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Purple update.
A few still left
And we got a mutant??

3 different auto purple punch
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And then this mutant purple gelato I let get too close to the light and foxtail. There is also bleaching on a chunk there
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And then there is this weird one that is all frosty and in the corner, purple gelatoPXL_20231201_232945032.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg
 
trying new drying method.. and i love it! Finally getting that slow dry. been 9 days now, just tasted yesterday... amazing

I am using this little wine chiller that has a range of like 50-70 i think, so 60 is at a very efficient spot in its range for one.
don't cringe about the fan! it's such a small current i haven't noticed any ill effects to buds in front of it or around it.
The white cylinder is a reusable wicking agent to lower RH. It has beads in it that absorb moisture, then a heater core that when you "charge" it, will dry out the beads so they can wick moisture again. It will last about 2 days in there before i have to take it out and plug it in for a few hours until it is "dry" again, and then put it back in.

while this looks like the most unconventional and idiotic setups to dry (i realize this in the picture) it is drying at a very slow steady rate that i'm really digging.
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taste sample approved!

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@Coco Lopez i can't remember, how did your buds fare with your wine chiller trial a few months back (or was it last year..) ?
 
update, turned fan against wall. going to turn off tomorrow, and buds should be ready for grove bags by then (that would be 11 days drying). stinky and sticky big time in the best of ways

this was the first time, next time i will have fan on them for the first 3-4 days, then turn the fan against the wall for the remainder.

i've had some struggles drying before, but this is turning out to be the very best. i know the dry is crucial, but could never get my dry room temps in the right range. i couldn't be happier with how this little wine box is going for its initial run.

once i pull these out and grove bag 'em, i have a few more to chop and put in there and repeat. sometimes life's great
 
just wrote this today while daydreaming at work

Exit

Staring, wandering
Fly from here to there,
Just to stare.
“Exit” it says…

I am there,
But I feel stuck here.
 
rating of last week's dried purple punch buds:
taste = 8, high = 5, hard to describe smell, floral with a subtle earthy balance, sweet and fruity but not in a citrusy way, tastes just like it smells.

would i do again? yes and no. If i had the room and wanted something in the mix for the taste and subtle high, this is the one.

another purple punch cut down
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Adding raw cacao for the synergy.
Getting really good at this chocolate stuff.
Added 4 tbsp cacao powder, 3 tbsp coconut oil, texture turned out amazing. Look at the sheen/reflection on the liquid chocolate!
Eat your heart out
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Look how happy those mushroom guys are
 
ninjadip said:
Where do i send them? 😂

Going to make two more today. Rather store my whole stash as chocolate, it's easier to dose and the synergy is real. Only need to eat one square to be messed up for a few hours.

I know we have 4/20 but is there a national trip out/fungus day?
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those look really good. start calling you DR. Feelgood. haha
 
you guys... lol
how to send discretely?

I did just find out the perfect micro dose for me, 1/3 of one square which is 1/8 of an 1/8. math, math, math!
3.5g = dosage of entire bar
1/8 = 8 squares in a bar, lets calculate the dosage in one square = 0.4375
1/3 = I split the one square into thirds and one of those thirds

Math=
3.5g * 1/8 * 1/3 = 0.1458 gram dosage

crazy small, i know wouldn't do anything to me in raw form, like what it is that half a stem? but in cocao... it's another world for some reason
I just felt high for a few hours, went out for dinner, had a beer, it was real nice. functionable, mellow, able to do stuff, but chill and in the best of moods!
 
GoodShit97 said:
Carefully open Hersey and crunch bars and send em that way🤣🤣
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hm...
i'm wondering if i could fit them in a DVD case or something, idk.
This is the right weather to ship chocolate though

SSgrower said:
Interesting, and you are becoming a Choclatier, misspell. SS
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I sure did feel like one the other day! It all felt right, like one of those perfect golf swings that occasionally comes to an amateur like me. You know right away when you hit the golf ball, without even seeing where it went, that it was a perfect swing and hit, and you are sitting pretty!
 
plant help?

i thought this purple gelato auto would be wrapping up now, but it just started spitting more white pistils out... 1-2 weeks ago i cut the hours from 15 to 11 (autos don't need the 12hours of dark to flower) and adjusted the brightness down to 60%. The logic behind this was to help them finish faster, but the opposite has occurred.

WTF? it appears to have re-flowered/re-vegged on me. what is the recommended course going forward for this odd ball?


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ninjadip said:
plant help?

i thought this purple gelato auto would be wrapping up now, but it just started spitting more white pistils out... 1-2 weeks ago i cut the hours from 15 to 11 (autos don't need the 12hours of dark to flower) and adjusted the brightness down to 60%. The logic behind this was to help them finish faster, but the opposite has occurred.

WTF? it appears to have re-flowered/re-vegged on me. what is the recommended course going forward for this odd ball?


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Start of foxtails?? She looks good and done to me man. Id cut and hang it if it were mine.
 
Are you still feeding?
Sounds like you did the right thing with the lights IMO.
Autos can be fickle?
Stop all N if you are still installing any.
 
steamroller said:
Are you still feeding?
Sounds like you did the right thing with the lights IMO.
Autos can be fickle?
Stop all N if you are still installing any.
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that's what i don't get, haven't topped off with anything but straight water in 2 weeks. EC is now at 0.6
GoodShit97 said:
Start of foxtails?? She looks good and done to me man. Id cut and hang it if it were mine.
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i want to cut it, but have been waiting for amber trichs to show up.

what are the downsides to waiting? if i don't have any amber trichs now, i'm not "losing" anything by waiting right? i'm not sure, that's why i'm asking. I know after they turn amber they will degrade
 
btw @GoodShit97 i've decided on sending you a christmas present. If you're cool with that, i'll look to see if i still have your addy, or maybe you can PM it to me again.

Re: envo
i believe the environment couldn't be better, cold at night and low RH (40% right now) all day. it's been cold as a bitch here lately, and both tents are down to 60-70% power, so not much heat generating from that.

I do remember hearing that, now that you mention it, about you can really never go too long. I don't think i'll get rot, as the buds aren't donkey sized or anything. one of these fucking days i'll have those dreamt about donkey sized buds i see some pro growers on here having. i want to try that big bud strain just for that lol

thanks, i think i'll let it go. i keep speccing it to see what's up. now that i have a little stash pile, i don't need to rush anything. and this will be the last grow until after move.
lemme get a pic here of trics, i hate this damn phone attaching thing.... it's hard AF to get a good pic. the other option is to use the digital scope, but that's just as hard to keep stable for a good pic/movie. for me i just use the hand loupe as that gives me the best picture of the trichs

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ninjadip said:
btw @GoodShit97 i've decided on sending you a christmas present. If you're cool with that, i'll look to see if i still have your addy, or maybe you can PM it to me again.

Re: envo
i believe the environment couldn't be better, cold at night and low RH (40% right now) all day. it's been cold as a bitch here lately, and both tents are down to 60-70% power, so not much heat generating from that.

I do remember hearing that, now that you mention it, about you can really never go too long. I don't think i'll get rot, as the buds aren't donkey sized or anything. one of these fucking days i'll have those dreamt about donkey sized buds i see some pro growers on here having. i want to try that big bud strain just for that lol

thanks, i think i'll let it go. i keep speccing it to see what's up. now that i have a little stash pile, i don't need to rush anything. and this will be the last grow until after move.
lemme get a pic here of trics, i hate this damn phone attaching thing.... it's hard AF to get a good pic. the other option is to use the digital scope, but that's just as hard to keep stable for a good pic/movie.

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Oh damn! Thats wicked nice of ya 👊🏼 ill hit ya with a DM.

I think you should be fine, airflow is important thats all lol.
40% is a good spot to be, i still see some clear in there too so you could definitely let it go imo.
 
cut and bucked all the photos in the 4x4 yesterday... about 14 hours of work. didn't want to stop once i started.

didn't take a lot of pics, so without much fanfare, the last big grow of the year comes down. don't know when i'll be growing again with all this move stuff coming up.

nonetheless, i have a few diff strains in there coming up
banana blaze:
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not sure if this is purple punch photo or All gas OG gelato, as i played plant roulette shuffle with them lol. I think it's the OG, just purple lookin lol

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stunk up the whole building yesterday....
don't laugh at my paper grocery bag labels in there lol
filled all 6 layers of the net up, some of them to the brim, with nice lookin, smelling, sticky buds. the strains are sorted by layers and their labels, so i'll know later.
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top one is of inside tent
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the last one has fallen... my last plant, the odd re-vegging/re-flowering purple gelato auto has been cut. Took quite a bit of pictures to celebrate the last one for who knows how long. going to be giving away all grow equipment except for maybe lights to a friend here. got to minimize everything to prep for the move, and won't be able to grow until i get a long term location assignment which might not be till next year.

it is fitting this is my last one as it is one of my best ones: this one little auto nearly filled my entire trim tray with buds.

purple gelato auto
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after trimming:
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sticky..
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SiamSam said:
You being moved to Canada or Colorado? Work is good, sometimes interesting and if lucrative better than snoozing on the couch all day
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Yeah I sat on the couch for 2 decades, decided to go back to school 4 years ago, and the offer I got is beyond my wildest expectations... It's all so insane...

I'll be going to Denver, CO, free rent for 8-12 months or however long it takes for me to get enough training to advance the role I was initially going to start at which only had 2 weeks of training. All I can think is that I fucking nailed it on the interview, they need people to fill some higher positions and chose me based on either my interview or the score I got from their proctored Mensa IQ test I took. Whatever the reason I just feel super lucky to start out at 6 figures right out of college with zero professional experience in the field.

I'm looking forward to putting my notice in at current job tomorrow morning. I'm sure HR is going to ask what they can do to keep me, and it will be funny to know they won't be able to even come close to matching the pay

Wife and myself have never been to Colorado, we both love to hike and so excited to see all the natural wonders there! Colorado looks beautiful in the videos and pictures. My cousin joked that I'm just changing mountains for other mountains lol

And thank you for asking
 
ninjadip said:
Yeah I sat on the couch for 2 decades, decided to go back to school 4 years ago, and the offer I got is beyond my wildest expectations... It's all so insane...

I'll be going to Denver, CO, free rent for 8-12 months or however long it takes for me to get enough training to advance the role I was initially going to start at which only had 2 weeks of training. All I can think is that I fucking nailed it on the interview, they need people to fill some higher positions and chose me based on either my interview or the score I got from their proctored Mensa IQ test I took. Whatever the reason I just feel super lucky to start out at 6 figures right out of college with zero professional experience in the field.

I'm looking forward to putting my notice in at current job tomorrow morning. I'm sure HR is going to ask what they can do to keep me, and it will be funny to know they won't be able to even come close to matching the pay

Wife and myself have never been to Colorado, we both love to hike and so excited to see all the natural wonders there! Colorado looks beautiful in the videos and pictures. My cousin joked that I'm just changing mountains for other mountains lol

And thank you for asking
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My sister has lived in Boulder Lmost 25 years, I really liked tubing on their river, very fun. Telluride, Vail, Aspen all beautiful. Wonder if can still rent horses in Colorado Springs, great day out. Look into the construction of Stapleton airport, there is a giant underground installation (supposedly) and some folklore weird art.
 
SiamSam said:
My sister has lived in Boulder Lmost 25 years, I really liked tubing on their river, very fun. Telluride, Vail, Aspen all beautiful. Wonder if can still rent horses in Colorado Springs, great day out. Look into the construction of Stapleton airport, there is a giant underground installation (supposedly) and some folklore weird art.
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Oh cool! We are excited to go in some of those hot springs out there too.

Can't wait to check all the stuff out
 
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