of them out and ask any questions about the. But pretty much everything has been answered if you read enough. Be careful they are long.

Like I said earlier, it's sad not everyone can hook up mmj (correct acronym), but either way I'm a big fan of cutting down/ cutting out alcohol. I know for me it was nothing but trouble. Some people have no problems and that's great, but I know it was a hamper on my life in general... especially health. Not to mention my fucking DUI (drunk driving arrest) cost me something like $15,000 after all said and done. TOO fucking expensive.

About writing, I've been having a great time covering the local high school sports lately. It's cool too, to have people read what I wrote. I love sports and writing as well, and I feel so cool to be writing and covering games, even if they are only high school and even if I'm not getting paid, who cares. It's great. Thanks for the kind words. If you want to check out my sports writing just PM me I'll send you a link.

Glad to have you along bro.

greenlanter said:

video game : $69.00 , new cpu : $800.00 , living enviroment in ur closet : priceless... for that dank that no money could buy ... glad to hear you doing good , stay healthy...

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So glad you are still checking in greenlanter... best part about the game, my friend bought it for me.... only problem I had no idea what I was in for. I had never played a shooter game before December... Now I'm HOOKED. It's bad. When the power was out I was just thinking about the different maps and the weapons, lol. It's like crack that multiplayer shooter sheit.

Don Gin and Ton said:

20-4 and 23-7 is damn good going jigga! seems your excelling at all you do lately man! shine on!

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Thanks Don. I'm all kinds of proud. I even saved the videos for everyone to see, lol.

natto said:

You're from the US but love cricket?! That's pretty amazing - my best buds are from the States and Canada, and they've barely heard of it. My Texan bro just glazes over when we talk about it, but he does love football. I'm a big baseball fan after living in Japan for a long time, can't beat a long afternoon and night game, it's like chess sometimes (just like cricket).

So, Black Ops on PS3 is OK? I've read a lot about how buggy and unplayable it can be, plus I've got MW 1&2 and WaW. Haven't played 2 too much but I was huge on CoD4 when it came out - awesome game and unbeatable maps, played it every night for hours for a year or so with my mates (back when I had more access to the good smoke). Can't beat going 20 for 1 or 2 on any of those games, what a rush!

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No worries about the long posts my friend. That's what this is all about, conversating about weed, life, and all kinds of other shit. Would get boring if everything was one line. I think others would post more if we weren't all subscibed to 20 threads or something. Takes a lot of damn time just to read them all much less post a lot on each.

I love love love cricket. I'm a sports fan in general, but when I came across cricket I fell deeply in love. My wife lived in London for a couple years and she loves it there. So when we got together I took my first trip across the pond. When we go to London we are lucky enough to have a friend who lets us stay at his flat. He is big on sports, well mostly cricket and football (the real football where you use your feet that is). So anyways, on our first visit there the ashes were going on and he explained what was going on. I was just loving it. Ever since then I've tried my best to follow things in the cricket world. I watch the ashes when they are going on. Sometimes I'll check out other countries play test cricket. My wife and I really got into the last world cup in 2007, and we watched the first season of the IPL religiously. We are digging this world cup alright. The big problem is the time difference between the west coast of the us and india. Watching lost of replays.

Black ops is the first shooter game I've ever played, so I have nothing to compare it to. I've read it's buggy too, but it's all good to me. I think a lot of people like the older Call of duty games. My RIU friend who plays PS3 stuff, I always notice they are playing modern warfare, not balck ops, so I guess the older ones are better. I've yet to go 20-1 or 2... that would be a real rush. I'm still not very good, but I'm smart. All the other people can aim so fucking fast, I'm not that great yet... but I know where to hang out and shoot people in the back, and such.

Dezracer said:

That is very funny and I'm now more confused than before I read it, lol.

Congrats on the Black Ops stats! That's kicking ass bru!

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One day we'll have to watch a match together Dez... I'll let you in on the beauties of cricket, lol. Thanks.

Don Gin and Ton said:

ahhh sleeping beauties gettin damn full in that cupboard man!

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It's even more full now... just out of control. I'm gonna have a ton of weed on my hands in a couple months.

DST said:

I am sure trimming back with that much foliage is not going to be a bad thing Jig. Away with those popcorns I say!!

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1badmasonman said:

Filling out in there quick like Jig. Id have to agree with DST them popcorns aint woth saving, off with there heads hahaha.

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Haha... off with their heads. Thanks for the input D and MM. I think I said earlier, I pulled a lot off.... all the little tiny stuff (or at least all I had the energy to pull). It's hard to get up underneath everything... it's at a bad height or something. I can't wait to see these buds get fat. They are looking real good for how far along they are. I am pretty happy with my set up. I think next time I'm just going to lower the top level a few inches, because the top level is hitting the ceiling, and the bottom level isn't quite up to the bottom of the top plants, if that makes sense. Anyways, I'm stoked at the progress.

Dezracer said:

It's definitely filling up quick. Huge difference from the last pics I looked at which is always cool to see.

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I can't wait to show you pics now. Even more out of control. Not sure when that will come, today tomorrow, Power has actually gone out a couple times while I was writing this, so we'll see how things go. It is cool to see the difference. Thanks bro.

peace guys.

Hey bud, you are the inspiration behind my grow design. But if the power goes out again get your tube and put it about a foot above the the top of your pipe system, then curve it down so it hangs in the pipe but not submerged, then suck it until the water gets above the hump in the tube and starts flowing down. This should give a steady flow of water, not as much as a pump but it would keep it fresh so you wouldn't have to water it every hour. Did this as a science project in the 5th grade.

Hey jig, thanks so much again for the warm welcome and your detailed replies...it's deeply appreciated from here in the UK.

That weather sounds awful and unbearable, but also an incredible experience in a way (hope you know what I mean!) and the beauty of it - I'd be almost as interested in seeing outdoor pics of that (nothing identifiable of course) as I am in your grows!

Loving your philosophy - about it being about life and sharing, and not just on the level of grows (although they're why we've come together - just shows what a uniter mj is, imo, even if not all of us can get on a mmj loop as you guys can in the States - which is almost criminal to my mind.)

Decent smoke (Indica for mmj reasons) would have helped me an awful lot when I had huge problems a few years ago. Instead the docs wouldn't help me properly with what they had to hand here in the UK, and I ended up getting into HUGE problems with alcohol. I'm lucky to be alive - not through DUI and stuff - there but for the grace etc... - but because I almost killed myself trying to relieve anxiety with stuff that only increased it into the most vicious circle imaginable - and a deadly poisonous substance to boot!!

No access to decent medicinal smoke right now, so I'm still drinking more than I'd like or is healthy, but I know the path I want to take instead, and you guys are pointing the way

Well, I didn't mean to write much so will try to keep the rest of this short, ha!

Thanks so much for the reply about your vertical method. It was the pics from your first grow 'skeleton' I saw, I'm pretty sure (it was the CJ) - it amazed me, and the crop was unbelievable. I understand, thanks to your explanation, why you did it like that - and what results! I'm determined to go organic, but your threads sure do tempt me to try hydro!!

It's put a huge smile on my face to hear that a fella from the US and his missus have fallen so in love with cricket I don't watch much but can spend all day, every day, watching the Ashes - just about the pinnacle of a sports contest in my book, unmissable!! I haven't caught much of the WC so far, but now's the time to start watching! I'm a big believer that watching sports is one of the best ways to connect with other countries and cultures around the world, and to really understand them. Out in Japan seeing the Sumo was a revelation - and not just the actual bouts - meeting the wrestlers and seeing them train and how they lived, even bumping into them in the local 24/7 convenience store, because I worked around the corner from a training stable. And the Muay Thai (sp?) in Thailand - not the stuff put on for tourists, but the real stuff in the National Stadium, Bankok, with us the only foreigners there and the locals going crazy with the betting against the cage holding them back, as the band played more and more furiously as the action in the ring hotted up...awe-inspiring. We were lucky enough to see that transvestite champion kickboxer (most people won't know what I mean but I think there's a movie about him/her). And the baseball in Japan...wow.

I'm a bit of a PS3 fiend, have been for years, went into writing reviews for a bit but got disillusioned with it...my writing dreams lie elsewhere so will be interested to follow that part of your story my friend Black Ops sounds pretty bad right now, but there's a patch out next week I hear. Wait until you go 20-1,2, or even 3, it's sweeeet!! That was mainly in CoD4 for me, because those kills came from skill and knowing the maps, but in later games you can rack up 10 or 15 kills from killstreaks, and not 1 vs 1 skill, which seems a bit lame to me...that's why I think they somewhat killed the later games...

OK, OK, I'm starting to derail this thread completely (no chance, know I'm joking!) by talking about everything and anything else except growing! Just ignore me, and know that I cannot wait to see the latest pics, and will follow the grow progress with huge interest

Peace to all

natto said:

And the Muay Thai (sp?) in Thailand - not the stuff put on for tourists, but the real stuff in the National Stadium, Bankok, with us the only foreigners there and the locals going crazy with the betting against the cage holding them back, as the band played more and more furiously as the action in the ring hotted up...awe-inspiring. We were lucky enough to see that transvestite champion kickboxer (most people won't know what I mean but I think there's a movie about him/her). And the baseball in Japan...wow.

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The Beautiful Boxer is an awesome film and story. My wife and I love Mauy Thai, I had the pleasure of being trained how to fight Muay Thai style by her, lol. She rocks!

hey jig, i really don't think taking away smaller popcorn sites will add any weight to the already bigger bud sites. i'd like to hear an awnser from a more knowledgeable person. i know 1/4 of my last harvest was popcorn and i'm glad it was there. other than that how has life been treating you and the mrs.? my 3 year old grand daughter had her first soccer practice yesterday, i haven't laughed that hard in a long time watching the coach trying to direct a herd of kids to kick a ball into the net.

jigfresh said:

I'll respond to you guys soon... been a long day. Among other things I refilled my water and gave the girls a fresh batch of nutes. They should be very happy tomorrow. The leaves in the pics I'm attaching look droopy, but that's just because it's their night time... they are more lively looking during the 'day'. Hope you guys like. It's getting insane.

Speaking of getting insane, do you all think it's ok to trim some budsites off at this point. I'm thinking there are some in the back and in the 'middle' of the plants that are going to be super popcorn... plus there are 2 little branches that are getting mighty bleached I figure it's better to pick them now than waste the energy to grow them out. Let me know what yall think. Raiderfan if you are out there let me know your input I know you messed with popcorn this round.

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