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Don’t want to spoil it but you appear chapter six.
RQS Creamatic, Sundae Driver And Epsilon In Coco
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Don’t want to spoil it but you appear chapter six.
Would this be a good forum for it?
420 Stories and Creative Expression
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That would probably work if there is any problem with it being on a grow thread.
LOL, I won't take it as a spoiler alert.
I tried to take the eyepiece off the refractometer for a pic this morning, and that didn't work out well for my phone at all.
I have another idea using one of my DSLR's, I'm going to try tomorrow. I'll have the refractometer clamped to a tripod so I won't have to hold it.
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Holding it still and the camera and snapping the shutter. You’re on the right track. Maybe I can lay mine down on a table, I don’t have a tripod handy. It’s at another house. To all who have great refractometer pictures, you have more skill than I indeed.
Actually I have it attached to a light stand pole. I'll snap a pic of it if you like?
Well, like it or not...here ya go. 
Maybe it will give you an idea or two. The clamp is rubberized so it won't damage anything.
Maybe it will give you an idea or two. The clamp is rubberized so it won't damage anything.
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Oh nice I did miss the cheaper one post lol it answered most my questions lol ty.I think it's sick. You definitely have writing experience and it seems like you have a large portion of the story already written out too. I will def be following this one.
I'm not sure who it was but they posted the link to 420 stories,I checked it out and there are tons of cool stories over there,I had no idea there was a shirts section !!! This site gets better n better lol. Are you gonna post it here or in the stories link ?
Plants def look to be on the mend,I'm seeing more green,yellows are darkening and leaves perking and looking better. Only 2 bad leaves is a good sign. Keep watching glad you saved her in time
I'm not sure who it was but they posted the link to 420 stories,I checked it out and there are tons of cool stories over there,I had no idea there was a shirts section !!! This site gets better n better lol. Are you gonna post it here or in the stories link ?
Plants def look to be on the mend,I'm seeing more green,yellows are darkening and leaves perking and looking better. Only 2 bad leaves is a good sign. Keep watching glad you saved her in time
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Oh nice I did miss the cheaper one post lol it answered most my questions lol ty.I think it's sick. You definitely have writing experience and it seems like you have a large portion of the story already written out too. I will def be following this one.
I'm not sure who it was but they posted the link to 420 stories,I checked it out and there are tons of cool stories over there,I had no idea there was a shirts section !!! This site gets better n better lol. Are you gonna post it here or in the stories link ?
Plants def look to be on the mend,I'm seeing more green,yellows are darkening and leaves perking and looking better. Only 2 bad leaves is a good sign. Keep watching glad you saved her in time
I’ll update here. I’m so disorganized I’d probably lose it if it wasn’t here. Plus I don’t actually want a ton of people to read it, I’m
shy with creative things.
NIce!
Plants are looking fine too!
You might have too much light or light too close, shining on that and that's why it's hard to see that blue line in the phone camera. I have to go outside my grow space and use it under standard household lights to get a good shot. It's really interesting at how little light is needed to highlight the blue line.Well, like it or not...here ya go.
Thank you, tomorrow I will get it somewhere else where the light is not so bright. I was assuming it needed strong lighting.
Nope just normal everyday light especially with the lighter color liquid that you can get sometimes.
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I’m skipping the chapters about the void and ember worlds. It was not needed looking back. I thought it would explain a few things but I’m leaving it out in favor of introducing new characters today. Adding two chapters now. But one a day following. And then some updates on the grow (this is a journal right? 
) and some pictures.
Chapter ?: The Arrival of Gee Vader
Kael drifted among the void blossoms, marveling at their gentle pulse, when he felt it—an unfamiliar presence, ancient and vast, yet distinctly human.
A voice echoed in the stillness, smooth yet heavy, as if layered with the weight of a thousand lifetimes.
“You misunderstand the strain, Kael. You’ve only glimpsed its true nature”.
Kael turned, though he had no physical form in this space. Before him, standing not as a spirit but fully corporeal, was a figure cloaked in deep emerald robes embroidered with symbols older than any civilization he had known. His face was lined but calm, eyes a deep silver that seemed to see through Kael rather than just observe him.
The man held a bud of Nebula Dream—not the ember strain or void blossom but a perfect, shimmering specimen of the original cosmic plant. Yet the energy radiating from it was… different. Deeper. Balanced.
“Who are you?” Kael asked, his voice resonating across the void.
The figure bowed his head slightly. “I am Gee Vader, keeper of the oldest truths. You’ve been a gardener, yes… but you have only tended the surface. You’ve yet to understand what you hold.”
Kael felt the pulse of the void blossoms around him. “I’ve healed worlds. Brought life where there was none. What more is there?”
Gee Vader extended his hand, and a ripple of energy surged from the bud he held. Suddenly, Kael felt everything. Not just the plants. The root of life itself.
“The strain is not a plant, Kael. It is a fragment of the universal blueprint. A reflection of consciousness itself. When it blooms, it reveals the deepest harmony between all living things—not just in body, but in thought. You’ve mistaken healing for growth. But growth alone is not balance.”
Kael felt the truth sink in. The ember strain had fed on pain. The void strain had bloomed only in stillness. Neither was whole. They were fragments—reflections of deeper imbalances.
“What does the strain want, then”?
Gee Vader’s silver eyes narrowed. “It does not want. It reveals. You, Kael, have become its conduit, but you have yet to face the truth of your own imbalance.”
Kael recoiled. “I brought life! I’ve given everything—”
“Have you? Or have you feared letting go of control? You granted life only where you chose. Even here, you guided the void strain instead of trusting it. The strain cannot be owned, Kael. Not by you… not by me… and not by those who will seek to corrupt it.”
Kael felt a ripple in the void—distant, faint, but dark.
“Someone is searching for the strain.”
Gee Vader nodded solemnly. “There are forces who would twist its balance to bind worlds instead of free them. Life is not the ultimate goal for them—power is.”
Kael’s mind raced. “Who? Where?”
Gee extended his hand, and the void blossoms trembled. A single petal fell away, disintegrating into golden dust. From the dust, a new image formed—an iron world, vast and lifeless, but this time, it was not empty. Great towers loomed, their roots digging into the very crust of the planet, siphoning energy as if drawing life from the core itself.
And at the heart of it all, a figure clad in dark armor stood holding a withered, corrupted strain. The vines coiled, not blooming but writhing.
“You are not the only immortal gardener, Kael.”
Kael stared into the vision, feeling the heat rise once more. “Then teach me, Vader. Show me how to stop this corruption.”
Gee Vader shook his head. “You cannot stop it. But you can become whole. Only when you understand the strain fully—its light, its darkness—will you be ready. Come, Kael. Let me show you…
And with that, the void blossoms surged, blooming not in pale violet but in brilliant silver, as the next chapter of Kael’s journey began.
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Chapter six
: The Secrets of Lady C
Long before the void pulsed with danger—before Kael or Gee Vader had even sensed the strain’s corruption—Lady C had walked the edges of the universe alone.
She had not always been a shadow in the void. Once, long ago, she was a seeker, much like Kael. A healer. A guardian.
Her world, Aurelya, had been a garden of light, one of the first planets touched by the purest form of Nebula Dream. The strain there was unlike anything known today—ancient, radiant, glowing with hues of gold and sapphire, thriving in perfect harmony with the planet’s pulse. It was not just a plant; it was a consciousness, a symbiotic force that connected every living being on Aurelya, binding them in shared experience and growth.
Lady C, then simply known as Ceres, had been chosen as a Keeper of the Bloom, a rare title given only to those who could hear the strain’s subtle voice. She felt its energy not just as a healer but as a whisper in her soul—guiding her to mend fractures, to balance where nature fell out of rhythm.
But there was one voice the strain had hidden from her.
Deep beneath the crystalline soil of Aurelya, in chambers untouched for millennia, lay the Prime Root—the very heart of the original strain. Its pulse was… different. Slower. Deeper. And more powerful than any bloom above.
Ceres, young and bold, had gone where no Keeper was meant to go. She touched the Prime Root.
And it spoke. Not in song. Not in light. But in a warning.
“Do not awaken what was sealed”
At first, Ceres didn’t understand. The strain pulsed with beauty, with healing. Why would such a thing need to be sealed away?
But then came him.
A traveler, shrouded in iron-gray robes, arrived on Aurelya—a seeker like herself, but older, his energy quiet and coiled like a storm waiting to break. He spoke with a soft voice, yet his words clung to her mind long after their conversations.
“What would happen if the strain could grow… beyond the light? If we could unlock not just healing but control of life itself? Think of the worlds we could save.” She had believed him once.
His name was Veyren. And together, they had begun to test the strain’s deeper potential.
But it was not balance they uncovered. It was dominion.
Veyren was the first to twist the strain—not out of malice, but out of obsession. He had seen a world perish. He wanted to ensure life could never fade again. He began to alter the strain, forcefully grafting it with cosmic energies drawn from dying stars. The strain responded, but its balance fractured.
The strain stopped healing. It began… taking.
Ceres tried to stop him. She begged the other Keepers to intervene, but by then, the corruption had spread. Veyren had merged his own life force with the Prime Root. His presence could no longer be separated from it.
Aurelya began to wither.
The vines grew twisted, their golden light dimming to pale gray. The strain no longer connected hearts—it bound minds, controlling the will of those who had once lived in harmony.
In a final, desperate act, Ceres shattered the Prime Root.
Not to destroy it—but to divide it. She fragmented the ancient heart, separating the strain’s essence into shards across the universe, each carrying a piece of the original balance.
But it came with a cost.
Veyren was bound to one of the fragments—consumed, yet not destroyed. His spirit remained tethered to the corrupted seed, hidden within the void where Kael and Gee Vader would one day face him again.
Ceres, consumed by guilt, left her dying world behind. She swore to protect the strain’s remnants, knowing that if anyone ever reassembled the Heart Seed… the corruption would return.
She became Lady C, a name whispered in secret, as she wove her way through the void, tracing fragments of the ancient bloom while working from within the shadows—sometimes even from within the corrupted forces themselves.
But now, facing Kael and Vader, the truth gnawed at her.
She had been the one who first let the corruption bloom.
And if Kael failed… it would be her burden to bear.
) and some pictures. Chapter ?: The Arrival of Gee Vader
Kael drifted among the void blossoms, marveling at their gentle pulse, when he felt it—an unfamiliar presence, ancient and vast, yet distinctly human.
A voice echoed in the stillness, smooth yet heavy, as if layered with the weight of a thousand lifetimes.
“You misunderstand the strain, Kael. You’ve only glimpsed its true nature”.
Kael turned, though he had no physical form in this space. Before him, standing not as a spirit but fully corporeal, was a figure cloaked in deep emerald robes embroidered with symbols older than any civilization he had known. His face was lined but calm, eyes a deep silver that seemed to see through Kael rather than just observe him.
The man held a bud of Nebula Dream—not the ember strain or void blossom but a perfect, shimmering specimen of the original cosmic plant. Yet the energy radiating from it was… different. Deeper. Balanced.
“Who are you?” Kael asked, his voice resonating across the void.
The figure bowed his head slightly. “I am Gee Vader, keeper of the oldest truths. You’ve been a gardener, yes… but you have only tended the surface. You’ve yet to understand what you hold.”
Kael felt the pulse of the void blossoms around him. “I’ve healed worlds. Brought life where there was none. What more is there?”
Gee Vader extended his hand, and a ripple of energy surged from the bud he held. Suddenly, Kael felt everything. Not just the plants. The root of life itself.
“The strain is not a plant, Kael. It is a fragment of the universal blueprint. A reflection of consciousness itself. When it blooms, it reveals the deepest harmony between all living things—not just in body, but in thought. You’ve mistaken healing for growth. But growth alone is not balance.”
Kael felt the truth sink in. The ember strain had fed on pain. The void strain had bloomed only in stillness. Neither was whole. They were fragments—reflections of deeper imbalances.
“What does the strain want, then”?
Gee Vader’s silver eyes narrowed. “It does not want. It reveals. You, Kael, have become its conduit, but you have yet to face the truth of your own imbalance.”
Kael recoiled. “I brought life! I’ve given everything—”
“Have you? Or have you feared letting go of control? You granted life only where you chose. Even here, you guided the void strain instead of trusting it. The strain cannot be owned, Kael. Not by you… not by me… and not by those who will seek to corrupt it.”
Kael felt a ripple in the void—distant, faint, but dark.
“Someone is searching for the strain.”
Gee Vader nodded solemnly. “There are forces who would twist its balance to bind worlds instead of free them. Life is not the ultimate goal for them—power is.”
Kael’s mind raced. “Who? Where?”
Gee extended his hand, and the void blossoms trembled. A single petal fell away, disintegrating into golden dust. From the dust, a new image formed—an iron world, vast and lifeless, but this time, it was not empty. Great towers loomed, their roots digging into the very crust of the planet, siphoning energy as if drawing life from the core itself.
And at the heart of it all, a figure clad in dark armor stood holding a withered, corrupted strain. The vines coiled, not blooming but writhing.
“You are not the only immortal gardener, Kael.”
Kael stared into the vision, feeling the heat rise once more. “Then teach me, Vader. Show me how to stop this corruption.”
Gee Vader shook his head. “You cannot stop it. But you can become whole. Only when you understand the strain fully—its light, its darkness—will you be ready. Come, Kael. Let me show you…
And with that, the void blossoms surged, blooming not in pale violet but in brilliant silver, as the next chapter of Kael’s journey began.
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Chapter six
: The Secrets of Lady CLong before the void pulsed with danger—before Kael or Gee Vader had even sensed the strain’s corruption—Lady C had walked the edges of the universe alone.
She had not always been a shadow in the void. Once, long ago, she was a seeker, much like Kael. A healer. A guardian.
Her world, Aurelya, had been a garden of light, one of the first planets touched by the purest form of Nebula Dream. The strain there was unlike anything known today—ancient, radiant, glowing with hues of gold and sapphire, thriving in perfect harmony with the planet’s pulse. It was not just a plant; it was a consciousness, a symbiotic force that connected every living being on Aurelya, binding them in shared experience and growth.
Lady C, then simply known as Ceres, had been chosen as a Keeper of the Bloom, a rare title given only to those who could hear the strain’s subtle voice. She felt its energy not just as a healer but as a whisper in her soul—guiding her to mend fractures, to balance where nature fell out of rhythm.
But there was one voice the strain had hidden from her.
Deep beneath the crystalline soil of Aurelya, in chambers untouched for millennia, lay the Prime Root—the very heart of the original strain. Its pulse was… different. Slower. Deeper. And more powerful than any bloom above.
Ceres, young and bold, had gone where no Keeper was meant to go. She touched the Prime Root.
And it spoke. Not in song. Not in light. But in a warning.
“Do not awaken what was sealed”
At first, Ceres didn’t understand. The strain pulsed with beauty, with healing. Why would such a thing need to be sealed away?
But then came him.
A traveler, shrouded in iron-gray robes, arrived on Aurelya—a seeker like herself, but older, his energy quiet and coiled like a storm waiting to break. He spoke with a soft voice, yet his words clung to her mind long after their conversations.
“What would happen if the strain could grow… beyond the light? If we could unlock not just healing but control of life itself? Think of the worlds we could save.” She had believed him once.
His name was Veyren. And together, they had begun to test the strain’s deeper potential.
But it was not balance they uncovered. It was dominion.
Veyren was the first to twist the strain—not out of malice, but out of obsession. He had seen a world perish. He wanted to ensure life could never fade again. He began to alter the strain, forcefully grafting it with cosmic energies drawn from dying stars. The strain responded, but its balance fractured.
The strain stopped healing. It began… taking.
Ceres tried to stop him. She begged the other Keepers to intervene, but by then, the corruption had spread. Veyren had merged his own life force with the Prime Root. His presence could no longer be separated from it.
Aurelya began to wither.
The vines grew twisted, their golden light dimming to pale gray. The strain no longer connected hearts—it bound minds, controlling the will of those who had once lived in harmony.
In a final, desperate act, Ceres shattered the Prime Root.
Not to destroy it—but to divide it. She fragmented the ancient heart, separating the strain’s essence into shards across the universe, each carrying a piece of the original balance.
But it came with a cost.
Veyren was bound to one of the fragments—consumed, yet not destroyed. His spirit remained tethered to the corrupted seed, hidden within the void where Kael and Gee Vader would one day face him again.
Ceres, consumed by guilt, left her dying world behind. She swore to protect the strain’s remnants, knowing that if anyone ever reassembled the Heart Seed… the corruption would return.
She became Lady C, a name whispered in secret, as she wove her way through the void, tracing fragments of the ancient bloom while working from within the shadows—sometimes even from within the corrupted forces themselves.
But now, facing Kael and Vader, the truth gnawed at her.
She had been the one who first let the corruption bloom.
And if Kael failed… it would be her burden to bear.
If you are concerned about it being a grow journal, and the story off topic of a grow...you should start your own off topic thread. It's really easy.
Here is the off topic area:
You could call it "Wayne's World". LOL
I'm grabbing a cuppa and reading now!
Here is the off topic area:
You could call it "Wayne's World". LOL
I'm grabbing a cuppa and reading now!
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Epsilon is harvested but I left some and am hoping to get it to seed a little for me.
Creamatic seams to really want to reveg. Stigmas are dying and the buds are tiny. And there’s some funny veg growth going on in the bud sites.
I believe the spots to be fungal. Could I be wrong? Easily.
Creamatic seams to really want to reveg. Stigmas are dying and the buds are tiny. And there’s some funny veg growth going on in the bud sites.
I believe the spots to be fungal. Could I be wrong? Easily.
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I’m not concerned in the slightest but I appreciate the guidance. I don’t want multiple threads, can’t keep up.
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Down potted here and she’s in her new home with the creamatic. I don’t care if she gets proper lighting in there because it’s harvested already and if it gives seeds fine and if not fine.
Now I will clean and sanitize the smaller tent and put it away in storage until next indoor grow.
Now I will clean and sanitize the smaller tent and put it away in storage until next indoor grow.
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I’m buckin the system. No more run off for creamatic. Maybe like 8oz. I think with dry amendments like mine it’s better to keep the nutrients in the soil instead of rinsing it through. It’s not available immediately and can sit tight while the water dissolves it and allows the microbes and such to break it down for the roots. That’s my theory. I feel like there’s nothing to lose in this grow and may just call it and chop creamatic anyway. Because beginning March I have to leave the state and won’t be able to mess with a plant that still needs to matures before harvest or dry/cure.
Don’t be suprised if it’s an abrupt ending for creamy. Epsilon I’ll leave until the end basically to see it of get seeds. It’s an incredible unique and special smell I don’t want to lose.
Have a nice day all, will see how I feel about it all over the next couple days and watch her progress, as far as whether she’s re-vegging.
Don’t be suprised if it’s an abrupt ending for creamy. Epsilon I’ll leave until the end basically to see it of get seeds. It’s an incredible unique and special smell I don’t want to lose.
Have a nice day all, will see how I feel about it all over the next couple days and watch her progress, as far as whether she’s re-vegging.
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And here’s the last update on the cob.
It went from interesting to beef jerky to hot dogs. I may or may not have completed the process correctly. I won’t ever know as this is the first time trying to do it and I’ve never seen it other than my own attempt. So it’s likely I did it wrong. Maybe not. The smoke was super smooth and got me stoned very well. The taste and aroma were quite off putting to me. I had a great time with this and don’t regret giving it a shot. I just may have messed up or just don’t like it, I dont know.
Not recommended if was want true flavor and taste. Recommend for fun. I’m not doing this again unless I learn more or maybe have the corn husks, see what that does to it all.
I think I could store this for years and years.
It went from interesting to beef jerky to hot dogs. I may or may not have completed the process correctly. I won’t ever know as this is the first time trying to do it and I’ve never seen it other than my own attempt. So it’s likely I did it wrong. Maybe not. The smoke was super smooth and got me stoned very well. The taste and aroma were quite off putting to me. I had a great time with this and don’t regret giving it a shot. I just may have messed up or just don’t like it, I dont know.
Not recommended if was want true flavor and taste. Recommend for fun. I’m not doing this again unless I learn more or maybe have the corn husks, see what that does to it all.
I think I could store this for years and years.