mine has like 4 more weeks looks smells excellent and is super sticky
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Lil pots doing well for you ? Running Jacks still ? @schmarmpit
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They did TOO well! I was not prepared for their output. Itās been the easiest and heaviest grow Iāve had so far. Likely wonāt be running 9 in the 4x4 again lol. 4 or maybe 6 would be plenty.
I never did Jacks because I wanted to see if it could be even easier. No switching types at different times and whatever. I ran AN PH perfect trio at 2mL/L (1/4 the suggested dosage) the entire time. Then just plain water starting week 8. No ph-ing, no changing feed. Turned out way better than expected. I wonāt continue with that line though. Itās stinky and has some kind of sediment that settles out after a while.
Right now my outside octos are getting fed the Holy way: Maxibloom at 1/2tsp/gal, gypsum at 1/8tsp/gal, then PH up to get it right. They are looking great and Iāll see how long I can go with that same formula. I got to say, I love how Maxibloom turns the water pink lol.
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Similar experience here
Grew big plants in 6 inch pots with the dry salts
Had to water 2x a day when they got bigā¦ thatās a no thank you.
But people were surprised with the results, Iād say, myself also
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Was my first time using them, still learning. The benefit and drawback seems to be, essentially, immediate bioavailability. Youāre not going to get a big buffer if you make a mistake and the plant canāt handle it.
Thatās my experience anyway
Obviously the big upshot of that if youāre able to meet the plants needs perfectly thatās a BIG benefit
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This is me for the last couple years. My last few runs have been in 1/4 gallon fabric pots. Including my current run. Iām hoping to setup those mini octoās soon.
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@catapult hereās the mamilk f3ās
The bean pole on the left still isnāt showing yet but the other two are girls for sure
Right one is pretty bushy. Gonna be taking clones real soon here
Dank Zappa F2ās from @Torontoke
Doing good. Got 7 in seedling bags still. One that needs uppotted to a bag from the cloner, donāt think the other 4 are making it. That leaves me with 8 DZ F2ās and idk whatās leaning to what but theyāre definitely some short bushy plants ^^
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Curious if youāve heard of the easy2go kit for tray watering (essentially kinda ebb and flow but no drainage)
Havenāt used mine yet but the plan was to when I could.
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Was thinking the 8x4 flower tent would work well for that, itās why I got the flood tray. Youād just need to make sure you never needed to reveg or take cuttings off a plant unless they were all known virus free. So I was waiting until I had my library properly backed up and could specifically clone for bottom fed runs. If that makes sense.
Edit: to those who donāt know, I take cross contamination as seriously as I can because of hlvd
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yeah thatās the only issue with the big trays. I was running big trays in veg and thatās part of why I had to toss everything from infection. So now itās only flower that gets that at all and for the last run and now, I havenāt even been doing that either. Each plant in their own little container I can fill with at most ~500ml of water.
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Yeah itās a big concern i take pretty seriously, or as seriously I can on my time and budget, after seeing it ravage gardens. Mine and others Iāve known like you. Just takes one hot plant and a transmission vector you havenāt blocked. People talk about it sometimes like itās fake news but after seeing it happen, Iām good on having that happen again.
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Yeah Iāve had it happen 3 times now over the last 5 years. Tossed everything. Bleached. And started over each time. Plant HIV for sure. At this point if the cut doesnāt have a recent clean test, Iām not taking it in. Not that Iām planning on taking in any other cuts now. Done bothering with Sour. Have the TK and my SSDD cuts back. Now I can get back to doing what I was trying to do last year 
Really just down the C5SensiStar girl at this point and Iām not sure these F4 girls are gonna be it. Think I might have go back to the NorthStar to pull out a girl like mom again. I think these are leaning to the NL5 and not so much the haze sadly. See what happens and if I can finish them out decently. Will get pics of the flower tent later tonight.
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Iām not surprised when people stop taking in cuts like especially without a test result
Personally on my end thereās a lot of knowledge and baseline plant info / effects I was missing out on, compared to some dudes i meet who (slight hyperbole) who have been smoking kush or chem since theyāre like 8 years old and know what cut it is
But I feel like Iāve learned a lot. Once you know what meets your needs, you can narrow down your focus and work from seed and/or only the cuts you need. I feel like, even if I had to trash my library right now (donāt want to tho) I could start over with a limited amount of packs because Iāve gained a general understanding of what I like and what to look for.
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As an example I smoked some Corey and went to the dentist and laid there for 2 hours relaxed as hell the whole time. So I know what calms me down and keeps me happy, even if a little confused and sedated lol
Edit: It also let me realize people who were calling Corey the best thing ever made were over hyping it a little. Itās nice, itās not number one nice to me. Thereās better
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Yeah thatās why I took all those cuts in. A bunch Iāve smoked over the years already, but itās nice actually growing the plant yourself and getting that baseline. Being able to put a face to the name and knowing itās properties 100%.
Iād be hard pressed finding my favorite smoke again from seed though. Lost two cuts for good last year and currently 5 months into seeing if maybe I got lucky and found them again or if I have to search more. Trying to make more seeds with the TK and SSDD F2 #1 girl for the same reason.
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I donāt think itād be easy to find a keeper from seed like that
And some people definitely have more specific needs than i do
But what I meant, I guess, was that Iād probably find a couple plants, or one plant, or even a couple traits, I liked out of say, 3 packs, and then go from there
So itās like
If you had a gun to my head and said āOK actually do thisā
Iād say top dawg stardawg ix, dirty taxi, and csi bubba x irene
Find the ones i liked or saw potential in
Then sift for gold like Iām in the great depression and owe a loan shark money
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Obviously you donāt need to bottleneck yourself like that
But what I mean by this hypothetical is, if youāre able to recognize what plants meet your needs, itās possible to know what genetics to focus on instead of going so wide
Idk Iām pretty high
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Oh most definitely. if i was on a desert island type thing, I know what packs Iād be popping to get me through and going 
All of them would be stuff Iāve made though lol
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Thatās kind of the point of making your own seeds right? Obviously thereās a skill and learning curve but the idea is, right, making stuff you like better than other peopleās
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I mean you can also do it to save money but Iāve got enough to grow for years
I say that cause I guess a guy on here was reversing RQS gear so he wouldnāt have to buy more. I felt bad because that might not be the best so I sent him some fems that would help him out.
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