Hyena's Never-Ending Adventures In Growing

Congrats hyena! Have thoroughly enjoyed your journals since project 21 was posted,
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Hey PJs...thanks my friend. You have been reading my stuff for almost three years...? Wow, glutton for punishment. o_O

Appreciate you being there bro!

Peace, Hyena
 
Hey PJs...thanks my friend. You have been reading my stuff for almost three years...? Wow, glutton for punishment. o_O

Appreciate you being there bro!

Peace, Hyena

Wow. Didnt realize it had been almost 3years.... Where does the time go!... Hardly a punishment, i enjoy a good story teller... And the pot porn is wonderfully continuous! Hard to get tired of looking at your secret lab! :popcorn::passitleft:
 
Hello hello! It's Thursday!

So, here's....a...

PROJECT 27 UPDATE!

110 DAYS since beans hit da dirt (so to speak since we're all hydro here...) but here's how the ladies are looking!


Whoh, momma! I'm just having so much fun right now!

Getting a grow to this point is so rewarding. It's like being a kid on Christmas morning now every time I open the hatch...the overwhelming mix of amazing scents from five different varieties of sticky cannabis hitting me all at once is like sticking your face into a box of fruity skunks! Like, wham! It's intoxicating...spicy and exotic and I get to enjoy it potentially for a little while longer...heaven. I swear to God it's the greatest smell in the universe. Of course I enjoy the aroma every time I open a big jar of my produce (which is every day), but the fresh scent of a fully-flowering chamber of colas is even more delicious. A rare and fleeting pleasure so I try to spend a few minutes every day in there, just drinking it in.

Here's why it smells sooooo good:


My Blue Hyena is still the pick of the litter by a country mile...her huge, foot-long colas are really pumping out the trichomes as wave three of the budlets swell the massive, sweetly-scented branches. I'm so proud of this plant! She's going to be that special-occasion smoke her mother and siblings represent in the vast Hyena bud cellar.


That girl has some big ones!! I would take this bud to the fair and enter her for a blue ribbon...if there was such a fair...actually I'd probably smoke some of her on the way, then trade her for a couple of the pies in the baking competition. I get hungry. :rolleyes:

The Sour Jack plant has really gained ground in the race to excellence...she's jumping up late in the game, displaying a nice rack of sticky nugs...


I love the frostiliciousness I'm seeing. I love the word frostiliciousness. Frostiliciousness...say it with me. In Peter Griffin's voice... :p


Yeah, dat some good shit. The plant seems pretty well-developed too so there might be a nice haul of this new and exceedingly sticky flavor.

Now, on the center Hyena Berry, the polyploid bud and the rest of the plant continue to go in different directions...


It's the darndest thing. Seriously, what are we even looking at here? It's just so strange that it is fine and the rest of the plant acts like it's on the surface of Mercury.

On the web, I haven't been able to glean any clarity on polyploidism, which cannot be said three times fast, nor apparently explained by anyone. I've read various posts but they are all mainly like mine, simply reports on strange buds that happened, but no actual polyploid canna-science.

I'm scared of that thing.

The other surprise standout among a bevy of beauties is the White Widow in the very back...check out the nuggets on this girl...


These buds are so tight I'm not sure if it's the variety or just somehow I grew a tighter-than-usual nugged plant. I'm used to my mostly-sativa preferences putting on looser buds in general but these are rocks. Stink to high heaven too. I never remember Widow being so stinky though I've grown it once or twice. It literally is making my mouth water.

The Ship of Good Dope sails onward...the only possible storm cloud on the horizon is this...


First time the temps outside have hit 80 and first time we have hit 90 inside...there's no longer an inefficient A/C unit in here...we are all natural. Which means heat will screw this up if there's too much and I'm not willing to do that, so I am watching like a hawk. My lights go out at noon and back on at midnight to keep it all the coolest it can be but if it gets into a hot spell that's it.

Good news: The weather for the next 10 days looks like it may allow things to keep going because the highs will average 75 and that's a blessing...they could easily be 15 degrees above that, I'm just getting lucky here.

Luck looks just like skill on the scorecard baby. :high-five:

See you soon...keep 'em green!

Peace, Hyena
 
Happy Monday!!

It's...

Another PROJECT 27 UPDATE!

Well...the secret lab is still humming with stinky goodness...I think we are, if not on final, at least on the downwind approach to use aviation vernacular. Stewards, please prepare the cabin. Passengers secure all loose items, make sure trays are locked and return your seat back to its upright position.

We bout to land dis plane!


Even though the canopy is a kwazy jungle, it's full of nuggy goodness. Some growers like to keep things a bit neater but I go for ultra-density...it's full-contact growing, baby! Even I don't really know all the stuff that's in the back 1/3, it's tight in the Hyena grow lab when the budz get big and I literally can't wedge back there without hurting some of my produce and that ain't happening. As usual, I'll be happy enough to find out with the rest of you at harvest time exactly how much that back row contains and how nice it is. I love surprises! :yahoo:

Sooooo now, let's begin our week with an uplifting and stimulating cup of CANNAPORN!

Let the fashion show begin! Ladies, please strut the runway slowly, one by one...

First up is Ms. WHITE WIDOW! Hailing from The Netherlands, this beauty is best-known for her enlarged nugs and sexy attitude.


She comes on like Bill Cosby, charming and sweet but be prepared to end up doing things you won't remember if you taste this pudding pop! :eek:

Next up is Ms. Big Nugs Fast! Her mother is from Northern California (Critical Mass aka Big Bud) and like so many ladies, children, and puppies we love, nobody is sure who's the daddy...


We'll forgive her for no birth certificate, just like we did Obama. She's hot! :kiss:

Now we have Ms. Sour Jack, a beauty from the USA. Her mama was Sour Diesel and her Dad was Jack Herer (MAN that dude got around...!) and she's got the sassy best of both!


Her buds aren't huge (yet) but they sure are awfully pretty and there's a bunch of 'em. What this plant lacks in big nugs it's trying to make up for in numbers. Go baby go!

Next up is the lovely and mysterious Ms. Hyena Berry! Nobody knows where she's from, but we like her exotic beauty!


Two phenos have similarities and differences, mostly in terms of hardiness and overall size. The one in the middle has had this strange burnout of almost all fan leaves but still is building good nugs, plus has a strange polyploid bud. The one on the right is much more normal and has some impressive colas growing.

The polyploid branch has a hollow stem that's five times the thickness of all other branches.


Yet it shows unusual health and resilience. Just weird, man.

And finally, ladies and gentlemen, the star of our fashion show! Let's hear it for Ms. Blue Hyena!


She's a mysterious Amazon, a jungle beauty beyond compare. Only a King, a Sultan, or Tiger Woods could dare hope to conquer this statuesque creature. Her gleaming fur and tall, seemingly endless buds draw you in like a siren's song...captured by her hypnotic presence, she knifes her way into your very soul...her beguiling witchcraft twisting your mind, enslaving and stealing your heart...forever.

So, I got that going for me. :high-five:

Thus ends today's fashion show of slutty buds. Hope you enjoyed it and didn't make a mess on the seats.

In the words of Rene Descartes, how do we truly know we are alive? Simple. If that doesn't turn you on, YOU'RE DEAD!

This will be me in a few weeks after this harvest...


Sorry about the hair. I just got up.

Peace, Hyena
 
Looking sharp in here. My fav....the Blue
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Looking great in here. I came across some polyploid info... I'll see if I can get on here for you. And seen this today and thought of your journal
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If my plants are planning to consume me they have a very big disappointment coming in about ten days... :eek:

I'm leaving a pair of trimming shears out so they can see it, just to make that point.

Peace, Hyena
 
Happy Wednesday! Let's hump it baby!!

Just enjoying what I like to call "The Denver Breakfast"


All good where I'm sittin'. Hope your day is high and mighty!

Peace, Hyena
 
Small but still amusing...

Here's a PROJECT 27 UPDATE!

Wasn't planning much today but went up there and the smaller pheno of the Big Nugs Fast pretty much checked out over the last 24 hours. :rip: Never saw such a sudden lack of function...I would wonder if it maybe got its water tube clogged or something but the other, much larger BNF that shares the pot is fine. Just killed off her sister I suppose. Women.

Trimmed up the dozen or so branches if you want to call them that, it's nearly dry already and only totals about an ounce or two but nice little buds with a very fruity smell and they're sticky too so I'll give them a few days and we'll spark one.

I guess this might be the harbinger anyway since the outside temps are going to get a lot higher the next 7 days. The defenseless attic lab has a fine, big exhaust system, but no more air conditioning and it replenishes from the sun side of the same attic so ambient temps rise and the air going in the lab is over 90 degrees even with the lights out. That's why I'm hovering on maybe right now with this development. I could decide to hack it almost at any time.

I have had plenty of productive projects so my herb stash in the vast Hyena bud cellar is more than adequate...the quality of this harvest is the prime consideration, not the yield, though already it's going to be probably 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of prime buddage I'm guessing. But my point is I won't hesitate if things get any hotter. They will get the chop.

I plan to switch over to plain water tomorrow, something I usually don't do in one shot but I feel urgency to flush and cut here...just my almost supernatural Hyena-sense tingling. Or a rash. Either way, the Reaper looms, sharpening his savage blade...(maniacal laughter)...

Near the end,

Peace, Hyena
 
WELLLLL....

It's

The PROJECT 27 UPDATE!!

Okay, SORRY for a week without posting in such an esteemed journal :) but I'VE BEEN BUSY!

BUSY CHOPPING!

No shot of the room but I realized it was over and the temps are rising fast so the scissors started flying. I started with the couple plants that had already checked out for the most part, and got them cut and manicured over about three hours.

It's amazing how a tangled mess of fresh-cut cannabis branches can turn into a nicely manicured bunch of tasty lollipops with some effort...

First...


Now a couple hours later...


I am trimming my buds tighter and tighter as time goes by, I have realized the value, once everything is totally dried and jarred, of less leaf. Striking a flavor balance between the juicy center and just the right amount of sugary bud leaves is sort of an art.

A branch of Sour Jack, before:


And after:


The Sour Jack and the White Widow fell to the sword of justice, becoming two piles of smiles, which took hours over a couple days. I'm just milking the grow and chopping a piece at a time, saving the biggest and best for last so they get the most time.

Sour Jack final yield:


The buds are nice and dense and the aroma is amazing. A hint of diesel and the fruitiness of the Jack Herer influence are a nice combination I can't wait to smoke.

White Widow before:


And four hours and a backache later...


The WW didn't disappoint! I couldn't really get to know her until I chopped her to bits because she spent her life in the back row but it was worth the wait! Tight as a brick nugs, and heavy, like golf balls on a stick.


I have had WW so I know what I'm in for, consciousness-wise. The shit is a knockout. Can't wait. What I have will probably be 6-8 ounces when dry I imagine. I would settle for 4 the herb is so wonderful.

So now I'm halway through the Big Nugs Fast, which turned out to be no bigger or faster than other nugs but some dynamite shit on its own.

I had to stop for tonight I can't move my hands.

A bouquet of Sour Jack...


And a close up of the Big Nugs Fast...very frosty I must say!


So another project winding down, amid a flurry of flashing shears and the impossibly wonderful smell of a roomful of chopped-up cannabis buds. My fingers can't handle any of this without needing hand sanitizer to get the stickiness off and somewhat reduce the nuclear skunk smell. So, I trim wearing nitrile gloves, but they still get so sticky that I have to wipe them and my shears down to remove the resin every ten minutes.

I went through five pairs of gloves so far. It's so fucking tedious I wouldn't be able to stand it unless it was getting me tons of the frostiest herb on Earth. Yes, all the years of painstaking work and time have paid off yet again in an indescribably delicious pile of gleaming buds which is still growing by the day.

BTW, is there anything better than a bowl of fresh finger hash?


How I feel:


Yes, I truly do. I thank everyone who follows this ragged tale of secret love and encourage you to stick around. When my fingers stop throbbing I will go back up there for more chopping and trimming fun. And give you a full report.

Peace, Hyena
 
Amazing buds :bravo: turn your gloves inside out when you take them off and throw them in the freezer.... all the finger hash comes crumbling off..... mmmmm finger hash
Great tip iti!!!
 
good morning mr.Hyena, if ya true to your animal name pop across the pond and come visit we have have plenty. nice to meet ya I'm smeegs by the way, cause I seen ya in passing and dunno if I've popped by before.....:high-five::popcorn::passitleft: that is Grannys balls by the way, started out as Road Kill Skunk , guy who grew it keeps on crossing every season.... And a big whopper if ya not expecting it....lol
 
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