Shady’s Grow Journal #4: More Strains & Growing Pains...

[Montana]

 

Please continue
Your updates are some of my favorites
Are you still runnin the white urkle?

[freeskierpj]

 

Originally Posted by Shady

No reason to not post a journal PJ... I'm just debating on whether to continue with updates to my journal... Good luck on your grow!

I wasn't talking about not updating my grow log haha I was talking about yours! You should definitely keep it going Shady, your journal is quite an inspiration!

[Shady]

 

Originally Posted by eyezlow

Please Continue. You got some beautiful flowers in here, and Id love to see whats comin next. Good work man

Thx for the kind words eyezlow!

Originally Posted by x0mb13

you rock shady, i'm positive you are an inspiration to several people here

share your freedom proudly!

I really appreciate the words of encouragement x0mb13!

Originally Posted by Montana

Please continue
Your updates are some of my favorites
Are you still runnin the white urkle?

Thx Montana, that means a lot! I'm not running the White Urkle at the moment, but I got her in the cuts...

Originally Posted by freeskierpj

I wasn't talking about not updating my grow log haha I was talking about yours! You should definitely keep it going Shady, your journal is quite an inspiration!

No worries brah! I'll give it another go... Hope everyone enjoys the show...

Shady's Moment of Clarity...

A fresh new start... Let's get this party started right...

B.o.B.
"Arena"
(feat. Chris Brown & T.I.)


(Hook: Chris Brown)
If anybody feeling fresh in the building
Take your hand, hold it high to the ceiling right now
And say damn I'm killing them, damn I'm killing them
I know they feeling me now
And if you too fresh in the building
Then take your hand, hold it high to the ceiling right now
And say damn I'm killing them, damn I'm killing them
I know they feeling me now


(Verse 1: B.o.B)
And I'm still here with a lifestyle you would kill for
Still here with the same shoes that I had on from the get-go
Straight out of Atlanta, Georgia, for any of y'all that didn't know
And I'm never that hard to find because 420 is my zip code
But back then couldn't get dro, cause back then I was this broke
That's why I got so many hustles, Bruh man from the fifth floor
What would you do in the middle of the winter
When the sun goes down and it gets cold?
Growin' up in a house with no stove, no doors, no walls, no windows
And my brother was always fresher
I would go to school in his clothes, when I did go
So that's why now this the type of life that I live for
Comin' up as a youngin', man some nights I would vomit
I would throw up on myself cause I was so sick to my stomach
Now I'm the shit, fix the plumbing
Feel with me y'all, I'm this close
Spent my whole life chasin' chips, where's Nabisco?
My past memories, I miss those
Hey, all I can say is you get what you wish for


(Hook)


(Verse 2: T.I.)
I'm fresh off my pit-stop, flow airtight with no Ziploc
Get shit pop when my shit drop, no hip-hop, this Tip hop
I'm back standin' at the tip top where I belong, it won't be long
'Til you hear me on a B.o.B song, some chick gettin' my skeet on
To touch the sole of my feet, G you gon' have to get your reach on
I'm up all the way high, all the way fly on the ground and I'm off the radar
Bernie Madoff money, dawg got killers paid off with it all
I got the juice, could you place a call and we place a call to who place a call
Don't get your part and not too hard, I disregard what you say
Back up the trunk and pass the buck, here's where I'm stoppin' today
Got swag all on me, homie, can't wipe it away we too ill, ill
That's how we got arenas, domes, and stadiums filled
How you feel?


(Hook)


(Verse 3: B.o.B)
And I'm still here with a black whip from the strange clouds
And I'm still here with the same team, nigga stay down
Still here for the east side, ain't a thing change but the bank account
Hands high when I come 'round cause I'm killin this shit nigga, hands down
And I go hard, my passport's like a postcard
Give a fuck if I'm solo, I'll go toe-to-toe with your whole squad
With the soul of a soldier but even still I don't want no parts
And no niggas with no hearts, you cocksuckers need throat guards
I'm throwed off for the most part, a young dog with an old bark
Flow dumb, but I'm so smart, I compose art, call me Mozart
My nightlife's like a soap opera with two chicks like it's Noah's ark
They got nice dresses with no bras with good bodies like "Oh God!"
From a poor child to on top like a mohawk
But I always knew I'd go far like a gas truck with no park
So no applause, hold the applause
Just put your hand up if you know the song


(Hook x2)

B.o.B. - Arena (Feat. Chris Brown & T.I.) - YouTube

B.o.B. - Arena (Feat. Chris Brown & T.I.) - YouTube

Shady's Arena...

Right now my primary focus is perfecting my skillz in three different mediums I've been using over the last few years. I'll start with the shady details on all three bloom areas in the arena...


1. Sub-Current Culture

Equipment: Under Current System 6, 8 gallon buckets, 8" net pots, 8" heavy harvest lids with port holes, Pond Master AP-60, JBJ Artica 1/10 HP Chiller, Danner Mag-Drive Pump

Lighting: 1000 W Hortilux Super HPS, 1000W Quantum Digital Dimmable Ballast, Magnum XXXL 6” AC Hood, ThermoFlo Insulated Duct, 8” Max Fan, Can 50 Carbon Filter, plus miscellaneous equipment and parts

Medium: Hydroton and Water

Nutrients: Cultured Solutions (UC Roots, CS Veg A & B, CS Bloom A & B, CS Bud Booster), CalMag


2. Organic Soil Hand Watered

Equipment: Smart Pots plus two Humboldt Wholesale 2'x4' trays

Lighting: 600 W Hortilux Super HPS, 600W Lumatek Digital Dimmable Ballast, HydroFarm Xtra Sun 6" AC Hood, ThermoFlo Insulated Duct, 6" to 8" y-adapter to 8" max fan

Medium: Roots Organic potting soil cut with 10% Chunky Perlite #4

Nutrients: PBP Grow, PBP Bloom Soil, CalMag, N.U.T.S., Drip Clean, Roots Excelurator, Great White, Pro-Tekt, HammerHead, MOAB, Bud Candy, Unsulfured Molasses


3. Coco DTW

Equipment: Smart Pots, 3'x3' Botanicare Tray, West Coast Growers Drip Manifold, Sentinel MDT-1, Active Aqua 40 gph pump

Lighting: 600 W Hortilux Super HPS, 600W HydroFarm Magnetic Ballast, HydroFarm Xtra Sun 6" AC Hood with Heat Shield, 4" Organic Air Charcoal Fiber Filter, 6" to 4" adapter to 4" inline exhaust fan

Medium: B'cuzz Coco cut in a 1:1 ratio with Chunky Perlite #4

Nutrients: H&G Coco A & B, CalMag, N.U.T.S., Drip Clean, Roots Excelurator, Great White, Pro-Tekt, HammerHead, MOAB, Bud Candy, Unsulfured Molasses


Now that the summary specs are out of the way, let's start with the Under Current recently reset and upgraded to heavy harvest lids with portals to check on the roots...


And the new Current Culture net pots...


Here'a a quick shot as veg begins...


Here's Under Current lineup:

• Skywalker OG (2 total)
• Strawberry Bubba (2 total)
• White Fire #3 (1 total)
• White S1 #7 (1 total)

And now some views of the adjacent organic soil side with ducting for both light setups which exhaust through the 8" Max Fan and into the Can 50 Carbon Filter...




And last, but not least a couple old shots of the Coco DTW setup in the bathroom...

[Shady]

 

Roots Organic... R14 in Full Effect

Here's a shady recap of the last couple months where veg began on 4/2/12 in some small pots until the girls were transplanted to 3 gal Smart Pots on 4/29/12. The following shots were taken on 5/9/12 and the girls were all topped once and supercropped throughout veg every 2 to 3 days... I'm veggin' in the bathroom and will bloom in there until the Under Current room is in bloom, at which point I'll move these girls into the bedroom...


The Roots Organic lineup...

Ghost OG...


Plum Princess...


Strawberry Bubba...


White Stardawg...


White S1 #7...


White Fire #3...

[Shady]

 

Roots Organic... The Flip and Transition

And here's a lights out shot of the flip to bloom on 5/12/12...


Followed up by some shots on Day 15 of bloom after shaving these girls' legs and staking them for the win...

Ghost OG...


Plum Princess...


Strawberry Bubba...


White Stardawg...


White S1 #7...


White Fire #3...


And then I carefully placed all of the girls back in place...

[TheSpliffstar42]

 

Thank you for staying around

[eyezlow]

 

daayYUM bro. Everything looks awesome

nice line up mon

[Rusticus09]

 

Awesome update! All of your ladies sure are looking nice and healthy.

Just had Ghost OG for the first time recently and man it was awesome. So awesome I actually got some more sitting right next to me haha.

[freeskierpj]

 

That Strawberry Bubba and the White S1 #7 is already about to hit the lights lol are they raised up or if not then how do you plan on dealing with the shoots that will eventually get to be taller than the lights? Just train them back down?

[LiftedResearchGroup]

 

Killin as usual Shady!

Keep up the good work I always love reading your journals here and on the farm.

-LRG