Keffka's Recycling, KOS Blue Thai, Herbies Seeds Apple Betty, Runtz Punch

Flip +16 Blue Thai female circled. It grew taller than the untopped sativas, silly hybrids
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I’ll snap some clear pictures of its bud sets tonight along with shots of the two males. Between these three plants we should produce some award winning seeds.
 
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When I was a dangerous immigrant hopped up on reefer madness or a simple savage addicted to fire water and in need of Jesus’ perverse set of rules to be saved. The good ol’ days right when we cranked up salting our own soil because we had leftover war materiel
 
I chopped one male down, piece by piece, on top of a piece of parchment paper. I shook out all the parts then separated the pods from the leaves and most of the stems. That was an annoying, tedious process that left me feeling like I lost more pollen to the air, my lungs, and equipment, than I will harvest.

For the second male, I threw a paper bag I lined with parchment paper over the top of the plant then cut it at its stem. I flipped the bag over with the plant head first and am letting it dry for a couple days before I shake it out and see what I get.

My hope is the second method produces either equal or more than the first method with less work and cleanup.
 
How'd you separate? I use a fine screened sifter. Might take some of the fun out of it for you though. :p

Best if the material is well dried.

I use that technique for a lot of my inputs like malted barley. Powder them up in a coffee grinder and then run them through the strainer and send the stuff that doesn't pass through the grinder again. I get a nice consistent powder that way.

I shake it through the sifter onto parchment paper that I fold into a funnel of sorts to pour into my storage container. Fast and easy. :thumb:

With pollen you can skip the grinder phase since the pollen will pass through the screen on its own but the flower bits and stems won't.
 
Azimuth said:
How'd you separate? I use a fine screened sifter. Might take some of the fun out of it for you though. :p

Best if the material is well dried.

I use that technique for a lot of my inputs like malted barley. Powder them up in a coffee grinder and then run them through the strainer and send the stuff that doesn't pass through the grinder again. I get a nice consistent powder that way.

I shake it through the sifter onto parchment paper that I fold into a funnel of sorts to pour into my storage container. Fast and easy. :thumb:

With pollen you can skip the grinder phase since the pollen will pass through the screen on its own but the flower bits and stems won't.
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I haven’t gotten to the separation phase yet. In my mind it was going to be as simple as shaking my plant over parchment paper and I’d have a pile of pollen. That’s based on how much pollen I see the plants release. Now I realize, my senses failed me again, and it’s more work than I initially anticipated.

Currently the first method is drying in a parchment paper envelope and the second is drying in the paper bag. I haven’t decided how to separate yet. I just know I want them separated and prepped within the week though, I need to start pollinating the female asap
 
Blue Thai female is absolutely banging. One of the best plants I’ve ever grown. I’m hoping the quality matches. 48 inch indica dominant in a 3 gallon container. The way she looks compared to how she started? Boy she should produce some fire

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How she looked before her roots got big enough

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So one of the Blue Thai Males pollinated one of the Purple Ghost Candy branches. I will harvest these seeds since they should be quite exceptional, since they were naturally bred with a strong male and a strong female.

I will call it Indigo Thai Candy or Periwinkle Ghost in my mind but in reality will probably just say “that PGC that was pollinated by the Blue Thai” 😂
 
SnoopingAsUsualI said:
Great plants, although the yellow leaves...since they are specific leaves and not all the leaves I guess plant could just be dropping them off
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It’s a 4 foot plant in a 3 gallon container filled with used soil, slightly amended, and has 3-4 weeks left til swell/harvest. I’m surprised it went that far before it began taking from the leaves honestly. I expected it a little sooner (right after stretch finished, which was weeks ago)

It’s following the path I predicted it would, just a little slower, which means that when it’s done, it’s going to the worm bin next. I can get about two full runs on a soil before it has to be put into the recycling system. These current buds are in the soil that I used to run the previous grow in this journal.
 
Keffka said:
It’s a 4 foot plant in a 3 gallon container filled with used soil, slightly amended, and has 3-4 weeks left til swell/harvest. I’m surprised it went that far before it began taking from the leaves honestly. I expected it a little sooner (right after stretch finished, which was weeks ago)

It’s following the path I predicted it would, just a little slower, which means that when it’s done, it’s going to the worm bin next. I can get about two full runs on a soil before it has to be put into the recycling system. These current buds are in the soil that I used to run the previous grow in this journal.
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Happy Thursday buddy. Some of my most stressed out plants turned out to be some of the best product in the end. Mind you not so much for quantity but quality was really top notch after a quick bud wash. I'm still chasing the right combination. I'm very very new inside so it might get interesting. Or a total disaster!!! 😂🤣😂 Can't wait to see what you get in the end. 😎✌️
 
Scottay said:
Happy Thursday buddy.
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Happy Friday to you!

Scottay said:
Some of my most stressed out plants turned out to be some of the best product in the end. Mind you not so much for quantity but quality was really top notch after a quick bud wash. I'm still chasing the right combination. I'm very very new inside so it might get interesting. Or a total disaster!!! 😂🤣😂 Can't wait to see what you get in the end. 😎✌️
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I very much agree, and it seems to be the general consensus. Certain forms of stress will create noticeable changes in the quality, typically for the better. I imagine it’s just the inherent nature of life. You become a stronger and more well rounded life form when faced with adversity and stress. The plant, like people, establishes relationships, creates processes, and reinforces itself when faced with adversity and stress.

Growing is ridiculously poetic and deep while also being something you can accomplish with simplicity. Im so very pleased the organic/growing bug bit me so hard.
 
Keffka said:
Happy Friday to you!



I very much agree, and it seems to be the general consensus. Certain forms of stress will create noticeable changes in the quality, typically for the better. I imagine it’s just the inherent nature of life. You become a stronger and more well rounded life form when faced with adversity and stress. The plant, like people, establishes relationships, creates processes, and reinforces itself when faced with adversity and stress.

Growing is ridiculously poetic and deep while also being something you can accomplish with simplicity. Im so very pleased the organic/growing bug bit me so hard.
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Damn @Keffka, you should wax poetic more often. That was awesome writing I loved it.
 
Keffka said:
Happy Friday to you!



I very much agree, and it seems to be the general consensus. Certain forms of stress will create noticeable changes in the quality, typically for the better. I imagine it’s just the inherent nature of life. You become a stronger and more well rounded life form when faced with adversity and stress. The plant, like people, establishes relationships, creates processes, and reinforces itself when faced with adversity and stress.

Growing is ridiculously poetic and deep while also being something you can accomplish with simplicity. Im so very pleased the organic/growing bug bit me so hard.
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I like that analogy Keffka!! Happy Sunday to ya!! 😎✌️
 
Jon said:
Damn @Keffka, you should wax poetic more often. That was awesome writing I loved it.
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Thanks @Jon !!

My writing has been known to affect a lot of people. It’s rare someone compliments it though lol. Usually people want to fight me or ban me because I’ve triggered something they’re insecure about so they project on to me.
 
:ciao:
 
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