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

[SweetSue]

That Ultra Dawg is real nice Sue

I'm so glad you like it. Hehehe! That's a big compliment coming from you Hash Hound. You grow some of the best.

It'll be a regular in rotation, but not a continuious one. After you run out, don't hesitate to ask for more if the urge to appreciate it again strikes.

 

[WoundedKnee]

What your Daughter may experience is 'rebound symptoms', with that you experience your conditions symptoms, but amplified. It can be a terrible experience, thankfully she has relief at hand.
I am lucky to have a good Doctor, he inherited me from a Doctor who retired and was very much of the old school, he would try to solve all problems with pills. Here in Australia we have a crazy situation where Medicinal Cannabis is actually legal, but Doctors cannot prescribe it and there is no way to get it even if they could. I cannot wait until they set up system for supply, that could take years and by then I could be beyond help. I am not growing to supply anyone but myself, its become a cause that I believe holds the key to my health being greatly improved. I am not hurting anyone, in fact if I am in better health then my family will be happier and that in turn will make me happier. I love the idea of a hollistic approach to our health, it seems modern medicine has lost its way and ended up in a place where chemicals are the only answer to a problem. The side effects (which are never mentioned) can be appalling, for instance - I lost 13 teeth and need much remedial work done because of one of the meds I take, I put on nearly 50lbs from another, another med causes my stomach to make too much acid - so I need a med for that. Its a crazy merry-go-round and I want off ! I know that Cannabis can do the job of almost every med I take, I know it will be a rough ride to get off all the pills, but I think that making the decision to do it and grow my own meds was the hardest part of the journey (waiting for my plants to grow is pretty hard too !) but I have good support at home and here.
I hope your Daughter has a better day tomorrow, you are a fantastic Mother, she is lucky to have you !
When I have harvested my plants, I will seek your help in making some Oil, I found that gave me the best nights sleep !

 

[SweetSue]

You know how you're cruisin' along, feeling like all's well and the world is a song waiting to be sung?

This was not what I'd planned for my evening.

I'm pretty proud of myself, because when I realized what I'd done, and the price my plants were going to pay, I didn't take time to beat myself up or cry about it, I went into immediate action. I was surfing the threads when it suddenly occured to me that it was Sunday and after 10 PM and I'd forgotten to do the update for the sponsored tent.

As soon as I opened the tent to begin the photo session, I knew that wasn't going to happen.

Something was wrong. At this point I had no idea what, but the air was ominous.

How quickly it can all go downhill.

I pulled up the deficiency info and couldn't find anything that explained this. Suddenly I realized that I wasn't looking at deficiency, I was looking at necrosis. These girls were dying. Like a lightening bolt it hit me why - Clorox. I hadn't done a good enough job of cleaning the Clorox out of the perlite, and it was killing the plants.

Carn 4.4 is fine, because she's the only one that got planted in fresh perlite.

She's looking really good.

Then it hit me who else was planted in that reclaimed perlite.

Carn 4.5 and CBD CC 2.7.

Carn 4.5 is a total loss. Not a salvageable cutting on the plant. When I flip Carn 4.4 I'll take cuttings.

CBD CC 2.7 has tiny roots, thank God, so she's minimally impacted. I tossed the reclaimed perlite and dropped her into a clean pot with new medium, soaked in 1/4 strength nutes.

I took that nasty leaf while I was at it.

While I was over at the veg shelf I checked the seed to discover no action at all, so I pulled it and dropped it into fresh water for another attempt, and went back to save what I could.

The shelf looks a little bare at the moment.

After looking the plants over I finally plucked the only cuttings from each plant that didn't have signs of distress and headed to the kitchen to get them in hempy solos. The pickings may have been slim, but they're healthy-looking. *whew!"

Malawi 1.2

Chem Dawg

Back for some cleanup. I pulled the damaged plants.

Tomorrow I'll eliminate the plants and the perlite and place an order this week for another bag.

An interesting turn of events, eh? The universe orchestrated the downgrade of my grow. This is what comes from thinking thoughts like "Maybe I've overextended myself here." Lol! Well, I'm now down three more plants, and Carn has the tent all to herself.

I didn't even give a primal scream. I never let myself get frustrated about it, I simply went to work and didn't stop until there was no more to do.

It's not what happens, it's how you react to it. I think I reacted swiftly and with calm determination to salvage what I could and let the rest go without any resistance.

Now...... I know I won't be able to go to bed right now. I deserve a righteous buzz. Then I have to leave some posts about the fiasco.

Maybe I'll let them wait until tomorrow.

 

[WoundedKnee]

What a nasty turn of events !! Back in the country I am from they love a good saying, they can be quite funny and very often have a good message behind them, for this situation 'everything happens for a reason' and 'you only get what you can carry' - you may take a day or two, but there may be a silver lining behind this little setback.

 

[SweetSue]

What a nasty turn of events !! Back in the country I am from they love a good saying, they can be quite funny and very often have a good message behind them, for this situation 'everything happens for a reason' and 'you only get what you can carry' - you may take a day or two, but there may be a silver lining behind this little setback.

You sweet man....

I'm in excellent spirits, actually. Down the stress of three plants in an overcrowded garden? Hell yeah, I'll take that. I learned so much from the time I had them under my charge. It's a bit - well... more than a bit humbling to have caused the demise of three plants in such an avoidable way, and they were such lovely specimens.

But this is joyful journey, and a couple minutes back I realized that my calm response was an indicator that I caught whiff of how to do it this time. How to make the shift, that deliberate shift to a happier thought. To allow life to happen without tagging it with emotion, and then to decide that the emotion you were going to be vibrating anyway was going to be love or joy or appreciation, or...

Hash Hound, the Widow Querkle x Widow is a delightful chemovar. Tell me you cloned.

Sorry, I got distracted. Lol! I'm a strong and confident woman, and I have an easier time looking at it as something to celebrate instead of something to think of as a problem. Things always work out for me, and most of the time I don't understand at the time why, but I know to trust those cosmic companions watching over me. They know what they're doing, and I trust them.

Makes it easy to be joyful. Then they make something marvelous happen to be even more joyful about. The "secret" is to care more about how you feel than anything else, and to deliberately choose to feel joy.

You have any idea how many people out there are making millions selling their version of that simple law of the universe? Lol!

Feel what you want to be. Then you become it. I always figured it meant "be loving." Isn't that what we all want to be? Loving and loved? You attract what you feel. Feel loving.

Whoa! That's some powerful cannabis Hash Hound. Lights just went out. House rule is bed in ten minutes, max. It was good talking to you, WoundedKnee. I end up doing this more often in the winter. The light change is an adventure.

Goodnight everyone. You're an indulgent crew, and I love you for it.

 

[Tead]

Bleached your babies?!?!

Just for the record, I flush the bejesus outta my perlite after I bleach it. Probably at least 10x pot volume. Often I just bleach in my hempy pots letting the water flush thru under a slow running hose. I don't immediately reuse it either.... often it sets for a few days before a plant hits it.

Nope... never used bleach as a nutrient source. Once saw a grower dump their plants in a chlorine swimpool to clear a root rot issue (worked!). Crazy baby!

 

[Tead]

A couple more thoughts....
You can use H2O2... incredibly effective and you use much less, but it costs more.
A technique I tried a few times that may work for you.... using your standard grocery store plastic bag with some small holes all over it, fill with perlite, hang handles from kitchen sink faucet, apply even layer of bleach and let sit for a few minutes, set faucet on a low flow and walk away for a while as it flushes.

 

[MagicJim]

With all those problems I couldn't help but notice your humidifier in there had a SMILEY FACE

 

[SweetSue]

With all those problems I couldn't help but notice your humidifier in there had a SMILEY FACE

Hahaha! Oh Jimmy, I love your keen eye and delightful sense of humor. It's like they conspired to get rid of the other two and now they're celebrating.

 

[SweetSue]

A couple more thoughts....
You can use H2O2... incredibly effective and you use much less, but it costs more.
A technique I tried a few times that may work for you.... using your standard grocery store plastic bag with some small holes all over it, fill with perlite, hang handles from kitchen sink faucet, apply even layer of bleach and let sit for a few minutes, set faucet on a low flow and walk away for a while as it flushes.

I followed you all the way up to the "even layer of bleach." I don't understand what you mean there. Straight bleach, or diluted? While I'm at it, how diluted?

I'd been thinking of a way to save what I have and clean it up better, but my concern is where I'd be able to lay it out for that necessary drying and airing out time. I'm tossing a few ideas around. If I can figure out some way to get it out on the balcony without blowing away that might work. Hmmmm...... I have some large totes made for fitting under the bed that may be of some use. There's lots of space out there to spread things out.

This may work. You know how I hate to waste, so if I can find a way.......

H2O2..., hadn't thought of that. Damned the expense, if it works without the bleach. Like TS, I have a strong aversion to the smell. I almost never crack that bottle open. Any idea about dilution strength for a job like this? I have a couple bottles on hand at the moment that I won't be needing in the immediate future. I'm gonna let the Ultra Dawg go at least a few more days. I can pick up more H2O2 before then.

Good morning everyone


I'm rested and in good humor, all ready to play with the cosmos again. I figure this little lesson taught me heaps about hempy, cut back on my workload and helped me reset the pace of the grow. I'm getting closer and closer to finding the rhythm.

For one thing I don't have to be growing so many, that's about as obvious as it can be. Two of the four I grow for have drastically reduced their consumption, changing the demand level dramatically. The BIL is using way less than he used to after close to two months in the hospital, and the cancer patient is lost in opioids and the hell they create for the body, and won't listen to reason, so his needs for cannabis are minimal.

You can't force someone to use a method you know to be more effective, nor am I in the habit of forcing the issue with cannabis. I made my case to him and his decision is his. I'll help him where I can, and sooner or later I'll get an ATF going for him. That may be a game-changer for him, but we have months before then.

Ahhhh..... Sunshine at last. I love my rainy days, but stretch them out for a few and it gets wearisome, eh? I'll take a walk along the river later and enjoy Mother Nature. That'll help set things right in my world. Huh! The furnace just kicked on for the first time in three days. Maybe it's cooler out there than it looks through my windows up here in the crow's nest. I'll dress warm.

On to the rest of the day. You all have a wonderful one too. Gosh, I'm hungry. It just occured to me that I never had dinner yesterday. I'll catch up with your joyful selves later. Until then, shine those lights brightly.

 

[Van Stank]

Are you talking breeder Van? I don't know, to be honest. I recieved the seeds from a member, and he never shared that information, but then I never asked. I'll get to him and report back.

Yes Sue, I meant the breeder. Thank you hon!!

 

[Van Stank]

rolling the J Dawg shortly to smoke down Lu's and watch the new Planet of the Apes movie.

using a Perry Masonesque title "The Case of the Mystery Mites"

I broke my cardinal rule sort of. I tell people it's risky to put a plant on the porch for sun because you will bring in bugs.

Well stupid me probably did something worse.
I brought in a piece of the Widow branch I was treating with CS outside to make some fem pollen.
It possibly had mites or a few eggs that got knocked off during pollination. That's where the heaviest concentrations were. And the only sign of a few strands of a web starting.
The sad part is I only got 3 seeds so far from my outside Widow, and I see no seeds forming on the indoor affected plants?

Lesson learned,,, again.

Hey Hash Hound, have you considered using STS instead of CS for you feminized seeds? Far less stressful on the plant and much easier to use (only spray 2 or 3 times instead of every day) according to the people that have used both. I have some STS (Silver ThioSulphate) but waiting to find the right girl to use it on.

 

[Hash Hound]

Hey Hash Hound, have you considered using STS instead of CS for you feminized seeds? Far less stressful on the plant and much easier to use (only spray 2 or 3 times instead of every day) according to the people that have used both. I have some STS (Silver ThioSulphate) but waiting to find the right girl to use it on.

Van
yes I've considered it, but didn't really do the serious look into.
After the so-so or poor results with the CS, I have to reconsider. I get plenty of pods but apparently not much pollen.
My current Chemdawg has loads of pods, but I tried to shake off some pollen and I got none. And I see no seeds forming anywhere.

I did break up the dried bud of the outdoor Widow with the pollen pods and there were a lot of mostly immature seeds. Had I known they were in there I would have left that bud out there a bit longer. So I guess that falls under the my fault category. But why the lack of seeds elsewhere on that plant?

I've tried Tiresias Mist a few times also with mixed results.

fortunately I did get some seeds of my WidowQuerkle x Widow.

Hash Hound, the Widow Querkle x Widow is a delightful chemovar. Tell me you cloned.


Whoa! That's some powerful cannabis Hash Hound. Lights just went out. House rule is bed in ten minutes, max.

Sue

I didn't clone her, but there should have been a few seeds with the bud I gave you. If not I have more. She was the only CS attempt that produced more than a few mature seeds.

I also have a few other Querkle crosses that may have the same traits you like.
Sweet Seeds Cream Carmel x Q, Pyramid Seeds Tutankahamon(AK47) x Q, and Kannabia Seeds Aphrodite(JH x Morrocan) x Q. they were from a male Querkle, so they still might show a male on occasion. I got 2 males out of 10 so far.

 

[Van Stank]

Van
yes I've considered it, but didn't really do the serious look into.
After the so-so or poor results with the CS, I have to reconsider. I get plenty of pods but apparently not much pollen.
My current Chemdawg has loads of pods, but I tried to shake off some pollen and I got none. And I see no seeds forming anywhere.

I did break up the dried bud of the outdoor Widow with the pollen pods and there were a lot of mostly immature seeds. Had I known they were in there I would have left that bud out there a bit longer. So I guess that falls under the my fault category. But why the lack of seeds elsewhere on that plant?

I've tried Tiresias Mist a few times also with mixed results.

fortunately I did get some seeds of my WidowQuerkle x Widow.



Sue

I didn't clone her, but there should have been a few seeds with the bud I gave you. If not I have more. She was the only CS attempt that produced more than a few mature seeds.

I also have a few other Querkle crosses that may have the same traits you like.
Sweet Seeds Cream Carmel x Q, Pyramid Seeds Tutankahamon(AK47) x Q, and Kannabia Seeds Aphrodite(JH x Morrocan) x Q. they were from a male Querkle, so they still might show a male on occasion. I got 2 males out of 10 so far.

Hash, have you grown that Tutankahamon from Pyramid yet? I have a few of those beans but haven't grown them yet. I hear its a potent strain.

 

[Stage]

High and Green Blessings Sue,
I 'm like after seeing your post.
Then I'm like at the way you handled the situation.
Everyday you remind me of why I need to be grateful.
Reading your posts remind me to read the plants.

 

[Grandpa Tokin]

Good day! I hope everyone is well with much dank. Reading through here puts a smile on my face.

 

[Tead]

I followed you all the way up to the "even layer of bleach." I don't understand what you mean there. Straight bleach, or diluted? While I'm at it, how diluted?

I just pour it straight from the bottle. "Even layer" may have been the wrong word combo, I just pour it over the top evenly trying to cover the entire top surface area with bleach. Don't breath too much into it... you probably just naturally do it.... kind of like when I water.
I let that soak in for about 15min before I follow it with water from my garden hose.

'd been thinking of a way to save what I have and clean it up better, but my concern is where I'd be able to lay it out for that necessary drying and airing out time. I'm tossing a few ideas around. If I can figure out some way to get it out on the balcony without blowing away that might work. Hmmmm...... I have some large totes made for fitting under the bed that may be of some use. There's lots of space out there to spread things out.

This may work. You know how I hate to waste, so if I can find a way.......

H2O2..., hadn't thought of that. Damned the expense, if it works without the bleach. Like TS, I have a strong aversion to the smell. I almost never crack that bottle open. Any idea about dilution strength for a job like this? I have a couple bottles on hand at the moment that I won't be needing in the immediate future. I'm gonna let the Ultra Dawg go at least a few more days. I can pick up more H2O2 before then.

The pharmacy stuff is too diluted to be very effective. Get the ~30% stuff from Amz.
How 'bout your oven and a few cookie trays? It's just rock, so you can cook it to whatever temp you want.

 

[WoundedKnee]

You are the most infectiously positive person I have come across Sue - a genuine inspiration !

 

[Hash Hound]

Hash, have you grown that Tutankahamon from Pyramid yet? I have a few of those beans but haven't grown them yet. I hear its a potent strain.

Yes I have Van, and it's real good. Good producer of nice long colas if I remember.
The cross with Querkle is good too.

Give them a try, and good luck with them.

 

[SweetSue]

I just pour it straight from the bottle. "Even layer" may have been the wrong word combo, I just pour it over the top evenly trying to cover the entire top surface area with bleach. Don't breath too much into it... you probably just naturally do it.... kind of like when I water.
I let that soak in for about 15min before I follow it with water from my garden hose.




The pharmacy stuff is too diluted to be very effective. Get the ~30% stuff from Amz.
How 'bout your oven and a few cookie trays? It's just rock, so you can cook it to whatever temp you want.

I hadn't thought about cooking it Tead. Excellent idea, that! There'll be some rep points coming your way as thanks.

And the band played on...

I took the time to wire Dark Slide up for the rest of her ride. May break out the bonsai wire tomorrow. Her limbs are much too thin to support the buds. And oh, how pretty they are.

When I reviewed this shot I spotted it. Did you?

Powdery mildew. I can't tell you how many times I've thought "get another fan in there gal!" and then didn't.

Turned my head and spotted another leaf.

A quick check and this was all I found.

Bundled tightly and ready to leave the apartment.

Yeah.... I hear ya. I had the same thought. Pm doesn't start at the top of the plant. I went back and did a more thorough check. There were buds and leaves with signs, so I cleared the lower quarters entirely.

The additional fan is pressed into use.

Then I stripped out of the clothes and showered all over again before going anywhere near the rest of the girls. I've played this isolation game before.

I'm confident I caught it early, but I'll watch diligently. If she shows anymore signs I'll pull her. She's pretty close right now, so an early harvest wouldn't be a concern. I'll be watching them all for signs, and being cautious about cross-contamination.

What a beauty she turned out to be. I'll improve with the next one.

She looks like a happy kit girl, doesn't she?

It's never boring around here.