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Diary PCBuds mini-grow

PCBuds

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I've noticed that my plants always take longer growth wise when I start them in huge pots. That's why I start in small beer cups and transplant up . Once the roots hit the bottom of the beer cups, they really take off.

I heard that Autoflowers don't like to be transplanted and I really suck at it.
If they just take longer I don't really mind, but the closet plant got off to a bad start and might be a month late.
 

PCBuds

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What's the color temp on those bulbs?

They are all daylight 5000 K.

I removed the splitter in the middle and replaced it with one bulb.
That way I could move the other bulbs out further.

I figure 5000 K bulbs might help keep the plants a bit smaller.
I don't have too much room on the window sill.
 

PCBuds

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Good lookin fudge you have there, I love my edibles.


I had a mouth full of fudge while I was making it and ended up getting REALLY stoned.

I used 1.7 ounces of half-decent buds to make it, with no leaves or stems.

The stuff is really potent.
I don't think I've been that stoned in 20 years.

I'm going to have to watch my dosing.
 

PCBuds

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I checked the PPM of my bottled water and it was 350 PPM.

My tap water is 120 PPM, so I used a 1/2 gallon of tap water with 1/4 tsp. of MaxiGrow and got a PPM of 525.

Then I PH'd it to 6.2 and watered the plant.
 

PCBuds

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It's a little cool in the closet, but I'm not going to worry about it.

I don't think it's cold enough to cause purpling, so any purpling should be a nutrient deficiency. (or sunburn. Lol)




 

PCBuds

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I siphoned off the water from the bottom of my cooler, about 1/2 a liter.

The PH of the runoff was 7.1 and the PPM was 450.


The numbers are kind of erroneous though because I had been watering with straight water until recently, and I've got some organic matter and bugs in the cooler to mess with the PH.
 

PCBuds

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My pollution detector arrived today.














So it's got a margin of error that floats between 3%-30%. Lol









The readings are all over the place but I can move it from room to room to compare.



You can see it go up to 1300-1600 when you breathe on it and this is what I got from the vent on my bucket of wine.




 

PCBuds

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I changed my lights again.

I wanted two bulbs for the middle plant.








I connected a cord directly to the splitter and bypassed the bulb socket.









 

PCBuds

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My bead tweezers arrived today.









They're fricken Huge!!
I can't pick up a pot seed with them!
Maybe marbles or pebbles?

That was a waste of $17.

I'm going to make my own bead tweezers.

A bit of silicone on the tongs shaped by a pot seed.
 

PCBuds

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I made my own bean tweezers.
I rounded the end of the tongs with a grinder then used my rotary tool to cup the ends of the tongs.














It works awesome!!




 

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