Goofs, mistakes, bloopers...

sandman83

In Bloom
I just learned about silicas interesting mixing properties last week lol. I havent had to use CalMg in ages but my seedlings were showing some signs of deficiency so I poured my silica into the mixing jug then added the CalMg... instantly turned into a gel!! I was like, at least it didnt explode or something haha. I know better too, Ive had plenty of chemistry classes, just had a stoney moment

yup I got that same gel in the graduated cylinder I was using the measure nutes with, turns out I didn't rinse it very well and the silica made things worse instead of better. I bought some of the new monosilicic acid to try but haven't been brave enough to add it to the nutes yet. Ended up buying separate measuring devices for nutes vs supplements.
 

Chunky Stool

Plant Destroyer
I just learned about silicas interesting mixing properties last week lol. I havent had to use CalMg in ages but my seedlings were showing some signs of deficiency so I poured my silica into the mixing jug then added the CalMg... instantly turned into a gel!! I was like, at least it didnt explode or something haha. I know better too, Ive had plenty of chemistry classes, just had a stoney moment
I've done that with PH-up. Instant precipitation cloud!

Gotta dilute it first.
 

DemonTrich

In Bloom
I can tell you how many times I've done this in the past 10yrs. I made the wrong nutes for the wrong room. I've made veg nutes for flower room needs and vice versa. Only to dump it out and run out of water. My water holding container is a 55 gallon brute garbage can that's bubbled 24/7.

I quit flowering almost 2 yrs ago. I had to remove any flower nutes/additives away from my work table so I don't fubar any more h2o up. I recently made flower nutes by accident last yr, and had to dump 20 gallons.
 

sandman83

In Bloom
ok I gotta reiterate for anyone else doing hydro, how useful having an extra large trashcan to mix nutrients and ph properly before swapping tanks.... I can let it sit for a good hour or 2 and adjust slowly vs having to rush and get the roots damp again. I've been able to add 1-2ml of silica per gallon and mix the calmag without any clouds or nutrient fall out. Also a paint stir attachment for the electric drill maxes mixing the dry salts easy.

I'm guilty of probably dumping and refilling more often than necessary.
 

Smoke_A_Lot

In Bloom
I once scrapped my whole grow thinking I had spidermites, it turns out they were Hypoaspis Miles a beneficial mite and natural predator that feeds on the bad stuff like fungus gnat larvae, spring tails, e.t.c.

I wish I would of asked other growers before I went all scorched earth in that motherfucker 😂
 

808LOLO

In Bloom
I had something recently when i had to go to maui in a hurry for work. I spent some time over the weekend up potting and cleaning the veg tent some. Pull out all the plants and vacuum then wipe the tent down some with bleach solution. The morning i left i sprayed the plants right before i leave with a water/d.e. solution. I never used it like this before and in hindsight i made my mix too heavy. More like a slurry but it sprayed no problem.

When i got back days layer and looked in the tent i thought my plants were all bleached to hell somehow. I completely forgot i had sprayed and the plants were all white as can be all over! I had my face stuck in the tent and let out a loud old lady gasp 😂
It took a minute to register it wasnt a big deal really. Just spayed it off with water some i could catch my breath.
 

BH

Tha Dank Hoarder
IPM Forum Moderator
Another “goof “ grower moment

for my clone process and eliminating any hermies,males.runts pheno’s I log it during the cycle and eliminate the mom/father/unworthy plant right after logged and killed in flower cycle. Well I logged em last round and I still on Mistake kept 2 males and re did clones of em, up-potted numerous times and it wasn’t till a few weeks ago when flower stage started that they were males…


fuck I gifted so many pheno’s and my luck wasn’t I have any of these pheno’s to anyone , god what a wasted amount of space,time and effort and sad part was every pheno I found was labeled as male on the log but yet I missed it. crazy how I even look at log before up-potting. Missed em lol

sigh
 

Psychobilly

🧀Muenster
I had something recently when i had to go to maui in a hurry for work. I spent some time over the weekend up potting and cleaning the veg tent some. Pull out all the plants and vacuum then wipe the tent down some with bleach solution. The morning i left i sprayed the plants right before i leave with a water/d.e. solution. I never used it like this before and in hindsight i made my mix too heavy. More like a slurry but it sprayed no problem.

When i got back days layer and looked in the tent i thought my plants were all bleached to hell somehow. I completely forgot i had sprayed and the plants were all white as can be all over! I had my face stuck in the tent and let out a loud old lady gasp 😂
It took a minute to register it wasnt a big deal really. Just spayed it off with water some i could catch my breath.
Look on the bright side bro; you're reaction was still family friendly lol.
 

DemonTrich

In Bloom
13yrs back, 1st time going the sealed co2 route. Listening to the "experts" over at jokeitup about canopy temps. Had a full room (normally a 4lb dried haul) be all fluffy buds from high temps.

Forgot to put the gasket between tank and regulator, co2 was seeping about the entire 24hrs. Room was 14,000 ppm. Yikes!

Did a huge dab of 96% thc distillate and couldn't get my legs to walk up my basement stairs. Had to sit for 20mins.

Ate a 300mg edible and couldn't move my right arm, nor read the TV guide on my 55" plasma TV at the time. Currently i eat a 150mg edible a a night just to sleep.
 
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808LOLO

In Bloom
Look on the bright side bro; you're reaction was still family friendly lol.
Yeah i am a driller/contractor/family man who exists in a house of womens. So its like night n day for me everyday, between work vibe n home.
And u would look pretty silly throwing yr hardhat around at home 😂

Ate a 300mg edible and couldn't move my right arm, nor read the TV guide on my 55" plasma TV at the time. Currently i eat a 150mg edible a a night just to sleep.
I kinda do edibles like this and it trips people out. Maybe once a month (on a weekend) take massive amount of homemade oil and trip out at night experiencing movies,music, and things moving in the shadows...
Then i hv hangover nextday!
I cant seem to do the functional dose thing unless i hv cute baby gummies from a dispo. One advice is not to look up medical stuff when u are up to the trippy side of the high.

I believe buddhist monks do rituals like this with cannabis being seeped in some milk forever and u drink abunch in isolation wt no outside stimulation. Sounds like a trip to me! Homemade self shamanism
 
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