lets try again

[Cranky]

ok folks...its about time i sparked another grow up;) i just hope i dont have the same probs i have had the past 12 months:( .i basicly put it down to my water.we shall see aye:cool:

right,ive got 8 strains here.



master kush x chronic
bubbleicous x skunk #1
k2 x bubbleicous
skunk #1
k2 x white chronic
bubbleicous x white chronic
skunk #1 x bubbleicous
k2

ive got um in the ol paper towel at the mo in me airing cupboard and the temps in there is about 78f.i could do with it being a little warmer but we'll see,it can get alot hotter in there than that so ill keep an eye on things.

i shall pop back in a few mins with abit more info,first i need a brew:rolleyes: me mouths like a nuns :eek:


http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6813&stc=1&d=1163725905

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6814&stc=1&d=1163725905

wish me luck

cranky:cool:

[WilliamClarkeQuantrill]

i need a brew me mouths like a nuns


hey, I'll take one too. :smokin:


Good Growing! :smokin:

[smalltime]

Good luck on the grow Cranky. They'll be flowering before we know it.

smalltime

[Cranky]

yo WCQ,nice of yas to pop in;) one lump or two:D

righty ho then....this is what im gonna be using.

veg nutes and soil

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6816&stc=1&d=1163731070 http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6817&stc=1&d=1163731070 http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6818&stc=1&d=1163731070 http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6819&stc=1&d=1163731070 http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6820&stc=1&d=1163731070

flowering nutes

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6821&stc=1&d=1163731175 http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6822&stc=1&d=1163731175

light mix
Light-Mix is an ideal potting soil for organic gardeners who want to have control over the growing process through the application of liquid fertilizers. Slightly fertilized it ensures a fast development of roots and vigorous new growth

almix
All-Mix was developed especially to be the best potting soil for organic cultivation. It consists of 20% sphagnum peat moss, 35% garden peat, 10% high quality organic BIOBIZZ Worm-Humus , 30% perlite and 5% Pre-Mix.

bio-grow
Bio-Grow is a liquid plant food that promotes lush growth and is suitable for most all soil mixtures. It is a fertilizer and soil activator that can be used with drip irrigation systems. Bio-Grow can be used late in flowering as a plant tonic.

Alg-A-Mic
Alg-A-Mic vitality booster utilizes cold-pressed seaweed concentrate to provide an assortment of micronutrients vitamins, amino acids, and hormones of vegetable origin. Used as a soil drench or foliar spray, Alg-A-Mic increases plant health and disease resistance, while giving leaves a vibrant green color.

rootjuice
RootJuice is a 100% vegetable based root stimulator that creates:
- Explosive root growth in already rooted plants.
- Accelerated nutrient uptake.
- Toleration of high EC values.
- Stronger plants that are resistant to disease.

bio-bloom
Bio-Bloom natural bloom formula is a complete fertilizer used from the beginning of a fruit or flower production until harvest. It is packed with naturally occurring minerals, micronutrients, amino acids, and hormones of vegetable origin to ensure exuberant flowers and fruit sets. Bio-Bloom can be applied through manual watering or automatic drip irrigation systems.

top-max
TopMax is a 100% vegetable based organic bloom stimulator that encourages rapid cell division during flowering and increases the production of transport sugars in the fruit or flowers, resulting in a larger blossoms and fruits with enhanced flavours, oils and aromas.

ill go into the ins and outs of the growroom tomorrow;)

cranky

[Cranky]

Good luck on the grow Cranky. They'll be flowering before we know it.

smalltime

cheers dude;) it seems like its been an age since my last crop.....come to think of it it has lol

about bloody time aye:) thanks for stopping in:cool:

cranky

[Fing_57]

nice start all planned out .... Hope to see some nice plants soon :D


the bio grow ....... it's Molassas ......... got two free samples

I gave in and tasted it even ....... Molassas for $$$

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6818&stc=1&d=1163731070

top max and root juice ...... ones 5% kelp the others 15% kelp + both have 10% humic acid .... the only diff between them
I use'm both

just a heads UP

[Greenmachine]

Bout time mate! To much workin n not enuff growin makes Cranks Crankee.
Went to "our" local grow shop tuther day, and these 2 Vietnamese guys were buying quantity kit. The staff we're on their hands and knees checking out bundles of £20 notes on the floor with a detector machine below the counter:D :D :D £2750. spend.........so that's rented house and the leccy boards gonna get screwed.. :) :) :) Eeeeee it's a lark . See you soon.
:grow:

[CB]

send'n good karma ya way M8.... may they all be females and grow strong

been awhile since i grew any white chronic but must say it's a nice smoke indeed. Still have some in the ole bean vault tho :D

good luck on this grow my friend. I will be watching


grow on

[gorilla]

Can't wait to see harvest, cranky! :D ;)

Until then, hope everything goes smoothly.

[drumin]

I knew it wouldn't be long before you were jones'n' for a grow... ;)

Make it a good one cause I've got my eye on you. :courtjester:

[LdyLunatic]

nice to see your starting again....looking forward to watching your journal unfold....lots of good karma heading your way :pass:

[Cranky]

fing_57,GM,CB,G-man,Drumin and LL.thanks to yas all for the heads up;)
lets hope i can get to the end this time aye:o

ok,heres the first fuck up:o about 70% of the seeds have germed but i havent been able to get to the hydro store due to working late:mad: so it looks like im gonna have long arse tails on these seeds by the time they go into soil which will be tomorrow.im gonna have to,i dunno,get somit in my eye at work so i can get off early or i will be right up shit creek like.

some are like an inch long now:rolleyes: ...,o well they should be ok for another 12-18 hours...there gonna have to be.

what a bummer huh

cranky

[CB]

gebus m8 what a crapy start... pull a sicky or somit like and get some soil...

check for funky crap in the bag before ya leave like ;)


grow on

[gorilla]

Yeah... Uggg. Them buggers grow quick when they're that small.

should be alright cranky just make sure those towels are good and moist.

it is a bummer to start the season :mad: but as long as they survive ya could do much worse. good luck.

[Fred Lemonjello]

:idea:


........ So...... how's that eye doing? ;)
All better now I hope! :rolleyes: Hehehehe
:watch:

Fred

[drumin]

:slap: :damn: :jail:

[Cranky]

oioioi...guess what???no firkin soil again:o

i did better than the "ohoh i got something in my eye trick" i ended up having a full blown argument with the deputy manager and walked out:eek: .so,as i had steam comin out of my ears and fire blowing out of my arse,i hit the nearest pub.(just for the one like:D ).

basically i was asked to operate one of these (below) when i dont have a license.so the guy started showing me up in front of customers and other staff so i neally twated him but instead gave him a load of verbal and acted like banana and split.

http://www.minitexles.ru/production/combilift/img/pict/10.jpg

2 hours later I'm back in the office and it was a case of"sorry cranky me lad,i think there was a case of misunderstanding on both parts:rolleyes: see yas back in work on Tuesday"

ha i thought...its not everyday ya can get away with telling ya deputy manager that ya gonna chew his face off and get away with it...even asking me to come back:D

thats karma for yas:)

so,the seeds are like neally sprouting leaves lol but their looking healthy(nice and white)and its my day off tomorrow so its straight to get soil and all will be happy happy,joy joy:cool:

thanks all for the replies:gthumb: tizz a bummer but hay...at least i wont have to wait for um to sprout out of the soil:D

catch yas laters dueds and cheers:)

cranky

[Greenmachine]

Oy Cranks don't be puttin them babes straight into pure allmix, it's too strong for them, water it down w a bit of pearlite / vermiculite and peet first. Just a heads up reminder mate.

[Cranky]

;)nice one GM

its light mix for the first 2 weeks for this lot :cool:

cranky

[TENSIXFI]

lovin it already dude.

how you been me old china?

i'll be watching:p

[Cranky]

aye up buddy:) how the hell are we?hopes all well over in TENSIXFI land;)

nice to see yas about mate:cool:

right then,i managed to get me butt to hydro shop today:eek: as soon as i got back i wacked um in some lightmix(biobizz)and like i said before...no waiting for them to pop out the soil as there already popped thier shells in the paper towels lol.i also got some fish mix and the grow gods blessed me with 2 blueberry clones and 1 sk#1:D

pH on rain water aint looking to bad either..6.9 - 7.

cheers all

cranky

[Fred Lemonjello]

Well, thats much better Broham...... Looking Sa-Weet!

Fred

[CB]

look'n good so far... nice stash i see there as well :D

grow on

:pass:

[Cranky]

cheers ladz;)

well today i gave the little ones a wee drinky with just a tad bit of root juice.

Ive also gone a repoted the clones and gave them a wee feed of the lot.tiny amount of each;)

i shall add 3 x 4ft fluorescents tomorrow to get them seedlings closer to the light like.

might do abit of lst on one of the blueberry clones to.

time for the P tool now:cool:

cranky

[gorilla]

Lookin real good cranky.


might do abit of lst on one of the blueberry clones to. do it... i wanna see. :p Those BB plants are lookin suh-weet.

[Greenmachine]

Zat a sherry glass Cranks?
You posh git. Power plant beans going in today, gonna use a little h202 in the water.

[Cranky]

ya and she'd have me nutts if she knew:eek:

well, a few days on and all seems fine;) another drink will be in order tomorrow and i still need to add the other flouros:rolleyes: just been getting baked this past week:cool:

take care folks

cranky

[Cranky]

yo yo all:D

how we all doing????sorry i ain't updated peeps but better late than never aye;)

right sooooo...seedlings have been vegging 3 weeks now and should be about 12 inch tall but their still only 4-6.this is partly my fault:o as Ive still got um in tiny 2 inch pots and i also had probs with Ph and let um dry out to much on 2 occasions:rolleyes: .i will repot the lot this week.all will go into their final size pots...2.5 gals:cool:

had same probs on the clones also but that wasn't as bad.before,when adding bio bizz nutes to rain water or tap the Ph always sat about 6.4-6.6 ish.now me rain waters Ph is 6.9 to 7.1,after adding nutes it drops to about 5.7-5.9:eek:

so,they got a couple of feeds with real low Ph and 2 droughts.now im on top of the Ph I'm hoping all will go smoothly.fingers crossed aye:)

I'm also finding that after breaking a few necks(supercropping) on the bubblegum clones right on the node area,its making the plant go polyploid or whatever the spelling is?

after breaking/crushing,the stem went flat and stayed that way and is now exploding at the top.like topping itself(not surprised after what Ive put um through lol)

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7678&stc=1&d=1165890089

pretty interesting i think.;)

heres a few pics for yas and and ill get few shots up when their all repotted;)

take care all.

cranky

[CB]

cool poly whore M8 :D

havent had one fer a while here like

grow on

[Cranky]

:D strange huh...Ive always had um straight from seed.always thought it was a genetic thing?

so far its only happened to the bubblegums that ive supercropped?might be a coincidence?:shrug:

thanks for stopping in dude;)

cranky

[Cranky]

yo yo all,

i got round to re-potting in the end but i didn't go into final size as i didn't have enough soil,so i just re-potted the seedlings into 4 x 4 from 2 x 2 pots.

i was having a prob with them yellowing up on me.i thoughts its from the early waterings where the Ph was real low and i thought that maybe MG and N were locked out due to to much Ca?

so,i made a foiler feed up of :

Epsom salts(3/8ths teaspoon per 1ltr water)

0.5 ml budlink(silica/wetting agent)

2ml nytrozyme

they've had a afew sprayings now and this seems to be doing the trick.heres a pic of a leaf showing mg def before and after shots;) notice the leaf curling nearly gone on the second pic:)
http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7836&stc=1&d=1166326699http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7837&stc=1&d=1166326699
until Ive got the soil Ph stable ill keep using this.

the clones are doing ok...they were showing the same signs as the seedlings but again,the foiler feed seems to be sorting that and they are alittle small for the amount of time they have been vegging but this is down to the pot size...im trying to get the seedlings to catch up abit before 12/12 like.

and all the blueberry clones that i have been supper cropping have topped themselves FIM style.:D pretty funky i think:cool:
http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7840&stc=1&d=1166326699
thats it for now:) I'm hoping to go 12/12 next week...ya know...i have a good feeling about this one....like we may actually see me crop somit this grow:D :p

laters all
cranky

[CB]

looks like that pinch did the trick m8 :cool:

:cheers:

grow on

[gorilla]

Wow, that's so freaking cool!

What is FIM?

[Lungus]

Fimming is when the top node of a plant is pinched to leave 20% of the node behind. Out of this small piece of node 3,4, maybe 6 new tops may start to grow, producing more colas.

[Trailer Park Boy]

i think this is from OGFAQ? not sure.

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7847&stc=1&d=1166329998

The idea is to trim the very tip at the newest young node and leave behind just a tiny bit of plant material. hormones in the growing tip cause it to grow our up to 8 tops!! I've gotten six many times, but always at least four.

[The Hooded Claw]

Nice work Cranks. How much grow are you giving them now? 4mlpl?

THC.

[Cranky]

cheers for the heads up guys;)

well burnsy my ol bean,
the seedlings just started feeding on 1ml Grow and 1 ml Root Juice(per ltr)

clones are getting 2ml Grow,2ml Root Juice,0.5 ml Nitrozym,0.25 Fish Mix.

both are getting a foiler feed of Epsom,Nitrozyme and Fish Mix.;)

nice to see yas again.glad alls dialed in with ya grow(looking great)

take it easy

cranky

[Profound]

the seedlings just started feeding on 1ml Grow and 1 ml Root Juice(per ltr)

clones are getting 2ml Grow,2ml Root Juice,0.5 ml Nitrozym,0.25 Fish Mix.

both are getting a foiler feed of Epsom,Nitrozyme and Fish Mix.;)


cranky

Tell me about your temps and humidity Cranky.....sorry I'm late Dude.
I usually get my arcade on and check thru the post. I missed this one babyboy.....so I'm chiming in

[Cranky]

yo bro,nice to see yas:cool:

well mate...my temps are 75f-80f.I'm on a 24/7 light schedule so it pretty much sits around 78-80f in the day and drops to 75f-78f at night.

hps will be going on next week so temps may rise abit but not much as ill cool the hood with air sucked in from outside which is fekin cold at the mo:D

my rh is abit low...sits at about 45-50%.im gonna seal the cab back up before the hps goes in so that should bump it up abit.

nice to see ya mate

all the best

cranky

[Greenmachine]

Grow on Cranks!
ALM

[RedEyezzzzz]

Hey cranks. Glad to see everything seems to be going well. Tis a nice looking spot you have for growing. Count me in for this grow.
As far as RH goes - I have never been able to get above 40 - 45%. Have u ever tried the old 'wet towel wicking out of a water bucket' method?

[Cranky]

yo RedEyezzzzz,

nice to see yas to see yas nice;) well bro,i dont like the thought of damp towels in me room...nowing my luck id end up with mold in there:o

Ive closed my loft hatch abit and thats bumped it upto 55% or there abouts.that will do me:)

as for the plants,,, there coming along well now.Ive had a nice spurt of growth this week(thank fuck) and Ive bumped up the nute levels abit to as well as adding some mg to the mix.

I'm still foiler feeding,about twice aweek now and the plants look real happy after it.

gonna grab me soil tomorrow,reppot them into final size pots(not sure what size I'm gonna go to yet),let um settle in and then its 12/12 time:cool:

the seedlings are showing sex to,,,got a couple of males,a few unkowns and few fems.main thing is i got a fem of each strain.

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7964&stc=1&d=1166666723

thats it for tonight

all the breast

cranky

[Cranky]

aye up all,I'm back after the ol visit back to see the folks for new years and things are ok i guess.

i say i guess because,i had about 1 1/2 hours to re-pot 16 plants,pack all my shit, and other odds n sods which left me no time to Ph my water.

so the Ph would of been pretty low but they seem fine 6 days later.they are starting to show some signs of Ph probs but ill sort that during the next week and i will also foiler feed abit of mg,fish mix,and budlink which should keep um kinda happy until the Ph in the soil is corrected.

Ive also fired up the ol 400w hps in air cooled hood with my new 100ml ruck fan and boy am i happy with this fan.i used to use a cooker extractor thing which did the job ok,that used to keep temps about 82f but this baby after 6 hours of being on the temps are even lower than what they were when using the 3 x 4 ft flouros and 125w envirolite in there...was always about 78ish now its smack on 75.i could also have my light sitting on top of the plants as theres no heat penetrating the glass at all but then i wouldn't be ably to cover the whole grow with he light.

I'm sucking cool air in from the loft and straight into my hood and from there into my grow cab.

tomorrow i may switch the flow round to see how well it does as my ol man has given me his carbon scrubber to me as well as the fan I'm on about above so i can get rid of a few smells but if it wont work as well then ill just attach the cooker hood thingy to it and that should be ok...if not then it will be another ruck fan.


so,,,bring on the budz i say:D

just a few pics for yas;)

take care all

cranky

[gorilla]

lookin' real good cranky!

[Profound]

Don't you love a cool fan and filter
Looking real good !!!!!!!

[Cranky]

cheers ladz,

cool isn't the word mate...woke up this morning and after having the hps on for 12 hours the temps in the cab was 74f this morning;)

i like to have my lights on during the night...this also helps keep the temps down....plus ya sleep through the best part of flowering so time seems to go by abit quicker(as silly as it sounds i know):rolleyes: but it does.

so its 8pm -8am lights on for me:cool:

ta for popping in;)

cranky

[reubeni]

Glad to see you doing so well there m8 been a long time your cab looks just as crammed as mine nice job and good luck with the budz K+

[drumin]

Lookin good Crankster! :gthumb:

[Profound]

so its 8pm -8am lights on for me:cool:

cranky

I know the feeling by using 915pm to 915am
Nothing like that good feeling of knowing the temps are perfect and the girls are wearing thongs :eek:


.......a few more shots of porn maybe if we asked nicely :D

[Cranky]

lol:D

well...i was abit worried about temps at lights off...thought it may be to cold in there but me ol thermometer is saying all couldn't be better.

heres max and min temps for lights on and off...oh and ignore the 86% Rh as the meter also got a good spraying when i was foiler feeding:rolleyes: .

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8346&stc=1&d=1167945650 http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8347&stc=1&d=1167945650

i did have abit of a panic attack though when turning the hps on tonight...fukin thing was stuck on ignition or somit???? bollucks to fuck i thought...1 day back on and my ballast is fooked but then i remembered i had a spare bulb so i tried that and that came on straight away.

now if I'm honest...i know jack diddly shit about hps bulbs so i dont know if my ballast was having a funny 5 mins or that first bulb is toast???

heres 2 pics of the bulb thats not working.....i will swap um back over tomorrow just to see if it is the bulb:rolleyes:

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8348&stc=1&d=1167945650

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8349&stc=1&d=1167945650

thats all i need is to by a new chuffin ballast:mad:

oh and ill grab one or two out in abit and snap a few shots for yas profound...thongs n all:D

so what ya reckon it sounds like ballast is on its way out or is the bulb done for???all feedbacks greatly appreciated.

all the very breast

cranky

[CB]

bulb doesn't look to bad to me as it's not really black much on the ends.... but that doesn't mean it isnt...

If it fire's up when you test it again just keep an eye on it to make sure it doesnt go on and off every so often... have had mine do it like once an hour like then 5-10 minutes to fire back up ;)

Time for a new spare bulb i think


grow on

[reubeni]

Shyte that lamp is old, how long you had that; now if your name was CB I would understand:D but on a serious note you should keep a log of how many hours the lamp is run for as with age they loose a lot of lumen's if they say the lamp is good for 20,000 hours dump it at 15,000 your plants will appreciate it.;)

[Cranky]

well,the lamps were given to me by me pal,so not sure on age but i know this one I'm using is new...i plugged in that other bulb and its fucked i guess....just wont ignite so thats the end of that...

thanks for the info guys;)

not much to report,
its day 5 of flower and the stretch is on....they ain't had any feed since the transplant as the soils still wet from transplanting which was 10 days ago now:eek:

reckon they go another 3 again.....shocking i know but the plants haven't showed any signs of over watering but i was still worried so i popped 1 or 2 out of their pots and the roots have come through to the bottom and are nice n white real healthy looking so i guess things are cool with that.

just as i was going away over new years i didn't want um to dry out on me so i gave um 2 ltrs each of plain ol ph'ed water....i guess having my temps this low, 77 max and 66 min also is making a diff as in the past its normally at 80-84f but this new fan really is the dogs whatsits.

just the one pic for yas...be batts went in me cam after that.

http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8417&stc=1&d=1168296404

all the best

cranky

[reubeni]

Here is a bit of info this runs true with all lamps but more so with discharge types.

Blackening at Ends of Fluorescent Tubes
This is a common phenomenon with most common fluorescent tubes as they age. However, frequent or repeated starting can accelerate the process. The black areas in themselves don't affect operation except to slightly reduce the amount of light available since the phosphor in that area is dead. However, they do represent a loss of metal from the electrodes (filaments).

The cause is sputtering from the filaments, mostly when cold. Thus. this happens mostly when starting or with a defective rapid start ballast which doesn't heat the filament(s) or a ballast or starter that continuously cycles. When the filament is cold and is the cathode (on the negative half of the AC cycle for that end of the tube), the work function is higher and ions have a higher velocity when impacting, knocking off metal atoms in the process. This is greatly reduced once the filament is up to normal operating temperature (though even then, some sputtering is inevitable).

In conclusion if the ballast gear contains a ignitor or starter in the circuit it maybe wise to replace it to counteract this problem.

[Cranky]

o.well...there all in the bin....wife again!!:mad:

cranky

[Greenmachine]

Not again!

[reubeni]

Now that is some sad news!:boohoo: :confused

[Dibbz]

bad news m8 sorry to hear!!

Patience of a Saint
Cross to bear

Hear Hear :shake:

[gorilla]

OMG cranky not again!

What the...!!!!!!! :eek:

[Cranky]

cheers guys....

well,,,life aint so great again at the cranky household and seeing my crops go down the pan all the time is killin me.

this time ive lost all my strains that ive bread in the past and its to soul destroying to watch this happen all the time so im knockin the whole growing thing on the head for the time being.

it was basicly the one thing i had left that my wife allowed me to do and now it seems i cant even do that...ive also had to stop playing my tunes on the net(dj'ing)as my wife seems to think that im chatting up chicks and shit whilst djing???

im gonna be away for awhile as my lifes pretty fucked up at the mo and i need to get things sorted...this is the main reason why i havent been posting much the last few months...i will check in from time to time but i just aint got the head on to post.

sorry all and you all take care

catch yas about

cranky

[Greenmachine]

Thought I'd better edit that comment :D