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Freedom 35
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i can relate - needing extra hands and not having them when you need them; getting behind, then getting MORE behind on top of that.
ime best you can do is REALLY re-think your plan, not in regards of going a different direction, but in terms of making final tweaks, double checking everything and every aspect of how the buildout should be done, stocking up on supplies so that once work does begin you can go at it without pause for more materials
i'm sure you will be back to producing top quality dank soon, keep ur head up nameless
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getting close. new gorilla tent is up and looking nice. found some old termite damage im fixing today before i put the last wall panel on. then lights go back up and i test the temps to see if i can put off the new ac. i know ill have to get a new one but im gonna try and skip it. its the hardest thing for me to wrangle. one handed ac installation is a foreboding task that has cost me an easy 2k in lost time (procrastinating!) this month. upset at myself mostly now. so close...
thank you kind folks for the encouraging words. ive been so bummed and stressed ive hardly been on here. i really appreciate it
thank you kind folks for the encouraging words. ive been so bummed and stressed ive hardly been on here. i really appreciate it
~star~crash~
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peace 2 u today 
everyday is a gift
everyday is a giftNameless , I feel your frustration. I have been in your shoes. Last summer I built my grow shed. My bro in law, got paid in advance and bailed most of the way through. Telling his mommy I didn't pay him enough. I had to finish it myself. I paid him 12 grams of prime tangie co2 wax and 180 in cash. In the end I got my quiet revenge. He left his tools so I locked up the shed with his tools in it while I went out of town for a week. Cost him a week of work. Haha , it wasn't intentional, but I had a good laugh over it.
B4URTIME
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Sorry to hear about your struggles man, This life and this business can get pretty frustrating at times. I'm in similar boat however I choose to work alone, I work best that way I think because in the grow room I don't tolerate anything outside my normal. It's quite hard to train people to love and respect a plant. If they are just motivated by the potential $$$ then they probably lack the respect for the plant that I desire.
The people bitching about the smell, are foolish in their thinking. If they knew anything about growing pot they would realize that high heat during a grow/dry/cure will destroy the terpenes and flavanoids resulting in buds that lack smell and flavor. I'd tell those fuckers well if I could get some damn help and get the temps under control there wouldn't be any complaints. So in a sense bitching and not offering you any assistance is biting them in the ass.
When you end up having to work through it all and do it all yourself, just remember next harvest when those nugs are on point and they are flocking, pay the price!!!
The people bitching about the smell, are foolish in their thinking. If they knew anything about growing pot they would realize that high heat during a grow/dry/cure will destroy the terpenes and flavanoids resulting in buds that lack smell and flavor. I'd tell those fuckers well if I could get some damn help and get the temps under control there wouldn't be any complaints. So in a sense bitching and not offering you any assistance is biting them in the ass.
When you end up having to work through it all and do it all yourself, just remember next harvest when those nugs are on point and they are flocking, pay the price!!!
at least u got good weed to smoke, right?
man i kept a # for the head this time lol i am not running out again. ac bought, went with a 12k lg this time. the temps didnt get high enough to effect the terps last time its just my cure. i bring it down to 60% over the course of a month or so and seal them. when you crack one open it just smells like weed until you squeeze a bud then it is great. the tangie and green crack smell dank when you open them but the glue pink cheese and og chem need a poke. they the bigger buds. ive honestly never grown plants as big as the ones i grow now and its hard to adjust my curing to accommodate apparently. ill get it though and either way if they bitch they can go back to salty black ash od overflow bud from last years full seasons.
now just gotta black out the ac, swap them and hang lights back up. then plants finally go in the beds. doing yellow clover living mulch this time. ill have something cute for all you swell folks to eyeball soon enough, i promise.
now just gotta black out the ac, swap them and hang lights back up. then plants finally go in the beds. doing yellow clover living mulch this time. ill have something cute for all you swell folks to eyeball soon enough, i promise.
It's those times you learn who your real friends are.
GastroGrower
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You got this mayn. As another grower who has to do everything on my own (although on a much smaller scale) it means a lot to see others who are able to work through it and encourage me to keep trying when I get frustrated with how much work it can be. I appreciate what you do here on ICMAG!
good morning growers! and thank you gastro. i think thats why i am usually so active on here, because nobody IRL appreciates any of this. even my wife, who lately dosent even appreciate the money i bring in that enables her to be a stay at home mom with everything her heart desires. so, its good to be appreciated and respected for what we do. i think thats an important aspect of trying to be the best at what you do and give 110% - for me anyway. you can only go for so long (9yrs here) before your like hey, i deserve a little respect!
ok, so, moving onward and upward compadres!! ac installed last night, went with an LG this time instead of Frigidaire and was pleasantly surprised to see there is no styrofoam in it! it had a light proof black plastic barrier. so i was pretty grateful i didnt have to black it out and seal it up. but then after i got it in and insulated and the sun went down i went outside to check the light and saw alot coming out of the gap between the guts of the ac and the housing. so im thinking ill get frisky with the spray foam. hopefully that will do the trick.
lights hung, dry run for temp check was straight, 3 lights on and ambient temps were no higher than 78 but i think my thermometer is on the fritz cause it was downright freezing in there this morning, way colder than my house (74). if anyone could recommend a thermometer/hygrometer digi that lasts longer than two rounds i would be much obliged.
so, i think plants will go in today! i can still squeak by on my timeframe if i can flip next weekend. come along my friends, its about that time again. time to shine.
ok, so, moving onward and upward compadres!! ac installed last night, went with an LG this time instead of Frigidaire and was pleasantly surprised to see there is no styrofoam in it! it had a light proof black plastic barrier. so i was pretty grateful i didnt have to black it out and seal it up. but then after i got it in and insulated and the sun went down i went outside to check the light and saw alot coming out of the gap between the guts of the ac and the housing. so im thinking ill get frisky with the spray foam. hopefully that will do the trick.
lights hung, dry run for temp check was straight, 3 lights on and ambient temps were no higher than 78 but i think my thermometer is on the fritz cause it was downright freezing in there this morning, way colder than my house (74). if anyone could recommend a thermometer/hygrometer digi that lasts longer than two rounds i would be much obliged.
so, i think plants will go in today! i can still squeak by on my timeframe if i can flip next weekend. come along my friends, its about that time again. time to shine.
also i should add that i passed a state ordered lab tested urine screen with the monkeywhiz. very grateful for that. one more snap screen and ill be cleared to finish the program. gotta cough up the last 600 too but then ill be out! so, yay for that. if i flunked any test for synthetic urine or positive screen i would have 9 more months at 9 hrs a week and 2400$ instead of three more 90 min classes.
i wear the little pouch with the hose every time i go in. dont use the heating pad it comes with, i just put it in hot water for 10 min before i strap it on. seems to do the trick, the cups all have temp. strips on them.
i wear the little pouch with the hose every time i go in. dont use the heating pad it comes with, i just put it in hot water for 10 min before i strap it on. seems to do the trick, the cups all have temp. strips on them.
Sounds like you're almost back on track! 
Are you still running the 630's?
Are you still running the 630's?
yeah man 630s over the glue but a 750 hps still as the third light. after running the new ac tonight i realized i could have done 4 lights probably. i have a bit of driving to do today (wish me safe travels friendos!) so i think i will use that time to evaluate my plan. maybe i go ahead and do the other bed staggered by 5 weeks... yeah. i feel it. things are looking up...
still reading bukowski though, lol. i think post office might be my favorite, doing factotum again this weekend. the younger chinaski is a bit more optimistic. any suggestions for the next one?
still reading bukowski though, lol. i think post office might be my favorite, doing factotum again this weekend. the younger chinaski is a bit more optimistic. any suggestions for the next one?
Good to hear things went ok with your test. I know all too well how nerve racking that can be.
If you keep the pouch against your bare skin, it will keep it at the temp it needs to be. Those temp strips on those cups aren't that accurate ime. Usually the administer of the test only does a quick glance at the strip, and as long as it's close to where it should be, your good to go.
I feel ya on the wife being ungrateful front. Mine is the same exact way. Needs reminding that the reason she can waste her paycheck at Wal-Mart is because of what I do. Or when her vehicle needs a part, she never has to buy it, or pay to have it put on. The garden takes care of that.
Now imagine you get popped. Wife says it's ok if you start back up. So you start back up, only to have the wife bitch about it, every single chance she gets. But hey..at least my two girls help me trim. Wife stopped helping trim along time ago. Once in awhile she will help, but only trims 1/2- 1 whole plant and then she's done, lol.
I feel your pain nameless, I am a younger more handsome Rodney, I get no respect. The wife complains about the weed . It's what keeps you with a roof over your head. And,the bills are paid.
Dude....that Tangie is da bomb!! Hahahahha! Shit had me twisted for a couple hrs this morning. The smell is freakon awesome too! Thx again 
Thx again
so my wife will always help me trim. im way slower trimming with one hand and shes faster than i am now. so thank goodness for that.
we are just about here guys! just have to do some minor things now. with the 2 630s going last night the air didnt go over 72, which is what the new ac was set to. so i can run 4 lights all summer i think. but, i didnt plan for that, and i dont have 18 plants i can toss in there in 5-6 weeks to start a staggered monthly harvest. i have about 10 maybe, but i think i can pull something together. perhaps ill get by with a little help from my friends! now i really wish i had budgeted for two new 630s, looks like ill just run the hps digis, dialed down to whatever the ac can manage. all good stuff though.
so the glue went in the bed last night. the tallest cup was 20" and the smallest probably 12-14". im gonna let them ride on 18 hrs until the weekend, day one of flower will be monday. give me a day or two to sweep up and reorganize and i promise the pic drought will be over! nothing special this round just another glue mono, but its gonna be a real purdy one. (i hope!) more to come soon...
oh! and vp im glad the tangie had some kick for you! lmk what you think of the green crack!
we are just about here guys! just have to do some minor things now. with the 2 630s going last night the air didnt go over 72, which is what the new ac was set to. so i can run 4 lights all summer i think. but, i didnt plan for that, and i dont have 18 plants i can toss in there in 5-6 weeks to start a staggered monthly harvest. i have about 10 maybe, but i think i can pull something together. perhaps ill get by with a little help from my friends! now i really wish i had budgeted for two new 630s, looks like ill just run the hps digis, dialed down to whatever the ac can manage. all good stuff though.
so the glue went in the bed last night. the tallest cup was 20" and the smallest probably 12-14". im gonna let them ride on 18 hrs until the weekend, day one of flower will be monday. give me a day or two to sweep up and reorganize and i promise the pic drought will be over! nothing special this round just another glue mono, but its gonna be a real purdy one. (i hope!) more to come soon...
oh! and vp im glad the tangie had some kick for you! lmk what you think of the green crack!
