Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL - LED

Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

Bud Porn

One of the things I can't control is buses running on schedule. When I leave ten minutes ahead because I live steps from the stop it's a small window, easily shattered by running into the landlord and get caught up in conversation. We don't see each other often enough. A good man, and that makes it easy to slow down and let the bus go on by.

This means I have 30 minutes of "me" time. I decided to make it "you" time too. Who doesn't enjoy a luscious frosty bud shot?

Buddha Magnum Auto. Definitely the better of the two. Hits harder and faster than her grow sister, and she's taking on some soft lemon tones as the cure progresses. This is the first time in my life that I am smoking properly cured cannabis, and she still has another month or more to hit that "sweet spot". Guys, there ought to be a law.

My first harvest. :Love: It will always be my favorite. Always makes me giggle. :laughtwo:

image22604.jpg


Sticky bitty things, packed with power. Five "cannabis fragment" hits and I'm done. I still have to descend 40 steps.

image22605.jpg


I wasn't prepared for the way the trichomes become more obvious as they cure. It really is like curing fine wine.

image22606.jpg


Bus is coming. Gotta go. I'll edit on the bus and post.

Done! :laughtwo::green_heart:
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

B A R said:
:circle-of-love:
Click to expand...

Well 420M sent me an email that my video was deleted because it was not cannabis related. I guess they didn't grow up listening to Styx "Light UP" in the 70's. That was my whole appreciation of the song. Come on MODS? For real?

Have a great day Sue! :)
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

GhettoGro said:
Well 420M sent me an email that my video was deleted because it was not cannabis related. I guess they didn't grow up listening to Styx "Light UP" in the 70's. That was my whole appreciation of the song. Come on MODS? For real?

Have a great day Sue! :)
Click to expand...

We can post it. Just not on the grow sites. Actually a good policy if you give it some thought. Maybe I should start a companion thread for off topic stuff.

Great idea. I'll do that later. See? If you hadn't complained GhettoGro the spark wouldn't have been lit. This way we can post and refer each other there. It opens up a whole new direction. :laughtwo::green_heart:
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

It's up!



GhettoGro, post it there. Have fun guys. Gotta run. Another bus to catch and I have to hit Starbucks to fill the thermos.

:Namaste:
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

SweetSue said:
Bud Porn



This is the first time in my life that I am smoking properly cured cannabis,

Done! :laughtwo::green_heart:
Click to expand...

i bet that statement fits a lotto folks here,,, i have yet to reach that ultimate plateau,, but i am climbing the mountain and will be at the top soon enough. i stated that very fact early in my journal somewhere...

i have never had properly grown marijuana, picked ripe and cured,,

in 40 plus years of smoking it,,, :yikes:

i'd say it's about time,, yay for you sue,, and yay for me too,, soon
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

nivek said:
i bet that statement fits a lotto folks here,,, i have yet to reach that ultimate plateau,, but i am climbing the mountain and will be at the top soon enough. i stated that very fact early in my journal somewhere...

i have never had properly grown marijuana, picked ripe and cured,,

in 40 plus years of smoking it,,, :yikes:

i'd say it's about time,, yay for you sue,, and yay for me too,, soon
Click to expand...


I smoked the local mexican brick-schwag for about 30 years before I grew my own. Once you smoke the 'grown, you will never want to go back. I had to shut down for years due to raising teens in the household. The worst years of my life, but I am back now. Getting lots of inspiration from growers like Sue. Such an exciting time. Love this plant. :)
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

oops
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

Ok. The link is in my signature. I've been thinking about doing this for a couple months. We have so many talented artists and photographers here and we all enjoy off topic music videos. I'm going to jump over and post my favorite happy video.
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

Headed for the ER. I'll let you know. Breathe Susan. Breathe.
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

Poop! Wishing you and Dale all the best. :Love:
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

Hope everything turns out ok Sue :circle-of-love:
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

akisunni said:
Sending good vibes... I am on Hospital E room driver duty for my parents this weekend...
Click to expand...

Good luck with that aki. May your weekend be quiet and drama free. :Love:
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

akisunni said:
Quick peek of Ms Sweet Sue from the 80's the seedling...

IMG_37176.JPG
IMG_37186.JPG
IMG_37196.JPG
Click to expand...

Sweet!
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

I managed to graduate without ever taking a chemistry course. I wish I'd been more enthusiastic about that and taken a course or two. I can tell you that at 61, this is going to take some repeat readings to grasp. Maybe I need to check out basic plant chemistry on YouTube. Hadn't thought of that until now.

One of my concerns is the anticipated Cal/Mag challenges many say they experience with LEDs. I'm not at all certain that this even applies to LOS, but I think it may help me if I at least try to understand the way it works in soil. In roaming around I came across this. Now I just need to understand it.


Understanding Plant Nutrition: Limestone, Calcium And Magnesium
By: Bill Argo, Jinsheng Huang, Paul Fisher | June 10, 2008


The reason for adding limestone to a container media, besides pH control, is to supply calcium and, depending on the limestone, magnesium. In this article, we will discuss the nutrient content of different types of limestone and how limestone influences calcium and magnesium nutrition.

Limestone Nutrient Content
There are four types of carbonate-based limestone that are available. Calcite is pure calcium carbonate (CaCO3, 40 percent Ca). Calcitic lime is composed of mostly CaCO3 (> 30 percent Ca) with some MgCO3 (<5 percent Mg). Dolomitic lime contains less CaCO3 (<30 percent Ca) and more MgCO3 (>5 percent) than calcitic lime. Finally, dolomite also contains CaCO3 and MgCO3, but at a specific ratio of 22 percent Ca to 13 percent Mg.

Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), also known as hydrated lime, or calcium magnesium hydroxide (CaMg(OH)4), also known as dolomitic hydrated lime, are sometimes used as a fast reacting liming source because they will react quickly and leave no residual. Calcium hydroxide contains approximately 54 percent Ca, while calcium magnesium hydroxide contains about 30 percent Ca and 18 percent Mg.

Sometimes the calcium and magnesium content of the limestone is listed as CaO or MgO on the label. To convert CaO to actual Ca, multiply the CaO value by 0.71. To convert MgO to actual Mg, multiply the MgO value by 0.6.

Reactive Lime And Calcium
Reactive lime is that fraction of the incorporated limestone that causes the media pH to increase initially after mixing. When limestone is incorporated into a media, the important reactions that occur are:

1

2peat-H <–> 2peat- + 2H+

2

CaCO3 + 2H+ <–> Ca2+ + H2O(water) + CO2 (gas)

3

Ca2+ + 2peat- <–> Ca-peat2

After the peat and lime are done reacting and the equilibrium pH is reached, the peat is less acidic and contains calcium on its exchange sites. When limestone is suggested as a source of calcium for the plant, it is usually the exchangeable calcium left over from the reactive lime fraction.

Research at Michigan State University tested the effect that a dolomitic limestone had on pH and calcium concentrations for the first four weeks after mixing (Figure 1). It was shown that the reactive fraction of the limestone had little effect on root-medium calcium concentrations, even as the limestone continued to react.

It appears that once the calcium from the reactive limestone is bound to the peat, it is not released back into the soil solution under most conditions. Since nutrients must be soluble to be taken up by the plant, the bound calcium does not influence calcium nutrition, either in the short term (mixing to stable pH) or the long term (stable pH till the end of the crop). It also may explain the reason that cation exchange capacity of a limed peat has minimal influence on pH buffering.

Residual Lime And Calcium
Just like with pH buffering, it's the residual lime fraction that influences calcium buffering. Figures 2 and 3 show the results from an experiment at Michigan State University in which the same peat/perlite media was prepared using two different types of lime. The low-residual treatment contained a hydrated lime, which reacted quickly and completely, leaving no residual. The high-residual lime treatment contained a dolomitic lime with a large residual fraction. Impatiens were grown for 17 weeks in both media using one of three fertilizer solutions.

The acidic nutrient solution (NS) was composed of water with 20 ppm alkalinity and a fertilizer containing 50 percent NH4-N:50 percent NO3-N. The neutral NS was composed of water with 120 ppm alkalinity and a fertilizer containing 25 percent NH4-N:75 percent NO3-N. The basic NS was composed of water with 120 ppm alkalinity and a fertilizer with 3 percent NH4-N:97 percent NO3-N. The calcium concentrations also differed between the fertilizer solutions with the acidic NS containing 15 ppm Ca, the neutral NS containing 50 ppm Ca and the basic NS containing 150 ppm Ca.

When the acidic NS was used, both media and shoot-tissue calcium concentrations were significantly higher in plants grown in media containing the high residual lime fraction compared to those grown in the media without the residual lime (Figures 2 and 3).

However, when less acidic fertilizer solutions were used, there was little difference in the media or shoot-tissue calcium concentrations of plants grown in the two media.

These results suggest that the residual lime contained in the medium after the equilibrium pH was reached did not, in itself, buffer the root-medium Ca concentrations. Instead, the increase in root-medium and shoot-tissue Ca resulted from the reaction of the acidic NS with the residual lime. Decreasing the acidity of the fertilizer solution, either by reducing the amount of NH4-N in the fertilizer or by increasing the alkalinity of the water, almost completely negated the residual lime as a calcium source.

Magnesium
The effect that limestone has with magnesium nutrition follows the same pattern as with calcium.

The reactive lime fraction did not influence magnesium concentrations in the media, even as the limestone continued to react. While the residual lime fraction was a source of magnesium under acidic conditions, reducing the acidity of the fertilizer solution negated the residual lime as a magnesium source.

The chemistry of the limestone will also influence magnesium nutrition. The research presented in this article used a dolomitic lime. Other lime sources can contain less magnesium (and more calcium). It would be expected that using a limestone with a lower percentage of magnesium would further reduce the limestone as a magnesium source.

Limestone can be an important source of calcium and magnesium for a crop, but it may not be a consistent source because it is not available under all conditions. In addition to limestone, starter fertilizers are often incorporated into media in order to get consistent concentration of both macronutrients and micronutrients at time of planting. In next month's article, we will discuss sources for starter fertilizers and their persistence in the media over time.
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

What I'm tossing around in my head is the possibility that those Cal/Mag challenges could be deflected with some comfrey teas. I found this chart today that leads me to believe there might be something to my theory.

From a study by F B Bareeba, W O Odwongo and J S Mugerwa on the potential of Russian comfrey (Symphytum officinale) as an animal feedstuff in Uganda. Here's the link in case anyone wants to look further into it.

image22607.jpg


(%DM= %Dry Matter)

It's hard not to be impressed with such a powerhouse plant, eh?
 
Re: Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL -

Still no word on what's causing Dale's distress, but they're running more tests and admitting him to the hospital. At least we know he'll get better nursing care while he's here, but dammit - once again, two steps forward, one step back. Between my health-challenged husband and my slow-growing girl in the tiny closet ......... Arrrrgggghhhhh!!!!

Deep breath. Deep breath. One more. I just remembered I brought cooked buds with me. Maybe this would be a good time to chew on one.
 
Back
Top Bottom