pHarmers Sustained Organic Living Adventure w/ HiLEDs

Shes looking gorgeous man!! Glad that yellowing didn't progress as was worried, some strains just do that. Its weird but plants are funny sometimes xD

I agree with TJ, if it was anything to be worried about the progression would have been much more rapid & she would look much much worse by now. So I think you should be golden!

When my GSC finishes up the last month or so is spent bouncing from working on density and bud size for a few days then I'll notice increases in resin & color production then it goes back to density and size. So I would assume it varies between strain but should expect around the same.

 

 
Oh man! That would be an absolute sight to watch, I have never followed along an auto grow before even in a journal so it would be awesome to see how you tackle the challenge. Never been interested in doing an auto as I don't like not having control over the flower time & I hate losing a strain that I love! So not being able to clone them to keep them around just doesn't sit right with me. I have seen some finished autos around the site that have been absolutely outstanding tho! Cant wait to see which one you choose to go with! 
 

 
Your plan sounds great man, no doubt you'll be pleased with the finished results! The Boveda packs are 2 way humidity control systems, so yes. If you need more humidity the pack will release the adequate moisture to bring the humidity of the jar up to the proper level. If the humidity is too high then it will begin to absorb the moisture to bring the humidity down to the proper level. VERY useful & I am considering using them every time I cure now! 
 
Here is a video explaining how the Boveda packs work:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d688Zx5M1Vk
 
The humidity level here in the desert is extremely low, so it sucks the moisture out of EVERYTHING, including me! xD So I noticed if I place a nug (or few) into sealed jars without the Boveda packs within one complete day it is brittle and crumbles apart when being broke up. Not like dust, it still has some stiffness to it but you can tell its very dry & it burns faster than I like. If you pull a bud out of the jar with the Boveda packs and break it up its not wet but its perfectly moist and breaks apart more in chunks & burns slow and is very expansive. So the packs really do an outstanding job keeping the moisture level of your buds in check!
 

  
 LOL sure will man here is some nug shots for ya showing just how dense these buds are!
 
Thru out the whole bud the density remains the same even at the base bottom nug. See how the blood is rushing away from my finger tip from the pressure. 
 

 
It doesn't stop there!! Continuing on even into the smallest popcorn nugs from the bottom of the plant the density remains un changed!
 

 
Buds are like meh stop squeezing me and smoke me! haha Notice how even with the varying sizes the buds are all uniform & the same.
 

 
This time around the bud stacking is much better, I can tell this is going to be a much better harvest! If you look closely you can see how sticky my fingers are just from handling the buds!  
 

 
Thanks man I really love the piece! It has moved its way up to my favorite so far out of my bongs. Having you complement it & knowing how you are about your pieces & the knowledge you have behind them makes me feel even better about it, LOL! I have been thinking about starting to do video updates so you may get to see her in action someday! I like watching the vid updates people post around the site when I smoke, so figured others may enjoy the same. Not sure what I would ramble on about but what's everyone think, should I start doing vid updates as well?  
 

 
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OH YEAH MAN!! I love my SPECS! Easily one of the best purchases I have made for my garden! How do you like them so far? That Skywalker is looking mighty tasty!! Always wanted to try and get ahold of that strain, it was one of the first strains I really liked when I first started smoking.

 

I have been reading a lot of discussions around the site lately regarding topping a plant. So I figured I would throw my opinion out there as to why I will NEVER again remove a plants apical meristem!
 
This was my Bodhi seeds Pura Vida when it first started throwing more than the 3 blade leaves. 
 

 
Started throwing the 5 blade leaves very early and I was very happy with how the growth was going so I let her get some more leaves on her then I transplanted into a 1gal fabric pot.
 

 
In no time she bounced back and started growing like crazy! However I had noticed something I hadn't seen yet before, she started throwing 7 blade leaves!!
 

 
Not only was the growth very uniform and beautiful but the rate of growth was astonishing!! I would wake up one morning and check on the plant and this is what it would look like.
 

 
Then I would wake up the next morning to the new growth looking like this!
 

 
So the growth rate was incredibly fast! Not to mention LOOK HOW GORGEOUS THOSE LEAVES ARE!! Now I wanted to work on getting her big and bushy so I started the stress training. Took that lovely main top and bent her over and attached her to the pot, exposing all that lovely undergrowth.
 

 
She responded great and bounced back, everything was pretty even canopy wise so I was expecting to have that undergrowth explode up and catch up with the main top.
 
 
 
The undergrowth started catching up nicely but the main top was still growing extremely vigorous.
 

 
I kept pulling her down so the undergrowth had a chance but after everything I tried she was still reluctant to let them catch up! Man is she beautiful!!
 

 
Then I did the unthinkable... To even everything out I trimmed her up & removed the main top. :,(( 
 

 
Now she bounced back but as she continued to grow I noticed something that hurts me every time I think about it.
 

 

 
   
 

 

 

 
If you look back at those pictures, after I removed the main top never again did she ever throw those gorgeous 7 blade leaves. :,( I also haven't been able to get the leaves to pray as hard as they were before & the growth rate is much slower then it was prior to the removal. Even the clone I took at the same time I removed the main top has never thrown those leaves.
 

 
So if by simply removing the top I changed the way the plant develops in structure. It hurts to think what I may have done to the overall bud structure, flavor, aroma, density, everything! Never having flowered her out yet I have no way to even tell what she could have been or if I even effected anything. But just this one thing that has changed is enough to make me NEVER want to do it again!
 
HTH!

 

Hey man!

Yeah it should work fine for the clones and small plants you have them over currently. The CMH spectrum is 4000k-4200k so you should be fine with that. Only issue i can see would be the intensity, says on the box its throwing 3700 lumens. I usually don't go by lumens but I've read its preferred to use a minimum of 3000 lumens per square foot. Sunlight at noon is said to be around 10,000 lumens per square foot on a clear sunny day.

So given the lumen claim of the light I wouldn't use it to veg anything larger than 2ft. The clones and small plants will be fine tho! If you happen to find a deal like this another time but with bulbs. A ratio I would prefer to use as a veg spectrum is 70% CW/30% WW. You can achieve this by using a 6500k CW w/ 2700k-3000k WW or a all 5000k spectrum would work great as well.

Hope this helps!

 

Hey guys!! Sorry for my absence, been dealing with a lot lately. My girls grandmother passed away so we have been dealing with that. Plus my kidneys are acting up again and I have been passing kidney stones for the last few days. Let me tell you guys it is NOT pleasant!

However, thank you for sticking around! I will get some updates going again here soon.

Silver is looking tip top Venom!! I really love the look of those sativa leaves and the Absolum buds!! Also your plants look this good because of you my man! I may have presented the knowledge on what I use and why. Your the one who decided to implement it and see the results for yourself! For that I am extremely grateful as it is great to see someone else getting results they are happy with! I can't tell you how many years I sat there watching my plants die day by day. Knowing everything that was wrong, how to fix it. Just didn't have any money to do anything about it. So I spent that time learning everything I could about soil and this plant. During that time the No-Till organics was just starting to be discussed on another forum & I was all over it. I just didn't have the money to test out what everyone was saying. Now that I am finally able to do what I'd like with my grow I am experiencing a happiness unlike any other! So to extend that happiness to someone else is all I could ever ask for!

I need to find me a strong sativa tho, really looking into ordering seeds. I have never done that so I am a bit skeptical!

My bubble bags came in tho!



Now all that is left is to pick up some day ice and we can get started!! Need to look into it some more tho, I saw that Doc recently tried his hand at Dry Ice. He claims it is not as easy as it appears in the videos xD

So we shall see! Hope all has been well for everyone out there in the GC!

 

Flower update 2/15, Day 25:





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