Hi Amy, happy Saturday! Sunday now, my Saturday. I'm on board as soon as I get some driving over with! Woot! 
Amy Gardner Of Eden: Perpetually Organic
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Thanks Farthestnorth! Welcome to my journal of Eden and I know you’ve been around a little while but I don’t think it’stoo late for a big welcome to 420Magazine forums!Congratulations on Grow Journal of the month Amy!
Such an awesome grow!
Hi Amy, happy Saturday! Sunday now, my Saturday. I'm on board as soon as I get some driving over with! Woot!
happy Saturday to you otter! Hope yours is a good as mine was 
It's an incredible day! My above ground pools liner gave out a few days ago
Thanks Farthestnorth! Welcome to my journal of Eden and I know you’ve been around a little while but I don’t think it’stoo late for a big welcome to 420Magazine forums!
and we're having record breaking beautiful weather to get it replaced on Tuesday 
. Bought the last liner locally today and now I can relax with my sweetie pretty much until then. It's like a miracle having warm enough weather to get it done and not ruin the rest of the pool this time of year.- Thread starter
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I'm sure many of us feel you on the year, Amy!
Having introduced oils to my life for the first time this year, they've quickly become the foundation, while the cones are the sprinkles on top.
As for NZ's progress with cannabis, one can only hope that our very diverse and progressive looking new parliament actually does something about it. Labour is starting to feel more and more centrist and I am starting to look more and more to the Greens for actual progress. But the proof will be in the pudding.
I've never been more resolved to keep going!
Daaaaamnn I'm so pleased for your Panama. I can't wait.
Having introduced oils to my life for the first time this year, they've quickly become the foundation, while the cones are the sprinkles on top.
As for NZ's progress with cannabis, one can only hope that our very diverse and progressive looking new parliament actually does something about it. Labour is starting to feel more and more centrist and I am starting to look more and more to the Greens for actual progress. But the proof will be in the pudding.
I've never been more resolved to keep going!
Daaaaamnn I'm so pleased for your Panama. I can't wait.
It's an incredible day! My above ground pools liner gave out a few days ago
I'm glad you could get it fixed before it ruined the pool.
Spectacular news on the JotM honor!
Thanks, it's a miracle having this odd 70's weather to get it done. We had shovelable snow already.I'm glad you could get it fixed before it ruined the pool.
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Thanks Luiz! A great honour indeed - shared with all my visitors who make it what it is, including you! Hope you’re going well in your post harvest-marathon recovery. High as kites, I expect
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You must be getting the same low 70s weather we've been getting since last week. It's supposed to start getting cooler starting Thursday but I've been getting out and enjoying it every single day.
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that sounds fantastic - it’s nice enough to be getting out HG. Nice enough to to sit outside here everyday too at the moment, until the wind picks up (which it just has). I’ve spent the morning on the sundeck today, writing an email to a friend and watching the birds negotiate for territory in the forest, while also in Panama. Now, post lunch and post a CBD edible with some Early Miss oil added during consumption, I expect an excellent nap to be had before an afternoon and evening of women’s ”Big Bash League” cricket on the telly. Maybe Bubba Hash tonight. What an awesome day. Hope you all are doing well. Wish me napping vibes - I don’t sleep as much as I want or need to.. pls vibe “Amy asleeeeeeep”
Playing catch up again, but wanted to wish you a congrats for the JotM! Well deserved 
Congrats Amy! Welcome to the #Megaclub
Yes I see it coming from the west, we got your snow a couple of weeks ago too. That's our go to winter trend plus any northeast storms on the ocean. It's nice to get stuff done in warm weather. Shorts weather today!
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Hey amy , first off congrats on the journal of the month , well deserved honestly .
Your plants are coming along very nicely , really love the wildlife shots you throw in the mix . Hope all is well.
Be safe play safe
Your plants are coming along very nicely , really love the wildlife shots you throw in the mix . Hope all is well.
Be safe play safe
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Thanks Van,Playing catch up again, but wanted to wish you a congrats for the JotM! Well deserved
very honoured indeed. Hope you are doing well today. HAvent been over to check your thing out for a bit. I hope the outdoor harvest didn't kick your ass too hard!That’s a lot of light!Congrats Amy! Welcome to the #Megaclub
And thanks Chef! I didn’t expect to get it TBH - being on the farside of thIs orb we inhabit but as smiling fortunes would have it, a very cool member here who I do not know the identity of, sent the nextlight crew some lovely thoughts about me and they are indeed offering to send me one. I am over the moon. I havent written back to them yet so the details remain, but I can’t fit a mega in anywhere here so will probably seek a core instead. I need to write back to them today - it’s on email for which i need to be at the computer so i havent made it yet. Today hopefully. Am so stoked.Hey thanks DW! I appreciate it
My native critters are the closest thing I have to pets and often the closest thing i have to friends 
I’m often doing my gardening business in their company and am very connected to them so it seems only fitting to include them. I started doing it when 420 Mag relaxed the guidelines and allowed folks to share their pets in their journals.
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Flowering Update! 
Let’s just note that transitions can be tricky, right?! I‘m in transition, and it’s not even simply from one growing method to another. I’m working towards my own soil again and away from a kit method I’ve used for a few years and because I haven’t been up to building my own soil yet, I am using a locally produced water-only super soil.
The new super soil is way heavier and stickier then the previous mix (FauxMix with ammendments and very little organic matter) and it’s quite different to work with. I think I discovered this week that it doesn’t wick-up water well enough to be used in the AutoPots. I’m rehearsing an AutoPot with manual filling (before i invest in the whole setup) and yesterday I put a litre in the fill section and 16 hours later it still hadn’t all soaked up. That’s a 14L pot that was dry. I added another litre down the top. I couldn't help myself! 1L is not enough to a dry 14L pot. I’ll have to quiz bobrown about it a bit and also on his soil mix when I’m making mine. He uses AutoPots in flower and self-made water-only soil so I know it can work.
Bear with me while I’m rambling on a bit - it’s been a while and many garden thoughts accumulate while I am not updating!
Another general issue I have had this year is purple petioles, on everything. This is usually a sign of environment instability or too hot/ too cold etc. and often times I’ve though things were good in that department and the purple petioles remained. It’s also in 2 different types of growing media and method, so it’s not a lack in soil or nutes. I’m not sure what it is or what to do except continue to aim for the right environment, I just wanted to document that here - because it’s happening.
Meanwhile, flowering is happening too!
Candida CD-1
Day 74 (+24/14)
I thought I was training it for about 6 main tops and then one stem went all triploid whirly taxi thing (whorled phylotaxy) and I have a lot more tops than 6!
I’ve thought this run of it seemed pretty under power in terms of what I’m used to from the soil and nute system. It seems ‘flat’, but my temptation to hit it with something super to charge it up is tempered by the slightly burnt tips. I don’t want to fry it with a big hit of fertiliser. It’s just been a bit, flat - did i say that? - and I see mottled fade in the leaves. I’ll give a stress relieving foliar spray in a couple of days and see how it comes along.
I’ve also been slack about tidy up down low.
CBD#1
Day 97 (+49/36)
This one is looking great apart from a sudden curl-down claw in leaves that kicked in a couple of weeks ago. I think i was a symptom of the lack of wicking action in the soil. It’s in a regular pot (4.5gal/19L approx) and because of the gnats, I watered it from the bottom in the hopes of pissing them off a bit by letting the top layer dry out (and keeping the perlite layer dry). I think it was after that the curl down happened so maybe it just had super ‘wet feet’ and a dry top and didn’t like it.
Since then it’s had 2 more waterings (including an eco neem soil drench for one of them - for the gnats) and I did those my usual style of top down-bottom up (half in the tray and half down the top). It’s looking ok still but still clawing - Probably won’t reverse that now.
Tips are also a little burned and I wonder if this super soil is a tad hot. I didn’t make it so i can’t really know. It’s definitely very rich! Not a huge really deal because, for the most part, the plants in it look pretty wonderful. Just ruminating on it.
Very bushy in the lowers I know! I actually have thinned it out a little
The fans are taking a turn towards frosty too...
Nepal Jam x Kali China
Day 46 (+24/12)
What a lovely plant in structure and features! I am liking this one a lot. It’s in the rehearsal AutoPot. I love seeing it next to the CBD#1 and seeing their different growth structures. THis NJ x KC is lanky and sparse but with beautiful broad flat leaves, strong branching and a really gorgeous stem, yes the stem... I’m very taken with the stem
I am really enjoying this last one to grow and look forward to next time when I top it and aim for more yield - assuming i enjoy the toke of course, that remains to be seen
*I should note here that it has not been watered since transplant until last night - in a 14L (3gal) pot. That’s an indication of how heavy/dense this soil is I think. The plants grow fine in it but it takes a lot longer to dry out that what I’m used to and doesn’t take up nearly as much water as I’m used to either - so the transition to this supersoil is making me re-discover my watering methods.
So, there, the final flowering run of 2020 is well underway and my end-of-year harvest festival will start in a few weeks. Looking forward to that i am thinking I will harvest the non-topped plants in 2 steps by taking the main cola first and then raising up the lowers for some more ripening time. It’s been on my Monday and then i saw someone else planning the same (cant remember who
) and that solidified the idea. It seems a good plan for the CBD#1 especially - with it’s multiple flowers down low. All plans subject to change of course!Many, many wishes of goodness to you all, my growing family
, from my growing family...And a special hello from a local friend
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Stay safe and strong out there
Hi Amy! Great update. The plants are gorgeous as usual... 
How nice that you are going to get a light sent your way! I know it’s an honor to win, but the prize must really make it sweeter!
I’m sure many others have done it, but I recently harvested a Dreamberry auto in three stages. The top first, a week or so later I harvested the middle, and then a week or two later the bottom. The three levels were definitely not ripening at the same time and I didn’t want to have any couchlock as this was a grow for my daughter. It honestly worked out well. I dried and cured them separately too, so we could possibly tell the difference. Not sure my daughter understands why there are three separate jars, but she did say “that Dreamberry is no joke” so I take that as a win!
How nice that you are going to get a light sent your way! I know it’s an honor to win, but the prize must really make it sweeter! I’m sure many others have done it, but I recently harvested a Dreamberry auto in three stages. The top first, a week or so later I harvested the middle, and then a week or two later the bottom. The three levels were definitely not ripening at the same time and I didn’t want to have any couchlock as this was a grow for my daughter. It honestly worked out well. I dried and cured them separately too, so we could possibly tell the difference. Not sure my daughter understands why there are three separate jars, but she did say “that Dreamberry is no joke” so I take that as a win!