Just threw lighting into 12/12 to rush everything along due to emergency

[Lord-Xanthor]

Figured the issues when I started were bad, I just canceled the shed because I'm now forced to move so threw the lighting into 12/12 in attempts to sex my plants without having to make anymore clones so I can clear out most of the in-needed plants. Went to replace a bad outlet to find out the entire house was wired with heavy gage speaker wire with the shielding crumbling, then heard water to find out a main drain line was broken under half the house so checked even further, to realize the place I been renting 12 years is worse than falling apart. To repair the line means tearing up the floor, to replace wiring means tearing out the sheetrock and removing all the old wiring first then replacing it because the chemical reaction making the casing break down will cause the new as well to do the same. Been after my landlord for years for even more dangerous issues to find out not fixed either so contacted the landlord about needing the repairs done, and sure enough already knew the answer before hearing back, the place has to be leveled and rebuilt. So got to move and definitely not paying to move all those plants lol. I'll keep a few of the best.

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

Lord X ,sending out good vibes(positive thinking,?,Oms?) ,,I know what your going through, Friday was my last day at my 10 year job(with housing included) I was given two weeks notice and ordered to vacate property by Mar.1st. Must move or throw away 10 years of clutter.Luck would have it the winter weather is mild and my girls are outside getting use to being out of their grow shed and homeless.At least I have property out in the middle of nowhere for them to go,and an old 85 motorhome to get out of the rain.But at 63 years old and a bad right arm it won't be easy.
Keep Your Head High and Your Pride Intact. When One Door Closes Another One Opens!!!
Feel Free To Private Message Me and Vent (cuss,bitch or complain)I've got a special friend here whose helping me make sense of it all,who at least listens and keeps my spirits up !
Now,you do too !

Thanks mcruderalis . I found a few places decently priced, less than what I pay now and every home I saw that looks interesting already has a shed =) Just got to find out Monday what needs to get done and also look up other things like back property taxes, and such. Friend of my parents 20 years ago bought a restaurant that was actually doing well, yet got closed down 6 months later because the county seized the property after finding out back taxes were due on the property. A mistake I plan not to make. I have two children (not the ones you smoke, the talkative type) and pets, which was the other reason I decided to buy this time around instead of rent.

 

[dontknownuttin]

heavy gage speaker wire? DOES THAT MEET THE BUILDING CODE IN YOUR TOWN?

 

[Vapo69]

Lord-x........Dude....just read this....I'm so sorry for your predicament........I'm adding to mcruderalis's sent out good vibes....I hope everything is settled soon and to your satisfaction dude😀😀🌱🌿🌲 growers love to you and family🌱🌿🌲😀😀

 

[Green75]

Wish the best to both of you guys....Damn....life is always a ride...hold on and keep your heads high....haha..pun intended

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

dontknownuttin It actually breaks code in every US state. I used to work for an Electrician pulling cable and installing outlets and data lines. From what I was told, the owner of the front house got tired of his in-laws living with his family so decided to build an addition as he was a house designer or something to that effect and gather used whatever was cheap. After I discovered the wiring, this morning I pulled the power blocks for the really bad zones and just ran a few temp lines that follow the code for my state and when I move will take it all with me in case I need to make changes in the new home. The monster cable I have never seen this type before. Seen every version RadioShack, Sears, Home Depot, Digikey ever sold and this though it can handle the load, gets pretty warm with a regular load like computers, tv on it. Its the shielding that's bad. Ever see a rubber band around some old letters that's 10 years+ ? It leaves a residue and just crumbles. That's this shielding. Doing dishes manually in buckets and shut off the water supply to the kitchen so the drains can't be used. Don't want a sinkhole opening up under the kitchen anytime soon.

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

Thanks Vapo69. Have a few months to move so for once not procrastinating to last minute like I tend to.

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

Green75 Too funny, and thanks. Going to try and buy this time around. Getting tired of shady landlords. My first was a winner(Loser actually). My first place was under a 5 year lease which on my second year, the realty asked me if I would consider breaking it and at the time as it was one of the lowest prices around and being my fist place refused to do. Few months later, noticed my weekly rent checks were not getting cashed and calls screened so started sending them certified mail just in case. Felt something might be up. Then on the way home from work after doing some grocery shopping something drops from my car and moment later engine seizes for good and get my car towed. End up walking home carrying groceries to see several people in my home taking things out and run to neighbor's to call police. They get there fast and turns out, I wasn't being robbed, I was getting evicted. The owner of the realty has family who are judges and from what the officer told me I wasn't the first person she had done this to. No subpoena, no warning, nothing. My brother got there fast and we got everything of importance though the one thing I wasn't able to save was my two indoor cats. The idiots let them out and both got hit before I had gotten home to see what was going on. Someone offered her 10 times what I was paying, hence why they wanted to break lease.
Year later got a call from a friend who told me while driving by, the realty building was totally leveled, and every home this lady owned was in the process of getting gutted and torn down. Karma got her in the end. The person who took my place at 10 times the amount was running a huge drug ring from what I heard, and she lost all her homes to the state. Including her business.

 

[Green75]

Damn...what a story...so you are well versed in keeping your head high....good luck man!!

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

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Just diverted another disaster. The clones I took yesterday I took big and small. The propagators amazon sent me which advertised 7" dome 3" tray, turned out to be 7" total. Dome was 5" and tray 2". I used one and talked with amazon who apologized and sent a tag for the remainders and told me they are re-sending the proper size. Today nothing came so double checked and found the replacement order just non existent so called to find out without even messaging me they canceled the replacement and said they would give me a gift credit once they got the others back. Moment I stated chargeback they said they fixed it to go back to card, then noticed a bunch of orders for moving supplies so messed up, that I just canceled everything and left a note to delivery on the gate that any Amazon item is to be RTS. I had to toss some large clones, they were far to gone to save. Without a lot of moisture over here, they wilt and die fast. I was mixing up a gallon of PH balanced water looking at my large clones wondering which ones will most likely be gone by tomorrow thinking of taping together a few thick plastic sheets used for art then realizing their too flimsy, and trying to shrink them then using them just a waste so no proof it would work and all along the answer was right in front of me. Cut off the top of the gallon water bottles, put the clones inside, spray, punch 4 holes in the top for venting, and several hours later, their much healthier. Also canceled our service with Amazon, for now, and got my supplies from the local stores.

 

[r3m1]

Figured the issues when I started were bad, I just canceled the shed because I'm now forced to move so threw the lighting into 12/12 in attempts to sex my plants without having to make anymore clones so I can clear out most of the in-needed plants. Went to replace a bad outlet to find out the entire house was wired with heavy gage speaker wire with the shielding crumbling, then heard water to find out a main drain line was broken under half the house so checked even further, to realize the place I been renting 12 years is worse than falling apart. To repair the line means tearing up the floor, to replace wiring means tearing out the sheetrock and removing all the old wiring first then replacing it because the chemical reaction making the casing break down will cause the new as well to do the same. Been after my landlord for years for even more dangerous issues to find out not fixed either so contacted the landlord about needing the repairs done, and sure enough already knew the answer before hearing back, the place has to be leveled and rebuilt. So got to move and definitely not paying to move all those plants lol. I'll keep a few of the best.

lordx look up rental laws and contact your city inspector, build a case now and get your money back!!!!!!!!

 

[furrysparkle]

If you want to speed it up more increase your dark period, it'll make the plant think winter is coming fast

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

Went through my journal and discovered something that I think might be the cause of all my Mangos dying. The plant is trying to grow, but had never grew roots once they were transplanted into the gallon pots like my other plants had. They had been in Solo cups for 3 weeks, and what I think happened, was they were in there too long and root growth stopped. Unfortunately, the plant kept growing and the root system couldn't support it. Even though the pistils were mostly dead, and the plant dying, I didn't see much bud development worth saving so I took all the dying plants, collected what I could to dry, and threw the rest of the plant matter minus the stems into a plastic bag, the same one I been using and tossed it into the freezer. Least I can cook out something for later, and has helped greatly with the space issue. And less plants to take with me when I move.

 

[NebulaHaze]

Wow, what a crazy story... You could write a book!

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

8 out of 10 plants were female!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am shocked!!!!!!!!! Had to use a magnifier because my camera wouldn't focus so small an area. After checking 10 plants so far, only 8 were female and 2 male. The pointy buds were a dead giveaway. The male ones looked like pin size lettuce heads. Once I'm done sexing all my plants and toss the males, would putting the lights back to 24/7 force them back to veg mode? HUGE thanks to NebulaHaze for your fantastic tutorial with all those pictures!!!!!!! And big thanks to all who have helped me too!!!!!!! Please tell me I'm not crazy. Pictures above are Nevile Haze.

Going to post more pictures in a little bit. I just got done going over all my unknown plants and was starting to second guess myself because all of them were showing female. So I started going over them again, which was when I got my second confirmation. Using a tweezer I moved the small leafs to the sides on the top of several plants, and sure enough, the ones on the top hidden by the new foliage, had hairs sticking out of them. Checking them all now, but if they all have hairs, that's going to mean 100% female? Wondering if my seed supplier gave me feminized seeds.

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

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Why am I not surprised after double checking, and triple checking, found two males in the lot. Here is a picture as follows. Out of 23 plants, only 2 turned out to be male.

 

[NebulaHaze]

That's great! For any plants you're unsure about, you'll be able to confirm the gender in just a little bit when all the white pistils come out!

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

Thanks NebulaHaze . I was able to find all sexes today. The clones actually showed them first, so cleared out the male ones too which gave me a lot more room now that I was able to take one of the two clone trays out of the tent. Each plant showed an average of 3 buds so I threw the lighting back to 18/6 in hopes of forcing the plants I want to take with me back into vegetative state and the ones I want to clear out I pull from the tent when I get up and put back in when I go to bed which gives those specific ones about 8 to 10 hours of light a day. I have one Big Bud Auto left which surprisingly is huge and healthy compared to its siblings that grew about a foot tall then stopped.

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

The things I been through, make that issue look like a broken egg. Funny you should mention writing a book, because I actually was but instead due to my kids seeing it, changed it to an RPG game that I been working on for several years now.

 

[Lord-Xanthor]

I got the information I needed and cleared out the plants that were autos, except one, and the ones I really don't want in flower mode yet, only showed maybe 2 to 3 buds per plant so put the lighting to 18/6 and am now removing the plants I need cleared out during the day and part of the cycle where the lights are off so they only get about 8 to 10 hours of light a day now. The others I hope end up back in veg mode, especially my GSC. I don't want her budding yet and already got 16 good clones off her where 8 of the 24 died which I knew might happen due to Amazon messing up my clone boxes and sending me the wrong ones and by the time I got the correct ones, 8 of them died leaving me with 16. I'm clearing out my pineapple Kush. I still find it strange that all but two plants were female. I think MSNL gave me feminized seeds. The only males were Mazzor and those were freebies.