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Cake day: August 8th, 2023

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  • That’s good info. Coincidentally doing my first outdoor grow this year as well. I usually germinate three and keep two (indoor), but I decided to hang on to the third and just see how it does outside. My mistake was not putting it directly in the ground like you did. She’s in a 15gal and still under-potted, meaning I have to hand feed with solution, which is absolutely not something I wanted to do when I popped it in a solo cup on a lark. Next year it’s in the ground for sure, so done with pots for my pot.

    Totally get what you’re saying re: batteries. For what it’s worth, most ball vapes are plug in. Best analogy I can give is they’re basically electric bongs. If you ever get the chance to try one, don’t hesitate, I am beyond confident it will blow your socks off! For lawn-chair portability, I grab the tinymight2, and for anywhere else portability, I also still grab the rolling papers. :)


  • Looks really good, how long was the total grow time? I think the advantage of growing inside is speed and control, but you’re right, you can’t beat sunshine when it comes to intensity, and more importantly, simplicity.

    As to your tolerance levels, have you heard about our Lord and Savior, the Ball Vape? You can get wildly more efficient with your consumption if you’re a heavy user. I easily cut down to less than half of what I was smoking while achieving the same effects. Granular temperature control also means you can tune your vaping experience to the moment; if you want couch lock, or a light feeling , whatever, it doesn’t matter, it’s only a spin of the dial away.

    Cheers and thanks for sharing your grow!






  • I have been using their two part connoisseur line for a while now, and it’s generally set and forget. I would refill my bucket back up each morning to the same level, but didn’t have to bother with ph, etc., and do a full replacement every 4 days or so. I tried that with aero at first and would quickly see deficiency signs, so then I tried just letting it run down and replacing res when it’s low, but that resulted in crazy excess.

    I added some additional lighting, which is helping it chew through more food, but the biggest change was refilling my ras back to roughly the same tds values a couple times a day, instead of once a day with a preset volume.

    I am surprised you are PH’ing your water while running the ph perfect line. Does that have to do with running the full masters track? I didn’t really have luck moving the needle the few times I’ve tried.

    From my understanding, and the marketing propaganda, the surfactants and chelation make everything available for uptake as long as the range is > 4 and < 8ish. I genuinely stopped years ago, but I do miss the control sometimes.


  • I use the same by happenstance, and have for many grows with my old setup. The biggest issue I was getting is nitrogen abundance, clawing, etc., while seeing obvious signs of calcium/magnesium deficiency at the same time. I would frequently get nutrient burn, but even dialing my res back 10% would result in pink stems (phosphorus deficiency).

    I mostly have things stable now, but the damage is done, it looks terrible… but it’s massive so I got that goin for me I guess.

    Anyway, ultimately I changed how I was topping up my reservoir and things seem better, I am just not sure if I should try something else or not on the next run.




  • I think that’s a fair assessment, mine isn’t all that dissimilar.

    My understanding is there were only a few meters between the weight drop and complete communication loss, so either something went wrong directly related to dropping ballast, which caused the implosion, or perhaps cues the sub was in peril were ignored/misinterpreted by the captain, and the weight drop was his ineffective corrective measure.

    From what I’ve read about the captian, I think his hubris would have never allowed him to fully consider they might be in real danger.