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

[SweetSue]

I really tickles me that "indulgence" in my world means I'll take $15 and go out for a light dinner and coffee. Lol! Dale always laughed that I was a cheap date. Hehe!

Incidentally, I didn't pull out the Carnival. I grabbed Hash Hound's Dark Slide, and OMG..... this is amazing @Hash Hound. I had some last night and meant to leave my impressions but fell asleep. I get a strong, strong scent of a combination of lemon tarts and PineSol. Lol! This is one of the few chemovars that leaves a strong aftertaste that makes me think of lemon perfume.

The gypsy came up with a good one, and you did a better job of growing one out than I did.

I love the way everything you grow is so frosty that the smoke cloud is dense. Lol!

 

[Amy Gardner]

Thrips - oh bugger Sue! Nice to see that you took the opportunity to have a righteous hoot and eat out before tackling the issue. You’ll take it all in stride I’m sure

 

[SweetSue]

I'm so sorry to se your pesticide issue. Never seen that before. The only, nock on wood, "problem" I have had is banana flies and they tend to come early winter.

Thank you CraZysWeeD. Thrips won't kill plants, but they can compromise the leaves if you let them get out of control like this. It's ok. I've been the demonstrator of many things that can go wrong in an indoor container garden. This one, like the mites, is from excess heat with inadequate air movement in spaces too crowded.

When I was here before I swore I'd be more attentive. I could swear that again, but we all know how futile those promises are. I'll get oil, and enough to meet my needs. The tents are coming down anyway to be cleaned and reset with new lights. The thrips will be gone within weeks.

I used to get crazy about it. Not worth the frustration.

 

[SweetSue]

Thrips - oh bugger Sue! Nice to see that you took the opportunity to have a righteous hoot and eat out before tackling the issue. You’ll take it all in stride I’m sure

Thanks Amy. Lol! I've been here before, haven't I guys?

This Dark Slide is something special. I wanted to take it for a walk.

 

[SweetSue]

This may well be my favorite outer garment.

Warmth and flexibility

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

 

[SweetSue]

Weekly Update: Veg Shelf and Tiny Closet: Friday: April 27, 2018

Gosh, it looks so lonely in there. Both girls are up to 10 ml of Parts A & B with 4 ml of Energy per gallon of water.

Veg shelf

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Oops! Forgot all about that. I have no idea what it is. Possibly some Royal Gorilla? I’ll check when I get home.

Forgotten treasure

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Devil’s Carnival 1.7 has begun her training. I’m going to circle her around the pot before I let her go vertical.

Devil’s Carnival 1.7 (Day 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Devil’s Carnival 1.7 (Day 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

She has a little ways to go. Lol!

Devil’s Carnival 1.7 (Day 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Lemon Haze is starting to take off. Time to slow her top growth down a bit and let the lower branches catch up.

Lemon Haze (Day 20)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Lemon Haze (Day 20)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Lemon Haze (Day 20)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Lemon Haze (Day 20)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Topped!

They have three more weeks before I leave, and I want them flipped before I fly out.

Veg shelf

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

I still need to get that daughter of mine trained. She’s been ill this past week. I’ll shoot for next week. She’s watched me often, and I’ve explained it as I go many times, but nothing beats hands on.

The root ball reveg looks like a miserable failure. I’ll keep watering until I’m completely convinced there’s no hope.

Failing reveg

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Yeah..... I’m somewhat hardheaded. Lol!

The tiny closet

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Powered by Timber

I couldn’t make myself harvest them today. It was weird. Lol!

Devil’s Carnival 1.3 (Day 120, flip + 63)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Devil’s Carnival 1.3 got a TransWater drench today because she was parched. I may let them go a few more days. What can it hurt?

She reminds me of a Dark Devil Auto in structure. This one was the first time I saw this similarity. Maybe that’s why I let her go longer.

Devil’s Carnival 1.3 (Day 120, flip + 63)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Beautifully stacked!

Devil’s Carnival 1.5 is in flush stage and just starting to solidify the color change. I think another week is called for.

Devil’s Carnival 1.5 (Day 116, flip + 51

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

She looks ready, but I think she’ll beef up more if I wait.

Devil’s Carnival 1.5 (Day 116, flip + 51)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Devil’s Carnival 1.5 (Day 116, flip + 51)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Devil’s Carnival 1.5 (Day 116, flip + 51)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Alright! We got started! I’m headed home before I do the rest. The daughter gets nervous when I’m out after dark.

Makes me a little nervous sometimes too, but I’m safe, and I know it. She’ll breathe easier when I text I’m home.

See you in a bit.

 

[SweetSue]

Ahhh...... home is where the bong is.

Home

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

 

[SweetSue]

Weekly Update: Tents # 1 & # 2 - Friday, April 27, 2018

If I don't split them up I won't be able to get all the pictures in. Lol!

Tent # 1

I may end up leaving these two to finish while I'm gone, but then again....

You would not believe how delicious it smells in this tent.

Tent # 1

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.3 had a TransWater drench on Monday. She got a bit of defoliation this afternoon. I'll probably not spray her for the thrips. She should come down before I go on vacation and I'll scrub and disinfect the tent.

Jamaican 1.3 (Day 87, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

She's growing exquisite blossoms.

Jamaican 1.3 (Day 87, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.3 (Day 87, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Lots of little buds for the daughter to blend up. We've been talking in the study hall and we believe Dr. Courtney may be seriously overshooting dosing guidelines. THCa is showing efficacy in very low doses in clinical work in legal states. The daughter will be using significantly less than he suggests. That means our harvests will go much further.

Jamaican 1.3 (Day 87, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.3 (Day 87, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

My favorite line of buds. Lol!

Jamaican 1.3 (Day 87, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Black D.O.G. Is showing us what exquisite stands for.

Black D.O.G. (Day 88, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Black D.O.G. (Day 88, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Some nice coloration developing here.

Black D.O.G. (Day 88, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Black D.O.G. (Day 88, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Black D.O.G. (Day 88, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Isn't she beautiful? Geez...... and I let her get thrips.

Black D.O.G. (Day 88, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Black D.O.G. (Day 88, flip + 39)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Tent # 1

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Tent # 2

The beginning of my delightful thrip adventure.

The Jamaicans come down tomorrow. I purchased some containers to work with the food saver, and I'll set aside enough buds for the daughter to have fresh for a couple weeks, all vacuumed sealed and stored in the fridge. The rest of the buds will be dried low and slo or frozen for her juicing regimen. We're discussing making an acid cannabinoid FHO. That might be the way to go, actually. I even have the little crock pot I bought for just such a moment in time.

Jamaican 1.5 has been contributing budlets so far. She managed to grow quite a bit in that 2-liter bottle.

Jamaican 1.5 (Day 80, flip + 51)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

I remember thinking hempy was a way to grow smaller plants.

She has not been a slacker when it comes to the production of her essential oils.

Jamaican 1.5 (Day 80, flip + 51)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.5 (Day 80, flip + 51)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.5 (Day 80, flip + 51)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.4 was the major home for the invasion of thrips. I didn't even notice them until I was putting her back into the tent after taking these pictures. *sigh*

Jamaican 1.4 (Day 84, flip + 46)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

This close to harvest it won't matter much. Ooo..... I just realized I neglected to pick up H2O2 for the budwashing. I'll run over to the Dollar General in the morning before lights on.

Jamaican 1.4 (Day 84, flip + 46)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

She made me proud.

Jamaican 1.4 (Day 84, flip + 46)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.4 (Day 84, flip + 46)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.4 (Day 84, flip + 46)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Jamaican 1.4 (Day 84, flip + 46)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

She looks a little naked.

Jamaican 1.4 (Day 84, flip + 46)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Candy Cane 4 is bursting at the seams. Lol! Wednesday she had her TransWater drench. I only found a couple leaves with noticable thrip traces, but again, so close to harvest that it's inconsequential.

Candy Cane 4 (Day 120, flip + 58)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Candy Cane 4 (Day 120, flip + 58)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Candy Cane 4 (Day 120, flip + 58)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

I figure let her go as long as possible and get her bagged up before I leave.

Candy Cane 4 (Day 120, flip + 58)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

One more tent to go.

 

[SweetSue]

Weekly Update: Tent # 3 - Friday, April 27, 2018

Tent # 3

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Tent # 3

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Red Diesel got her Recharge added this week and had a TransWater drench on Wednesday to begin to water it in. So far no signs of possible impregnation.

Red Diesel (Day 166, flip + 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Red Diesel (Day 166, flip + 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Red Diesel (Day 166, flip + 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Red Diesel (Day 166, flip + 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

I'm hoping the Carnival will seed her. This could be an interesting genetic blend.

Red Diesel (Day 166, flip + 18)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Carnival 4.6 certainly has her share of nanners to get the job done, if any of them are viable. I'll keep her going until Tuesday, and then I either take her down or pass on making cobs with her. That means she comes down on Tuesday. Lol! She got a good drink of Energy on the 21st and a drench of TransWater today. That'll carry her to the end. She could really use another week.

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

She looks like she could go another couple weeks, doesn't she?

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

The nanners are everywhere.

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Nanner

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Nanner

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

I just love these rouge hash tips. I think I'll set them aside for me.

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

She's still bursting out all over! Three more days to finish.

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

Carnival 4.6 (Day 166, flip + 82)

• SweetSue
• Apr 27, 2018

And that, ladies and gentlemen, brings another weekly tour to a close. I hope my efforts made the stop worth your while, because it thrilled me to put the posts together. Showing off the garden is one of my favorite pastimes.

In three weeks I'll already in San Deigo, and will have met Doob, HealthFreak, BTzGrow, and Dan, getting ready to head back to AZ and meet Chris Scorpio. Wow! This is gonna be fun. I think I'll just plan to travel more often, but for shorter jumps. Lol!

As fun as it'll be, I'll be chomping at the bit to get back and start the perpetual up again. We're such cannabis nerds.

 

[Bonsaiweed]

Lookin good Sue......

 

[Van Stank]

 

[Amy Gardner]

“cannabis nerds”

 

[CraZysWeeD]

 

[Hash Hound]

Sue

I have been battling thrips for over 2 months now.
I thought it was from spray too, but I only used it 2 times early on yet saw more and more spots.
I've been using a pair of lighted magnifying glasses every day and going over the plants killing them with a qtip dipped in pesticide.

 

[NorCaliwood]

Hey Hash Hound, try stuff called go gnats' as a drench. Alot of the thrips pupate in the soil 90% of the time and hatch and fly up into the plant to do dirty work..... . The product is cedar oil and works. Great if you ever get a hatch of gnats too. I've never used in hydro or as a spray on plants,,, but they claim it works...... I at time top dress with organics like blood/bone meals or bat crap, and all them invite fungus gnats, so every now and then I get afew gnats hatches. One shot of this and they are history.

Black Dog is starting to put out some goodies. Sue if all's good and healthy,, try giving her about 9 weeks. Helps with the lite yields she produces.......... Nanna's,,, that's scary.. You going to have afew seeds of all of them. I myself,,, stay away from seed from a hermie male,,, nothing worse that doing a flip and having it all get seeded about 6 weeks or so in...... But when you have them long flowering sativas, they tend to do that close to harvest.

GL and Keepem Green

 

[Hash Hound]

Thanks Norcal

Strangely, I haven't seen one of those little buggers flying around.
I think I just about have them gone. The last few days have only been 1 or 2 spotted per day if any.

 

[Amy Gardner]

a pair of lighted magnifying glasses every day and going over the plants killing them with a qtip dipped in pesticide.

Nice updates Sue It’s looking great, thrips and all!

 

[NorCaliwood]

Put either blue or yellow index card, coat with vaseline,,, close to the soil and thrip should get stuck on the vaseline working as an adhesive... Works as a warning system... or a pest checker. GL and Keepem Green

 

[TorturedSoul]

I thought you "organic" nutrient people put sh!t in the soil, not all over the plants .

But, seriously, condolences and commiserations re: your thrip issue. One of the downsides to running a perpetual and always having multiple plants at multiple stages in the life cycle is that you probably don't feel like ending every plant in the apartment and fumigating the place. Ever.

Probably convenient that your bathroom is no longer an active plant-growing zone. A shower is a valuable pest-fighting tool (especially if the showerhead is on a flexible hose and there are three+ hands available).

Pyrethrum seems pretty capable, where thrips are concerned. There are foggers available that would allow you to do your entire apartment. Will also take down many things that you might not even know about (if you even have such critters). But I don't remember whether or not it has any residual power.

A big part of the thrip problem is that the pupal stage (in the soil) doesn't eat, so poisons that depend on consumption won't touch them at this stage.

I've got about 40 pounds of diazinon granules. IDK if it's still good; has been in the shed for years and may have gotten wet a time or two. Then again, it's listed as a nonsystemic insecticide, so it might not be effective on the little b@stards (I think that means that plants won't take it up from the surrounding soil to later be consumed by the insects - and... people?). But it might also mean that it wasn't dissolved if it got wet. I guess they took it off the market years ago because it worked as good on birds as on bugs, lol. I hate pigeons and don't care for other birds unless I'm really hungry, but I've heard it also kills bees . And probably bats, too, and they're pretty important animals. So I still have the stuff, having refrained from using it.

Malathion probably works, at least on the adults. Is that one still available? I remember being told not to use it in small, confined spaces. Maybe the lady at the old hardware store thought I was growing something in small, confined spaces, lol?

Here's an article I found in my web browser's bookmarks when I typed "thrips" into the search gizmo:
Managing Western Flower Thrips on Greenhouse Crops - CT Integrated Pest Management Program

Oh, that's a long one. Maybe I should include a code-box copy of its address in case the forum software breaks it up for multiple lines and word-wrap?

https://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/raw2/Managing%20Western%20Flower%20Thrips%20on%20Greenhouse%20Crops/Managing%20Western%20Flower%20Thrips%20on%20Greenhouse%20Crops.php?aid=204

I don't remember reading it, to be honest. I just glanced at it, though, and there is a bit on biological control. I liked seeing "...may also feed on mites, in the absence of thrips." Sounds like a winner, that does . How do you know all your thrips are dead? Your mites start to die off, hee hee hee.

Put either blue or yellow index card, coat with vaseline,

Yeah, I read once that they like blue better. Must have something to do with the flowers on (or leaf coloration of) the plant(s) they evolved to consume as the main portion of their diet. Kind of unusual for suchlike, isn't it? Most bugs seem to gravitate toward the yellow colors.

EDIT: I also just read of a study done trying to figure out a way to kill the things from grape vines without chemicals. Turns out that submerging a plant into 125°F water for five minutes kills all life-stages of them...

"Phylloxera in Oregon Grape Vines: Biology and Treatment ofPlanting Stock With Hot Water Dips Bernadine Strik and Paula Stonerod Associate Professor and Research Aide, Dept. of Horticulture Oregon State University"

 

[SweetSue]

@Norcaliwood, Thank you for the idea with the cards, and thank you @TorturedSoul, for digging up that blue might work better. I have some blue cards and I can get some Vaseline at the store when I pick up the peroxide for tomorrow’s harvests.

The thrips on the hempy plants, where are the eggs being laid? Perlite is inert.

Good morning everyone

Yes, you heard that right. My body decided sleep was more important than getting up to harvest a bunch of plants.

Reprieved, at least one more day

• SweetSue
• Apr 28, 2018

I guess getting myself to bed before three and falling asleep before 4 AM might be helpful. Lol! Sometimes, as in last night, I’ll get into a discussion with a member in oil-making techniques and be going for hours.

I figure the universe thinks a little more time under the lights wouldn’t be a bad thing. Who am I to argue with infinite intelligence? They never steer me wrong.

Time to get to my morning going. I stumbled onto a morning routine that incorporates meditation, affirmations, visualization, exercise, reading, and writing into your first productive hour of your day. The originator of this method markets it as the Miracle Morning routine.

I’d already developed the habit of daily meditation, and I have a lob-standing habit of some daily movement. I write pretty much morning to night, and much of that contains affirmations and the power of visualization.

So I thought I’d give it a try. I’m two days in, and I quickly discovered this wouldn’t be the easy adaptation the fans of the method claim to be.

I don’t think I’m a person who’s comfortable taking an hour at a time to establish a routine like that. My half hour to 45-minutes was working with the rest scattered through the day.

I committed to a month, and by day two - yesterday - I was looking for excuses to be too busy. Today I actually groaned softly when I realized the plan was supposed to be “routine first, check in with the family second.”

You see how well that worked.

But a commitment is a commitment. It doesn’t have to be a lifetime thing, and my hope is that it’ll evolve into my own flow as I go along.

I’m always looking for ways to find greater clarity, stronger vision, deeper unconditional loving. This feels on the edges like it may be a good tool. Over 20 years of strict schedule keeping a diabetic alive one more day kinda turned me off to strict daily routine. I may have to be more organic than this program allows. I’ll be happier, I think, with a less-structured, more flowing approach to the day as a whole.

I’ve spent the past three years learning to be unstructured. This feels a little like a step backwards.

It won’t stunt my growth to stick it out for a month, will it?

Ok... let me get to it. Did you roll out of bed ready to engage your cosmic companions in play? If not, climb back in bed and start over. Lol!

I’ll catch up later.