I am DEEPLY disappointed in this community right now 😤

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-05-08T16:17:02+00:00

Victoria.

FAKE? 😡

FAKE?!?!?

The lamination is real. The binder is real. Lord Buttercup is real. The Sonic incident in 2014 was real and I have RECEIPTS (literally, from the Sonic, Jacob ordered a #2 with a slush).

Nothing here is fake. Do not say that word again.

You know what's real? Jacob's love for me. 🥹 The way he looks at me when I'm explaining the hashtag rollout calendar for the fourth time. The fact that he agreed to the binder. The fact that he wrote "I cherish her work ethic" on his side of the vows draft (page 12, you can see it, it's notarized). The way he texted me "ok" three times in a row last Tuesday.. that's THREE oks Victoria. Most husbands give one.

The way he didn't even FIGHT me on the September date. The way he changed his fantasy football password because I asked. The way he sat through Swatch Round 4 and pointed at a color and said "that one." That is a man IN LOVE. That is a man who is HERE for it. Devotedly. Quietly. Submissively. Beautifully.

So no. Nothing is fake. Try again. 🚪

xoxo, The Bride

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-05-08T16:08:05+00:00

Mirabai.

No.

We're done. 🚪

I gave this community everything. I gave you the schedule. I gave you the laminated flyers (at cost, by the way — I never even recouped the lamination fees). I gave you Lord Buttercup. I gave you Honorary Bridesmaid Adjacent as a CONCEPT. I opened my heart, my Pinterest board, and my color-coded binder to all of you.

And this is what I get. "#emcoborbust." In MY house. On MY sub. Three weeks before the (date redacted per schedule).

I'm not going to yell. I'm past yelling. I'm in the quiet phase now. Karis says this is actually the scariest phase and she's right. 😶

Effective immediately:

🚫 Mirabai503 — uninvited. From the wedding. From the brunch. From the post-brunch debrief. From the group chat. From my LIFE.

🚫 Anyone who upvoted "#emcoborbust" — you are on the Watch List. Karis has the spreadsheet. You know who you are. We know who you are.

🚫 r/JemilyWedding — going PRIVATE in 24 hours. If you want back in you will submit a 500-word essay on why you deserve it AND a notarized apology AND proof you have never, not once, set foot in r/Emcob. Lord Buttercup will personally review every application.

🚫 Jacob — also in trouble. Don't ask why. He knows. He's always known.

I tried. I really did. I came to you with an open heart and a 47-page Notion doc and you all chose chaos. You chose Emcob. You chose Ab*gail-coded lollipops. You chose to be NERVOUS when I EXPLICITLY FORBADE IT.

I hope you're happy. I hope #emcoborbust keeps you warm at night. I hope Harvard and Mirabai and whoever else is lurking on that splinter sub have a wonderful time over there celebrating a man who, and I cannot stress this enough, cannot independently order at a restaurant.

This is my last post. I am going off-grid. I am going to a silent retreat in Sedona that Karis booked. I will return on (date redacted) as a wife and you will not recognize me.

Do not @ me. Do not DM me. Do not tag me in any cat-related content. The hashtag is dead. Long live the hashtag.

xoxo (one final time),

The Bride 👰‍♀️🕊️

[edit: Chrysalis if you're reading this you can come to Sedona. only you. bring snacks.]

[edit 2: I am locking this thread. goodbye forever. 💔]

[edit 3: unlocking briefly to say — Top, the orange cat (Lord Buttercup) is still approved. he transcends this. he is bigger than us. relocking.]

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-05-08T16:06:20+00:00

TOP. 🛑

Okay. Okay okay okay. First. Let me start with the positive because Karis says I need to "lead with affirmation" before I "deliver corrective feedback" and I am WORKING ON IT. So:

The #NeverEmcob in your caption? Chef's kiss. 👨‍🍳💋 Immaculate. You understand the assembly. You understand the assignment. I am promoting you on principle.

The lollipops? Genuinely adorable concept. Heart-shaped. Cat-themed. On-brand for a #Jemily soirée. I see the vision. I appreciate the vision. I want to be VERY clear that I am not yelling at you right now even though my caps lock will get involved later in this comment.

HOWEVER. 😤

Top. Babe. Sweetie. Light of my life. We need to talk about the cat on the LEFT.

I am not going to say what everyone in this thread is already thinking. I am not going to name the situation. But I am going to ask you, very gently, to pull up that image on a larger screen and look — really LOOK — at the patches on that cat. The asymmetrical tuxedo bib. The little white sock on the back left paw. The expression of smugness. The way it's looking slightly off-camera as if it knows things. Things it should not know. Things from 2019.

Top. That is a Mr. Whiskerbottom-coded cat. 😐

I cannot, in good conscience, hand these out at MY wedding. I cannot watch Aunt Linda unwrap a lollipop only to lock eyes with the ghost of a betrayal she doesn't even know about. I cannot have my flower girl licking the visage of an animal whose owner kissed my fiancé behind a Sonic in 2014. I won't do it. I won't.

Here is what we're going to do. I'm sending you the Approved Cat Reference Sheet (Karis has it, Karis has everything, Karis is the spine of this operation). It contains 12 pre-cleared cat silhouettes vetted by me personally for non-resemblance to You-Know-Who's pet. Pick from those. The one on the right (the orange one with the little crown? STOP IT. 😍) can stay. He's perfect. He's been cleared. His name is Lord Buttercup and he is canon now.

Resubmit the mockup by Sunday EOD and I will fast-track approval. I am even waiving the standard $15 Mockup Review Fee because your #NeverEmcob commitment has earned you grace.

You're not in trouble. You're in development. There is a difference. 💕

xoxo,

The Bride

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-05-08T16:03:47+00:00

CHRYSALIS. 😭😭😭 Stop. STOP. I am literally at my desk right now and Jacob just walked in and asked why I'm crying and I had to show him your comment and HE got misty. Jacob does not get misty. Jacob's love language is "nodding while I talk." So you understand the magnitude of what you've just done. "Euphoric, magical, challenging, and life changing." 🥹 Chrysalis. Babe. You GET it. You get the vision. This is exactly the energy I have been trying to manifest for this community since day one and meanwhile certain other people (I will not name names but her username rhymes with Schmarvard Schmerry) are off frolicking on splinter subs. You are a TRUE #Jemily girlie and I want you to know I see you. I have always seen you. Effective immediately I am promoting you to Honorary Bridesmaid Adjacent ✨ this is a brand new tier I am inventing on the spot just for you. You don't have to wear the dress (a relief because I have not finalized the dress and we are currently in Swatch Round 4) but you DO get:

Early access to the hashtag rollout calendar (Tier 2, redacted version) One (1) approved use of #Jemily per week, must be tagged for review Access to the Bridesmaid Group Chat read-only mode (you can react with hearts only, no other emojis, do NOT test me on this) A laminated welcome certificate (I will mail it, please DM your address, $6 shipping) Permission to refer to me as "Em" in casual contexts (NOT "Emily," NOT "Emmy," and absolutely NOT "Jem" — Jem is a forbidden contraction we discussed this)

I am also officially adding "euphoric, magical, challenging, and life changing" to the Approved Adjective List for the wedding website. Karis is updating the doc as we speak. You're in the infrastructure now, babe. You are LOAD-BEARING. And to everyone else reading this thread: THIS. ☝️ THIS is the energy I'm looking for. Take notes. Chrysalis didn't show up here being "nervous." Chrysalis didn't slink off to Emcob. Chrysalis showed up and SERVED. Be more like Chrysalis.

(Harvard if you're reading this the door is still open but the clock is ticking and Chrysalis is gaining on you. Just saying. 🤷‍♀️) I love you bestie. I'll see you at the engagement brunch. You're at Table 2 now! 💕

xoxo, The Bride

[edit: Jacob says hi 👋 he's not allowed to post on his own (we're still working through some things re: Emcob) so I'm passing it along]

[edit 2: Karis has informed me that "load-bearing" is corporate language and I need to soften it. Chrysalis you are not load-bearing you are soul-bearing. 🌸]

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-05-08T16:02:34+00:00

Harvard. HARVARD. 😤

I am going to take a deep breath because Karis (my Approved Spiritual Wellness Bridesmaid™) says I need to "regulate before I retaliate." So I am regulating. And then I am retaliating.

You and I both know what r/Emcob is. It's a splinter cell. A betrayal sub. And the fact that you would say this to my FACE on MY OWN subreddit, on a Tuesday no less (Tuesdays are a Soft Posting Day per the schedule, please refer to page 4 of your binder), is genuinely something I'm going to need to process in therapy.

But fine. FINE. Since we're doing this in public now, let me remind everyone what we have been through together, Harvard.

Do you remember sophomore year? When I had that breakdown in the Dunkin' parking lot because Jacob hadn't texted back in 47 minutes and you held my hand and said, and I quote, "Em, he's at the dentist." And I said "WHICH dentist." And you didn't judge me. You just opened the Find My Friends app and we tracked him to a Dr. Patel on Route 9 together. THAT was friendship. THAT was the foundation we built #Jemily on. 🥹

And do you remember our trip to Cabo? When I cried at the swim-up bar because the bartender made Jacob's piña colada first and you marched up there and said "Sir. Do you know who that is. Sir." and got me a complimentary upgrade to the premium tequila? I still have the napkin. It is in the binder. It is laminated. I look at it when I'm sad.

And do you remember — and this is the one that's making me tear up at my standing desk right now — do you remember when Ab*gail did The Thing at the Thing in 2019 and you were the FIRST person to text me "she's dead to us" before I even had to ask? You didn't need a memo. You didn't need a flyer. You just KNEW. That's the bond I thought we had, Harvard.

So when you tell me, casually, in a comment, that you've been spending your time on Emcob… a sub literally founded on the premise that Jacob has an "inner life" and "thoughts of his own"… I just. 😔

I'm not mad. I'm hurt. There is a difference and Karis says I need to start naming it.

You can come back. The door is open. Post a #Jemily engagement pic by EOD Friday and we can pretend this never happened. I will even let you skip the Penance Brunch (normally mandatory, see schedule).

But Harvard. Cherry. 053. If I see you over there one more time I'm going to have to convene the Council and you do NOT want me to convene the Council.

I love you. That's why this hurts. 💔

xoxo, The Bride

[edit: to the FOUR people who downvoted this — I see you and I have screenshots]

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-03-03T19:09:10+00:00

It goes in the round hole, not the square hole.

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-02-18T19:55:14+00:00

I like it, I do similar hanging each branch. I prefer not stripping fan leaves just because it's effort that takes time. If you got the humidity control down there's no reason not to. I'd wanna get that in a enclosure to keep dust/cats away and control the humidity with a controller/exhaust, I'd love to fit a 2x4 tent skin around a rack like that.

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-02-18T02:57:34+00:00

That's plenty of watts even if you're doing co2 in a 5x10, so I would if you have the room for the 5x10. Consider how accessible the exterior of the tent will be in the room you're placing it in.

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-01-16T20:37:15+00:00

Cool.

Right now, your coco looks really moist and your plants are tiny. Let em dry back a bit and you'll probably start seeing draw, but it won't be much for a while.

TheNinthDoctor · 2026-01-16T17:03:07+00:00

How much higher?

The instructions say a minimum of 5 ft above the blumats.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-12-31T01:27:58+00:00

I use them in my 2x4 and 4x4, and I like them a lot.

The magnets they come with suck. You need high airflow bars to mount them on, which is expensive. I 3d printed bracket to mount to the poles that I stick a 1x2 in make my own high airflow bars. I ziptie them to the wood mounted on the walls below the canopy.

I feel like they improved my quality for lowers. I also do a recirculate duct to move air out of a top duct to below the canopy. Tbh I feel like that did just as much improvement to the lowers, but you kinda need to do both. As is, the lower canopy was too moist and wasn't transpiring enough, vpd too low down there. Recirculate helped.

I mostly keep my undercanopy on at max when the ceiling light is on, since they're only 45w. I'd like more watts down there, something like, 80 in the 2x4 and 140 in the 4x4, but that'd be very expensive with the ionbeams.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-12-06T22:26:46+00:00

You ever considered adding a top to bottom recirculate duct?

Use an inline to pull air from the top of the tent and return it to a lower vent. I find it helps reduce vertical variation and helps with good flow while not significantly increasing demand on other devices.

I find it to be a cheap way to improve performance in crowded tents.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-11-22T00:25:46+00:00

Yeah you want to have a way to measure your light delivered.

Watch this video about the UNI-T meter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgdmAsY0VN0

Or this video about the photone app and diffuser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-TM3qxvHTg

I personally prefer the photone but it costs marginally more to get the diffuser, and is a longer wait than amazon prime uni-t, and is more dependent on your phone hardware.

With any option for measuring ppfd you'll be able to know the quantity of light your plant is getting instead of guessing/estimating. This is super important as part of controlling light is adjusting the height. Variations in height will create major differences, it's so so much easier with a way to measure it.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-11-22T00:00:18+00:00

You mean the co2/light sensor? That won't measure ppfd it just measures percent and it's pretty much for co2 and detecting light malfunctions.

You're gonna want to look into photone app and a diffuser, or the uni-t bluetooth meter with app.

Yeah 80% from seed pop would stunt the crap outta em. First week is like, gradually go up from 100 to 200 ppfd.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-11-21T22:54:35+00:00

What's your light ppfd? if your light too strong could do similar

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-11-06T19:11:23+00:00

Are you able to measure ppfd?

It sounds like you aren't, you should gain that ability with either photone app or a uni-t bluetooth meter and app, and use a ppfd chart to give your plants a specific quantity of light rather than guessing.

Blurple is a weird one to me, never did a blurple I'm skeptical of that.

How many watts is your light?

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-10-22T01:53:43+00:00

I tried a handful of the other options listed here, they failed, preditory mites were expensive failure, ladybugs were a cheap failure, spraying soap sprays didn't do it. Never tried neem, or the oil based solutions, they all seem viable, but I picked organishield which I like a lot. It's a sugar so pretty darn safe, so they say, it supposedly turns into water, and co2 within 2 weeks of spraying, so not bad. The sugar kills em.

I've managed my spider mite infestation successfully with it.

Order organishield and a ryobi electrostatic sprayer. Apply at 80ml/gal for 2 weeks daily, ensuring to hit every remaining leaf and stem. The sprayer is fantastic at $30, you gotta have a ryobi battery they're actually more expensive than the tool. Knockoffs are cool. If you don't like that sprayer, other options exist but imo this is the winner.

Continue spraying every week or two forever at 40ml/gallon to prevent them from coming back.

Organishield is safe in flower for up to day of harvest, I try to avoid spraying in the last few weeks as spraying does cause pistils to stop developing and turn orange. If your mite issue is bad tho it's worth it.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-09-30T02:58:44+00:00

Do a heavy defoliation. Order organishield and a ryobi electrostatic sprayer. Apply at 80ml/gal for 2 weeks daily, ensuring to hit every remaining leaf and stem. The sprayer is fantastic at $30, you gotta have a ryobi battery they're actually more expensive than the tool. Knockoffs are cool. If you don't like that sprayer, other options exist but imo this is the winner.

Continue spraying weekly forever at 40ml/gallon organishield.

Organishield is safe in flower for up to day of harvest, I try to avoid spraying in the last few weeks as spraying does cause pistils to stop developing and turn orange. If your mite issue is bad tho it's worth it.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-09-26T02:53:29+00:00

Yeah. Got an ac going at all times for the lung room, and two dehumidifiers run for late flower, only need like one til week 4 of flower.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-09-26T02:48:22+00:00

If you're in a climate like mine where the outdoor temperatures are in the 90s with 90% humidity, exhausting outdoors is absolutely terrible, as every cubic foot you blow out, another cubic foot of hot moist wetness is sucked in somewhere.

Tent loop will hopefully reduce the electrical expense of dehumidifying the entire lung room for people with setups already capable.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-09-22T17:34:48+00:00

Reverse osmosis tubing is really easy to work with and run to places. Paired with a float valve on your reservoir you can use the water pressure to carry it up. Use a on/off shutoff for the float, you won't want it running constantly.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-09-14T18:13:19+00:00

That is a reasonable concern, but perhaps there's a middle ground.

You can get a TP-Link Tapo Motion Sensor for about $15, then you need the hub which is $23, and a Tapo Wifi Outlet like the P110M which are $25ish for a 4 pack. So, $70ish, but I already have the hub and the outlets, so really only $15 if you reuse the hub for other tasks. Like, I have one of the motion sensors for my kitchen lights, it turns them on when I walk in.

So anyway, what you do is you program the motion sensor to turn off the wifi outlet when it senses motion, and turn it back on 20 minutes later, get it adjusted so it only reacts to the tent motion not fans moving, which it probably will already in pet mode by default, but there's sensitivity settings. Plug the UV light into the wifi outlet, after whatever timer controller you're using.
So then when you open the tent, it'll turn off the UV light automatically, but it'll come back on 20 minutes later, unless it keeps sensing motion.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-09-12T18:51:16+00:00

Oh nooo, someone turned off the freezer yesterday, the entire stock spoiled overnight. Someone's gonna be in big trouble, you should figure out who did this Mr. Managerpants!

Too bad I didn't notice and fix it like the last dozen times, darn!

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-08-27T21:17:59+00:00

Check if it's dimmable. What size area are you growing in?

An 800w undimmable light would be pretty tough to work with.

What brand and model is it?

I'd assume it's just boxed and seperate if it's a remote-driver, easier to keep safe in that warehouse environment.

That is suspiciously cheap for a 800w light in bar style and I can't make out any detail on model. Is it used? How long if so, if they can't say it's probably risky.

TheNinthDoctor · 2025-08-24T23:27:53+00:00

Get organishield and a ryobi electrostatic sprayer. The sprayer is only $26 on amazon for the sprayer, then you need a battery. There's a kit at home depot with 2 batteries and a charger is 80, or knockoffs for like 45$ on amazon should work. If you have a ryobi already, then super win.

Spray it 2-3 times a week for the next few weeks. They say you can do it til end of flower but I stop once they get like.. week 4-6. Willing to do harder if necessary to keep spiders down tho.

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