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Emmie's LSD Grow Log
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Emilya Green
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Emm, have you ever grown directly on top of a root ball?
not sure I understand your question DrZiggy...
if you are asking about this no till idea, no, I have never tried it. My concept of it however is that the center mass of the old rootball is removed and the disconnected roots that remain eventually break down.
Please tell me what you are thinking though... good idea, bad idea?
I have planted on more than several occasions directly on top of the root ball. Its what happens in nature when seeds drop, they germinate directly on top of the old grow. My Colombian Gold dropped 6 seeds(CG pollenated
) into the 2 gal softee i grew it in on the root ball. They are here. 
I theorized...( of course stoned!
) that the new roots attach to the still living roots, and their attached symbiotic biota, of the previous plant and like the BORG or a neural net, start feeding with it. I know, great weed, right?
well, Its worked great...I have in my 1st and 2nd journals grows that included grows on top of root balls.
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Emilya Green
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I have planted on more than several occasions directly on top of the root ball. Its what happens in nature when seeds drop, they germinate directly on top of the old grow. My Colombian Gold dropped 6 seeds(CG pollenated
I theorized...( of course stoned!
I know, great weed, right?
well, Its worked great...I have in my 1st and 2nd journals grows that included grows on top of root balls.
wow, that is really cool! no, never have tried that, but it sounds like a fun way to grow an auto to me... and I happen to have to master work auto seeds that need to be popped one of these days... you got me thinkin!
Thanks DrZiggy!!
I wish that critter would have made it. It arrived on a blast of Canadian air but Massachussetts is outside it's comfort zone. It didn't stick around.
I had to go on a once every 3 day neem foliar spray to control spider mites actually visible walking around in webs. .. The girls responded to the neem spray and mite stress with faster and stickier harvests. .. The spiders and other bugs responded by disappearing from the grow areas.
SM-90 works well for spider mites 
..mostly coriander oil.
HB growers get few to no pest..
I had a friend visit and left me spider mites..nice gift-- NOT ..I got some SM-90, within 2 rx..done.I had a couple of webs on the leaves
..mostly coriander oil.HB growers get few to no pest..
I had a friend visit and left me spider mites..nice gift-- NOT ..I got some SM-90, within 2 rx..done.I had a couple of webs on the leaves
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Emilya Green
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(flower, day 35)
Color continues to return to the bloom room as every other day watering continues. I have been attempting to brew up an equivalent to FoxFarm Big Bloom, and used that to add to my water last night.
Big Bloom tea:
1/2 cup earthworm castings
1 tbl kelp meal
1 tsp high N bat guano
1 tsp high P bat guano
1 tbl soft rock phosphate
1 tbl sulfate of potash magnesia
(I still don't have this totally figured out, but I suspect that at some point about 72 hours in, the microherd specific to processing the phosphate really start multiplying fast. This will be an ongoing experiment until I figure out how to beat the cost of $18/quart of this commercial product by figuring out a usable knockoff of the FoxFarm formula)
I am planning one more strong AACT flowering tea for the room and then we are going to start reducing the nutes being fed to the girls. The next tea will be a late flowering tea as suggested by The Rev, where we start limiting the amounts of nitrogen and magnesium given to the girls. Also, in weeks 6-8 we will be going to plain RO water only between the once a week finishing tea applications.
Late Flowering (Finishing) Tea:
1 cup earthworm castings or compost
1/4 cup Big Bloom (or similar NPK liquid)
1 tsp kelp meal
1 tsp molasses
Here is the entire garden, a lot more green than brown and yellow now!
Although you can see her in the group shot at the front right, here is a closeup of our star, our LSD:
And with her harvest window not opening for another 25 days, here are some of her buds that will no doubt be magnificent by that time. Please note that they are just starting to peak and that if I were going to do the backfill technique, this would probably be the time to snip off the tip tops of some of these tops. I almost snipped a couple last night while I was in there... just couldn't do it yet though... maybe tomorrow.
Color continues to return to the bloom room as every other day watering continues. I have been attempting to brew up an equivalent to FoxFarm Big Bloom, and used that to add to my water last night.
Big Bloom tea:
1/2 cup earthworm castings
1 tbl kelp meal
1 tsp high N bat guano
1 tsp high P bat guano
1 tbl soft rock phosphate
1 tbl sulfate of potash magnesia
(I still don't have this totally figured out, but I suspect that at some point about 72 hours in, the microherd specific to processing the phosphate really start multiplying fast. This will be an ongoing experiment until I figure out how to beat the cost of $18/quart of this commercial product by figuring out a usable knockoff of the FoxFarm formula)
I am planning one more strong AACT flowering tea for the room and then we are going to start reducing the nutes being fed to the girls. The next tea will be a late flowering tea as suggested by The Rev, where we start limiting the amounts of nitrogen and magnesium given to the girls. Also, in weeks 6-8 we will be going to plain RO water only between the once a week finishing tea applications.
Late Flowering (Finishing) Tea:
1 cup earthworm castings or compost
1/4 cup Big Bloom (or similar NPK liquid)
1 tsp kelp meal
1 tsp molasses
Here is the entire garden, a lot more green than brown and yellow now!
Although you can see her in the group shot at the front right, here is a closeup of our star, our LSD:
And with her harvest window not opening for another 25 days, here are some of her buds that will no doubt be magnificent by that time. Please note that they are just starting to peak and that if I were going to do the backfill technique, this would probably be the time to snip off the tip tops of some of these tops. I almost snipped a couple last night while I was in there... just couldn't do it yet though... maybe tomorrow.
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Emilya Green
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Today is a big turning point in the bloom tent. Three of the plants are now in the last two weeks and will be given water only from here on out, with the single exception of an AACT finishing tea (referenced above) once a week till the end.
The other three plants, our LSD included, still have another week to go to get to this point. They will still get nutrients or molasses with each watering for this next week. Emmie has been forced to pay a little more attention during watering to keep track of all of this, but the results speak for themselves.
Also, watch for the comparison pictures showing the results of the backbuilding method ... I did eventually get brave enough to do it, on a couple of buds anyway.
First, the group of plants who are still 1 week away from that critical last 2 weeks of flower:
LSD - backbuilding snipped
LSD - without the snip
Here is the Tangerine Dream, starting to build her red trichomes and her very pretty flowers:
Green Crack starting to chunk up:
Then, from the group in the last 2 weeks, first our Royal Queen Critical, who's harvest window opens up in a week and 2 days:
and lastly, AK-47, who's harvest window opens up in a week and 6 days... the first one snipped for backbuilding:
AK-47 not snipped:
Have a great day everyone! Blessings from Emmie's garden!
The other three plants, our LSD included, still have another week to go to get to this point. They will still get nutrients or molasses with each watering for this next week. Emmie has been forced to pay a little more attention during watering to keep track of all of this, but the results speak for themselves.
Also, watch for the comparison pictures showing the results of the backbuilding method ... I did eventually get brave enough to do it, on a couple of buds anyway.
First, the group of plants who are still 1 week away from that critical last 2 weeks of flower:
LSD - backbuilding snipped
LSD - without the snip
Here is the Tangerine Dream, starting to build her red trichomes and her very pretty flowers:
Green Crack starting to chunk up:
Then, from the group in the last 2 weeks, first our Royal Queen Critical, who's harvest window opens up in a week and 2 days:
and lastly, AK-47, who's harvest window opens up in a week and 6 days... the first one snipped for backbuilding:
AK-47 not snipped:
Have a great day everyone! Blessings from Emmie's garden!
millertm
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Great color and shape, looking great in your garden.
Cheers
Sent from my SPH-L720T using 420
Cheers
Sent from my SPH-L720T using 420
Looking fabulous Em. I like the idea of the back building technique, On an eight week strain when would an ideal time to give the haircut? I'm thinking around the 5 week mark, this would give 1 to 2 weeks of nutes and plumping up the bud before the final flush. I am going to be doing this technique on about half the buds on each of my plants just to see the difference.
Keep up the great work!!
Keep up the great work!!
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Emilya Green
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Looking fabulous Em. I like the idea of the back building technique, On an eight week strain when would an ideal time to give the haircut? I'm thinking around the 5 week mark, this would give 1 to 2 weeks of nutes and plumping up the bud before the final flush. I am going to be doing this technique on about half the buds on each of my plants just to see the difference.
Keep up the great work!!
yep, 5 weeks sounds about right. Doc is the expert on this though, and I remember making a mental note when reading his description of the technique that it would be right about the time they started peaking, and really taking on that conical shape that they do about at the 5 week point. I just snipped off the very tinsiest bit too... and it seems to be working well. I may have to start doing this a lot more too.
It only takes a few hairs to be snipped, I counted well over a hundred flower tops on my girls, to do them all wouldn't take to long, I'm thinking 1/2 hour or so. It maybe worth while todo them all and just leave a couple untrimed. I have a few weeks before I need to decide.
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Emilya Green
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(flower, day 43)
Tonight we find our garden at the dawn of the 43rd day. This puts Royal Queen Critical, AK-47 and Cookies Kush in the last two weeks before each of their harvest windows opens up, and they are on water only, except for the next watering which will be a 48 hour finishing tea. In another week I will give anyone not in the harvest window another finishing tea, and I doubt they will need any more than that.
The rest of the tent, Tangerine Dream, Green Crack and our LSD are still on full vitamins and molasses between teas, until next Saturday, when the entire tent plunges into that special abuse period known as the last two weeks. I use Google Calendar to keep track of all this by the way... it is a wonderful tool, and allows me to know exactly where each plant is in its cycle, and easily work with multiple strains in the tent at the same time, with completely different flowering times.
Tonight I decided that the garden now looks so good, and has responded so well to the treatment in the last few weeks, that I will now widen out the camera lens a bit and show you how things really look. A good photographer can sometimes trick you and show you only what she wants you to see, and although I love the compliments on the garden and my pictures, without the tight shots you would easily see that Emmie's garden is not perfect by any means. Tonight I want to show you the entire plants, complete with flaws, but also to show you how pretty some of them have become, and how strong! You will see how I use a combination of string and binder clips along with various sized plant stakes to keep everyone standing up at attention, but this time, the plants are holding up quite nicely with very minimal support.
I am absolutely over the moon with excitement as I look at my garden tonight. Some of these buds are already some of the biggest I have ever seen, and the amount of trichomes showing on all the plants is obviously the best I have ever accomplished to date. Water use is off the scale, and it is getting worse! lol... we are now up at least another gallon or two... this is getting ridiculous. Plants that I grew out last time and thought I knew, are completely blowing me away this time with what they are really capable of. Each plant is showing clear color and shape differences that are dramatically more pronounced than I have ever seen in my tents, proving to me in one run that I have never actually seen a plant fully express itself until now.
This has been a fun run and I have already learned a ton about organic growing. Over the next few months as I wrap up this grow and move into the next one, even more techniques will be being used in an attempt to further fine tune this organic growing thing and learn all I can. I am now doing experiments with creating Fermented Plant Extracts, to produce my own homemade equivalents to many of the organic fertilizers, drenches, inoculants and boosters that are available commercially. Please check out the beginnings of this research in my threads:
Emmie's Backyard Fermented Plant Extracts from Dandelions!
Making your own Lactobacillus Serum
So, without further ado... let's look at some pictures!
First of course, our LSD, the star of this show:
To her left, you probably noticed Tangerine Dream trying to sneak into the shot. Here she is in full splendor, and with a bud closeup to make her feel a bit more important:
Here is our former problem child, Cookies Kush, now getting on with things and going to finish out quite nicely. She won't be a huge producer, but I do expect some better than average smoke out of her.
Next is the one that is totally blowing me away, Green Crack. This run's Crack, a clone of the one from the last run, looks totally different. I like the change!
Lastly for tonight, the massive Royal Queen Critical. Her buds are huge and are filling in with trichomes very nicely. I am looking forward to smoking some of this soon!
That's all for tonight! Blessings from Emmie's garden!
Tonight we find our garden at the dawn of the 43rd day. This puts Royal Queen Critical, AK-47 and Cookies Kush in the last two weeks before each of their harvest windows opens up, and they are on water only, except for the next watering which will be a 48 hour finishing tea. In another week I will give anyone not in the harvest window another finishing tea, and I doubt they will need any more than that.
The rest of the tent, Tangerine Dream, Green Crack and our LSD are still on full vitamins and molasses between teas, until next Saturday, when the entire tent plunges into that special abuse period known as the last two weeks. I use Google Calendar to keep track of all this by the way... it is a wonderful tool, and allows me to know exactly where each plant is in its cycle, and easily work with multiple strains in the tent at the same time, with completely different flowering times.
Tonight I decided that the garden now looks so good, and has responded so well to the treatment in the last few weeks, that I will now widen out the camera lens a bit and show you how things really look. A good photographer can sometimes trick you and show you only what she wants you to see, and although I love the compliments on the garden and my pictures, without the tight shots you would easily see that Emmie's garden is not perfect by any means. Tonight I want to show you the entire plants, complete with flaws, but also to show you how pretty some of them have become, and how strong! You will see how I use a combination of string and binder clips along with various sized plant stakes to keep everyone standing up at attention, but this time, the plants are holding up quite nicely with very minimal support.
I am absolutely over the moon with excitement as I look at my garden tonight. Some of these buds are already some of the biggest I have ever seen, and the amount of trichomes showing on all the plants is obviously the best I have ever accomplished to date. Water use is off the scale, and it is getting worse! lol... we are now up at least another gallon or two... this is getting ridiculous. Plants that I grew out last time and thought I knew, are completely blowing me away this time with what they are really capable of. Each plant is showing clear color and shape differences that are dramatically more pronounced than I have ever seen in my tents, proving to me in one run that I have never actually seen a plant fully express itself until now.
This has been a fun run and I have already learned a ton about organic growing. Over the next few months as I wrap up this grow and move into the next one, even more techniques will be being used in an attempt to further fine tune this organic growing thing and learn all I can. I am now doing experiments with creating Fermented Plant Extracts, to produce my own homemade equivalents to many of the organic fertilizers, drenches, inoculants and boosters that are available commercially. Please check out the beginnings of this research in my threads:
Emmie's Backyard Fermented Plant Extracts from Dandelions!
Making your own Lactobacillus Serum
So, without further ado... let's look at some pictures!
First of course, our LSD, the star of this show:
To her left, you probably noticed Tangerine Dream trying to sneak into the shot. Here she is in full splendor, and with a bud closeup to make her feel a bit more important:
Here is our former problem child, Cookies Kush, now getting on with things and going to finish out quite nicely. She won't be a huge producer, but I do expect some better than average smoke out of her.
Next is the one that is totally blowing me away, Green Crack. This run's Crack, a clone of the one from the last run, looks totally different. I like the change!
Lastly for tonight, the massive Royal Queen Critical. Her buds are huge and are filling in with trichomes very nicely. I am looking forward to smoking some of this soon!
That's all for tonight! Blessings from Emmie's garden!
Happy 4/20 Em. Sending lots of love to you and the garden.
After that post I took a stroll through your garden. My heavens Emilya, such beautiful flowers are in here!
That green crack is one of my all time favorites and you're doing her very well. I remember that dense stalky look of her buds and that's exactly what I see here.
When I grew this girl I was still in my early stages of education in cannabis and I was still molesting my buds with my fingers. I would squeeze the nugs and boy were they hard as rock!! These days I never get to feel the density until after harvest, maybe with some gloves on.
Keep it up girl! You're killing things over here and I know you're going to be one happy camper when it through!
That green crack is one of my all time favorites and you're doing her very well. I remember that dense stalky look of her buds and that's exactly what I see here.
When I grew this girl I was still in my early stages of education in cannabis and I was still molesting my buds with my fingers. I would squeeze the nugs and boy were they hard as rock!! These days I never get to feel the density until after harvest, maybe with some gloves on.
Keep it up girl! You're killing things over here and I know you're going to be one happy camper when it through!
Having had a 420 toke and strolling through your garden and seeing the initials LSD, I am prompted to share a few thoughts.
Chemically, the synthetic hallucinogen created by Dr. Albert Hoffman, LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) is very similar to LSA (Lysergic Acid Amide), a chemical occurring naturally in Morning Glory flowers. Morning Glory seeds have a history of hallucinogenic use in Mexico.
Although synthesized in 1938, the first reports of LSD intentionally used as a hallucinogen by Dr. Albert Hoffmann are dated to 4/19, 1943 (73 years ago yesterday.)
After this first acid trip, Abbie Hoffman refocussed his research directions towards investigated Psylocybin, Moring Glory and other natural hallucinogens.
According to famliy lore on my stepchildren's side, in 1946-47 Timothy Leary was in possession of a significant amount LSD prepared by a Mexican chemist and brought back to the USA by an importer along with Central American artifacts located in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts America's Wing. Timothy Leary, the Importer, and Billy Graham partook of said LSD together.
After this religous experience, Billy Graham dedicating his life to Christian Evangelism which led to his world-wide renown.
In 1962 Timothy Leary, led Boston University Theology students in an investigation of the psylocibin mushroom known as The Marsh Chapel Experiment (Marsh Chapel is the church in the center of the Boston University campus.)
Interviewed many years later, many of the former theology students, including those working as professional ministers, identified The Marsh Chapel Experiment as the most significant religious experience of their lives.
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Chemically, the synthetic hallucinogen created by Dr. Albert Hoffman, LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) is very similar to LSA (Lysergic Acid Amide), a chemical occurring naturally in Morning Glory flowers. Morning Glory seeds have a history of hallucinogenic use in Mexico.
Although synthesized in 1938, the first reports of LSD intentionally used as a hallucinogen by Dr. Albert Hoffmann are dated to 4/19, 1943 (73 years ago yesterday.)
After this first acid trip, Abbie Hoffman refocussed his research directions towards investigated Psylocybin, Moring Glory and other natural hallucinogens.
According to famliy lore on my stepchildren's side, in 1946-47 Timothy Leary was in possession of a significant amount LSD prepared by a Mexican chemist and brought back to the USA by an importer along with Central American artifacts located in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts America's Wing. Timothy Leary, the Importer, and Billy Graham partook of said LSD together.
After this religous experience, Billy Graham dedicating his life to Christian Evangelism which led to his world-wide renown.
In 1962 Timothy Leary, led Boston University Theology students in an investigation of the psylocibin mushroom known as The Marsh Chapel Experiment (Marsh Chapel is the church in the center of the Boston University campus.)
Interviewed many years later, many of the former theology students, including those working as professional ministers, identified The Marsh Chapel Experiment as the most significant religious experience of their lives.
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Emilya Green
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(Flower, Day 48)
As of Saturday, all of the plants in the tent are at least in the last two weeks. From now on, with the exception of one more finishing tea at the end of this week, it is water only for everyone. LSD is in this group, and she will get special attention on the next update.
Three of the plants are now within days of their harvest windows. I have taken some closeups of each of these to see if what I see with the trichomes agree with the calendar.
First, Royal Queen Critical
Her harvest window opens tomorrow, 4/26. The pictures say that she is not yet ready, showing no amber trichomes and still some clear.
Next is Cookies Kush. Her harvest window opens Wednesday 4/27
Looking closely at her pictures show a good collection of amber trichomes. She is ready and will be harvested Tuesday night before sunrise.
Lastly, AK-47. Her harvest window opens on Saturday, 4/30. Closeups do not show any amber trichomes and still a lot of clear. She is not yet ready.
As of Saturday, all of the plants in the tent are at least in the last two weeks. From now on, with the exception of one more finishing tea at the end of this week, it is water only for everyone. LSD is in this group, and she will get special attention on the next update.
Three of the plants are now within days of their harvest windows. I have taken some closeups of each of these to see if what I see with the trichomes agree with the calendar.
First, Royal Queen Critical
Her harvest window opens tomorrow, 4/26. The pictures say that she is not yet ready, showing no amber trichomes and still some clear.
Next is Cookies Kush. Her harvest window opens Wednesday 4/27
Looking closely at her pictures show a good collection of amber trichomes. She is ready and will be harvested Tuesday night before sunrise.
Lastly, AK-47. Her harvest window opens on Saturday, 4/30. Closeups do not show any amber trichomes and still a lot of clear. She is not yet ready.
Trichs are plumping up nicely Em. Besides week three this is always my favorite time of flower.
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Emilya Green
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First harvest was done tonight before lights on. Cookies Kush, had her harvest window open up today and the trichomes agree... it was time to pull her. Because she had problems in mid flower, she never developed as fully as her cousins around her, and she is most definitely the smallest plant in the tent, and the smallest of the two 5 gallon girls. Our other one in the 5 gallon smart pot is the star of our journal, LSD... so the harvest of this girl tonight is significant in the story of this log.
Although a little disappointing in yield, I have seen worse, and these buds look like they are going to cure out well. We have rains in the midwest right now, and the humidity is perfect for a slow dry and cure. I am going to try a quick dried test bud tonight, but the rest will be saved to be enjoyed with a full cure.
Yield on this little plant was 133.7 grams trimmed, which should end up being about 1.2 oz.
Here she is in my trash can drying bin... the fan comes on for one minute every 4 hours.
Although a little disappointing in yield, I have seen worse, and these buds look like they are going to cure out well. We have rains in the midwest right now, and the humidity is perfect for a slow dry and cure. I am going to try a quick dried test bud tonight, but the rest will be saved to be enjoyed with a full cure.
Yield on this little plant was 133.7 grams trimmed, which should end up being about 1.2 oz.
Here she is in my trash can drying bin... the fan comes on for one minute every 4 hours.