Janet Borrego
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I make gummies for sleep or other edibles. I eat 3-4 gummies and my Sister eats a cookie and a gummy.
Jon's First New Digs Grow
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Welcome @4our8ighty0, glad you’re here. Lemme know if I can help in any way. If I can, I will. If I don’t know, I’ll send you to someone who will. Thanks!Hey Jon just dropping by to say hi and learn about autos and you where recommend. After a quick peep at that pickle lolol I think I'm in the right place. I just recently moved into a very small studio and have very limited veg space. I posted for advice and I was told that autos are great for tight spaces and can yield well and turnover fast. I only have photo experience so i gonna try n learn how to auto while I follow your threads. They all look good af too
4our8ighty0
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I never really put much thought into my soil sections,like top soil,middle soil,bottom soil,but now that u mention it...it does make a lotta sense that the top of the soil would be the first place microbial life would be able to take hold,while middle and bottom are last to be populated. It almost is exactly like looking at the ocean. Or maybe the microbes at the top intentionally congregate there to get access to the new sprout, potentially hitching a ride all the way down on the roots,OR....lol microbes naturally congregate at soil top because that's were the water,food,light ECT is in abundance,so due to microbes living up top maybe it feeds sprouts specifically what they need to survive and venture roots deeper.....wow. I'm huge on soil health n all that but never really thought about it like this ??? Of course it's true but sheesh ...In my experience it’s a good sign, autos or photos, to have nice, solid, appropriately green seedlings pop out of the ground. This is exactly what a healthy one day seedling of this particular strain is supposed to look like. Which is a bit Captain Obvious I know, but dig this: with the extra curing time for the upper pot soil above the California Super Soil this time, I am postulating that the upper pot is in possession of part of a more well developed crobe colony than in my previous attempts with this temp soil set up. What I had seen before at times was the upper soil doing “okay” and then the plant finding another gear when it got established and hit the good stuff at the bottom. Well, that’s not acceptable. And I thought (right or wrong) that at least a large part of the answer was the age of my prepped upper soil. I was basically staring it within a week of mixing it. This time I let it go three weeks, dark and warm and damp. That’s a significant difference and if these are my indicators du jour, it appears it had a positive effect. Or not. Or I’m just trying to build myself back up after a time away from growing and still finding the groove.
Edit: note that this WWC begins life on day one with already fuzzy stems.
4our8ighty0
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Sorry I replied to old ass post....
Hmmm, we have a few tokes before bed. The gummy makes it last longer I bet! I wish sleep was easier!
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It’s cool. I set the pots up this way currently only because it’s how the California Super Soil recommends it. It’s not a thing for me. Ideally my whole pot of soil is of my own making and it’s the same soil top to bottom. I ain’t nearly there yet, it’s way way harder to do it really well than using nutes. Nutes is cake. Organics is difficult. Just my opinion. But if you truly want to dive in to organics and soil and such, check out @Gee64 thread. It’s the Gee Spot, You Found It is the name or something like that. But if you go there better buckle up.
4our8ighty0
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Oh yea I been digging thru his thread there is Soo much to read n learn and plant porn everywhere lolIt’s cool. I set the pots up this way currently only because it’s how the California Super Soil recommends it. It’s not a thing for me. Ideally my whole pot of soil is of my own making and it’s the same soil top to bottom. I ain’t nearly there yet, it’s way way harder to do it really well than using nutes. Nutes is cake. Organics is difficult. Just my opinion. But if you truly want to dive in to organics and soil and such, check out @Gee64 thread. It’s the Gee Spot, You Found It is the name or something like that. But if you go there better buckle up.
4our8ighty0
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I agree organics is a whole new level of good,I am doing a bit of both rn,compost my soil with specific amendments n cultures I perfected for me and feed my plants off the soil thru transplants all the way up to first weeks of flower then I introduce a combo of compost teas and nutes to kinda really maximize flower only....just out of practicality and the plants seem to really respond well if done right. But I am nowhere near that soil building level like lotta growers here ....
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Day 63
This strain has always for me been a 90-ish day strain. I’ve had a few go over 100 and maybe one be done before 90, but usually it’s 90-95. I’ve grown like ten of these, it’s pretty consistent. But this time, not only do I get a rouge pheno (yay!), but that rogue (I’m referring to it as the indica pheno) appears to be finishing much faster. Here’s a couple shots from now. In the last three or four days they’ve really started to look more like actual buds. Maybe it’s just my memory but it seems noticeably faster. We’ll see, I’m good at being wrong, but this just seems quick for the strain.
This strain has always for me been a 90-ish day strain. I’ve had a few go over 100 and maybe one be done before 90, but usually it’s 90-95. I’ve grown like ten of these, it’s pretty consistent. But this time, not only do I get a rouge pheno (yay!), but that rogue (I’m referring to it as the indica pheno) appears to be finishing much faster. Here’s a couple shots from now. In the last three or four days they’ve really started to look more like actual buds. Maybe it’s just my memory but it seems noticeably faster. We’ll see, I’m good at being wrong, but this just seems quick for the strain.
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The other one is also faster I think. Here’s the other one. I am wondering if it’s an organic thing as this is the first organic run with the strain.
4our8ighty0
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Just wanna double check that you mean 90 days from sprout right !!? That's insane,to get a similar bud on a photo that's pretty much just flower time alone,no including seedling and veg. Very nice....
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Yes from sprout. With autos I measure time from sprout. Day 1 is the day they break ground.
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Top shotDay 63
This strain has always for me been a 90-ish day strain. I’ve had a few go over 100 and maybe one be done before 90, but usually it’s 90-95. I’ve grown like ten of these, it’s pretty consistent. But this time, not only do I get a rouge pheno (yay!), but that rogue (I’m referring to it as the indica pheno) appears to be finishing much faster. Here’s a couple shots from now. In the last three or four days they’ve really started to look more like actual buds. Maybe it’s just my memory but it seems noticeably faster. We’ll see, I’m good at being wrong, but this just seems quick for the strain.
4our8ighty0
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I really like the look of this last pic here,all the right shades of green. I cannot believe I have not looked back at autos in sooo long......when I last checked them out they were new and shotty,unreliable,Hermed if u sneezed on them and yield was trash. I think it's time to reconsider...frTop shot
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They’re still and always will be second fiddle to photos imo, but they’re a lot of fun. Especially if you like to live with a touch (or more) of uncertainty. You got no clue when the thing will flip to flower. That alone is pretty much the definition of sacrificing the control we so seem to desire. For me, there’s always been a certain freedom in uncertainty. Learning is borne from it. To know everything that’s gonna happen and sacrifice myself to control is not always my MO. With photos, yes. Autos though? They’re like a walk on the wild side.
You gotta surrender control to control them, if that makes sense. And yeah they can get real big and yeah the genetics are such now that they’re indistinguishable from photos to smoke if you grow them right. My two cents.- Thread starter
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My record yield is from an auto. This very strain. 13.6 ounces jarred and sweetly trimmed after curing. After that I got excited and cocky and tried a three auto, three pound grow. People were nice about it but that wasn’t gonna happen. Lol! I did get to 41 ounces with three of them though.They’re still and always will be second fiddle to photos imo, but they’re a lot of fun. Especially if you like to live with a touch (or more) of uncertainty. You got no clue when the thing will flip to flower. That alone is pretty much the definition of sacrificing the control we so seem to desire. For me, there’s always been a certain freedom in uncertainty. Learning is borne from it. To know everything that’s gonna happen and sacrifice myself to control is not always my MO. With photos, yes. Autos though? They’re like a walk on the wild side.
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Tonight’s story off the cuff is about that gassy or petroleum type smell of weed we’re all familiar with. Most weed has some element or degree of gassiness it seems. But some are like smoking kerosene or something. In a good way, although not an every day desire for me. That said, I was just describing this Animal Sherbet Mints from Yoda to someone and my first descriptive phrase was “gas for days.” It’s one of those. Fabulous weed.
Anyway, it reminded me of a different sort of gas weed. Let’s go back to 1989 - 1991. I was living in Pittsburgh, moved there for a girl, and soon enough lost the girl and turned into a party animal. My roommate at the time dealt weed. In Pittsburgh in the 90s, at least then, and at least given my connections, there were occasional droughts when NOBODY had weed for a time. This particular weed came from one of those drought times.
We would greatly look forward to when dude was getting a package. And since he was the roomie we usually always had weed around. He’d get decent high level mids, which was fine for me at the ripe age of 25. Shit I’d never smoke now, lol. Anyway, now it’s been three weeks with no weed and we are pulling our hair out by the roots. And finally he gets a package. Yay!
I get my bag. At first I thought it was purple. I was wrong. This shit was straight up black. Black buds. That was the bag impression. Then I opened it and took a big whiff.
Mistake.
Think molten black tires hitting your nose. Like a disease. Like you just slept for a week in a dirty Goodyear factory in bum fuck Ohio. (I was born there, I’m allowed to rag on its current state of being). Think of gas in the super duper extreme.
I go to the roomie. I assume you’d do the same. Lol.
What the fuck dude.
He says:
Oh, didn’t I tell you? That weed came in a boat across the ocean and it was stored in tires. Then they got salt water wet. I guess it picked up a little of the rubber smell.
A little? It’s like it IS rubber.
Unreal. Only to be topped by the reality of being dankrupt. We smoked it anyway.
Anyway, it reminded me of a different sort of gas weed. Let’s go back to 1989 - 1991. I was living in Pittsburgh, moved there for a girl, and soon enough lost the girl and turned into a party animal. My roommate at the time dealt weed. In Pittsburgh in the 90s, at least then, and at least given my connections, there were occasional droughts when NOBODY had weed for a time. This particular weed came from one of those drought times.
We would greatly look forward to when dude was getting a package. And since he was the roomie we usually always had weed around. He’d get decent high level mids, which was fine for me at the ripe age of 25. Shit I’d never smoke now, lol. Anyway, now it’s been three weeks with no weed and we are pulling our hair out by the roots. And finally he gets a package. Yay!
I get my bag. At first I thought it was purple. I was wrong. This shit was straight up black. Black buds. That was the bag impression. Then I opened it and took a big whiff.
Mistake.
Think molten black tires hitting your nose. Like a disease. Like you just slept for a week in a dirty Goodyear factory in bum fuck Ohio. (I was born there, I’m allowed to rag on its current state of being). Think of gas in the super duper extreme.
I go to the roomie. I assume you’d do the same. Lol.
What the fuck dude.
He says:
Oh, didn’t I tell you? That weed came in a boat across the ocean and it was stored in tires. Then they got salt water wet. I guess it picked up a little of the rubber smell.
A little? It’s like it IS rubber.
Unreal. Only to be topped by the reality of being dankrupt. We smoked it anyway.
Hey Ohio
I have a song for you. I think Valerie June is a sweetie and I love this song. I'm not sure about the posting protocols in this journal, so here it is.Once upon a time I decided to try my hand at couriering weed to people. I started with my friend Piet and added perfumed soap to the box to disguise the weed smell. Big mistake! Life took a turn and I stopped the couriering. Now days we can courier legally as long as we don't accept payment for the weed.
Nice smelly story Jon! I had a bag stink on me was back in the late 70's. Since i'm on the seacoast and fishermen were in the business it stunk miserably of fish! So bad I couldn't smoke it. It drove me to actually try washing it in my parents kitchen sink in the middle of the night. Just a rinse in a spaghetti colander and it cleaned up a lot!Tonight’s story off the cuff is about that gassy or petroleum type smell of weed we’re all familiar with. Most weed has some element or degree of gassiness it seems. But some are like smoking kerosene or something. In a good way, although not an every day desire for me. That said, I was just describing this Animal Sherbet Mints from Yoda to someone and my first descriptive phrase was “gas for days.” It’s one of those. Fabulous weed.
Anyway, it reminded me of a different sort of gas weed. Let’s go back to 1989 - 1991. I was living in Pittsburgh, moved there for a girl, and soon enough lost the girl and turned into a party animal. My roommate at the time dealt weed. In Pittsburgh in the 90s, at least then, and at least given my connections, there were occasional droughts when NOBODY had weed for a time. This particular weed came from one of those drought times.
We would greatly look forward to when dude was getting a package. And since he was the roomie we usually always had weed around. He’d get decent high level mids, which was fine for me at the ripe age of 25. Shit I’d never smoke now, lol. Anyway, now it’s been three weeks with no weed and we are pulling our hair out by the roots. And finally he gets a package. Yay!
I get my bag. At first I thought it was purple. I was wrong. This shit was straight up black. Black buds. That was the bag impression. Then I opened it and took a big whiff.
Mistake.
Think molten black tires hitting your nose. Like a disease. Like you just slept for a week in a dirty Goodyear factory in bum fuck Ohio. (I was born there, I’m allowed to rag on its current state of being). Think of gas in the super duper extreme.
I go to the roomie. I assume you’d do the same. Lol.
What the fuck dude.
He says:
Oh, didn’t I tell you? That weed came in a boat across the ocean and it was stored in tires. Then they got salt water wet. I guess it picked up a little of the rubber smell.
A little? It’s like it IS rubber.
Unreal. Only to be topped by the reality of being dankrupt. We smoked it anyway.
Beautiful ladies today!
Gee64
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The Ladies are looking mighty fine Jon.
Have you checked brix levels on them?
Can they handle the same high ppfd's you were pulling with synthetics? I'm really curious to know how much light auto's in LOS run best at.
Have you checked brix levels on them?
Can they handle the same high ppfd's you were pulling with synthetics? I'm really curious to know how much light auto's in LOS run best at.