Congrats on the offspring.. Hopefully, they will become a major stash of prime buddage.. I wanted to ask,, what is that your using as labels? Kind of like written in stone... Looking great Keepem Greem
Thanks for the Congrats, Norcaliwood.
The sandwiched aluminum labels are called impress-o-tags. If you write on them with medium pressure from a ballpoint pen, they 'engrave' the letters into the aluminum, which is water, sun, soil, and animal resistant. A box of 100 sells for about $18-20. I've now used about 40 for 40 plants. This grow I've started tracking dates on 3x5 cards, so the new tags just have the strain name and breeder initials. I'll be re-using them.
"Kind of like written in stone", except I've carved my name in stone, and it's really hard to chisel curved letters. The tags are easier to use.
I'm loooking forward to Carnival. There was a recent report of lucid dreaming by someone who let their plant go 25% amber and then smoked before bed. Shamanic smoke affects are a good family fit. Carnival / Mardis Gras joyfulness is also a good family fit - especially if we can avoid the crowds.
In the last week, after a new paint job and days of scrubbing the floor, we have renamed the dining room as "The French Quarter.' With only half the furniture in place, we embarked on a new craft project. I designed and replicated several wire armatures, the wife began fabric wrapping said armatures, and the young woman sculpted and painted clay heads, as well as assuming primary creative control and overall project responsibility for creating dozens of fairy figurines. At the same time my wife and I began arranging furniture, organizing craft supplies, delegating storage zones and started the first layer of decoration for the French Quarter.
Not everyone stacks a pair of carved pelicans, on a tall plant stand enclosing a clock base lamp, over a skull wearing a ventian carnival mask on a carved wooden serving tray, on a rectangular display case, on an inlaid hookah table, on an upended wooden toy box to fill a corner of their dining room. When they do, the room deserves a more descriptive name than 'Dining Room.'
So Carnival fits our family dynamic.
I'm also looking forward to CBD Critical Cure with it's 1:2 THC:CBD ratio. It should be an excellent ingredient in oils and creams to massage away pain (mostly my wife's ever present pain - I rarely suffer.)
Both of these seeds were planted based on pressure to 'follow my bliss' from Sue Sweets (nee SweetSue on 420.) A true friend is one who kicks you in the ass after hearing you say over and over you want to get up and run. SweetSue is a true friend.
I am truly grateful.
Carnival looks like a real seedling now
p.s. The family has smoked 7.1 grams of oven dried and 'mostly dry' AK47. I trimmed another 8.1 grams of 'mostly dry' lower branches today. Eight days after harvest, the flavor is mild - just starting to develop. The aroma is pineapple. The effects are energetic, euphoric, and social, transitioning to permagrin and couchlock for up to an hour when you smoke heavily, then returning to euphoric and social.
It's amazing how creative I became
Good job catching the fire ans let it be experience not just for you. Thank you for sharing and blaze on! 
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