SweetSue's Perpetual 2.0 - The Transition To Doc Bud's HBB Kit

[SweetSue]

This is duct tape (I did duct work in the flower area this week.)

Ok, I have that too. Indispensable when setting up a tent, eh? So I suppose the other has always been called duck tape and I've been in my own myopic world calling it "duct tape." I stand corrected.

 

[Hash Hound]

is this like all Kleenex are tissues, but not all tissues are Kleenex???

 

[Tead]

But not all Kleenex is tissue....

KLEENEX(R) Foam Skin Cleanser with Moisturizers-Kimberly-Clark Professional*

 

[SweetSue]

Ahhh.... I love the crowd in this room. Lol!

 

[Arctic Bowl]

Good evening to you Ms Sue

Have to say, that mint GSC you have going is one sexy lady, if I were 40 years younger she'd be my future wife

Great to drop in on your grow our Guardian Angel and your knocking it out of the park!!!!!!!

Blessed Buds our friend and be well

 

[SweetSue]

Good evening to you Ms Sue

Have to say, that mint GSC you have going is one sexy lady, if I were 40 years younger she'd be my future wife

Great to drop in on your grow our Guardian Angel and your knocking it out of the park!!!!!!!

Blessed Buds our friend and be well

It's always a delight to have you stop by Arctic. And thank you for the compliment. The girls tolerate me well and shine despite my occasional oversights. Can't seem to stop planting. I'm trying to be taking a plant down every two weeks. Scheduling can be a pain. Lol!

Yesterday I did a best guess on harvest schedules. We know these things never work out like that, but it helps to have a general feel for what's ahead.

Good morning everyone

Time for some fun.

Be back later.

Yeah.... I'm happy.

 

[wildflowerbudd]

Good morning Sue,
It's been a month or so since my last comments, I needed to make a name change for some needed privacy from a "snooper" in my midst. ;-) I appreciate you and love the bud photos. Your growing skills are increasing every day. Thanks for sharing your passion for life with us.
Jugg

 

[SweetSue]

Good morning Sue,
It's been a month or so since my last comments, I needed to make a name change for some needed privacy from a "snooper" in my midst. ;-) I appreciate you and love the bud photos. Your growing skills are increasing every day. Thanks for sharing your passion for life with us.
Jugg

Morning Jugg. It warms my heart to know the posting is well-recieved. Good thing too, considering my post count. Lol! You stepped out just in time for the real fun.

Harvest: Carnival 3 (Day 129, flip + 77)

Minus the 22 grams of stem I get 298 grams wet, or just over 2 ounces by the time she's all dried.

Looking at this closely it appears the tip died when I let her dry out last week. I believe I'll keep that tip out and let it air dry for a couple days. I'll see what it looks like when I get her clipped down for the low and slo drying. I've never had this happen before. Anyone else ever see this?

The buds are encrusted with trichomes. Mighty impressed with weight and density.

She'll hang to dry for a few hours I'll set up a fan to help the water evaporate.

A joyous start to a promising day. May your day be a reflection of the joy you allow yourself to feel, and go ahead...... let yourself feel big joy and then spread it around. I'm gonna go jump in the shower and have some breakfast. Catch you later.


............ Graytail.... the smell is unbelievable on this one. Wounded genetics or not, this one feels like a keeper. Can I justify that? It feels uncomfortable growing obviously damaged genetics, but OMG! The smell!

 

[Tomster420]

So I was right but hey at least is wasn't mold and you get to keep it to smoke. Congratulations on your harvest!

 

[SweetSue]

So I was right but hey at least is wasn't mold and you get to keep it to smoke. Congratulations on your harvest!

Thank you Night.

It made me nervous looking at her from a distance, but there's no sign of mold, just necrosis. Trichomes are filled with oil. That doesn't die. I'll smoke that part of it up myself, leave most of the rest for my patients. We're down to two colas of Carnival in the cupboard, not a situation I enjoy. This strain is one of the two primary ones this grow is built around, and the preferred choice for vaping or smoking by three out of the four of us. My goal is to always have an inventory of Carnival on hand.

One more week and I'll flip the next one in line. Then I believe I'll clip a cutting from Carn 4 and plan to replace this genetic line with that one. She has strong sativa leanings and a much healthier disposition.

 

[Van Stank]

Congrats on another success harvest Sue! Looks awesome.

 

[Lady Antheia]

Just look at the list of upcoming harvests!

 

[Van Stank]

Just look at the list of upcoming harvests!

I haven't looked real far back yet. Been a little busy dealing with a situation with my mom. She is a raging alcoholic, in her late 70's and all her friends have passed away over the last few years and she has nothing to live for in her eyes. So she doesn't eat much, doesn't move around much and doesn't do much besides drink. Apparently she has added falling to her daily schedule as well. So she has become a danger to herself and was taken to the hospital for her health concerns (bruises all over from balls, scrapes, cuts, etc). My sister is trying to deal with what she can because she lives near her (I am 1500 miles away), but she has 3 kids and a shit bag ex husband that is making her life miserable while she tries to keep her cleaning business running. Oh yeah she is completely deaf so very ignorant about healthcare laws and what not for the elderly. So I have been trying to deal with most of this crap to help her out and found out Mom hasn't been paying bills and has let her house go into being a pig sty. Honestly haven't been able to come to my get-a-way over the last week because of all that. Not a fun situation. Also had to plan a trip I really don't want to make to go down and see her, but I know if I don't go and see her before she passes away, I will have that guilt on my shoulders. But I also know I am going to be mad when I see what she chose to make her life. I don't have a lot of sympathy for people that create these messes. We have tried for decades to get her to do something about her drinking but that's her selfish love. We all understand that but hate seeing the woman that raised us become a drunken babbling mess. Sorry for the vent Sue....not trying to bring down the vibes this morning.

 

[Lady Antheia]

That's a lot to deal with, Van. While in college, my across the hall apartment neighbor was an elderly man that was was an alcoholic. I lost count of the number of times I heard him knocking things over, bump into furniture, or fall down. He was always bruised and bedraggled. His family had to step in and force him out of there and into an assisted living facility. I can only imagine how difficult that was for them, because he wasn't easy to be around when sober.

Hugs to you and your sis!

 

[SweetSue]

I haven't looked real far back yet. Been a little busy dealing with a situation with my mom. She is a raging alcoholic, in her late 70's and all her friends have passed away over the last few years and she has nothing to live for in her eyes. So she doesn't eat much, doesn't move around much and doesn't do much besides drink. Apparently she has added falling to her daily schedule as well. So she has become a danger to herself and was taken to the hospital for her health concerns (bruises all over from balls, scrapes, cuts, etc). My sister is trying to deal with what she can because she lives near her (I am 1500 miles away), but she has 3 kids and a shit bag ex husband that is making her life miserable while she tries to keep her cleaning business running. Oh yeah she is completely deaf so very ignorant about healthcare laws and what not for the elderly. So I have been trying to deal with most of this crap to help her out and found out Mom hasn't been paying bills and has let her house go into being a pig sty. Honestly haven't been able to come to my get-a-way over the last week because of all that. Not a fun situation. Also had to plan a trip I really don't want to make to go down and see her, but I know if I don't go and see her before she passes away, I will have that guilt on my shoulders. But I also know I am going to be mad when I see what she chose to make her life. I don't have a lot of sympathy for people that create these messes. We have tried for decades to get her to do something about her drinking but that's her selfish love. We all understand that but hate seeing the woman that raised us become a drunken babbling mess. Sorry for the vent Sue....not trying to bring down the vibes this morning.

You don't ever need to apologize. My daughter is thankful as she can be that her mother cares little for alcohol. The genetic tendency for alcoholism runs in my veins, and I've tried to be cautious. It was liver damage that killed my mother, although she was a pleasant drunk. You're caught in a difficult situation. Ask yourself why you feel the need to judge your mother's choices in a negative light? I understand the dynamics - my mother was, how shall I put it? ...domestically challenged - but it's her choice and no reflection on you or your sister, and being angry won't solve anything. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.

Depression is a terrible disease and alcohol fuels the demons. When you're in the grip it's nearly impossible to pull yourself out and the rescue falls on those who love you. I feel for you. There are no easy options, are there? Take a mental bag of happy feelings to pull from when the air gets thick. If you can train yourself to deflect your thoughts from frustration to joy, at will, you can be a more effective advocate for your mother and you'll have access to inspiration you won't recognize in frustration or anger.

It's a gross inconvenience for you, but I know you'll come home feeling you did your best, and that's all any of us can ask for. It'll all be fine in the end. The tendency of the universe is to make all things work out for all of us. You aren't an exception to cosmic laws. I'd be proud to call you one of my own children, running off to save the day when you wish like hell you could avoid it.

 

[Van Stank]

Yeah its tough to deal with. I am not the best person for sympathy when it comes to situations that you yourself have created. If mom needs a new roof, I'm the guy. If mom needs anything done around the house, I'm the guy. Being a caretaker to someone that is self destructive despite the decades of me talking to her about it and trying to get her to stop....not so much. But my sister is just way overwhelmed and she doesn't deserve it so for her sake and perhaps to a degree for my mom's sake I will do what I can to help out and try to do what's best for mom. I don't think she would last long in an assisted living facility, and frankly we can't afford it. She won't live up in the North East with me and frankly I don't want her living with me (sad to say). I want her to stay in the house she loves with her dog she loves but she just can't do it alone anymore. So I have to call the lawyer down there that specializes in Elder Care and see what my options are. Mom doesn't want 'any help' and claims 'she is fine' and just had a 'couple falls' recently. I know its bullshit, we all know its bullshit, but there isn't enough of a paper trail for me to be able to use against her to make her do what's best (which is either have my sister move back in, or have some sort of healthcare there with her). She refuses Meals on Wheels cause she knows they have to report anything dangerous. She refuses anything else we want to try. She just wants to sit in that dirty smelly house and drink her precious vodka until she is gone. If she wasn't such a risk to herself, I would probably just let her. 30 years of trying to get her help has shown me completely that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make that son of a bitch drink.

By the way, to all of you people out there are caretakers.....my hat is off to you all. I spent 22 years in the Marine Corps with several years of in combat and I am not tough enough to deal with taking care of someone. My hat is truly off to you loving people.

 

[SweetSue]

Thank you. I spent 20 years caring for my husband before his death in 2015. I have a dear friend who's husband passed the year before that put in 15 years of the same. She made me promise that I'll marry the next one healthy, but at our age we know that's not going to be possible. Regardless of who he is I'll likely outlive him and end up caring for him in the same tender way I tended to Dale.

When we give birth the intent is never there that we'll be a burden for our children. Haha! I used to joke with my son that he was my pension plan, until the day he turned to me, all serious, and said "You need to get over that idea." Haven't heard hide nor hare of him in three years now. The silly boy never really understood his mother. His loss, but mine too. They have the grandchildren I may never lay eyes on again.

Families..... an ongoing lesson for what unconditional loving really is, not what we describe in our pretty words. It's being there when it matters, even if we don't want to be.

 

[SweetSue]

Lots of space in here now for the hempy girls.

It's another three weeks before the next round gets shifted around. A little breathing space.

 

[Skullman420]

Good morning dear Sue. Hope you're having a beautiful day. It's very beautiful here at the north pole today I was thinking about that bud of yours that looked dead and dry. I've seen something similar in a bud that grew too close to the light once, but not completely the same I believe. I don't understand how that tip ended up dying?

And then you have your broken genetics - What exactly is wrong with them?

Morning Jugg. It warms my heart to know the posting is well-recieved. Good thing too, considering my post count. Lol! You stepped out just in time for the real fun.

Harvest: Carnival 3 (Day 129, flip + 77)

Minus the 22 grams of stem I get 298 grams wet, or just over 2 ounces by the time she's all dried.

Looking at this closely it appears the tip died when I let her dry out last week. I believe I'll keep that tip out and let it air dry for a couple days. I'll see what it looks like when I get her clipped down for the low and slo drying. I've never had this happen before. Anyone else ever see this?

The buds are encrusted with trichomes. Mighty impressed with weight and density.

She'll hang to dry for a few hours I'll set up a fan to help the water evaporate.

A joyous start to a promising day. May your day be a reflection of the joy you allow yourself to feel, and go ahead...... let yourself feel big joy and then spread it around. I'm gonna go jump in the shower and have some breakfast. Catch you later.


............ Graytail.... the smell is unbelievable on this one. Wounded genetics or not, this one feels like a keeper. Can I justify that? It feels uncomfortable growing obviously damaged genetics, but OMG! The smell!

 

[Skullman420]

Oh no. That's a lot... I'm so sorry to hear about your struggle. It hurts seeing loved ones struggle like that

I haven't looked real far back yet. Been a little busy dealing with a situation with my mom. She is a raging alcoholic, in her late 70's and all her friends have passed away over the last few years and she has nothing to live for in her eyes. So she doesn't eat much, doesn't move around much and doesn't do much besides drink. Apparently she has added falling to her daily schedule as well. So she has become a danger to herself and was taken to the hospital for her health concerns (bruises all over from balls, scrapes, cuts, etc). My sister is trying to deal with what she can because she lives near her (I am 1500 miles away), but she has 3 kids and a shit bag ex husband that is making her life miserable while she tries to keep her cleaning business running. Oh yeah she is completely deaf so very ignorant about healthcare laws and what not for the elderly. So I have been trying to deal with most of this crap to help her out and found out Mom hasn't been paying bills and has let her house go into being a pig sty. Honestly haven't been able to come to my get-a-way over the last week because of all that. Not a fun situation. Also had to plan a trip I really don't want to make to go down and see her, but I know if I don't go and see her before she passes away, I will have that guilt on my shoulders. But I also know I am going to be mad when I see what she chose to make her life. I don't have a lot of sympathy for people that create these messes. We have tried for decades to get her to do something about her drinking but that's her selfish love. We all understand that but hate seeing the woman that raised us become a drunken babbling mess. Sorry for the vent Sue....not trying to bring down the vibes this morning.