Chemistry's shade dwellers.

[Chemistry]

• Jun 17, 2023

Good morning to all you tokers and growers, its Saturday, its sunny, BBQ this afternoon. The three plants are all doing well, apart from the Gorilla Glue, think the over feed last week upset it, seems a fragile plant in an auto strain, the photo of the same was a good strong plant that ate every thing you fed it, a propper muncher. The Moby Dick is a tall specimen for an auto, we may run out of head room for it, maybe even torch the tip of the main cola as it reaches the light hood, we'll see. The Church has to be the slowest photo I've ever grown, unusual for an auto to out gun a photo, even the Gorilla Glue auto is as tall as the Church. Other than that, no problems report. Pic time.

The Church (Photo).

Moby Dick (auto).

Gorilla Glue (auto).

Every thing is pootling along just fine, just got to keep an eye on the Moby Dick as I have a feeling it will grow into the bulb next week while I'm at work. So will it or won't it grow into the light by next week? Only one way to find out, and that's pop back next week and find out, until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jun 24, 2023

Good morning tokers and growers, hope your all well on this hot sunny Saturday morning. We have one singed top, can you guess which one it is, right, the Moby Dick has had an encounter with the MH bulb, I said it would, I came back from work, and it had grow just enough to brush past the bulb as the ozzy fan passed over it and is now sunburnt. Ah well, its getting blazed in the end any way. The other two and no were near the bulb, the Gorilla Glue is quite a squat plant, so it will not grow with the same vigour as the Moby Dick. The Church is still on the move, not as tall as the Moby Dick, but its gaining momentum. It may turn out that the two auto's may finish flowering before the Church starts, interesting situation, so may have to be flowered out after the auto's finish, in that case I may take two cuttings from the Church and flower them out as a trio, we'll see how it turns out.
Pics.

The Church (Photo).

Moby Dick (auto).

Gorilla Glue (auto).

Some how I don't think the burnt tip is going to slow the Moby Dick down, but could do with out a house fire, so the shade is up to near on its peak height, tall thing for an auto. So, will the Moby Dick stop gaining height, will I have a house fire, pop back and see is I still have a home, or will I be camping on an ash pile, pop back next week and find out, until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jul 1, 2023

Good morning tokers and growers, how are you all on this over cast Saturday morning, hope your all well. All is well with the plants, buds are fattening up on the two auto's, which are doing well, while The Church is lagging a little being a photo. The plan is to drop the light hours to 12/12 when the the auto's are nearly done, so as to not effect their flowering, and thus put the Church into flower, or like I said before, take two large cuttings, get them settled, then flower them as a threesome, or scrog even. I have to say that the Church is not the bushiest plant I've ever grown, but its stout at the very least, so worth the effort. Both the Church and the Moby Dick are green and mean, but the Gorilla Glue is just off point, not enough to do it any harm, but its showing minor signs of some thing, I've no doubt it will make it through to the end of flower, which is all that matters. Pic time.

The Church (photo).

Moby Dick (auto).

Gorilla Glue (auto).

All updated, all doing well. No danger, no end climax, no edge of your seat stuff this week, as the Moby Dick has stopped growing into the light, but, some thing might happen during the week, you never know. So if you have a desire to find out what happens this next week, then join us again next Saturday and find out. Until then, just keep tokin folks.

Good morning tokers and growers, hope your all rockin and rollin on this hot sunny Satruday morning. Week seven gone, week eight starts today from seed. The two auto's are doing ok, the Moby Dick is doing the best out of the two, the Gorilla Glue is struggling with the heat, but I think it will turn out ok in the end. This is one of the reasons I was going to bail a run during the peak Summer heat, I'll bet there are a few worried growers with warm lofts at the minute, keep a fire extinguisher to hand just in case. The Church is loving the heat, so if you need something that can stand a bit of heat, then it may be worth tracking one down, don't know where you would find one, as this one came as a freebee with a seed order, and gather its an old strain from the black and white photo years. Which reminds me, I need to order some more Super Lemon Haze seeds. Weird grower the Church, even after seven weeks under 18/6 it still has no real branching, I would expect it to be a bush by now, but is still has only slight twigs for branches, definitely one for nipping out the tops to make it bush more. Pic time.

The Church (photo).

Moby Dick (auto)

Gorilla Glue (auto).

There you have it, updated grow diary, now time for me to get on with some chores around the yard. So pop back next week and see the drama of of a small grow unfold, or unravel, until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Chemistry]

• Jul 16, 2023

Good morning tokers and growers, how are you all on this seriously hot morning. Yesterday I took the grave decision to halt my present grow, the heat here is over the top, so we are now down until Autumn when the heat wave passes. Said we would skip growing last year due to the heat, but we carried on, to the detriment of the plants, and the risk of a house fire, so we are down. We will return around September time, so until then, enjoy the rest of the Summer, until the Autumn, just keep toking folks.

 

[Chemistry]

On a lighter note, these came, delivered by Amazon.

 

[GoodShit97]

On a lighter note, these came, delivered by Amazon.
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Time to fire things back up!?
i alway enjoy popping in on your grows, pretty neat you just posted the last 3 years of your work.

 

[Chemistry]

Time to fire things back up!?
i alway enjoy popping in on your grows, pretty neat you just posted the last 3 years of your work.

Thanks for taking the time to read it all, doesn't seem like three years, think there's two years on my other thread, wish I'd saved the grows from the five years of Dank Den, but you can't win them all. Big 10/4 to firing up soon, was rifling through my seed box the other day.

 

[Chemistry]

Thanks @Chemistry for taking the time to do this! I’ll be watching!

Thank you.

 

[Rootsruler]

I might go back to plug propagation. Watching my GF transplanting rooted in soil clones almost gave me an aneurism. I rooted 6 but I'm guessing only half will survive after that.

 

[Chemistry]

I might go back to plug propagation. Watching my GF transplanting rooted in soil clones almost gave me an aneurism. I rooted 6 but I'm guessing only half will survive after that.

Give it a go, I favour the Root Riot cubes, as I seem to do well with them, I think SS uses them.

 

[GrumpAzz]

I might go back to plug propagation. Watching my GF transplanting rooted in soil clones almost gave me an aneurism. I rooted 6 but I'm guessing only half will survive after that.

I like that they're easy. Just stick in a seed and watch it pop. Once I see roots leaving the plug, I transfer mine to a netpot with hydroton. Here's the end result, after chop...

 

[Chemistry]

I'm a big fan of the Root Riot cubes.

 

[SSgrower]

Give it a go, I favour the Root Riot cubes, as I seem to do well with them, I think SS uses them.

Yes I do but I've never used them in propogation like you have, it's interesting technique. I like them for clones when I clone photoperiods. Great job as I enjoyed trolling thru this auto grow. My auto's are suprizing me a lot. Moby Dick is well known. Barney's Farm a known establishment. Thanks for the views Chemistry! SSgrower

 

[Max]

bet that took awhile to put all that up..looking forward to your start up chem.

 

[Chemistry]

bet that took awhile to put all that up..looking forward to your start up chem.

Yes it did. Not long now before I get going, just really busy at the minute, even the misses is missing me.

 

[Chemistry]

Yes I do but I've never used them in propogation like you have, it's interesting technique. I like them for clones when I clone photoperiods. Great job as I enjoyed trolling thru this auto grow. My auto's are suprizing me a lot. Moby Dick is well known. Barney's Farm a known establishment. Thanks for the views Chemistry! SSgrower

Just lost my Moby Dick to the heat wave we had, would have been a stunner, so much so, I'm thinking about ordering a pack, looks to be the same shape as yours, so that's a good sign.

 

[SSgrower]

Wow, that was a nice tall auto flower, mine isn't quite ready for harvest and the 2 other frosted skywalker are in jars already? Cheers SSgrower

 

[Chemistry]

Good morning tokers and growers, how are you all this fine sunny Autumn morning, hope your all well. Well here we are in our new home, time to fill out this new grow log. Still not got round to poppin seeds, the Church cuttings have been taken, so we'll see how they go, they look like they've re-vegged at some point, so it may be a grueller to get them going, we'll see how they go. But I've not been idle folks, the trim bucket has had some attention this week, another gallon and a half of trim was spun to produce some nice dry sift hash, it will be further pummelled in the ice bucket some time this next week, mid week probably to extract the rest of the trykes, the green remainder will be composted and spread on the garden. Out of the two methods, I lean towards the dry sift, better taste, as I believe that the water leaves a taint, unlike the dry method. If you've tried both methods you will know what I mean, if you've not tried both methods, then crack on and let me know what you think.

This is the trim.


I even chuck in the seeds, branches, chuck the lot in.


This is the spinner, just some mesh and a bit of board cobbled together, been going to build a better one for the last six years, but this one still works, one day.




Half fill the spinner with chopped trim, it works better if you chop it first, make sure it's bone dry.


How it works is, the tape at the top of the pic is connected to a windscreen motor, and the other end just rides on three bearings, the whole thing being housed in a plastic tub with a lid, this stops your sift blowing away.


Set it going, have a toke, and let the spinner spin for twenty minutes, then re-fill and go again, beware, that's a toke every twenty minutes, and this can add a little extra time to the job, like one spin every hour. You can see the trykes piling up as the spinner works its magic.
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Once its spun, scrape up your prize, sieve it through your chosen gauge of mesh. I don't use any particular size of mesh, as I find the fine stuff just blocks up, so I use a mesh that sieves all the trykes out but holds back the rubbish.




If all your hard work has paid off, then your really stoned, and you have one of these to weigh.


And there you go, dry sifting 101 for the beginner, give it a go, you'll be surprised. That's it for this week, so if you want more, then tune in next Saturday for a bubble bagging tutorial, and we'll see what's left in the spun trim, until next week, just keep tokin folks.

 

[Rootsruler]

Cool. I did something like that but on a larger scale. I used a plastic 5 gal bucket and cut sections out and covered them with SS mesh.

 

[Chemistry]

Cool. I did something like that but on a larger scale. I used a plastic 5 gal bucket and cut sections out and covered them with SS mesh.

One day I'm going to build another in alloy so its easier to clean.

 

[Rootsruler]

Mirror at the bottom makes collection super easy.

 

[Chemistry]

Good morning tokers and growers, how are you all this foggy Saturday morning, hope your all well. Still flat out at work, still very short of time. Had some spare time, so finished off the trim that we spun in the spinner last update, and worked it through the ice buckets using the work bag and the finest mesh bag, used all five bags the first time I used them, but lifes to short, hence I only use the two now, it will all get smoked in the end. So how did it all work out, lets have a look and see.

This is the dry trim from the spinner, after it has been spun, still a little more hash to extract from it.


To achieve the best results with this method, you need your water as cold as you can get it, because if you don't, your trim will just become a soggy mess.


I like to do this job in the bath tub, easy to clean after you make a mess. Blue bag is the work bag, and has the largest mesh, this allows the water to flush through the trim.


Once you've given the trim a good battering in the ice water, you should end up with some thing that resembles cat puke.


Give it a press though some mesh with tissue paper either side to extract as much water as you can, and you'll create this.


Let your cat puke dry a little, and your end result should be a lump of nice hash like this.


And there you go, a mini cruise around ice bucketing, I have the five gallon, five bag set of bubble bags, as I find the five gallons better to work with, and if I had had this information, I would not have bought the one gallon bags I purchased before, to small. You live and learn. And that's another entry entered, got to get a move on, got a stack of chores backing up, so until next time, hopefully next week, until then, just keep tokin folks.

 

[SSgrower]

As I trim and buck down my buds I have Keif that is collected for hash but, I don't smoke it much. Nice information for bubble hash for sure,Cheers SSgrower

 

[steamroller]

As I trim and buck down my buds I have Keif that is collected for hash but, I don't smoke it much. Nice information for bubble hash for sure,Cheers SSgrower

That is beside the beautiful flowers, the prize for all the hard work.
Love the kief/ hash that comes from trimming~!
Possibly my favorite part of the plant that comes naturally.

 

[Observer]

Good morning tokers and growers, how are you all this foggy Saturday morning, hope your all well. Still flat out at work, still very short of time. Had some spare time, so finished off the trim that we spun in the spinner last update, and worked it through the ice buckets using the work bag and the finest mesh bag, used all five bags the first time I used them, but lifes to short, hence I only use the two now, it will all get smoked in the end. So how did it all work out, lets have a look and see.

This is the dry trim from the spinner, after it has been spun, still a little more hash to extract from it.
View attachment 27379

To achieve the best results with this method, you need your water as cold as you can get it, because if you don't, your trim will just become a soggy mess.
View attachment 27380

I like to do this job in the bath tub, easy to clean after you make a mess. Blue bag is the work bag, and has the largest mesh, this allows the water to flush through the trim.
View attachment 27381

Once you've given the trim a good battering in the ice water, you should end up with some thing that resembles cat puke.
View attachment 27382

Give it a press though some mesh with tissue paper either side to extract as much water as you can, and you'll create this.
View attachment 27383

Let your cat puke dry a little, and your end result should be a lump of nice hash like this.
View attachment 27384

And there you go, a mini cruise around ice bucketing, I have the five gallon, five bag set of bubble bags, as I find the five gallons better to work with, and if I had had this information, I would not have bought the one gallon bags I purchased before, to small. You live and learn. And that's another entry entered, got to get a move on, got a stack of chores backing up, so until next time, hopefully next week, until then, just keep tokin folks.

Been wanting to get this setup.

Thanks for the simple walk through again.

 

[Max]

Good morning tokers and growers, how are you all this fine sunny Autumn morning, hope your all well. Well here we are in our new home, time to fill out this new grow log. Still not got round to poppin seeds, the Church cuttings have been taken, so we'll see how they go, they look like they've re-vegged at some point, so it may be a grueller to get them going, we'll see how they go. But I've not been idle folks, the trim bucket has had some attention this week, another gallon and a half of trim was spun to produce some nice dry sift hash, it will be further pummelled in the ice bucket some time this next week, mid week probably to extract the rest of the trykes, the green remainder will be composted and spread on the garden. Out of the two methods, I lean towards the dry sift, better taste, as I believe that the water leaves a taint, unlike the dry method. If you've tried both methods you will know what I mean, if you've not tried both methods, then crack on and let me know what you think.

This is the trim.
View attachment 25650

I even chuck in the seeds, branches, chuck the lot in.
View attachment 25651

This is the spinner, just some mesh and a bit of board cobbled together, been going to build a better one for the last six years, but this one still works, one day.
View attachment 25652

View attachment 25653

Half fill the spinner with chopped trim, it works better if you chop it first, make sure it's bone dry.
View attachment 25654

How it works is, the tape at the top of the pic is connected to a windscreen motor, and the other end just rides on three bearings, the whole thing being housed in a plastic tub with a lid, this stops your sift blowing away.
View attachment 25656

Set it going, have a toke, and let the spinner spin for twenty minutes, then re-fill and go again, beware, that's a toke every twenty minutes, and this can add a little extra time to the job, like one spin every hour. You can see the trykes piling up as the spinner works its magic.
View attachment 25657

Once its spun, scrape up your prize, sieve it through your chosen gauge of mesh. I don't use any particular size of mesh, as I find the fine stuff just blocks up, so I use a mesh that sieves all the trykes out but holds back the rubbish.
View attachment 25658

View attachment 25659

If all your hard work has paid off, then your really stoned, and you have one of these to weigh.
View attachment 25660

And there you go, dry sifting 101 for the beginner, give it a go, you'll be surprised. That's it for this week, so if you want more, then tune in next Saturday for a bubble bagging tutorial, and we'll see what's left in the spun trim, until next week, just keep tokin folks.

love this..I want one now.. I’m thinking of using an old 8’ phresh carbon filter .could work..hmmm

 

[Chemistry]

love this..I want one now.. I’m thinking of using an old 8’ phresh carbon filter .could work..hmmm

Build one Max, you'll not regret it, I'm going to build another better one out of alloy with stainless steel mesh so I can wash it with alcohol, and may be reap some oil, one day, when I have the time. Thanks for the feed back folks.

 

[Rootsruler]

I've run bubble hash a few times but I was too lazy to do all that work so I gave my bags to one of the clients I did a buildout for as they were into hash.

 

[SSgrower]

thanks for the help, a trellis net in a scrog, gotta research, Cheers SS

 

[Chemistry]

I've run bubble hash a few times but I was too lazy to do all that work so I gave my bags to one of the clients I did a buildout for as they were into hash.

Same, I only use the two bags.

 

[Chemistry]

thanks for the help, a trellis net in a scrog, gotta research, Cheers SS

Stuck you a pic up for reference.

 

[SSgrower]

Been wanting to get this setup.

Thanks for the simple walk through again.

Hey Observer, Chemistry is very skilled in the "Way" he grows, plenty experience. I have always followed his advise, he won't help if he doesn't know how,SS

 

[Chemistry]

Been wanting to get this setup.

Thanks for the simple walk through again.

If you have the space, go for one big Sativa in a 4x4 or bigger, every thing in veg goes flat under the net, when you flip to flower, then just let it flower as normal. The reason I scrog is to keep known shade huggers down in final height, as all the veg growth is flat, so you only have the stretch to contend with, and not the total end height.

 

[Observer]

If you have the space, go for one big Sativa in a 4x4 or bigger, every thing in veg goes flat under the net, when you flip to flower, then just let it flower as normal. The reason I scrog is to keep known shade huggers down in final height, as all the veg growth is flat, so you only have the stretch to contend with, and not the total end height.

Hello chemistry.

Maybe one day I'll end up running a sativa, I'm too impatient for em, but my GF prefers Sats.

 

[SSgrower]

Hey Chemistry.I'll let it grow in my scrog, now I can observe, shout out, Observer. Thanks for the help. SS grower

 

[Chemistry]

Hey Chemistry.I'll let it grow in my scrog, now I can observe, shout out, Observer. Thanks for the help. SS grower View attachment 29797

That looks fine.

 

[SSgrower]

How is your grow Chemistry? got any Christmas harvest? SSgrower

 

[Chemistry]

No grow at present SS, maybe in the new year, I have a mad urge to fire up a certain bunch of seeds I acquired from Amazon, I think their fakes, but who knows, and only one way to find out.

 

[Chemistry]

Hello chemistry.

Maybe one day I'll end up running a sativa, I'm too impatient for em, but my GF prefers Sats.

Give one a go, they flower for a small life time, but worth the wait, and some thing different.

 

[Chemistry]

Good morning tokers and growers, how are you all on this dark wet rainy day, hope your all well. Sorry about the lack of activity, but we are flat out at work, and at the minute I just get home from work and flop out, weekends are the same, time off is taken up by home chores, so time is a rare commodity lately. Anyway, I hope to be back at it in the new year, as work will drop off going into January. A while ago I bought some seeds from Amazon, and I have to say that I wasn't that bothered by the contents as they were quite cheap, I just wanted to buy these seeds from Amazon as they were the first seeds I'd seen on there, they were not covered by Prime. Thing is? Are they the real deal? Only one way to find out I suppose, and that's pop the little suckers and see. I grew one of the Tangerine Kush's, and it grew into a skinny looking little male, compost. So was this due them being regs, as I can't remember if they were bought as fems or not, it was a while ago. The plan is to pop them all at once, weed out the males and run any fems that may be left in the bunch. I've no indications on how this will work out, even the seller was banned two weeks after I purchased the seeds, so no info to be gained there. Lets look at the seeds, maybe some one out there bought some seeds from this vendor and did well with them, let me know if its you. Lets look at the seeds.

Blue Auto. Going to plant these at the front, and the taller plants at the back.


Girl Scout Cookies.


Kali Mist.


Tangerine Kush.


So that's the plan, will it pop will it flop, only one way to find out. 19 seeds to pop in a space that supports only four plants, going to be tight if they all turn out to be female, or it could turn into a solid block of muff, nice. That's it, for this update, until next time, only one thing left to do, and that's just keep tokin folks.