The Joy Of Growing - SweetSue Goes Perpetual

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They should be done just in time for my next dose.

This is really the only thing I've baked since I harvested my first plant in February. Today I bought a butternut squash and a red pepper. I plan two completely different stuffed veggie meals. I should incorporate cannabis into them. :hmmm:

Maybe there's hope for me yet.
 
Found this in the mix. I have no idea who. Look at that! A true Mystery Seed. :slide:

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I'ma gonna have to see if it'll germinate. I should assume the one on my tray came from the same plant, still unknown. Germinate them both. :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
Kalashnikova Auto (Day 56)

Growing in Living Organic Soil.

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The Afghanis (Day 88)

Afghani #3, looking quite interesting with some dramatic backlighting, eh?

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Setting the pistils. This is an obviously challenged plant, and one of the reasons I kept it was to see what kind of harvest one gets from a damaged plant. How will I ever learn these things if I pass up the experience?

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Obvious signs of being female and just anxious as it can be to get on with the business of pushing those blossoms out.

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Afghani #2 is setting pistils as well and look at her starting her stretch. :woohoo:

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I set up SWICKS for each of them. They were much too dry for my taste. This is LOS. It should never dry out. These two are my reminder of why I leave my soil mix the hell alone. I had none of this deficiency crap during my first grow. I apologize to them every day and assure them that I'll be diligent about replenishing what they lack. I chose LOS because I didn't want to learn about deficiencies. Ahhhh well Susan. Live and learn. They still live, they're still blooming. Let's see what delights they offer at harvest.

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Daily Update: Perpetual Tent - Week 13, Day 7

Maintenance notes:
- All LOS plants got a thorough coconut/aloe drench.
- Carnival, Nebula and Original Bubblegum all got Energy drenches. After the fact I realized I'd looked at the list wrong and the little ones were really scheduled for TransWater drenches, so they each got back-to-back Energy drenches. See? The value of drenching to the lighter side is an event like this is a non-event. In the back of my mind I heard Doc say "When in doubt, do an Energy drench." No worries at all. It just complicates my schedule a bit, but again, completely adaptable. Nothing I can't handle. It also let me use up the little bit of leftover drench from Carnival, so a good thing.

That was it for the day in the tent. You see, it's not the gardening that takes up all my time. :laughtwo: Lets see what's left in here. Just a quick look around before the day's end. It looks so luscious in here I keep coming back all day to get a peek. I actually feel sad when I hear the timer click the lights off. LOL!


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I never get tired of watching Carnival grow. She's a bit droopy here recovering from her deep drink of Energy.

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Nice, huh? I'm happy. As much fun as this has been I'm longing for a simpler approach with a stealthier dynamic. The daughter commented that since I decided to return to stealthy mode she's more relaxed visiting. I suppose that's desirable. The selfish part of me wants to pack it up and move to a legal state, and quite frankly, I'd do that at the drop of a hat at this point in my life. A part of me wants so badly to make some change and start over. The rest of me thinks that part of me is freakin' out of her mind and is wondering at what point she's going to win the argument. Yeah, you never know. I get these lawyers to take that case and all bets are off buckaroos.

Nearly done. One more post on the Tiny Closet and we're up to steam again. Good, I'm ready to get out there and visit.
 
Daily Update:Tiny Closet - Week 13, Day 7

Let's work our way up chronologically, from the baby.

Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia (Day 5)

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Dark Devil Auto (Day 17) She gets transplanted tomorrow.

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Thunderpaws #2 (Day 31)

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Thunderpaws #1 (Day 32) Isn't it amazing how different they are from each other? I'm hoping what I'm seeing is phenome distinctions and not sexual orientation. I'd prefer these both be female.

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Dark Devil Auto (Day 32)

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Jamaican Dream (Day 32)

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"You imitate the best and the rest you memorize. You know the times you impress me the most are the times when you don't try." -Joni Mitchell, Woman of Heart and Mind

I spent my evening putting these posts together lost in Joni Mitchell. She's like a balm to my soul. I can't listen without singing and these are all old friends. I know all the little nuances well enough to switch between the melody and harmonies without thinking about it.

"I could drink a case of you darling, and I would still be on my feet."

" I remember the time you told me, you said love is touching souls. Surely you touched mine, 'cause part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time. "

Yeah, I'm pretty lost. Time to wrap it up and get some visiting time in before Callanetics. I hope your day was filled with a cascade of joyful moments. I know mine was, and I didn't even have to try. I should knock on some wood when I say this, but no rough moments at all today. Whew! Yesterday was enough emotional overdrive for a while, thank you.

I'm gonna reinforce this buzz (saving the brownies to start tomorrow) and drop in to visit a few. Then I need to work on this trophy wife-body-in-the-making. Somewhere in my future is the husband whose arm this trophy wife will drip off of, and he'd probably appreciate my staying the course :laughtwo: :Love:

:Namaste:
 
Looks good sue. Are you giving your los any foliar sprays? Do you have ful-power?

I appreciate the praise sue, but I'm still a novice. There are people out there growing incredible plants, and everyone is still learning and trying to improve. I am very happy my worms have lived 6+ months in hard plastic containers.

Have you looked into Earthboxes or sips? More specifically, sips and Labs? Very easy to make your own labs, I'm sure you already have everything to make it! Look into it at least :high-five:
 
Hello all. :blushsmile:

With SweetSue's permission I am posting a few pics of something on my plant that Id like yall to look at and see if you know what it is. It looks odd to me.

Oh, its a Strawberry Blue (reveg), approx 5 weeks into flower, grown in soil, under LEDs, with FF nutrients and soil.

There is one or two of these things at most nodes.
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Thanks alot in advance. :) Thanks, SweetSue. *huggles you*
 
Earthboxes look cool; would be great for indoor.. I reckon you could make one easily enough but Sues LOS swicks do basically the same thing.. I'm currently doing 2 autos in outdoor swick/hempy (just a swick with a hole punched in the side 2 inches-ish from the ground). Swempy. Hwick? Works a treat... They waiting for the cooler afternoon here to get a dose of ewc/compost tea..
What are/is labs?
 
I'll be interested too Sorenna. I've noticed these too, but never questioned it. Maybe we'll learn something new tonight.

I got all caught up in her frostiness. :yahoo:
 
36Gr0w said:
Looks good sue. Are you giving your los any foliar sprays? Do you have ful-power?

I appreciate the praise sue, but I'm still a novice. There are people out there growing incredible plants, and everyone is still learning and trying to improve. I am very happy my worms have lived 6+ months in hard plastic containers.

Have you looked into Earthboxes or sips? More specifically, sips and Labs? Very easy to make your own labs, I'm sure you already have everything to make it! Look into it at least :high-five:
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I'll give it a look. Don't try to deny it. You grow some seriously frosty cannabis that in all likelihood ranks right at the top of the Brix scales and has more interesting terpene expressions because of the soil you use.

I haven't used any foliars yet with the LOS pots. I've been seriously neglectful of them as I gain familiarity with the kit. Once I focus on them more their lot will improve appreciably. At some point my entire grow will be LOS no-tills again. Then life becomes another level of interesting.

Yes, I use Ful-Power on a weekly basis and TM-7 once a month.
 
SweetSue said:
I'll be interested too Sorenna. I've noticed these too, but never questioned it. Maybe we'll learn something new tonight.

I got all caught up in her frostiness. :yahoo:
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Ha.. so do I. Those things are covered in sparklies too.
 
TheCelt said:
I think Sorenna, you'll find those are the original calyx (pre-flowers) that would have appeared about 6-7 weeks from seed. I may be wrong, but that's what it looks like to me :)
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Is it normal for them to swell? They just get bigger and bigger.

And, thank you for the response.
 
TheCelt said:
If the plant were to get pollenated, those would become seed pods
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This is what I suspected. Thank you TheCelt. I love learning new things. I was unaware that they'd swell in concert with the bloom swell.
 
LABS

Lactobacillus Serum

Cheers for that. Might have a crack at it.
 
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