WEED, The Official Thread

[Pow4Brains]

Gordon - How are the kiddos doing?

[DasBlunt]

awesome looking ladies Pow. I want to try Lime green shit.

[GordonShumway]

I'm struggling a bit here fellas. Overall, the girls are doing a lot better now that I got a brighter light and started feeding them. They're growing about an inch ever other day I'd guess. Still having some brown leaf issues though.



My water is naturally alkaline - almost a pH of 8. I had been giving them straight tap and my soil pH was right around 6.8-7. Then about the time I started adding my nutrients my pH got all out of whack. Soil pH is in the high 7's now. I water them twice a week (Wed and Sun). Sunday I gave them a shot of Cal-Mag according to the label (I think it was a teaspoon / gallon) and maybe 1/8th the recommended nutes. Wednesday feeding I really tried to get my pH under control so I added some coffee grinds to the soil hoping that helps the soil more long term. I also added a full shot of nutes (1:200 I think) and pH adjusted my water down to 6 using lemon juice. The weird thing about my pH is, I have one of those $10 2- pronged pH / moisture meters and if I stick it down into my gallon jug of water, depending on the depth it give me very different readings. Top of the jug was almost neutral, while down towards the bottom was closer to 5. I shook it up real good too so I don't think it was a mixing issue.

[Pow4Brains]

I want to try Lime green shit.

PM me your addy.

The weird thing about my pH is, I have one of those $10 2- pronged pH / moisture meters and if I stick it down into my gallon jug of water, depending on the depth it give me very different readings. Top of the jug was almost neutral, while down towards the bottom was closer to 5. I shook it up real good too so I don't think it was a mixing issue.

PH is prolly the most important thing as you travel along the growing path. I'm not totally sure but I believe the thing you are talking about is for checking the Ph of the soil. Go get yourself a pack of the Ph strips; your local hardware store prolly has them. If you have ~$100 to spend buy a Blue Lab Ph pen at your local grow store. Again Ph is THAT important. At your next feeding flood the pot to the point where you can collect the run off and check it for Ph. The run off should also be at ~5.8 plus or minus a point or two. If not, I would recommend flushing them with 5.8 ph water until the run off matches.

[buttahflake]

how did everyone make out with all the bust's out west?
you okay Bobby?

[GordonShumway]

I do think the pH is my biggest issue to work through at this point. No point in trying anything else until I get that under control. I'm using something like this to measure my pH currently. It was about $10 at Lowes. What's wrong with something like this vs. the $100 version? Should I continue to just water with pH 5.8 water and not do anything else?

[Pow4Brains]

Yeah, that thing is for checking the dirt, not the water. You want to be checking the water or "cocktail" after you have mixed the nuits but before you give it to the plants.

Given your soil was most likely out of nuits you don't want to flush them with just water, they need the nuits to grow. All you need to do at this point is ensure the Ph of the water and soil are equal at 5.8. This ensures the plant is up taking the right nuits at the right time. Ensuring the nuits are there for up take is the purpose of the "cocktail". Get the run off at 5.8 then re-flood with the nuits at 5.8 and you should be good to go.

Strips: http://www.chemworld.com/Test-Strips...FUkV7AoddwgAuw

[Bobby Stainless]

Looking good Pow4Brains! Those are some trees.

you okay Bobby?

I'm good man. Thanks for asking.

[HansJob]

You guys have some mighty tasty lookin treats. Theophrastus would be proud of y'all.

[stapes]

awesome looking ladies Pow. I want to try Lime green shit.

Yes. Beautiful work. Used to see the LGS around Ft. Collins a lot. Haven't not seen it in years though.

[concretejungle]

An article on setting up the legal pot economy in Washington.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...urrentPage=all

[NoPostholio]

^^^thanks for posting - that is good read except I am only about halfway through it and my brain hurts.

[Crass3000]

My favorite lately is Mr. Nice Guy. Doesn't smell or taste too good but has good qualities.

[liv2ski]

An article on setting up the legal pot economy in Washington.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...urrentPage=all

"One way to raise the price of legal marijuana is through taxes. Under I-502, the state will take an excise tax of twenty-five per cent when the producer sells to the processor (unless the producer does the processing himself). Another twenty-five-per-cent tax will be imposed when the processor sells to the retailer. Finally, consumers will pay an additional thirty-five per cent or so in taxes at I-502 stores. Washington’s liquor-control board estimates that the state will receive up to two billion dollars in marijuana taxes over the next five years.

Early in the summer, Kleiman projected that legal cannabis in Washington will initially sell for at least forty-two dollars for an eighth of an ounce. Outdoor growing will lower that figure, but probably not enough to undercut street dealers. Ben Schroeter, who goes by Ben Jammin, has been selling pot in the Seattle area for forty years, and offers high-quality, locally grown product for twenty-eight dollars an eighth. He sells weed from California at twenty dollars an eighth.

At the city-council meeting in Seattle, Kleiman said that the tax scheme outlined in I-502 was rigid and shortsighted. Because of the state’s heavy surcharges, legal marijuana will likely be more expensive than the illicit equivalent; but, as production costs plunge, legal pot will become much cheaper. “We’re gonna have a tax that starts too high and winds up too low,” Kleiman said. He laid out a better approach: “The optimal tax system . . . if I were doing it on a blackboard, would have been somewhat homeostatic. You’re looking to maintain a price maybe a little bit below, or a little bit above, the current illicit price. And, therefore, you’d like to have the tax be low at the beginning . . . and rise as the cost in the industry falls.” The state didn’t reconsider its tax plan, however; the prospect of an immediate windfall was perhaps too tempting.

Under I-502, new pot businesses cannot be vertically integrated: growers and processors must remain separate entities from sellers. This provision is aimed, in part, at preventing a single business from dominating the industry. But boosters for the new pot economy have taken to citing an adage attributed to Mark Twain: “When everyone is looking for gold, it’s a good time to be in the pick-and-shovel business.” So-called ancillary businesses are not barred by federal law, and the most careful investors are focussing on these markets.

The cannabis market, Kennedy informed the investor, is already “bigger than corn.” He added, “The objective is to build a vertical conglomerate of companies in the medical-cannabis industry and, ultimately, the cannabis industry.”

As long as selling pot remains illegal under federal law, any business that is openly connected to the trade will find it difficult to put its money in a bank, because financial institutions do not want to risk the legal exposure.

By January, Washington will have started dispensing licenses to grow and sell marijuana. Ben Jammin, the dealer, told me, “We’re not sure what’s coming—but it’s coming.” Kleiman is happy to see prohibition end, and he hopes that legalization is a great success, but he is no longer optimistic. He told me, “I think commercial production and sale of cannabis is going to end in tears.” ♦

[DasBlunt]

but he is no longer optimistic. He told me, “I think commercial production and sale of cannabis is going to end in tears.” ♦

Terrible article BTW.

One lawsuit away from state collapse? Once any large corp jumps in, you will see testing regulations for mold etc. ramp up quick and prices will plummet even more. The demand will not be like booze or cigs. 6 months of high prices and the bottom will fall out.

[Pow4Brains]

Friday Fun Day!

Those are some trees.

Thanks fellas. Here's the next round. (2) Master Kush on the right, center is a Hashberry, back left is Blockhead, and front left is White Rhino.



This one actually scares me a bit as she is drinking 2 gallons per day. Keeping her full is going to be a challenge!



Here's a little p0rn from the last round cured out.

Bubba Kush


Golden Goat


Flo


Lime Green Shit


Stapes - If you want to reunite with an old girlfriend just let me know.

[Bobby Stainless]

Proper looking nuggets bud!

[Tippster]

URUGUAY MARIJUANA
The Senate is expected to pass legislation that will make Uruguay the first country to legally regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana, a pioneering step that is being closely watched by policy-makers in other countries where momentum is growing to legalize marijuana, such as the United States where Colorado and Washington states legalized recreational pot last year.

[Tippster]

The party in Punta del Este just got better.

[GordonShumway]

Friday Fun Day!

This one actually scares me a bit as she is drinking 2 gallons per day. Keeping her full is going to be a challenge!

Shit! How long did you veg that thing to get it that big?

My ladies are doing better. I still don't have a proper pH detector but I've been adding a bit of lemon juice to my water and the new growth looks a lot happier and healthier. We just flipped the lights last night, day 1 flower cycle! Super excited to watch these things bloom

[Pow4Brains]

Good to hear and good luck! GO GET A PH TESTER! PH is how the plant up takes the nuits you are feeding it. Start flower at 5.9 and end at ~6.5 increasing it .1 every week or so (provided you are in dirt). You want your ladies to be iced out? This is how it is done. You can add all the nuits you want, if the PH is off they can't up take what you are giving them.

Just my .02

From clone my girls spend 6-8 weeks under a T5. Once rooted they are heavily topped and trained under the T5. Then they spend an additional 8 weeks under a 1000w Horti Blue before they are moved to flower.

[digitaldeath]

your local dealer is very disappointed in you

[Pow4Brains]

I don't know if I brought these little fuckers in with some fruit or something but they are "bugging" the shit out of me. I know they really aren't harmful but I just want them GONE! FWIW there is not a ton of them, I see 1 or 2 flying over a period of a hour or so.

I have tried Tanlin, Gnat Mix (the grainy stuff you put on top of the soil) and yellow sticky pads but the bastards are still around. Has anyone ever tried this stuff: http://www.bayeradvanced.com/insects...insect-control

I ran into a guy at the grow store and he swore by it but stated to only use it in veg. I grow 99% organic and am concerned with the risks associated with inhaling it. With that said, it is marketed as "Fruit and Vegetable" so it should be safe for consumption but I can't find any info that addresses burning it.

Any info or other methods you guys have will be greatly appreciated.

[GordonShumway]

I don't know if I brought these little fuckers in with some fruit or something but they are "bugging" the shit out of me. I know they really aren't harmful but I just want them GONE! FWIW there is not a ton of them, I see 1 or 2 flying over a period of a hour or so.

I have tried Tanlin, Gnat Mix (the grainy stuff you put on top of the soil) and yellow sticky pads but the bastards are still around. Has anyone ever tried this stuff: http://www.bayeradvanced.com/insects...insect-control

I ran into a guy at the grow store and he swore by it but stated to only use it in veg. I grow 99% organic and am concerned with the risks associated with inhaling it. With that said, it is marketed as "Fruit and Vegetable" so it should be safe for consumption but I can't find any info that addresses burning it.

Any info or other methods you guys have will be greatly appreciated.

Well I have some of those damn gnats too, I've read the larvae are in the bagged topsoil when you buy it, and when you open it up to use the dirt they grow and, bam, they're instantly there. It's likely they were in the soil the whole time and you didn't actually 'bring' them in. But I could be wrong. I've read that people have had great success with a 1 inch layer of playground sand packed as a top layer on the soil. The gnats lay their eggs in the soil, and using sand like this means they can't actually get down there to lay their eggs and they just all die out. You could try that, and it would still be organic.

I know, I need a pH tester. I actually bought one off Amazon and it got friggin lost in the mail. I need to order another one now... I did just flip the lights to 12/12 2 days ago. Sounds like I need to get my pH in order pronto to make good buds. One quick question... My plants are now close to 2 ft tall under T5's and the lower foliage on my bushier plant is yellowing. I assumed it's just the lower leaves dying as there's not much light penetrating that far down into the canopy. Is that normal, or do I have a N deficiency? I just started feeding Fox Farm Big Bloom... but that pH issue might be keeping the plants from absorbing it.

[Pow4Brains]

That is basically what "Gnat Mix" is. It's like the stuff you used to put cigarettes out with in supper clubs. What is "thick"? I've got about 1/2" of it now.