What happenin fellow growers stoners and friends!
Sorry I've been away for quite a while... to sum it up... "life" has been happening.
The flowering project that I was working on back in June came to an abrupt halt. Luckilly I had enough warning to finish up the grow and quick dry the buds and trim them into jars. Not the ideal solution but had to do what I had to do... Long story short, what started as my apartments tub backing up and talks with the landlord about a bathroom remodeling turned into an urgent plumbing emergency, involving my bathroom floor getting completely torn up to the main lines underground, a complete bathroom remodel, and me spending the better of 2 weeks over 4th of July weekend in local hotels. Definitely the timing was not great, but at least I have a nice brand new bathroom to enjoy.
I will post some bud shots of the flower from the last grow. Definitely was not very good with the quick dry, salt based nutrients and poor plant health but I've been smoking the strains for the last couple months and although flavor isn't that good, the high is great. I will post more about the strains in detail later when I'm not as tired.
Other than that, having 2 tents going in my small bedroom, which also hosts my bed and a small home recording/mixing studio, I missed having a nice bedroom to enjoy and wind down in. After a lot of careful though I did 2 things that I really wasn't expecting to do, but knew it was time....
1st... I got rid of my 2nd grow tent. It was the original tent that I bought off craigslist when I first joined 420 magazine back in like 2012 and learned to grow, so it served me well over the 12 years span. The zipper was busted in many places where it only would partially open, the tent had holes and rips in it, and it was time to say goodby to it so I threw it away. I still have 1 grow tent which will be fine for my needs and I do have a brand new one in storage that I only used about 2x in the past if I ever need a place to veg plants I could always pull it out of storage. I just felt that having 2 tents with so little room in my apartment I needed to make this change for the quality of my current life.
2nd... after much much deliberation... I got rid of ALL of my mother strains... yes.. all of them... it was probably one of the hardest decisions I've had to make, but it was time. black cherry soda, trainwreck, harlequin and ogiesel were proabably each 10 years old or more since I got them, and they have served me well for a decade, including making hundreds of hybrid crosses with them... so it was time to move on. The kicker was, these were such legendary strains, I really wanted to reach out to local growers and shops to give clones away before the decision, but with all that was going on with my bathroom at the time, I had to say goodby.
Now the good news.... I have decided I've made enough seeds to probably grow strains for 400 years or more... lol... I have an entire refrigerator veggie drawer full of seeds, so full I can't even really close it or open it its jammed shut. Therefore, its time that I try out some of my creations...... I'm just going to run full cycle in a single tent, probably with minimal veg time just to start seeing what strains I like. I think I deserve to taste my own flavors for once
lol. I mean I have with like 2 different, but its time now to really see what I created.
I will probably start a new journal in the coming days/weeks with the new "Muddy Genes Beans" creations. I already have a few seedlings that have popped up, and more underway in soil and water. I haven't decided whether I will stay with the 2 gallon pots, or bump it up to 6 gallons, and how many plants I will do, but that will decide itself in the coming week or 2.
Well I hope all are well and I just wanted to pop in and say hello!
Time to rest my tired eyes for work tomorrow!
Best regards!
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