Subliminal(s) Garden Grove

Whatsup GCO!? Creating my final resting place here in the GC community as I've had journals before, but unknowingly posted them in the wrong thread section. You may recognize me from the endless amount of questions I fill the GCO Lounge thread or in the Nor-Cal Growers respect thread back when i was AnonWeeney. However before I get too ahead of myself and am to deep rambling on about how much I've become fascinated with this hobby of cultivation, I must first begin with my circumstances and the operations of it all so you can then decide if you want to read on.


Compassion use Act Prop 215 Compliant. Nothing is for sale. All meds are personal.

(and here comes the more personal, you can skip to next bold section unless you wonder why I am pro-cannabis/a MM patient):
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I am the primary caregiver for a friend of mine who's ailments are personal and only to be shared at his expense.
Mine on the other hand I would be glad to share details with you if you so as to feel the need to ask, but lets just say I'd much rather smoke, relax, and see certain circumstances in a whole new light; rather then drink in the time of worry or sorrow and just drown it only for it to float back up. My grandfather a few years back was an alcoholic, spent most of his time and money in bars which tore him and my father apart. My grandfather has went to AA and has gotten past his problem. Now as i grow older and watch my father grow worrisome I see day in and day out him drinking his worries away and it slowly just degrading him. YES alcoholism has been proven to be genetic, but i think its more because of the associated psychological disorders that are often associated with and/or a precursor of alcoholism. Now I'm not saying drinking is entirely bad, nor am i saying i don't drink i just don't think it should be something you do habitually, day in and day out, to desensitize yourself to life's stressors. Within the last few years I've merged into reality and the real world and it has managed to semi slap me in the face as it does most of us once you realize you're chances of being and astronaut or marrying mila kunis are very slim. lol But to be real, I went through some dark times the past few years, and before i had acquired my Medical card, Anxiety and Depression were severely just altering the way i looked at things and how i acted in situations of high stress. It almost felt as if i was just permanently exhausted and just lacked much, if any motivation at all it literally just felt like i was slowly dying. However within the last year, my mindset has taken a turn for the best, and i wouldn't say its because of my meds entirely, but more so because of the way MJ allows me to view things in a whole new light especially when you are learning about the true meaning to life while creating it.


I did not write any of that with the intentions to grasp some sort of emotion, or to have some sort of sympathy because I truly don't even understand to a full extent how fortunate i am. I mean let alone the very fact of successfully being birthed into this chaotic world is a 30% chance, and after that you have no reason to not be grateful. My ailment is nothing compared to alot of what you guys are going through on here and i respect that immensely and send good vibes your way in hopes that you find tranquility and good health. Reason being for that long paragraph is to stress the legality of my circumstance due to lawful stance of cannabis here in California. (Even though I think it should be legal everywhere because its far less toxic then alcohol and makes people alot friendlier)
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Now lets get this ball rolling!!!
So here's what my setup looks like


Growspace:
3x6x7 Grow Cabinet I had built
Started off as a dark paper thin mylar covered space and since then(and after problems with hot spots/uneven light spread) has transformed into something of completely brighter nature. Pretty metaphorical, eh?





Walls are now painted with a VOC(volatile organic compounds aka carcinogenic off gases) free flat bright white paint, and i have to to admit it is a lot more bright and heavenly. I literally want to hop inside, smoke a fat bowl and just lounge in there... that's exactly how i want my plants to feel


HPS



MH



(still need to get a flat piece of plywood for floor, but ive managed to make it work so far)


Lighting: 600 watt MH/HPS cheap XL wing reflector w/cooltube that was made in china (Will be transitioning to LED and very likely supplmental UVB)

Ventilation:
Exhaust: 440 CFM inline duct fan(occasionally hooked up to cool tube)
Intake: Passive PVC intake, that air is pulled out by the magic of physics. Which i have no understanding of and is the result of my study on GC beforehand and luck of coming across helpful and knowledgeable folk. I simply just manipulated the knowledge that was given to me and created a way to get even air flow and to make sure no walls are given the chances to soak up too much heat as it gets hot here in the summer.


Experience/Previous Grows:


Novice, noob, beginner, student whatever you want to call it ahahaha This is my second grow, but hell i was happy to make it to the end of flower my first and have smokable bud.(It might have been a little mighty and crackly, but hell there isn't a jar left that i didn't smoke the hell out of. By mighty if ya don't know what i mean then ya haven't had a garden battle yet, eh? Spider mites are evil little suckers, got the peppermint oil for them son'sa bitches now


Pics From my last grow oooolala:








Pineapple Chunk by Barneys Farm^ (x3)





Super Lemon Haze by Green House Seed Co ^ (x3)





My makeshift scrog(hemp string, hanging strips(idk if thats what theyre called), and a few screws) Wont be utilizing this run. Want to focus more on observing plant health rather than attempting to get as many tops/as even as canopy possible.






The beginning of a relentless battle.





Love at first mite moreso a stalemate between the mites and lady bugs seeing they got one plant too badly and got the chance to spin webs. Lady bugs arent the most effective, more so they just shit and fuck alot, but if they were pooping everywhere then they were eating something right? But on a serious not they probably did severely slow down the reproduction of the mites.


What I got going now:


Sour Diesel Dark Heart Nursery
Blue Dream DHN
The White DHN
Chiesel (NY Diesel x Cheese) - Queen Bee
Super Lemon Haze(Super Silver Haze x Lemon Skunk) Green House Seed Co
Cherry Bomb(Cherry Pie x Chem Dawg) - SoCal Seed Co


(Will Update Soon With photos of the most recent grow)






Closing Intro Note:


Thankful for all the knowledge and help that I've gotten within the last year or so here on GC, its truly remarkable how much knowledge is contained within this community. I still have a long ways to go, but learning about organics and ultimately the whole cycle of life and interdependence that each of us shares with every organism is just remarkable. I have a fascination for biology and growing has only gave me a further understanding of the true role of everything. Yesterday a friend of mine in one of my classes had told me that when you think about it there really is no purpose to life, but you have to find your purpose cause other than that there truly is no purpose. 4 years ago I'd probably agree with the kid, but now its completely different, i mean when you think about it our purpose is directly related to the products of our life, and i mean aside from pooping out fertilizer and creating offspring just like an other animal we have the ability to make a difference, to choose not only just to survive, but to question what our purpose is and have some play on it. While I'm here id like to output 10x as much good as I do bad, and to leave as little bullshit i can as possible.


Tag along and see what good I hope to do for this community! Feel free to ask, give criticism, post random memes of who knows what. All is welcome regardless of opinion and methods.

 

Hi LadyLuck! Yea i finally worked up the motivation to gather everything together and to get some stuff posted up! Figured flower is where all the action is, might as well start it up when the interesting stuff is going down! ahahah


Ill get some pics posted up of the most recent action when I pull out the ladies to put in the new lights! Popped in the HPS so im going to take things slow and give them a week or two to adjust to the new spectra before changing it up again!

 

A little quick iPhone snapshot of the girls. Watered last night and given a Peppermint, neem, fulvex, silica foliar at the beginning of off time. Nothing but subtle praying going on tonight.

Lightings is currently on 13/11 slowly moving towards 12/12 just making sure all plants are healthy and ready for the transition.

 

Put the mare LEDs in today and did a little comparison to the light spectra of true sunlight set under my cameras white balance.


True Color White balance adjusted manually on white wall(control):





HPS white balance set to direct sunlight:





Amare SS150s set to White light Spectra, WB set to direct sunlight:





Amare set to full spectra(red included) WB set to direct sunlight:






Loving the new lights! more pics to come!

 

LLB I think I love you... Ahahah really though you made my morning. This the times I love GC! So many kind hearts and good vibes!

Ok so turns out the quoting isn't working on the web version for some reason, so I'm going to get to thumb tapping away. I need some time for this one lmao

Anybody got a stopwatch? Ahahah