LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2014

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Wow that's crazy congests on free plants :-] but soo many babies too care for with the 1gal pots rather than pulling them out and trimming if you raise them on a wire rack the roots will air prune and look after themselves I like to bulk buy too makes life so much easier and cheaper but with the rice you should notice a difference straight away it loves humidity nice work on the defo is it just leaves you removed? hope all is green and happy shatterday

I was just thinking should I hang the rice up high instead of placing it on the floor?

 

[virgingrower]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

hey lady V great looking grow,i hung rice in womens tights/stockings and tied them to the support bars at the top of my tent
This pic there is just two socks i went and bought tights y/day and now have two hanging near top of tent(pic) two roughly half way down and two a little lower than the others. All in all i used 4 kilos of rice and its a 1.2x1.2x2m tent,it's made a difference not a huge one but still working after watering my 3 ladies with roughly 13L of water my RH has peaked at 54% and it will continue to drop untill i water again in a few days hope this helps

 

[scottish]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

With the rice hanging in a net basket or something would work alot better as the humidity concentrates up high I never thought of this before ive jus simply put it in a bowl in the corner thanks for the extra idea and with the wire rack luckily enough I do the plant was my fastbud its on page3 of 4 of my thread my phone doesn't let me do pics I'll swap to taker and post them here momentarily

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

I'm on my phone too. The stocking tip is GREAT!

 

[Dennise]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Thanks for the info on the rice. Who knew?.. I am going to go add it to my tent and closet right now. Awesome.....

 

[Lester Freeman]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Calcium chloride (CaCl) crystals (damprid moisture absorber) is what I use inside my light deprivation chamber. It works great for me, and lasts about 90 days per little jar.

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Thanks for the info on the rice. Who knew?.. I am going to go add it to my tent and closet right now. Awesome.....

You would think that I had a pair of nylons some place. I will have to go get a really cheap pair. Last time I used nylons it was an aerobic workout just to get the damn things on...

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Calcium chloride (CaCl) crystals (damprid moisture absorber) is what I use inside my light deprivation chamber. It works great for me, and lasts about 90 days per little jar.

I will look that up. Thanks for the tip

 

[B A R]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Tune in folks. The Reps Are Right Has started.

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

I can't find it and I keep getting kicked off

 

[B A R]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

I can't find it and I keep getting kicked off

For future references, next time just go to my thread. You can still review the show.

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

For future references, next time just go to my thread. You can still review the show.

I did when I was finally able to get on-line

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Hope every one is doing Good, Healthy and Green

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Can someone go check this out spraying with water while budding. i hope I did not say the wrong thing. I'm really good about putting my foot in my mouth

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Is foxFarm to hot for clones?

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Hope everyone is well. I am going to be off line for a day or two :-(

 

[Light Addict]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Hope your feeling better soon Lady V

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

copy and past

Dear Fellow Grower,

"The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading."

~ David Bailey

PSA: Don't use ONA products to control smells IN the grow room
by Nebula Haze

A lot of cannabis growers are worried about the odor of flowering (budding) cannabis plants, and may be trying to avoid letting smells leak out of the grow room.

Many of you may have heard of "ONA Gel" or other ONA products. ONA gel is powerful stuff and works incredibly well at neutralizing smells in your living areas, but I wanted to warn you about one thing...

Never let ONA products share air with your flowering cannabis plants! ONA products do not have to physically touch your buds in order to have a permanent effect on their taste and/or smell.

If air which has been treated with ONA Gel comes in contact with your buds for a significant amount of time, the treated air will begin to permanently change the taste/smell of the buds (giving them a perfume-like smell and taste). This happens even if the ONA and cannabis buds never touch each other.

If ONA Gel is kept in your tent or grow room throughout the entire flowering stage, the effect can be overwhelming and buds may smell like ONA Gel or taste like perfume or chemicals after harvest.

This is because the ONA gel actually binds to smells instead of covering them up. Smells are permantly changed when they come in contact with ONA products. The perfume smell seems to actually become "attached" to your buds, and there's no way to get rid of it at that point, even after months of curing.

Don't use ONA products near your plants in the flowering stage unless you want buds that smell like perfume and taste like chemicals.

Febreeze too! Any type of "odor neutralizer" can have the same effect. Even if you never get any ON your plants, the buds can still be affected if they share the same air. Although ONA offers some of the strongest and most effective products on the market (and therefore ONA seems to have the greatest effect), you shouldn't be using any other odor neutralizers anywhere near your grow room either.
What Exactly Is ONA Gel?

The ONA formulations have been around for a long time - initial development began over 25 years ago. The scientist who is credited with inventing the first forms of ONA gel noticed that when terpenes were released into the air, strong smells were reduced.

More development created formulations that not only masked smells, but permanently removed them from the air.

"AiR8" is the term to describe ONA gel when it's used for industrial or commercial applications (for example to neutralize smells in sewer plants). The basic formulation is the same - AiR8 is used by big businesses, while ONA products are packaged and sold to individual consumers or small business who want to permanently remove smells.

According to Odorchem Manufacturing Corp., the people who make ONA: "This hydroscopic polymer has been saturated with a water-based formulation of active ingredients in order to slowly release into the air. AIR8 GEL is NOT a MASKING AGENT. It is a permanent solution for the treatment of numerous odors." Learn More About The Science Behind ONA (aka AiR8)

Here are the 3 mechanisms used by ONA products to get rid of odors:

Absorption: retains the smell through absorption
Adsorption: collects and holds on the smell
Chemical Reaction (The "Pairs" Theory) - This is probably the most problematic part of ONA products for cannabis growers. The chemical reaction caused by ONA gel involves the permanent bonding of the odorous molecule (VOC) and the ONA active ingredients. This mechanism transforms the original smell from what it was into something new. As a result, the original odor disappears, to be replaced with a new molecule that is meant to smell like ONA gel.
How Cannabis Growers Can Properly Use ONA Gel

If you're going to use ONA Gel to cover up smells that are being exhausted out a window, make sure the ONA gel is an actual part of the exhaust (air blows over ONA on the way out to neutralize the smells, so no ONA air ever comes in contact with your plants).

If you're worried about smells in the home, it is recommended you keep ONA products in your living areas (or otherwise outside the grow room). For example. ONA gel can be placed in your living room or hallways to make sure the smell of cannabis does not leak into your living areas.

The main idea is to prevent ONA products from ever sharing air with your buds.

There Are Better Ways to Cover Up Smells!

If you can afford it (and have room), I definitely recommend installing a carbon scrubber as part of your exhaust system to neutralize smells as the hot air escapes out your exhaust hole. With a carbon scrubber, there's zero worry about affecting the smell/taste of your buds.

Carbon scrubbers will pull scents out of the air, so exhaust air smells neutral, but carbon scrubbers don't permanently alter smells the way that ONA products can. A carbon scrubber also lasts a lot longer than a single package of ONA gel.


As long as you make sure there's enough suction in the tent from the exhaust fan (tent should be bowing inwards slightly), no smelly air will be able to escape. It won't just protect the air coming from your exhaust, if set up properly it will also prevent smelly air from leaking out of the grow room into your living areas.

For example, with the carbon filter and negative air pressure set up in my grow tent, I can't even smell the flowering plants in my grow room until I actually open up the tent.

Conclusion: ONA for living spaces only!

A few readers have written in who unfortunately used ONA gel in their tents during their cannabis plant's flowering stage, and they had to find out the hard way that it changes the smell and taste of their buds...

Hopefully this Public Service Announcement will prevent that from happening to you!

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

I know that this is not the update that everyone is wanting, but this is what I have been working on


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[trichomes]

Re: LadyVadalon - Soil - BWS - Querkle - GhostTrain - SpaceBomb - Grow 3 - February 2

Happy belated Mothers Day, LadyV! I hope you had a great day and your son spoiled you rotten!

great ONA share & odor control info! I like the reveg,video too,

I always wonderred if the mal-formed leaves was a bad or a normal sign. I am revegging the purple kush plant now, it has the strange leaves now, that was my 1st clue that it was reverting to veg, just as the buds were done. I've grown several outdoor grows, but had this happen, must just be equinox/ timing of the hours of sun.

are there any disadvantages to revegging a plant to get a second yield? change in phenos or chance of it turning hermie?

would i be better off using her as a mother?