Man I just caught up. I could see myself headed this direction so I moved all my clones to a closet with a 100w over them and started flowering in my tent. I donāt think Mrs. Gadarien is going to let that stand too much longer than it takes to flower this run out. Iāll probably be looking for cup holders too!
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Do you need another tent, or just space to put one up?
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Haha thanks Gad! At the very least, Iām glad that I could be a warning sign for others 
āDANGER: OBSESSION AHEAD!ā
Trust, @Gadarien if I had a closet space I could use for the clone shelf I would take it in a heartbeat!
It isnāt as crowded now, but itās still packed much too full. Actually decided to cull a few plants - big ones - just to make more space, and itās STILL wall-to-wall after taking them out.
Hereās a full tent pic from last week:
Think Iām learning my lesson on how limited the space is in a 2x4 Tuba Fort. Whatās that Hunter Thompson quote about the edge?
The Edgeā¦ There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
āHunter S. Thompson
The problem with a tent is that it has walls, so when my plants reach the edge they canāt go over 
Which means Iām always able to talk myself into āmaking room for just one more.ā
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Flower tent has been acquired 
I already told my wife Iām putting up another tent. She was not thrilled, but it made her happy that Iāve promised to clean out the garage. Overall the convo went better than I expected.
Next is to clear the space for it.
Then the real fun begins!
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Awesome! My current place has no available square footage for another tent. I keep saying Iām gonna buy a place but Everytime I think about it the prices blow my mind.
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@Papalag Iām slow on the upload, here are some pics of the Fruity Pebbles grown out from @JohnnyPotseed
Last week:
Last month I tested out my phoneās āmeasureā app for the first time. On Jul 31 my phone measured Fruity Pebbles at 25ā from the top of the solo cup.
L-to-R cups: Fruity Pebbles, Grape Pupil, Vortex (all from JP)
Also have a rooted clone of the FP, and a few more snips in water. For now I am a āveg and clone factoryā haha
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Great job my friend
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Thank you, my man! Means a lot coming from you 
If not for you Paps, I probably would not have tried to learn propagation. Least not for awhile yet haha
Pictured somewhere in here: several cupsā worth of snips of Cayo Hueso and Lemon G. Theyāre hidden somewhere behind the Alien OG and all the rest haha
Lemon G rooted clones in the mix (front row both, and second row right)
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I believe I will steal this idea!
Nice genetics, nice work, pump out them clones 
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Thanks for stopping by @BasementGardens! I appreciate the kind words 
The measure app seems pretty good, I canāt believe it is able to figure out the distance and angles just from the phone camera. Gonna try with a few more of my plants later. It seems really accurate but I havenāt tried using a tape measure to double check yet.
Honestly, I still canāt believe how lucky I am to have most of these genetics. Itās all thanks to the amazing OG community. @Papalag in particular has taught me a lesson in trust & generosity. The least I can do right now is to keep some of these going and pass them along when I can!
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Finally caught up on what you have going on lily pad, the frog theme is sick. Frogs are cool as hell i love chasing them around ponds trying to catch em.
I got a note pad and wrote down the things that really caught my eye so here we go.
The northern lights pic was epic. I bet that is unreal to see in person.
That deficiency link you posted is also pretty good to have, i seen a lot of symptoms i am running into on there.
The quote about the edge is also really cool and interesting. Iāll remember that one forever cause i can definitely relate.
The wife not being thrilled about another tent! You too!? Ah man join the club lol mines hates it cause i spend a lot of time taking care of chores.
Dude how the heck did you get plants that tall in a solo cup?? That is wild, i never tried it but i bet i would have trouble doing that. I usually have roots spun into a really solid circle after a few weeks
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It is Wednesday again my fellow OGers
Finally getting my energy back after being sick for a bit. My first time with COVID. No fun. Feeling grateful that here in our home we are all well on our way to recovering - and thankfully no more aches or respiratory issues.
Thereās something special Iāve been meaning to post here. Artwork that my wife made for me. I canāt believe how talented she is. Just one day sheās at her tablet and asks āwhat would you like me to draw?ā so I said āA bull frog, like a frog with bullās horns.ā So she drew this for me.
Gonna toot my own (familyās) horn here but holy crap you guys my wife is amazing! This is incredible to me. I swear Iām missing part of the brain that lets people do this. She always puts a lot of work into her art and Iām so proud of her.
She also made a few alternate background colors. I canāt decide which one I like the best.
So I am probably going to change my profile pic soon It will be one of these, and I hope the frog will still make me recognizable 
Also! My wife was able to create a digital sticker version of the frog but I havenāt figured out how to use it outside of text messages. I am trying to make real stickers out of it that I can send along with trades. Gonna make some emeraldbullfrog slaps to spread around 
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Glad to hear you are on the road to 100%!
Wow that bullfrog art is sick! I heard of a website called fiver where a bunch of graphic designers are waiting to score there next $25 so i might swing by there when i get time to hopefully get my custom nonexistent profile pic created!
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I created a feedback thread for doing trades. Got a few things going out this week so figured it would be best to create the feedback page ahead of time. Iāll link this in my profile so that itās easy to find.
https://overgrow.com/t/emeraldbullfrog-feedback-thread/162594
If I do any trading with you the feedback would be greatly appreciated 
Helps to build mutual trust, foster a sense of community, and also helps me to understand if there are things I can do better.
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Thanks dude!
And thanks dude! If you can get some custom artwork done for a profile pic that would be sweet. I bet there are some incredibly talented people out there who are able to offer something great at an affordable price. (Plus this would be made by a real person! Generative AI is cool as a tool IMO, but I love seeing artists being supported even more than I love seeing AI train models off of their work.)
If my wife is ever taking requests Iāll see if I can open it up to OG 
She recently did new artwork for her hobbyist community & their website
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Id love to do a trade with you and give some feedback if your down!
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Honestly ill be the one to say it. I hate AI art, something about it just rubs me the wrong way.
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Letās do it! Iāll send you a DM here shortly 
Itās okay to say it, and I have seen several pieces that could make me agree. Seen a few that are kinda neat. But even the best still images always have this ālookā to them, itās difficult to explain.
Over this past weekend I watched a few YouTube videos specifically about AI. Theyāre fun, generally thoughtful video essays with a lot of humor involved. One of them in particular even gets kind of thought provoking near the end. I can link them in a moment.
AI has its best use case IMO as a tool that the artist then further manipulates the output in order to suit their workās needs. Thatās really the best way Iāve seen for the output to make sense to most people. Unfortunately that is not how itās being pitched to most people.
This music video is my favorite use of AI tools to make visual art. The artist had to put in a ton of hard work to make everything stitch together & flow, itās almost unfair to label this as āAI artā because of how much manual work was needed to create this output. But holy crap I donāt know how something like this would even be possible without the help of AI tools. And I am happy this video exists it is hypnotizing every time I watch
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Iron Lung
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Wow that was one trippy video! Gave me flashbacks to watching prince raspberry beret music video all shroomed up. Intense!
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Now that sounds like a fun Saturday night 
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