That was the last of the weekly shots!

I ended up leaving them for 63 days but forgot to take weekly pics.

But here are a few bud shots!

Drying shots to follow!!

Another bud,

A bud, "Just Chillin'"

A few drying pics

Another drying shot, before it was all trimmed!

Another

Oops!

Just a couple more

hmmm!

Last One for now,

Play Safe,

VRG

Go on then, one more!

Oh, now you're just showing off :jealous:


Very very nice indeed





Wilbur

Thanks for filling it in on the finish VRG!

Absolutely crackin' work mate

:applause:

awesome!!

Enjoy!!!

Quick question... wasn'nt sure but I don't think you mentioned how the plants began life? are they clones or were they from seeds? I'm guessing they're clones cause all were female and the 21 day veg... but just wanted to ask.

Congrats

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Altittude, they were grown from four scraggly looking clones! They'd been in 3 inch blocks for over a week so were slightly stunted. Not the best stock around, but they've exceeded expectations!

Ooh and the smoke is amazing! Very sweet and smooth! and Very Strong!

A mouth watering read mate well done


Paitents paid off in the end you seem to have an lot there mate what was the final weight
If you need a hand smoking it i would be to glad to help

very nice vrg, now your fun really begin's...............



sr

Saldo, cheers bud!

I'm going to weigh it tonight has its only just finished drying, i'll post the final weight tomorow. Haven't a clue how much it'll weigh tho!!!???!!

SR,

Take it Easy,

Wieghed it all up last night and was pleasantly surprised!

Bone dry weight (all twigs snap between the finger and thumb) after five days drying, is,

42.5 oz's

OR

1190 g's!

From 4 plants, two pots and 1200w.

0.99 gram per watt!

Can't be bad, eh?

Taking It Easy ,

VRG

Most importantly,

The smoke is out of this world!! Really sweet tasting and very strong stoney high!

Think i'll be away in the clouds for a while!

I'll be sticking with HG for my next grow!

"Two thumbs fresh!"

Take It Easy,

VRG

QUOTE

The smoke is out of this world!! Really sweet tasting and very strong stoney high!

and if you cure it right, it'll taste even better.....
how are you storing it?????
glass jars are the best..

chuffed for you bud, a well earned smoke...........

did you get much shake?????


sr

SR, cheers Bud, i'm also very chuffed!

It is curing away as i type, i'm using the large air tight nescaffe coffee tins with the plastic lids. I've also turned them upside down to create a better seal. Do you know what tins i mean? Think they should do the trick as when you open them you get a small "pshhh" sound! he he

Shake?? I'm presuming you mean trich's? Just a couple of spliffs off the table after weighing it up and its starting to build up in the bottom of the tins!

You may be able to help me out with my trim matey!!??

I've got 1 pound 8 ounces of crystal laden trim sat in the freezer aswell!!!

Not sure on best way to extract it but i'm in no rush at the moment! Might be able to borrow some bubble bags if you think thats the best option!!!??

Take It Easy,

VRG

damn.. 45 oz's.... thats about 2.8 pounds.. damn.. probably

If sold in oz's on US streets.. its worth about $13,000

and if sold in pounds.. probably $5000

shit..

Its worth more than that to me!

SR, sourced some bubble bags to borrow today!

There the 5 gallon ones i think!!?

If you see this (or anyone else who's used them to good effect) could you please post some details on the process of extracting the good stuff!

I'll proberbly be doing it on monday/tuesday next week, the trim should be fine in the freezer shouldn't it?

Like i said i've got 1 pound 8 ounces of trim sat in the freezer, how much would you put through the bags at a time?

The guy who's lending me them, said you should expect roughly 10% of your trims weight in bubble?? If this is true I can't wait!!

Thanks In Advance,

VRG

depends what size bags u got . 5 gallon takes max 200 grams of trim..by the way, very nice setup and grow hope to get similar results myself in nft tanks. sonic.

Ello VRG and all other uk420 readers

After reading through your thread and noticing you only used 4 plants - absolutly stunning grow VRG ! - i am a little interested in finding more out about the "custom" pots which your friend constructed for you.

Things i could (or think i have sussed out) are that the pots are similar to an "autopot" / aquafarming setup which is running from a main top-up tank (correct me if im wrong).

Any chance of some more details or perhaps a breakdown of the components used?

Im planning on creating a few of these "custom" pots instead of buying something similar and was hoping you could throw some advise my way

Cheers - Kafka

Kafka, Hi and welcome to UK420! You've come to the right place my friend!

You mentioned the Autopot, wich is a very good system but considerably different to the one i use. Autopots are filled with coco and clay (like mine) but suck up nutrients via capillary action and are filled by a "smart Valve". They run off a central reservoir.
Very Very low maintenace setup, ideal if your plants aren't "on site" if you know what i mean.

My setup is very easy to recreate, but there are a few key features that make it so good! As stated already this was designed and made by a friend at my growshop so i can't take any of the credit for designing it. I'm sure he'd be willing to make you one up i fyou don't fancy it. Anyway here goes,,

The reason this system is leagues ahead of the rest is down to a couple of factors:

1. Air is pumped directly to the roots.
2. Air is pumped directly into the reservoir.
3. We use big pots!
4. Less plants is obviously better in the eyes of the law.
5. Hydrotops nutrients!

My sytems are basically an NFT 204 tank with a pot sat on the top, thats it.

Theres a pump in the tank which irrigates from the top on a timer.
Theres a twin outlet air-pump that supplies an air ring in the bottom of the pot (with the coco and clay) and an airstone in the reservoir.
The pot is peppered with holes. (maximum drainage!)

The bigger the pot you use, the bigger your plant will finish up!

For optimum results you want 1 pot, 1 plant, 1 light and 1 square meter, you follow this method and you'll yield between 10oz and 40 oz per square meter! Obviously takes practice to get upto the higher end but its possible, i've seen it!!

For my new grow i'll be using the five foot tanks with 3 pots on the top! Simply because it'll be cheaper to build and less tanks to fill!!

I'll be happy to help out with anything i've not covered.

Oh, and sonic, cheers dude!

Anyway, keep it green,

All the best,

VRG

Hello again VGC;

Thanks for the prompt response and the sound advice.

Out of interest how much ( if at all ) would a custom unit like that be purchased for ?

Cheers - Kafka

Hi Kafka, no probs mate.

Those single pot jobbies were £68 each!! But you could proberbly knock one together for £50.

I'd recommend getting a 5 foot tank and sticking a pot on each end. For easier maintenance.

So what you'll need is:

5 foot NFT tank.
2 x 25 litre pots or similar.
1 water pump, these are £15! Not sure if one comes with an NFT tank tho?
2 twin outlet Aquarium Air-Pumps.
Clear Aquarium tubing.
Black Aquarium tubing, for the ring around the top with holes in.
2 x Aquarium Air stones, bubble wands.
about 2 foot of pourous (sp?) pipe, for the air ring in the bottom of the pot.
25 litres of clay pebbles.
25 litres of coco cor.

Then you'll just have to plumb it all together, attach the water pump to an upright peice of pipe, attach to pot, and attach irrigation ring to pipe. Plug water pump into timer and your off, leave the air pump on 24/7.

I can put you in contact with the guy if you don't fancy it. I could even get him to supply the bits in a kit form, as in he'll send you all the stuff, you'll just have to assemble it yourself.

Then if it were me, i'd put a 400w hps over each plant, and be looking forward to a nice fat smoke!!
1g per watt is easily acheivable in this sytem! I got it on my first run through!

Oh, and be sure to use Hydrotops nutes! There semi organic and designed for use with coco, this system in particular!

Anyway, let me know how you get on, if you need any help just shout!

Take It Easy,

Ello again

After seeing the listing of items used and getting my head round how the system operates i think i can put on of these together.

A contact though would be very very helpfull as i dont think im going to have time to aquire the parts and build it within the next few months. Kit form would be a delight !

Thanks - Kafka

Kafka,

I'll have a word with my man at lunch and see if he minds me passing on his contact details, he owns a growshop so it shouldn't be a problem.

Will let you know soon as mate.

Play Safe ,

VRG

VRG;

Thanks very much; again

Here you go mate, just send him an e-mail and he'll get back to you.

Address Removed.

VRG;

*grins* cheers ! Ill be in touch with the chap

- Kafka

Hi VRG,

Just curious on the venting your using...
From the pics it looks like a loft grow..?
Carbon filter, LTi extracting to outside?

Thnx!

Forgot to ask if you ever needed to use the ozone generator (silver bullet thing yeah?)

Thnx agin!

Hi Alltitude!

I used 3 5" fans and one 5" filter.

One In, One Out and one was used has a dump fan.

Sucked air In from the small crawl space, and extracted to the empty side of the loft.

Glad i got them down before last weeks hot weather tho! The temps are really hard to control up in the loft so i think its a winter only room!

I never needed the silver bullet has the owner of the house liked the smell!! and it oinly ever got to the top of the landing!
I think i'll need it for my new location tho!

VRG,

VRG,

i wasnt going to post this because i didnt want to offend you... but i will be honest..

please, for fucks sake, turn off you damn lights when taking pictures.

plants are not orange in color. they are green. your pictures absolutely fucking suck and i cant stand to look at them.

sorry mate, im just be=ing VERY honet... please take pictures of plants that look like plants.. turn your lights OFF so we can see nice shades of green.

hope i havent offended you, but i dont see anyone else here telling you straight... so i will..


cheers
UKE

Lots of our growers post pics taken under hps lights UKE, come to that they do on all the puff boards. Any how we now know your opinion on it.

Maybe there is a lesson to be learned though, [see pic below] even after running the picture through all the ps filters you can see there is insufficient spectrum bandwidth to show the the real colours. Most is in the red/yellow spectrum, do you think it says we may be doing something slightly wrong if we want really potent weed?

-the easy way to get rid of the colour cast is to simply use the flash! -it'll give some shadows, but the colour should be near as dammit right (flash is balanced to noon sun) - and for the brief millifart it's going off it overpowers the hps light severalfold

-missing bits of spectrum - didn't I read somewhere that some people swear by adding "blue", and ultra -violet bulbs (something to do with simulating high altitude light?)

Hi All,

I'm back, had a wicked time, but don't seem to be able to remember much, will put up a post about the good times had, i'm sure there were a few! when i'm back in working order!

UkExpat - Maybe you shouldn't have posted dude!
But anyway, thanks for the kind words, I like your style, very tactful!!!!?
Sorry to have offended you so deeply, but to be honest, i'll do the "Fuck" what "I" like, not what you, or anybody else thinks i should for that matter.

Oh and a thank you is in order, i don't know what i would've done without you "Telling me straight"

Mantal note : "Never look at VRG's pics or post in his threads again"

Everyone Else - Thanks for the info on taking pics, will bear it in mind next time i want to take a prize photo of my buds, without offending anyone!


SittingRelaxing - No probs dude, the trims still "sittinginthefreezer!"

Take It Easy,

VRG

loved ur pics VRG
great grow mate ( i know its a bit late )
all the best

regards

karmacoma

Thanks Karmacoma!

Will try and post some pics of the updated, and upgraded, with bells and whistles, growroom mk2!

Take it Easy bud,

VRG

Lookin' forward to seeing ya bitches mate

Should have some new pics up for the weekend

It seems only fair to sart a new thread, being as its a different room!

I've got 3 bitches ready for the chop at the weekend! Will try and get some pics of 'em before they meet their maker!

**I've left "the loft" in the capable hands of a good friend! He was the one that allowed me to start growing in the first place and i've since learnt him everything I know. So hopefully he'll pop along and post some pics of what he's got going at the moment.**

So I suppose this is,

THE END

Thanks for the comments and encouragement,

VRG