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Hellablaked

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Hey guys, I used to post a lot on roll it up back in the days(2000s) and worked at Humboldt Hydroponics while growing a lot of outdoor (n some ins)
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Stuff happened and I disappeared for a decade or so, when I came back RIU wasn't the same..

Started on OG and z labs but always here people I respect reference IcMag so I decided to try it out and ready I have noticed a good wellspring of info here so I wanted to log in an start socializing with y'all. As I live up in the mountains by lake Oroville with my wife and though there are many growers around me they keep to themselves and so do we so I haven't made many friends to chat with about the plant we love so much!(plus while we were stuck out of town with a broke down RV a few of my neighbors ransacked our property and stole all our tools, mushroom cultivation equipment, and anything that looked like it was worth a dollar... Including my entire seed collection.. which sucks)

I almost gave up by it after a slow - 6 months rebuilding our life I started getting the itch to garden again and posted more and more on OG.. an was surprised by the amount of generosity and kindness in this community. I had people I never met mailing me beans and mushroom cultures.. it was moving, makes me tear up a little. But anyways I'm not here to beg for seeds, though when I finally get to cross some of my plants or f2 some things I would love to repay the kindness the community has shown us by sending out beans and cuts to as many as possible. I just love the plant and the trade circle Spirit...

Here's to a great 2023 season...

From our garden to yours

Blake and Mikayla


Here's some pics from better days..

I was so babyfaced!!!
 

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Hellablaked

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More pics for y'all
 

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Hellablaked

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Babyfaced McGee over here. I was early 20s
 

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Hellablaked

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These were all from my rollitup.com grow thread.
 

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Hellablaked

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You can see the whole grow at

 

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Hellablaked

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There might of been some doubles in those pics as I only have a few saved to my phone...

There is literally HUNDREDS from that grow on the rollitup thread if anyone is interested in taking a stroll down memory lane, lol...

Can't believe how long ago 2010 and being 22 was.. I know that sounds hilarious to some of the OGs but yeah... Getting past 30 the years keep going faster..

🧙‍♂️🤷🤙🌲🌱
 

Hellablaked

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Welcome. Did you grow outdoor hydro or was that just the name of the company?
Humboldt Hydroponics was the main and only hydroponic store in NorCal for the gold rush years of medical. Back when you couldn't even say the word.marijuana or cannabis without being kicked out. Lots of talk of tomatoes and Mexican cartels buying kilos of grow more 20-20-20 and 0-50-30..

Lots of things changed. Luckily HH went out of business as the owner didn't even smoke he owned blanktshirts.com and hunted with rednecks all the time n Humboldt and one day he saw his buddy stop to get nutrient at a hydro shop and he said"well hey there is$$$ in this reefer stuff" and he opened a store in eureka then arcata then Redding (my hometown) and I ended up working there at 21 years old with Jo desire or knowledge of growing other than I trimmed for bud sometimes and sold weed at the skatepark... Had to learn all about it to answer customer questions and ended up becoming addicted... To gardening!

Everything except my first outdoor and first indoor was 100% organic which was rare back then...

People would use fox farm tiger bloom and grown more and think they were organic.. it was frustrating trying to explain that organic based nutrient just meant chems with guano or kelp added.. lol
 

goingrey

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Oh wow just one hydro store and the owner didn't even smoke oh well thanks to him for his contribution anyway and happy hunting
 

Hellablaked

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Yeah that was 20 years ago. When I worked at HH there was another hydro shop in Redding and by the time I stopped working there I believe maybe 6 shops in a 30 mile radius, while was more than a 300 miles radius in 2000


Crazy times. Wild west of the nutrient and soil industry
 
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