The Jerky Box Project: OG Kush & Haze 2.0

im actually gutted cause I've finally admitted to myself I'm more than likely going to be having surgery sooner than I ever saw coming....

I've just fessed up 6 months suspicion to my folks who thought I've been doing relatively well....
I'm destroyed by what I have wanted to achieve at my fingertips now mostly seeming out of reach again... I haven't told my brother yet cause that is going to destroy him as I help him 3x a week fetching a 1000 loaves of damaged bread which he turns into chicken and pig food so I've strengthen my back helping out collecting bread and even I thought personally I was doing rather well...
 
Boom out the window........ I honestly don't know where I am right now....
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This is where I last left off on my journey, that pallet box idea cheers sv, it's truly awsome... I think the bigger 1 on the left has 2 Haze2.0 and 2 OGK clones...
The haze is due mid-late April and OGK clones are due early May same as the mom...
There were the 2 original haze 2.0 that w harvested and planted outside to reveg, instead it continued flowering and caught stray pollen..........
 
Back again , so my brother is in the loop...
So last week my brother decided to take down the 2 reveg haze2.0 and as I was hoping we found 21 seeds I believe so super stoked and will be interesting to see what happens as I believe in the smaller of the 3 planters my brother planted 5 of the haze auto directly into soil a cpl days ago and I believe 1 has risen and a possible 3 possibles by tomorrow. We are heading into winter soon so they'll go straight to flower... these show what I last saw 2-3 weeks ago...
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So these were the seed donors as I last saw them.... im not sure what to expect as this is all going to be brand spanking new to me so if you guys see me stray off path let me know/nudge it's all good....

I think I remember a cpl pots back some pics I never mentioned, they are seedlings from really good strain bag seeds which I'm proper stoked about as it was BD and I believe there are 2 above if I remember.. There's a cpl umhm........ Kush something, friend smoked and recommended.
24k, chem fruity, purple crack, good few but I can't recall now, I believe it's written.

I'm expecting more as I suspect whatever is flowering might be pollinated outside.... But I would really like females but whatever males I would love to collect pollen another wonderful experience to be had. With winter approaching hopefully we see who is who of the bunch....

have a good evening everyone my head is pounding been a real dipper of a roller coaster emotion wise and finally admitting to myself what I've known for 6 months ...............anyway have a good evening , may your gardens prosper in your absences and thanks for letting me have a much needed chat with myself this evening while proudly showing you my girls..........:thanks:
 
Morning everyone.... My apologies bout yesterday about my whinge, didn't see it coming so soon as what's gone on the last cpl weeks.....:oops:

So last May 2017 I had my last back op, during the 3mnths recovery ( bed rest mostly ) I already felt something wasn't right in my back so on my final check up I mentioned to my neuro that I was still In pain so he sent me for an MRI scan and found that the 2nd op to remove disc and bone spurs that were compressing the nerves didn't quiet go as planned....

I lost all feeling in my lower outer left leg after my 1st op, after 2nd op I noticed it had moved all the way up my outer left leg. Since then I've noticed a gradual numbness and tingling in my groin area and my buttocks and the tingling/numb sensation down my right leg......
 
I had a rather rough time being on so much pharmacy meds with my 1st and 2nd op that I lost myself in a daze of prescription drugs which turned me into a monster.
Depression, mood swings, verbal fights with my family and pushing those I love away... hence really wanting to succeed at growing my meds which I really only started really this year to help heal myself.

But alas over the last 2 months I've noticed that when I've been to the little Boys room I don't actually feel that process of using the loo, the numbness has affected those 2 areas as well.
Sitting kills me after bout 15min and standing alleviates the pain and pressure on my lower spine, but the negative side of standing too long also causes pain and feels like my lower body can't support my upper body's weight....

I do an incredible amount of reading lying down as its the most comfortable position I find, but there are negatives to that activity namely being turning over in bed produces a tearing pain, and both my legs go tingly and numb so much that I actually have to look at them and move them as if to go " hey there, are you still with me "
 
A simple pleasure like going for walk with my dogs doesn't appeal to much anymore as from the hips down I feel like I'm super medicated but walking with someone else's lower body down there.... a constant tingly/numb sensation when I walk....

So I'll hopefully know tomorrow what's going on with my body and whether not having another operation on my lower back is going to help or aggrevate my current situation as the light at the end of my tunnel has significantly got dimmer within the last 48hrs and not having a lower body functioning properly is really frightening experience.

But I have come to terms with what might happen in the near future when I first realized what was happening to my body. But I've kept it bottled up inside all these months, and only yesterday when I finally admitted to myself that I'm really in a big pile of doo-doo I'm just hoping that I haven't left it till to late and the implications on my back and lower body...
 
I do realise that this is a forum about how we grow and cultivate MJ and off topic subjects such as my health shouldn't come into this. So please forgive my trespass as I'm one those people that hate being a burden to others and that's what I feel I have become.... I don't want to worry my family with this but up until yesterday the level of seriousness just escalated out of my control.

This is my way of dealing with what I have and I know there are many many out there who all have ailments of their own and have had to slow down the pace of their lives and are on the long road to recovery and I salute you for preserving as I am about to embark on my journey once again
 
good evening everyone and welcome to another entry " a day in the life of smeegol ".....:cheer::ciao::ciao::ciao:

Oh yeah ima waving at all you guys n gals out there y'all are going to be blown away by the
E-P-I-P-H-A-N-Y that I had today and with out realizing it and had unwittingly set myself up for success...

So if you've been wandering " dang what did my neuro have say " hahaha April Fools on me, as I forgot he takes his annual leave every year over the Easter/school holidays the same as the last 4 years that he and I have been sharing things in regards to my back problems..... Even his office secretaries take their yearly holiday so the office is voicemail only till next week Monday.


So over this weekend I researched a bit more on what I suspected was going on with my body. As its been a long weekend ( public holidays back to back ) I couldn't see a doc as ( they also human ) so this morning I went to see the family GP who originally diagnosed my back problems over the last 4 years ( also had 2 lumbar ops, 1 was fusion ) so he's my go to guy.....:goodjob::goodjob:
 
So I explained what I've been experiencing the last week and a bit and he's confirmed that it is " Cauda Equina Syndrome. Now for you those don't know what that is, it's when you have loss of feeling/sensation through that area ( buttocks, groin, hips ) think of having an epidural in your back.... Its numb totally all the way down.....lol ( really weird )

Anyway so on docs orders I'm not allowed any walking, standing, bending and above all no picking things up, so I'm bed-ridden till I get to speak to my neurosurgeon on monday and we get the ball rolling as the threat to the loss of 2 major bodily functions in the condition I am in I really can't afford to play Russian roulette with my body....

so more than likely I'm am going to not quite bug more like hyper excitedly ask a couple of questions in regards to my regermination............
 
So before all of this back related stuff got in the way, I've been toying with my 1st ever grow box.
exhibit a.
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so that was my 1st attempt at growing my own meds, a box in my cupboard..
harvested way to early, got excited to do bigger and better.

So in recent weeks when my back allowed I took my box totally apart ( panel and nail, 1 by 1..lol )
I know some of ya are thinking stupid fool what about your back.....???

Well she is rebuilt, the wooden frame is now on the outside and almost ready to go, just need to do the fans and electrics and a general tidy.... oh and silicon sealing inside mold resistant. will have a water thingy maboby for runoff..... and this was before my back conked out so no worry there.... and I am careful with my movements and such, just not enough....

Dimensions for " I've called her Frakenstein " box is.......

16.5 inches wide
19 inches deep
and a 100 inches deep...

My target is a haze2.0 seed from the harvested auto my brother had x4, so no idea who did the pollinating as there were no males on the farm, so airborne it is then....

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so that is my new reworked box.......:slide::slide::slide: not much too look at but she will do...lol
That soil is compost from last years winter/autumn leaves, got all sorts of goodness in there, egg shells, peels, coffee grinds, yummy goodness from what I've read.... and the kicker is all the oodles and oodles of wicked worms........ so that's what I'm hoping to use if she's cooked enough by the time I'm back. Have a bunch of amendments that I'm gathering together for my 1st eva LOS SOIL..... come on put those hands together....
 
Lights 4x 85w actual
6x 23w actual
all cool white

2 comp fans to be hooked up still ( what are brothers for )

Nute wise I know it's just ewc my medium and perlite, have biobizz grow, but would love some advice as I want to bring her up using what I have at my disposal..

I know I have kelp meal on hand and 1-2 others but can't remember off the top of my head....
 
So my biggest hurdle has been growing my own meds the last yr and a bit due the nature of my ailment I'm not able to be very physically active but I really want to do organics a little step at a time....
So to generate an income ( believe it or not the town I live in has no supplier for organic veg ) so I've decided that there's a gap I could fill that would allow to grow my meds at the same time...

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So up until this afternoon a wonderful person offered to help finish a cpl of these planters...
I've worked out the hoop house they going into will allow 18-20 of those planters with space for my worm farm that I've wanted to do for ages now..

Hopefully I'll have my compost pallet walls up and running to catch the mega amount of leaves that will fall this autumn/winter.... still planning though .....:high-five:

So maby on my road to recovery I'm going to be doing a load more reading/research into soil and hopefully some lovely guys n gals will help me along with that dream of mine.....:battingeyelashes::slide::slide::slide:
 
And once again thanks to everyone for all input given and shared, and I can't wait till we get cracking on my growing journey in a cpl weeks......

like I mentioned I'm shy and don't want to name drop, as every time I ask a question someone's been more than willing to answer so don't want to single anyone out as there have been many who have helped knowingly or unknowingly..........

Have a cracker evening guys, not going anywhere just have lots of reading and planning to do, gonna be a long cpl months so I want " Frakenstein " to be spot on if I can.......:surf:
 
Sorry I haven't kept up with the journal as much as I would have liked @Smeegol I'm also so sorry to hear of the issues you have with ya back. Sounds like you have great spirits considering. Hope you find a resolution soon enough.

As for the going ons in this thread, my word you are a busy bastard. The Frankenstein box, the pallet beds, fuck mate you keep yaself entertained that's for sure. Glad I caught up. All the best bud
 
Took me Some time to find you Dear smeegol, but here I am :D

I love that DIY grow box. Its alike mine, Only mine is Some bigger... I like homebuild boxes so much! Its like putting your soul in old stuff to create your medicine :p


Have a great day and you can find me in the back drewling:drool:
 
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