Ever evolving to run as much as I can (under my legal limit 
) in my limited space and limited electrical capacity.
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Once I decided to grow in my workshop, it sort of snowballed from there. Started with a 2’x3’ stealth NGB style cabinet. Added the dual 2.5’x2.5’ workbench. Finally, custom built 4’x4’ veg and 4’x6’ flowering rooms.
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I just started with a 4.5 X 4.5 tent. That when I needed 12/12 I got another 4.5 X 5.5 tent/
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I like the way you think! 
I explained to my Sweetie, we would need to consider a significant increase in grow space as we are planning (18 months?) to move…
…to be closer to the children… 
Cheers
G
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I have to say @lophophora.ca your grows have a lot of personal touches. You have a unique way of narrating. I’m a bit envious of the perfect health you get. The cal-mag antagonism won’t allow that for me. I started in a sliding door closet, then graduated to a walk-in, then dual growing closet areas. Yes there was an empty closet in the next room for storage, so I moved it all out began a simple plan here w 85w tripod, 2 gall dwc starter. The bedroom has a bed so I realized closet for veg/moms and I had to get a tent for flower to use half the room and seal it from light. That was quite the research project, customized vs packaged kit. I constructed my own kit. For work space I had to get inventive, by putting 2 pieces of plywood on the mattress and covering in black painters plastic. And the other thing I got a quick idea is the seed/clone grow box 25 gall tote on a dresser w 2 96w 4 head leds off the side, simple but another grow space that grew seeds to maturity up 2.5 ft. Took up to a month and a half to get everything sent piece by piece, mostly Amazon. I timed it well as plants don’t wait to need bigger pots and mixes. Anyway yeah I planned this as the grow started out.
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Me? 
No way…
The whaaaat!? I just prune the bad looking leaves before taking photos. I’ll admit it, this is all a facade. 
Get on with it
As I have nothing going on in the bathroom right now I’ve got to come up with something different for you.
How about a joke? Did you hear the one about the lady who backed into a fan? Completely disaster. Dis-assed her?
…
Alright, alright. The Blockhead F5 x Mikado BX turned out beautifully, rich frosty buds and an intoxicating sweet aroma. You’ll have to take my word for it as I can’t bring myself to write up weepy descriptions pictures of seeded buds, the time for tears has passed.
Following in some advice I received earlier all of the buds are now in the freezer with which to make hash, as was definitely the plan all along.
I will say in parting that I can’t wait to run these again.
Whatup dog?
Ever heard of this great guy @corey who ran an awesome Fog Dog giveaway? Not just once, but twice!
Well either way, here’s what happens if you plant one of those Fog Dog beans.
A humble beginning. The seed sprouted 2021/10/25 and a little over two weeks later found a new home, planted in the shadow of the stump of a once mighty Black Snow.
She started off sort of spindly, and even needed to be propped up with the Fog Dog plant stake at one point to keep from falling over. I didn’t think she would be up to the challenge honestly. That Black Snow left some big shoes to fill, but before I knew it I had a respectable looking plant.
Days later she decided to grow into the light, so I needed to perform some chiropractic. Alas, as soon as the main cola bent over the remaining branches filled the role.
As it turns out moving the bulk of the branches offset the centre of balance, so I had to string her up with a shoelace.
Let’s have a closer look at that pot. Lots of red clover and what looks like a cucumber creeping. Every week or two I put my fruit and veggie scraps in the blender and toss that into the pot. I couldn’t even put a frequency on it, let’s just say whenever I remember and have a sufficient quantity of scraps on hand.
I just remembered I tossed some malted barley powder on there too at one point, which likely means I didn’t do it more than once. Probably too late to add some more now…
You can hear her bark in the dark.
As I sat around in the pitch black trying to get focused pictures the lights flashed to life sending me screaming out of the room like a frightened animal, but I managed to slink back to take one more photo.
By now she’s starting to get a bit frosty. After super cropping twice and raising the light to it’s maximum height, I had to really tie down the main cola to stop a great bulk of the buds from cuddling up with the light.
I can’t help but admire these buds. It’s hard to choose which cola to amire as they are plentiful as they are beautiful. Some of the colas have grown up and past the lights, and I have come to accept this. How many times can one keep bending the plant? I figure with a week or two left, it’s not worth stressing this old girl.
There you have it, the cards are on the table. Now you realize why I don’t want to show off my auto grows, mostly because they look so much better than my photo grows. It’s also not the prettiest grow space- it doesn’t sparkle like some of the other auto grows out there.
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Well played. Well played indeed.
So you’re thinking FOG Dog oughta go about 90 days?
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That’s eerily close to the arbitrary 13 weeks I had marked on the calendar.
I don’t really know, but I know I’m going to find out.
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You did a great job on that one! Love the description. Made me chuckle a couple of times. That’s a good idea blending your food scraps and giving your plants a health shake. Also letting any seed that came from the shake grow in the pot is a good one too! Very nice @lophophora.ca!
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Just finished reading this whole thread. I don’t know why I wasn’t following it all along, but I am now.
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This is one of my favourite threads.
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It’s a good one. 
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I also admit this
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Just call me Sally Fields!
Thank you OG! 
To reiterate
I already posted in the Fog Dog Giveaway thread, but here are the Cole’s notes
Not sure if you can make it out in the photo, but the scale reads over one pound.
Quick, everyone ask corey for good luck!
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Is that a bowl of Fog Dog?
You betcha!
The plant has been hang drying at 18 C / 40 %RH for four days. I hoped for a nice slow dry, but it seems these are the best conditions I can maintain. Being very crispy to the touch, this evening the buds have graduated to a large jar along with a thermohygrometer which offers a greater illusion of control over the drying process.
Let’s see the numbers
I saw this format in ReikoX’s workshop and decided to follow suit. Here are some grand totals:
Yield: 118 g
Duration: 87 days
Power = 94 W
kWh = 1.692
g/W = 1.25
g/day = 1.35
g/kWh = 0.8
Four days is pretty short
Even in the comfortable part of the house with the humidifier the air is very dry. Hopefully the drying process can be slowed with the jar. I definitely need to find a better drying solution for the future instead of just winging it and being at the mercy of winter’s cold dry grip.
Are you baked?
I haven’t tried the Fog Dog yet, I want to give it a chance to age. I did however try a bit of scissor hash which has me blasted. The smoke was pungent and minty, with a very abrupt effect. Oh man, I need a snack.
Is that all?
I mean, I guess so for now. Sure.
Does this make me a respectable grower then?
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Very impressive work on the fog dog @lophophora.ca, very frosty and you are definitely a respected grower in my eyes. I just grew a fogdog but it was stunted because I topped it and in a small pot. Still curing it now.
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Thank you, Sir.
I only wish I could have pulled this off in the spare bathroom instead of a crappy corner of the basement. What will people think when they see the title of the topic?
I know this pain all too well. Looking forward to hearing how yours turns out.
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Looks very nice and very nice numbers. Scissor hash is the best. It’s modern Charas.
Drying can be tricky. I do mine in a small bathroom with no exhaust and an inkbird/humidifier to keep RH up. Especially in winter when the humidity is zero. It takes a little experimentation.
I’d say they’re as dry as they’re gonna get. I would barely even burp them.
Better a little too dry than a little too wet I feel. And there’s always boveda if you feel disappointed (you shouldn’t though you’ve done a great job).
Well played!
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Damn looking good brother !!
This part got me thinking …
Is that a bowl of fog dog …punch
Fog dog x purple punch auto …indica dom
hybrid known for high yields
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