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

[SweetSue]

Hi SweetSue,

I wanted to comment on the Candy Cane Lady. I like her looks even better than your Malawi. Guess that's what I like to look at.

Question - In your "spa" you have 4 cfl bulbs. Will they give you a reasonable harvest? That surprises me. But then, so do you. Love the mood-projecting you do. Helps me often. Thank you.

Well Bode.....that hit a happy emotional note. I'm glad my exuberance has a soothing effect for you. What can I say? I love life.

Hanging above those four 40 watt CFLs is a bank of 4 COBs, a 200 watt Citizens kit from Timber Grow Lights. It's beaming 200 watts of light down on the group. It'll cover most of the space they have, which is why they all get shifted around daily.

The Candy Cane is a lovely one. I haven't yet found a successful way to manage her spindly branches, but this specimen shows more promise than the mother. She may be done stretching, and now she can strengthen the branches in advance of setting the heavy snowballs of blossoms. Lol! She got shifted around today. There's a picture in the harvest report coming up next.

 

[SweetSue]

Harvest: Ultra Dawg 1.1 (Day 126, flip + 53)

One of the easiest plants to grow. One of the frostiest, as well as one of the most fragrant, and the most complexity in the fragrance. I'll miss her perfume now that she's harvested.

The next one will be in soil. I'm noticing a distinct difference in terpene production and expression between the RX Green Solutions nutrients and Doc's kit, and I want to see what the kit can do for the UD. I'm waiting for the hempy buds to cure to make a final determination, but I'm missing the lime snap in my last couple harvests. The cure may change that.

Absolutely stunning buds. Sticky as hell to trim.

No wash with this girl. Which reminds me, Scoooter recently shared his impressions on his first visit to a dispensary. One of the questions he asked was about their budwashing process. His mother is allergic to sulfites, and it's his mother he's making meds for, so this is of concern to him.

Which brings me me to the point of the story. According to Scoooter

Oh btw... H2O2 neutralizes sulfites so if people want to wash with baking soda and store lemon juice then the next wash bucket should be H2O2 solution to neutralize. Researched that one.

Which, in my opinion, reinforces my decision to use only diluted H2O2 for my washes.

This plant lacked any wash because I realized I'd used the bottle I'd had on hand making a stronger wash concentration for the powdery mildew-infested Dark Slide. The store is right across the street, but we were in the middle of a fierce thunderstorm at that time and there was no way I was going out into that! No wash sounded like a better idea. She had no foliars. I'll risk it.

That meant she was unceremoniously cut from the branches into the bags for a low and slo dry in the fridge with the Dark Slide.

Fans on the left, popcorn and sugar-laden leaves on the right. I'll turn the sugar leaves into a fresh harvest oil, but not today. I'll freeze this batch and add to some other popcorn and sugar leaves I've been accumulating. Now that I have the pressure cooker that'll be much easier to do. There were 57 grams placed in the freezer. That's half of what I'd need to make a small batch of FHO. I may have the rest already in there.

I got five bags for the fridge. A total of 135 grams going in, with the expectation of two ounces coming out.

A small taster bud that'll be ready in a couple days.

The Dark Slide buds were a delightful buzz. I wandered through the grocery store, from one side to the other a couple times because I forgot something LOL! but I eventually got everything I was looking for and carried it all home, so all's well. I kept getting lost in detail. I'll have to give it another go when it's dry at a later point in the day.

Musical chairs.....

Candy Cane 3.1 went into the tiny closet....

You see why she got this space? Lol! She's a tough one to contain. She'll command her own space.

Right now the branches are feeling like they'll get strong enough to support the blossoms. I've decided to break out the bonsai wire if things get floppy before harvest.

I can see her from my work table in the living room.

To empty that space for her Malawi had to be relocated. The spa seemed like the best choice. She fit right in.

The camera distorts the colors. This is a better approximation of the true light colors. You can see the COBs get great penetration.

Yep....SweetSue's playing with CFLs again.

CBD Critical Crue 2.6 has the tent all to herself from here on out.

I'm liking this idea of a single plant flowering in each space. The closet is set up to accomodate two Dark Devil Autos in 5-gallon pots, but it works because it can be left wide open during the days. The tents seem to work best with one plant in each, the size I grow them.

About a week ago I had 20 plants. Today I'm down to 10. Whew! I survived another passion overdrive. Three more to come down in this class. The game now is to find the consistent rhythm.

Don't you love what we do? Seven harvests in a month. Even with the challenges, I'd say this went very well.

 

[SweetSue]

Jarring it up: Carnival 4.2 - dried low and slo

To make room for Ultra Dawg I had to get Carn 4.2 out of the fridge. It's been exactly two weeks in the bags. Last night they went into a jar for the night with a hygrometer. By morning they were hovering around 70% RH. This is when I start using rice to pull the rest of the humidity out.

By noon we were coming up on 62%. I realize that can change when the rice is removed and the buds release more moisture, but this is very workable.

Look at that!!! One gram over two ounces! Haha! I finally beat two ounces.

They're sitting at 65%. I'll check again in the morning. I sure hope they get the lime expression. Time to drop a clone in soil. I'll be taking one when I flip Carn 4.4.

I'm good. I prefer the terpenes expressed with the kit, but these buds make wicked brownies. I still have a decent supply of Carn 3, grown in soil, to smoke from. It's brownies that fuel me. Lol!

I'm feeling confident about my ability to keep ahead of my brownie consumption. How good does it feel to be able to say that? Whoa....... Wasn't expecting that wave of relief. Lol!

It wasn't all that long ago I was smoking trash weed, limited to 1/8 a day for myself, carefully doled out to time running out with bedtime.

Getting up and doing it all over again the next day. Everyone deserves this wonderful freedom we claim for ourselves. Admit it, if they fully legalized you'd supply a couple friends or family members without thinking about it, for the sheer joy of growing, and the security of knowing what they got could be trusted.

That day'll come. We'll be ready to help others learn to grow their own. Ahhh..... That feels good.

I'm falling asleep at the wheel here guys. Lol! Goodnight.

 

[Tead]

You and BN gotta quit growin better UDs than me. I'll give Lem or Con a pass, but you others just need to curb your growing skills dammit. Makin me look bad... shame on you both!

 

[Grandpa Tokin]

That Dawg! Freaking frosty monster. Very nice Sue!

 

[SweetSue]

You and BN gotta quit growin better UDs than me. I'll give Lem or Con a pass, but you others just need to curb your growing skills dammit. Makin me look bad... shame on you both!

That was the first post I saw today Tead. You should see the grin on my face.

Good morning everyone

I'm off to my conversation cafe, but since I'm here....

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Have a joyful day.

 

[Tead]

One more comment and I'll quit harping on about the UDs...

This photo....

It totally shows the colors I like to see on most my plants. Nice deep green leaf surfaces with the muted lime green veins. It really tells me that the nutrient schedule is spot on. I forget.... was this Osmo? Probably not... she looks too good for osmo and the leaf tip burning is usually seen in liquid nutes, not so much in Osmo.
Whichever.... that shit's dialed in baby... ride that routine with some larger veg'd girls or get creative with ropes and chains.

 

[DrDoob]

To clarify Doob, double the volume of the nutrients to get it up to the concentrated formula?

They emailed me back and yes they said to double it. I guess the non-concentrated is their older formula.

 

[SweetSue]

One more comment and I'll quit harping on about the UDs...

This photo....

It totally shows the colors I like to see on most my plants. Nice deep green leaf surfaces with the muted lime green veins. It really tells me that the nutrient schedule is spot on. I forget.... was this Osmo? Probably not... she looks too good for osmo and the leaf tip burning is usually seen in liquid nutes, not so much in Osmo.
Whichever.... that shit's dialed in baby... ride that routine with some larger veg'd girls or get creative with ropes and chains.

Whew! This was a relief to read, and educational as well. Now I have a better idea of what to look for. This is an RX Green Solutions girl. I'll grow the next UD in soil. I promised Con I'd give soil a try to get the best expression of the chemovar.

They emailed me back and yes they said to double it. I guess the non-concentrated is their older formula.

Thank you Doob. I've been doing that and hoping this would be their response.

So, we still saved a bit of money, just not as much as we thought. Also, this formula says check the pH.

 

[NorCaliwood]

I grew one of Con's UD outside this year. But I do plan on growing one inside so she can be all that she can be.. I agree,, dirt is the way to grow if you want that really good smell and flavor. But still look like you did well with yours... GL and Keepem Green

 

[SweetSue]

I grew one of Con's UD outside this year. But I do plan on growing one inside so she can be all that she can be.. I agree,, dirt is the way to grow if you want that really good smell and flavor. But still look like you did well with yours... GL and Keepem Green

The RX Green Solutions nutrients are amazingly woody, but the plants are lacking the intensity of terpene expression I've grown to expect in the kit soil. I'll continue in with the hybrid grow for a while. I can see a use for both methods, but you can be sure my important medicinal plants will be grown in soil from now on.

 

[rikvasen]

Your little garden still looks tropical and I still really like it! And my garden? Well let's say I'll harvest the blueberry and then make a nice garden with 3 Blueberry autoflowers. I do have a Hollands Hope plant still chilling outside and I kind of forgot about her but uh... This night was veeerryy cold and with that I mean -1°C and she is still holding up and surviving... She is mad at me that's for sure! Moving her inside is pointless at this point because she is basically ready to be harvested sooo yeah, little update about my pretty jacked up grow this summer season I had a LOT of oppurtunities to grow some amazing plants this year but I was just too busy with other stuff.

 

[SweetSue]

Your little garden still looks tropical and I still really like it! And my garden? Well let's say I'll harvest the blueberry and then make a nice garden with 3 Blueberry autoflowers. I do have a Hollands Hope plant still chilling outside and I kind of forgot about her but uh... This night was veeerryy cold and with that I mean -1°C and she is still holding up and surviving... She is mad at me that's for sure! Moving her inside is pointless at this point because she is basically ready to be harvested sooo yeah, little update about my pretty jacked up grow this summer season I had a LOT of oppurtunities to grow some amazing plants this year but I was just too busy with other stuff.

So you're saying you were busy with life? Not a bad thing at all. There are years ahead to explore the wonders of cannabis sativa. The Holland's Hope is probably glad to have been left to her own devices. You'll be pleased with the product, from what I've heard from Pigeons. The Blueberry autoflowers sound like a good winter grow.

Good morning everyone

I woke this morning, greeted the universe with my standard enthusiasm, and realized it's Tuesday, and I n gl cited to do my update for the Sponsored Tent. I'll get to that directly after this.

It's Tuesday. The concert at the Music Hall is David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. He's one of the favorite acts to hit this hall every year. This'll be my first time seeing him. It won't cost me a penny. It's so neat, being able to attend all these events. Tonight I'll look over the book of upcoming events and put my name down for more. Somewhere in the upcoming is PostModern Jukebox. I'm really looking forward to that one.

It's Election Day. Mostly judges in my area, and how important is it to get it right, eh? We have a diligent daily newspaper that keeps abreast of the judicial shenanigans and gives us a trustworthy summary, making our job easier, because if we learned nothing in the last year it's the importance of an informed constituency.

Actually what we appear to be learning is how easily huge swatches of our country believed the deliberately lies they were fed through Russian propaganda farms set up to sway public opinion. Knowledge is power, but make it "real news" knowledge or we're all screwed.

Make your voice heard. It's how the system is meant to work.

Back to something on topic. I think it might be time to flip Carn 4.4. She's recovered from the last topping, she has at least ten good tops going, and she's at 14" right now. Yesterday I had to click the lights up a few notches.

The canopy looks about right.

Perfect height for a flip.

Yep, I think it's time. The next watering is tomorrow or Thursday. That'll be the day I switch to bloom nutes and change the timer to 12/12. I'll get a couple clone cuttings and clean up underneath in advance.

She's ready to fill the tent. That sent me into another level of joy. May my energy infect yours, which in turn can infect someone els's day and on to someone new. In this way we incrementally spread the influence of satisfaction and joy on this lovely blue pearl spinning happily in space we call home.

Are we having fun? Good. Life is meant to be fun. It's supposed to feel good. If it doesn't make the deliberate choice to think more soothing thoughts until it does feel good again. Then watch your dreams come true because you stopped putting up the barriers that kept them from being expressed in your life. Don't try to make things happen, change the way you think about them, the vibratory rate your cells take on when you think of your desires. It's a subtle but significant difference.

How delightful it is to me that at 63 (birthday is in a month ) I'm finally learning how to create my reality the way I want it to be instead of simply reacting with positive intentions? This is so much more fun.

I love the month leading up to my birthday, and this one comes with prize packages. How sweet is that? Lol!

I'm hungry. Into the steamy shower and on with the day. Joy my friends. You know what to do. Later

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Hey SuperSue...

Don't u have some LED glasses u use

The GROWant is bright. I've looked at a few but not sure yet

Later gator

 

[Tead]

Man... bonus Crosby concerts.... plants all better 'n mine....
I'm gonna swim up there and kick your shins.... probably twice.


So happy for the little wave of joy running thru your world.
Corner Crosby in a quiet area and invite him back to your hooch for a bowl or eighty.

 

[SweetSue]

Hey SuperSue...

Don't u have some LED glasses u use

The GROWant is bright. I've looked at a few but not sure yet

Later gator

Yes I do Chris. I got a pair of Method Seven glasses with the Budmaster I won in the first MOTY contest. Mighty generous of them, and I kept the glasses when I passed on the light panel. That is a bright light, and I recommend you get a pair for yourself. The Carnival grew over an inch overnight. Had to raise the lights before I flipped her.

The lights are raised, the timer set, and she got her first taste of bloom nutrients today. Carnival 4.4 is officially flipped.

I spent the better part of the morning working the perlite out of the roots of one of the three plants I harvested in the last week.

Roots....... They're so beautiful and fascinating.

Two more to go. It's a work in progress. Its taking up precious real estate and the room feels crowded. I'll get them done in time. After a through rinse the perlite gets cooked at 200 degrees F for a couple hours, so it'll be a while getting all of it cooked. You see the glamour alll
the time. It's good sometimes to see the work that gets done behind the scenes.

That, and I love roots.

This first batch is in the cooking stage. It'll take a few rounds to get it all done before I move on to another pot. They're larger than this pot was.

Maybe I'll finish by my birthday next month.

Always multitasking, some brownie oil got made. It's chilling until this evening. I'm headed out to get the brownie mix in a couple minutes. It's stunningly beautiful out there. The river trail calls.

Almost total decarboxylation. These Carnival brownies are amazing. I'm treating myself to a third one today. I've already accelerated the dosing schedule and had a second one this morning. Lol!

Drenches are completed. See the notation for the Jamaican? To begin with, it was a Transplant drench, not an Energy, that was scheduled, but I was aware of that when I went to work yesterday, which is when the Jamaican was actually drenched. Sometimes the plant says "Now!"

But did she get a Trans drench? No she did not, because I gave her a TransWater drench instead. So you see, even with all the paperwork to guide me, sometimes it just does what it wants to. The grow seems to direct itself sometimes. I used to question. Now I go with the flow. This is one of those stages when it isn't going to really matter, and in all likelihood she needed a longer break between drenches. She's from a tropical island. She's not used to this rich living. Lol!

I hope you also get the opportunity to get out an commune with Mother Nature today. I try to do so every day. It keeps me from becoming too myopic.

OK team, I'm headed out to spread some joy along the banks of the Mighty Mongahela. Do your best to keep up with me.

 

[SweetSue]

Man... bonus Crosby concerts.... plants all better 'n mine....
I'm gonna swim up there and kick your shins.... probably twice.


So happy for the little wave of joy running thru your world.
Corner Crosby in a quiet area and invite him back to your hooch for a bowl or eighty.

Afternoon Tead

Crosby was last night. An enjoyable concert, but after a few sets the harmony became somewhat monotonous. I'm enjoying the crowds. Last night's crowd was closer to my age, and quite a bit more subdued than the racous partisan crowd that showed up for boxing Saturday night.

Friday we have an oldies concert that's a fundraiser for another performer. Everyone in town is excited about it. I'm more excited about seeing Post-Modern Jukebox around Thanksgiving. There're shows every week, 5 in the last week, and I can sign up to help with any I choose. For a time I'll make myself available for most of what's coming up. It'll give us all more chances to bond.

The Christmas party is a delightful catered event, and it's planned for the evening of my 64th birthday. How's that for a bit of cosmic orchestration? I think the guys in the Office Of Joy love me. By then I'll have become more closely tied to the entire crew.

And then we get to celebrate my birthday together.

Yep...... I'd call it a wave of joy.

 

[TheMadDabber]

I saw Crosby Stills and Nash great show! It was a while back but still!!

And I saw post modern jukebox last month. Their rendition of radioactive was one of the best song performances I have ever seen... And I have been to A LOT of concerts for being a "young guy". Rock reggae rap country classical you name it. May have been the brownie I ate, but you know when you just resonate with a sound or voice? And you get chills all over and everything around you fades from existance? Yeah. It was like that.

 

[Tead]

Were they green right after harvest? Got light in ur buckets?
Not really sure the green algae is bad actually... I just don't want that algae eating my babies food.


As a Y'at, I find it much more entertaining to enjoy the crowd rather than the spectacle. It's much more fun.

 

[TheMadDabber]

I know my root mass expanders turn my perlite green..... that's okay right???