Chemistry's personal grow.

[Chemistry]

• Nov 14, 2020

Morning tokers and growers, hope you have sun, we have cold rain at the minute, was hoping for sun as I have a bit to do outdoors, but its looking like its shelved. On to my plants, two of this round, and some salad maybe. The Aurora Indica is well on its way, green as you like and pushing out branches all over the place, this I like. Think the Aurora is getting topped to keep it down a little while the Sofa Surprise catches up, and as soon as it does it's getting flipped. I found a stash of rockwool in the shed, I'm not a fan of it any more, as it takes two years to break down in the compost heaps, not good. So what I'm thinking is to try to organic it a little by growing a few small plants in them as apposed to one, and then compost them, hence the salad crop. My youngest grand kids are coming round for dinner later today, and they love growing things, Winter is nearly upon us, so indoor growing is the only way at the minute for all my plants. I'll post the pics when the seeds are sown, then see what happens. Right, onto the pics.

Aurora Indica, in veg, three weeks I think, as I don't really track my plants in veg.

Sofa Surprise. Starting to take off, got buddies reckon its a male? I've touched wood, so its a babe. lol

And that's the plants done. lol Moving on to other things, anyone like a beer and a bud? During Lockdown I bought a couple of those 40 pint beer kits you get in a box, years ago they were rubbish and so was the beer, but things have changed, the kits are now idiot proof, you can still achieve a good beer even if your quite stoned, as I've proved over the Lockdown. lol I've mainly stuck to IPA's and Ruby beers, as these seem to compliment the taste of cannabis, and don't leave you with a residue on your pallet, and this I like a lot. So I thought I'd try and steer some of you towards making a few gallons of beer, and it tastes as good as it does in bars, and if you manage to leave it three weeks it is top notch, if.

This is the beer I chose this time round.

This is all you get in the box, just mix as suggested on the back of the box, and month later, 40pts.

Took this vid this morning, started it yesterday dinner time. It might have started to ferment.













These are the rockwool cubes I found, just dropped them in PH 7.0 tap water over night, will be chucking some seed on them later.

Bought these seeds in the Spring, but just didn't have the time to sow them, bought them from the internet, Ebay I think?

I was looking at pack of these to grow outdoors this Summer. Some one some were needs to buy me these for Christmas as a stocking filler.

@newh, think I'm going to have to put another shelf in dude.

And that is that, all caught up, all updated, time now to kick back with my family, see you next week, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Nov 21, 2020

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all fine this Autumn November morning. My two plants and my new salad blocks are all going for it, don't know if the salad will be able to live with the higher PPM's later in flower, but there's only one way to find out. The Aurora Indica has a really nice branching structure, you can see why it's an all time favourite with indoor growers, a medium height bushy bud producer, what more do you want, wouldn't be the first time I've regained consciousness hugging my bong after chugging an Aurora bud. Right, better put up the pics and get this Saturday rocking.

Aurora Indica in veg, but needs flipping, just waiting for the sofa to put out a couple of branches and it's flippin time.

Sofa Surprise, doing well, just needs a few branches and it's off, but is it male or female.

Salad Farm day 1.

Day 2.

Day 3.

Day 7. All good on the Farm.

On the beer and a bud front, the beer is out of the fermentation bucket and 40 pints of St Peters ruby beer are bottled, just have to wait 3 weeks for it to mature. Have to say the beer got a bit frisky and blew the air lock off twice.

And I lost the red cap, blew off some were, no doubt it will turn up in the hoover. lol

Two crates of 20, 40pts in total, will be ordering an IPA kit next, as I rate a pale ale with good food. So that's the munchies taken care of.

And that's me away, all updated, hope to flip this week or the end of next, so until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Nov 28, 2020

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all fine on this drizzly November morning. Both the Aurora Indica and the Sofa Surprise are cruising, planning on flipping them today as the Aurora is a good few miles ahead of the Sofa, so flipping is the only way, plus I don't know if the Sofa is a babe or a dude, so looking out for the Aurora first. The salad farm is gathering pace, you can make out the different types of lettuce and rocket as they seem to have their own colours, some thing to stuff on a sandwich later with a bit of cheese, yum yum. Ordered another beer kit, came yesterday, this one is an IPA, its a lot lighter than the ruby beer I brewed last week, so for the days when you fancy a light beer, this is the one I like, there are others like it, but this is the one I prefer, made by the same people, St Peters again, love a beer and a bud. On to the pics.

The Aurora Indica, in veg, think this is a two gallon plant, maybe.

The Sofa Surprise, this is as big as the Sticky Fingers I grew last this last run, so will it make the big buds the fingers did or not? Only one way to find out.

The Salad Farm. Any one fancy crossing an Auto with a lettuce, would make it easier to get rid of your trim, we could just eat it. Not sure how the salad will behave on 12/12, we'll see what happens.

And now for the beer section. Amazing Amazon do beer bundles with mixed beers from all over the world, I bought a dozen mixed, enjoyed this one. lol

This is the IPA kit I ordered from Amazon, enjoyed this beer kit last time round, so I obtained another one, going to try some thing different next time, will let you know what it is when it gets here.

And that's all I have for you this week, so get out there and get beer and budding, see you next week, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Dec 6, 2020

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all toked and ready to start the day. A day late this week, been busy, what plonker invented Christmas. lol Anyway, both plants are ploughing on, the Aurora is nice branchy plant, and now has white hairs, that's week one of flower gone. The Sofa Surprise has none, but I expect them next week if its not a dude, so see what happens this week. Had a quick pint of the ruby ale, needs another week to mellow, its a bit fizzy, so it needs to be left until next week, and then I'll have another pint and test that. The IPA is in the fermenter and will be ready for Christmas. Will have a look for another kit this week and get it ordered, looking for a Bitter this time maybe. Right, pics.

First up is the Aurora Indica, its weeping a bit if you look, been cold here so I bumped up the heat and it gave me the bird. lol So it's been turned down again, women. lol So I expect it to be back to normal next week after our bust up.

Sofa Surprise, week one of flower gone, no white hairs to be seen at the minute, should be some by next week, is it a babe, is it a dude. lol

Salad Farm is starting to take off, maybe enough for a sandwich if I scrape it all up. lol

The IPA 32 pint is in the fermenter, and I'm glad to say it's not the Vesuvius the ruby beer was, no ceilings to clean or red tops to find, yet.

And that's where I am at the minute, updated, and now looking forward to Sunday lunch, so keep tokin folks, see you next week.

 

[Chemistry]

• Dec 12, 2020

Yo T n G's, good morning, it's Saturday and time for an update. Well this week sees the return of those wreckers of many grows, the Spider Mite. (I abhhore these little bastards) How do they know your in flower. They're not doing much damage at the minute, so its a pick the worst leaves off and burn them to keep them in check, 6 weeks of flower left, we'll see how it pans out, they have time to floor my grow. Moving along, the Aurora Indica is in week two of flower and is starting to produce some muff, only a few hairs at the minute, but they will soon muff up. The Sofa Surprise is catching up, it's now only a third smaller than the Aurora, and still not showing it's sex, but it's looking more babe than dude. The salad farm is picking up speed, soon be enough to pick a bit by mid week, seems fine on 12/12. Pictures paint a thousand words, so lets have some. lol

Aurora Indica, week two in flower.

The Sofa Surprise, also in week two of flower.

Salad Farm.

Had another Ruby Beer last night, just to test it again. And its fine to drink now its had that extra week. Just bottled the IPA, I'll be ordering another beer kit today when I get a minute, surprised at how many different beers there are to go at these days.

Beer and a bud.

Quite clear to say that no filtering took place.

All this testing made me hungry, so had to eat a Vanilla Slice.

And that a wrap people of the herb, more enthralling updates next week, until then, just keep tokin folks.

P.S Looking at the pics, I think I can see a white hair poking out the right hand side of the Sofa Surprise, about three inches down?

 

[Chemistry]

Sofa Surprise is a babe. ☺

 

[Chemistry]

• Dec 19, 2020

Morning tokers and growers, hope you all have that Saturday feeling. Both plants are doing well, spider mites are staying at the bottom of the plant, and with week 3 of flower out of the way they only have another 5 weeks to do their worst, they seem content to stay on the bottom branches, and I'm also content they want to stay there. The Aurora Indica is bushy lady, and in the absence of two other plants she's spreading out, I would say she has a third of my grow space, and looks like she's going to demand more, no complaints from me though, she can have it all. The Sofa Surprise is getting a little bit swamped due to the Aurora kidnapping her light, but as the Aurora levels out, the Sofa should push its way up and out. Had some of the salad on a sandwich last night, lovely and crisp lettuce and rocket, can't beat it. Any way, lets have some pics.

The Aurora Indica, week 3 of flower gone. Has some nice branching on it.

The Sofa Surprise, week 3 in flower.

Salad Farm, now a producer of edible greenery.

And that's all I have for you this week, not a lot see in this run, but the next should be better, got some new seeds coming, had an email to say they're on their way, a couple of months late, but better late than never. I still have the Amazon seeds, but due to not knowing any thing about the supplier, I'm not keen on placing all my eggs in one basket, so when the other seeds get here, I'll plant a couple of each and see how they go. Not knocking the unknown seller, as I know nothing about them and are probably a cosha seedbank, I'll let you know. Anyway, enough rambble, see you next week, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Dec 25, 2020

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all getting it on this Christmas morning. Plants are fine, no defs, and the mites are staying putt on the lower leaves, all I've done is take the leaves off that are badly colonized and burn the little. As I've said, they're not doing any damage at the minute, so I'm chilled with the situation for the time being. Four weeks left of flower, and it looks like both plants will finish together. New seed order came a couple of days ago, so plenty to go at for the new year. Bought some new strains I've not grown before, a few favourites and couple of strains I'd like another run at to see if I can get the better of the strain. Its a strange thing this small growing for personal, getting strains that like to share a bed can be a nightmare and mostly boils down to trial and error, so my plan is to grow some of the errors together from this last year and see if they will share some love with each other. I was given couple of pure Sativa seeds, plan was to grow them outside, as these are seven footers by the time they flower, so not ideal for indoors, although I am considering a one plant Sativa scrog, only downside is it's boring to watch and grow unless you have a couple of plants, and the Sativa could be four month indoor run, so it has remained a thought. Anyway, onto the pics.

The Aurora Indics, week 4 of flower.

The Sofa Surprise, also just finished week 4 of flower.

The Salad Farm, living in harmony with the Aurora.

And that's it for this weeks update, I'll get pics of the seeds I bought posted next week.

So all that's left to do is wish all my buddies, friends, tokers and growers, a very merry xmas, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jan 2, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope you had a stunning xmas, time to get back to normal, xmas is out the way, the new year has started, time to plan ahead for your outdoor pots and planters, get them sorted for Spring in two months time. All is well here at team Chemistry plant wise, I'm at the minute planning my next round. Plant wise, the Aurora is steaming on unfazed by the marching army of spider mites tickling its ankles, the mites have stayed in the bottom layer of leaves, this is good. The Sofa Surprise is starting to build some nice buds on it, bit slower than the Aurora as its been shaded most of its life, this is the downside to growing plants in a confined space, some you win, some you lose, it will still turn out ok. I'm thinking about changing the colour of the walls in my grow space? I fancy taupe again GT if your out there It's a strange thing, we're taught to believe that more light is right, but in my last two grows, the buds just out of the light did the best, while the buds under the light didn't do as well? And again I'm seeing the same thing with my present grow, the buds on the Aurora that are in the best light, are smaller than the ones just out of it, why? Too much light maybe? Well, I'll find out in three weeks when my present run finishes, and the colour gets changed for the next run. Right, pics.

The Aurora Indica, just finished week 5 of flower, 3 more weeks to go.

Sofa Surprise, just finished week 5 of flower. A bit crushed in the corner.

Got this little kit sent to me by a buddy, not seen these before, goes with out saying that it's in the fermenter, just got to add the flavourings at day 4.

And there ends another update, week five gone, so we should see some cinnamon fronds appear this week, and we all love cinnamon fronds don't we.
I'm off, before another paragraph appears, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jan 9, 2021

Yo tokers and growers, howz it hanging on this frosty morning, cold here today, white over, snow forecast. On a sunny'er note, the plants are going for it, the Aurora Indica is fattening up really well, I've grown strains of this that were gappy nug wise on the stalk, this one from Nirvana seems to be tighter on the stalk, so it has the base ball bat appearance of tight nugged long cola's, not complaining either way as its turned out to be a good cultivar of this strain. The Sofa Surprise is showing well, seems to be at the same stage as the Aurora muff wise, so should finish at the same time, hopefully. Got the Christmas beer all bottled up, give it three weeks and it will be drank with a nice bong, living the life or what. Right, pics.

Aurora Indica, just finished week 6 yesterday, start of week 7 of flower today. Another 2 weeks and we'll see what we have.

If you look at the back, the plant in the middle up the wall is the Sofa Surprise, not done bad to say it was swamped by the Aurora.

Sofa Surprise, just finished week 6 of flower, looking forward to having a toke of this, not knowing what it is has me intrigued.

Looking over the top of the Aurora, down onto the Sofa, bit cramped.

And that is it, another quality update posted. We should start to see cinnamon fronds appear this week on mass, another week and a half and we should be near flushing, can't wait. So you know what you have to do until then, just keep tokin.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jan 16, 2021

Good morning tokers and growers, hope your all sat in the warm, snowing here, don't know how long it will lay, March is looking very distant at the minute. But in the flower space it's always Summer. Nothing bad to report, mites have stayed out the way at the bottom of the plant, and I can't say I'm unhappy about that. No defs to speak of, only the ones that are normally associated with finishing flower, as we have just finished week 7, this can be expected.
Both the Aurora Indica and the Sofa Surprise are showing the same signs, losing colour, brown edges to the leaf serrations, all slight signs that the plant has finished banqueting, and is starting to shut down. By the end of next week we should be ready for a flush on the Aurora, the Sofa may be a week behind, we'll see. Other than that, pic time.

Aurora Indica, start of week 8 today, if it gets its act together I can start my new grow in February.

Some nice cola's.

The Sofa Surprise, just started week 8 at lights on this morning, the big cola at the back is Aurora Indica.

And that's week seven gone, one more week and the Aurora should be nearly ready, the Sofa still looks like it has two weeks left in it going by the muff, so two more weeks and we should be ready for a turn around for the next run. this is plan A, but plan B will be implemented if need be. Right, that's it, all updated for this week, see what we have next week, see you then. Keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jan 23, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, frosty here again, had a bit of snow, so not a lot to do outdoors. But it's all sunny and warm in the grow space. Well here we are at week 8 of flower, started my flush this morning, time to flush the green out, and the nuits. This normally takes me around 3 days, no PH, as the plants wont be feeding, so 7 from the tap is what there getting. Got the new paint for my grow space, Chiapas, its like a darker magnolia. Reason for the darker shade, is because I think my grow space is to bright, got extra muff on the tips of my cola's nearest the light, so its getting darkened a little, hoping this will aid photo taking, and get rid of that horrible yellow halo all my pics seem to have, so we'll see what happens on this score on the next run.
If all goes to plan, the Aurora will be flushed by Monday, the Sofa will more than likely need a few more days, or even a week, as its behind the Aurora by a week. Then we're on a strip down, clean, paint, and update any hardware, and any custom built parts or modifications. Its strange, at the end of every grow I take stock of what went right, and what went wrong. Only thing that bothers me this time round is the mites, how do they get in? I run a closed space, only open to work on my plants, but come flower time, the bastards are back. Anyway, time for orange and yellow pics.

The Aurora Indica, now in flush, as of this morning.

Had this problem since the first week of stretch, keeps growing out the door, so when it's shut. lol

Some good fade on the fan leaves, goes from green down to yellow green on to a nice light lemon.

The Sofa Surprise, in flush, week 8 gone, start of week 9, still a lot of muff on this plant, it may need another week.

New Paint colour, Chiapas, nice. It's a bit darker in reality, you can see the difference if you look at the white tin it's in.

And there we go, late Autumn in the indoor forest. And that rounds off this update, next week should see us down and hung with a bit of luck, ready for the next run. Until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jan 30, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, how you all doing on this some what rainy morning. 🌧 Both plants are down, trimmed and hung, think I'll hit the 2 gallon target for this round, which is not bad for two medium sized plants, but the final jar up will be next week when it's sufficiently dry to jar. The Aurora produced the most hangers, with the Sofa producing just the one. I've had a sneaky bud off each, purely for scientific purposes , and both did the job, so with a cure and final dry, it should keep me rockin and a rollin. Anyway, lets have some pics, normal coloured this week, and that makes a change. I'm hoping to sort the orange photo thing out this next run. I have it on good authority that digital cameras and HPS are not compatible, they set the camera's as standard at the factory, so we only have certain changes we can make, and since HPS is a dinosaur in light tech, they no longer allow for it, is it just me, or would you expect a modern camera to perform in all situations, especially one costing 700 euros. So I'm looking for another old school camera to take better pic in flower, we'll see. Pics.

The Aurora Indica. Some nice cola's on it.

Good structure on the Aurora Indica, nice branching. By Nirvana.

Some fat cola's.

Ended the trimming session on the Aurora with three hangers and a gallon of trim.

Decent trunk.

The Sofa Surprise. Got a bit shaded by the much bigger Aurora, so half the sun means half the bud. The severe crisping is due to the fan stalling along the back wall before it changes direction and sways to the other side, looks ugly, but seems to have little effect on the plant, so I've done nothing to correct this.

The Sofa has a nice structure to it, but different to the Aurora in that the branching is straight and not curved.

Got some nice Autumn colours in the trim buckets, from both plants.

The 3 hanger hung branches of the Aurora.

Only one hanger for the Sofa Surprise, thinner cola's, but this was expected due to the smothering it had from the Aurora, can't predict the amount it will produce jarred, as I think it will shrink a lot during drying and curing, so it's another wait and see job.

A quick hoover out, remove the dribble mat, and all the lower hardware.

Time to slap that new paint on, Chiapas, lovely.

Job done.

And that rounds up this update, got some strains for the next run, the Root Riots are soaking as we speak, so some thing to show you next week, if I get time to get them buried, hoping to get it done today, but you know what it's like, spare time, a rare commodity it seems when you already have plenty to do. lol So keep tokin folks, and I'll see you next week.

 

[Chemistry]

• Feb 6, 2021

Afternoon tokers and growers, miles behind today, I've twice as much work as I have arms. lol Got the buds from both the Aurora and the Sofa jarred, got three quarters of a gallon from the Sofa , dry, with only a hand full of trim, the Aurora did the best with two gallons of tops, and a gallon of hash trim, both have a nice, but different taste, light grey ash across the board, so that's that run ticked off. So it's time to start another set of seeds off, love this stage, when they all pop. lol So, pics.

The Sofa Surprise.

Nice sized buds on the Sofa.

Aurora India made two gallons, nice.

The Winterised Ale is a nice pint if anyone fancies brewing one.

Nice cola's on the Aurora too.

Next up are these four cultivars, you may recognise the gold foiled Tangerine Kush, these are the seeds I purchased from Amazon.

I'm hoping to get the seeds popped today, spare time is at a premium at the minute. The riots are soaking in anticipation.

And that's it for this week, hope to have plants by next week, we'll see, find out next week, till then, keep tokin.

 

[Chemistry]

• Feb 13, 2021

Yo tokers and growers, it's Saturday morning and time for an update. Got the seeds planted, all four are growing well, only thing is, I left them to long to sprout, and by the time I'd realised it was to late, again, so leggy seedlings it is. lol Got another beer kit from Amazon, a Norfolk beer no less. Right, pics.

These are the seeds in the heated closhe, 4 days from sprout, any one would think I was growing mustard seeds. lol

But, if you've followed one of my grows before, you'll know all my seedlings start off like this, so its no big deal, and with in 3 days they soon chirp up.

And this morning they looked quite pukka, only downside is they're a bit leggy after they bolted to the light, so we now have this situation, 3 cripples and their physiotherapist. Top left-White Widow, bottom left-Franco's Lemon Cheese, top right-Tangerine Kush, bottom left Shishkaberry, will start to feed these next week.

White Widow.

Franco's Lemon Cheese.

Tangerine Kush.

Shishkaberry.

Slow period for the infant grow. So I bought one these old time beer kits, it makes a Norfolk Bitter, 40 pints, should work well with the buds I've just harvested, loving these beer kits, a good beer pays compliment to a nice smoke.

And that's every thing updated, enjoy the weekend, see you next week. Keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Feb 20, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, howz it going. All is going well with all four plants, this week they should produce some good fan leaves, this will give them the energy collectors they need to grow into medium sized shrubs. On the downside, the Tangerine Kush looks like a male to me, but the other three look like chicks, so an upper and a downer. The Wherry Bitter I bought is ready to bottle, it will be done this morning some time, 40 pints, lovely. Other than this, I've done nothing garden wise, apart from sort my self a bucket for my Summer Auto, got the soils mixed up ready, it's outside in the bucket weathering for Spring. On to the pics.

White Widow. Looking nice for its second week of veg.

Franco's Lemon Cheese, week 2. Caught the leaf tip on this one while I was putting on its crutch.

Shishkaberry, fat fingers on it already, looks like a couch locker.

Tangerine Kush. I think this one is male, I know kushs grow bolt up, but this one does not look bushy enough to be a chick? We'll see.

Group shot. Tangerine Kush is top right.

And that's me updated, got five gallons of beer to bottle, and a myriad of other jobs to work my way through, so have a nice weekend, and keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Feb 27, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, it's sunny, it's Saturday, and your about to loose another ten minutes of your life that your never going to see again. All four plants are fine, no def or bugs, yet. Got good growth on all but the spindly Tangerine Kush, and its been topped in a vane attempt to make it bushier, its a prime suspect. The other three plants are growing as expected, bushy and short n stocky. I'm impressed with the Shishkaberry, it is a nice looking plant, good strong growth on it, the strongest plant of the four at the minute, looking forward to a toke on this, not had a toke of this before. Thing that surprised me is the White Widow is the smallest of the four plants, I've grown White Widow before, and it was a good three gallon harvest, so this one looks like a wait and see job. The Franco's Lemon Cheese is doing exactly what it did last time I grew it, so no problems forecast from this plant, seeds from the same outlet. If we stay on course this week, then next week they'll be flipped to 12/12, that will be at the end of week 4 of veg. So it's pic time, and not orange ones. lol

Franco's Lemon Cheese, just finished week 3 of veg.

Shiskaberry, also just finished week 3 of veg.

White Widow, week three of veg.

Tangerine Kush, got some leg on it.

Surprise surprise, bought another beer kit. Another IPA, different kit ingredients, same end result.

I'm quite getting into sampling these different ales from around the world, and way back in the old days the kits were a ball ache to brew, but nowadays they're simple, one bucket and 40 bottles and your away, a month later and boom, old style beer that Homer Simpson would love to stock his fridge with. lol

Anyway, its time for me to do one, all updated, time to chill with my people, and kick back. You know the score, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Mar 6, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, it's Saturday again, first update of Spring 2021, and if I'm lucky, I'll slip two more runs in before the end of the year. All is going really well, still suspicious about the Tangerine Kush, still think its a rug puller. On a brighter note, the other three plants look like winners, all bush with nice strong branches, the Shishkaberry is the strongest out of the three, followed by the Franco's Lemon Cheese, last up is the White Widow. All four plants are in week four of veg, today they will all be flipped over to 12/12 when I get the HPS bulb polished up, sort the digital timer for the light. I like analogue timers for veg, easier to just push or lift a section if I think the plants need more light, some times they seem to, saves having to re-program digital, and digital for flower, they're more accurate to the minute for flower. So next week should see us finish week one of flower, and then we'll know the truth about the Tangerine Kush. Any Bets? Pics, we have plants.

Franco's Lemon Cheese, week 4 of veg.

Shishkaberry, week 4 of veg.

White Widow, week 4 of veg.

Tangerine Kush, week 4 of veg, this is the only plant with tip burn, this is another reason I think this is a male, they seem to burn well before females, due probably to stature and build, females seem stockier, so take up the same amount of nuits with out any drama, now there's a thing. lol

Group shot.

And that's us updated, next week we'll find out if the Tangerine Kush has anything to hide. On another note, I had my flu jab, had the PFizer version, had it on Thursday, feel fine, just got to keep out of the way until May, this will be when I get my second jab, and should give me 80% ability to fight of the bug and kick its ass, freedom is on the horizon people, but until that day comes, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Mar 13, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all rockin and a rollin, wind and hail here today, so a day of indoor chores is on the cards for me, like decorating, nice. But on a positive note, it never rains, frosts, or clouds over, and always sunny in the grow space. Well did the Tangerine Kush make the grade? No, it was indeed a male, so its gone to the plant equivalent of heaven, the compost heap, next time its seen it will be feeding garden plants. The other three are all females, all are just about to go for it and start week two of flower, love the fast growth stage. I made one mistake, and that was rushing to get to work on time, fuckin snooze button, so bunged in to much N, you can see the results, bit of tip burn, it's done now, and they will munch through it, eventually. Apart from that, all is going to plan, and we'll see the return of the orange pics to prove it. lol So here are some orange pics.

Franco's Lemon Cheese, just finished week one of flower.

Shishkaberry, stiff branches on this plant compared to the others, doesn't seem as flexible under the fan as the others.

White Widow, just finished week one of flower.

The Tangerine Kush is not doing as well as the others, seems a little stumpy to me, with little or no bud sites, I don't think its going to make it, it is also in week 1 of flower.

Tangerine Kush, before it was chopped the little rug puller.

Had a shake with the bubble buckets, think there's around half an ounce, but at the time of writing, the hash was still wet, so pics on this after a bit of a process, will have to be posted next week.

Had a bottle of these old style beers, like the Bishops Finger a lot, but not knocking the Triple XB, its also a nice pint.

And there you go, another enthralling update ends, and as we wiz into week two of flower, its time for me to say see you next week, until then, just keep toking folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Mar 20, 2021

Good morning tokers and growers, all is well at this end, hope its the same at your end. All three plants are doing fine, the Shishkaberry is growing into the empty space, vacated by the Tangerine Kush male, would suit me if it filled the empty spot. Shishkaberry is the biggest, stoutist plant of the 3, followed by the Franco's Lemon Cheese, and the smallest is the White Widow, all have just finished week 2 of flower and starting week 3 this morning. Thought I saw a mite attack on one leaf, but not seen anything since I ripped and burned that leaf, I assume they are still there, lurking, just out of sight, which suits me fine, because it only pisses me off if I can see them. Other than that, I'm on cruise control, orange pic time, grab your shades.

Franco's Lemon Cheese.

Shishkaberry.

White Widow.

Group shot.

This is the ice hash from last week, left is the lower grade from the larger mesh bags, and the black looking lump that's had the most attention, is the finer mesh haul, I'll leave you to work out which is the better toke. lol Was just over half an ounce on the scales, was probably a lot more, but testing took place before the final weigh in. lol

And that's where we are at the minute, got another beer kit to start when I get time today, a Porter, don't think I've had a pint of this before, a new one on me. I'll get the 5 gallons of water boiled and sterilise all the implements, ready for a brew up this afternoon. And that's me all updated, time to start the weekend, so keep tokin folks, see you next week.

 

[Chemistry]

• Mar 27, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all well as usual. Right, week 3 of flower has passed, plants are doing fine, nothing to worry about, other than I think the Franco's Lemon Cheese is going to grow into my lights hood, who said 4 weeks veg is not enough? Five weeks veg last time saw me 6 inches from my light once the plants stopped pushing out upward growth, this time a week less at 4 weeks veg, and it looks like the plants are taller this run? The other two plants, the Shishkaberry and the White Widow are not as tall, second tallest is the Shishkaberry followed by the White Widow. No defs at the minute, but with 5 weeks left of flower, there's still time to develop a small to large problem. Plants are starting to gain some shape to them now the buds are forming and the stretch has lulled, we'll find out how the buds will structure on the stems, we'll then know if the buds will be carrot shaped or just have cluster buds, I've no preference as both types work. ☺ Orange pics time.

Shishkaberry week 3 of flower gone.

White Widow, week 3 of flower behind it. Seems a bit small for a White Widow, plenty of indica in it.

Franco's Lemon Cheese, week 3 of flower gone.

Group shot. You can see the Franco's just starting to tickle the shade, see what happens next week, a dollar says its in the shade in a weeks time. lol

And on another subject that's close to my heart, beer, pronounced like Homer Simson. lol

Don't think I've ever drank a Porter ale, and if I have, I can't remember. lol Don't know if honey and beer go together, I figure I'll find out in a months time. And that is my update, updated, got a stack of work to do in the yard, had high winds, so stuff every were, you know how it goes, anyway, see you next week, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Apr 3, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, its Saturday again, and time for another update. All is well with all three plants, no defs, but still showing the brown tips from over feeding in week one of flower, thought that would have faded, but no, looks like it's there for the duration of the grow, next time I'll pay a bit more attention to detail. Plants have just finished week 4 of flower, all are pushing out some lovely white muffs, should look like a set of brand new toilet brushes by next week, only long handled jobbies. lol I have to say, the difference in the strains height and build this run is amazing, all look very different, you know what I mean, some strain just look the same, no matter what they're name is, but all three of these are different in every way, stood side by side, you could pick any of the strains out visually. So on to week five of flower, just over the half way line, four more weeks and we'll see where we're at. Even after all these years of growing, I still get a buzz out of growing cannabis, the last week before the lumber jacks move in and clear the trees has to be a favourite moment for most growers, shed a tear at the empty space, pop seeds, and smile again. But that's a couple of weeks away, so in the mean time, did the Franco's Lemon Cheese touch the sun? Better look at some orange pics. lol

White Widow, just starting week five of flower when the light came on this morning, starting to bulk up, has to be the smallest White Widow I've grown, been a couple of years since I grew one, remember them being a lot bigger? Still fattening up though, a wait and see job.

Shishkaberry week 4 of flower gone.

Franco's Lemon Cheese, just finished week four of flower. And what a whopper she is.

Did she make it to the light? This is four days ago.

Yep, you know she did. lol

Group shot.

I didn't get time last week to start the Milk Stout, time is scarce at the minute, Spring's here, so the outdoor weeds are growing faster than I can chop them down, lol Hope to get it done this week some time, maybe. Also, I think the Franco's will grow a bit more leg this week, I'm leaving it as it is, as long as it doesn't become a fire hazard. lol Lets see what to much light will do to the plant, if any thing, think the leaves will yellow a little and maybe dry out a bit, but I expect it to be respectable smoke either way. Will the Franco's lift the light shade this week. That's me updated, will room be burnt to the ground, find out next week, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Apr 10, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope it's warmer where you are, as it's white over here with frost. This week see's me with a def on the White Widow, not enough K, one minute it had enough, then boom, it didn't, so you can see the it on the tips and the serrated edges of the leafs, K is up now, but the damage will last the rest of flower, bummer. On another note, the other two plants are doing great, the Franco's Lemon Cheese is still residing in my lamps hood, and loving it, the Shishkaberry is fattening up well, got some nice tops forming, so it seems fairly happy with life. All three plants have just finished week 5 of flower, and started week 6 this morning when the lights came on, other than that we're rockin and rollin on the grow front. Planted my Summer outdoor auto seed, got my two gallon bucket from last year all ready to pot up the auto around mid May time. I normally start my outdoor seeds indoors then move them out, but as I'm growing an auto, I've decided to give popping the seed outdoors a go this time, the hard frosts were not in plan A, but have been pencilled in for plan B. Not had time to brew the Milk Stout, again, just been to busy with outdoor stuff, and you know what happens this time of the year, you get in after work, and bang, the heat hits you, and you start to nod off, so next week maybe? Orange pic time.

White Widow, just finished week 5 of flower.

Shishkaberry, starting week 6 of flower.

Franco's Lemon Cheese, week five of flower gone.

Seems to like a bit of sun this strain.

A good three inches into the hood now, and two inches from the bulb with its nearest leaf tip.

Outdoor auto, I enjoyed growing the outdoor plant last year, although I don't want any more gardening work, of any type, as I have enough to go at already, the Gorilla Glue auto I grew last year was no bother at all, just water from the tap, left for a few hours in a bucket in the open air to blow away the Chlorine, and it did fine on that diet, so I plan to go the same route this year, still only the one plant, two gallon builders bucket with the same soil as last year, all I've done is mix in some home made compost at the end of last Winter, and left it to break down. I'm starting my seed off in a six inch pot, as last years plant did well in a six, so using the same pot again this year.

Planting in soil is easy, make a divit and drop in the seed.

Then cover with soil, water it in well, stick in a label, planted three seeds, gellaone, gellatoo, gellathree, one and three have been gifted to buddy who bails me out with seeds when mine don't pop, cheers bud, enjoy. lol

Coldframe, not every one knows what one is? Its basically a wooden frame with a glass lid, a sort of mini wooden green house for hiding your plants from bad weather, like frost or heavy rain that can wash away your seedlings before they get time to root well. This is one I built two seasons ago, only just replaced the glass and frames as they were blown off during the Winter in a storm.

The Gelato Auto is in the blue tray, big pot, bottom of pic.

A free seed from a past order, lets see what happens between now and August, just got to keep it alive until June, hoping it warms up by then, didn't last year as you can see from last years auto grow. lol

Might be a good year for Plums, mine has some good flower this year, here comes the plum jam, plum wine, plum bread, can be a bit like turkey at Christmas. lol

And that rounds up another update, the frost is lifting, time to do some chores, so keep tokin folks, see you next week.

 

[Chemistry]

• Apr 17, 2021

Yo tokers and growers, hope your warmer than us this week. Been a rough week weather wise, hard frost, hail, ice cold winds, so nothing to report on the ouddoor Auto, its not put in an appearance yet, so maybe the frost got it, or it may pop next week if the weather picks up, got a spare just in case, I'll plant the spare next month if the Gellatoo expires. Got some burn coming through on two plants, from when the PPM meter went awal, always seems to show its self a week later. So the White Widow is showing burnt tips, as is the Franco's Lemon Cheese down one side, the fan side, the other side of the cola is fine, as is the rest of the plant. The Shishkaberry is fine, seemed to like the overdose and is acting like its had a booster. lol The thing that surprises me is the White Widow is hit the worst, you'd think it being a good strong indica that it would have gobbled up the extra nuits, but it didn't? Anyway, its not the end of the world, just finished week 6 of flower, so I don't think the grow will burst into flames and leave me with ash, or at least I hope not. I've not doubt the cold weather has a bit to do with the plants up and downness, at it's not long before the cold air is sucked in and blown over your plants, and god forbid, even if you slightly open a window to let in some fresh air, it seems to find your grow. Who would want to live in a temperate zone. lol Apart from these mini problems, I'm on my way to a nice harvest. Looking forward to a toke on the Shishkaberry, not had a toke of this before, looks very Sticky Fingers in it shape, so I expect it to be a similar smoke and hit, can't say any thing about the taste until its down and cured, one I'm looking forward to. Right, time for some orange pics.

White Widow, you can see the burning.

Shiskaberry. Looking nothing like the White Widow.

Franco's Lemon Cheese.

If you look at the pic, you can see mites chompings on the leaves near the buds, they normally stay on the bottom leaves of the plants out of the way, but after these plants burnt, the mites moved up, why? Can't be hotter at the bottom of plant than the top, so why? I'm hoping that budding young scientist, looking in can see a weakness in the mite behaviour, and exploit this, to the mites demise, or better, doom. Took these the other morning, wasn't going to post them, but there seems to be as many garderners as there are growers on the Farm.

First one is my coldframe, living up to it's name at the minute.

There's a ten degree difference in temps inside the coldframe, which if it's freezing outide the frame, then the ten degrees higher saves the seeds/seedlings. Out doors.

In the frame.

This is the water bucket I put out to air off the chlorine, it sits for 24 hours and then it's is fit to use on seedling, be warned, if you don't air it off, your seedlings will suffer, as the chlorine burns them a little, not enough to kill them, but it holds them back to a point where they stall, older plants don't seem to suffer.

If you look at the pic above, you can see where I broke the ice up the day before, its not ice lolly weather here. Bottom pics show how hard this Spring has been up till now, never known Tulips to freeze.

We had a hard frost just as it got dark, then it hailed, and it all stuck to the leaves. Some one tell me what global warming is again? It aint here. lol I have a small collection of Primula's, I keep them for my partner, she loves them, looked stunning this year, until the cold blast arrived. Ah well, Summer's on its way.

And that as they say is that, for this week, all updated, still not brewed another beer kit, don't know about every one else, but with this cold weather, I get home, shower, some thing to eat, some thing to smoke, and bang, the heat in the house knocks me out. lol So people, keep warm, stay safe, and keep tokin, see you next week.

 

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• Apr 24, 2021

Hey tokers and growers, hope your all well, it's Saturday, again, only seems like a couple of days since I did last weeks post. That's week seven behind us, one more week of flower to go, then it will be flush time, don't know what's up next seed wise, as it's a busy time of the year for me, twice this week I've been absent from the Farm in the evening, I sat down, had a bowl, then fell asleep, and woke up to a blank screen, in the dark, twice. lol That aside, things are good. One thing of note, is the bleaching on the tips of both cola's that are in, or nearly in the hood. I've never smoked a bowl of bleached tips, so cant comment on the smoke, but have read a bit online about it, but the info is shady, so here is my chance to see what all the fuss is about, I don't expect to be blown away, but you never know, next run I may be growing only blonde cola's. lol We still have the hard frosts at night, so the Auto is seriously slow growing, had it out the coldframe on the few sunny days we've had, but it's crawling. I think the Gorilla Glue Auto I grew outdoors was the same last year, really slow to start, but once it produced a couple of leaves to rake some energy from the sun, it was off, just need some sun.
Orange pics time.

White Widow, week seven of flower gone. Got some fade amongst the burning.

Shishkaberry, been an easy plant to grow, but does it taste of berries. lol

Franco's Lemon Cheese.

The Icurus cola, a bit frazzed, bit blonde in places, but still going, ran out of height, so it will just have to tan for the next week. lol

Gellato Auto, outdoor. Doing ok, could do with a break in the cold weather, last years Gorilla Glue did ok, so I've no doubt this one will produce some thing.

Took this early this morning, does this class as day one, or do I wait until it's upright. lol

Was walking around the garden the other day, we have a small wildlife pond, mainly for watering the wild birds and local small mammals (wildlife) when I saw this, Frog spawn, also saw a couple of Newts, it shoud hatch this week some time, a good sign of healthy land if you have a full eco system, love it.

And that about sums up this weeks update, still not got round to doing the Milk Stout, but, I've had another delivery through the post, another ale, going to get it fired up later if time prevails, will post you the pic next week. The Honey Porter Ale was introduced to a pint glass yesterday evening, and I have to say, it's different, not sure about the honey, but the porter is a nice beer, saw another kit online, wild berry porter? You may see one appear on an update in the future. lol Will the Icurus cola catch fire, can the Gellato grow a couple of leafs, will I stay awake every evening this week, tune in next week to find out. Keep toking folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• May 1, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all fine on this first day of May, last month of Spring, before a hopefully sunny Summer. Week 8 has arrived, the plants are starting to fade, those golden yellows splashed with reds and purples, love it. So this week will see me start my flush, don't think it needs a big one, as most of the stored energy has been burnt up in the fan leaves, and used by the plant to finish, should be chopping by the end of next week, it has been frosty cold the last couple of weeks here, so I expect to be a week behind, coupled with the burn when the testing meters went down. Apart from those two minor set backs, we are on course. I've lost a bit off the tip of the Franco's Lemon Cheese, as it keeps tapping the bulb on my HPS, and it's dried and fallen off. lol It's still a big cola, and the whole plant should make two gallons of bud, should, we'll see. The White Widow looks a bit shabby at the minute, but I'm sure it will still get me stoned, and with a trim it should look the business. The Shishkaberry is a really easy plant to grow, didn't suffer the same as the other two strains when the meters went off, real stable plant, wonder what it tastes like, and hits like. lol One I wouldn't hesitate to grow again grow wise, hit wise, another wait and see job. lol It has bee really cold for the Gelato Auto, produce not new growth this week, and I can't blame it, it's been dark, frosty, hail stones, its had the lot, but its still ticking over, two more weeks and we should see some decent sunshine, will the Gelato survive that long? Seem quite tough outdoor auto's, so cope well with big temperature and humidity swings, or at least last years did, maybe this one won't? But it's hanging in there. Orange pic time.

White Widow. Heading into flush today.

Shishkaberry.

Franco's Lemon Cheese.

Gelato Auto outdoor, this pic is from day two, now day seven, its been cold.

Got another beer kit going, a lot of these Norfolk beers around, they must be professional pissheads. lol

Also, a pint of the Honey Porter, real dark beer, if you hold it up to the light, nothing shines through, really dark. You can taste the honey quite strongly, don't know if I'm a fan or not, but I'm still testing. lol

And that is all I have for you this week. One thing, if anyone is waiting for a reply to their topic, I'm having problems replying to folks topics, as all I'm getting is member names on the topics and no date stamps to reply to, even this topic I had to go to page one a navigate to the end, so if I'm in the middle of helping you, sorry I can't navigate to your comments only your profile, so if I'm a little absent, you know why. All that remains for me to say is, stay lucky, and keep tokin folks.

 

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• May 8, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, seems my forum foibles are all sorted, big shout out to Aqua for that extra mile, and all the mods for that matter who go the extra mile and keep the site rollin, tip my hat to you all. Moving along, we're all down and hung, by next week we should be dry enough to jar/bucket, always looks like you've hit the jackpot when the plants are hung wet, but every day you look in your drying room they are smaller, torture or what. I've been looking into the murky world of LED lights, and even after following 1D1's excellent topic LED's For Dummies, I still had no clue what do buy, but lucky for me, they're all made by the same people, just a different name product, none of the present manufacturers make all their own parts, and are sourced from other outlets to build their lights. So this leads me to think that it doesn't matter who puts it together, just that they use the best parts available to them as of now, so I'm down to three models on my list, one of them will be purchased this weekend, hopefully to be delivered next week. Delivery is an issue with a lot of firms/people, I don't fancy a month wait, so postage time is bug bare, not point telling me the company has the best light in the world, but takes a month to ship to my house, that's not high tech. So the brands I've whittled down to can ship in a convenient time scale, so you can expect an update on this next week, hope its delivered while I'm at home, or it fits through the letter box if I'm at work.
It has been dire here weather wise, and the Gelato Auto has not grown a millimetre this week, looks green and mean, but no centre leaves are showing at the minute, but if last years is any thing to go buy, then it's making roots instead. I was surprised to see such a small seedling make so much root when it came to up potting it last Spring, I only tipped it out for a look, it's on the first few pages of this diary if you want to have a look, you'll see what I mean, and maybe this is why most good Auto growers like to grow in one pot for the whole grow, maybe they know some thing we don't, or didn't. Strange thing this growing lark, you protect your plants from sprout to the last week in flower, and then lust over their dead bodies, lets lust.

The first 5 technical triangular hanging implements are the Franco's Lemon Cheese.

White Widow, last two frames on the right. Weird thing, every time I grow a plant in the Widow's position, it's a smaller plant than the others, don't know why? I'm leaning towards a design fault in my drainage, maybe a salt build up in that corner. It's level, same depth of medium, nuits, water, as the others. I'll give it ten minutes of thought before I re-build next run.

Shishkaberry, from the right, two frames in after the White Widow is the 3 frames of the Shishkaberry, lovely smell when trimming.

In this pic you can see the sum total of my trim, orange mesh bowl, not a lot of hash to be made there. And the red mesh bowl is the few odd buds that grew on the end of a stem, with nothing else on it, I just nip them off and dry them seperately, then jarred under a mixed strain label.

Was trying to get a good pic of the Icurus bud, the normal universal visual measurer just didn't stack up, so I grabbed a can of coke, then another, should have bought a tray.
Green side.

Blonde side.

Things of note. The colour change from white to the coffee colour had some positive effects. Why is there not as much hash trim as there was with the white walls? If you think about it, a cannabis plant drops it's seeds on the ground around it, unless it's pillaged by a foreign pheno hunter. lol So tell me where the side light comes from? As all the plants are growing side by side, there is no side light in nature, and these plants have adapted to this over millions of years, so based on this information, I should paint the bottom half of my room dark green to match the plants natural environment, maybe next time. lol Not had time to start off another beer kit, hoping to today, as it is forcast rain all day, so indoor chores are the thing of the day, will get a bit done on the grow space if I can avoid the woman in my life, as she has designs on me painting the guest rooms, one that I use for bubble hashing, so my first job as soon as I finish this update is to gather, and hide all the usable paint brushes. lol And that wraps up another update, we'll see what we wind up with dried by the end of next week, and we will find out what will be producing the sun for my next run. I've not had time to ponder on what to sow next, while we're drying, I've got time to shuffle through the seed packs and see what's what, still have a couple of strains I got as freebies, that I've not grown before, so maybe one of those, or an old favourite, we so many choices these days, and that is no bad thing. Any way, enjoy your weekend, wet or dry, and above all, keep toking folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• May 15, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, how are you all sunny Saturday morning. Down and not running at the minute due to upgrades being fitted in my room. The single biggest upgrade is moving over to LED light fittings, and after countless evenings pondering over different brands, quality of fittings and led's, I decided they're all the same, just put together by the brand name holder, all parts made in China by the same factory, and only one fitting had the heat loosing fins, so welcome to my new light, Viperspectra XS4000, the spec is online if you want to have a look. First impressions, seems well built, heavy, and seriously bright, you don't want to be looking at the pretty LED's to often, or you may wind up blind over time, they are bright, so I've ordered my self some shades, to go with my deck chair and sombrero hat. lol Went for a cheap set of Lumii glasses, a lot of folk seem to be getting on with them, so I should. Having a colour change this time in the room, would like to have had the time, and the skill to put some art into it, but just don't have the time, but one day. Strikes me that we have some talented artists in our world of growing and tokin, but its never shown to any one, I'm tired of silver deserts and arctic white walls, and appeal to the artier folk amongst us, strut your stuff, go colourfull, show us your art, your grow room needs you. lol I've not grown with LED's before, so I've gone sky blue this round, with the same colour on the bottom half as last time, as I think the blue will give me a good chance of picking out deffs a little bit sooner. No more orange pics, can't help but feel a little sad, but rest assured orange pic fans, if the LED is not up to the job, then the orange pics will return. lol Other than the new light, and paint job, I had to re-build the extraction side of things, as it was in the way of the new lights position as the new light is longer than the HID hood, all ways some thing. lol Most of the build is done, and I'm hoping to get a few hours on it later to run every thing in to see how it performs, and see if any thing needs tweeking, as they always do. Chose my seeds for the next run, going with four plants this run, as I'm interested to see what sort of canopy I'll get, was going with three. Got another new strain to me, think it was a freebee with an order, can't remember. All three plants are about 90% dry, they'll expend that last ten in the bucket to cure. Anyway, lets have some pics.

First up is the Icarus cola, green side. lol

Icurus blonde side. lol

Franco's Lemon Cheese, returned around three gallons of dried bud. Its in a five gallon bucket, look at the length of the cola. lol

White Widow, about a gallon and a half dry from this plant, apart from the cola's that you saw, there was not larf or pop corn. Had a crafty toke, a bit fell in my pipe while I was trimming.

The Shishkaberry did nearly as well as the Franco's, but got clubbed by the Icurus bud. lol Still produced around two and half gallons. Some nice fruity colours in the bucket, had another trimming accident and a bud from this was also tested.

Had this arrive at the door, brown box, new light. Have to say, quick postage, well packed, double boxed, I'm impressed.

As Spring ends, and Summer moves in, the last of the Tulips bid farewell until next year, they're looking a bit rough, but they're still holding colour, even with the frost damage.

I'm sat looking over the spread, wondering if it's safe to plant out yet, or is there a last frost lurking in the near future, hope not, as I'm planning on planting my outdoor tommato plants this afternoon, I think its a good time, as we have a week of rain forecast, so this will save watering them in with tap water. Gelato Auto is still alive, still outdoors, and still only has seed leaves. lol this is last week, as I've not been to open the cold frames yet this morning, so I'll snap a pic while I'm down there, and post it next week, this is it at 15 days from pop, hoping it gets its self going now the frosts are past, even though there is a chance of a freak weather spell.

And that is it people for this week, all updated, will the Auto produce a leaf or two, will we get a sharp frost, will the grow room get finished, will we all still be here, find out next week, Until then, keep tokin folks.

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Morning tokers and growers, hope its warm and sunny where you are, we've had four days of wind and rain and a bit of hail. Looks like I'll have to hide the paint brushes again this weekend. lol Not had time to sow any seeds, hope to get them buried this afternoon, looking at a four plant grow this round, was going with three, which is all the light I could get out of the HPS, but the new light might just give me the boost I need to grow four, even though I built the space for three. Got all the room painting done, second coats applied, swept the extractor pipe, it was choka with dust and bits of leaf. Room is all rebilt now, had the new Viperspectra XS4000 running this week, just to see what it's about, stays cool in the space, even when ran on 100%, and at that point, it is bright. I like the dimmer, it will be handy for starting seedlings and cuttings. Light has been running all this week, no burn outs, no smells, so I'm fine with how it performs, but in relation to MH, it does not have the crystal blue spring colour that us old schoolers adore, so I expect the orange summerness is gone to, I'll have to see how we get on with this side of the LED scene, as I like the seasonal light change from MH Spring to HPS Summer, jury is out on that one. Anyway, lets have some pics.

First up, new paint job, bored with white, and it was on offer at the hardware store. lol You can see how bright this light is by the colour blue colour tone above and bellow the light.

Light seems to have all the bases covered, nice arrangement of LED's, don't know if there's perfect placement for an LED cluster. Came with all the hanging wires, rachets, every thing except the screws to hang it to the ceiling.

Not a fan of this, could be tidier, I realise its to take the wiring outside your room if you so choose, but still could have put a bit more thought into it, as these light are not cheap, and for that money, I want space age tech. I like the fins for heat lose a lot.

The hanging wires seem strong, but this is a heavy unit, and they do seem a bit weak, not that it would be a big deal if the light fell down, as my plants will break its fall, but could just do with out the experience if I could avoid it. I have a buddy who says he can make me some better brackets, when he gets time, don't hold your breath over seeing them in my life time though. lol The wire hangers seem a bit long, don't know if that's by design for heat loss, or whether its just how they are, but when I get into flower and raise the light, we'll see how hot it gets.

Was looking at the amount of dust in my extractor fan, the fins were well coated with grime, makes you wonder where it all comes from, so out with the wife's tootbrush again, must make sure I remove all the fluff this time, nearly got caught, dog got the blame.

Got the cloche on the heat mat making moisture, just got to burry the seeds some time today, and we're good to go.

Seeds, a couple of these I've grown before, like the Super Lemon Haze and the White Widow, which I'm giving another run, as it didn't do as well as I expected, so it's going again. The Pure Kush is another strain I've not grown before, as is the Holy Punch, so two new ones for me.

And that is it for this week, I'll get the seeds in today, if not it will be the middle of the week before they're planted. Not had time to brew any beers, just don't seem to have the spare time at the minute, pardon the pun. lol But its always the same this time of year, Spring is a busy time for outdoor work. Nearly forgot the Gelato Auto, have to say it is trying, but the weather is against it, its not dead, but it's not moved either, I think with a bit of wall to wall sun, it will burst into life, we'll see, got a spare just in case. And that's me away, catch you all next week, until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

May 30, 2021
Afternoon tokers and growers, hope your all well. Bit late with my update, had my second flu jab on Friday, yesterday, felt like death warmed up, felt better this morning, and had my first bong since Friday, and now starting to feel normal again, good old weed, but they say that if you have a reaction, that means it's working, so I must be bullet proof now then. So on with the update, got the seeds planted, think it was Sunday dinner (last week), so we're off the starting blocks for this run. Right, led's run a lot colder than HID, a lot, so no warm room after lights out. Started the seedlings in the usual way, heat mat, humidity dome, and three of the seeds are up, but one is being elusive, this is no biggy, as every time I grow a Super Lemon Haze its the last to pop, so no reason to think any different this time. Pictures never lie, so they say, so lets look at some.

Super Lemon Haze, not a lot to say really, except, hurry up and pop ya b*****d. Maybe next week.

Holy Punch, it's up, but you can see it's a bit chilly for it after its easy ride on the heat mat, it will work it out.

Pure Kush, its not fazed by the colder temps, seems to eat it up, good strain for some one living in a colder climate maybe?

White Widow, not looking good, bit leggy, bit leany, hoping its not down to rubbish seeds, as this last run, the White Widow struggled too, but she's a trier, and I like that in a plant.

The outdoor Gellato Auto is starting to move a little, took this pic this morning, day 28, if that matters any more, won't be a record holder for the fastest outdoor auto. lol But, if you compare its growth to the weed seeds that have popped in the same bucket, then its not so far off, will it produce, yeah I think so, eventually.

Was taken by the amount of flower on the Rosemary, seems like frost did it a bit of good, was going to take some cuttings from it to replace this aging specimen, think I'll leave it this year.

This is my first week under LED's with any thing green that can die under them, so some learning to be done, mainly on the heat side in early veg, if you look at the three seedlings that are up, they look like they've been over fed, this is down to me not keeping an eye on temps, thought it would be ok while the lights were on, think this was a mistake, as I only had to worry about over heating with HID, and not the lower temps, lesson learnt. I don't think it will be a problem in flower, as the light will produce more heat when it's pushed a bit, but in early veg when seedlings don't want to much light, I will have to find a method keep the seedling warm until they're big enough to cope. Other than that, I'm running the lights at 25 inches, above seedling height, and things look like they will work out at that for the time being, find out next week I suppose, until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jun 5, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, its Saturday, and its sunny for a change. Well we have movement in the garden at last, seedlings, and all four are up for a change, can't remember the last time I had a 4 out of 4 pop, so maybe this is an Omen. All I need now is for all four to be female and the job is a good one, a couple are fems, but I think one is a regular as it was a freebee from an online vendor, so it will be a couple of weeks before this strain reveals its self, but even a male can be usefull in a small grow, as you can grow any thing if you have the seeds, so I'm rarely peed off with males, unless I get four males out of four, in which case, a tear or two may be shed. Just been up the garden to take a pic of the outdoor Gellato, popping in the frost may make it hardier to the climate we have, but it's had a struggle on its hands, mostly here the weather gets warmer at the end of March, which is when I set my outdoor seed, not just my cannabis seeds, but for the whole garden, but as anyone who's tried to get jump on the growing season this year has found, April was a tyrant of a month, not even the weather man could have predicted the coldest April on record, so tell me again about global warming, and again? So next year, do I shake a stick at the weather gods? You bet I will. Some times it works, and some times you bomb out, as a species we seem to get off on risk, maybe some thing built into us after we ate all the Dinosaurs. lol Any way, enough of the outdoors, lets move indoors and see what's what. The Pure Kush is still the biggest plant of the four, followed by the Holy Punch, and then the White Widow. The Super Lemon Haze is up and shoving out a small centre, a bit leggy compared to the others as I lifted the light after some of the seeds sprouted, so the Super Lemon Haze has some stride on her, not a problem, as it saves a lot of trimming. Right, onto the pics, there's never much to see at this stage, but week on week things will become busy, weed two of veg.

Holy Punch.

Pure Kush, biggest of the seedlings, I'm liking the way this plant struts in veg, seems more cold resistant than the others.

White Widow, bit crinkly on some leaves, a chilly start in life.

Super Lemon Haze, leggy after her bolt to the light to catch up, its a week behind the others, but has a habit of catching up, which is no bad thing.

Gellato Auto, its sarting to warm up here now, so I expect the auto to take off, bit curly from the frosts, but hope we get some nice weather in August to finish it off, we'll see.

Starting to get a feel for the new LED light, next run if its cold I'll pop in a green house heater just to fill the gap between low running (cold) and high when extractor kicks in, while using HID I'd not encountered this problem, as the HID's kick out heat all the time, lesson learnt. Got another beer kit to set off, today hopefully, don't want to run out do we. So next week I'll update on that, its another IPA, got a thing about these now. (Max) And that's all I have this week, hoping that next week we have plants instead of Cress like structures to look at. lol So until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jun 12, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all fighting fit. All four plants are still going, but, one is romping on, while the other three seem to be lagging, don't know why at the moment, but if it carries on, then we'll have to to delve further into the problem. Thing is, the Pure Kush looks good, but the other three are not, the Super Lemon Haze popped a week behind the other three, which all sprouted at the same time, and it might just be that the Pure Kush is a better strain than the others, who knows, and going by my usual way of treating seeds and seedlings, the they should grow out of it. Moving along, I have to say the Pure Kush is a nice sturdy plant compared to the others, I nearly binned the other three and took cuttings, but I like having an assortment of buds to toke, so we'll carry on and see what happens, as normal, lets have some pics.

Pure Kush, not a mark on it. And an equal to any MH grown plant, both in colour and stature, week 3 of veg.

Holy punch. If you look, you can see the tip of the leaf in the centre of the pic, some thing is going on, but its not showing on the Pure Kush.

Super Lemon Haze. Same thing on some of the leaves, looks over watered, or root problem, but the last plant grew in this position did really well.

White Widow.

Gellato Auto outdoor.

Things are chugging along, apart from the minor leaf defects, which may be down to going from cold to quite warm, as the outdoor temperature rose as Summer drives off the really cold Spring we had. If its not that, then I'll have to take a look at my hardware, which means taking the plants out of the medium and replant them afterwards, another hour I'll never get back. lol Plants are young, so if this is the case, then it should only add on a couple of weeks to vegging, no biggy. Other things of interest. Got given some seed potato's that were going spare after a buddy had planted a couple of rows in his veg garden, so I grabbed a seven gallon pot and stuck them in. I don't expect to become the next potato mogal, but if I get a few on my dinner plate next to some meat I'll be happy.

Potato Planter.

Tomatoes are taking off now the sun is with us, plenty of flowers forming.

Poppies, I did'nt plant these, they just blew in with the other air bourn weeds, all I do is pick off the seed pods as the flowers fade, this stops them from taking over, and as we all know, most poppy seeds pop, one years seed, seven years weed.

Managed to get another beer brewing, its another IPA, I'm starting to like the St Peters IPA over most others, so it looks like I'll be seeing a few of these over the Summer.

And that's about it for this week, we'll see what develops over this coming week, will the plants get dug up, probably, find out next week, until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jun 19, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all tiggity boo. All is not well with the grow, didn't have time to sort any thing until mid week, which I think was too long for the plants. When I finally got round to looking at the problem, I discovered my drainage hole was blocked, I run a drain to waste system, which wasn't draining, the spent nuits normally drain into another trough, which has a pump in it, and when it fills up, all I do is pump it off into a five gallon drum, and this is how my spent nuits exit my grow space. Well it turns out that the drain hole was blocked by small pieces of the Hydroton, thus causing major over feeding and watering as the plants were sat in the waste, which was building up every watering. Right, the solution to the problem was to riddle out the small and broken Hydroton, no mean feet I'll tell you, then re-plant the four strains, but it's done now. I have to say that I'm teetering on the edge of binning the current plants, as its easier to plant more seeds than it is to bring plants back to health, some are easy, but some can be a real hastle. But, I've jars of cured buds, so a lull in my grow won't see me suffer, and its a bit more interesting watching plants being swung round after a major problem than waiting for more seeds to pop, even though we love popping seeds. It would take around a month to get the seeds to the point of flipping to flower, but if the current plants swing round in two weeks, then I've save two weeks, if not and I have to re-seed, then its the time lost trying to spin them round, so I'm going to carry on for a week and see if they pick up, plan A. The outdoor Gellato Auto is taking off well now, and has the rest of June, July and August to finish off. Right, pics.

Pure Kush, week 4 of flower, and should be staring in the face of 12/12. The Pure Kush just looks wilted and should bounce back with a bit of carefull watering.

Holy Punch, you can see the drowned washed out colour on the fan leaves. The centres don't look damaged, so this young plant should spin round too.

White Widow, a bit droopy, but the centre is also good, so should spin round with the other two above.

Super Lemon Haze, bit worried about this one, its a week younger than the others as it took longer to pop, so may not be as resilient as the other three, but they are a tough strain, so we'll see how it goes.

Gellato Auto outdoor. What a difference a bit of sun makes, just like last year, big struggle through the cold and ice, and now its going for it. At least one plant is spun round, just in time for the rainy season.
lol

Red Rose is throwing out some nice flower, just need to get it through this wet period and hope the sun comes out, or rot can set in at the base of the flower.

Eating Apples. These won't mind the rain, as they like a bit of moisture this time of year to build up the fruit, then sun to ripen. Currently the fruit is around 3/4 of an inch wide.

Had a buddy come round mid week, said he's going to have a go at brewing beer, asked if I could give him some pointers, so I set about making up five gallons of Stout ( would be rude not, since I had an apprentice on tap. lol), had the kit sat there for two weeks, maybe more. lol So he was shown how to get started, dumped all my old brew gear on him, and made space for more. lol This is the kit we got started.

Right, think that covers every thing for this update, time for me to get on with the home chores I've ducked using the, its to wet excuse. lol So see you all next week, and we'll see if things pick up, or whether we plant more seeds, find out next time, until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jun 26, 2021

Good morning tokers and growers, its Saturday morning, and it's time for another update, so grab coffee and a chair and take the weight of your feet for five minutes. I would say we're half and half this week, all four plants are nearly there, by next week they should be mean and green. Plants have been a bit slow to spin round, but in this weeks pics you can see a massive improvement in both colour and stature, always a good sign. You wouldn't think a bit of over watering would be such a bad thing, more food and water should make bigger plants you would think, but its not so, a plant can only grow to the size of its environment, this is why outdoor plants are seven feet by seven, and indoors are 3 feet by three feet, which is no bad thing, as I only have room for medium sized plants, don't think I've room to scrog a seven footer, although I've grown the odd pure Sativa that's done its best. lol Funny thing, the Pure Kush was the best looking and the Super Lemon Haze was the worst, this position has changed and the Super Lemon Haze looks better than the Pure Kush, intriguing. The White Widow is also bouncing back into form, but the slowest to spin round is the Holy Punch, don't know why, maybe a weaker bred strain, it won't be the first time a plant pulled up its socks and went for it after a late start, so we will see what happens. The Gellato Auto outdoor is going for it, no defs, not been fed since it was up potted to its current planter/builders bucket, so its on soil and rain water, at some point it will need a feed, but unless it shows signs of hunger, then its a no feed job. Right then, pic time.

Pure Kush, week 5 of veg. You can see the leaves have picked and lost the drowning look. The big fan leaf next to the label looks a bit ropey, bet it yellows later.

Holy Punch. Still a bit of yellowing in the new growth, the colour is coming, should be nice looking by next week, if we don't have another bog garden experience.

Super Lemon Haze is picking up fast, and now maybe the healthyist plant of the four, go Super Lemon Haze, might turn out to be my top plant this run if it carries on.

White Widow is bringing on some nice new colour, should be looker by next week.

Gellato Auto outdoor. Starting to look good after its chilly start, just like last year, I thought the frosts would murder the auto, credit to its robustness, its still here, and going for it.

Other things that are growing around me is this tall Iris, planted years ago, was killed by the severe frosts we had one year, froze all the tuba's, that then went to mush, so this was probably produced by a seed from the Iris after the frosts sent it to flowery heaven, but its back, and this makes me smile, welcome back.

Seems to be a lot of bees around in between the rain showers, noticing some that I've not seen before, I don't think they're new, just that I had the camera in my hand.
Bee sat on White Aster.

Potato Planter, boy have these taken off, only a couple of weeks since I planted them, entry 331, June 12th I put the planter up on my diary, I'm confident I'll have a few tates from this project after seeing the sheer amount of growth, can't wait to dig them up and see what weight I get from them.

And that's about it, all updated, no beer brewing this week as I have a small glut, but I can assure you that this will be addressed when the sun turns out one weekend, and the BBQ is fired up, and a few buddies arrive. lol So if your plants look a bit under the weather, don't panic, take your time, and you will be rewarded with buds to be proud off, any one can do it, it just takes a little practice and a bit of patience. Right, I'm off, see you all next week, until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jul 3, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all green side up and root end down. Things are coming together, plants are back on course, their looking green and mean, so much so they'll be flipped today, strange not changing a bulb this run, and only changing the timer, don't know if I miss polishing the HPS bulb before its installed or not, or burning my fingers taking out the MH because I've forgotten to switch it off for ten minutes before hand to cool, again. I'd like to have flowered these four plants with just four weeks veg, just to get a direct comparison between the HID and the LED, but with the drainage problems, this has set me back two weeks, no biggy, just means these plants are two weeks older in veg. I don't think it will change any thing that will be detrimental to my comparison with HID, I would have liked the first run to be the same veg length, next time maybe. lol Apart from this, I'm quite happy with the way the LED has performed in veg, so at the very least this light is equally good for veg, but can it flourish in flower? Others that I've watched growing with LED in flower look to be doing well, but some seem to need some supplementary light? In my case, this would see the LED binned, and the HID re-instated in and instant. For me the LED light of choice should be better than HID if its the future, but if extra light is needed, then for me there is no point, I'd rather go back to running one single HID light that has served my for years with out a fault, with out extra lights added. So we've come to the point where the new LED will be pushed a little bit harder. Will the buds be bigger/harder and have a more explosive hit, or are people bumping up there results, only one way to find out, ding ding, flower starts today when I swap the timer, so in two weeks from now we should have the first direct comparison with my HID for flower. Enough tech, lets look at some plant pics.

Pure Kush, week six of veg, quite a bushy little babe for its size. If you look, you can see a little tip burn, this is no bad thing, as it means it has an over abundant amount of stored energy to burst into flower, more is better than less in this case.

Holy Punch, seems a smallish plant over all, its not been able to keep up with the other three in veg, so maybe a really good choice for people with small spaces, or it may make Redwood status in flower, wont be the first time the lights have been lifted. lol

White Widow. This plant looks better this time round, which is good, as the last one didn't do as well as it could have, this time round it looks like a winner, its got eight weeks to prove me wrong, and probably will. lol

Super Lemon Haze, love the look of this plant, the one that looked the worst due to the bad drainage is now looking the best, is there any point in loosing sleep over your pants, no, as they'll do what they like anyway. lol

Gellato Auto, outdoor, is doing well got a nice stem on it, quite windy where it is, but its not showing sings any signs of a disorder, and the Gorilla Glue auto I grew there last year was just fine, so the Gellato should be fine.

Other things I grow are these Sempervivum's, grand kids bought me them for a birthday one year, not hard to keep, they just sit in the pot looking colourfull, but this year some thing happened, they flowered, can't tell you what species they are, as the tag blew away a couple of years ago, quite impressive in a small way, flower spikes are four inches tall, and the rosettes they sprung from are about and inch across.

There can't a more stunning sight than feeding butterflies, why make a simple nectar sucking insect so stunningly beautiful, not that some other insects are not as stunning, just that these are in a league of their own, imagine holding two four feet sheets of cardboard, one in each hand, in a slight breeze, how can they fly in strong winds, amazing creatures.
Painted Lady Butterfly.

Think that's every thing updated, so another update comes to and end, before this one turns into a set of encyclopedias. lol So will the LED perform as well in flower as it did in veg, you know the score by now, find out next week, Until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jul 10, 2021

Morning toker and growers, how are you all. Its Saturday morning, update time. Well, as you can imagine, buddies turned up last Saturday, so not a lot got done, apart from a half ounce through various pipes, so this week sees us flip, done it this morning first thing, plants are now on 12/12, so hoping for some white hairs next week, on all four plants, but you know how it it is, there's always a straggler. LED wise, the plants are green as you would like. Nuit wise, I'm using around 100ppm to 150ppm less in veg per feed, don't know if other folk are having the same sort of thing, not that I'm unhappy about saving on nuits, but in the back of my mind, I can't help but think I'm on a looser due to less nuits being eaten, but the plants tell a different story, and are lapping up what they have, so maybe in the long run the LED will pay for its self with the savings I've made in veg, if the light lives that long. lol If this trend carries on, it could be a big saver over a longer period, or the plants will go on a stretch frenzy and eat twice as many flower nuits, we'll have to wait and see how that works out, the economist in me has his fingers crossed. All four plants are looking lush, what more can I ask.
Right, pics, not as many as I normally post, this is due to being flat out at work, and its been hot, so nothing bar the essentials was achieved this week. Pics time, all week seven of veg, apart from the Super Lemon Haze which is a week behind the other three.

Pure Kush.

Holy Punch.

White Widow. A bit tippy.

Super Lemon Haze. Best looking plant of them all at the minute.

Gelato Auto. Outdoor auto is doing well, no deffs or bugs at the moment, we'll see what happens when it starts to flower and starts to smell, not that it doesn't now, but you know what they're like.

Eating Apples are doing ok, a good mixture of rain and sun has them swelling up, fruit is around two inches wide.

Final pic is this rose, was going to leave this pic out, but after a quick smell of this rose, and the colour, thought I'd post it anyway.

And that's about it for this week, hope to have white hairs for the next update, as this would be in keeping with the HPS, which produces white hairs in seven days, so can the new LED produce white hairs in the same time scale, is it as capable as the HPS, you know what's coming, find out next week. Until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jul 17, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, hope your all well this sunny Saturday morning. All is well with the plants, all four are chugging along, and have just finished week one of flower. On the HPS vs LED race, the plants don't seem to make as much initial muff under the LED as they did under the HPS, but then there is less heat to make the plants drink more with the LED, so maybe this has some thing to do with the equation, as the plants under the LED are drinking less, so eating less, but it doesn't seem to have any baring on the colour or any part of the plants well being, so maybe the reason HPS is deemed better is because of the heat it throws out, plants also seem a bit shorter than when they're grown under the HPS, so will I wind up with another Icarus cola growing into the light, a wait and see job I think. I thought there would be slight differences between LED and HID, but the differences are quite wide, heat being the main difference, and how I had my grow room hardware was set up, every thing was set up for heat and its removal, but now I find my self looking for a bit of heat after lights out, and this may be a big problem in the Winter, so a supplemental heat source will have to be employed for the colder months, it wont take a log burner, but a subtle little green house heater looks to be the way forward. Another technical problem I solved (very cheaply) is the height loss using the supplied cabling that the LED came with it, lost me nineteen inches from ceiling to LED, using the cables supplied, this is more than the HPS, with hood. So I've designed some thing cheap that any one can cobble together to reduce the height indifference, got some pics of the construction, its so easy to build, you could build it after a bong, or two. Lets see some pics.

Pure Kush. Getting to be a bushy thing, biggest plant of the four.

Holy Punch. Smallest plant of the four, and its in the same spot as the Franco's Lemon Cheese that grew into the HPS, so its in a good spot.

White Widow. Second smallest plant of the four.

Super Lemon Haze (Barneys Seed) Second biggest plant of the four after the Pure Kush.

Super Lemon Haze, you can see the white hairs growing out of the centre, should be prominent amount of muff by next week.

Gellato Auto outdoor. Doing well, just needs more sun.

Other things. This is what I came up with during a stoned moment after clearing a bench in the work shop, needed space to do a bit of house maintenance, so I had a bong and got side tracked, no surprise, work or a bong, work or a bong. Got to thinking about the hanging wires supplied with my new LED light, and the height loss. So here I am with a hand full of bits, what I was looking for was some thing fully adjustable, that wouldn't take more than a toker to adjust on the spot, and this is what I came up with, a bit Heath Robinson, but it is super shiny and blends in with the aluminium heat sink on my light. Don't think it takes much explaining, and you most likely have some or all of the parts knocking around in your shed if you want to knock one up for your self. First pic shows you the parts and how I put them together. I'm going to put a bolt either side of the carabena's connected to the original holes on the light fixture, not done this as yet, purely because it is solid as a rock. Balance was a big thing, so I used two small carabena's to keep the light central, one on its own was a bit wobbly, but two is perfect. The other reason I used the threaded bar is because it makes the whole bar adjustable, I didn't use a spanner to tighten things up, as I wanted the freedom to adjust the bar with my fingers. It all works fine, and I've reduced my height from 19 inches down to 6, although at six, it will be touching the ceiling, so a four to six inch gap should see me through, with a bit of luck. Any way, tech pics.

The new hanger, fully adjustable for any hanging light situation. The bolts on the end of the thread bar will be joined by two more, one on either side of the carabena's, this will stop them sliding, not that they do, as I had to screw the bar through the carabena's to get them on, so they're going no were.

New hangers.

The old hangers.

Left side fitted.

Right side.

And there you have it, easy and cheap to build, would cost you a couple of dollars if you don't have the bits already, been running with it all this week, works well. All I did when fitting the bits, was to mark the centre of the threaded bar to give me a good starting point for balancing the light when it was hung, a couple of twists of the bolts and it was bang on, height adjustment is by upping or downing the carabena's on the chain, easy fix. And that my friends, is the end of this weeks update, will the lights fall down, will we be inundated with muff, only one way to find out, tune in next week and find out, until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jul 24, 2021

Morning tokers and growers, grab your reading glasses, grab a coffee, its Saturday, its sunny, and its update time. Not a lot to report on the def side of things as the plants are green and mean. But on the bug front, the mites are back and kicking off, normally they stay at the bottom of the plant, but these are at the top, for week two of flower this may become an issue later in flower if they don't move back to the base of the plant. I've upped the fan speed to try to cajole them into my way of growing, but this stain of mite might just web every thing in the last week of flower, little bastards. As you know, I'm not a fan of pesticides on my food, or my weed, so nothing non organic will be done to sort the problem, cant see the point in slowly killing my self to eradicate bugs. The plant most effected is the Pure Kush, the biggest strongest plant of the four? Work that one out. The other three plants are not effected as bad, you can see the bites, but the mites are not moving up the plants like they have conquered the Pure Kush. Why are some plants more resilient than others, or is it some thing that triggers the mites to attack at the start of flower? Maybe a scent the plant gives off in flower attracts them as I mainly see them when I start flower, rarely in veg. I'd be happy if the mites stayed with the Pure Kush, but some how I don't think they will. Anyway, the other three plants are not really effected, would be nice if it stayed this way. Made a minor change to my light hanger to make it easier to adjust the height. Right, pics, week two of flower gone, six to go.

Pure Kush.

Pure Kush. If you look at the leaf in the bottom right hand corner, you can see the mites on the move.

Holy Punch.

White Widow.

Super Lemon Haze.

Gelato Auto.

Other things. Had to adjust the height of my light this week and found the two small carabena's a chore to move up the chain, four small carabena's as apposed to one big one. I didn't want to swap out the small carabena's as they keep the light stable, so I added another, twice as big carabena to sort the problem out, this also stops me from placing the light to high and it over heating, as this now gives me six to seven inches from the ceiling to blow a fan over it if need be. You can see the larger carabena looped through the two smaller ones, kept the two smaller one for stability, saves having to make some thing better, yeah, I know, lazy, but it works already.

Right side, big carabena looped through the two smaller ones.

Left side, chain on both sides needs tidying up, but I do that when these four plants have finished flowering.

So there you go, another quality update logged, time to kick back and enjoy the weekend, so enjoy yours people, see you next week, and above all, just keep tokin.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jul 31, 2021

Good morning tokers and growers, hope your all super well, and raring to go on this drizzly here, Saturday morning. All is not well, the mites have taken over about a quarter of the Pure Kush, so this plant may not make it to the end of flower. The other three plants look fine, with just a few bites, but I have a feeling that after the Pure Kush is conquered, the mites will move over to the other three and they will fall to the mites too. Been looking at some organic'ish methods for eradicating the mites, but even then, you still have to smoke the stuff, and will this be a hazard to your health? Who knows, and this is why I don't want to spray any thing on my grow, as even some of the organic stuff will still be more than toxic when you smoke a cured bud, dilemma or what. I'm going to try a few things while the mites are in action, purely to see if any thing works really, the best time to sort them is when the mites first arrive, that's the time to annihilate them, but as we all know, this is no easy thing to do, as even if you spray, you cant reach every nook and cranny. I've been lucky that when I've had mites before, they stayed at the bottom of the plant out of the way, and only destroyed the leaves on the bottom branches, and not the buds. But this time they started at the top, don't know why? Maybe the heat from the HID's kept them at bay, the LED's run cooler at canopy level, so maybe this allowed the mites to climb higher. I'm sure there's a trigger that wakes the mites up, always flower time for me. Anyway, moving on. Lets look at some pics.

Pure Kush. You can see the bites on the leaves, and the colour is draining.

Holy Punch. Nice Sativa leaves, you can see the bite marks on it too.

White Widow. Quite a skinny plant for a White Widow.

Super Lemon Haze.

Gellato Auto outdoor. Week 13 from seed.

Short update, been really busy at work this week, so just hit been hitting the sofa instead of getting on with things. Next week I think we'll see the mites over come the Pure Kush, as it doesn't seem to have much of a defence against the mites, would be nice to see it turn around, but I think it will fail, only one way to find out, tune in next week and see who wins, mites or kush? until then, keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Aug 7, 2021

Good afternoon tokers and growers, hope your all well, an late update this week. Got folk over for the weekend, so flat out busy tonight and tomorrow entertaining. Plants, mites are still on the move, never had them this bad, I'm thinking its because there seems less moisture in the grow space because, as its cooler for the plants running the LED, as apposed to HID, which causes the plants to drink and sweat more due to the heat. Any way, other than the mites, the plants are doing ok, plenty of muff on the Super Lemon Haze, as there is on all of the plants. The weird one is the White Widow, not seen one grow like it is, seems more of an auto to me, in the way its growing, wrong label by the seed vendor maybe, because the last one I ran was also quite small for this strain, who knows. Right, lets have some pics.

Pure Kush. You can see the mites taking off on this plant, hit this one more than the other three, so maybe the mites have favourites for some reason, and just like us, some food will taste like shit to them, which is good for us.

Holy Punch. Thin leaves on this, must be holding a fair bit of Sativa.

White Widow. Quite a whispy looking plant, would be nice if it grew into a single cola.

Super Lemon Haze. Best muff of the four strains.

Gellato Auto outdoor. Been raining, again. Doing well, white muff is just starting to turn cinnamon. Week 14 from seed.

Other things growing, are the French Golden Delicious apples, could be a good year, with a bit of luck.

Other than that, not a lot to report, so I'll cut this short, as I have a lot to do, so enjoy your weekend people, and above all, just keep tokin folks.