LUI - Day 52
the LUI’s each got 1/2 gallon of our standard fish fert / kelp fert mix on day 52 . . . heres a beginning look at LUI Day 52 . . . they are going to get some special attention later today . . .
the first two pics [...]
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12 Feb, 2008
LUI Day 47
Again we would like to remind our readers that this sequence is a reproduction of a grow that took place early in 2004.
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the first two pics show how our LUI girls continue their vigorous “stretch” . . . as we’ve said before it’s hard to call it stretch when it’s [...]
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9 Feb, 2008
LUI Day 45
here’s a couple pics of our LUI’s on Day 45 . . . if folks are curious about how much they’ve stretched so far . . . the door jam and hanging electrical cord can serve as a frame of reference from earlier photos . . . [...]
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3 Feb, 2008
It’s been spread around the Internet almost as widely as the “Molasses Manual” that the collective seems better known for, but the 3LB’s guide to Manures is actually a more valuable contribution in our eyes, because manures can be such a wonderfully cheap and effective tool in the organic gardener’s arsenal. Without further ado [...]
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25 Jan, 2008
LUI Day 40 - Day 1 Flowering
here’s a beauty at day 40, then a look at the nice tight internodes, and a couple wider shots including one of the whole bunch of LUI’s . . . the three LUI buckets are in the foreground backed up by a container of Herijuana which [...]
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19 Jan, 2008
we missed getting in pics or posts on Day 38
. . . sorry about that . . . life happens even for birds . . . the plants did get one more drink of plain water during Day 38 . . . we could have used any of our standard grow [...]
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19 Jan, 2008
LUI Day 36 and friends
Here’s a Day 36 shot . . . we caught some of our garden helpers in action . . . the gnomes are the real secret to our success . . . at least since the Hobbits moved out . . . and a closer look at [...]
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19 Jan, 2008
This “grow along” of LUI actually dates from 4 years ago! Our sincere and heartfelt gratitude is due to the efforts of knowledgequest . . back from CW days. . . it is directly because of his and other’s diligence of saving our posts and reposting them that we were [...]
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13 Jan, 2008
LUI Day 21 - 3 weeks of LUI
here’s a couple of shots at day 21. . . we’d planned on cloning tonight. . . but even the best laid plans oft go awry. . . we didn’t have the soil mix we use for clones (which is identical to the seedling mix). . . .so [...]
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14 Dec, 2007
LUI Day 19
The critical time for plants is in bloom, as for interrupting the light cycle that’s something that is pretty commonly misunderstood. . . . Cannabis reacts to extended periods ofdarkness and if blooming plants nighttime is interrupted. . . . it can cause problems. . . . but vegging plants are certainly [...]
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14 Dec, 2007
LUI Day 18
today we gave the LUI’s a light spray with a liquid kelp solution. . . . this is a form of foliar feeding. . . . for new growers this means our plants will actually absorb nutrients and hormones directly through their leaves. . . . [...]
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10 Dec, 2007
LUI Day 17
Day 17 Care . . . soil surface was “cultivated” gently with a finger at the beginning of the day. . . . by the end of the day the lil LUI’s needed a little drink. . . . the soil surface was dry to the touch and the planters were [...]
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9 Dec, 2007
LUI Day 14
here’s a shot of the whole bunch of our lil LUI’s on their 14th day. Louie
LUI. oh baby. say we gotta grow now. . . . yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. . . . . maybe
our secret is that we sing to our plants.
Someone asked this, . . . [...]
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9 Dec, 2007
LUI Day 10
Our lil LUI’s aren’t so tiny anymore. here’s a day 10 shot.
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4 Dec, 2007