InTheShed Grows Inside & Out: Jump In Any Time

[nobodyhere]

Sorry your having to deal with this first hand. I am sure your dad approves of your perspective.

 

[InTheShed]

That’s a hard decision but the right one I feel.

Very big of you to share that here, Shed, were all praying for you and your family.

Broke my heart to read that. Prayers for you and yours.

Super ultra hugs from me Sheddie.
I miss my Pa too.

Sending my love and positive vibes

You know you made the right decision. Take care brother

Sorry your having to deal with this first hand. I am sure your dad approves of your perspective.

Thanks gang. I really appreciate the support, and I'm hoping for the best going forward.

 

[InTheShed]

Let's get back to plant talk for a minute. It was in the mid-80s here today and dry, so everything got watered this morning. I topped both the Golden Tiger and Fruit Punch clones early before the heat of the day. I'll see if those pics are worth posting tomorrow (probably not!). But yesterday I topped the Carnival, as well as taking some cuttings from the Candida mother.

"Okay Shed, we get topping the Carnival since you should be flipping it in a few weeks, but why more Candida clones?" Good question!

A while back I sent some Candida seeds to @beez0404 because he wanted to grow some CBD and also make some seeds, and he's a pretty successful pollen chucker. Well, the Candida was not all that willing to cooperate with the Colloidal Silver pollen-making process. And now that I've flowered a plant in my closet, I thought I would grow a couple of clones and try to get some seeds using Silver Thiosulfate (STS) instead.

I took 4 cuttings off the Candida and put two in each cup, and the third cup is the Carnival top.

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• InTheShed
• Apr 24, 2020

Candida and Carnival cuttings

My last top cutting didn't take, but I'm not worried about the Carnival as there will be more cloning options when I trim before flipping. I left the lower nodes specifically for that purpose.

In other news, the flowering two (soon to be one) got aspirin-water with their nutes again this morning, but the spring three got water mixed with diatomaceous earth (per @The Celt's recommendation here and here. Having no guidepost I went with ½ tablespoon/gallon along with the 3.75g/gallon Megacrop. I don't think that's something you do every time you water but I could be wrong.

I hope your Friday was good and your weekend looks to be lovely.

 

[oopssteptinit]

Look'n good there ITS. Tough and probably a good call on not taking a chance on bringing home the virus to your family. You and yours have our thoughts and prayers. Grow brother grow.

 

[InTheShed]

Look'n good there ITS. Tough and probably a good call on not taking a chance on bringing home the virus to your family. You and yours have our thoughts and prayers. Grow brother grow.

Thanks oops. And it's always nice when you stop by to say hello! Let me know when you get another grow journal up and running.

 

[Fredwak]

Hi shed, we were fortunate in taking care of Mrs F's mom here at home through her dementia until she passed at 99. We did have hospice. When she started eating less because swallowing was difficult and losing weight , I put some vanilla flavored weight gain stuff at 1500 calories a scoop in her hot cereal or pudding every day and she gained back weight and strength. Maybe that could help your dad. I hope you get to see him soon. Prayers to you all and your families. Stay safe and stay stoned!

 

[InTheShed]

Hi shed, we were fortunate in taking care of Mrs F's mom here at home through her dementia until she passed at 99. We did have hospice. When she started eating less because swallowing was difficult and losing weight , I put some vanilla flavored weight gain stuff at 1500 calories a scoop in her hot cereal or pudding every day and she gained back weight and strength. Maybe that could help your dad. I hope you get to see him soon. Prayers to you all and your families. Stay safe and stay stoned!

That's a great idea Fred, thanks! I will mention that to the dietician on Monday.

 

[Amy Gardner]

Wow Shed - what a turn of events to navigate. Sending all the love across the seas

Nice looking cuttings! I like your plan

 

[InTheShed]

Thank you Amy!

 

[mumps]

hi shed, in my opinion you took the right decision not to go.
most of the european spread came from relatives visiting patients without proper equipement.
even though i suppose you are young and you shouldn't be scared deciding not to go is good communal spirit
hope everything end up well for all of you.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

You made the right decision with your dad. Same thing is happening here, the retirement homes have been hit very hard here from the virus and they are suspecting the stressed out caretakers that bounce between these homes and their own homes are carrying the virus between them. They should have foreseen this problem before it happened but I guess its always easy to be hindsight about all this.

Last thing I heard is that Trump is considering to inject rubbing alcohol in his bloodstream...? Good luck with that!


Good luck with the new clones! I hope I can get in there and start cloning as well again soon but first I will make a run with my old auto seeds and I hope at least some of them will germinate.

Tested out popcorns from Spliff yesterday, very nice to get that relief from it again. I had almost forgotten, need to get more seeds from Spliff Seeds!

Have a great weekend Shed, and all Shedsters out there... Stay safe and keep distance!

 

[InTheShed]

hi shed, in my opinion you took the right decision not to go.
most of the european spread came from relatives visiting patients without proper equipement.
even though i suppose you are young and you shouldn't be scared deciding not to go is good communal spirit
hope everything end up well for all of you.

Thank you mumps. So many younger folks are falling to this now that even at 62 I don't know where I fall in the mortality statistics demographically. We thought it was only deadly for the older, but time has proven that wrong.

And thanks for joining me here in my perpetual journal!

the retirement homes have been hit very hard

Right, same here. That was definitely part of the calculation.

Last thing I heard is that Trump is considering to inject rubbing alcohol in his bloodstream...?

I'm sure he wasn't specific about rubbing alcohol, as he just went with "disinfectant." If one of his contributors manufactured rubbing alcohol I'm sure he would have been more specific!

I had almost forgotten

I will always remind you of how important the SB is to your neck!

 

[CraZysWeeD]

I'm sure he wasn't specific about rubbing alcohol, as he just went with "disinfectant." If one of his contributors manufactured rubbing alcohol I'm sure he would have been more specific!

I'm sure the point got lost in the news world, news traveling half the world do tend to come out in a different way when they arrive here. Remember that whispering game you probably played as a young Shedster. One kid whispers a word in the ear of the kid sitting next to him/her and the word is completely different when it comes out 10 kids later...

God I'm rambling allready, got to go outside with Ginza now. 10 a.m. here now and you should go to bed Shed.

I will always remind you of how important the SB is to your neck!

That's good, never will be afraid to loose track of that strain thx to you!

 

[Fudo Myoo]

You made the right decision. I can’t imagine anyone recommending you go there now, your dad certainly wouldn’t.

Are those cuttings just stuffed in soil?

 

[StoneOtter]

As soon as you get a new front door you can get back to cloning and run out of room too!

Well said J Wills!









Thanks for all your kind thoughts, but the day did not go as planned. It started with a phone call from the corporate HQ of the assisted living company telling me that someone in the memory care wing (not my dad) was diagnosed with COVID-19. So I called the director of my dad's facility to see if that was going to change the visit plans from their end, but he was so busy trying to sort out what the next steps were (with city and county health departments) with the infected person that he didn't return my calls.

I also began to wonder if it was a good idea at all, to visit a place where anyone and everyone could be infected, given the spread in old-age facilities. The virus obviously came in from someone who worked there as there have been no visitors for 6 weeks and the residents couldn't leave the place. So there's no telling how far it has spread.

I imagined that my dad was still clear-headed and was in a rehab place that had an COVID-infected patient...what would he tell me to do? Being a very cautious and selfless person, he would tell me that the health of my family was more important than going to visit him. That he'd be fine and to take care of myself and his loved ones.

And though I realize that things could go south very quickly (either with him getting the infection or just eating less and less as the days go by, and that I might not ever get to see him again), I wasn't sure the risk of bringing home the virus was something I was comfortable with. So I decided not to go until they had more knowns than unknowns.

It was a really tough decision and I'm still not completely comfortable with it, but I know that while we might have had a good time together, his life would be no different after I left than before I got there. On the other hand mine and my family's might be very different. So I just hope for the best.

Again, thanks for the love.

That's the decision I had to make 2 weeks ago Shed. It's sadly the right one no matter how much it hurts. None of us would allow our children to bring the possibility of death home in exchange for a last in person goodby. I can't stop crying as I write this damn it. I know your pain Shed, you did the right thing!

 

[MrSauga]

Being a very cautious and selfless person, he would tell me that the health of my family was more important than going to visit him. That he'd be fine and to take care of myself and his loved ones.

And though I realize that things could go south very quickly (either with him getting the infection or just eating less and less as the days go by, and that I might not ever get to see him again), I wasn't sure the risk of bringing home the virus was something I was comfortable with. So I decided not to go until they had more knowns than unknowns.

It was a really tough decision and I'm still not completely comfortable with it, but I know that while we might have had a good time together, his life would be no different after I left than before I got there. On the other hand mine and my family's might be very different. So I just hope for the best.

Logically you did what made sense and there's no easy answer or solution in times like this. Everyone is trying to understand what to do and with mixed messages everywhere it's very concerning for many. If others took the time that you did then maybe things wouldn't be as widespread as they are. Hopefully the staff can contain the spread and keep everyone safe at their home.

In other news, the flowering two (soon to be one) got aspirin-water with their nutes again this morning, but the spring three got water mixed with diatomaceous earth (per @The Celt's recommendation here and here. Having no guidepost I went with ½ tablespoon/gallon along with the 3.75g/gallon Megacrop. I don't think that's something you do every time you water but I could be wrong.

 

[Piña Delores]

Wow that was quite a read to catch up ITS, this thread shifts.

I'm sorry you needed to make such a difficult decision, but think you made the right call. There are so many unknowns with this thing.

Has an answer come up in the sex game yet? Just my luck to be late, my guess would be 2 x girls.

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

Hi Shed, I’m sorry to hear things didn’t go as planned.
Interesting little clone/seed experiment happening here. Cant wait to learn more about it.

 

[FelipeBlu]

Thinking of yourself in his position was a good approach. Sending you positive vibes, Shed.

 

[BigD13]

Thanks for sharing about the hard decision you had to make concerning your dad. I too believe it was the right decision. I like the fact that you made a rational, well thought out, selfless act. Putting yourself in your dad's shoes was touching. I'll be praying for you, your dad and your family. Stay safe my friend.