Oh No - It's A Green Hole! - Reverse Thrusters! - Dammit - Too Late!

[Tead]

Damn... Crawfish season is a long way off...

 

[Spitz]

In fact, I missed that subtle one. Not the sharpest some (all) days.
OH HELL YES I'D EAT ME SOME MUDBUGS!!! Damn right. Pinch dem tails and suck dem heads baby!
To be fair, out of towners don't really understand what a crawfish burl is. The true joy of crawfish consumption is done in back yards with tons of friends and hundreds of pounds of live crawfish.
The crawfish come from water called "brackish" water. It's kind of the areas where the Gulf of Mexico and the bayous and swamps meet. You get a mix of salt and fresh water. There's lots of this sort of land laying outside the populated areas around here. The crawfish can really get huge in this mix. I remember little crawdads in the lakes and rivers of Oregon in my youth. The local variety are MUCH larger. Locals use traps out in the swamps to catch them. Some folks are farming them these days as well.
They generally come in big 50lb bags. You flush them in fresh water to get all the swamp goo out of their innards. Boil up some Zat's Crab Boil (I like the liquid Zat's), sausage, corn, garlic, onion, artichoke, and whatever in a big huge metal pot. Bring the mix to a boil and toss in those squiggly little mudbugs straight in. Go grab a fresh Abita Amber while the bugs are boilin. Check the Saints score. When the bugs are done, you pull them out with your strainer and dump them mix straight onto a big picnic table with a hole cut in the middle and a garbage can underneath so that everyone can just bulldoze the remains into the trash. Everyone digs in, pulling out their favorite bonus bits along with gratuitous amounts of mudbugs. All the necessary banter occurs between bugs. It will be someone's first time eating mudbugs. A cute young girl in the corner will pretend to be squeemish while her boyfriend digs in mostly ignoring her. All the standard Rockwellian scenes occur with a backdrop of flowing beer (to quell the spice of course!). Probably a live band pumping out some local favorites.
I'm a fan... can you tell?

Wish I could have liked that twice. Sounds good that there! I miss bayou country. Snuck me a coonass way up north though! I managed to get my son calling them crayfish now. Drives her bonkers! Life is good

Edit..
Had to add. I listened to my girlfriend (wife now) explain to my mother about a crawfish "bawl". It went back and forth

Pretty small aren't they? Yes there pretty small but we bawl a lot
You have to eat a lot of them i bet? Yes, we eat 40 lb sacks for bawls
Do they taste good? Yes, nothing better than crawfish bawls!

I shit you not, the next words out of my moms mouth were "how do you get there little legs apart?"

 

[Weaselcracker]

Pretty small aren't they? Yes there pretty small but we bawl a lot
You have to eat a lot of them i bet? Yes, we eat 40 lb sacks for bawls
Do they taste good? Yes, nothing better than crawfish bawls!

I shit you not, the next words out of my moms mouth were "how do you get there little legs apart?"

Oh dear !!! That is such a wonderful image. Probably on everyone's list of things we don't want to see our mothers do- spread a tiny animals legs apart and.... No! Mom! Stop!

 

[Tead]

For the record, "Crawfish Balls" is an entry on many menus in the area. Kind of like sausage balls or other meatballs, but made with crawfish meat.

Fun to hear others speak of the crawfish boil love. I don't think anyone could speak ill of the backyard boil. Everybody is smiling when pinchin tails and suckin heads. It's like some sort of freakish happy zone where nothing unhappy is allowed.

Dammit all this crawfish chatter is making me Jones hard for a backyard boil!

 

[lexort420]

Weasel im officially requesting a veg and flowering chamber picture update! Lol plzzzz

 

[Weaselcracker]

Hey Lex I hope you read the posting requirement disclaimers earlier in the journal. The weather here has been atrocious and I'm considering taking a detour south a bit to hang out with some nice folks and suck back a bunch of crawfish and beer. Ahhhhh, so nice! Probably not though, in which case I should be able to update something or in a day or two. I'm not sure how much there will be to update. Growth has been a little slow. For about a year I had an overgrow veg room and had to keep the machete sharp. Now I've got a few little plants which seem to be growing at a slug's pace. I think I need to take a perpetual grow management lesson from B.A.R. I could blame the patients I suppose. Ha ha. It's been constant fun and games with them. I can't rely on them for quality checking at all. I'm either going to have to get over my aversion for indica (unlikely) or book a couple days off (impossible) to test strains that may make me completely paranoid, stupid, and depressed, or just stick with the tried and true strains ( Pineapple Chunk and Mama Thai) and not try new strains ( impossible ). I need a Guinea pig. One that can make up it's damn mind, and point with it's little nose at the sample it likes.
Somewhere I read someone, SciGuy I think, saying that they don't refer to the 'caregivees' as patients, because they hate playing doctor. I can see what he means, as the patients are complete nutcases. I like nutcases a lot, but sometimes it's best not to get in too deep.
Anyway- will update soon whatever is going on at the grow. If I don't you know where I'll be.
Suckin' crawfish balls.
No! Hmmmmm....Sucking crawfish head? Aggggh!! No!
I'll ask Spitz's mom what to do

 

[Tead]

Pinch dem tails and suck dem heads baby. Come on down... we'll arrange a lesson.

 

[Kriaze]

Hey Lex I hope you read the posting requirement disclaimers earlier in the journal. The weather here has been atrocious and I'm considering taking a detour south a bit to hang out with some nice folks and suck back a bunch of crawfish and beer. Ahhhhh, so nice! Probably not though, in which case I should be able to update something or in a day or two. I'm not sure how much there will be to update. Growth has been a little slow. For about a year I had an overgrow veg room and had to keep the machete sharp. Now I've got a few little plants which seem to be growing at a slug's pace. I think I need to take a perpetual grow management lesson from B.A.R. I could blame the patients I suppose. Ha ha. It's been constant fun and games with them. I can't rely on them for quality checking at all. I'm either going to have to get over my aversion for indica (unlikely) or book a couple days off (impossible) to test strains that may make me completely paranoid, stupid, and depressed, or just stick with the tried and true strains ( Pineapple Chunk and Mama Thai) and not try new strains ( impossible ). I need a Guinea pig. One that can make up it's damn mind, and point with it's little nose at the sample it likes.
Somewhere I read someone, SciGuy I think, saying that they don't refer to the 'caregivees' as patients, because they hate playing doctor. I can see what he means, as the patients are complete nutcases. I like nutcases a lot, but sometimes it's best not to get in too deep.
Anyway- will update soon whatever is going on at the grow. If I don't you know where I'll be.
Suckin' crawfish balls.
No! Hmmmmm....Sucking crawfish head? Aggggh!! No!
I'll ask Spitz's mom what to do

You know I'm well up for that Weaselcracker I don't know what the rest was after the comment 'tell the truth about my weed' but you can count me in =] I'm off swimming the atlantic again lol

 

[Robert Celt]

You are going to be a very fit man if you keep that up Kraize, and this time you have to run clear across the country as well LOL

 

[Kriaze]

I could do with trimming down mate lol, I'm already omw

 

[Weaselcracker]

Bloody cold mate! Good luck and watch out for plastic bag islands and jellyfish blooms. Don't forget to take waterproof rolling papers. Don't let those customs and immigration goons give you any lip whenever you get to shore. They don't get paid very well and it makes them very bitter. See you soon!

 

[Weaselcracker]

~RETURN TO THE HOLE~

~LEFT SIDE~

Here is it looked upon landing tonight.

Yes yes, I know... Not prize winning material here.

First I dealt with the Thai Stick.

Sorry to announce that Mr. T Stick was executed tonight, by decapitation. Some limbs were saved as genetic material for scientific experiments. Poor Mr. Stick. What a complete betrayal after months of not so loving care. Sorry buddy goodbye. His clones have shown roots and live on, for now.

I found some mold on the P Chunk

Yuck. Boo. Hiss
I removed about four affected colas along with some smaller odds and ends and tried to clean it up. I shouldn't have given it that last feeding either I think. Looks a bit trashed...
I'll check my dehum tomorrow to make sure it's properly dehumming.

Anyway...to give it more air and light I rigged up a new P Chunk support system.

Yes Wow my grade one teacher would be so proud. If only she could see she would probably kiss me. I wonder where she is now? and if she is still as beautiful......

~RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOLE~

Looks pretty cheery so far. Please no flopping now, girls. Go silica go.

I did some general tidying up. Must remember to remove old pipe cleaner mending and splinting jobs. This should be done at the time I clear the undergrowth at around 3 weeks flowering.

I stuck the White Widow in a dark corner, and will try to harvest her tomorrow, in which case I'll post something or other about it, if I have time.


~VEG ROOM~

Things are growing a bit better I think. Pots were dried up nicely when I got there. Dried up a little too nicely for the Mama Thai, in back of this photo, which is pretty droopy up top and maybe had some heat stroke. They were dried up last week too so I don't think overwatering is a factor now.

The Malawis put on a little growth spurt. Not looking as sativa as I expected, so far. (The little plant closest to the right is a Blueberry clone, the other 3 are Malawi)

The plants are improved from last week. Still looking a bit strange- a bit floppy, plenty of purple stem, and oddly colored leaves- as if low on N, with a weird light, slightly dayglo, green. I'll take a look at the roots tomorrow. They looked pretty good last week.

I started brewing a benny tea, in case it helps. I haven't been brewing teas lately because of time. Obstinate old Father Time, always refusing to do what we want him to. He must be a right friggin pain in the ass for Mrs Time. I have many many issues with the ol' bastard myself, and we've barely got into yet, him and I.

 

[lexort420]

In the first picture whats up with the slanted screen? Just wondering lol. That sucks about the bud rot. Think it might help to run two dehumidifiers? Not sure on the dimensions of your flowering room but maybe the one dehumidifier is stuggling to keep the rooms rh down all by its self. Just a thought cause I hate seeing anyone get bud rot. Other than that everything looks great to me and thanks for the update weasel ill be looking forward to the next lol take it easy brother

 

[SweetSue]

Kudos on the new support system. This should greatly reduce the chances of more mold, yes? Sorry for the loss. Boo! Now, aren't you feeling just a little proud of yourself for the additional support system? Go ahead, admit it. You did a fine job there.

Father Time's overworked. Go easy on the old guy. Mrs. Time tries to be understanding.

 

[SweetSue]

Weaselcracker, you have the best journal. I was wrong. As much fun as TOAST is, he's not you Bud. I discovered I have a stronger draw to your wit and charm. Man, can you turn a phrase.

 

[Robert Celt]

Morning Weasel

Sucks about the male and the budrot, mold is a pain in the arse. Have you seen Cajun's post on using essential oils as a foliar spray for prevention and increased trichome production? If it only worked to stave off mold it might worth the investment for you

And great work on the extra support for the PC

 

[Weaselcracker]

In the first picture whats up with the slanted screen? Just wondering lol. That sucks about the bud rot. Think it might help to run two dehumidifiers? Not sure on the dimensions of your flowering room but maybe the one dehumidifier is stuggling to keep the rooms rh down all by its self. Just a thought cause I hate seeing anyone get bud rot. Other than that everything looks great to me and thanks for the update weasel ill be looking forward to the next lol take it easy brother

Hi Lex. The slanted screen is just how it was from last week. I tilted the upper screen till it had the most buds stretched vertically the best way from the lower screen. Pretty sure that explanation doesn't make much sense, but.... It's just the way it was. All my screens are tiltable and sometimes they end up tilted for one reason or another.
I'm not worried about the budrot. The dehum is probably set for 70 RH or something like that. I just set it to the bare minimum amount of dehumming I could till the rot seemed to stop. I'll probably turn the RH setting down a bit when I go in there during the lights off period. It's big enough that it should be able to deal with the flowering room. Maybe I should bite the bullet and set it to the 50% RH setting. Heats up the room a bunch though, and dries the pots out pretty fast, since 50% RH is so far below the natural humidity of the room and the outside world. If the dehum is going to be cranking out so much heat that the cooling fan starts coming on, bringing in more super humid air from outside, Things may get weird. I'm still working out the dehumidifier thing as you can see. I may cut a hole in the wall and vent it outside if necessary.

 

[Weaselcracker]

Sue you are so sweet.. The reason I ended up on your first journal was- there was that particularly bad troll one time and he appeared on another thread spewing foul trollish words and I checked his profile and started following him around reporting his posts, which led me straight to your journal. Naturally he went right to your place to test his wimpy powers against yours and was promptly vaporized. Anyway, that's how I met you.
The Pineapple Chunk mobile is.... Hmmmm... Well, it's definitely going to work better than the last support system version, now that I've made another layer of support systems for it, so I suppose I look at it with enough approval to prove your comment right Sue, while laughing at this situation a bit as well. Thanks
As I just said in my reps comment, you are an essential part of the support system for the support system for the support system for the support system.

 

[Weaselcracker]

Morning Celt! (I'm hoping to go back to sleep and nap for longer actually, after posting a bit). Jehovah's witnesses have a habit of coming on some Saturday mornings, and my JW detection sense is starting to tingle lately, so I will try to sleep through that knock if it comes. They're nice enough people of course, but it's a bit awkward. I just don't believe what they believe, and wish they didn't need to come all the way to my place to tell me about their beliefs. Anyway, sleeping in late on a rainy windy morning is getting pretty close to heaven I think. So why should they come and mess it up? So I can drag myself out of bed and we can stand there shivering and looking and feeling like idiots while they recite some formulas from a book that are supposed to make me ultimately happier than being in bed did? Seems wrong. They should revamp their guidebook perhaps.
But I digress...
I've had years and years of mold issues. Seeing that I've had so little mold lately warms my heart and it's almost nice to see a bit, just to know where I stand. I'll check out Cajun to see what he's been up to. Many years ago I used to spray mold with a dish soap and water mix, and that definitely seemed to kill it. Which reminds me I got a real treat box of SNS products yesterday from the last of the MOTM prizes. I'm not sure what's in there yet but there may be something I can use as well.
I had a friend caretaking my grow at one point back in the days when I was spraying against mold. The vent fan broke and she called me up freaking out about all the mold. I told her to spray it with the dish soap and water. Instead she accidentally sprayed it with a weak grow nutrient mix that was there. The mold loved it!!! After that experience I stopped spraying.

 

[Tead]

I think you're growin mudbugs in your buckets. They were just trying to harvest your babies before you did. Trimmed your fine efforts with their pinchy claws. Mudbugs need love too after all.