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

[SweetSue]

Hi SweetSue,

I enjoyed your posts about record keeping. It looks like you have an organized system. Certainly much better than mine. What's better than that? Your plants! UltraDog is really frosty. Looks so nice. But then, your plants always look so nice.

I always enjoy coming to your journals with your uplifting effervesence and bubbling personality. I know it takes alot of self control to stay like that all the time. Much admiration coming your way! Hope your day goes well.

Morning Bode. Actually, it doesn't take any effort on my part to be this bright and bubbly. In person I'm cuddly. I have one of those irrepressible personalities that I've learned to train to a default of joy, but it was deliberate training that got me here. Now it's just normal.

The plants are growing for me in the most wonderful way. I'm stunned at how well it's all beginning to go. Who knew that experience would pay off? The grief years redefined me. With the help of this community I came out even happier.

And look......!!!!! Ten days in, and Blue Dream is a blooming beauty!

Good morning everyone

Isn't she beautiful? I'm getting such a thrill out of having all this flowering going on all over the apartment. The longer I grow the more sure I am that I was meant to do this wonderful thing. It certainly gets in the blood, doesn't it?

That Chem Dawg.... Whew! At 1:30 AM I made sure everything was turned off and pulled out the CD. Three tiny hits and the yawn started. By the time I took the fourth hit I was beginning to nod off. This chemovar will definately stay in my regular rotation. It doesn't take much, so I should be able to get by with growing a couple plants a year.

Slept like a baby, and now it's time to wash the indica-sleepiness from the eyes with a steamy shower and get on with the day. The stomach is grumbling enough that porridge may be the better choice. It cooks while I shower.

Fill the day with joyful expression. It's how your whole being expresses itself at maximum output and it's also the vibratory rate that attracts new reasons to be joyful into your life experience. Your body will heal more efficiently and your life will take on a glow that others may be jealous of. When they ask why your life looks like more fun than theirs, you can share the secret of living deliberately, of choosing the thoughts you entertain instead of simply reacting to life.

They'll shake their heads in confusion, but every once in a while someone will catch it. Those moments make it worth putting yourself out there.

Until later my friends.

 

[SweetSue]

I pulled the plug on the ATF seeds I fried and started the new #1 seed.

I'll be more careful with this one.

 

[KeifKeith]

Wish I had a dollar back for every seed I have fried with rays or let wither! We all do it, it's one of the down sides of seeds vs. cuttings when growing indoors. Do you have a light meter Sue? One is not essential, but with the many technologies on the market to simulate sunlight, they help measure the very variable in intensities at distances. It's easier once they are a few weeks old and have a few leaves to give visual guidance.

Glad you have a decent bank of seeds, it sucks when we burn high $ seeds. I once wasted over $200 of seeds under light panel (like you, too close). I followed that stellar grow startup with another grow interrupted by a business trip, and came home to 60 day in Veg plants that were eaten alive by Thrips and Fungus Gnats. During those years I had "almost" fully automated my grows, auto watering, multiple light timers to simulate sun movement (side and top LED panels that turned on and off from east to west), and a few other little tricks learned from folks and experiences.

Glad you have some more seeds to start over! Good luck with visual seed sexing, it can be done, especially if you really get to know a particular strain well. I've never tried ethylene as an influencing gas, but if you have any repeatable experiences please share!

Record keeping - my how the times have changed! Good notes are an essential part of becoming a good grower, mistakes are less likely to be repeated, and positive actions are reinforced. I kept a notebook since the 70s for grow recordings, and used to hide and protect that book like it contained the nuclear launch codes. The absolute last thing I wanted was to have some court possessing undeniable evidence of my most hideous felonious criminal behavior over the years and decades ... growing a plant! Crazy stuff, but that's how insane these MJ laws are in the US.

I've since transcribed my 70s Mead Organizer into the digital realm and mostly stopped hand writing. There are a few benefits to digitizing your notes and records, search capability and reorganization are a breeze. If you are inclined, consider a spreadsheet or database, even if you still hand write it all out first. I still write things and then go enter them into my database later. Age dictates pen and paper usage though, I get it! There are many free Apps for your iPad up to the task. Hope your day is most awesome, the best and hugs to you SweetSue.

Peace
Keith

PS ... Nice arm action water flicking the wet branches on your floor, you could do a Pete Townshend and windmill the branches so your ceilings feel some wet love too!

 

[SweetSue]

Wish I had a dollar back for every seed I have fried with rays or let wither! We all do it, it's one of the down sides of seeds vs. cuttings when growing indoors. Do you have a light meter Sue? One is not essential, but with the many technologies on the market to simulate sunlight, they help measure the very variable in intensities at distances. It's easier once they are a few weeks old and have a few leaves to give visual guidance.

Glad you have a decent bank of seeds, it sucks when we burn high $ seeds. I once wasted over $200 of seeds under light panel (like you, too close). I followed that stellar grow startup with another grow interrupted by a business trip, and came home to 60 day in Veg plants that were eaten alive by Thrips and Fungus Gnats. During those years I had "almost" fully automated my grows, auto watering, multiple light timers to simulate sun movement (side and top LED panels that turned on and off from east to west), and a few other little tricks learned from folks and experiences.

Glad you have some more seeds to start over! Good luck with visual seed sexing, it can be done, especially if you really get to know a particular strain well. I've never tried ethylene as an influencing gas, but if you have any repeatable experiences please share!

Record keeping - my how the times have changed! Good notes are an essential part of becoming a good grower, mistakes are less likely to be repeated, and positive actions are reinforced. I kept a notebook since the 70s for grow recordings, and used to hide and protect that book like it contained the nuclear launch codes. The absolute last thing I wanted was to have some court possessing undeniable evidence of my most hideous felonious criminal behavior over the years and decades ... growing a plant! Crazy stuff, but that's how insane these MJ laws are in the US.

I've since transcribed my 70s Mead Organizer into the digital realm and mostly stopped hand writing. There are a few benefits to digitizing your notes and records, search capability and reorganization are a breeze. If you are inclined, consider a spreadsheet or database, even if you still hand write it all out first. I still write things and then go enter them into my database later. Age dictates pen and paper usage though, I get it! There are many free Apps for your iPad up to the task. Hope your day is most awesome, the best and hugs to you SweetSue.

Peace
Keith

PS ... Nice arm action water flicking the wet branches on your floor, you could do a Pete Townshend and windmill the branches so your ceilings feel some wet love too!

What a timely post Keith. I was thinking just a few minutes ago that some digital record keeping might be in order with a garden this active. I hadn't thought to see if I could find a spreadsheet app for the iPad. How silly of me. I find it creatively inspiring to have the papers strewn about me as I sort through chaos to the underlying patterns of success, but there comes a point when the data gets so large in volume that it can be challenging to actually make use of the information.

I added three more to the veg shelf today, counting the new seed that was planted.

The Jamaican clone is ready to taste Doc's kit.

CBD 2.7 could have grown a few more roots before transplanting, but I start them in those cut-off cups and she was at the bottom of the tiny reservoir, so she got treated to a huge increase in root space too.

I feel wonderfully satisfied at the moment. I believe I'll take a stroll along the river now that my gardening chores are done. ?

 

[Van Stank]

Wish I had a dollar back for every seed I have fried with rays or let wither! We all do it, it's one of the down sides of seeds vs. cuttings when growing indoors. Do you have a light meter Sue? One is not essential, but with the many technologies on the market to simulate sunlight, they help measure the very variable in intensities at distances. It's easier once they are a few weeks old and have a few leaves to give visual guidance.

Glad you have a decent bank of seeds, it sucks when we burn high $ seeds. I once wasted over $200 of seeds under light panel (like you, too close). I followed that stellar grow startup with another grow interrupted by a business trip, and came home to 60 day in Veg plants that were eaten alive by Thrips and Fungus Gnats. During those years I had "almost" fully automated my grows, auto watering, multiple light timers to simulate sun movement (side and top LED panels that turned on and off from east to west), and a few other little tricks learned from folks and experiences.

Glad you have some more seeds to start over! Good luck with visual seed sexing, it can be done, especially if you really get to know a particular strain well. I've never tried ethylene as an influencing gas, but if you have any repeatable experiences please share!

Record keeping - my how the times have changed! Good notes are an essential part of becoming a good grower, mistakes are less likely to be repeated, and positive actions are reinforced. I kept a notebook since the 70s for grow recordings, and used to hide and protect that book like it contained the nuclear launch codes. The absolute last thing I wanted was to have some court possessing undeniable evidence of my most hideous felonious criminal behavior over the years and decades ... growing a plant! Crazy stuff, but that's how insane these MJ laws are in the US.

I've since transcribed my 70s Mead Organizer into the digital realm and mostly stopped hand writing. There are a few benefits to digitizing your notes and records, search capability and reorganization are a breeze. If you are inclined, consider a spreadsheet or database, even if you still hand write it all out first. I still write things and then go enter them into my database later. Age dictates pen and paper usage though, I get it! There are many free Apps for your iPad up to the task. Hope your day is most awesome, the best and hugs to you SweetSue.

Peace
Keith

PS ... Nice arm action water flicking the wet branches on your floor, you could do a Pete Townshend and windmill the branches so your ceilings feel some wet love too!

I kind of took the guess work out of seeds. I do all my seeds, cannabis or veggies it doesn't matter, under T5 lights. Tough to fry anything under a T5. I have a small 1 bulb (24 watts) T5, a small 4 bulb (96 watts total) and a large 4 foot 8 bulb that can run either 4 or 8 bulbs on that runs at either 216 or 432 watts. Depends on how many seeds I am popping as to which light I use. I keep them under the T5 for about 10 days and then move them to the LED if there is room. Never burned any seeds under T5.

 

[kelticBlue]

Record keeping - my how the times have changed! Good notes are an essential part of becoming a good grower, mistakes are less likely to be repeated, and positive actions are reinforced. I kept a notebook since the 70s for grow recordings, and used to hide and protect that book like it contained the nuclear launch codes. The absolute last thing I wanted was to have some court possessing undeniable evidence of my most hideous felonious criminal behavior over the years and decades ... growing a plant! Crazy stuff, but that's how insane these MJ laws are in the US.

I've since transcribed my 70s Mead Organizer into the digital realm and mostly stopped hand writing. There are a few benefits to digitizing your notes and records, search capability and reorganization are a breeze. If you are inclined, consider a spreadsheet or database, even if you still hand write it all out first. I still write things and then go enter them into my database later. Age dictates pen and paper usage though, I get it! There are many free Apps for your iPad up to the task. Hope your day is most awesome, the best and hugs to you SweetSue.

Peace
Keith

Wow very interesting. Never thought about some of that. I do my journal here as my only record, I needs to do more than a photo journal.
You guys give me pee-lenty of ideas. And so for sure yeah with the age thing, I am able to capture more ideas and info with my illegible script than i can with a keyboard. I get easily distracted by any passing shiny object, then the thought is gone.

 

[SweetSue]

I kind of took the guess work out of seeds. I do all my seeds, cannabis or veggies it doesn't matter, under T5 lights. Tough to fry anything under a T5. I have a small 1 bulb (24 watts) T5, a small 4 bulb (96 watts total) and a large 4 foot 8 bulb that can run either 4 or 8 bulbs on that runs at either 216 or 432 watts. Depends on how many seeds I am popping as to which light I use. I keep them under the T5 for about 10 days and then move them to the LED if there is room. Never burned any seeds under T5.

Good point, and I have some nice T5s available that I could set up under a bench, just for seeds and early rooted clones.

Thank you Van.

These caught my eye today while opportunistically strolling through the local Dollar Tree. I was looking for something wide for Malawi 1.1 and possibly Chem Dawg. Having three means I can put Carnival 4.4 into one too and the tent looks coordinated.

Ran out of duck tape. I think I should own stock in the company.

Off to the store to find more tape. The sponsored tent girls gets transplanted into these tomorrow.

I love what I do.

 

[SweetSue]

Wow guys! I've been everywhere else but here today.

Good evening everyone

I started the day taking a river walk with my friend. We typically do that in the evenings, but with earlier sunsets and dropping temps this makes more sense. What a lovely way to start a day. I believe mornings are my favorite walking time, and if she manages to get an apartment in the neighborhood well do this much more often.

Kinda threw my schedule off though, which is what explains this late hello.

Hold on, I want to take another hit of the Ultra Dawg. .............. Damn! Such complexity! It's like an explosion of memories in my head, trying to pull out the flavors.

Oh yeah, the UD.....my schedule had me opening the bucket in five days, but I got impatient. I'll be taking the clone down this week, and I haven't really had time to appreciate the original plant. There's something very wrong with that.

So I opened it today.

When I opened the bags I struck my nose in an took a big whiff. Absolute heaven!!! The UD in particular was marvelous. I don't percieve any real increase of terpene expression. I think with Shiggity it may have been the quantity he had in the buckets. I had two small batches. But what I have are cured and ready to go buds.

Ultra Dawg sparkles in the light.

Well.... they both do.

CBD Critical Cure

There was only one branch of the CBD Critical Cure. The buds got added to existing inventory.

Over an ounce of UD, with another plant coming down this week. No complaints from this gal.

I'll start with this sweet little one.

I've been hitting it for over an hour, and I probably only got five tiny hits in during that time. I keep getting distracted. I remember this buzz.

Now, I need your brains

What I thought was burns from Brix on Malawi isn't. I have no idea what it is, but it's showing up on new growth.

The entire upper region of the plant is effected. Anyone have any insight as to what I'm dealing with here? I'm about ready to chop that part of the plant off. At this point I'm not certain it's safe to consume.

It doesn't appear to be having any impact on the others, but this plant is suffering. I'd like to stop that from happening.

 

[SweetSue]

I upcanned the sponsored tent today.

The handles are a nice touch.

A frugal share: instead of spending more money on better drip trays for these three I walked to the local Dollar Tree and grabbed three cake carriers. I'm using the bases as saucers. They won't hold much water, and I'll probably eventually replace them with the better trays, but the only cost me $1 each.

Oh yeah..... While I was flushing Thin Mint this morning I caught this shot. Couldn't resist.

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Goodness that Malawi looks icky Sue

I wouldn't cut her

What nutes are ya using on her

 

[Tead]

Is there anything going on in the root zone of the Malawi?
Sometimes finer perlite can form layers and block flow. Low outflow and water bunching up at the top when filling would be indicators. You can use a stick or other long probe to penetrate the layer and let water get thru.
I had a bad batch of perlite I shouldn't have used.... but did. It's been problematic.

 

[Neiko]

What run of soil is the Malawi in?

There is a problem in the root zone. You may want to flush with 3 times the container size with pure water then mix up a rescue drench and pour 1/2 a gallon down the top. Doc has recommended this to others having similar issues. You gotta get the microbes happy again.

 

[SweetSue]

Goodness that Malawi looks icky Sue

I wouldn't cut her

What nutes are ya using on her

She's in Doc's kit soil.

Is there anything going on in the root zone of the Malawi?
Sometimes finer perlite can form layers and block flow. Low outflow and water bunching up at the top when filling would be indicators. You can use a stick or other long probe to penetrate the layer and let water get thru.
I had a bad batch of perlite I shouldn't have used.... but did. It's been problematic.

I'll remember to thoroughly clean the perlite.

What run of soil is the Malawi in?

There is a problem in the root zone. You may want to flush with 3 times the container size with pure water then mix up a rescue drench and pour 1/2 a gallon down the top. Doc has recommended this to others having similar issues. You gotta get the microbes happy again.

She's in second run soil Neiko. Tell me I have a problem with this batch of soil too and I'll walk away from this system ASAP. I'll take time to flush her after I get the harvest in hand. That's a hell of a lot of water to toss down the drain at a buck a gallon. Damn!

Refresh my memory please, what's in a rescue drench?

Crap! Not what I wanted to hear. Visions of Carnival 3 running through my head.

Ok.... deliberate mood shift.

Musical chairs

Dark Slide gets to enjoy the open spaces of the spa for a bit. She's starting to change and many of the trichomes are already cloudy. I'll be watching her closely.

Malawi got shifted to the closet.

That relocation left more room to fit CC3.1 and CBD CC 2.6 into the tent together. They're still tight, but that'll settle a bit when they're both deep into the bloom.

On to the joys of budwashing and processing. This one's bound for the humidifier.

Don't forget to be joyful, as though you need reminding, after all this time. You guys know I love you, right? Ok then, don't ever forget that.





........ I LOVE HARVESTING!!!

 

[SweetSue]

A bouquet fit for MOTY, don't you agree?

Good God, send me a man with a passion for cannabis cultivation.

 

[TheMadDabber]

Beautiful bouquet! I love your updates sue. It's so cool to see all the different strains and their unique characteristics. What a magical plant

 

[Van Stank]

Goodness that Malawi looks icky Sue

I wouldn't cut her

What nutes are ya using on her

She definitely doesn't look happy. No impact no idea here. I have never seen that type of look to leaves.

 

[SweetSue]

She definitely doesn't look happy. No impact no idea here. I have never seen that type of look to leaves.

It's a mystery we could all do without. I'm beginning to wonder if there's an HB grower out there right now without crispy leaves. I'm sure it's giving Doc fits, but I trust him to track down the problem. If it's not the kit components then there's something terribly wrong with how we're working with it.

 

[SweetSue]

Harvest: Thin Mint GSC (Day 105, flip + 59)

Her weight directly after being chopped, branches, stem, and all. The stem that was left weighed 18 grams alone.

It always surprises me how much lighter they are without the attached roots. This girl was weightier than recent harvests.

I did that spin again to throw off the water. It's a great range of motion movement. I'll need to wash the spots off the window one of these days. Lol!

The stickiest my fingers have been trimming a harvest. This girl gifted me with lots and lots of oil.

Wonderfully dense buds too.

Sugar leaves went into the popcorn and sugar leaf bag in the freezer.

This was all the popcorn, and it's being used for omelettes for the next couple days. I just love the sense of wellbeing that comes with eating them.

It's notable that this was all of the popcorn. Most of the lower buds developed large enough to be included in the dehydrated batch. There were so many buds that I didn't bother weighing them. Typically I set up the tray and then disassemble it so I can weigh them and then put them back in. Too much trouble to get a best guesstimate. I'll wait patiently for Saturday night to get a final weight.

Big, dense, weighty, beautiful buds Yeah..... I'll admit to being proud of this one Wish I'd taken better photos for the POTM contests. Lol!

This was the largest load I've had yet in the dehydrator. The clock is ticking, and the timer goes off at 50 hours, which by my records will be 5 PM Saturday. I'll begin the finish drying with rice and expect to have it jarred up by bedtime that evening.

I'm anticipating in excess of two ounces. I'll hold off on the harvest of Ultra Dawg 1.1 until the dehydrator is free. The fridge is already filled with Carn 4.2. Although....... I'm sure I could fit a few more bags into the bottom shelf of the fridge. I think. I'd like this UD to be dried low and slo.

Decided... I'll bag the UD instead of dehydrate. I may still wait until Saturday, possibly longer. She's almost completely cloudy, but I don't see any signs of amber yet.

Thin Mint GSC is certainly one of the most delightful and beautiful chemovars I've grown so far. I highly recommend it. livetoskate tells me it's a wonderfully spacey buzz. I haven't smoked enough to appreciate this. It's too indica for my taste and I was leaving it for my daughter, since she enjoys it so much, but he made that sound so enticing that I'm going to try some as soon as I get this posted and see if I get the same effect he does. I have some from the previous harvest to explore.

Ud und comes down by Saturday, and Devil's Carnival 1.1 looks like she's going to be ready within a week or so. Both the Jamaican and Dark Slide are beginning to hit the end stage as well. It's a steady lineup of fun ahead. I'm so glad I have all of you to share the joy with.

Ok, now it's time to get a better, more focused taste of the mother.

 

[Hash Hound]

Sue

Saturday will be 7 weeks 12/12 for my CD and WW and I figured one or two more at the most.
That is usually when I do a defol to get rid of most of the big leaf.

So today before I started I noticed one big upper leaf on the WW with a lot of tiny white spots on the leaf.
Then I look under the leaf and I see the dreaded MITES!!! First time in 8 yrs.

Not a real bad infestation, no webbing, but a lot of the big leaf had them and a few smaller ones too.
I trimmed off the leaf I spotted them on. I used a head band magnifier and did the best job I could do to get the infected leaf.
I know I checked the clones real good for critters when I brought them home. Maybe there were just eggs I missed, but I doubt it. I think they would be way worse by now if they were on the clones since I picked them up.
I check my plants including under the leaf pretty regularly and missed them until today, so it must be a fairly recent infestation.

You and another guy I know had them and I was careful around both.
One of those buggers hitched a ride on me somehow. Maybe even from outside, who knows

I'm freakin bummed.

The question I have for you is did you do anything special when you washed yours? Peroxide? or just lemon and baking soda? Soak them longer to drown the buggers?
And did you dry them normally?

 

[SweetSue]

Sue

Saturday will be 7 weeks 12/12 for my CD and WW and I figured one or two more at the most.
That is usually when I do a defol to get rid of most of the big leaf.

So today before I started I noticed one big upper leaf on the WW with a lot of tiny white spots on the leaf.
Then I look under the leaf and I see the dreaded MITES!!! First time in 8 yrs.

Not a real bad infestation, no webbing, but a lot of the big leaf had them and a few smaller ones too.
I trimmed off the leaf I spotted them on. I used a head band magnifier and did the best job I could do to get the infected leaf.
I know I checked the clones real good for critters when I brought them home. Maybe there were just eggs I missed, but I doubt it. I think they would be way worse by now if they were on the clones since I picked them up.
I check my plants including under the leaf pretty regularly and missed them until today, so it must be a fairly recent infestation.

You and another guy I know had them and I was careful around both.
One of those buggers hitched a ride on me somehow. Maybe even from outside, who knows

I'm freakin bummed.

The question I have for you is did you do anything special when you washed yours? Peroxide? or just lemon and baking soda? Soak them longer to drown the buggers?
And did you dry them normally?

Oooo....... We need to let J know about this. He has the clone you gave me, and I have the clone of it. I see no signs of the Borg in my grow at all. I'll double check everyone tomorrow when lights come on to be sure.

I've sent a text to J. He'll get back to me soon, if I know him.

I sprayed every leaf at harvest with 50/50 ISO. Then I washed them as normal - this was when I used lemon juice and baking soda. The big difference was in processing. I didn't want any risk of having an egg somehow survive and start the whole circus all over again, so I turned all of the infected plants into FHO, or dried them in the fridge, which I felt certain would finish off any that may have survived the rubbing alcohol.

I was scrupulous about cross-contamination, and ruthless in my processing. All branches and the stem were removed from the apartment as soon as the buds were removed. I have no infestation anymore.

Please don't feel bad if it turns out I need to repeat that process. I know how to contain them now. I have no fear of the Borg anymore. I don't invite them, but I know I can overcome an infestation if I need to.