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I went looking through my photo files yesterday and came across documentation of my adoptees. I know I posted some of these back at the beginning of the journal, but I thought it might be nice to let you all see how much difference this soil I'm working with really is. I adopted both of these from a grower who potted them in FFOF and perlite and used no nutrients. After I got them I treated each, in time, to some comfrey and burdock drenches. Keep in mind, this was before I had any earthly idea what I was doing, but I did know these plants were both starving when I got them and I also knew I couldn't use chemical nutes. The drenches were an instinctive measure. I remember scouring the neighborhood for plants to use for the drenches. They were very simple drenches at that - chopped leaves in water, shaken frequently every time I walked past them (I had them right outside the kitchen door) and then diluted and applied. Nothing fancy at all.
My first was a bag seed Medical No Name. To date, my favorite smoke. I can only imagine what I could do with a good seed and this soil. I may have to do that at some point. The buzz still haunts me. A sweet candy taste to the draw and the most incredible creative urge that set in after a mere two hits and forced you off the couch to do something. When I got her she was so sad looking and sparse, I just had to try to save her. He was going to simply trash her, but she called out to me and I convinced him to let me take her home. She hadn't shown sex yet and he was sure she was male.
When she showed sex I set up a quick grow space. This was how I found 420 magazine, and she benefitted from Tulip's incredible tutorial on CFLs. She bloomed.
I played with some defoliation and coaxed her along to harvest. These were taken right before harvest.
My very first frosty cola. No Rad, you never forget the first grow.
I pushed the harvest to make room for this Northern Lights Big Bud that was languishing in the grower's closet. He tends to grow more than he can handle and this one was being shoved to the side. Sorry it's sideways, but this was before I was familiar with 420 guidelines or had any inclination to do a journal.
She was more challenging, but gave a bigger yield. I didn't weigh the first harvest. We smoked that Medical No Name up in a week, but every hit was a celebration. You can see the diatomaceous earth on the surface - evidence of my ongoing battle with the fungus gnats attacking her. I hate FFOF!
Nowhere near my idea of a "big bud", but I did my best with what I had and my limited knowledge and brought her to harvest. In the end that main cola dried up to offer about 1/4 ounce dry. Not bad for a beginner, I guess. Her struggle with obvious deficiencies bothered me deeply. She cried out for help and I was so untrained in how to save her.
At this point I knew I was going to do it up right. I'd met COorganic and he'd introduced me to Living Organic Soil. It was a match made in Heaven. Which brings us to the startling comparison of:
Daily Update: Day 69 (THC Bomb Auto) & Day 68 (Buddha Magnum Auto)
Using the flash is not my favorite technique, but it gives the best view of the flowering masses inside these bushes.
Keep in mind, the only major difference between this grow and the adoptees is the Clackamas Coots soil mix. I realize that the SWICK systems and the Geo Pots are contributing factors, but in the end, it's the soil. All I really did here is set the stage and plant the seeds. This soil rocks!
The sheer volume of blooming on the Bomb stuns me every time I look at her.
There's so much growing inside Buddha's skirts that I'm not really sure how much is there, so this is the closest I get to that. Flash it is.
The very top bud of this secondary cola measures 3 1/2". To give you a sense of scale, it's 7" from tip to where you can see the branch. There's a small (very small) gap between the tip bud and the one below it, which is why it doesn't show up here. The flowering continues all the way down to the stem.
This is the tip of that cola. Lovely, no?
Buddha's secondary colas are so sparkly with frost. Yummy.
I know these are dark and slightly out of focus, but they were only meant to show the girth of the Bomb.....
..... and Buddha as they compete for space in their tiny closet. They're a bit cramped, but obviously quite happy.
One last photo - off topic, but then, on this journal nothing is really off topic, is it?
Dale's Nepenthes bloom is in decline. It's still breathtakingly beautiful. What a wonderful world we live in.
Dale's sleeping off the stomach malady he somehow contracted. Not like him at all to get sick in this way. He's slowly improving though, so I'll couch my concern and take the time to get down on the mat and do,a run of Callanetics. My abs are starting to finally take shape, after 18 months, and we want to keep the momentum going. Need to keep that trophy wife appearance now, don't we? He's so cute when he says stuff like that. 
Have a wonderful day everyone. Take the time to hug someone close. Life is for loving, after all.
My first was a bag seed Medical No Name. To date, my favorite smoke. I can only imagine what I could do with a good seed and this soil. I may have to do that at some point. The buzz still haunts me. A sweet candy taste to the draw and the most incredible creative urge that set in after a mere two hits and forced you off the couch to do something. When I got her she was so sad looking and sparse, I just had to try to save her. He was going to simply trash her, but she called out to me and I convinced him to let me take her home. She hadn't shown sex yet and he was sure she was male.
When she showed sex I set up a quick grow space. This was how I found 420 magazine, and she benefitted from Tulip's incredible tutorial on CFLs. She bloomed.
I played with some defoliation and coaxed her along to harvest. These were taken right before harvest.
My very first frosty cola. No Rad, you never forget the first grow.
I pushed the harvest to make room for this Northern Lights Big Bud that was languishing in the grower's closet. He tends to grow more than he can handle and this one was being shoved to the side. Sorry it's sideways, but this was before I was familiar with 420 guidelines or had any inclination to do a journal.
She was more challenging, but gave a bigger yield. I didn't weigh the first harvest. We smoked that Medical No Name up in a week, but every hit was a celebration. You can see the diatomaceous earth on the surface - evidence of my ongoing battle with the fungus gnats attacking her. I hate FFOF!
Nowhere near my idea of a "big bud", but I did my best with what I had and my limited knowledge and brought her to harvest. In the end that main cola dried up to offer about 1/4 ounce dry. Not bad for a beginner, I guess. Her struggle with obvious deficiencies bothered me deeply. She cried out for help and I was so untrained in how to save her.
At this point I knew I was going to do it up right. I'd met COorganic and he'd introduced me to Living Organic Soil. It was a match made in Heaven. Which brings us to the startling comparison of:
Daily Update: Day 69 (THC Bomb Auto) & Day 68 (Buddha Magnum Auto)
Using the flash is not my favorite technique, but it gives the best view of the flowering masses inside these bushes.
Keep in mind, the only major difference between this grow and the adoptees is the Clackamas Coots soil mix. I realize that the SWICK systems and the Geo Pots are contributing factors, but in the end, it's the soil. All I really did here is set the stage and plant the seeds. This soil rocks!
The sheer volume of blooming on the Bomb stuns me every time I look at her.
There's so much growing inside Buddha's skirts that I'm not really sure how much is there, so this is the closest I get to that. Flash it is.
The very top bud of this secondary cola measures 3 1/2". To give you a sense of scale, it's 7" from tip to where you can see the branch. There's a small (very small) gap between the tip bud and the one below it, which is why it doesn't show up here. The flowering continues all the way down to the stem.
This is the tip of that cola. Lovely, no?
Buddha's secondary colas are so sparkly with frost. Yummy.
I know these are dark and slightly out of focus, but they were only meant to show the girth of the Bomb.....
..... and Buddha as they compete for space in their tiny closet. They're a bit cramped, but obviously quite happy.
One last photo - off topic, but then, on this journal nothing is really off topic, is it?
Dale's Nepenthes bloom is in decline. It's still breathtakingly beautiful. What a wonderful world we live in.
Dale's sleeping off the stomach malady he somehow contracted. Not like him at all to get sick in this way. He's slowly improving though, so I'll couch my concern and take the time to get down on the mat and do,a run of Callanetics. My abs are starting to finally take shape, after 18 months, and we want to keep the momentum going. Need to keep that trophy wife appearance now, don't we?
He's so cute when he says stuff like that. Have a wonderful day everyone. Take the time to hug someone close. Life is for loving, after all.
Sorry again if you do not want it in your journal, I will remove this part. Please let me know in that case.
