TheWhiteLotus and his Romulan Diesel Diary

[Mister_D]

Subbed Looks good to me TWL I sure freds got ya covered on the feed thing, but I'm with papa. Ultimately the plants will tell you everything you need to know .

I dig the sweet 100 tomato. When organically grown they are incredibly sweet, almost fruit like little cherry tomatos , and can be quite productive with a good mother. Another favorite is the chocolate cherry. Produces dark purple cherry matters with a sweet chocolately taste. They're delicious.

 

[silver hawaiian]

Roma and San Marzano FTW!

 

[thewhitelotus]

thanks for poppin in guys! Silver, i did San marzanos and romas last year and i will definitely be doing them again.

Ill get some pics up tomorrow.....been gone for the past 2.5 days and just walked in the door....needless to say im beat! Did a little training a few minutes ago, as some of the tops were stretchin like crazy during my time away

 

[Libeccio]

hey man very nice grow, yeah! that sure is a giant leaf! mammamia! subbed.

 

[unregistered190]

Awesome Lotus , them ladies are looking mighty fine!

Found some tomatos I want to try from seed this year....Artisan Tomatos from Johnnyseeds. Variety pack for like $15 so gonna give them a shot

 

[Libeccio]

thanks for poppin in guys! Silver, i did San marzanos and romas last year and i will definitely be doing them again.

Ill get some pics up tomorrow.....been gone for the past 2.5 days and just walked in the door....needless to say im beat! Did a little training a few minutes ago, as some of the tops were stretchin like crazy during my time away

i'm also a tomato grower, which can be done outdoors here! i live in a shitty country, but we're blessed with the nicest weather for tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. san marzanos are great! among the best tasting... i really love "cuore di bue" ("beefheart" like my beloved Captain ), they grow big and super tasty, it's like eating a tomato steak lol. they only thing is they need a lot of soil, they aren't ideal with pots... i grow veggies on my balcony and for cuore di bue i used some 50/60 L pots and still wasn't enough... they need the ground san marzano did well in pots as wel as cherry tomatoes. happy growing bro.

 

[thewhitelotus]

Definitely going to have some San Marzanos in there....had em last year and they just blew up. Ill get a picture of my outdoor space to give ya an idea what im working with...

until then....just stretching as usual. really filled out the screen nicely and going to let them just go from here

 

[thewhitelotus]

morning! still just stretching along....letting em go from here. im expecting about another 5-7 days of stretch.

One other thing i decided to do was switch up my nutrient regimen a bit. Im going to continue to use H&G Cocos AB and Drip Clean but im going to use Crystal Burst and Purple Maxx as my PK boosters this time around. Reason being, the first run I ever did with Romulan Diesel my flowers were nice and bulky with very little leaf material ( i use maxibloom and CB and PM that run). Since switchin to H&G ive gotten much more oil production but more leaf at the end so im going to give this a whirl.

a couple quick pics

have a good one

 

[thewhitelotus]

had some nice weather yesterday so decided to modify the ole compost tea brewer into a vortex....works pretty damn well!

simple parts list if anyone wants it!

Next round rooted and ready for solo cups

 

[thewhitelotus]

Got the clones transplanted into solo cups of coco and their first feed at .5 strentgh

3ml A&B
.5ml Roots Excel
1 ml drip clean

Heres day 21 of flowering. going to trim up undersides over the next couple days

until next time

 

[unregistered190]

Is the Vortex working out pretty good? Saw one that uses one of them bottles for an office water cooler.

Nice update twl

 

[thewhitelotus]

vortex is working great 190....need to fix a couple leaks though. Im going to make one with an office water cooler, but trying to find the ones that dont have the handle, as they mess up the vortex

 

[thewhitelotus]

Afternoon! Decided to trim up the undersides of the ladies yesterday....day 21

Feed per gallon
6ml House n Garden Cocos A&B
2.5ml Crystal Burst
2.5ml Snow Storm Ultra
1ml Drip Clean
EC: 1.1

 

[unregistered190]

Gottcha......will make sure I get one w/o handles as well

 

[silver hawaiian]

wl

On the new design brewer up there, can you give some detail (photo and wordy-like) of the bottom/left of the PVC? Just trying to understand how you're getting the air in there & powering the lift.

 

[tleaf jr.]

WOW these ladies have really bulked up since last time I saw ,,looking nice ..that brewer looks pretty interesting also good work

 

[thewhitelotus]

Silver, i redid the airlift portion of the brewer and ill take some photos of that tonight....doing a test run to see how it performs and the vortex is almost to the bottom of the bucket

Thanks tleaf! Stretch is done with and now is when the fun starts! Im seeing if these different PK boosters accomplish the same as the H&G boosters....hard to tell at this point

 

[thewhitelotus]

Well another weekend upon us! Got quite a bit done today....transplanted clones that were in the bubble cloner for next round.

Silver, heres the pics that should help understand the airlift

And a picture of the vortex in full force

Thanks for stopping by

 

[silver hawaiian]

Thanks for the closeups! Still not able to finger out, .. How'sa tea itself not get back down into the airline?

 

[thewhitelotus]

hope everyone had a stellar weekend! Just watched some hockey and worked on the veggie garden a bit.

nothing too exciting goin on here.....just bout halfway through the flowering cycle and things are starting to bulk up

need to thin out the back a little bit....get some better air flow

Check ya laaaaater

-TWL