there's gonna be incidental pollination with the fan i have in there... i dont mind a few different crosses, i just dont want fully seeded bud, as in more seed than bud...
do you think it makes a big difference in taste? 
but i put the dish on top of a ballast and will give it another day or two. I hope i get a female. 
). figure they got another 30 days/4 weeks more? flo doesn't make huge fat colas, more spear shaped as advertised, but it's still quality smoke.
Bababooey said:PC: Yeah, i've heard of the paintbrush method, dj short uses it. my problem is that i only have the one flowering chamber, so i have to keep males with the females in there if i want pollen.
I forgot to ask you, is that some sort of insulation you use to hold your clones in the netcups? i use hydroton like most people, but i dont like the fact that its easy to spill. im assuming the insulation lets the trunk grow and expand?
I remember when i had 1 tron just for flowering and i gots males , u wanna know what i did?...i took the males out of the tron and put it in my kitchen window so mother nature can shine on her for 12/12, it's that time of the year. this year i gots 1 male, 2 hermies, 2 females out of 5 seeds..the male showed its sex 1st. so i chopped it when it was about 7 inches and full of unopened flowers and put it on my kitchen window sill in a cup of water. as the weeks past the flowers would open up and i would collect the pollens. the 2 hermies i tossed and kept the 2 females which are now in revegg mode. as far as the net cups, yes they are the pink styrofoam insulation, i used to use lava rocks but ditch them b/c this is so much easier..I found that once the roots gets established in the buckets it keeps the whole plant stable. i've had plants grow to 5ft. with just styro foam and net cups. as the plants gets bigger and the main stem gets thicker the styro foam anchors the plant...Hope this helps. 
Did it take a long time? your odor control sounds complicated. thats why i like my carbon scrubber; i futzed around with all that ducting and clamps and fans and tape. now i just have 6 inch duct fans for intake and outtake for the closet. my lights are in air cooled hoods but i took those down, the closet was cooler with just the intake and outtake. the carbon scrubber in the room takes care of odor, and i make sure to have no visitors ive heard of growers who can tell when to feed by ph alone, like if it falls then you need to feed, if it rises you need to dilute, or vice versa. , even though its a pain to check every day (although, i do enjoy spending the time with the plants, if only to check them out). i haven't noticed a huge correlation between ph and ec, except maybe if ph falls by a lot quickly, you may need to feed. 
Bababooey said:PC: Keeping the males in sunlight is an idea, but i dont rightly know if i feel comfortable leaving an mj plant around my house other than in my grow room. i wouldnt have to do it for long, though, and i could hide it.... maybe, just maybe. i imagine you only get a little bit of pollen, but you can cut that with flour, right? if i pollinate a small branch, how many seeds can i expect? 20? 50? i guess it depends on a lot of factors also...
Nice cutway view of the insulation. what's that plastic beneath the insulation. some sort of children's rubber mat or toy? ive seen those used before in aero cloners... im gonna have to buy some of that insulation. only bad part is they come too big, like 8' sheets. no prob, buy one and never have to buy another for years...
i use lake michigan water too, in chicago. they say we have pretty good tap water. do you think ro water for us would be a waste, not make much difference?
im trying to get like you. ive heard that growing gets simpler the more experience you are at it. like the more you know, the smaller your nute shelf gets.
im trying to get to that point. but im liking my ph and ec meters for now
how do you get by without correcting ph? chicago water is neutral to slightly basic, 7.0+, i dont know if i could get by without correcting ph at all. your roots look nice and white regardless...
i gots a lot of pollens from 1 male plant and i dont dance on it with flour ha ha...JK.......u can get up to 50 seeds off 1 bud thats forming. as far as the cut away rubber mat is there b/c i cut the hole to the cover of my pail way too big and the net cup just goes right through it. it keeps it from going thru and i didnt want to throw it away b/c of just a big hole. them styrofoam are huge and ur right if u do it right it will last u, it lasted for me, i still have some. I too have an RO machine for water still in the box havent even tried it. I used to haul lake michigan water to my grow room 100 miles away every week but not anymore moved my growroom a bit closer to my home. BTW, I use BC nutes and will never change. I also use advance nutes too. I got sick and tired of checking ph every damn day so i ditched them and so far its been a lot less hassle and work. I did a lot of experiment for myself just to see if it works and most of the experiments worked out my way. when ur growing in hydro have 1 bucket for an experiment the rest of the buckets u do your way(checking ph, ppm's etc.)...what do u have to lose? 1 plant but u gain a lifetime of knowledge. now that my permanent flower room is in operation I will be sprouting more seeds..paper towel method and when they sprout i will toss them in the flower room to sex..now i know what some guys are thinking...u cant do that u have to let them veg then flower them, wrong. this was another of my experiment.. rumor has it that the equator only gets 12/12 year round. by the time u revegg ur seedlings they will be mature u will see alternating nodes and then be able to get some cuttings. Hope this helps. 
Oscuridad said:
yes, my way is very very easy....I dont even do res changes takes way too much time..I just add the bloom nutes w/out res changes. Dont underestimate Menards, Big Lots, or Dollar Tree stores i consider them stores my 2nd. hydro store ha ha. Hope this helps. 
