Morning Sue! Just catching up and wanted to wish you a great weekend! Enjoy!!
SweetSue's Perpetual 3.0 - The Hempy/HB Hybrid Grow
Speaking of which, I've been waiting for smell-o-vision since I first found this forum. Hasn't happened yet. Or maybe I need the deluxe computer monitor for that, lol.
And thank you all for the positivity and wishes for success!
I was, too, for a long time, both because it was far cheaper and because I could get menthol tobacco AND menthol filter tubes. But I always found rolling 60+ cigarettes per day a RPITA. And then the cost went up to roughly comparable to generic store-bought smokes, so I switched back.
Congratulations!
I remember the date because of the method I used - and I remember every drag of the cigarette because it made me feel so very sick, like that first one remember? Dizzy and nearly throwing up (why oh why do we have that experience as kids and then keep smoking them? Odd creatures us humans).
First cigarette I smoked was a Kool. I didn't notice any of that, and I was only 11. Of course, I'd breathed secondhand smoke that was figuratively(?) solid enough to hide in for each and every day of the previous 11 years, constantly. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I stopped having major bronchitis episodes somewhere around then. Anyway, I was hanging outside the local grade school (Summer, no school), passing a joint, and Mom drove by. I figured she'd seen me hitting it, lol, and figured I'd get beat less for cigarettes, so I stopped at the neighborhood store, walked in, and bought a pack of cigarettes "for my dad." Naturally, I bought what he smoked. Turned out, she hadn't seen me, but by the time I figured that out, I was enjoying being able to inhale my cigarette smoke through a filter instead of "free-breathing" at home what Pop filled the air with. Or... Something, IDFK. At 11 years old, it sure as <BLEEP> wasn't peer pressure. 16- and 18-year old stoners were telling me how bad an idea the cigarettes were, and of course other 11-year olds weren't into it.
For this reason alone, I suppose I'd have been better off had I never started getting high. But, hey, it's a better way to feel different than hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, right? At least cannabis was the only drug I did for a couple years...
Sorry, I forgot about the rest of your post .
I'm not going to roll my eyes at ya. I know there's an easy way to quit smoking.
It's called death.
Maybe two easy ways, but I cannot possibly afford to be placed into a medically-induced coma for... IDK, 116 days or so?
Maybe a third? I noticed that I was hardly smoking even one whole pack per day when I was constantly doing huge amounts of... err... anyway, that won't work because, since I quit selling drugs, wow, I'd have to become a stripper to afford to spend a few grand/week on smoking cessation - and I don't have the tits for it
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My INTELLECT knows I need to quit. It's all the rest of the hat-rack that'd gnaw through the bars covering the door to the only store within 1,000 miles if I needed a smoke and it was closed.
Well... I don't suppose I'd steal a pack. Bludgeon the nearest smoker to death, maybe, because it's not stealing if they're a carcass. It's called salvage .
I just need to get into a worse head-on collision than the one I had in '89, something to kill that thing inside grown-ups that keeps us from believing in stuff like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and altruism. 'Cause if I could easily believe in all that, I just might be able to believe in this sending positive energy through the universe nonsense. And, having accomplished THAT, maybe self-help guides and pyramid schemes would not be insurmountable challenges.
Got to go, the torrential downpour has slacked off to a gullywasher, and Mom messed up her hip yesterday so I promised her I'd walk over to fix her something to eat and see what all else she had on the ol' list. Y'all stay cool.
Quick EDIT: Tell ya the truth, I don't want to quit smoking - I want a healthier cigarette. And a cheaper one wouldn't hurt, either. But since that doesn't seem all that likely, I'm aiming for the lesser prize....
.I'm not going to roll my eyes at ya. I know there's an easy way to quit smoking.
It's called death.
Maybe two easy ways, but I cannot possibly afford to be placed into a medically-induced coma for... IDK, 116 days or so?
Maybe a third? I noticed that I was hardly smoking even one whole pack per day when I was constantly doing huge amounts of... err... anyway, that won't work because, since I quit selling drugs, wow, I'd have to become a stripper to afford to spend a few grand/week on smoking cessation - and I don't have the tits for it
.My INTELLECT knows I need to quit. It's all the rest of the hat-rack that'd gnaw through the bars covering the door to the only store within 1,000 miles if I needed a smoke and it was closed.
Well... I don't suppose I'd steal a pack. Bludgeon the nearest smoker to death, maybe, because it's not stealing if they're a carcass. It's called salvage
.I just need to get into a worse head-on collision than the one I had in '89, something to kill that thing inside grown-ups that keeps us from believing in stuff like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and altruism. 'Cause if I could easily believe in all that, I just might be able to believe in this sending positive energy through the universe nonsense. And, having accomplished THAT, maybe self-help guides and pyramid schemes would not be insurmountable challenges.
Got to go, the torrential downpour has slacked off to a gullywasher, and Mom messed up her hip yesterday so I promised her I'd walk over to fix her something to eat and see what all else she had on the ol' list. Y'all stay cool.
Quick EDIT: Tell ya the truth, I don't want to quit smoking - I want a healthier cigarette. And a cheaper one wouldn't hurt, either. But since that doesn't seem all that likely, I'm aiming for the lesser prize....
Lotta (ex)smokers in here eh? Add me to that list. Started around 15 and kept going for about 15 years. Pretty sure I tried to quit a few times and got drawn back in, but then again I didn't really wanna stop smoking. Eventually I had to quit because I couldn't breath anymore. Like I'd light up a smoke and within the first draw or two I'd have trouble breathing and would have to take huge breaths just to try and get enough air in my lungs. Hell I still have trouble breathing almost 10 years after quitting. And I used to be really athletic in school. So eventually air took preference over cigarette smoke and I just stopped, cause you know, breathing is kinda important. Had an ashtray full of ash and butts and a carton missing only one or two packs and stopped cold turkey. Will power can work wonders if you think you might breathe your last breath.
Cannabis isn't nearly as harmful. I can smoke weed everyday and apart from the pre-existing cigarette damage it doesn't leave me struggling for breath. And I'm with you Sue that keeping cannabis a controlled substance is not just a criminal act but a crime against humanity against the populations of every country where it's still illegal and a controlled substance.
Cannabis isn't nearly as harmful. I can smoke weed everyday and apart from the pre-existing cigarette damage it doesn't leave me struggling for breath. And I'm with you Sue that keeping cannabis a controlled substance is not just a criminal act but a crime against humanity against the populations of every country where it's still illegal and a controlled substance.
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And they actually think cannabis is the problem. 
Cigarettes and alcohol wreck more havoc in real time than cannabis ever did in their "alternative reality."
The daughter just informed me that she and her partner will be visiting the Los Angeles area in July. We'll be looking for a Canna cook in the area willing to supply her with a few brownies to get her through the week without anxiety. If you're willing, or know of anyone who may be, please pm me.
Also, she's wondering if there are any good dispensaries in that area that are a "must visit."
Cigarettes and alcohol wreck more havoc in real time than cannabis ever did in their "alternative reality." The daughter just informed me that she and her partner will be visiting the Los Angeles area in July. We'll be looking for a Canna cook in the area willing to supply her with a few brownies to get her through the week without anxiety. If you're willing, or know of anyone who may be, please pm me.
Also, she's wondering if there are any good dispensaries in that area that are a "must visit."
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Thank you Van.
I hope yours was as delightful as mine. 
Let's get this show on the road before they close the doors for the upgrade. 
Weekly Update: Clone Cuttings and Veg Shelf - Friday, February 16, 2018
Things have changed in the past week.
I suddenly realized the the other day that the humidifier would do a better job of infusing he air with moisture is it were up off the floor, and then I realized the best place to sit it was right next to my clone cuttings.
This is a good humidity for clones, no?
Were you aware that a humidifier in operation will change your gas flame from this
...to this? I didn't, initially, and for a couple days there, before the daughter shared a video she'd stumbled upon showing the phenomenon, I was wondering how I could get the landlord up here without his having to go into the bathroom to check my gas line.
They're happy. This picture was taken just as I turned the humidifier on. That explains the lower reading on the hygrometer.
The only cutting with roots is another Jamaican that I think I'll pot up in a solo cup in the morning. 
On to the vegging girls.
Red Diesel (Day 97) On Monday all the soil girls got a Brix foliar, including this lovely. She's recovering nicely from her last trim. Yesterday she got a TransWater drench. Her next drench in rotation is a Transplant. I'm still trying to figure out where to put her.
She's trying her best to hang in there with me. I'm attempting to let her grow from this point on. Her next move will be into five gallons, but that won't happen until she gets flipped. I can see the possibility of at least one more severe trim between now and then. The Jamaican in the tent is the next open space, and she's got another 3-4 weeks, in all likelihood.
She's crying for more soil. When Dinachem comes down I'll shift the hempy CBD CC into the spa and get Red Diesel into the warmer tent. Just a little longer, baby.
Jamaican 1.5 (Day 10) I'm feeding her 8 ml of Parts A & B with 4 ml of Energy per gallon of water used. Thankfully I have a few others getting the same mix so it's easier to prepare than it is when I'm doing a singular solo. She had her lanky top snipped off yesterday. I'm learning as I go with these solo cup clones, but I know lanky isn't where I'm headed.
She's a mighty healthy-looking darling.
Devil's Carnival 1.5 (Day 46) Also on the 8 ml + 4 ml diet, she's beginning to pop out some normal leaves.
Both she and 1.6 will be needing daily watering from now on. Their roots are filling the cups. 
Black DOG (Day 21) She shared the Brix party on Monday. Her last drink was a Geowth Energy drench on Monday. She's feeling like tomorrow might be her next one.
I think she's recovering nicely from that chop I gave her last week.
Jamaican 1.4 (Day 14) Another consumer of the 8 ml + 4 ml diet, she got bent over across the pot this week. Experimenting, looking for the best way to grow this chemovar.
It sure is looking interesting, eh? I'm gonna let the leader grow up from here and do my best to give the rest time to catch up.
Candy Cane 4 (Day 50) On Monday she was Brixed, Tuesday she had a Growth Energy drench, and yesterday she got her leader topped. A busy week for the girl. Lol! Looking like a stereotypical HB beauty in the making.
Devil's Carnival 1.6 (Day 37) She's still finding her way. I have her back down to the 8 ml + 4 ml meal plan until she stabilizes her leaf development. She's drinking daily.
If I handle the nutrients right she's going to be amazing, don't you think?
It's a start.
Devil's Carnival 1.3 (Day 50) Brixed on Monday with the rest and drenched with Transplant today, right after this picture was taken, as a matter of fact. Lol! She's looking a little peaked here. I pulled the pins yesterday, and then promptly put them back in. I'll let her start to grow upwards now. As soon as I can I'll get her transplanted too.
This one has some beautiful growth on her. I think she'll need a 7 gallon pot.
I trimmed out most of the lower growth. I'm looking forward to flowering this specimen.
Jamaican 1.3 (Day 17) She shared the Brix shower, but hasn't had a drink since last Friday. I'm thinking tomorrow I started training her around the pot, ever so gently.
Royal Gorilla (Day 21) She was Brixed on Monday with the crew and yesterday she had a thorough drink of Transplant. I have her leader pinned down to give the rest a chance to level off with it. I'm really liking the looks of this lovely.
Beautiful, eh? I'm imagining her in more soil and blooming like a champ.
I believe I'll run the next one in hempy. 
The daily dance under the lights and we're good to go.
I'll be back with the rest.
............ Carnival break.......
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Weekly Update: Flowering Girls - Friday, February 16, 2018
Dinachem (Day 109, flip + 60). One day at a time with this beauty. She gets a daily flush with a quart of water. Forgive my indulgence with the camera.
Malawi 1.2 (Day 109, flip + 57) Working her way off bloom nutes, she's down to 14 ml Parts A & B with 4 ml of Bulk per gallon of water used. I noticed I burned some of the larger fans. I've come to the conclusion that many of the chemovars don't need the top level, at least most of the ones I'm growing.
There's fair amount of pistil change going on at the same time there's a burst of bloom all over the plant.
Someday I'd like to grow a healthy one.
Jamaican 1.2 (Day 25, flip + 7) She's also on entry-level bloom nutes of 14 ml Parts A & B with 1 ml of Energy per gallon of water used.
How's that for lankey?
She looks exotic back there behind the Malawi.
Just starting to wake up.
Carnival 4.6 (D98, flip + 9). I believe tomorrow will be her drench day too. The pot is significantly lighter today, although she shows no real signs of water distress. She got Brixed on Monday too. All she's doing now is blooming.
I closed the tent up yesterday without turning on the fan. This spike happened in about ten minutes time. On a whim I stopped to see her and felt the moisture when I opened the flap. Whew! Glad I caught that one. Lol!
And she's doing a good job of blooming.
Mine never stretch all that much.
Jamaican 1.1 (Day 118, flip + 42) Sunday she had an Energy drench, Monday she got Brixed with the crew, and yesterday she drank a TransWater drench. Every three days. I need to remember that schedule. I missed by a day with the TW and she complained loudly. Bounced right back though. Again, forgive the indulgence.
Tent #2 CBD Critical Cure 3 on the right, CBD Critical Cure 2.8 on the right.
CBD CC 2.8 (Day 37, flip + 1) She's drinking entry-level Bloom nutes, 14 ml of Parts A & B wi th 1 ml of Energy per gallon of water used. She's perked up appreciably since her transplant yesterday.
CBD Critical Cure 3 (Day 75, flip + 9) On Sunday, after her Brix foliar, I trimmed her undercarriage a bit. I'm certain that won't be the last time. She's just starting to open the blossoms.
An absolutely stunning specimen, IMO. I'm looking forward to seeing her in full bloom and close to harvest. I don't no I'll need to support the branches with this one.
On that happy note the nickle tour coasts gently to a stop. Thank you for taking the time to visit and share the joy. I do hope you found it to your liking. I know I loved showing them off.
Ok, I'm going back to the Carnival break. 
Dinachem (Day 109, flip + 60). One day at a time with this beauty. She gets a daily flush with a quart of water. Forgive my indulgence with the camera.
Malawi 1.2 (Day 109, flip + 57) Working her way off bloom nutes, she's down to 14 ml Parts A & B with 4 ml of Bulk per gallon of water used. I noticed I burned some of the larger fans. I've come to the conclusion that many of the chemovars don't need the top level, at least most of the ones I'm growing.
There's fair amount of pistil change going on at the same time there's a burst of bloom all over the plant.
Someday I'd like to grow a healthy one.
Jamaican 1.2 (Day 25, flip + 7) She's also on entry-level bloom nutes of 14 ml Parts A & B with 1 ml of Energy per gallon of water used.
How's that for lankey?
She looks exotic back there behind the Malawi.
Just starting to wake up.
Carnival 4.6 (D98, flip + 9). I believe tomorrow will be her drench day too. The pot is significantly lighter today, although she shows no real signs of water distress. She got Brixed on Monday too. All she's doing now is blooming.
I closed the tent up yesterday without turning on the fan. This spike happened in about ten minutes time. On a whim I stopped to see her and felt the moisture when I opened the flap. Whew! Glad I caught that one. Lol!
And she's doing a good job of blooming.
Mine never stretch all that much.
Jamaican 1.1 (Day 118, flip + 42) Sunday she had an Energy drench, Monday she got Brixed with the crew, and yesterday she drank a TransWater drench. Every three days. I need to remember that schedule. I missed by a day with the TW and she complained loudly. Bounced right back though. Again, forgive the indulgence.
Tent #2 CBD Critical Cure 3 on the right, CBD Critical Cure 2.8 on the right.
CBD CC 2.8 (Day 37, flip + 1) She's drinking entry-level Bloom nutes, 14 ml of Parts A & B wi th 1 ml of Energy per gallon of water used. She's perked up appreciably since her transplant yesterday.
CBD Critical Cure 3 (Day 75, flip + 9) On Sunday, after her Brix foliar, I trimmed her undercarriage a bit. I'm certain that won't be the last time. She's just starting to open the blossoms.
An absolutely stunning specimen, IMO. I'm looking forward to seeing her in full bloom and close to harvest. I don't no I'll need to support the branches with this one.
On that happy note the nickle tour coasts gently to a stop. Thank you for taking the time to visit and share the joy. I do hope you found it to your liking.
I know I loved showing them off. Ok, I'm going back to the Carnival break.
beautiful plantscapes SweetSue I'm just having a toke before a Saturday afternoon nap, so I'll join you (not with Carnival tho! I need sleep... what I have will do nicely)
.And they actually think cannabis is the problem.
Agreed. I've used the 3 main 'drugs' (alcohol, cigarettes, and weed) for 10-15 years each (not always starting or ending at the same time) and based on personal experience using those substances alcohol and cigarettes are by far the most harmful and least beneficial. My health has been damaged so badly by smokes and booze, yet my health improves when I consume weed. And the fact that alcohol and cigarettes are legal and available practically everywhere whereas cannabis is illegal and highly controlled should prove to everyone that the people in power don't care about truth or freedom or protecting people from harm.
"We can't legalize weed cause it's dangerous, and harmful, and addictive, and think of the children!" Right. Cause alcohol, cigarettes, and opiates aren't dangerous, harmful, or addictive. The hypocrisy and absolute total bullshit that pours forth from the mouths of our rulers/owners is never ending. Gotta keep the people away from growing or consuming a plant cause it's dangerous, but protecting people from alcohol, cigarettes, opiates, processed food, lead in water, hiroshima still leaking, climate change, psychiatric drugs, chemtrails, GMO's, 5G, yeah naa all that stuffs perfectly fine and nothing to worry about, none of that stuff is potentially dangerous or harmful or could hurt our kids or humanity as a whole, nope, but weed, now that stuffs dangerous and deadly and we gotta throw people in jail and destroy their lives to protect them from the dangerous effects of the devils lettuce.
And that's why we need to continue to fight to free cannabis, cause those in power want it contained and controlled. Freedom to grow cannabis means (some) freedom for humanity, and with governments the world over increasingly deleting freedoms and privacy in the name of fighting the manufactured 'War Of Terror' we need to take a little freedom back, and being able to grow and consume this wonderful healing plant without governmental threat to loses of finances, freedom, or life would be a great start.
And now I'm gunna go have a smoke of the green variety. A pre-harvest test popcorn bud. And immerse myself in my grow room with the wonderful greenery and gorgeous flowers.
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That was eloquently expressed frustration.
I keep trying to say that without the frustration, but so far I'm not succeeding the way I plan to. I'll find the right tone eventually. No one factored the Internet into the prohibitionary plans. It'll all work out in the end. I have unfailing faith that the cosmic forces that drive this universe forward know how to resolve this in everyone's best benefit. If we can remain calm and loving we'll be more likely to recognize the opportunities for modifying the situation worldwide.- Thread starter
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I think tomorrow will be the first day since I signed onto this joyful journey with all of you that I won't even have the opportunity to check in. Bet I'm jonesing by noon.
Bet I'm jonesing by noon. 
Such beautiful creatures of healing habit. 
Beautiful looking forest you got growing there Sue. Those plants are monsters. While I'm thinking of flowering up to 6 plants in a 3'x3' it looks like you've got a 3'x3' for each plant. Those are huge.
Also what's that bucket thing in one of your tents? Every time I see it it looks like you've got some squat creature in there greeting you with a huge smile.
Also what's that bucket thing in one of your tents? Every time I see it it looks like you've got some squat creature in there greeting you with a huge smile.
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Beautiful looking forest you got growing there Sue. Those plants are monsters. While I'm thinking of flowering up to 6 plants in a 3'x3' it looks like you've got a 3'x3' for each plant. Those are huge.
Also what's that bucket thing in one of your tents? Every time I see it it looks like you've got some squat creature in there greeting you with a huge smile.
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Signing off for the night. I'll see you guys on Sunday.
Congratulations to you, too. Several ex-smokers here.
I live in fear that I'll be one of those people that have a tracheotomy, are on oxygen... and are still smoking. I'm already the loser (calling a spade a spade) who digs through the ashes for that one cigarette butt that has a few grains of partially burned, sticky tobacco - and then sticks it into his one-hitter in order to get one last shot of nicotine when he cannot afford to buy even the cheapest pack of generic cigarettes or filtered little cigars. I don't think I've ever actually admitted THAT to anyone before. ("Hello, my name is ~TS~, and I am an addict.")
I always had trouble breathing. As a teenager, I'd bicycle all over town on my ten-speed (mountain bikes not having been invented yet). And I wouldn't get a block before I'd be panting as if I'd just run a marathon whilst carrying a Buick on my back.
I wake up not having any air. I've actually found myself afraid to fall back asleep because of this, many times. Coupled with the occasional anxiety attacks (the hammering heart, et cetera), it can be a bit of a nightmare. What happens if I cannot manage to awaken, next time? That kind of thing.
I actually often feel BETTER after lighting a cigarette, especially if it has been a little while since the last one. That's after I cough up my toenails, of course, and even that can be an effort - it takes air to cough.
Getting to the point where your lungs first start going into overdrive trying to spew out some of the accumulated tar, three or four days after your last cigarette... Horrifying, absolutely horrifying. It's like drowning, only not nearly so pleasant. That and other things mean that, when I type "congratulations" or "I'm proud of you" I really MEAN IT.
I think Mom quit in April or May of 1977. She has trouble breathing on a good day - and her days are not always so good. She has some kind of inhaler, like asthmatics use. I noticed her having a lot of trouble trying to get air the other day and asked her why she didn't just pull the thing out of her purse and use it. Her answer was, "Oh, I left it at home because it doesn't seem to be doing any good."
Kind of disheartening. She was much younger than I am now when she quit.
I'd vote for that one for understatement of the century.
Guy I knew for a while before he got too old to single-handedly run his tiny little grocery store (at age 94 or thereabouts!) told me once that he decided to quit and tossed his last pack in a drawer so he'd know he had really quit. Said it was there for something like 60 years. He quit when his late wife told him she was pregnant for the first time.
It's probably the reason that at least some lifelong heavy cigarette smokers are still alive, IMHO, because it not only isn't as harmful, I think it helps fight some of the issues that cigarettes cause in the first place.
Some do, but far fewer than most people think, IMHO. I doubt that the average corporate bigwig thinks cannabis is the demon that it is oft times made out to be, for example.
I do not think that there is any law against you or I growing a tobacco plant. But I sort of feel that if lots and lots of people began growing their own tobacco... that there would be.
Money. And power. And a handy way to create yet another "US against them si
The daughter just informed me that she and her partner will be visiting the Los Angeles area in July. We'll be looking for a Canna cook in the area willing to supply her with a few brownies to get her through the week without anxiety. If you're willing, or know of anyone who may be, please pm me.
I hope (and expect) that you'll find several responses to that request.
The good news is that she'll be in the land of plenty, lol. And where it's legalized for both medicinal and general use.
She ought to wear a t-shirt that proclaims she's SweetSue's daughter - she might be mobbed by your fans
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Makes note to self to remember to bring a sharpie marker next time I visit in person, so that I can draw a pair of eyebrows, a nose, and some hair.
I think tomorrow will be the first day since I signed onto this joyful journey with all of you that I won't even have the opportunity to check in.
I promise to pester you at least once on Saturday.
Ohwaitaminute, lol, you won't be seeing this before Sunday.
Good night, all. I do believe that dinner is smoking up the kitchen!
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I could not have all that in my bathroom, I would never be able to figure out what leaf to use.