MichaelTheBarnOwl

MichaelTheBarnOwl

"Back off man, I'm a scientist!"
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Blimburn Seeds
Breeders of choice:
50% Blimburn Seeds
50% Dutch Passion
Spider Farmer
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Build quality has been excellent. I’m now on my fifth grow with this Spider Farmer light and after roughly two years of use, I’ve had zero issues. No diode failures, no driver problems, no dimmer issues, and no unexpected behavior. It’s been one of those pieces of equipment that you install once and then forget about because it just works. Beyond reliability, it has consistently produced excellent quality flower across multiple grows. Very happy with the overall quality and would buy it again.
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Very happy with the Spider Farmer tent. Build quality has been excellent and after roughly two years of use and five complete grows, I’ve had no issues. Zippers still work smoothly, stitching has held up well, frame remains solid, and the tent has done exactly what it’s supposed to do without giving me problems. Simple, well built, and reliable.
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Excellent experience with Dutch Passion's Strawberry Cough. I grew two plants from seed using an intentionally abbreviated cultivation cycle. These photoperiod plants were grown more like I would approach an autoflower, with only 20 days from emergence to flip. Each plant was topped early and reduced to two primary sets of branches, creating a very simple, compact structure with a minimal vegetative window. Despite the abbreviated veg period, the two plants produced a combined 310.9 g, or just under 11 ounces, of dry flower. Phenotypic variation between the plants was substantial. One phenotype developed massive, heavily stacked, baseball bat-like colas and produced 180.5 g dry. The second expressed a thinner, spindle-like structure with narrower, leafier flower formations and produced 130.4 g. Both produced excellent finished flower despite their dramatically different architecture. The flower is exceptionally resinous and among the stickiest I have grown. Aroma is explosive, with strong fruit upfront followed by pronounced skunk and spicy undertones. Effects are where this strain really shines. Onset is remarkably fast, beginning with a heavy sensation behind the eyes before rapidly developing into intense euphoria. The high is strongly cerebral - focused, happy, introspective, and creative - with comparatively mild body effects. It is also exceptionally long-lasting and gradually gives way to solid sleep without feeling immediately heavy or sedating. I harvested at 62 days in flower with predominantly cloudy trichomes and very little amber, specifically targeting a more uplifting and euphoric expression. The finished effects aligned extremely well with that goal. Overall, an excellent strain and one I would absolutely grow again. Outstanding resin production, explosive aroma, excellent yield from a deliberately shortened grow cycle, and exactly the cerebral effect I was hoping to achieve. Highly recommended.
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Switching to PRO-Mix HP with Mycorrhizae was one of the biggest improvements I made in my grow process. Before this, I was growing in hotter soil mixes and constantly fighting runoff swings, pH instability, and occasional lockout despite measuring inputs and trying to stay very technical with the process. PRO-Mix gave me a much more controlled and predictable root environment. Once nutrients became the responsibility of the grower instead of the soil, everything became easier to manage. No lockout issues, no surprises, and much more confidence in understanding exactly what the plants were receiving. You give up the buffer of a hot soil, but you gain a level of control that I’ve really come to appreciate. I love this medium.
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Very impressed with the carbon filter. It has done an excellent job controlling some very intense aromas and has remained effective across multiple years of use on the original filter. No noticeable drop in performance, no issues, and odor control has remained strong even during peak flower. Definitely one of those pieces of equipment that quietly does its job well.
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Build quality has been excellent. I’m now on my fifth grow with this Spider Farmer light and after roughly two years of use, I’ve had zero issues. No diode failures, no driver problems, no dimmer issues, and no unexpected behavior. It’s been one of those pieces of equipment that you install once and then forget about because it just works. Beyond reliability, it has consistently produced excellent quality flower across multiple grows. Very happy with the overall quality and would buy it again.
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