SweetSue's Perpetual 3.0 - The Hempy/HB Hybrid Grow

[SweetSue]

I was just thinking that!!! I would say I would start it but you would probably get much more attention. I will definitely be there and post cob pics!!! I have the Black Dog coning down soon... wonder what that cob would do...

I agree. I’ll do my best to get it up before this weekend when I harvest my Malawi. I’ll use your flow chart - and thank you again for that - and ask some clarifying questions over at ICMag. This’ll get them all charged up and excited too.

I want to find out details about timing three batches for different curing times. Aside from that the rest seems simple.

Up at 5 AM. Geez....... let me try to fall back asleep. Lol!

 

[SweetSue]

Wandering through my mail and following links I ended up here:

Chronic pain patients are less likely to become depressed using medical cannabis

"Prevalence of depression among patients in the OP (opioids), MM (medical marijuana) and OPMM groups was 57.1%, 22.3% and 51.4%, respectively and rates of anxiety were 48.4%, 21.5% and 38.7%, respectively. ... Levels of depression and anxiety are higher among chronic pain patients receiving prescription opioids compared to those receiving MM. Findings should be taken into consideration when deciding on the most appropriate treatment modality for chronic pain, particularly among those at risk for depression and anxiety."

Depression and anxiety among chronic pain patients recieving prescription opioids and medical marijuana, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2017


Big surprise, huh? Lol! That we even have to spend money uncovering the obvious.

 

[Weaselcracker]

You think we could benefit from a thread?

Yes. Please.

I've been dreaming and planning this for years but never seem to find the all important 'round to-it'.
There are quite a few threads on it out there but most are incomplete. When I first started growing Malawi I looked into this a bunch and at that time there was a really great article on it from a Malawi native, which has since disappeared . Not too often that a great article simply disappears. I scoured the Internet for it a few times and I think it may be the one that was published by Skunk magazine- sometimes referred to, but still disappeared.
Anyway, that was an article on how it was done in Malawi traditionally, whereas we will have to find other ways to make it work based on our individual environments. For example my climate is cold and wet, and I would never bury anything underground that I expect to be able to dig up again and use.
I finally discontinued my Malawi recently because of cloning problems- but have many versions of Malawi seed crosses. And plenty of Malawi bud in jars.
Also I'm approaching harvest of a Golden Tiger cross which is mainly Malawi/Thai and looks like a good candidate for cobbing.
What's one more thread, Sue? Is there a legal limit?

'Up at 5 AM. Geez....... let me try to fall back asleep. Lol!'

Woke us at 3am in my case.
Goodnight!

 

[SweetSue]

Good morning everyone

Up and awake at the ungodly hour of 5 AM this morning. Lol! I've baked a pan of brownies, drenched the Jamaican, mopped the stairwell I didn't get done on the first and strolled over to ICMag and checked out the Malawi style cob thread. Whew! All that before breakfast. This is what comes from waking with a whoop of joy. Lol!

lazyfish, I started a conversation with Tangwena, and there are a couple fine points. You'll want to amend the flow sheet to show a 24-72 hour dry, on the branch, before you start the sweating process.

He says he likes the sugar leaves to be limp, not crisp.

I asked about weight, and the sweet spot is between 1-2 oz wet, which will yield about 1/2 to 2/3 of the starting weight.

Husks can be wet or dry, they're only a wrap. He suggested using lengths of stripped bark from the plant to tie them up, and I do believe that's what I'll use.

I was up at your early hour MagicJim, (what on earth compels you to rise so early every day?) and I was thinking about starting my day with you and a few tokes of Dinachem, but I got distracted, so I'll do that right now.

Deliberate joy brings profound dividends in your personal life. I highly recommend you fill your day with as much joy and unbridled enthusiasm as possible. Watch a toddler explore the world and try to capture that wonder. The forces that orchestrate the moments that follow will pick up on that and bring more and more into your experience for you to be enthralled with.

It. Tickles the hell out of me to think that the path to everything my heart desires is one of deliberate joy and happiness. I can do that.

So can you.

 

[SweetSue]

Yes. Please.

I've been dreaming and planning this for years but never seem to find the all important 'round to-it'.
There are quite a few threads on it out there but most are incomplete. When I first started growing Malawi I looked into this a bunch and at that time there was a really great article on it from a Malawi native, which has since disappeared . Not too often that a great article simply disappears. I scoured the Internet for it a few times and I think it may be the one that was published by Skunk magazine- sometimes referred to, but still disappeared.
Anyway, that was an article on how it was done in Malawi traditionally, whereas we will have to find other ways to make it work based on our individual environments. For example my climate is cold and wet, and I would never bury anything underground that I expect to be able to dig up again and use.
I finally discontinued my Malawi recently because of cloning problems- but have many versions of Malawi seed crosses. And plenty of Malawi bud in jars.
Also I'm approaching harvest of a Golden Tiger cross which is mainly Malawi/Thai and looks like a good candidate for cobbing.
What's one more thread, Sue? Is there a legal limit?

'Up at 5 AM. Geez....... let me try to fall back asleep. Lol!'

Woke us at 3am in my case.
Goodnight!

Oh Weaselcracker..... You'll be in on the thread start. I'll send you a link when I get it up. I harvest on Sunday, and I'm hoping to get it started by Friday, when my husks come in.

Tangwena claims the end result is very close to what you'll get from the traditional method, but more controlled and less concern of mold. Do you have a vacuum sealer? I don't know how to do it without one.

It doesn't have to be a Malawi. Lol!

 

[DrDoob]

Sue you’re amazing. I was up at 5 too, I haven’t even brought myself to make coffee yet much less sweep anything.

I did smoke a doob though, and now the coffee pot is calling.

 

[MagicJim]

I was up at your early hour MagicJim, (what on earth compels you to rise so early every day?) and I was thinking about starting my day with you and a few tokes of Dinachem, but I got distracted, so I'll do that right now.

It's just maintaining a little consistency. I've done it for years. Early to bed and early to rise. Probably boring to many.

 

[SweetSue]

It's just maintaining a little consistency. I've done it for years. Early to bed and early to rise. Probably boring to many.

It’s not boring at all to be up to greet the sun. You’re out on your deck at that magical time when the trees wake up and birds start singing.

I’ve always been a morning person. It was a challenge being so entwined with a man who hated mornings. Lol! I had everything under control before he woke.

I work too late in the evenings these days to get up that early. Something about writing when the world is quiet, or as quiet as it gets one block from the train tracks and two blocks from a major crossing. Lol! There’s one rolling by now, reminding me.

 

[SweetSue]

Sue you’re amazing. I was up at 5 too, I haven’t even brought myself to make coffee yet much less sweep anything.

I did smoke a doob though, and now the coffee pot is calling.

Ahhh....

Thank you Doob. The daughter and I are going out for coffee later. She’s not a morning person either. Took after her father. Lol!

I keep wondering when I’ll start making coffee at home again. It’s been over a year, I believe. The coffee house is such an inviting space, it’s more fun to go there.

 

[lazyfish]

Hi Sue,

I cannot claim the flow chart... It was from ICMag. Very basic. Definitely room to make adjustments.... Maybe I'll try to make a better visual of our own for 420.

 

[SweetSue]

I forgot to share:

I purchased some good curtains for the Spa yesterday, and got them hung this morning.

The Spa, improved

• SweetSue
• Mar 7, 2018

Curtains with pure white backing to throw the light better.

I'd been looking for curtains with a white backing, to create more light around the plants in this space. These we're $50 a panel, on clearance for $10 apiece. They're excellent quality, and added just the right touch of brightness to the space. Now I can keep the curtain closed during the day. That was a concern, because I typically head out so close to lights out that I have to rush back to get these closed, or call the daughter to help.

Now it won't matter. The room is bright and the plants will appreciate this improvement.

It also gave me the extra panels to finish making my tents truly stealthy.

Improving stealth mode

• SweetSue
• Mar 7, 2018

The Malawi is begging to be harvested. Look at how she tempts me!

Malawi 1.2 (Day 128, flip + 76)

• SweetSue
• Mar 7, 2018

I can’t wait to con these buds

Oh yes! Royal Gorilla is in bloom!

Royal Gorilla (Day 40, flip + 12)

• SweetSue
• Mar 7, 2018

We have bloom!

Royal Gorilla (Day 40, flip + 12)

• SweetSue
• Mar 7, 2018

Ahhh.... the contented sigh of a happy cannabis cultivator. Time for drenches.

 

[SweetSue]

Hi Sue,

I cannot claim the flow chart... It was from ICMag. Very basic. Definitely room to make adjustments.... Maybe I'll try to make a better visual of our own for 420.

Aha! I'll remember to thank him for that when I return later. I'll give proper credit when we start the thread.

Doob... I made brownies and washed all the empty bud jars too. I am quite a morning person. Lol!

What I haven't done yet was feed myself. I suppose that's where I should be going next.

 

[kelticBlue]

What's one more thread, Sue? Is there a legal limit?

I believe the limit kicks in at the "eleventy-first" thread start but i have been wrong before

I am so pleased to see Sue the Sweet with a Malawi. I hope to get a zamaldelica thru flower on my next grow, it is a Zamal x Malawi/Thai.
anywho...
So I use the simple Vac storage bag usually when I run out of storage options or I want to store it out of the way as a back up stash when the supply runs low. I think I saw lembaToast use them, i dunno someone used them.

I have always been interested in traditional methods of cure I think a lot of people would be, if they have the harvest and time. It is why I like the old school landrace stuff....... more traditional not the strongest or most mind blowing but has a "character" that is reminiscent of the traditional.
I dunno ?

I need to check into your stealthy curtains, I may be heading into a tent behind a curtain grow this year, Thankz Sue

 

[MagicJim]

I believe the limit kicks in at the "eleventy-first" thread start but i have been wrong before

I am so pleased to see Sue the Sweet with a Malawi. I hope to get a zamaldelica thru flower on my next grow, it is a Zamal x Malawi/Thai.
anywho...
So I use the simple Vac storage bag usually when I run out of storage options or I want to store it out of the way as a back up stash when the supply runs low. I think I saw lembaToast use them, i dunno someone used them.

I have always been interested in traditional methods of cure I think a lot of people would be, if they have the harvest and time. It is why I like the old school landrace stuff....... more traditional not the strongest or most mind blowing but has a "character" that is reminiscent of the traditional.
I dunno ?

I need to check into your stealthy curtains, I may be heading into a tent behind a curtain grow this year, Thank Sue

Yeah...lembatoast and DrZiggy....Could easily be more

 

[kelticBlue]

Yes I knew there was another,...... Dr Ziggy.
Thanks MJ. I might need to ask 'im questions when I break them out of the vac baggies.
they were not completely dry when they went in...

 

[SweetSue]

Ooo.... with all this interest I can’t wait to get this thread together.

 

[DrDoob]

Doob... I made brownies and washed all the empty bud jars too. I am quite a morning person. Lol!

Your morning “finished list” looks bigger then my usual weekly todo list. Not today though, I’ve got three plants to harvest and have to start on getting that 'basement' cleared out. Every time I start on it I get sidetracked with something for my actual job.

 

[JustMeds]

I think I have a way to control the sweat temp to 1 degree. I think a person may have $30 into it when complete. Will be using a STC-1000 you should be able to find them on Ebay.

Info on cobbing:
If you google "Malawi cob style curing" it should be the first one in the list, its on IC.

I got in trouble for posting the other link...

 

[SweetSue]

I think I have a way to control the sweat temp to 1 degree. I think a person may have $30 into it when complete. Will be using a STC-1000 you should be able to find them on Ebay.

Info on cobbing:
If you google "Malawi cob style curing" it should be the first one in the list, its on IC.

I got in trouble for posting the other link...

Teddy is gentle with his reprimands. I was hoping you wouldn’t get slapped for that.

I was going to use my yogurt maker function on the Instant Pot. Is it necessary to be exact with the temps?

 

[JustMeds]

Teddy is gentle with his reprimands. I was hoping you wouldn’t get slapped for that.

I was going to use my yogurt maker function on the Instant Pot. Is it necessary to be exact with the temps?

I don't think so in reading through it. It is one of the parameters that can be used to get different cures though.