Bugus Monkey's new and improved puzzle basement and various ramblings

[Bugus_Monkey]

Tonight's bud **** is brought to you by the letter seven and the number F. Messing with ya's. hahaha. All I have in there right now is a little Root Wizard, and Cal Mag. Ph'd down to 5.8 - Friday I will mix new Grow, Micro and Bloom. I thought about trying that Lucas Formula but figured one more run before I try rocking the boat. Besides as stated above, My main top shelf go to stuff is running low so this run is very important to me.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Mrs. Monkey's side of the shed. She told me to go ahead and use her side. Tempting. Do-able. It is 12' by 14' with 8 and a half foot ceiling and ton's of outlets. Nooooo. I am going to tow the line and stay on the legal side of things. Still, If a person scrogged out 5 plants (Only 5 cause that is my legal limit) Vegged them out for 6 to 8 months or so to cause them to fill a 12 X 14 foot room and then flipped them. Hmmm. Let's see... Neighbors would be complaining about the smell, I'd have to invest in a carbon filter/scrubber.... Ummm.

Need to keep them thoughts blocked out of my head. BAD MONKEY.. Smack Smack. Needs a spanking.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Her side of the room is very cool. Wish I had a space like that. Love the black light pics.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Not bad for someone who only smokes once every 4 to 8 months.
The She-Shed..

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Not bad for someone who only smokes once every 4 to 8 months.
The She-Shed..

I like the she shed. Could put it to good use as I smoke a bit more than three times a year

edit. It may open the gateway to other drugs tho…

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Week number 1 of veg in the books.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Good morning monkey guy. They look healthy and ready to grow like crazy. Looking forward to your updates. Thanx for posting your wares

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Week 2 of Veg is gone. Back corner Cindy 99 P1 just a little bit off. I think boiling that hydroton with a slim bit of Hydrogen Peroxide might not be the greatest idea but... Still no dog pecker gnats - at least not yet.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Week 3... There was a little hic up when I did my res change. (Late Sunday Eve the 20th) (Looked like chunky Vomit) I been going 10 days with them. Anyhow I added Cal/Mag for this run and not sure if it wasn't mixed in the proper order or expired or IDK. Cal mag was my only deviation from usual. Grow, micro and bloom with hydrogard is my usual. Our local water is suppose to have plenty of Cal & Mag naturally. Anyways - I caught the problem after maybe 25 to 27 hours. Drained, sprayed around the inside of res with pressure hose and drained again and remixed, Everything is back to normal. I think my PH was up in the high 9's that whole time. You can see where the damage was done and you can already see the recovery. I think my Cal/Mag is sour.

PH 5.9 - Solution Temp 68F - 900 PPM's on the (500 TDS scale on the bluelab stick ?)

Caused a lot of root damage but I even have recovery going on with in that damage and tried to include a pict of that also. Couple posts and out. Miss hanging with everyone especially coffee, coffee girls and morning pinch hitter sessions here hanging out.

Why don't you smoke another one. !!!!

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

More stuff. Along with a close up of the Snow Leopard by Bodhi gifted from South Park ... hahaha
This SL is the only non fem that I know I have going so fingers crossed. I will be taking clones.
One of the ones on the right either Vader Haze or Grimm Truffles is sure giving off a similar RKS odor already if you brush up against it.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Good morning monkey guy. Wow, Chunky Vomit is not what I was looking for this morning but I’m over it now. I’m gonna have to check my cal mag date. I’m sure it’s two years old by now. Looks like your plants and roots are recovering nice tho. Keep peeking in there to check on them. We miss you hanging out too. Hope your day is sweet.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Week 4 of Veg is gone. Nothing really happened this week. My solution level is dropping on a regular basis and the PPM's are staying the same. So in my opinion they are drinking as fast as they are eating. I have had solutions drop before and the PPM's jump but so far everything is good. I keep telling myself I'm going to try throwing a net over them for scrog but I been promising that for several grows now. I get ready to and then start second guessing myself, how can someone smoosh these things down. I have defoliated some more and topped last week. I will run this week and top again and then probably flip. Very satisfied with internode distance VS that last grow and again... I am starting to run short of my top of the top shelf stuff. Got plenty of high grade mid but everyone likes the show off stuff. Still waiting on preflower. Crossing my fingers on this Snow Leopard. So That's The Current Plan: I will top again end of week 5 and flip at the end of week 6.
Anybody have words of wisdom or encouragement for scrogging?

 

[user 64919]

I've been known to throw a trellis or two. Lol... What's your major sticking point? I used to be scared to break plants and all that, but I got over it lol.

IMO the best results come when you have the ability to get the plants started in the SCRoG in veg...allowing the plants to grow into the first trellis ( I like 6 inch for the first, 3 inch for the second). Let those babies fill up all the 6" squares...then flip and add the 3"...violá! It takes longer but is well worth the time, effort, and plant yoga lol ..

If that's not an option move em into the flower area and smoosh em...This is how:

I supercrop em first (you want the main stem to form a knuckle under the first trellis...). Then add the 6inch trellis ...I use a towel wrapped around the main stem and pliers to make it easier to crush the stem and phloem...but not break it . You can use tywrap to tie the mains to the first trellis if needed...

Once supercropped, flip em... Add the second trellis....then slide it down and fill those 3 inch squares, homie....

im tired and HAF. Hopefully this isn't a jumbled mess, and it helps.

For reference, the second method is what I did to the Gorilla Glue#4 in the Hash Box...

Cheers.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Week 5 is over. Changed res out. Mixed at 3/4 + Strength. PH 5.8
Second day of 12/12.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Week 6 over yesterday. 9 days of 12/12.
My res is dropping really fast.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

My res is dropping fast and my PPMs are too - Anyone's thoughts?
Res changes are running 10 to 14 days apart.
My theory is / was, If the Res dropped and the PPMs stay the same, then the plants are drinking as much as they are eating - sort of my goal.
IF, the res dropped and the PPMs went up, then that was bad because they were drinking faster than they were absorbing nutrients. - Res mixed too strong?
Now I have res dropping fast, (10 - 12 days into 12/12) - BUT- My PPMs are dropping too.
This run of the res is now 8 days old.
Topping it off with a premixed solution could solve things, but then you would sort of be guessing as to what is missing.
If you just mixed new from scratch then you wouldn't be guessing. Res changes at this stage need to be more often than 10 to 14 days, they need to be at least every 7. Guess I sort of answered my own question there, again. Any GH hydro heads around whom I can stalk their threads out? Smoke another one!!!

 

[SubmarineGirl]

My res is dropping fast and my PPMs are too - Anyone's thoughts?
Res changes are running 10 to 14 days apart.
My theory is / was, If the Res dropped and the PPMs stay the same, then the plants are drinking as much as they are eating - sort of my goal.
IF, the res dropped and the PPMs went up, then that was bad because they were drinking faster than they were absorbing nutrients. - Res mixed too strong?
Now I have res dropping fast, (10 - 12 days into 12/12) - BUT- My PPMs are dropping too.
This run of the res is now 8 days old.
Topping it off with a premixed solution could solve things, but then you would sort of be guessing as to what is missing.
If you just mixed new from scratch then you wouldn't be guessing. Res changes at this stage need to be more often than 10 to 14 days, they need to be at least every 7. Guess I sort of answered my own question there, again. Any GH hydro heads around whom I can stalk their threads out? Smoke another one!!!

The plants still look good tho right? Wish I knew more to help you monkey guy. They look great to me no matter how many PPMs you got.

 

[boo]

Have you thought of using Epsom salts in the your feed mix? Some of your leaves are quite yellow…

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Have you thought of using Epsom salts in the your feed mix? Some of your leaves are quite yellow…

I guess they use that in hydro too? Epsom salts work great for me. My plants get a little fist full every water now. But I’m not hydro

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

I was just trying to stretch my res changes. Not for economic reasons but for the principle of things if that makes since. Seems like everywhere with everything, places are always trying to sell you more than what you need, and I know that is the way it has always been. I had good results running about 3/4 strength last run, changing every 10 days. There were just several other things that made me unhappy with that particular strain. I am running 25 gallons a change. I did too on this one I just changed tonight. My thought was make it up at 15 gallons rather than 25 but I didn't. I am still draining out 10 to 12 gallons of used before restarting new. Too smoked up and tired to make since tonight but more is not always better and all I'm doing is making the hydro store extra money when it might not necessarily be needed. I decided I'm going to keep up all the same 25Gal routine as this run is rather important. (I'm running way low on my show-off weed) Every great once in a while I whip a joint out on some friends. Got plenty of decent stuff. It's all good and I should have been changing every 7 days as recommended. Based on where I am at in this run, I mixed full strength this time.

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