Tales From The Krip!

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Hey there Mr K.... Bob here prolly don't know me but I ran across you maybe over at Woody's place. So saying high and pullin up a chair. Good for you going with Doc's kit. I'm not a brix grower per se but I'm all soil all organic no-till.

Looks like you have a bunch of friends here that know Doc's kit so you're going to be well tco'd.

Cool cab you built there.

I'm on your Bonsai mom thing thanks for the links. I've got some unruly moms going right now that I need to get some rope around. Links gonna be a bunch of help.

G/L with your little ones.

Glad to see you got another 4 legged friend. Thats the hard part about dogs, they never let us down and we out live them. Very hard to go thru. So congrats on your new buddy, wishing many many years of health and happiness. :Namaste:
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I most certainly know you! You've been around for a while now but I think you're correct that it's mostly at NCW's where I see you posting. Welcome & thanks for the cab kudos! :)

Yeah, I've owned dogs for many years and have really accepted that that's the one price we pay as pet owners for all the years of joy they bring (outliving them) but this one was particularly hard. He was very young and I brought what appeared to be a healthy dog into a hospital for an ultrasound on a Saturday (vets thought he had some intestinal blockage) and the following Tuesday took home a dog with a feeding tube still inserted and not even able to get up to go to the bathroom. I ended up having to put him down the very next day, after $6k in vet bills (that I would have been more than happy to pay for a healthy dog back!). I had hoped to try to treat him myself and had actually made him a special batch of RSO cap's and purchased a bunch of other supplements, but could tell he was suffering so bad, I just couldn't let it continue. For the new pup, I make all of his food and treats and give him a bunch of supplements as preventatives. He'll likely outlive all of us! :D

Good luck on the Bonsais and let me know if I can help! :goodluck:

Here's the two Bonsai Moms I had when doing the 24-plant perpetual SOG grow:

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Same plant with a pencil for height comparison:

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And width of the stalk:

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And, here's one other I was keeping in a 2 L Hempy and this pic is right before I took clones. The number of clones you can get from a 10" Bonsai Mom is amazing!

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Happy Harvests!


K
 
ARRIVAL #2 - CHERRY BOMB!

It's been about 72 hours since I started soaking the seeds and about 48 hours since planting in Doc's mix and we have our second arrival just poking her head above ground.

The shell is still on, so it's tough to differentiate from the perlite, but she's right in the center:

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The BAK from yesterday has had no noticeable changes above ground, but not worried about it yet. It's still early and more concerned with what she's doing below ground right now, so I'm going to avoid the newbie mistake of trying to mess with her! :D

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Also, I haven't updated on my Dad in a while. He has Parkinson's disease and when I left off in this journal, I was making him RSO caps and had said that the early feedback was positive.

Well, it's now been more than a year and my Dad is constantly thanking me and telling me that I've done more to help him than all of his doctors combined! The cap's drastically reduce his tremors and he's been taking them daily.

So, if you or any of your loved ones suffer from Parkinson's Disease, I definitely recommend educating them on RSO. My Dad was dead-set against it until I sent him a lot of info and "before & after" videos of people with similar conditions; and only then was he willing to give it a try.

Happy Harvests!

K
 
Krip...couple things bud!
First...move my Bob Marley cooler out of the way for Neikos chair ok!
Second...you know im a dog lover too and feel your pain from your loss. And i know the pain is real and gut wrenching.
I had my Max and Duggan (avatar pic) for nearly 17 years.The three of us were inseparable during those yrs.
When i had to put them down ...they were the worst two days of my life.....i still cry for them when I'm alone some nights and miss them so.
They say time heals all wounds....not true...i still hurt for them, even though they've been gone for about 14 yrs now. I will never have another....losing them is too hard....just can't handle another loss like that.
Anyhow, just wanted to share.
Enjoy your day Krip.....oh btw..your plants look great sir!:circle-of-love:
 
hey krip. hope those seeds do right by you. I don't know if you've grown BAK before but, they are great yielders and a great vape. sorry about your dog. just had my 14yr old Japanese akita put down 3 weeks ago.....i'm still in shock and look for her everyday. back to your grow...hope it's a good one. k'den
 
Lowrent....so sorry for your loss!
 
Really great success story with your dad! Love to hear it! Does he take them orally and does he get high or did you gradually build up his tolerance? If read that taking oil as a suppository that you do not get any euphoria but am not sure if that is true.
 
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Nice bonsai's! Getting me excited! Have to go pick up soil and little square pots soon. Just waiting on my clones to root.
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Thanks, Brother! I'm excited that you're excited and just a little excited to be back growing again myself! :high-five:
 
Duggan said:
Krip...couple things bud!
First...move my Bob Marley cooler out of the way for Neikos chair ok!
Second...you know im a dog lover too and feel your pain from your loss. And i know the pain is real and gut wrenching.
I had my Max and Duggan (avatar pic) for nearly 17 years.The three of us were inseparable during those yrs.
When i had to put them down ...they were the worst two days of my life.....i still cry for them when I'm alone some nights and miss them so.
They say time heals all wounds....not true...i still hurt for them, even though they've been gone for about 14 yrs now. I will never have another....losing them is too hard....just can't handle another loss like that.
Anyhow, just wanted to share.
Enjoy your day Krip.....oh btw..your plants look great sir!:circle-of-love:
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I told Neiko that your cooler was just there to reserve his spot up front, so he's good! :high-five:

You should be happy and proud you had the same dogs for that long! 17 years is a long, full life for any dog, although, I know that doesn't ease the pain much. Like I said, it's the price we pay for all the years of happiness they bring us and, as tough as it is, I'd definitely encourage you to get another dog (or two!).

I wish I still had those two bonsais! They were Pineapple Express and still some of the best meds I've ever grown or smoked. I LOVED that PE! :love:
 
Thanks for that Krip...enjoy your night eh!:passitleft:
BTW, i would have grown the PE too, but couldn't find any fems of it ,..so...it was a 'no go'.
 
lowrent said:
hey krip. hope those seeds do right by you. I don't know if you've grown BAK before but, they are great yielders and a great vape. sorry about your dog. just had my 14yr old Japanese akita put down 3 weeks ago.....i'm still in shock and look for her everyday. back to your grow...hope it's a good one. k'den
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Hey Brother, sorry for your loss, too! Again, 14 years is a nice long life, especially for a pure-bread, so you did well with her! :goodjob:

As Duggan will attest, it doesn't really get any easier with time, in spite of what they may tell you - you just get used to it. Don't let it keep you from sharing the love you have with another dog, though. I still keep the ashes of my previous dogs next to me on my nightstand and their dog tags are on my keychain.

This is my first time growing BAK and I'm glad to hear your recommendation. I did some searching for it on this site and it seems the grow journals it's featured in were mostly failures and some blamed the strain/breeder. I've had great luck with Barney's and the other reviews I read made it sound pretty damn good! I'm hoping to get a good Mom. I have three more BAK seeds I haven't popped, yet. ;)
 
weenmeoff said:
Really great success story with your dad! Love to hear it! Does he take them orally and does he get high or did you gradually build up his tolerance? If read that taking oil as a suppository that you do not get any euphoria but am not sure if that is true.
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He takes them orally and doesn't really get high from them, but definitely gets drowsy and starts slurring his words, though it's tough to tell how much of that is the RSO vs. the slew of other med's his doctors have him on for a variety of other conditions.

Not sure I'd call it gradually building up, but I did start him off light and we "honed in" on a good dose for him which, right now, is about 25 mg based on a 35:1 ratio of carrier (coconut) oil to RSO in a .95 g capsule that's a little less than 100% full! :D
 
Krip...me too , i have Max and Duggan's collars w/ their dog tags hanging from my rear view mirror. Picture with plaque on wall in living room....See them , miss them every day.
 
Doggy World FTW :Namaste:

We keep all our dogs ashes in special containers (boxes) on our Buffet in the dining room with pics inside the containers.

One night a dude crawled in the window in the dining room. We were home asleep upstairs and my dog at the time was laying beside our bed. He herd the dude... ran down the steps and all of a sudden some big ass barking, I knew there was a stranger in the house. The intruder made it as far as the buffet, looked into the boxes and that's when my dog got alarmed and headed down stairs. One of the boxes was left open... my previous Shar-Pei ... my current dog at the time was another Shar-Pei, a much larger and much less friendly version as the one pictured in the box. The dude jumped back out the window .. he left the window wide open too. Dove into a patch of stinging nettles. I can't imagine what that dude thought after opening the box and then seeing the same dog with pearly whites shinning in the moonlight. My bud, he got a special breakfast that day. Prolly steak and eggs.

We make our dogs all home made food now. We've been doing that for a very long time. One of our dogs likes raw diet. She's been on it since 9 weeks old.

When I'm trimming flowers they steal the leaves that fall on the floor. If I hang test buds low enough they eat the flowers whole but not all of them.

I'm a believer that all dog lovers go to Doggy World after this life, and we get to be with all our buddies for eternity. I had a NDA, was stopped at the door and sent back to have several more great years with my buddy. We have 2 more Shar-Pei pups now. Teens not even. They are becoming great friends for life once again and I'm sooo happy. I can think about my buddies and tears come and I can go grab my little ones and give them a hug. Makes my day. :Namaste:
 
We love our dogs, past and present, truly man's best friends. Talk about unconditional love they give it. Bo I have all my dogs ashes in little cedar chests in a chest by my bed. I want their ashes spread with mine whenever I die.
 
Bobrown, thanks for sharing ...doggy world ..i like it. I've always said , since I lost my two, that when i go , i wanna go where they went. Hard to explain the bond after so many years and thru so much together.
Lots of doggy world members here...nice to know another....:passitleft:
 
BAK #1 NFG & CHERRY PIT

Houston, we may have a problem! Sometimes getting those seeds to sprout quick may not be such a good idea! :laugh:

BAK #1 shed her shell but her cotyledons don't even seem formed yet, or maybe malformed. So much so that I picked the shells out of the dirt with tweezers just to see if maybe some of her was stuck in the shells?

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Here's what I saw when I looked in the cab this morning:

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Here's a view from the other side that looks much better, but still not "normal":

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Not much I can do except wait and see how she turns out. I've seen some seeds grow out of things like this. Others, it's just a sign that you've got a screwed up plant that will never be right. Could just be normal and still wrapped in the membrane that lines the seed (you can see this is the case!). We'll see!

The Cherry Bomb that came up yesterday still has her shell (what appears to be!) firmly attached, so getting a little nervous about her, too, but again, not going to mess with anything just yet and let nature take its course.

Here's CB#1 ready to play some football!:

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None of the other three have shown above ground yet. I'm guessing they're just scared after seeing what happened to BAK #1 when she sprouted! :rofl:

Happy Harvests!

K
 
I'm sure it'll be fine Krip but like you said, let nature take its course and you'll know soon enough. Our girls will have to go on play dates, ha!:rofl:
 
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