Zen’s Summer Autos 2026

[Stoneyluv]

For what, weekly billiards or the next visit in a few weeks?

it was for your league match... but now i'm thinking of doubling down and saying good luck for both!!!!!!!!! haha

my doctor told me to take mine at random times during the day, i forget a lot. moat times i check it once a day.. just did it now because we're talking about it.. 99/63.. first time it was under 100. normally in the 120 range.. i'm pretty calm and chill right now though so i don't always get the chance to take it when i'm relaxed like this. i could go for nap... hmmm.. i got stuff to do..

 

[Zen_seeker]

it was for your league match... but now i'm thinking of doubling down and saying good luck for both!!!!!!!!! haha

my doctor told me to take mine at random times during the day, i forget a lot. moat times i check it once a day.. just did it now because we're talking about it.. 99/63.. first time it was under 100. normally in the 120 range.. i'm pretty calm and chill right now though so i don't always get the chance to take it when i'm relaxed like this. i could go for nap... hmmm.. i got stuff to do..

For the first week I wanted to get baselines. The graphs show each day by average but some days have 8 readings. After this weekend I’ll be once a day unless she requests more.

Morning after I get up. Then again an hour after my pills.

Once before lunch and then an hour after.

After dinner sometimes but if I go for a walk with the dog I’ll do a before and after. I smoke on the way home.

My only perfect readings are after I smoke and walk home.

I don’t hide anything from the DR. No point. So I’ve added notes to the history. Irregular heartbeat keeps popping up though.



Your much lower than me. I’m always on the high side but it says normal most of the time other than the heart irregularly.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20261002: Gorilla Blue #4


Things are still moving along. The larger one is still getting swollen. The smaller is starting as well.









My sons plants are at day 61 from flip. We have a drooping problem.

 

[steamroller]

Plants look great man~!
I started playing 'pool' again recently.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Plants look great man~!
I started playing 'pool' again recently.

I haven’t played wack fuck since I retired.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20261020: Gorilla Blue #4


It’s about day 64 for the big one and day 40 for the short one. The cold nights brought the color change pretty fast. That one cola is a thick one.







Sons GG#4 & SB#22 were chopped about 8 days ago. Taking off the yo-yos wasn’t working well so we chopped them and then removed the hooks while holding the plant up.








Worm bin is still alive after a year or more.

Garden was taken down two weeks ago and put away. Last harvest with most of the tomatoes still green.

Looks like I’ll have one or two posts left before the GB#4 is done.

 

[Pipecarver]

Plants look great man~!
I started playing 'pool' again recently.

I always wanted to putt with a pool cue. I was a lot better at pool than putting, if I could lay down on the green and use a pool cue I'd have sunk a lot more putts. Standing and using a pendulum is more awkward than my eye down the cue.....unfortunately rules is rules and there aint no laying on a green and using the shaft of your putter to shoot with in the rules of golf.....You got nice form though feet square, head over ball, I think your backstroke may clip the cushion

 

[Stoneyluv]

20261020: Gorilla Blue #4


It’s about day 64 for the big one and day 40 for the short one. The cold nights brought the color change pretty fast. That one cola is a thick one.View attachment 137007

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Sons GG#4 & SB#22 were chopped about 8 days ago. Taking off the yo-yos wasn’t working well so we chopped them and then removed the hooks while holding the plant up.
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Worm bin is still alive after a year or more. View attachment 137015

Garden was taken down two weeks ago and put away. Last harvest with most of the tomatoes still green.View attachment 137016

Looks like I’ll have one or two posts left before the GB#4 is done.

great to see ya man!! how was your thanksgiving?

i got a bunch of greenies on the window sill right now!!

 

[Zen_seeker]

I always wanted to putt with a pool cue. I was a lot better at pool than putting, if I could lay down on the green and use a pool cue I'd have sunk a lot more putts. Standing and using a pendulum is more awkward than my eye down the cue.....unfortunately rules is rules and there aint no laying on a green and using the shaft of your putter to shoot with in the rules of golf.....You got nice form though feet square, head over ball, I think your backstroke may clip the cushion

I was thinking the same thing. Wasn’t there movies or tv shows where the comedian does just that, uses the putter like a cue?

My problem now would be getting up/down off the ground.

 

[Zen_seeker]

great to see ya man!! how was your thanksgiving?

Good. We made it through without incident. Turkey, ham, three types of pie. Only eight of us this year.

i got a bunch of greenies on the window sill right now!!

Most of ours are at least orange now. Still having tomatoes with almost every meal. No more fresh cucumbers though, kind of strange not picking some each day.

Watermelons never got big enough to use. I took the seeds from the largest and the rest is still being fed to the worms.

Pickles turned out good this time. Two tsp of salt seems to work best for us. Need to cut them a bit thicker next time.

How are you for seeds next year?

 

[Zen_seeker]

20261025: Gorilla Blue #4

Chopped the big one yesterday. And removed the big leaves and any brown ones in the buds. It’s almost as long as my leg.




The little ones filling out now.


Son got his trimmed up yesterday. Hasn’t been weighed yet but one large container each with a mason jar more from the Sherbanger #22.


Just one plant to go before this one’s closed.

 

[Pipecarver]

20261025: Gorilla Blue #4

Chopped the big one yesterday. And removed the big leaves and any brown ones in the buds. It’s almost as long as my leg.
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The little ones filling out now.
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Son got his trimmed up yesterday. Hasn’t been weighed yet but one large container each with a mason jar more from the Sherbanger #22.
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Just one plant to go before this one’s closed.

Your buds look great, nice colour and the bud looks tight. I've had no luck with the large buds, every time I get one going big like that they turn out wispy and dry out too fast.. Were they Auto's?

I took me a full week to get my girls cut trimmed and hanging. I had a massive amount of undergrowth and lowers but my side lights hardened them up nicely. I took a bunch of the tops off first and loaded my Vcure the rest went into my drying box. It would have taken me months to use Vcure only. Its a nice unit just too small. 3/4 of my harvest is in my box.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Your buds look great, nice colour and the bud looks tight. I've had no luck with the large buds, every time I get one going big like that they turn out wispy and dry out too fast.. Were they Auto's?

The bottom ones are a bit fluffy but the rest are firm. I’m quite happy with this one even though it was only one cola. Yes, it’s an auto flower gifted by @OLDCRO

I took me a full week to get my girls cut trimmed and hanging. I had a massive amount of undergrowth and lowers but my side lights hardened them up nicely. I took a bunch of the tops off first and loaded my Vcure the rest went into my drying box. It would have taken me months to use Vcure only. Its a nice unit just too small. 3/4 of my harvest is in my box.

Did you leave the lowers a little longer or just chop them all?

I liked the idea of the Vcure but after watching how you and others are doing with it I felt it was not for me. I only do the four plants at once but it seemed like I’d still be hanging some in the shower regardless do to the size of the Vcure. If it wasn’t so expensive I’d still get one.

If I ever get out your way I hope to sample some of your top shelf.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Still waiting on the big plant to dry and the little one to finish. In the meantime I checked in on my worms.



The brown/tan castings collector I printed had a bunch of soil left in it from the last castings harvest I did. Turns out worm eggs I missed hatched and a few worms were neglected and almost mummified. I felt bad so fixed it up and started feeding them.

Now both worm farms are full and I need to harvest more castings but have nowhere to put it. So it was time to make another farm and another bin for the old round one.

We only had green petg left so I’m starting with that. I’ll print two more black square bins and one round bin when the black petg arrives.

The new farm is bigger than the round one.





This one has a better layout and a proper drain plug.

 

[Pipecarver]

The bottom ones are a bit fluffy but the rest are firm. I’m quite happy with this one even though it was only one cola. Yes, it’s an auto flower gifted by @OLDCRO


Did you leave the lowers a little longer or just chop them all?

I liked the idea of the Vcure but after watching how you and others are doing with it I felt it was not for me. I only do the four plants at once but it seemed like I’d still be hanging some in the shower regardless do to the size of the Vcure. If it wasn’t so expensive I’d still get one.

If I ever get out your way I hope to sample some of your top shelf.

Yes, I cut all the tops and let everything underneath go another week as I trimmed up plants every day for man hour or 2. We are heating upstairs with electric because oil is so expensive. Google says break even point for electric over oil is at $1.50/ liter oil. we're around $2.17 so we are just using a small electric fireplace for heat through the day and oil at night so the basement here now is 59f humidity about the same, Perfect drying temps and RH in my drying box. Its much easier to load my dry box than it is the Vcure and about $1300 cheaper.

I have a whack of weed to press now, My son will be coming over this weekend and we'll press a bunch up for rosin.
Its our 40th anniversary next week so we're going up to Moncton for the night. The casino up there sent us a room for $69 and free 70 in free play on a advertising voucher with my wife's players card and $ 20 on mine that covers the room and some of the gas up there, about a 3hr drive.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Yes, I cut all the tops and let everything underneath go another week as I trimmed up plants every day for man hour or 2.

Nice. I e done it once or twice when I didn’t need the tent for another grow right away.

We are heating upstairs with electric because oil is so expensive. Google says break even point for electric over oil is at $1.50/ liter oil. we're around $2.17 so we are just using a small electric fireplace for heat through the day and oil at night so the basement here now is 59f humidity about the same, Perfect drying temps and RH in my drying box. Its much easier to load my dry box than it is the Vcure and about $1300 cheaper.

I’m getting the idea that the Vcure is a nice tool but not for anyone growing seriously.

Would you say it’s doing the job better than the dry box?

Knowing what you know now would you buy the Vcure again?

I have a whack of weed to press now, My son will be coming over this weekend and we'll press a bunch up for rosin.

Nice. A press is something I’d like one day. We don’t do dabs/butter/whatever very often because of the price. I also worry it would raise our tolerance even high than it is now. You sir are an excellent test subject.

Its our 40th anniversary next week so we're going up to Moncton for the night. The casino up there sent us a room for $69 and free 70 in free play on a advertising voucher with my wife's players card and $ 20 on mine that covers the room and some of the gas up there, about a 3hr drive.

Congratulations! We’re only at 35 years. That sounds like a nice getaway. I usually just give my wife money so she can go visit my daughters family for two weeks in the summer. Come to think of it money is all she wants as gifts these days.

I hope you have a great time and win big.

 

[Zen_seeker]

New roll of petg arrived yesterday so I was able to make the third bin for the round worm farm.


Dumping the bottom brown drain pan and black bin I was able to get quite a bit of worm castings this go. I need to let it sit and dry a bit before I search for stranded worms and eggs.

The new worm farm is doing well and the second bin is printing. A third will follow. It’s quite a bit bigger than the round one without taking up much more space. Using the round lid as a comparison.

The hanging Gorilla Blue #4 has a few more days to go as does the smaller one still flowering.

Until next time.
And happy Halloween.

 

[Pipecarver]

New roll of petg arrived yesterday so I was able to make the third bin for the round worm farm.
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Dumping the bottom brown drain pan and black bin I was able to get quite a bit of worm castings this go. I need to let it sit and dry a bit before I search for stranded worms and eggs.View attachment 137373

The new worm farm is doing well and the second bin is printing. A third will follow. It’s quite a bit bigger than the round one without taking up much more space. Using the round lid as a comparison.View attachment 137374

The hanging Gorilla Blue #4 has a few more days to go as does the smaller one still flowering.

Until next time.
And happy Halloween.

The Vcure is a nice unit but my dry box is easier to use and I'm not finding any difference in taste or feel to the buds. I think I should have saved the money I spent on it. Same as the press I pressed 12 grams of bud last night into 1.1 grams of rosin.....not a very good return.

I like your worm bin but as pets they don't show much affection. Have you put any marks on them to identify individual worms, pet names?...lol

Moncton has been good to us over the years, we;ve had some nice wins up there. Came back 2 grand up 1 time, most times we just blow our budget. We have only been there once since covid and we lost all of our perks. They used to send free room vouchers and $50-60 bucks free play + free meals on our Birthdays. We'd go up for a steak diner, free room and $50 free play each, we'd spend maybe $300 - $500 gambling once twice, three times a year

 

[Zen_seeker]

20261104: Gorilla Blue #4

Day 56 of flower.




Taller one is on drying day 11. Branches aren’t quite ready to snap yet. Temperature has been okay but we have been holding around 55%RH.




The berry aroma is coming back stronger now. Berry and earthy. I think a few days to a week more for drying and maybe two weeks before we can scope the little one.

Until then…

 

[Zen_seeker]

The Vcure is a nice unit but my dry box is easier to use and I'm not finding any difference in taste or feel to the buds. I think I should have saved the money I spent on it. Same as the press I pressed 12 grams of bud last night into 1.1 grams of rosin.....not a very good return.

The Vcure doesn’t surprise me, but I had hope.

I am surprised the press isn’t working out as well. It was on my list of things to try one day. Is the pressed material still any good for smoking or is it garbage after?

I like your worm bin but as pets they don't show much affection. Have you put any marks on them to identify individual worms, pet names?...lol

Most if not all the original worms have died. I was right in that they only grow as big as the environment can support. So now all the new worms are much smaller.

I do not name them. I did find out that soil I separated and left to finish later had worms in it. It was months later and the poor things were living mummies. So I felt bad and turned the soil catcher into a bin until I printed this newer second set of bins. Now I have two worm farms and my screening soil catcher back.

I basically look after them every week or two.

Moncton has been good to us over the years, we;ve had some nice wins up there. Came back 2 grand up 1 time, most times we just blow our budget. We have only been there once since covid and we lost all of our perks. They used to send free room vouchers and $50-60 bucks free play + free meals on our Birthdays. We'd go up for a steak diner, free room and $50 free play each, we'd spend maybe $300 - $500 gambling once twice, three times a year

That’s cool. I’m not big on gambling. We have a few friends that were and they’d give us the complimentary show tickets once in a while. Unfortunately they’ve passed over the last 5 years.

I’ll go with a group of friends but it’s more for the night out. Gambling is limited and once I’m out I’m out. If I win the original funds go into my wallet and I play with the winning until I’m out or it’s time to leave.

So how was your trip, good time had by all I hope. You come home to all the weed pressed by your son for you?

 

[Stoneyluv]

Good. We made it through without incident. Turkey, ham, three types of pie. Only eight of us this year.


Most of ours are at least orange now. Still having tomatoes with almost every meal. No more fresh cucumbers though, kind of strange not picking some each day.

Watermelons never got big enough to use. I took the seeds from the largest and the rest is still being fed to the worms.

Pickles turned out good this time. Two tsp of salt seems to work best for us. Need to cut them a bit thicker next time.

How are you for seeds next year?

i saved plenty of the cucumber seeds and cherry tomato.. i really messed up the beefsteaks and only have a few seeds so i'll just make those count next year and not waste a single one and i should be just fine. really tasty tomatoes though man!!!! some of my greenies are still ripening and we're still getting fresh garden tomatoes in the beginning of november!

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your harvests look great man!!!! they looked like an east trim too!!!!

hows the pool league going? you guys still having fun with that?

 

[Zen_seeker]

i saved plenty of the cucumber seeds and cherry tomato.. i really messed up the beefsteaks and only have a few seeds so i'll just make those count next year and not waste a single one and i should be just fine. really tasty tomatoes though man!!!! some of my greenies are still ripening and we're still getting fresh garden tomatoes in the beginning of november!

Morning Stoney.

Nice. It was like a switch going off here in September. New growth halted and old growth just slowed right down and the tomatoes just stopped ripening. So we just packed things up and cut them down.

Still have a couple jars of pickles.

your harvests look great man!!!! they looked like an east trim too!!!!

They look puffy but are solid thank goodness. The one drying is almost done.

As soon as a leaf is all yellow I’ve been plucking them off. I don’t want to tempt rot/mold with all the humidity we’ve had this year. Still in the 50’s-60’s RH in the basement. And these flower clusters are stacked and tight.

hows the pool league going? you guys still having fun with that?

Mixed bag actually. Poorly managed. People don’t show up so who’s ever there has to play and pay more to cover costs. But it also means more games against people who are 3+ levels above you. What’s the point if I’m just racking balls for a guy to run table 3 times in a row while I watch and pay for it?

We won’t be continuing with this league once the seasons over in January but we’ll keep playing, maybe look for another group.

 

[Pipecarver]

The Vcure doesn’t surprise me, but I had hope.

I am surprised the press isn’t working out as well. It was on my list of things to try one day. Is the pressed material still any good for smoking or is it garbage after?


Most if not all the original worms have died. I was right in that they only grow as big as the environment can support. So now all the new worms are much smaller.

I do not name them. I did find out that soil I separated and left to finish later had worms in it. It was months later and the poor things were living mummies. So I felt bad and turned the soil catcher into a bin until I printed this newer second set of bins. Now I have two worm farms and my screening soil catcher back.

I basically look after them every week or two.


That’s cool. I’m not big on gambling. We have a few friends that were and they’d give us the complimentary show tickets once in a while. Unfortunately they’ve passed over the last 5 years.

I’ll go with a group of friends but it’s more for the night out. Gambling is limited and once I’m out I’m out. If I win the original funds go into my wallet and I play with the winning until I’m out or it’s time to leave.

So how was your trip, good time had by all I hope. You come home to all the weed pressed by your son for you?

Hey, ya it was good, did well through the night, came home broke but it took all night to get there. We had a good meal around 8pm then didn't get back to our room until 1:30, had a few drinks, played some games, we were up right off the bat close to $300 when we stopped for something to eat then up and down from there.

We were lucky with the drive up and down with clear sunny weather both ways. I cruised 110/120/130/km/ph and no cops anywhere in site the whole drive. I had guys fling by me often and I'd always thank them for there service for clearing the road of any road pirates in front of me. So drive was uneventful.

We couldn't lounge around in the AM we had to get home for out pussies. Dusky needs meds every 12 hours with his puffer so we double puffed him and left him for 24 but we still needed to get his meds as soon as we could. They also need feeding, bowls were empty and we'd left plenty but panic ate maybe when we hadn't returned through the night.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Hey, ya it was good, did well through the night, came home broke but it took all night to get there.

That’s what I would do. Bring an amount and once it’s gone I stop. If I win I put my money away and play with the winnings until gone or it’s time to leave.

We had a good meal around 8pm then didn't get back to our room until 1:30, had a few drinks, played some games, we were up right off the bat close to $300 when we stopped for something to eat then up and down from there.

Nice. You’re in it for the fun and experience rather than trying to win big.

We were lucky with the drive up and down with clear sunny weather both ways. I cruised 110/120/130/km/ph and no cops anywhere in site the whole drive. I had guys fling by me often and I'd always thank them for there service for clearing the road of any road pirates in front of me. So drive was uneventful.

Cool. Speeding is my one driving sin. I pay the price once in a blue moon but it’s never been for much.

We couldn't lounge around in the AM we had to get home for out pussies. Dusky needs meds every 12 hours with his puffer so we double puffed him and left him for 24 but we still needed to get his meds as soon as we could. They also need feeding, bowls were empty and we'd left plenty but panic ate maybe when we hadn't returned through the night.

My cat wasn’t a pig or a big eater. I could leave her with food and she’d eat as needed. Willow has to finish everything in her bowl. She’d need a sitter if left longer than a work day.

I’m glad you had a good time. Just before the weather turned for the worst. We have had rain off/on the last few days. Snow was supposed to come tomorrow but I missed todays weather report.

Lost our landline yesterday. Bell wants us on fibre and this is to force us to switch. They just put in a new ground line in 2022/23. We only keep the landline fore when powers out as we have an old phone in a drawer just in case and for privacy so we can keep our cell phones numbers to ourselves. So I think we’re just going to tell them to stuff it.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20261112: Gorilla Blue #4

The one tall plant was jarred. Got one and a bit out of it. It has an earthy berry aroma in the jar. Did a test with some and it’s a nice buzz. Not heavy up front but I did have an unexpected chair nap later.

The smaller plant has bulked up and is on day 64 iirc. Scope time this weekend.



I’ve been neglecting it a bit dealing with other things. A lot of fall/pre winter chores to deal with as well as our day to day.

Tired. Still trying to get my BP under control. Winter blues have set in. Still enjoying pool with my son but the league kind of sucks. Level 3 having to play level 8 or 7 every time gets old fast. On the bright side I’ve joined the regulars it seems as I get the quiet discount $15 for two hours or $20 for three, no tax. That gets us more play time.

 

[Pipecarver]

We have been using an internet phone service from Primus, unlimited home phone USA, Canada about $15/month. The only problem with it is if the internet goes out we have no phone or 911 service. They are part of Bell Canada and we have the fibre optics at 1000 mbps unlimited around $125/month

 

[Pipecarver]

20261112: Gorilla Blue #4

The one tall plant was jarred. Got one and a bit out of it. It has an earthy berry aroma in the jar. Did a test with some and it’s a nice buzz. Not heavy up front but I did have an unexpected chair nap later. View attachment 137795

The smaller plant has bulked up and is on day 64 iirc. Scope time this weekend.View attachment 137796

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I’ve been neglecting it a bit dealing with other things. A lot of fall/pre winter chores to deal with as well as our day to day.

Tired. Still trying to get my BP under control. Winter blues have set in. Still enjoying pool with my son but the league kind of sucks. Level 3 having to play level 8 or 7 every time gets old fast. On the bright side I’ve joined the regulars it seems as I get the quiet discount $15 for two hours or $20 for three, no tax. That gets us more play time.

I have 3 seedlings still in solo cups and I've been having trouble getting my last seed popped. I want 4 but after 3 extra seeds still no go. I'll have to drop another to night. I'm in no hurry I have more than a dozen bags full from this last harvest and 4-5 bags still left over from the last

. My son wasn't able to come over so I didn't get any rosin pressed. I'll do up a bag or 2 / 6-8 OZ and see what I get. What I have pressed so far is a lot cleaner and a better colour to it than my first attempts. I'm no getting the volume from my weed I'd like.
My last press I used 11.5 grams weed and it pressed into 1.1 grams rosin. Not a great return, It may have been the moisture content of the weed I pressed, too dry. Its recommended to be at 12% but I doubt mine was 8%. Its hard to tell moisture content, I have a probe but its kinda useless unless you have a stem to stick the probes into, not all buts have a stem large enough to use the tool properly.