Hyena's Never-Ending Adventures In Growing

Another Monday...and another

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

Got to the GH at 6 am and took a peek at the blooming tent. The good news is, everyone is still flowering.

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Unfortunately, the lack of fresh water for a week hurt them significantly. When a plant goes into hydro-conservation-emergency mode, it sacrifices a LOT of its leaves, and pretty much treats the event like a light intrusion...it stops flowering for a few weeks. So, since this grow is still made up of 12 different phenotypes, they all revealed their hardiness (or lack of) through this stress test. Some are doing far better than others.

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A LOT of lost food-producing leaves has left three of the plants with wispy, under-developed buds...at this point it doesn't seem possible that they could bulk up sufficiently even in another 4 weeks. And this grow is already at the time limit so I'm way behind as a result of these accidents so I'm cutting my losses and planting the next round now in the cloner as soon as I can.

The clones look great:

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Since I'm using more mature cuts this time I hope they buy me back a few weeks and I can get a bit more on schedule. We will see how long these branches take to root...

Meanwhile, everything is slower in Tent #1 as well...these plants are all disappointingly short and bushy...it makes scrogging inefficient at best. And the tighter the plant, the less production. Already this grow has been going since it was cloned December 1st...by now their parent plants from seed would be in full flower and I still have to give this one more week until I can flip it.

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Since I do this for revenue now I'm costing myself a lot of dough by losing a grow per year or even two, at this pace. I will give the final, all-one-pheno grow one chance to totally impress me. If it isn't a faster finisher and the plants can't be lengthened sufficiently, SATURN 5 will become a part of space history. I will go back to seeds and get my grows done in 20 weeks again instead of 25.

So, my next crop might be a little bit slender. To say the least. Oh well, that's growing for ya. At least I have another option for my produce...

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This is incredible hash. After freeze drying it's even more incredible...LUNAR SOIL. So I got that going for me. All my crop can be used for this and it's quite popular already.

So, Spring is almost here and everyone is dressing in their Springlike best.

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I'll bet she can roll a mean fatty.

Peace, Hyena
 
Highya HM,

Sorry about your mishap last time. I agree, cut your losses, and go again!! At least your clones will be ready to go! And that freeze dried hash! Looks incredible! You'll be fine! Cannabis will get you through no money better than money will get you through times of no cannabis!! Happy Smokin'
 
That Lunar Soil looks incredible!

Really sorry to hear about the mishap as well. Too bad there wasn't a sensor or some such that you could monitor remotely to check in without having to drive.

I'm interested in seeing your cloning experiment and wish you the best HM
 
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It's been a bit, so time for another

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

Well...last week's visit was not what I wanted to see. So no update. Frankly I thought I might only get scraps out of my now-so-delayed-its-almost ruined grow, it looked so bad...plus the clones looked like shit and the other tent was only finally ready to flip. Any long voyage has its ups and downs...:thedoubletake::hmmmm:

So this week, everything is much better. Once again I feel the enchanted glow of being a grower!

First, the blooming girls. Okay this grow is weeks late, but it IS blooming again and the plants are back on track, at least as much as they can be...

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I thought I might get next to nothing in here but they have mostly got back to swelling up and getting frosty. Some plants look very nice...

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Others look a bit worn, but still nice colas shaping up

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And two plants, the leafy BIGFOOT phenos, went berserk with leaf growth but they are also thick and frosty

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And a couple plants simply are sparsely flowered compared to what they were last grow...

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Some phenos couldn't handle the stress, others took it in stride. The amazing diversity of cannabis is its strength, too...some will make it no matter what.

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But even the worst few will produce a lot for concentrate making. :yahoo: I am getting this hashmaking thing down!

Here's a pile of hay I kept from my first grow in the Grow House, almost 2 years ago. It is just waste, low-growth scrap buddage and leaves. Watch this...

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I have kept this completely unusable and literally unsmokable weed, about 2 pounds dry, in a garbage bag in my garage for all that time, with no temperature or humidity control, just sitting in the garage for almost 2 years. You would think there was nothing this crap would be good for except start a fire...

Instead, I soak 8 ounces for about 30 minutes then agitate gently, at just the right speed and time...

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Three runs, each strained through 4 screen bubble bags, then fresh freeze dried over 12 hours, resulting in:

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SIXTEEN GRAMS of LUNAR SOIL. The baddest bubble hash on Earth. Or any local planet. So the purest, tastiest hash you ever saw...literally created from scraps. 2 grams an ounce equals over 7 percent. I can't wait to start processing the ten pounds or more of incredible fresh-frozen buds and sugar trim I have waiting...the yield from that may reach 20%.

This will be insane. So I'm the right guy. :headbanger:

That's another Hyena week in this Hyena life...lots of challenges but hard work will always triumph!

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Have a good one!

Peace, Hyena
 
Hyena Merica said:
It's been a bit, so time for another

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

Well...last week's visit was not what I wanted to see. So no update. Frankly I thought I might only get scraps out of my now-so-delayed-its-almost ruined grow, it looked so bad...plus the clones looked like shit and the other tent was only finally ready to flip. Any long voyage has its ups and downs...:thedoubletake::hmmmm:

So this week, everything is much better. Once again I feel the enchanted glow of being a grower!

First, the blooming girls. Okay this grow is weeks late, but it IS blooming again and the plants are back on track, at least as much as they can be...

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I thought I might get next to nothing in here but they have mostly got back to swelling up and getting frosty. Some plants look very nice...

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Others look a bit worn, but still nice colas shaping up

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And two plants, the leafy BIGFOOT phenos, went berserk with leaf growth but they are also thick and frosty

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And a couple plants simply are sparsely flowered compared to what they were last grow...

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Some phenos couldn't handle the stress, others took it in stride. The amazing diversity of cannabis is its strength, too...some will make it no matter what.

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But even the worst few will produce a lot for concentrate making. :yahoo: I am getting this hashmaking thing down!

Here's a pile of hay I kept from my first grow in the Grow House, almost 2 years ago. It is just waste, low-growth scrap buddage and leaves. Watch this...

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I have kept this completely unusable and literally unsmokable weed, about 2 pounds dry, in a garbage bag in my garage for all that time, with no temperature or humidity control, just sitting in the garage for almost 2 years. You would think there was nothing this crap would be good for except start a fire...

Instead, I soak 8 ounces for about 30 minutes then agitate gently, at just the right speed and time...

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Three runs, each strained through 4 screen bubble bags, then fresh freeze dried over 12 hours, resulting in:

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SIXTEEN GRAMS of LUNAR SOIL. The baddest bubble hash on Earth. Or any local planet. So the purest, tastiest hash you ever saw...literally created from scraps. 2 grams an ounce equals over 7 percent. I can't wait to start processing the ten pounds or more of incredible fresh-frozen buds and sugar trim I have waiting...the yield from that may reach 20%.

This will be insane. So I'm the right guy. :headbanger:

That's another Hyena week in this Hyena life...lots of challenges but hard work will always triumph!

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Have a good one!

Peace, Hyena
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Hello my friend! So...once the freeze dry is complete, there is the option to press the lunar soil on your press and collect that extract...knock you out fire quality and it’s literally beautiful.
You are rocking and rolling Bro, nice job saving that grow!
Cheers!
 
And just like that, another

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

Well. This week's visit to the GH made a few things clear...

First, this grow isn't going to produce a whole heck of a lot. The plants have all returned to bud development after a long period of being completely stalled, but there simply isn't time (nor do I have the patience) to nurse this wounded grow any further. Must...cut...losses... :rip:

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It's a sad reality that events beyond our control sometimes derail our best efforts. So it is with this run. I have become so used to massive and ever-increasing success with these grows, I feel slapped back to reality by the reality that being away for a week at a time creates risk exposure, and a failed light plus a failed pump equals a LOT less weed.

The length of time these clone grows take is actually longer...I thought cloning might increase the speed with which I could turn these tents but in reality it's bogging everything down. Even using much larger branches this time around, I am finding some have developed nice roots but others still aren't showing significant roots after 2 weeks. Grrrrr...

So, things are starting to look like the days of my magnificent new strain, SATURN 5, may be numbered. Bottom line is, if it's going to cost me an entire run every year I can't afford to keep it going. There are lots of seeds out there that will finish in eight weeks, like the parents of this strain, instead of 10 or more. So, very much like the Millennials, these kids aren't nearly as good as their parents.

But for now, a grow to finish. Even at reduced capacity, these plants are producing frosty buds, just mostly not as big this time around. And we're ready to chop it all and move on, wiser for the experience of course.

We did produce some pretty girls...

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That BIGFOOT pheno is still such a furry beast...

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Lots of nice nuggets, just smaller..

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I hope this won't take as long to chop and trim since it looks like it might top out at maybe 2 pounds or just a bit more. I will return next Tuesday night to begin.

The bright side is, my efforts to perfect hashmaking have more than offset any losses on the bud side. Anything that won't trim up to bagworthy will go into the washing machines to become fresh LUNAR SOIL. In fact, I'm soon about to make another huge batch and I will update those efforts as they happen. :cool:

Meanwhile, in Tent #1 the new girls are all beginning to show pistils, so two weeks into flower all is on track in there.

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Though it took a lot longer, I let this canopy get bigger to offset the distinct lack of stretch these girls have exhibited as clones. It will pay off as this hedge is already bigger than the one I'm about to chop. Hopefully the equipment failures we had will be the only ones for awhile, and this grow will bang out another full boat of buddage!

And oh, by the way,
Lesson learned alert:

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The 6 red lights I added to make up for the loss of one main light didn't do anything. If anything, they burned some plants. I didn't have them too close either, the hand test was conclusive. I don't know why, but something about the concentrated red light in spots didn't seem to do much except confuse the plants and further reduce bud production in those areas. I really thought that would be a good move but nope. They are just another experiment that didn't work out. Once again, I know how Edison felt...:hmmmm: Heck, it was his invention that failed me so thanks for nothing, Thomas.

Well, back up next Tuesday to hack this down. Three days of boring skunky hell. I love it ($$) but I hate it. Anyone who has faced several pounds worth of weed at once knows what I mean!

It's such hard work. Every day I will need my favorite refreshing cup of stimulus...

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Until then, I'm lovin' it.

Peace, Hyena
 
Highya HM,

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of big buds.I hope you're encouraged about the hash endeavor. Sounds like a business model that'll work about now! Yes, my first harvest had 12 plants to chop a quickly as possible. They were all taller than I am, but not so full of buds as yours. Still, gruelling!! Happy Smokin'
 
For anyone still left out there, here's a

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

Harvest of this less-than-awesome run was the usual three days of total bitch work. As usual, I made the best of it.

The room was as ready as it will ever be, considering it looked pretty beat up...

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It went as far as it could go, really. Oh well, the next one will be fabulous, it's unlikely that such an unlucky combination of events as a light fail and a pump fail will occur again in the same way.

However, it still produced a nice bunch of nuggy wonders...

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Most looked like that but also my couple of Bigfoot phenos became massive..

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But as I chopped for the first day+, I realized my fears were true, this will only yield about half of what I'm used to. After 18 hours of trimming, I was halfway.

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My prize plant of the bunch was good old #10 pheno SATURN 5. She was truly a fantastic plant...

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I'm excited that all the clones are from that one pheno. After what seemed like an eternity of chopping and snipping, I finally had the whole room done. But since I have a vacation scheduled through the end of this week, I hung the last two plants whole to slow their drying some more.

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I won't be able to return to buck and finish this hang until Sunday, which means some will have hung for 10 days...far too long really, it will be quite dry. Maybe hanging the last few whole will keep them from becoming crispy...

Anyhow, after a brutal 3-hour cleaning, another couple sweaty hours of work and the clones finally went into buckets, to be all they can be. Some are much bigger than others, but we'll make it work...we always do.

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Finally everyone in their new home. Grow my girls...I need this run to be HUUUUGE!

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So then I headed back home, hauling four huge bags of frozen buds and trim for hashmaking, my newest amazing thing. I have so much of this fresh frozen that I could make a pound of hash. I think I will.

Makes me feel like...

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Every day. So until next week,

Peace, Hyena
 
Looking great Hyena!

Your haul is stellar in my opinion!

That Saturn 5 looks like fire man...would love to burn some in a nice bowl :bongrip:

Have great day brother:Namaste:
 
Happy Sunday! Nice day for another

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

Back up I went to buck and finish my problem child of a harvest. I had hung two plants up in one piece to slow down their drying a little and I learned a few things by doing so...namely, drying a plant all in one piece makes it even harder to trim. :hmmmm:

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It's a good theory: dry it all in one big piece and you can just use your fingers to remove most of the leaves. However, in reality it becomes a freaking mess real fast. I have a technique for removing things on a fresh plant, but once everything has dried together and got nice and intertwined, you will do a lot of damage to the inner product (buds) while removing the leaves, no matter how careful you are. So it was a maddening renewal of the tedious work, without the fresh smell.

At least 40% of my overall haul went into the concentrates side, but I will be able to make a LOT of tasty hashish from it so no worries. Still, only 2 1/2 pounds of finished buds was a disappointment. Once you start getting 4+ pounds a run you get used to that success and it's a bitch to come up short on one. The saving grace here is it wasn't my fault...critical parts sometimes fail and there's nothing you can do except recover and slog on. Apollo 13 comes to mind. At least I didn't have to spend three days in a freezing space capsule. Yikes.

But here's the GOOD news...the next harvest is about 4 weeks away and it will probably be the BIGGEST ONE YET!

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This blooming tent is EXPLODING. Absolutely perfect from end to end...nothing but a sea of perfectly healthy, awesomely fragrant, blooming reefer plants. My disappointment over the harvest is more than offset by the promise of this mega crop which looks to be on its way. The flowers are everywhere and they look so beautiful...

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I am getting lots of frost already and I know what that means...frosty world dead ahead!

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So, in about 4 weeks I will face this incredible challenge, the biggest one yet. My hands need to rest up for this next one. I am guessing that Tuesday the 18th of May will be the day I sit down and tackle this monster. I'm going up to the far Northern Michigan house for four days of golf with my buddy on the 12th so on the way back I will stop at the Grow Haus and begin the blessed chore.

In the end I got it all done and my harvest into bins and bags and brought back home. I sit here this morning smoking a half a joint of it...it's frosty and delicious and incredibly stony. My tolerance is high, yet it still knocks me onto the couch. Mission accomplished.

But when you get this high it makes you think. Am I doing the right thing? Is this love affair with reefer madness really the way I should be spending my life on this Earth? I looked up a graphic listing the pros and cons of marijuana use...and that's when I realized I am absolutely going to HELL.

I'm a little worried about the Leprosy. And Hell. Oh well...see you there!

Peace, Hyena
 
Damn HA that Bloom tent looks like the field of my dreams.

Thanks for the laugh- that pro con is straight outta refer madness! :rofl:
 
Hyena Merica said:
HAPPY 420!!

My gift to you...a simple poem.

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Light one up!!

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Peace, Hyena
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Been a little while so here's a

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...but they continue to be high times!

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Best of times: this grow, perfect in every way down to the smallest probably crystal-covered, THC-laden molecule. It's reassuring to be back on top of a perfect tent full of cannabis hunkers. Every plant is achieving its potential this time around so we're about 2-3 weeks from a mega harvest.

Everybody loves bud porn so here's a nice dose...

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I'm impressed...how about you? :laugh:

Seriously, this harvest will be a four day affair at the very least. I expect to be challenged since the colas are fat and super dense, we are killing the chunky Indica in here!

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Yes, this grow, the 3rd "generation" of clones from the same few phenos has gone perfectly. Better than the last one for sure, although three good lights for the entire run makes a big difference of course.

BUT...there's the other tent. It should have been the ultimate all-pheno-#10 extravaganza, my crowning achievement, (and it still could be I suppose) BUT FOR THE MOMENT, it sure looks like a fail.

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I am guessing the mistake was cloning larger branches...they took forever to get roots, they are growing slowly if at all, and at this rate I think I could start new seeds and have a crop before this one finishes...which I did a few days ago. So now I have about 15 babies sprouting as I write this, up in the old attic lab. I'm going to give these new kids the next few weeks to get bigger and if they seem like they will overtake the existing clones, I will replace them. Ok hopefully these clones will finally come to life and really take off in the next few weeks, I'd prefer to stick with them. However, even if they do make it, the overall plant is consistently smaller in stature than I need and even though it's very productive for its size it grows WAY too slow...and getting slower. Likely the end of the line for SATURN 5.

So, you live and learn. I will let Ma Nature decide which plants will make up the next crop, maybe the seedlings, maybe the clones...maybe both somehow? We'll see. For now, I'm mentally preparing for another huge hell week, very soon. The biggest harvest yet most likely. I can't wait!

But I must be ready. My pre-harvest training consists of hours of snipping stuff with scissors, and smoking as much weed as I can...

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I have more weed than I could smoke in a lifetime, so my goal is to live forever. And so far, so good. :ganjamon:

Peace, Hyena
 
Mondays can be depressing...but not when you have a

HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!

It was actually several days a go that I visited the ol' secret grow house, and I have to report things are going GREAT!

I'm less than two weeks away from chopping this monster room of rosebuds...

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It all couldn't be better. Looks like good health throughout, only the differences in one phenotype's response to flowering versus another sets them apart. And that makes for a nice bouquet...

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As always when we reach this lovely juncture, I love to take portraits of some of the pretty girls and share them with you.

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You're drooling. Grab a napkin. :drool:

And in Tent #2, things have finally got going!

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The slow-poke clones have finally realized they are actually trees and started to GROW! This development literally saves me 6 weeks of restarting with the seedlings I have going in the attic...now I can use them for the replacements for the grow I'm about to chop. All back on schedule!

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The harvest is scheduled to begin in about 10 days. Gonna be a beauty!

Now this week I'm going on a 5-day golf trip where I believe I may smoke several ounces of frosty weed. It's nice to have it. Helps me stay steady in my game...

Ok, better roll another one quick. FORE!

Peace, Hyena
 
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