Alien*D{}G--HPS(400w +)Soil,17 Lady-Scrog,Training,Super Silver Haze,SourD*Test Grow*

[DamnUglyDogE]

Test Pots Day 7 5-8-12

Test Pots Day 7 5-8-12

Test Pots Day 7 5-8-12

* The little one in the last pic is my
Grape Krush Freak. She is over 9 weeks old and just now
starting to show growth ( Whatz that all about) lol

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Trying ta save the SCROG ladys 5-14-12

Trying ta save the SCROG ladys 5-14-12

Well that was fun.

I give 25% chance at making it in the 5 gal bucket.

As for the scrog simply
Took 1 lady out
Dug under the other 4 as far as I could. Around 3 inches
off the bottom close to half the container.

Filled in with layers of straight perlite then soil with perlite in it
I also added Mycorrhizal Benefecial Fungi(even though I understand it takes a couple weeks for Mycorrhizal to start forming.)

Added the 2 inch top cover and thats was that,

I will water tomorrow if it looks needed.

I replaced her with 2 smart pots. 1 gal & 2 gallon SSH
I layered the 5 Gal pot the same way and added more holes.
Well see...

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

The room 5-14-12

The room 5-14-12

The room 5-14-12
Outside view


I have most Lady's getting good light.
The intake fan blows over the top of the scrog with cool
night time air.
That is keeping my temps at 75-79

Once the seed grow is done I will add the 150w hps back in here.
Really needs it...

Thinking I will add a couple 64w cfls again. As long as my temps
stay 80 or under.

Oh and of course... There seems to be some bugs having a good time. Looking like mites again and something chewing leaves.
I drenched the Lady's with mite spray and turned fans on high
right before lights off.
Not too worried as I beat them before and I found them early.
Post coming...lol

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Yeps-Bugs Spray- 5-14-12*Yep this should kill a few things*

Yeps-Bugs Spray- 5-14-12*Yep this should kill a few things*

Yep this should kill a few things.

Around 2 gallons of water
1 pack of cigarettes ( just tobacco)
1 cup dried marigolds
1/4 cup crushed red peppers
1/4 cup dried garlic

Boiled on low for 2 hours

Added 1/2 cup
Eco Smart insect killer spray which has

Rosemary,peppermint,thyme,clove Oil in it.
A touch of dish soap

Boiled 15 minutes and let chill a few hours.

Strain with a coffee filters and test on a plant outside...
Should be good to go.

What do u think ?

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

SCROG x 2 Misc pics. *Day50* 5-14-12

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

SCROG x 2 Misc pics. *Day50* 5-14-12 2

SCROG x 2 Misc pics. *Day50* 5-14-12 2

some one say more pics? lol ok...

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[DamnUglyDogE]

Training Day 50 and other ladys Day 13*5-14-12*

Training Day 50 and other ladys Day 13*5-14-12*

Training Day 50 and other ladys Day 13*5-14-12*

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Looking better. Almost Dialed in.

Looking better. Almost Dialed in.

Looking better. Almost Dialed in.


Added 2 64w 6500K CFL's to the outsides.

I think Im going to be Golden. They Look better tonight.

I see no bugs & Hoping it was just a lite overfeed with no flush needed.


Fan on the low to dry everything out better.


Only one odd leaf found today.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Sour Diesel Hash Balls 5/16/12

Sour Diesel Hash Balls 5/16/12

Sour Diesel Hash Balls 5/16/12

I was bored and looked over at a jar of sourD and it hit me it would make some good hash so I came up with this as I was sleeping and tried it this morning.

With the way this SourD grew it is throwing off all these little pollen balls and they taste better than the bugs
so this made sense to me.

1 make a Kief screen of some sort and sift a good amount of ground nugs.

Around 45g sifted got me almost 16g kief. (going to use the left over for making Honey oil)

Took 1/2 and placed in a cloth.



Find a fire and a bowl of water.

Creat a ball in the center of the cloth and twist as hard as you can.

Dunk cloth in water and then start holding over the flame.



Turning slow and keeping the cloth wet, get the ball hot and twist.

Repeat over and over for around 10-15 minutes. Dunk,flame,twist---

Let cool and unfold... Pow-- there ya go. Yep--- One fat hash ball of joy...

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I did 2 runs_

The 1st time I just used a cut t shirt and it came out 90% hard with a little flaking off and it was still moist.

2 try much better...

This time I used a cloth doubled up and added some foil ( Used the emergancy blanket foil-same as wall cover)
then added the product.

I was thinking it would help add more heat to the center of the ball and keep the ball from getting wet.

I twisted so hard as too have busted the cloth. ( double up the cloth, if your not a weakling )

I also added a step

When you think your done- twist as hard s you can and find a way to hold the tention.

Get the ball really wet and heat the hell out of it with the tention added
( at least 5 minutes of hot-not burnt )

This set up worked great.

The ball came out 98% hard as a rock and 95% dry.

Im setting in the sun and fresh air to dry them out better. Only a hour or so.

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So that was fun and now I have a new way to smoke da smoke.
Hash chunk with honey oil on top. Yep... 1st thing I did and man let me tell you. Im loven it.
Taste is awesome, feel is great and life is good in my hood today.

I was thinking of tossing one in the freezer for a few day as I read something about that-yet I can remeber
anything more than freezer right now so no rush. lol

What ya all think ?

Is this hash or should I call it something eles? ( Only used a semi fine screen to sift-not micro )

Thinking the next time I'll heat it just a litlle longer.

Any suggestions or advise on how to make this work even better_ Feel free to speak up.

Thankz for taking the time-- and -- Dam this taste sooooo good with new kind of buzz as well.. hummm.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

1st ISO Hash Run 5-18-12

1st ISO Hash Run 5-18-12

1st ISO Hash Run 5-18-12

Took all the dryed stem from SSH (sticky stems )
around 1\8 of sourD buds -- 1/16th of SSH nugs- & -1/16th Grape Krush

Added ISo and shook for a few- Set in the dark a few hours and figure I will
strain using a coffee filter and a coffee maker hot plate to evap alc.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

1st ISO Hash Run 5-18-12 *Part 2*

1st ISO Hash Run 5-18-12 *Part 2*

1st ISO Hash Run 5-18-12 *Part 2*

Took all the dryed stem from SSH (sticky stems )
around 1\8 of sourD buds -- 1/16th of SSH nugs- & -1/16th Grape Krush

Added ISo and shook for a few- Set in the dark a few hours and figure I will
strain using a coffee filter and a coffee maker hot plate to evap alc.

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I used another bag to be safe--no spills allowed-- while shaking.

I placed a coffee filter in the glass container and poured the liquid and stem into the filter.

Then placed the filter at a angle on the glass, so as to drip.

I then used a little more ISO to flush the 1st container. Poured the through the stems.

I then used the last of the ISO and poured it over the stems.

After a few minutes. I pressed the stems for the last time and got no more.

I cleaned the filter and placed my Evap-jar in the metal container- To catch spill-

Placed filter over jar and poured liquid through filter (2nd Filtering)
Spilled just a little...lol

Looks clean...

I am using a crock pot instead of coffee hot plate to evaporate.

I placed the metal container into the C-pot and added water to spread the heat.
Placed jar in water and set on high.

Add a fan blowing straight out a open door and
that's that.

I have no Idea how long this will take though I am confident it will work at some point.

I am thinking, I should just fill the crock pot with some water and take out the metal container.
I will give a hour and see how it goes.

Ya Thought's are welcome.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

ISO Final weight/report 5-19-12

That was interesting to say the least.
Took around 10 hours total and worked like a charm.

When it got down to around 1\4" of liquid I mixed and poured into a small bowl
that was easy to scrape with a razor and collected a good 98% .
Worked better that the square pot has.(corners are a pain) lol


I may have left it on the heat to long tho-
I tuned off heat when there was still liquid and left it in the warn water.

came back a hour later and it was totally dry but the bowl was only slightly warm still. ( So I'm not sure)lol


Looks black,yet when thinned you can see it is green.

Total take 2.0 grams -


Thoughts:

I cant say I like the look so far. I don't know- Itz the black look that throws me off.
My BHO oil lookz so much better.

I put it in the final container and set it up to purge ( just to see if it helps)

I have not tried it yet and will in a couple hours.


My next run I will do a 60 second run instead as I read that is the best/cleanest way to go with ISO



I can see with giving it a few hours soak how it must draw out a lot of things form the buds I don't need.
I'm sure itz nothing harmful-just makes it taste like crap. lol

We will see once I get myself up to try it. lol

Itz not that bad- I'm just big on first impression and when I first looked at it I was total_ ops_

Yep-- it better taste like heaven...

I would imagine, I will do the 2nd run in a few days.


Thoughtz for following the fun and suggestions are welcome..
Latz.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Yep- Live and learn -

I put it in the freezer for a few hours and I kind of like the
texture of ir.

Just smoked a bowl and Im so glad I used the Super silver stem.

Taste smooth,no cough- Mellow head rush_ so far so good.

Got to say I seemed to get a better yield with ISO than BHO.

I got to get to the store and pick up a couple more bottles. lol

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

The Room & Ladies 5-22-12

The Room & Ladies 5-22-12

The Room & Ladies 5-22-12

Some shotz of the room and each lady as best I could.

Scrog 1 Day58:
looking good and going strong-though showing a little stress.

Scrog 2 Day58:
Showed the 1st signs of life as far as the sick lady
(she might make it)

The one I cut out Died of course ( Going to ISO her )
There are 2 smaller ladies on this scrog and though small they look great. Strange scrog.

Training lady 1 Day58:

Looks good though showing nuit burn and I think its the top layer/feeding I put on (heavy mix)
I want to see if she can take it yet I'm close to taking off if she don't look better soon.

Training lady 2 Day58:

Strange looking to say the least. One leaf lady. Not sure what it is doing yet not going
as good as T-1 .

The test pot Lady's Day 21:
all look good and no real issues.

Grape Krush little freak Day 21:

Is trying to grow ( cant believe this thing)

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All and all- Wish I could start Over..lol

All good I just want this wave 2 done and over and I still have around 40 days on the main one's.

I have to take down the room after that and finish the test potz some place Else.

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I have more fun things in the mail for over the summer. More on that later...lol

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Some close ups and a fan I added.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Summer fun

Summer fun

I did want to find myself with nothing to play with this summer and since my main grow should get cut in 40 days or so.
then I'm still going to finish my few test Lady's another 30 days or so after that- in a mico set up in the closet.

I though I might take the down time and try my hand at something new.






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I got my hands on ( In the next 2 days-fingers crossed) lol

10 fem Blue Alaskan Thunderfuck ( Blueberry x ATF ) beans... Oh yeah...

I'm thinking of germing:
2x Blue Alaskan Thunderfuck
2x Super Silver Haze
2x SourD
2x Grape Krush


I would like to see if my seeds will germ is the main reason.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

ISO 2nd run.

I used the SSH I pull from the scrog around 1/4 sourD shake and the male plant

I chilled everything and did 2 runs at around 10 seconds each.

Everything went smooth---Then----

I looked at the bottom of the liquid and you can see the male pollen collecting. ---Dang---
Coffee filter and all and still pollen.. really...

So I filtered 2 more times-Losing liquid to each filter... Dang...

The eveporating method worked even better this time and ended up with around a grams of dusty looking
oil that wont burn easy and I should just trash yet will keep as a emergincy smoke...



So is life---Live and learn....

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

10 fem Blue Alaskan Thunderfuck ( Blueberry x ATF ) beans... Oh yeah...

10 fem Blue Alaskan Thunderfuck ( Blueberry x ATF ) beans... Oh yeah...

10 fem Blue Alaskan Thunderfuck
( Blueberry x ATF ) beans... Oh yeah...

 

[ImaginaryFriend]

Nice work keeping the thread updated.

Lots going on here, for sure.

Wish I could start Over..lol

When you get the chance, what are you going to do differently?

There's been a bit of advice tossed on here to perhaps follow a simpler system. The KISS threads are always a nice place to start.

When there are so many different factors--training, genetics, supplements, etc--it's can get challenging to pin causes to effects.

I try and find discipline to only change on thing at a time--for a specific purpose with a specific outcome in mind--and wait a week before trying something new.

There are some nice synthetic feeds out there that are pretty complete. If you picked one fert program, with all the genetics you have access to, I'm sure a few phenos would really thrive. From there, you can really start to understand your genetics and start changing factors, one detail at a time, and see if these changes meet your expectations.

Best of luck in your next grow, while you enjoy the results of this one.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Nice work keeping the thread updated.

Lots going on here, for sure.



When you get the chance, what are you going to do differently?

There's been a bit of advice tossed on here to perhaps follow a simpler system. The KISS threads are always a nice place to start.

When there are so many different factors--training, genetics, supplements, etc--it's can get challenging to pin causes to effects.

I try and find discipline to only change on thing at a time--for a specific purpose with a specific outcome in mind--and wait a week before trying something new.

There are some nice synthetic feeds out there that are pretty complete. If you picked one fert program, with all the genetics you have access to, I'm sure a few phenos would really thrive. From there, you can really start to understand your genetics and start changing factors, one detail at a time, and see if these changes meet your expectations.

Best of luck in your next grow, while you enjoy the results of this one.

Thankz, ImaginaryFriend,
for the great question and chance to reflect a little.

Once I get a more stable situation and can set up a more permanent room (next grow) I will narrow everything down.

Things learned... lol
Room

Go with white walls if I can.
Large single drain tray under all Lady's.
Try and use same soil mix & size pots-
Used flood bottom feeding to water.
One tek at a time- Really like scrog & vert ( for the most part )
One lady grown right will give as much as 5 grown poorly.
Use a small ac--less fans.


Pots
Smart potz seem to be winner for large ladies 2-20 gallon potz

Micro I would go with Decorative air pots like im testing now.(lookz matter)

Layered with verm or perlite layer close to or on the bottom of potz.

Soil

I want to get to- home made * Organic compost*

I need to get to a consistent self made mix that just kills it every time.
-For this I give myself 3 years-

Something like--home made Compost - Earthworm farming - I have horses so all kinds of good poo-oats-straw and such to learn about.

Soil I would use will be at least 3-6 months mixed and composted.

Soil mix-

I want much more control over watering yet don't want to give up on organic soil.
I imagine something like 60% (perlite type substance) 40% soil

I have not played with coco yet or even perlite let alone verm...
so not sure what I will end up with.

Feeding/nutrients

I have gone with Age old organics for my 1st line to try.
This is what I will do with any new ladys that may come.
Will follow what they say and when.

At some point I would like to go with Top dressing organics instead. (2 years away maybe)

--------------------------Side note-------------------
I am going to use a mix of strawberry,wheat,bamboo,roses and grapes from seeds to measure my progress in the soil department. I have also started seeing what I can clone outside. new set planted every 3 months type testing.
most Seeds on order already. Some I already have.

I have been working on my tree collection and have been collecting fat earthworms and setting up for a semi portable compost/earthworm farm.lol

--------------- Enough of that-I could go on a hour, easy--------------

I know that I have no way of knowing
what kind of space I will have ta grow
in down the road. I want a barn....lol

Lets just give me a extra room- 10' x 12'

A few hundred $$$

1 -- Grow tent - 5'x10'x8' two rooms
2 -- Grow tents 2'x4'x6'

large tent against the far wall with other tents on the left and right walls.

Large tent for 2 flower romms 1-2 months apart
one veg tent
one for others ( veg/flower/mico whatever ) Mothers maybe...

I have all the cfl's you could ever want.
one each -150w & 430w Hps lights-

Looking for-
A t5 set up
90w Led and a 300 to 500w led
600w-1000w water chilled hood and chiller
Air tube 600w then a 1000w light

---My arsinal in 5 years---

Grow-
using lets say cfl's+150w-430w and 600w
6 months from now- I should have this set up-

Large tent--
1 room -
4 square 8 gallon smart potz
Store bought- lol- Organic soil
1 drain tray bottom feed/watering

430w Vert bulb in airtube hood
4 different specrum 26w cfls

scrog to vert with 4 strains

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2nd room -

5 gallon 1st hydro-unsure on tek-

2 x 5 G pots 100% coco/perlite

400w hps airtube hood
a few cfl's
or testing LED T5 lights
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Smaller tents-
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CFL's / T5's for veg and mother's

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150w and 64w Cfl for seed grows

--Yep, that would about do it I guess...

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Once I find a line of nutrients that work for me. I will stick to it.

I'm thinking Age Old organics will work fine...

-I have learned-- I want to be a seed bank... Just self sufficient
-In 5 years start my own line of lady's *start* lol <-- long road-
-Become involved and start making a legal living with the MMJ movement.* career*

I hope in the next year to find a old school type grower to show me the way. lol
I need to be a apprentice to really get where I'm going.

You might ask why I would take the time to do a journal this way-with so much in it.

When wave 2 is up and everything gets packed up-put away.
I can see myself sharing this journal to show someone
inorder to show what I am all about..
Once I try to get a teacher/mentor- that, or a job. lol
also
I will be around for a long time and really want my roots well documented.

I do not and have not planned on another journal for a few years as I do my thing.( just post here and there ) Read everything.
Twice..

I figure someday do another journal and mark progress. lol

Not to mention I have already gone
back dozens of times to see what I was thinking
about this or that and can already say my efforts have payed off.

This response was more for me than anyone Else as is this journal i guess lol
so sorry if i tend to get a little long winded.

Again -- I thank you for taking the time ImaginaryFriend and all those that
read this far. Have a great grow...