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The Joy Of Growing - SweetSue Goes Perpetual
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Big surprise.....not! Electric usage has increased in my household.
Ouch! I'm sure much of the rise in electricity usage is from A/C, but still it hurts to see that kind of jump. I noticed that you only have about two seedlings under 4 CFLs each. Honestly, at this early stage you could keep almost all of the seedlings under just one 4-CFL setup until they get bigger. Save you about 300-watt/hr or 5.5kwh/day, which could save you about $20/month or $240/year depending on electric costs in your area. Just saying.
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They love that light. I think they're happier under two lights than their tent cousins. I've prefer starting mine under two 23 watt CFLs. Doing so many at a time made it unaffordable to add in more, so the tent cousins are forced to share.
These little ones are more privileged. They have to work harder to get to harvest. They deserve more light.
These little ones are more privileged. They have to work harder to get to harvest. They deserve more light.
Go back to sleep, Sue. 
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Go back to sleep, Sue.
In order to "go back to" one must have first "gone to". That, I must admit, hasn't yet happened.
"And our world would be right when love comes over me and you ." Lost in Clapton.
Can't sleep. I'm playing with the idea of a series of lesson plans on growing. First up "Roots 101". Just something running around in my creative. As soon as the idea to link up videos and posts came to mind I thought of you and the brilliant job you did with Doc's Kit. You inspired me.
I haven't developed a lesson plan in decades. This should be fun. Are you on vacation or business? I think you mentioned it didn't you? Shows how alert I was huh?
Blame it on the bud. Goodnight Mysterious One.
UncleCannabis
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Vampire Sue sleeps now.....
Guess I wrongly assumed you had a couple hours of sleep. My bad.
A tutorial on the basics of growing pot would be very helpful. I'm not advertising it, but have a looksy over at "grow weed easy" dot com. I found that site before 420 mag and it made growing weed seem, well, easy. In fact, it's the site that inspired me to start growing... and 420 mag has inspired me to grow better. I know you have your own blog of useful information, but I'd like to turn my blog into a useful place for beginner growers to go and learn the basics in an easy-to-digest format. The question then is: How do I direct noobs to my blog over the many other great resources out there like this thread and Doc's and Peejay's and Icemud's and Scrubby's and on and on. There are also some great books and videos out there already like Jorge Cervante's grow videos and books along with countless other guides. It is a competitive world to become the world's foremost expert on growing pot, but who is really right? Is hydro or soil best? Do I use organic or chemical fertilizers? Should i defoliate or not? What are the best lights? Etc. People just have to figure it out for themselves with the help of more experienced growers (which I do not consider myself to be... yet). Anyway, I support the idea and I'll probably borrow some of your good ideas and post them to my blog in the hopes that somebody finds it helpful.
A tutorial on the basics of growing pot would be very helpful. I'm not advertising it, but have a looksy over at "grow weed easy" dot com. I found that site before 420 mag and it made growing weed seem, well, easy. In fact, it's the site that inspired me to start growing... and 420 mag has inspired me to grow better. I know you have your own blog of useful information, but I'd like to turn my blog into a useful place for beginner growers to go and learn the basics in an easy-to-digest format. The question then is: How do I direct noobs to my blog over the many other great resources out there like this thread and Doc's and Peejay's and Icemud's and Scrubby's and on and on. There are also some great books and videos out there already like Jorge Cervante's grow videos and books along with countless other guides. It is a competitive world to become the world's foremost expert on growing pot, but who is really right? Is hydro or soil best? Do I use organic or chemical fertilizers? Should i defoliate or not? What are the best lights? Etc. People just have to figure it out for themselves with the help of more experienced growers (which I do not consider myself to be... yet). Anyway, I support the idea and I'll probably borrow some of your good ideas and post them to my blog in the hopes that somebody finds it helpful.
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Well, I did manage to get a whole five hours sleep in the end, so I feel almost like a new woman. Good thing too, because I had to replant 4 cups this morning and having some sleep behind me allowed me to view that with aplomb and get right to replanting instead of frazzled frustration. Ahhh, the joys of gardening, eh?
I was thinking more along the lines of a personalized lesson plan for myself, with some insight into how I decided what to include and resources, as though I were planning to teach a class to myself, as both student and teacher. You're right, the field is awash with a wealth of information. So you pull together what works for you, put it out there in an easily consumable format and let people find up it when they visit. The numbers of those who breeze through, scanning for information far surpasses those of us who stop to talk. What you offer on the pages of your journal will pull people in. I have no doubt.
I'm starving, and I'm walking down to my favorite restaurant for what will now be lunch. How time flies when you're having fun.
Lets talk more later. I gave myself until next Friday to pull together this lesson, but I should already be working on the next one "node spacing". Today I'll make a list of basics I think I need to have a reasonable grasp of and work from there. Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated. Just basics. Obviously I need to back up at some point and do basic plant anatomy, lighting basics ("Just the facts mam" ), minimal space requirements and soil building. They can come later since I'm already past that. I want to get a step or two ahead of the process. I can feel my teacher mode kicking in.
Even though it's just me I'm planning this for I'll take it very seriously. I love education. I'm going to have to ration my thread roaming time for a while while I get school ready. 
I could pull it all together in my own little thread to keep it from being swallowed up in the pages here. Let me think on that. My first stop will be the available 420 Magazine resources in the Grow room. I've been awfully lazy up to now. Thanks for the reference. I'll check them out.
Food!!!!
You know Mystery Man, it always makes me smile to find you conversing with me as soon as my eyes pop open.
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Just thinking out loud here
The site IS my curriculum. My Challenge is to determine which parts to 'mine' to gain the most benefit to my grow. I think I need to back up further. It's time to ask myself what My reason for even being on this forum is. What's my goal here? That's going to determine how much effort I put into this.
My life has imploded and I keep trying to believe it didn't make as much difference as it did. To have to redefine yourself at 61, still a healthy, vibrant woman, it's a bit disconcerting. I was sitting here earlier asking myself why I was having such a difficult time finding focus. I have no sleep patterns any more. I eat sporadic meals of reasonable nutritional value, but nothing approaching the meals I could prepare myself, had I any desire to cook. Understand, I'm the family cook everyone sought out. Now the eggs are going bad in my refrigerator. Bills got paid late for the first time in years. How rediculously sad.
How very human of me to have my life disrupted by his death. Why is it so hard to allow yourself to be human too? I think you all just witnessed my free falling into acceptance. You know what? Grief sucks big time.
Ok. I'm going to sit and finish crying then let someone else feed me. Sit and watch the river for a while and think about this.
The site IS my curriculum. My Challenge is to determine which parts to 'mine' to gain the most benefit to my grow. I think I need to back up further. It's time to ask myself what My reason for even being on this forum is. What's my goal here? That's going to determine how much effort I put into this.
My life has imploded and I keep trying to believe it didn't make as much difference as it did. To have to redefine yourself at 61, still a healthy, vibrant woman, it's a bit disconcerting. I was sitting here earlier asking myself why I was having such a difficult time finding focus. I have no sleep patterns any more. I eat sporadic meals of reasonable nutritional value, but nothing approaching the meals I could prepare myself, had I any desire to cook. Understand, I'm the family cook everyone sought out. Now the eggs are going bad in my refrigerator. Bills got paid late for the first time in years. How rediculously sad.
How very human of me to have my life disrupted by his death. Why is it so hard to allow yourself to be human too? I think you all just witnessed my free falling into acceptance. You know what? Grief sucks big time.
Ok. I'm going to sit and finish crying then let someone else feed me. Sit and watch the river for a while and think about this.
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Bearswhowalk
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A "Pot Growing For Dummies" would be a good idea. I do not have the knowledge to take on such a endevor but would love to see it
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I had a talk with my daughter as I made my way to the river. She reminded me of a few things like it's going to feel wrong that things could be OK without him in my life. That of course finding my way alone was going to be difficult after 35 years of being complete with him. That the hole in my heart has to have its time to heal too, but that won't be controlled by me. I will be ok in time. After 35 years we should expect that to take longer than just over three weeks. We should expect it to take years.
As those years pass I need to learn to thrive on my own. And be ok with that. And stop living like my life is on hold. She reminded me that my life is on hold right now, that I'm actually at the cusp where it begins to move again, and that probably in large part the cause of the conflict. How can things be OK when he's not beside me anymore?
Part of thriving requires a certain amount of structure. Sleep has to be at least basic levels of 6 hrs on average or the neurons go a little nuts and things become erratic. Basic nutrition is a must. The body cannot continue to meet your needs without it. But it's the structure and direction of my life that really become important here. I have the enviable position of not needing to work to meet my needs. I can live comfortably on my current income and, with frugality as my watchword, have money to spend on my garden obsession.
The lazy gardener is content to drop the seed and let it go. The stressed grower pulled that off in the initial run of the Tiny Closet. The educator that decided to join the chorus won't be satisfied until she believes I've properly prepared myself for this particular grow. So, today I focus on the strains I planted and get their info consolidated. Then I begin to figure out the best way to mine this site for information specific to my needs, as I stated earlier. There's an overwhelming amount of info out there and I need to find the proper filters.
There's a real trick to skimming the surface of a journal and finding what you need without being pulled into the conversations. It's my biggest challenge. I have figured out that my primary goal here is to document the grow and the joy that growing this plant brings - as simple as that. Secondary to that is to provide a sounding board for discussions on gardening with living soils and the techniques necessary for successfully bringing a plant to a healthy harvest.
The emotional stuff? That's just because this is me doing this, not someone else. My daughter reminded me that part of my charm (gotta love that girl - "charm" hahaha!) is that I wear my emotions on my sleeve and we should have expected me to run headlong into grief the way I do with every other emotion in my life. I jump right off the cliff into loving, I cry at Hallmark commercials, when grief raises its ugly visage I don't turn away or deflect like others may. I walk right up to it and get in its face. So yeah, every once in a while it gets emotional here. You were warned before if memory serves me.
Lunch was delicious. I'm treating myself to Dutch Apple pie and then it's home to start researching. Update will go up then. I had to replant Buddha Tahoe OG and Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia and replace the Mystery seeds. Pictures later. Pie is here now.
As those years pass I need to learn to thrive on my own. And be ok with that. And stop living like my life is on hold. She reminded me that my life is on hold right now, that I'm actually at the cusp where it begins to move again, and that probably in large part the cause of the conflict. How can things be OK when he's not beside me anymore?
Part of thriving requires a certain amount of structure. Sleep has to be at least basic levels of 6 hrs on average or the neurons go a little nuts and things become erratic. Basic nutrition is a must. The body cannot continue to meet your needs without it. But it's the structure and direction of my life that really become important here. I have the enviable position of not needing to work to meet my needs. I can live comfortably on my current income and, with frugality as my watchword, have money to spend on my garden obsession.
The lazy gardener is content to drop the seed and let it go. The stressed grower pulled that off in the initial run of the Tiny Closet. The educator that decided to join the chorus won't be satisfied until she believes I've properly prepared myself for this particular grow. So, today I focus on the strains I planted and get their info consolidated. Then I begin to figure out the best way to mine this site for information specific to my needs, as I stated earlier. There's an overwhelming amount of info out there and I need to find the proper filters.
There's a real trick to skimming the surface of a journal and finding what you need without being pulled into the conversations. It's my biggest challenge. I have figured out that my primary goal here is to document the grow and the joy that growing this plant brings - as simple as that. Secondary to that is to provide a sounding board for discussions on gardening with living soils and the techniques necessary for successfully bringing a plant to a healthy harvest.
The emotional stuff? That's just because this is me doing this, not someone else. My daughter reminded me that part of my charm (gotta love that girl - "charm" hahaha!) is that I wear my emotions on my sleeve and we should have expected me to run headlong into grief the way I do with every other emotion in my life. I jump right off the cliff into loving, I cry at Hallmark commercials, when grief raises its ugly visage I don't turn away or deflect like others may. I walk right up to it and get in its face. So yeah, every once in a while it gets emotional here. You were warned before if memory serves me.
Lunch was delicious. I'm treating myself to Dutch Apple pie and then it's home to start researching. Update will go up then. I had to replant Buddha Tahoe OG and Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia and replace the Mystery seeds. Pictures later. Pie is here now.
Bearswhowalk
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Sue let me share something i always use to center myself
Oh, Great Spirit,
whose voice I hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be superior to my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit will come to you
without shame.
Oh, Great Spirit,
whose voice I hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be superior to my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit will come to you
without shame.
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Awwww Bear. That was so sweet. Thank you.
I'm wandering, kinda lost and making my way home. That helped me feel a bit more hopeful.- Thread starter
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Daily Update: Perpetual Tent - Week 10, Day 7
I had to do some replanting today. The Buddha Tahoe OG and the Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia both died back, so I dropped replacement seeds.
The two Mystery Seeds never sprouted, so I replaced them with New Year's Bag seeds, one in each soil mix.
The Medical No Name was struggling to get free and the Dark Devil Auto has yet to show signs of sprouting.
Environment holding steady.
African Buzz (Day 66)
Auto Destroyer (Day 67)
Cheese Candy (Day 67)
One last glance.....
The Tiny Closet
Afghanis #1 (Day 5) & #1 (Day 4)
Afghani # 2 (day 4) & Carnival ( in the back, Day 3)
There they are, at long last. I'll be honest, it's been a brutal day emotionally. I finally worked my way through a couple meditations on gratitude and grace and I'm trying to come to grips with the idea of being grateful for the grief, but mostly what I have is raw pain, so I've a bit of work to do there obviously.
I realized that part of the trigger for this episode was my finally beginning to get my home in order after five months of disarray. It was the beginning of me making the place mine instead of ours. This grief stuff is tricky. I have to move forward, but every time I do it smacks me. There's this strong desire to just curl up into a ball and stay there for a while. Not like me at all. *sigh* How to be grateful for the grief?
I never got into the strains today. Hopefully I'll get that done tomorrow so I have some idea of what I'm growing.
I'm having a challenging day, so you're going to have to pick up my slack and be just a bit more joyful. I appreciate that. Tomorrow's a better day. I believe I may try bed earlier than 6 AM tonight. That threw my entire day out of sync. I'm ready for a more normal schedule and I'd like to get back to my walks through the labyrinth. I haven't been there all week.
I made it through the day without throwing everything out the window and giving up. Today that's a victory. Let's see what excitement tomorrow holds.
WooHoo!!! Got in before midnight. Grab the joy where you can.
I had to do some replanting today. The Buddha Tahoe OG and the Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia both died back, so I dropped replacement seeds.
The two Mystery Seeds never sprouted, so I replaced them with New Year's Bag seeds, one in each soil mix.
The Medical No Name was struggling to get free and the Dark Devil Auto has yet to show signs of sprouting.
Environment holding steady.
African Buzz (Day 66)
Auto Destroyer (Day 67)
Cheese Candy (Day 67)
One last glance.....
The Tiny Closet
Afghanis #1 (Day 5) & #1 (Day 4)
Afghani # 2 (day 4) & Carnival ( in the back, Day 3)
There they are, at long last. I'll be honest, it's been a brutal day emotionally. I finally worked my way through a couple meditations on gratitude and grace and I'm trying to come to grips with the idea of being grateful for the grief, but mostly what I have is raw pain, so I've a bit of work to do there obviously.
I realized that part of the trigger for this episode was my finally beginning to get my home in order after five months of disarray. It was the beginning of me making the place mine instead of ours. This grief stuff is tricky. I have to move forward, but every time I do it smacks me. There's this strong desire to just curl up into a ball and stay there for a while. Not like me at all. *sigh* How to be grateful for the grief?
I never got into the strains today. Hopefully I'll get that done tomorrow so I have some idea of what I'm growing.
I'm having a challenging day, so you're going to have to pick up my slack and be just a bit more joyful. I appreciate that. Tomorrow's a better day. I believe I may try bed earlier than 6 AM tonight. That threw my entire day out of sync. I'm ready for a more normal schedule and I'd like to get back to my walks through the labyrinth. I haven't been there all week.
I made it through the day without throwing everything out the window and giving up. Today that's a victory. Let's see what excitement tomorrow holds.
WooHoo!!! Got in before midnight. Grab the joy where you can.
ClosedCircuit
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Its after midnight and I am ready to make some bad diet choices (pie).
I hope you are getting some rest and not putting it off, Sue!!
I hope you are getting some rest and not putting it off, Sue!!
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It's 2 AM now CC, and I think I'll make a stab at an early night. Just a couple things to check on first.
And just 5 minutes I almost posted "Sue must be in bed
"I didn't because then I would be revealing I am not in bed. - I have a good excuse(this time), decompressing after 14 urgent work messages since midnight.
Bearswhowalk
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sue what kind of thermometer are you using i like the looks of that one
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And just 5 minutes I almost posted "Sue must be in bed
I didn't because then I would be revealing I am not in bed. - I have a good excuse(this time), decompressing after 14 urgent work messages since midnight.
2:55 Stepping away from the iPad in 5,4,3,2.....
Good night guys.