Ase's Multi-Strain Quadlining In Coco

[HiddenGrow]

Mind - Body - Soul

I've learned a lot reading your journals Ase. With everything happening I wish you good luck and great health. Thc is definitely not a cure all and sometimes it can be a hindrance. A tolerance break will help clear your mind. Meditation would probably be a benefit. Even long walks in nature may help.
Your plants show you are a caring individual. Good things will come your way.

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

I will for sure be exploring more of these strains. I still have a grip of the CBDream that my girlfriend grew and it has been fantastic. I still haven't made my topicals with it but that should be happening in the next couple weeks. I still will have a jar or two left after that as CBD is supposed to help more with the anti-anxiety. THC really is the culprit in making anxiety worse. I will heavily be doing more research on CBD strains here during my break.



Well you nailed the "burn the candle at both ends" type. Both my girlfriend and I are like that and we both agreed we just need to be a little more selfish going forward. She's been pretty worn out lately too. Speaking of my girl, she had immediately told me she thinks we need to do yoga. I pretty much have a full gym in my garage with a TV and mats and everything so with the weather warming up now in the PNW, I think I'm going to give it a shot. Plus I do a lot of repetitive lifting in both my jobs so yoga would naturally just make me feel better. Thanks for the suggestion!

If I could be so bold, there are some free episodes for beginners yoga on prime. I feel much better, even after just 10 minutes, if I’m not able do a whole session. Sometimes it’s a little easier to try something new with a good recommendation. Mindful breathing is what helps with any panic attacks I’ve had. Anyway, hope I’m not going on for too long about it! Here’s the video I like the best. Good luck my friend!

 

[Asesino85]

Day 76 GSC/DTF, Day 49 Tangerine Dream

Finally with a full day off I was able to harvest the Durban Thunderfuck. Another solid yield this one is going to be and still has that funky slap you in the face smell to it. I'll give a full review of it once it is done and cured but this one was a pleasure to grow.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019

That leaves the GSC all alone in it's own tent now. I think she will really like this. This GSC is a big girl and I expect the yield to follow suit. The colas on the mains are just getting pretty out of control.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019
• 1

Last but not least the Tangerine Dream is going into the final 1/3 of flower stage now and should really put on weight. There is a noticeable sagging going on in the branches and it is no longer nice and even. By sagging it's actually helping the airflow around each cola. I hope I don't have to do too much to hold it up and it just holds on it's own but there is still a solid 3-4 weeks left where it just should be getting denser and heavier. I just am now starting to see a very small amount of amber hairs so definitely still a while until the end.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019

 

[Homer Simpson]

Day 76 GSC/DTF, Day 49 Tangerine Dream

Finally with a full day off I was able to harvest the Durban Thunderfuck. Another solid yield this one is going to be and still has that funky slap you in the face smell to it. I'll give a full review of it once it is done and cured but this one was a pleasure to grow.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019

That leaves the GSC all alone in it's own tent now. I think she will really like this. This GSC is a big girl and I expect the yield to follow suit. The colas on the mains are just getting pretty out of control.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019
• 1

Last but not least the Tangerine Dream is going into the final 1/3 of flower stage now and should really put on weight. There is a noticeable sagging going on in the branches and it is no longer nice and even. By sagging it's actually helping the airflow around each cola. I hope I don't have to do too much to hold it up and it just holds on it's own but there is still a solid 3-4 weeks left where it just should be getting denser and heavier. I just am now starting to see a very small amount of amber hairs so definitely still a while until the end.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019

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• Asesino85
• Mar 15, 2019

Fantastic plants! Very impressive and inspiring!!

 

[flashmp3]

Fire grow! Kind of grow we re ll dreaming to achieve! Those buds are so huge!

 

[Van Stank]

Great updates and glad to hear you are feeling a little better. Awesome job on the DTF. I took mine at day 80. Lost about 1/3 of the main cola to mold. Are you getting any sour, lemon, or fuel from yours?

 

[Dutchman1990]

Amazing plants Ase and solid harvest! Well done!

 

[Asesino85]

Great updates and glad to hear you are feeling a little better. Awesome job on the DTF. I took mine at day 80. Lost about 1/3 of the main cola to mold. Are you getting any sour, lemon, or fuel from yours?

Thanks VS! Sucks to hear about mold. I know I preach about quadlining a lot but a big reason I do it is because it opens the plant up and helps prevent the dreaded mold. I start to get a little nervous when colas start getting really big because of it. I am getting almost no lemon at all. Most of it is an earthy/sour/fuel funk. It really isn't a pleasant smell, like the berry or citrus strains, but it most definitely smells like it is going to mess you up. Never smelt anything quite like it. I'm anxious to see what it smells like in the jars once it starts curing.

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Damn Ase! So sorry to read about the negative issues you’ve been having! You already know that I can relate. My fear of the anxiety that sativas in particular give me is very real and has turned me into a puff or 2 type of smoker. I will tell you a couple things that have really helped me. One is CBD oil. I’m a distributor for Hempworx and I use the 500 mg oil daily. But more specifically....if I feel a panic attack or paranoia or anxiety coming on after smoking......just a few drops takes it away almost immediately. It’s like it takes that negative edge off of the high and just lets me enjoy all the rest of it. Also, I’ve found that when I vape e-juice mj that it never comes with the anxiety part. If you decide to continue smoking maybe these could help keep it enjoyable for you. Or if anyone else has similar issues then maybe this will help.
Anyway.....again...sorry for the stress of everything you got going on. Hoping for the best outcome for you my friend!

I friggin love the DTF girl! Those mains are unbelievable! And of course the TD.

 

[Van Stank]

Thanks VS! Sucks to hear about mold. I know I preach about quadlining a lot but a big reason I do it is because it opens the plant up and helps prevent the dreaded mold. I start to get a little nervous when colas start getting really big because of it. I am getting almost no lemon at all. Most of it is an earthy/sour/fuel funk. It really isn't a pleasant smell, like the berry or citrus strains, but it most definitely smells like it is going to mess you up. Never smelt anything quite like it. I'm anxious to see what it smells like in the jars once it starts curing.

Yeah its a result of letting her go untopped. I wanted to pull her around 70 days specifically to avoid what happened.....but I wanted to try and let her finish up.

Sounds like the smells are very similar. There are some earthy undertones to mine but they come and go. I got a decent 2.5-3 hour high from the last of the tester I took from day 70. Very happy with it so far and I am really looking forward to trying her after the cure.

 

[Asesino85]

Damn Ase! So sorry to read about the negative issues you’ve been having! You already know that I can relate. My fear of the anxiety that sativas in particular give me is very real and has turned me into a puff or 2 type of smoker. I will tell you a couple things that have really helped me. One is CBD oil. I’m a distributor for Hempworx and I use the 500 mg oil daily. But more specifically....if I feel a panic attack or paranoia or anxiety coming on after smoking......just a few drops takes it away almost immediately. It’s like it takes that negative edge off of the high and just lets me enjoy all the rest of it. Also, I’ve found that when I vape e-juice mj that it never comes with the anxiety part. If you decide to continue smoking maybe these could help keep it enjoyable for you. Or if anyone else has similar issues then maybe this will help.
Anyway.....again...sorry for the stress of everything you got going on. Hoping for the best outcome for you my friend!

I friggin love the DTF girl! Those mains are unbelievable! And of course the TD.

The funny part was when these attack flared up a couple months ago I was having issues smoking any strains that the word purple in it. The two major attacks I had recently were both from ATF which is a high sativa strain. I've been smoking ATF for months now without any ill effect. All in all the attacks happened because of me not taking care of my body. Going too long without eating, not eating enough, not sleeping enough, not enough hydration and just overworking myself physically. I've never been able to just turn my brain off, I'm always thinking about something or planning so that wasn't a new thing but there is always an underlying "worry" effect from that and I've had that since college. Weed normally does the trick but when my body and mind are so depleted, I guess I've found that I need to really back off how much I smoke during those times so it doesn't trigger an attack. I have recently smoked and it was the CBDream my girl grew and I felt really good. Sounds like I need to look into that CBD oil though as that sounds like a great recommendation and something I'd really like to try if it takes the negative edge off.

I really am not a fan of vaping unfortunately but I'll keep that in mind if these attacks continue when I start smoking non CBD flower again. I think if I just keep my body better nourished and get more sleep though that it will solve 95% of my problems. I've been sleeping like a rock lately and I feel better than I have in 4-5 months. I usually wake up an hour or so before my alarm and have for years but lately I've managed to sleep right up until my alarm without waking up at all during the night. My alarm actually scared me the first time it happened.. lol! Thanks for the tips Magoo!

 

[Homer Simpson]

Really sorry to read about your condition Asesino. I find myself agreeing with you that cannabis is not the cure-all panacea that is often advocated out here. I am 59 years old and I smoked chronically over an ounce a week for at least a decade in my 30s and 40s and then I didn’t consume any cannabis for 17 years until this year when it became legal in Canada.

I met a lady who told me that CBD oil was doing miracles for her arthritis which interested me because I retired as soon as I could with full pension because of my arthritic knees. So I did buy some CBD oil and it did seem to help especially with inflammation but also stiffness. So when it became legalized I started growing my own plants.

I admit I used to love the feeling of being high from cannabis when I was younger and really only quit because of the cost and the hassle of procuring a contraband substance but now that I am 59 it just doesn’t feel the same. I remember it being soothing and calming and putting me in a euphoric mood but now I have a feeling of anxiety and unease when I am high. It does though relieve boredom and loneliness and just makes everything seem more interesting but I don’t get that old comfortable calm euphoric feeling I remembered; I don’t know if I am remembering it wrong or if it changes as you get older.

But one thing it does for me is I am sleeping like a baby. I have always been a troubled sleeper and the older I get the more trouble I have falling asleep and I wake up during the night every hour or two but with cannabis, I just drift off to sleep and hardly wake up at all but if I do I fall right back to sleep.

So basically I am kind of disappointed that it isn’t that old relaxing friend I remembered but the fact it keeps my knees feeling better and less inflamed and I am sleeping well at night and it makes things more fun and interesting I am going to continue using it but it’s not like I remembered. So I appreciate you having a more realistic evaluation of it. And now I spend the days straight and just take it in the evening, unlike the old days when I started my day with a coffee and a joint.

But the main reason I wrote this was to say that I think it might be affecting my heart also. I just retired this year and I admit I have been extremely lazy and inactive this winter so I can’t definitively say it is the cannabis but I know my heart has been skipping a beat for a decade or two occasionally but last week it was doing it regularly and I wonder if there may be a connection. I went to my doctor and I’m going to get checked out but I read that there is a loose association to cannabis and heart problems and high blood pressure. So yes it does have beneficial attributes and is worth investigation but it is no panacea and there are downsides.

I have been consuming my meds by making oil so I am taking my orally and I wonder if that may have less of a negative impact on you if you went that route as it doesn’t have that rush like smoking does. I have some Cannatonic that is a few weeks away from harvest and I’m looking forward to how that high CBD strain affects me.

Anyways sorry for the long ramble but I just wanted to say how I appreciated the honesty of your post and how I agree with you that there are two sides to this cannabis story. Hope things work out with you and thanks for sharing your story. What I like most about cannanbis is the great people I have met out here!

 

[Asesino85]

Day 80 GSC, Day 53 Tangerine Dream, DTF Harvest

Well this update is pretty positive news so light up a bowl and read on! My health gets better day by day. I've been smoking a little bit of the CBDream that my girlfriend grew and I seem to be doing fine with it. I'm slowly trying to smoke again but just in small increments and not overdoing it. Day by day things seem to get a little better and I get a little more confident in how hard I can push myself with work and I am really trying to pay attention to signs when I need to slow down. I've done a little yoga here and there, some stretching and also a little meditation and all have helped. My girlfriend is a massage therapist and she learned something called craniosacral massage in her studies. I remembered the other day and had her perform it on me and oh boy did it work wonders. For those of you who could relate to my story with anxiety, panic attacks and just overloading with too much stress, seriously take a look into getting a craniosacral massage. I was asleep in minutes and when I woke up I hadn't felt that good in months.

I jarred and weighed the DTF today. @Van Stank I was finally able to smell a bit of the lemon scent now that it was dry. Still got that pungent sour funk but a little bit of that earthy scent went away and a little bit of lemon snuck in there. Maybe it will get a little more in the jars but I think it's perfect how it is. I am really excited to smoke it in a few weeks (assuming my health is ready for it) and give a full report on it. The weather is getting better though and I really want to smoke it as my outdoor activities strain. It ended up with a very solid yield as well. 141 grams total which now brings my Multi-Strain total to 349 grams with the GSC still yet to be finished. If the DTF netted me just over 5 ounces then I am pretty sure this GSC is going to be at least 6 if not 7. Would be cool to hit about 550 grams total for that tent but I think either way this will be my largest yield for a Multi-Strain grow.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 19, 2019

Speaking of the GSC. I probably should check some trichs on her soon but I still see white hairs and growth so I know she's still got at least a week left. She has been one incredible plant and she was definitely the surprise of the bunch. Her 4 main colas are just unreal in size and I can't wait to harvest her and see the results. She will likely go down as my biggest single plant ever but that will be passed up by the Tangerine Dream here when she is ready. Either way I am very happy camper with this Multi-Strain grow and it's a perfect time to hit some good numbers with a grow break on the horizon. Should have plenty of meds to probably get me and the girl through the year if I don't start up again between now and then.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 19, 2019

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• Asesino85
• Mar 19, 2019

I also can't say enough about this Tangerine Dream. Words just pretty much don't do it justice. Never before have you been able to smell that I am growing in my house from the outside but if you come up to any of the doors you can smell it. I just can't contain the smell she is giving off and I am really excited to harvest the GSC at some point so it's just the smell of Tangerine Dream. Trichs are starting to build up nicely and the leaves are still nice and healthy. She is starting to sag and some of the outer branches will have to be tied up for support but she's a resilient girl and seems to be loving the space she is in. I still really have no idea what the yield could be on this one but I'm not sure I could have let her get too much bigger in the tent she's in. The colas are stacked nicely though and there is frost everywhere so this is going to be some great stuff either way.

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• Asesino85
• Mar 19, 2019

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• Asesino85
• Mar 19, 2019

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• Asesino85
• Mar 19, 2019

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• Asesino85
• Mar 19, 2019

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Love the pic of the TD form underneath. Spectacular canopy even from below! Great job Ase! How many fingers are on the biggest fans on that girl? I see some with 9 but some seem even bigger. Just curious!

 

[Asesino85]

Love the pic of the TD form underneath. Spectacular canopy even from below! Great job Ase! How many fingers are on the biggest fans on that girl? I see some with 9 but some seem even bigger. Just curious!

Technically I have a couple leaves that have 13 fingers although two of those fingers are really really small. Definitely have a handful that have 11 fingers but most are 9.

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Awesome!!

 

[Dutchman1990]

She’s a beauty and a big ol gal! Can’t wait to see how she turns out and what you get off her! Well done Ase!

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

So glad to hear you’re taking care and feeling better Ase. That tangie is just unbelievably beautiful.

 

[HiddenGrow]

You are left with two monster plants.

It's good to hear you're feeling better. Everything is day by day.

 

[DobeWan]

Awesome to hear that things are already improving for you health wise.

Congrats on the DTF harvest, it looks fantastic.

That GSC is insane - that one cola in the front looks like an arm. About how wide around is it?

And Tangerine Dream looks like the plant of a lifetime... I can't wait to see the finish.