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Good. There's always some unexpected bump, but we roll with it and laugh most of it off. Is this your first grow, or just your first journal?
The Perpetual Healing Garden - SweetSue's Joyful Return
Good. There's always some unexpected bump, but we roll with it and laugh most of it off. Is this your first grow, or just your first journal?
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Haha its always good to sit back and laugh even if in a bad time just because its very healthy lol. So technically it is my first grow even though i did have 4 two week old plants when i was 16 that got sprayed with weed killer sadly since i lived in GA at the time and it was illegal. Anyway so first grow and journal, but I've been researching and reading for years. since i was about 15.. Now is just the time i actually get to take a swing at things for real and see how much I've really learned just from reading. And since experience is the other half of growing, now i am getting that part of it.
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Oh, goody!! We get to share the thrill of your first harvest.
There's nothing quite so sweet as that first toke of your first harvest, accompanied by the blissful realization that you've begun to remove yourself from the marketplace.
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Oh, goody!! We get to share the thrill of your first harvest.
Oh i know right! I'll be saving a fortune, I'll know how my medicine is grown, and I'll put in the unconditional love and positive energy to my babies that I don't think and large scale grow can do. I also hate the feeling of being dependent on someone else for my medicine. Like I said, I want to grow my own so I know that my plants are the best they can be and provide me with the best medicine they can
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Oh i know right! I'll be saving a fortune, I'll know how my medicine is grown, and I'll put in the unconditional love and positive energy to my babies that I don't think and large scale grow can do. I also hate the feeling of being dependent on someone else for my medicine. Like I said, I want to grow my own so I know that my plants are the best they can be and provide me with the best medicine they can
I wish our politicians could all see it this way. It's one thing to open up the market, because the greatest percentage of the population isn't going to be interested in growing their own and processing it into meds. The rest of us would prefer not to hand over the vital points of our healthcare to nebulous strangers who'll never have the focus we do.
It's our goal here to help you learn to make the most of the plant from seed to medication.
As far as positive energy goes though, if Cajun's any indication, they love their plants just as much as we do and feel an affinity for the prospective patients. They simply work on a grander scale and have to be more ruthless about culling stragglers.
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Only half an hour left. Surely that wouldn't .......... Alright! I'll wait. 
Only half an hour left. Surely that wouldn't .......... Alright! I'll wait.
20 minutes
Coloradokid19
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Yes you're exactly right! And I guess I haven't seen Cajun's grow yet, but yes it can be done if you're going to be ruthless about it, but how many large companies and even smaller ones are going to do that? I think its just so hard to find ones that care about the patients and the medicine quality and not quantity. I really do have mad respect for people who can actually do it though on a larger scale because it sure has to take a lot of effort, dedication, and love.
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I MADE IT!!!!
Now, the trick becomes Start Low - Go Slow.
Now, the trick becomes Start Low - Go Slow.
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Dang, I'm late.
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I've had three hits spread over the last 25 minutes. To keep that in perspective, this is one of my standard hits.
Excuse the screen. Evidentially there's some difficulty in securing glass screens at the local shop. We're not legal for that kind of "stuff". Hahaha! Suddenly that seemed very funny to me.
Ahhhhh........ SweetSue's back, and it took three tiny, teeny tiny hits over 25 minutes.
* By 12:06, after one hit, I was swaying to the music - sappy love songs, my personal crooning favorite. I mean, you haven't lived until you've accompanied Amos Lee singing "Baby I Want You" or Adele belting out "One And Only" right? You wouldn't believe my playlists.
* 12:12 - I had the water pipe all set up, ready to go. Lol! I'm moving more freely with the music. I'm a Callanaddict who works sitting cross-legged on the floor typing on the screen of an iPad most of the day, so I challenge myself to come up with interpretive dance movements that'll make the muscles sing. It's lots of fun. So that's where I was by 12:12, singing along to the music. What a relief to be this far along on two hits.
* 12:25 and I've hit my optimal dose. Honestly, I'm there right now, feeling absolutely wonderful.
I'll follow this procedure of waiting five minutes between hits for the next two doses. Then it's no longer necessary.
This is the trickiest part, because every fiber of my being wants to go over the edge into free fall, but the intent here is to establish the optimal dose. Right now I feel pretty damned good.
Giving it some thought, I'd peg this at least a 50% reduction in consumption level. I'll be making brownies tomorrow and I'll do the same process with them, cutting them into smaller bits and dosing over time. With regular brownies that'd mean wait 2 hours to evaluate. My bio bomb brownies hit within five minutes. It'll be an interesting experience.
I'd give this protocol a hearty
Give it a try, if you think you can survive it. Be prepared. This was no cakewalk, but I came through unscarred, in great part because you all kept me so busy and laughing that you pulled me through. My heartfelt thanks for caring, and for expressing it so wonderfully. We could drag you through too. 
Good grief, this feel right. *contented sigh*
Excuse the screen. Evidentially there's some difficulty in securing glass screens at the local shop. We're not legal for that kind of "stuff". Hahaha! Suddenly that seemed very funny to me.
Ahhhhh........ SweetSue's back, and it took three tiny, teeny tiny hits over 25 minutes.
* By 12:06, after one hit, I was swaying to the music - sappy love songs, my personal crooning favorite. I mean, you haven't lived until you've accompanied Amos Lee singing "Baby I Want You" or Adele belting out "One And Only" right?
You wouldn't believe my playlists. * 12:12 - I had the water pipe all set up, ready to go. Lol! I'm moving more freely with the music. I'm a Callanaddict who works sitting cross-legged on the floor typing on the screen of an iPad most of the day, so I challenge myself to come up with interpretive dance movements that'll make the muscles sing. It's lots of fun. So that's where I was by 12:12, singing along to the music. What a relief to be this far along on two hits.
* 12:25 and I've hit my optimal dose. Honestly, I'm there right now, feeling absolutely wonderful.
I'll follow this procedure of waiting five minutes between hits for the next two doses. Then it's no longer necessary.
This is the trickiest part, because every fiber of my being wants to go over the edge into free fall,
but the intent here is to establish the optimal dose. Right now I feel pretty damned good. Giving it some thought, I'd peg this at least a 50% reduction in consumption level. I'll be making brownies tomorrow and I'll do the same process with them, cutting them into smaller bits and dosing over time. With regular brownies that'd mean wait 2 hours to evaluate. My bio bomb brownies hit within five minutes. It'll be an interesting experience.
I'd give this protocol a hearty
Give it a try, if you think you can survive it. Be prepared. This was no cakewalk, but I came through unscarred, in great part because you all kept me so busy and laughing that you pulled me through. My heartfelt thanks for caring, and for expressing it so wonderfully. We could drag you through too. Good grief, this feel right. *contented sigh*
Yep, folks like us smoke it for sanity. 
I vividly remember the last time I started smoking again. We had quit two years previously because we felt like it was time to grow up (two childless self-employed bohemian hedonists) and because it was getting difficult to find it. Oh, and a couple thousand extra dollars a year comes in handy. It was about this time of year one evening at the lake, a gorgeous summer night, and someone offered and I said yeah, I'll take a hit. Gawd, that's a fine rush when your system is clean! Wow! I decided life was too short not to smoke pot.
And then they went and made it all legal n stuff!
But as much as I'd love to keep faith with you Sweetie, I'm pretty sure you're going to go back to exceeding your optimum dose. Good luck, nevertheless. 
I vividly remember the last time I started smoking again. We had quit two years previously because we felt like it was time to grow up (two childless self-employed bohemian hedonists
) and because it was getting difficult to find it. Oh, and a couple thousand extra dollars a year comes in handy. It was about this time of year one evening at the lake, a gorgeous summer night, and someone offered and I said yeah, I'll take a hit. Gawd, that's a fine rush when your system is clean! Wow! I decided life was too short not to smoke pot.And then they went and made it all legal n stuff!
But as much as I'd love to keep faith with you Sweetie, I'm pretty sure you're going to go back to exceeding your optimum dose.
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Yep, folks like us smoke it for sanity.
I vividly remember the last time I started smoking again. We had quit two years previously because we felt like it was time to grow up (two childless self-employed bohemian hedonists
And then they went and made it all legal n stuff!
But as much as I'd love to keep faith with you Sweetie, I'm pretty sure you're going to go back to exceeding your optimum dose.
I'm fairly certain I'll probably exceed that today Graytail. Lol. I'm already watching the clock to keep it at a two hour window. I'm ready to get completely over the edge. After this next round at four all bets are off. Let's be realistic. I'm not a medicinal user, and I have some shatter in the vape pen just waiting.
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Ok guys, we call this "bleaching"
Show of hands: How many of you knew this and sat by chuckling while I gushed about how pretty they were? Graytail, you want to own up?
The way I figure, you guys get a great kick out of the exhubrance and just don't know how to tell me that the world isn't as rosey-tinted as my eyes tell me it is. 36 called this over a week ago, and I've already apologized for brushing it off. It's been haunting me though, so today I took a closer look, and yes, indeed he's right. Imagine that. 36 is right. Somebody have a 2x4 you can smack me up side the head with? My special thanks for cajuncelt, whom I asked directly, and who never felt the need to clear it up for me. Thank you mon ami. Lessons learned.
Not much I can do about it with these two. The tent's too short for the light, or more correctly, I didn't control vegetation to reflect the limitations of the tent. Again, lessons learned. Now I need to rethink what's going on in my veg tent.
Later guys.
Show of hands: How many of you knew this and sat by chuckling while I gushed about how pretty they were? Graytail, you want to own up?
The way I figure, you guys get a great kick out of the exhubrance and just don't know how to tell me that the world isn't as rosey-tinted as my eyes tell me it is.
36 called this over a week ago, and I've already apologized for brushing it off. It's been haunting me though, so today I took a closer look, and yes, indeed he's right. Imagine that. 36 is right. Somebody have a 2x4 you can smack me up side the head with? My special thanks for cajuncelt, whom I asked directly, and who never felt the need to clear it up for me. Thank you mon ami. Lessons learned. Not much I can do about it with these two. The tent's too short for the light, or more correctly, I didn't control vegetation to reflect the limitations of the tent. Again, lessons learned. Now I need to rethink what's going on in my veg tent.
Later guys.
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No updates for a week. I need to rethink and regroup.
MagicJim
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Ok guys, we call this "bleaching"
Show of hands: How many of you knew this and sat by chuckling while I gushed about how pretty they were? Graytail, you want to own up?
The way I figure, you guys get a great kick out of the exhubrance and just don't know how to tell me that the world isn't as rosey-tinted as my eyes tell me it is.
Not much I can do about it with these two. The tent's too short for the light, or more correctly, I didn't control vegetation to reflect the limitations of the tent. Again, lessons learned. Now I need to rethink what's going on in my veg tent.
Later guys.
Are you sure? I thought bleaching applied to the leaf. This looks like some type of albino effect. Somebody had one just variegated a while ago. I'm just skeptical that this is what is commonly referred to as bleaching. More research needed for me to think everyone is laughing.
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I'm not really sure Jim, and I'm not really saying everyone's laughing at me any more than I'd be laughing at myself. Let me research the strain more closely. It appears to be classic signs of bleaching. You notice the one with the greatest coverage is also the one closest to the light.
My plan, and one I definately should have pursued sooner, is to set up my 4x4 in place of the tent they're in now, put the two big panels in there and keep the veg tent running with a combination of the Mars-Hydro panels and some CFL reflectors. Should turn out pretty nice in the end and only take up 2 more feet out from these on one end.
Add in a couple more curtain panels and I'm good to go and still stealthy.
Rethink and regroup. That's what we do here right? Even if this is a strain trait, I need the height for these panels. They were made for spectacular flowering. It's time to set them up properly and watch them work some real magic. At this height I'll be constantly fighting to contain them. A couple more feet up and I get less stress.
It's a learning curve guys. I'll get there sooner or later and stay high while I'm at it. Can't really complain about that now, can I?
And Jim...... thanks bud.
Up until now I wasn't aware genetically-fueled variegation was a possibility.
My plan, and one I definately should have pursued sooner, is to set up my 4x4 in place of the tent they're in now, put the two big panels in there and keep the veg tent running with a combination of the Mars-Hydro panels and some CFL reflectors. Should turn out pretty nice in the end and only take up 2 more feet out from these on one end.
Add in a couple more curtain panels and I'm good to go and still stealthy.
Rethink and regroup. That's what we do here right? Even if this is a strain trait, I need the height for these panels. They were made for spectacular flowering. It's time to set them up properly and watch them work some real magic. At this height I'll be constantly fighting to contain them. A couple more feet up and I get less stress.
It's a learning curve guys. I'll get there sooner or later and stay high while I'm at it. Can't really complain about that now, can I?
And Jim...... thanks bud.
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The plus side: I finally talked myself into setting that tent back up again. Don't you think it was about time?
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I went looking and it's bleaching. Not an end of the world scenario at all. Planning my disassembly, which will take place tomorrow. Tonight, I'm going over the edge into free fall.
I know that post sounded aggressive guys, but it was me I was pissed at, not you. Well, that cajun friend of mine should send me chocolates, but I won't hold my breath.
And guys, let's be honest, you chuckle at me all the time. I play that dumb blonde card all the time. I have no ego to wound. I'll beat myself up before I come at one of you.
I know that post sounded aggressive guys, but it was me I was pissed at, not you. Well, that cajun friend of mine should send me chocolates, but I won't hold my breath.
And guys, let's be honest, you chuckle at me all the time. I play that dumb blonde card all the time.
I have no ego to wound. I'll beat myself up before I come at one of you.