My perpetual grow journal

[Californiakid]

I've seen The Rosetta Stone at British Museum when I was a lad. I may try another language with rosetta stone on my laptop. Lol🤣

But Rosettastoned, is a cool dude that can grow 👍🌱

[RosettaStoned]

It's one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. If you're not familiar, it's a song about being abducted and being the chosen one to tell the world what's coming. He forgets what he has to say

[RosettaStoned]

I do the best I can with the knowledge I have to this point. I hope to get better in the future.... Maybe keep up with some of the folks on here

[RosettaStoned]

This came out today and I was much more looking forward to this than this seemingly arbitrary holiday. Everyday is 420 for me


Also got a hand delivered package with some clones. Island sweet skunk and goo. Goo is suppose to be like killawatt. Both of those (killawatt and ISS) are strains this guy grew and we enjoyed years ago. Glad to see they are still around! I get to grow them myself now....good as time as any to try out my super soil mix I made at the beginning of February. I did put some small aloe plants, from the mother I had...now dead, in some of this to see how it goes with them.

[RosettaStoned]

I agree, very healthy.

[Tika]

Wow. Those are some smart clones...yippiekiyay!,,,

[Paracelsus]

Send in the clones

https://youtu.be/K1fVQGESUTo

[RosettaStoned]

Did a little rearranging...
Broke down and transplanted the two monster cropped BCPWxBGr's into my 17 gallon no till planters. They needed it bad....I had to peel the fabric pots like a snake skin. (Probably why I was having problems with them recently) I did the same for the smaller one of the same strain, although that was in a 3 gallon not 5. That one went into a 7 gallon fabric pot. I mixed.....
1 tbsp of kelp meal- for K and trace minerals, readily available
cotton seed meal- for fast N source, also acidic
bone meal- for the P, readily available
1/2 tbsp azomite- for trace minerals and balances soil nutes
Dr earth life fertilizer w/ mycorrhizae- general fertilizer, also for root growth
fertilizer mix to make the soil- for good measure
2 Solo cups ewc, vermiculite, peat, and equal amount of composted soil. Put this mix around the root area and filled the rest in with my soil mix. Top dressed with 1 tbsp of neem cake each for pests. Water heavily but no run off. Moved the 2 17 gallon over to the opposite side of the room with the 175 watt Vero light. 7 gallon stayed with the others.
Mixed half and half peat/super soil for the ISS and goo. Filled the bottom of the 2 gallon f pots with my soil and then top half with the diluted soil mix. Put the clones into the soil up to the peat pot rims. Water with 8 oz. of water each.

both happy with their new spot. One before one after their hair cut.


Last picture is a monster cropped branch. It would make one hell of a manifold.

[Paracelsus]

I’m sure you have seen the Velcro smart pots but there is a new brand made out of a different type of mesh I just ordered some for my latest no till seedlings. Not cheap but reusable and machine washable https://gardengearsupply.com/

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks paracelsus! Those look like nice

[Tika]

Smartphone ( well that's true too) SmartPOTS are washable too. My hydro guy just gave me a lecture about it. No soap, cool water and at a laundromat!

[RosettaStoned]

Bored sitting around so I made this.....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WUvfsw5Unva0rRGicCtLOI2B-VN7TcbP/view?usp=drivesdk

[RosettaStoned]

When I'm in there I play music. Pretty sure the response I would get from singing to them would be death 😂

[Paracelsus]

🤣😂😅😜😊☺️🤣😂😅😜

[oldjarhead100]

I have music playing while I'm working , I can hear my sister who lives on first floor calling and saying WTF if I played that on night Paracelsus lol only listened to a couple of min but I liked it

[RosettaStoned]

Hooray, cleaned my meter and changed the batteries and now it doesn't calibrate. Can't get a new probe until Monday 😖😩 I guess my trip to the "gardening" store will include more than just terpinator. I've been wanting two pH meters anyway

[oldjarhead100]

@Rosetta Stoned I use cloth bags now to I tried 5,10.and 7 gallon pots then someone posted about how Vivosun has a tan heavy duty 7 gallon that holds 7 gallons well I bought some and I really like them they are just a little bigger than 5s and they hold 7 gallons I found the 10s took to much room

[RosettaStoned]

These 17 gallon totes take up a lot of room too. But if I grow them big enough that should make up for it. After looking at the 10 gallon today I might just stick with 7s for fabric.

[Paracelsus]

I just started using Velcro fives and then going to forever homes in 15 gallon totes until I can get the 400 gallon smart pots going into the living room 🌳

[RosettaStoned]

I bought the pH pen today. This thing is the cat's ass! I have a pH reading in about 15 seconds. Checked to see if that was crazy, came back 2 mins later still the same number. Also has a fine tune adjustment so it's exactly what it should be.
I checked all my reservoirs and my goodness,. Some were in the 3s! I wonder how long the probe on the combo pen was acting up. Its been looking like I have been having nute problems lately....considered changing nutes to see or maybe it was the switch to tap. Pretty sure it was the probe and can't wait to see what it does for my plants having it read proper.

[oldjarhead100]

now thats a ph meter You know when I had to do the big flush it was because I didn't give it enough time to adjust to the correct reading

[Chefbjy]

I agree with Kingkush I love reading everyone's journals. Gives me new ideas and I learn things at the same time. Keep up the posts.

[Paracelsus]

Usually the thermometer goes up the Cat’s Ass
I know this joke is pretty base 🤪

[RosettaStoned]

Well thanks guys, you're too kind. The probe came for my hanna meter today so soaked it in storage solution for an hour or so. Then double calibrated the Hanna with 7.0 and 4.01 solutions. Grabbed the HM digital meter and checked a bucket. They are within .1 of each other. Good enough, since I don't like to ride the line either way. I honestly feel like I see a difference already. Looks like some jumped up over night and much more green.

[RosettaStoned]

Did some more rearranging, moved the SoG over by itself with the 110 watt Mars hydro rebuild. Both larger rebuilds are together covering a 6x8 area with 375 watts. Soil one side hydro the other.
Way better light to canopy coverage like this.
Cleaned up cords and power strips and added some perforated angle iron for more adjustability for my lights.

My main grow (week 8) looks good other than I'm getting yellow leaves more towards the top of my branches on the BCPWxBGr's. It seems a little early for that, the last one I took at 10 weeks 4 days and didn't fade until I flushed. The solutions are a little low in the EC but I would think more leaves would be yellowing, not just sporadically. Almost all the limbs are falling because of the weight. Thrichomes on these seem to be kind of ahead as well. Probably 60-70% cloudy some amber on the leaves.
The back left corner PExBD has kind of limp leaves and a cloudy bucket, roots look/feel fine. I'll change that bucket out and see what happens. These normally take an extra week or so longer to ripen. Even then I think they could go longer.
Still need to trim my last PE sog with the 4 revivals. They have taken an extra week in flush to be ready. Which is lining up my schedules again. Plus some veg room delays


<< PExBD

<< PE sog new toy, wifi USB microscope. Use it with your phone

[Campesino]

Buds look grand!
I envy your lights, space and set-up
Not sure about the yellowing, but how low is a little low? Looks like those that are yellowing have equal access to light. So probably nutrient, but may not be problem. You don't seem particularly concerned...

[RosettaStoned]

Early morning recon in the brush before lights out. Only one plant is producing yellow leaves. The one 90 ec lower than the other two. I'll bump it up tonight when I change out that other bucket.
I grow for two others besides me and the wife. Friends get the extras for a small fee. That's mostly why I have what I have. If you had all this I think you would a better job than I am.
I am not that concerned no, I figured there would be problems after fixing the pH issues. I just want to get through this one and start all new records. Make all new nutrient recipes because I'm sure the plants will react different with proper pH.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Morning RosettaStoned, brother your plants are looking great, !!!
Is your new usb, Wi-Fi, better than the kind you plug in to a computer? I gots
one of those but don't have a computer.
All I gots is this phone, I had to leave the s on got, lol
Your lights are awesome, several friends of mine are reading all your posts, and trying to build some also, but I thick they are kinda like me, they don't know to much about
lectwisity, haha

[oldjarhead100]

rosetta they are looking great getting close ,I'm going to do my first scrog with the tutankhamon hope it goes as well as yours

[RosettaStoned]

I'm sure you'll be fine ojh. You grow a jungle, I don't think one plant in a screen is going to mess you up.

[oldjarhead100]

but 11 might lol

[Paracelsus]

Your lucky number

[RosettaStoned]

I think I have things back in order.....

[KingKush]

Hope you enjoyed the high-iatus! Nice to have you back.
Powerful harvest a month ago I assume? Haha
I get all stoned after cropping and forget to post for a few weeks too

[Campesino]

Cheers RosettaStoned !
Plants and set-up look awesome!
I mean really

[RosettaStoned]

Yeah....I had to get my head on straight. After the my last grow, which was a debacle, I felt I had failed my friend and myself. Not sure how things got so how out of hand. So I reread everything and implemented new procedures and execution. Also, I have had awful luck trying to get anything I've grown to smell like weed. That's what has got me feeling completely worthless. I always strive for perfection and when it is not achieved.....I lose my shit.
I'm extremely critical of myself by the way

[Californiakid]

Doesn't post for a month then BAM ! Check this out!
Looking outstanding my friend!

[oldjarhead100]

nice job Rosetta Stoned I really like your height adjusters way to improvise

[RosettaStoned]

Ratchet pulleys are my friends

[oldjarhead100]

haha didn't see those . I was talking about the table thingy lol

[RosettaStoned]

All my scrap lumber becomes height adjustment tables now

[RosettaStoned]

I did end up with all of this though.......and those little shears are nice. Changed my dry/cure method some and might actually have a decent batch.🤞

[Tika]

Love ratchet "ropes", looks to be an exquisite grow, and delighted with your posts.
We all thump ourselves to one degree orcznother...I gave myself ( still giving self) a sever throddling over bud for.
Take a deep breath- you did GOOD! Like in beautifully😊🤗❤️

[RosettaStoned]

My phone takes too good of photos for this place or I'd have some for you. Coming right along though....