Hello.....Good Evening and Welcome!

[Midwest madness]

Thank you for allowing me to join your group. I've been growing for 12 years now, this is the first online forum I've joined. I acctually found this thru the bay. I seen the funds for gypsy nirvana bail and ordered 1 of every strain for support. I have only things to learn from many of the best on this site. Thanks again for having me. Peace and grass

 

[kushadelic420]

Hi guys,

I'm a german dude and joined yesterday. The forum is just awesome so I decided to be a part of this special community. This forum is kick-ass, full of information and inspiration.

Wish ya all the best and a happy harvest...

Keep it green!
kushadelic

 

[TDK]

Hi guys,

I'm a german dude and joined yesterday. The forum is just awesome so I decided to be a part of this special community. This forum is kick-ass, full of information and inspiration.

Wish ya all the best and a happy harvest...

Keep it green!
kushadelic

good to hear that

I think it here very good too

regards

 

[FishmanK]

This site is an amazingly helpful and uplifting resource!

 

[Workinonit]

Hello Im new here. Actually new to all of this. I just purchased a 4x4x8 Tent and 1000 Watt double ended lamp. I would really appreciate any knowledge I can obtain from this site Also Im Bi Polar so Im not always the easiest person to get along with. If Im being an ass you can tell me so. Sometimes I need to reel myself in

 

[Wolfshadoe]

old,overgrower been lost

old,overgrower been lost

Hello new friends and old school growers.
Wolfshadow,,, back .Dont know whats current,been away for a minute.old pink?gunny?tommy?..appreciate a PM from anyone who has heard or know where my old friends are at.thanks..Wolfshadow..ps..old account still around,cant log in though..after 10 yrs!!'

 

[huligun]

I believe this site is the biggest weed site on the planet.

When Gypsy was detained in the PI every weed site worth their resin was talking about it. It was not just rubber necking on the freeway after an accident, it was genuine concern. I was concerned. Icmag is an era, and no matter what this community will survive the fascist fucks that don't like our weed.

Gypsy I have always thought you were way above average in the thinking department for someone that has dropped out. And dropping out is exactly how you worded it, learning what you think is important at you own pace. People like you become experts on a subject because you analyze it to death. Look what you have done all your life and what you made. You paid serious dues recently but are no more worn for the wear. It shows a lot of character as a lot of us would come out of that broken.

Thanks for making ICmag, thanks for writing on it and thanks for letting me be part of MJ history.

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Ahh...I'm no real genius, or Svengali, just a guy who found out the benefits of a much maligned and prohibited plant at an early age, and decided to do what I could to try and encourage and support like minded people, to not believe the anti-cannabis propaganda.....and just grow the plant.

For people to be able to grow good 'erb, they would need seeds, so I traveled the world to find many unusual/rare varieties and put them in the hands of good growers, who in turn became good breeders, and now produce seeds to share themselves. Many kilos of seeds I just gave away on condition that they would be shared with someone who might grow them, and many seeds were sold too, enabling me to continue with my quest to seed the planet via the post, getting good seeds into the hands of novice and experienced growers alike worldwide...

I always knew that there was a possibility that I might one day become a target of those that are paid to enforce prohibition of this plant, so had prepared myself psychologically for a pit-fall a long time ago, for my campaign/quest to bombard Babylon with good cannabis seeds did eventually attract their attention, and I was arbitrarily detained for nearly 3 years in all. This has not scared me off and away from what I feel is honorable and right. It has only made me stronger in my mind, and ever determined to continue what I started. As the old adage/cliche' says... 'Whatever doesn't kill you, just makes you stronger'.

You are all valuable members of ICMAG , that has grown exponentially from my first post in this thread many years ago. I smile every day when I read the threads and posts here that celebrate the joy this plant continues to bring to so many, in so many ways.....and realize that my 'Cunning Plan' has surely come true, and there is much solace in that,...for that is my reward.

Grow On!

 

[Payaso]

Gypsy you had quite the plan! I remember meeting you in 2003 in Spain and you expounded upon this way back then. Look what happened!!!


A tip of the hat to my old friend Gypsy Nirvana!

 

[Loqualo]

This is mi first forum too, but looks really good, interesting information!

 

[ZevaKBD]

newbeee

newbeee

Thank you for allowing me to jjoin your group. I've been growing for 2 years now.

 

[malekkoecho]

well, as honored as i am to just be a part of the movement, even if just a forum lurker for the moment, i must say this is by far the most well laid out website / forum setup of ALL the farming forums i have visited! (granted im a lurker there as well lol!) anyway, when i was a softmore in highschool until a bit into college i used to garden outdoor crop, usually only once a year, and never indoors. i am looking ahead to a move that MAY allow me the chance to grow a very limited number of plants for personal medicine, and i am trying to load my brain up with the knowledge of the legends! thanks in advance to all and everyone here who may help me on my journey!

 

[malekkoecho]

***please read ***
Ah yes, and here is the whole point - none of this is real. i am a regular person, but really like to
imagine the life of a 'not' regular one, and as such i may from time to time post here - however, the
pictures uploaded and comments made have ZERO / none / zilch effect or reflection on the real me, as this
is - as already stated - simply a nice fun store to write. however, if you know the answer to a question
that may end up in this story, I sure would be very happy to hear it!! and will ++ reps anyone / anytime
that i can / feel it is even a little deserved! there, just to be perfectly clear.

 

[InvasionANC]

So, I don't know if I'm supposed to start a new thread or what, but I am introducing myself here. My name is Scott and I am from the state of Alaska, USA. I first became into interested in cannabis cultivation when I was about 14 (way back when Overgrow was still around), but didn't have an opportunity to actually get a grow started until I was 18 years old and I had crumbled a vertebrae in my lower back. I managed a fairly successful closet grow with compact fluorescents, soil, Nirvana four-way, and Bontanicare Pro. Eight years later, cannabis was finally legalized in the state of Alaska for home cultivation and medicinal or recreational consumption. I began building my indoor garden almost immediately and have been growing for about 18 months hydroponically. I have switched from Botanicare to Advanced Nutrients to Canna and have switched from rockwool to Coco in cloth pots. I have experience with deep water culture, ebb and flow, drip-feeding, soil, and other inert mediums. I am by no means an expert but I feel like I have a lot to offer to newer growers. I try to help whenever and wherever I can, but I still have much to learn.

I'm not sure if I just need to wait for my status to change in the forums, but if it wouldn't be too much trouble I would appreciate it if an admin could change my avatar to the following image:


Thank you!

 

[Wolfshadoe]

First and formost.GN.welcome back.still catching up from the old days.im pretty sure i was in the first hundred to join IC..i have always had great service from SD..technology has advanced faster than me..was once outdoor mod for OG..i have saw some familiar names from old days..15 yrs+..peace my friend and stay free.,

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Welcome onboard the good ship ICMAG...
<whistling sounds>....

Always nice to see interested new members finding us, and interesting old members returning...

 

[StonedSpook]

I really look forward to learning as much as possible. She saved me... Its only right I learn her ways.

 

[Denots247]

So I've been a member since 2009. Ive been lurking and reading a lot of good info on this site. Gypsy you did a really good job creating this community. This best forum in the country for this culture. I will be coming out from the dark shadows of the black market very soon. i will be relocating to nocal soon. Since i have gained so much from this site, i will now be able to give back without being so paranoid. i have 3 original cuts from texas that I've kept alive for over 12 years now. i will be sharing soon. So hopefully i can get some good info on different locations in nocal. Again thanks for the creation of this forum1

 

[Brwin]

Hi I'm Brwin, new here as a poster, lurking for years. I'm short on time now but hope this is how I introduce myself.

I'll tell more later, growing for decades, still learning all the time. Peace, Brwin.

 

[THCengineer]

Zamaldelica "Miracle Grow"Hello my brothers and sisters! After poking around this IC neighborhood for months, I finally joined this merry band and I look forward to learning and sharing. Although I am an old guy, I am willing to learn from much younger aficionados, even after 30 years of indoor growing and maybe 50 harvests. It amazes me how far behind these times I am and it is a marvel how far the cannabis world has progressed since my initial foray back in '86. My first grow was Neville's Afghani#1, because of reading about it's "narcotic" effect, which turned out to be a real letdown for me. That is because my first psychedelic, spicy, highland Oaxaca high in '67 was so very potent and pleasantly mind bending, that everything since then that I have smoked has been relatively dull for me, especially the comparatively low-ceiling Dutch indica/sativa hybrids, with the occasional exception of some supposed Panama Red and some Acapulco Gold varieties that I happened upon years ago. That Oaxaca was so cheap and powerful that it was unbelievable! It looked like near-rotten grass clippings, it was very dark and moldy, and was quite sticky and half of those lids were seeds! Those seeds were really black and tiny, (half the size of normal seeds, but who knows, they may not have been mature?) Two tokes and I was baked! It was so perfumy and resinous that my lungs were completely coated after one draw and then I was up, up and away! Later on, my best grows were Neville's Beatrix Choice for a few years before the genetics started drifting due to my limited breeding stock to choose from. Now, in my neverending quest for that Oaxaca miracle high, I am making really great and unexpected progress with my latest experimental 2ft x 2ft by 4ft high mylar silver-lined grow cabinet (dimensions of the upper chamber) in which I rigged a 360wt Inda-Gro induction lamp vertically. I cut a 4" opening in the base of the upper cabinet for an opening to attach (in the compartment below it) a 4" inline fan with a separate variable speed control and a small carbon filter canister, (I mounted the fan and filter in a lower separate 2ftx2ftx2ft chamber.) The intake ventilation holes I drilled at the very top of the upper chamber as well as those I drilled at the very bottom of the separate lower chamber proved inadequate, forcing me to keep both the top and bottom doors ajar, but that adjustment seems to be working just fine! There are 3 3ft Zamadelicas flowering like crazy even though I am hitting them with a smaller 2ft Thai-appearing phenotype male for a seed harvest! Here are some stats: Sept 2 (5 Ace seeds) germination begun in 5 Rapid Rooters; Sept 10 placed in shallow 4" plastic "shoe boxes;" Sept 26 flowering begun (11 on/13 off) - As of today, November 6, 2016, germination begun 65 day ago; placed in soil 55 days ago; flowering cycle begun 41 days ago. One of the 2 males was hermie so it was pulled but I have been using a brush to spread the pollen from the 1 remaining smaller, slower growing male for the past week, and seeds are quickly developing on the 2 Malawai phenotypes on the right side, and the taller but slower maturing Thai phenotype on the left side. (I nearly pulled the remaining male I just mentioned because it looked so scrawny and was so slow-growing compared to the females, but now I am happy that I allowed it to live, because it finally took off.) I have used only rainwater and now that I am no longer able to collect it due to a local drought, I am having to water daily with 1/2 gallon plain distilled water. The soil is just ordinary Miracle Grow potting mix that I combined with 1/3 perlite for aeration and 1/3 Espoma Organic Plant Tone along with sufficient dolomite for good ph. I fertilize every 4th day with 1 tiny-scoop-size of Miracle Grow Super Bloom, a good squirt of Espoma Organic Bloom! and about 1/4 cup diluted Happy Frog 0-5-0 Bat Guano, all mixed into each 4th day watering of my daily1/2 gallon plain distilled water watering schedule, and that's it! I theorize that the inherent fast-growth genetic profile of the Zamaldelica strain is further accelerated by the abundant lumens of the close-proximity full spectrum Inda-Gro lighting, as well as the high-volume constant airflow that I maintain to keep the ballast temperature in the small grow area of the upper grow chamber down to a maximum of 90F. With the 2 additional 40wt fluorescent vertical shop lights placed on the opposite side, there is very good overall side light penetration from bottom to top, unlike the usual setup most cabinet growers typically experience with overhead lighting failing to penetrate down through the leaf canopy to the lower level of the flowering branches. Right now I am charging the batteries of my 10 year old digital camera and reviewing it's operating directions preparatory to taking photos to share my little "Miracle Grow" with the Zamaldelica thread. I just hope that my old camera is still operable so that I can do so asap. Oh, I nearly forgot, after the 5 seeds popped, the seedlings took me by surprise, and before I knew it, they were stretching so fast I was afraid they would fall over! So I figured I needed to do something to support them, and I was also concerned that the 4" soil depth was so shallow that the roots emerging from the Rooters would quickly become rootbound and stunt the plant growth. So I improvised by providing a greater depth of rooting medium by cutting small holes in the tops of 4" Dixie cups, then inserting the stretched seedlings through those openings, then filling the upturned cups and Rooters with Perlite, then carefully, with minimum spilling, setting them right on top of the 4" depth soil medium. For a few days I watered the seedlings every few hours through the holes in the tops of the Dixie cups, until long roots grew from the Rooters down through the Perlite and into the soil, thus providing adequate support. That resulted in about 3" exposed roots (encased and protected within the Dixie cups) extending down from the suspended Rooters to the actual medium. (Next time I plan to skewer the Rooters in such a way as to insure they remain at the top of the cups.) Maybe, as a result, the extra long roots were then able to absorb extra nutrients due to their overall greater surface area, thus stimulating even more rapid root development/plant growth? If all my fiddling resulted in promoting a synergistic effect, maybe that is why such a phenomenal metabolic rate has occurred? To recap: Intense full-spectrum close proximity lighting enhanced by reflective mylar/Respiration rate increased by high-volume ventilation/Monster-greater-surface-area-tentacles-roots/Adequate increased watering and feeding support - these simple but effective measures seem to be causing accelerated jet-growth? But "proof is in the pudding," and I hope to show everyone what I am talking about here. Other that that, I have only used 36" stakes to keep the plants spaced from each other, and I try not to fiddle with these truly sacred beings any more than possible. No extra chemicals of any sort and no pinching or bending or other meddlesome interference with these holy plants. I just love them and sometimes I sing to them, and they seem to be doing extraordinarily well as a result. But you be the final judge, for I want your feedback and your advice, for I figure that there is always room for improvement, even for an old geezer like me. I hope to post photos soon, and I hope that you will become as excited as me by the results of my latest experiment. And I nearly forgot to mention this interesting possibility about altering growth rates of plants. Back years ago there were ads for irradiated garden seeds in the old Edmund Scientific catalog, which memories inspired me to search online for updated information. Well, I found encouraging data about increased germination vigor and subsequent increased growth rate of various plants that has been documented when various garden seeds were VERY briefly exposed to x-ray radiation, and that x-ray machines can be do-it-yourself constructed very inexpensively, but with the caveat also that extreme care should be exercised to prevent harmful personal exposure when performing such experiments. In fact, there is information for amateur "mad scientists" to engage in such projects online. So who knows, perhaps "mutant potent marijuana" from exposure to not only x-rays but from exposure to other types of radiation and other wavelengths of lighting will be the next step in the ongoing evolution of human/cannabis interface? Meanwhile, I trust that we all will continue to enjoy ever greater thrills and increasingly gratifying intoxication derived from our coaxing the "magic molecules" forth from this most sacred, mysterious, enigmatic, exotic and life-enhancing plant? Yours buddy, budnut