World Of Hempy

FuckJeffGoldbloom said:

i would recommend always normal veg and flower unless there is a real real time issue and space issue

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IMO, it depends on pot size and res size.

In 2 liter passives with a 2" res, if I veg even for a couple weeks, I have to feed every day by the end.

Whereas, in a 5 gallon passive with a 2" res, I can veg for a month and only have to feed once every two to three days by the end.

Mixing up feed and feeding every day can be a pain in the ass, especially if you're perpetual and you mix up multiple different batches of feed per session.

Also, I believe Mo used to throw 2l's into flower as soon as they were rooted (or maybe when the roots hit the res). He would run into the same issues described above if he didn't.

Sorry about the shitty hps pics.

Super Skunk
stacking up nicely. 5 gal coco hempy. Blue Planet nutes

Lemon Kush
I just put her in flower tonight. Shes my trial Super Soil girl. 5 gal smart pot

Ill pick particularly pretty buds near harvest time and stick em in a vase for my lady to keep on her night stand. She actually has a small bunch in a little,vase right now that I chopped 17 days ago. They are still alive (though starting to die now) and definitely still maturing. in fact they are in senescence now. They haven't been under 12/12 or anything special. Just clean water every other day. Too far gone to be good smoke but I scoped the trichomes after you guys mentioned it and they are 95% ambered with ruptured caps.

You really might be on to something. At least a great way to keep hitting em with higher level nutes until ready to cut then letting them use up nuts with your 12/12 idea. I usually lower my nutes down to pretty low ppm before harvest.

Definitely post results!

WattSaver said:

Well there is something different here. With a normal chop, trim, hang, in cool dark space, you don't see continued life or maturing. I'll be checking the trichs to see if they build and mature also. Then compare the smoke 6wks down the road.

But think about it, if you could chop an 8wk strain at 6.5wk. You could get another crop going in the tent earlier, dropping the light, then hang the harvest above the light with a couple of cfl's on cycle. It would take care of the stench of drying using the tent carbon filter, not needing a separate space. It could change the game. But first I have to put an ounce + at risk and give it a try.

I've tried many different cure schemes, but at least this off the track idea is mine.

Actually I wanted to step up my cure game, and bought, some new jars, 1/2 gal wide mouths, not much larger diameter than a qt but much taller, (thinking about spears), several hydrometers, and some Boveda 62% humidity control packs.

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My little Berry bomb on their 2nd set

Theyre in FFOF so I expect them to react to how hot it is but they seem to go good after that

Approx 12 week old bud. yUM. slow in showing reveg signs buds putting out lots of white hairs on skunk.

Shivaskunk said:

in fact they are in senescence now.

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Thanks for tuning me on to this word Shiva....never saw that one before....had to hit Wikipedia.

Nothing I had left of the lowers looked like it was worth experimenting on but I'll be doing this next time. I feed till chop and my bud tastes fine once cured, I also don't try to ride the edge of tip burn. If I could trim a week off that time without losing a lot of weight that would be sweet. Most tobacco is grown with chemical nutes and we're smoking the leaves and they don't flush.

jela10 said:

Thanks for tuning me on to this word Shiva....never saw that one before....had to hit Wikipedia.

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It is a very big concern for mushroom growers. I was sorry to see it here. :0)

JD

MrEDuck said:

Most tobacco is grown with chemical nutes and we're smoking the leaves and they don't flush.

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Well i am happy to disappoint you on that one ,
nearly 2 years quit and i got into swimming a year ago ,can all-most do a mile in the pool


And yes i will take any merit badges or small cash prizes

steeliesteve said:

So, I'm gonna try flowering a few plants in Super Soil. Do you guys think it'd hurt to veg in hempy then transplant into the SS? Ive never seriously done soil before. Dont wanna completely drop the hempy, just playing around with the soil.

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steelie Supersoil is one of the hempy experiments that I really want to try, just don't have the time and storage space to make a batch. I've run many buckets with soil from an inch above the hole up and they work. My idea is to take a rubbermaid 10gal tote which is no deeper than a 2gal bucket, but has a footprint of 16x24. I've always wanted to try a true organic hydro.

Hopefully they will be selling TGA product here soon.

its a hobby honey ! said:

Well i am happy to disappoint you on that one ,
nearly 2 years quit and i got into swimming a year ago ,can all-most do a mile in the pool


And yes i will take any merit badges or small cash prizes

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Congratulations. I'm working on quitting combustion myself but we had some financial hiccups and I had to get cigs for the past few days. My lungs aren't happy. I really want to stop combustion almost completely. Just need the money for a decent ecig and then a decent vape.

This is currently my first Auto and new to growing but have been following this thread for a while and this is my cream caramel auto forgot which breeder this is only my second grow my current setup is a

600w hps in a cooltube
With just normal fans for circulation
3gal hempy
Digital ipower ballast
DYNA- grow : grow bloom protekt
AD : B52 and sensical mg mix

That's pretty much it so far I think for my second grow to me I did pretty good hoping to get at least 1zip from it not sure on this genetics but from what I read the usually pull about 35 to 40 g per plant. I hope that is what I get lol.

Any constructive criticism from the mighty hempyneers ?

MrEDuck said:

Congratulations. I'm working on quitting combustion myself but we had some financial hiccups and I had to get cigs for the past few days. My lungs aren't happy. I really want to stop combustion almost completely. Just need the money for a decent ecig and then a decent vape.

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I used nicotine gum for the first week and I still smoke my e.cigarette ...damn thing gives me a buzz like a mild joint

BTW: e.cigarettes contain no nicotine in Canada, but not so in the USA

"cream caramel" sure sounds tasty. Good luck finishing the cycle.

I got a karamelo, or some such, as a freebie recently.

...but I am going for Kush/OG stinky this grow, and Lemon next. :0)

Take care,

JD

I used the e cigs from my local gas station, a full flavor, full nicotine one for a week or so, then the lighter one, never tried the very light one then jus quit...that was a year ago, only slipped up at a wedding, like 12 in 3 hours, after that i left early and went home to hit the bong...weddings cant stand em.. lol

WattSaver said:

steelie Supersoil is one of the hempy experiments that I really want to try, just don't have the time and storage space to make a batch. I've run many buckets with soil from an inch above the hole up and they work. My idea is to take a rubbermaid 10gal tote which is no deeper than a 2gal bucket, but has a footprint of 16x24. I've always wanted to try a true organic hydro.

Hopefully they will be selling TGA product here soon.

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So are you talking about still using perlite as a res and putting the soil on top? Hmmm....you'd have to layer SS then base soil on top. Now you got me thinking. Might have to work something out. I might be PM'ing you sometime. You have my mind working now. Lol

necropolis said:

This is currently my first Auto lol.

Any constructive criticism from the mighty hempyneers ?

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If you're looking for a how to get more "gram per watt" you need to account for a few things

an auto finishes much faster than as seed, unless the seed is grown from 12/12 (which IMO is a waste at a chance of a nice genetic)

This means your gonna get less... yes much less

Take a normal plant and grow it for a while, take your time. If your bored plant a few more, this will stagger your harvest

because you waited that initial couple weeks you can get a bunch more bud!
you want to fill up the footprint of the bulb, so that means having the canopy an optimal distance from the bulb so that you're catching all the light
even canopies are vital for getting higher grams per watt, and a small plant like that under a single 600 is almost a waste of energy (unless you learn!)
to learn, you gotta make mistakes. If you really can't find a way to vegetate your plants with some cfls or t5's, then you could maybe add a couple more auto's
Not dissing or anything , just want to steer you in the direction that i find more successful and it took me a while to realize what's gotta happen to get that super big yield.

auto's are intended for situations where you need it quick, and not alot, and don't care how good it is. For instance maybe to get weed in mid summer outside or have a few flowering in your veg room . they're much hardier than ordinary weed cause they have ruderalis traits which makes them pretty cool

but from what i have read about is lots of people who have experimented with different auto's regret even getting into them

great job keeping it green!! i use dyna too and i use the foliar pro with some of the additives all the way through, no bloom or grow

steeliesteve said:

So are you talking about still using perlite as a res and putting the soil on top? Hmmm....you'd have to layer SS then base soil on top. Now you got me thinking. Might have to work something out. I might be PM'ing you sometime. You have my mind working now. Lol

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Im gonna make something right now and see how everyone likes it.. MWAHAHHAAhatook two 3l poland springs, cut the bottom off of one and the top off of another.
took the bigger bottom piece and put a hole in the middle where the cone is, and one hole on the side a little bit below the cone hole
on the lower one i just put a big hole. I used a lighter to make the holes so everyone could see. the bottom portion has only one hole on the side of it. here i guess you could do a screen to avoid the super soil from coming out. On the top you just take a nylon rope and tie a knot on one end and string it through the hole thats in the bigger half. then you would frey the ends of it and put it into the bottom which would be hydrated supersoil (via the side hole) after hydrating supersoil you would water the hempy as normal and it would empty out the hole thats lower than the wicking hole and not over saturate the supersoil
also a pic of the lady that i can barely keep up with, showing signs of heat stress/underwatering/nute burn :-X

Nizza said:

If you're looking for a how to get more "gram per watt" you need to account for a few things

an auto finishes much faster than as seed, unless the seed is grown from 12/12 (which IMO is a waste at a chance of a nice genetic)

This means your gonna get less... yes much less

Take a normal plant and grow it for a while, take your time. If your bored plant a few more, this will stagger your harvest

because you waited that initial couple weeks you can get a bunch more bud!
you want to fill up the footprint of the bulb, so that means having the canopy an optimal distance from the bulb so that you're catching all the light
even canopies are vital for getting higher grams per watt, and a small plant like that under a single 600 is almost a waste of energy (unless you learn!)
to learn, you gotta make mistakes. If you really can't find a way to vegetate your plants with some cfls or t5's, then you could maybe add a couple more auto's
Not dissing or anything , just want to steer you in the direction that i find more successful and it took me a while to realize what's gotta happen to get that super big yield.

auto's are intended for situations where you need it quick, and not alot, and don't care how good it is. For instance maybe to get weed in mid summer outside or have a few flowering in your veg room . they're much hardier than ordinary weed cause they have ruderalis traits which makes them pretty cool

but from what i have read about is lots of people who have experimented with different auto's regret even getting into them

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I tried growing 6 autos last summer, and i dont think i would try them again, unless i got a few free seeds and threw em in...

I agree with Nizza 100%... regular and feminized seed strains have such great genetics, and such great smoke, i wouldnt want a less quality strain

Deft throw more in if its a 600 watter

Hope your grow goes well it looks good so far, is this your first auto? let us know how the smoke is

happy growing!

steeliesteve said:

So are you talking about still using perlite as a res and putting the soil on top? Hmmm....you'd have to layer SS then base soil on top. Now you got me thinking. Might have to work something out. I might be PM'ing you sometime. You have my mind working now. Lol

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Yes that's what I'm talking about,, perlite rez. Modifications in my twisted concept, would be to lower the hole to 1.5", mainly because of the larger footprint of the tote. I would just blend the SS with Roots or FFoF not sure of the % my 1st guess would be 50 or 60.

So with a 1.5" rez and an inch more of perlite it would leave room for about 7gals of soil. Is this enough soil??? I'm not sure, but I do know that after yrs of using CRF's that you can pre-load enough food for a full flower cycle.

I called the local hydro shop and they are going look into distribution of SS for me.

The run I did before my last ne half the plants were in soil with a 2 inch perlite res...and half way up I put a thin layer of perlite. From my experience the ones n soil actually did a bit better and begged just as quick as the pure perlite buckets. For what it's worth.

steeliesteve said:

So are you talking about still using perlite as a res and putting the soil on top? Hmmm....you'd have to layer SS then base soil on top. Now you got me thinking. Might have to work something out. I might be PM'ing you sometime. You have my mind working now. Lol

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