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This is my first (and probably last) go around with this strain. It was a wildly disappointing harvest... mediocre yield and marginal quality. Someone talk me down from the roof...

I was trying to access the Cannabis Culture website today and it looks like it's shut down. Has anyone heard anything?

I'm growing some Ice plants. According to the calendar, they would have been ready for harvest sometime around 5/16. Suspecting that they were going to go long, I didn't start flushing until then. Two weeks later, I'm showing a little bit of amber but not much more than five percent. So, is it...

From The New York Times: hXXp://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?em As LED technology becomes more pervasive, prices will come down and quality will go up. We can argue about the state of today's technology, but there's no question about what the future's going to look like.

I suppose most of us like to sample some bud as our plants get ready for harvest. In the past, I've used short bursts in the microwave to quick-dry my samples. My current technique, though, is to use my Extreme Vaporizer's lowest heat and fan settings. Works pretty nicely.

Ed Rosenthal posted a pic of my current grow on his blog: hXXp://edrosenthal.blogspot.com/2009/04/winstons-overgrow.html Electronically rubbing shoulders with a longtime hero is pretty cool.

The new Bob Dylan album, Together Through Life, was released this morning and it's terrific. If you've been following Dylan lately, it will be clear to you that this album is an extension of the musical arc that started with Time Out Of Mind and continued through Love And Theft and Modern Times...

I hope everyone here has a great day and an opportunity to celebrate appropriately.

Thanks to a good friend (someone well known to MP denizens), I added a couple of clones to my grow room. On the left is a White Widow plant; on the right is a Crystal. They're both a couple of weeks into flowering. Just wanted to share.

I accidentally broke the top of a plant almost all the way off three weeks into flowering, though the stem casing wasn't very torn. I put a splint on it for a few days which stabilized the situation. The result is that the top of the plant is basically horizontal (at least for the time being)...

From The Defining Moment, Jonathan Alter's book about Franklin Roosevelt: The quick amendment to the Volstead Act is one of the least appreciated elements of how FDR changed the country's psyche during the Hundred Days. Although formal repeal of Prohibition would not come until the end of the...

What are you growing in? And why? (I'm in three gallon pots, my thought being that it's a closet grow and the smaller pot will limit the plants' overall growth.)

It occurred to me this morning that many cell phones and some newer digital cameras imbed GPS data on photos. I'm not sure how detailed the data is when there's a true GPS tag; I have a first generation iPhone and have noticed that photos I've taken with it are tagged with my city. I can...

Here's a topic that I don't see mentioned here much (maybe I'm the only one who is stupid enough to need it) but it's one that is critically important: If you're growing under HID lamps, make sure you protect your eyes. I'm on my third grow and have not been exactly rigorous in this area. The...

I'm growing four plants (so far; they haven't sexed yet) under a 400 MH/HPS system. When the plants get a little bigger, would setting up a fixture with two T5 bulbs for side lighting help at all?

I'm getting ready to install a carbon filter/can fan for heat and odor control. I'm looking at a couple of options for installation: 1. Push the Air Through the Light Filter -> Fan -> Light -> Exhaust 2. Pull the Air Through the Light Filter -> Light -> Fan -> Exhaust Is one of these...

I'm getting ready to start a closet grow with a 400 Watt switchable light. I'd like more light but since I it's a closet grow, heat is a big problem. I'm thinking about augmenting my current setup with a 90 Watt UFO LED which is supposed to throw off an amount of light equivalent to a 400 Watt...

After an unsuccessful first grow and a second one that was a qualified success, I'm starting my third crop. I'm germinating three seeds each of (1) Ice and (2) a Mazar Afghan cross (both from marijuanaseeds.nl). For the record I've got a 400 Watt switchable light. Since this is a closet grow...

Just came across this on Wired.com: hXXp://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_plantsense_easybloom"]http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_plantsense_easybloom It's a stake that goes into your soil and collects data which can be downloaded to your computer via USB. I don't have any personal...

I just completed my first closet grow and, while I'm generally pleased, the buds are not nearly as tight as I'd have liked. At one point during flowering, I think the plants got heat-stressed. I'm guessing that probably had an adverse impact so I'll be more aware of that next time. I also used...