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Oh man I'm in if I can get a permission slip from the wife...sounds fun!

The vertical germinators are cool but I'm yet to let them actually kick their shell off in the thing. I get them about an inch long then put em in cups.....I love it tho compared to just an old wet paper towel in a bag...nice they don't pig tail, seem to grow real straight afterwards too
I got you

 
How do you like doing it vertical?

You interested in a road trip to hook up with @CannaGranny in southern mo for 42024? She's got a festival we are talking about sponsoring down there. There's a top of the line, soon to be classic and priceless BB T in it for ya. And I'll give you the legal limit out of my private stash to share with whoever you want. I'll get a contact buzz off you without even smoking.
lol at contact buzz!
Just making sure you know the 420 event is in Willow Springs. The event you are showing in S’ville is June 1 and 2. It’s the Willow Springs event that I want to do. I don’t know if I could handle listening to some of the bands they mentioned playing for two days! Punk rock is for sure not my bag! Willow is also a private venue, but it will be kept under control. The one at the campground could end up being a free for all, and I would want to be able to leave when I wanted.
 
@CannaGranny @Moe.Red Would be fun for sure.

March 16th tree 1 four genetics and vibe cannabis are throwing a free seed day event down town... thinking about hitting it up I follow dude on IG and he is legit

We need something...like a business card but maybe a little more enticing...a business card with one of those little crack baggies decorated with pot leaves...and a seed to grow.....bb needs a house strain...maybe we should look into feminizing a clone only against another elite and making a house strain to give out at events and also maybe to throw observer like 500 for a solo cup run 😜🤔

Would lend nicely to grow off comps as well...opinions?
 
lol at contact buzz!
Just making sure you know the 420 event is in Willow Springs. The event you are showing in S’ville is June 1 and 2. It’s the Willow Springs event that I want to do. I don’t know if I could handle listening to some of the bands they mentioned playing for two days! Punk rock is for sure not my bag! Willow is also a private venue, but it will be kept under control. The one at the campground could end up being a free for all, and I would want to be able to leave when I wanted.
I was just remarking to the wife how old I was because I did not recognize a single band on that list.

I'm good with Willow Springs. When I bought the farm in SVille we closed on it there. I'll look at motels.
 
End of week 8 beginning of week 9 update. Nothin to do in the tents today but wait. Flower tent is a week from chop.

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Veg tent has recovered nice I took 2 clones from each of the contest plants to try and see if I could get them to clone on the chance one or more are superb. Also beat down the LB's on the right the day prior. On those I cut the plants damn near in half and they were praying less than an hour later. IMG_20240303_082101432_HDR.jpg
Need to uppot coffee crisp she getting to big for the cup but I'm waiting on the dip-n-stix to do them both at once.
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The deathstar x cherry moonshine are just starting to break on thru to the other side 🤘🏻
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With everything handled that let's me slip out to enjoy the nice weather hope everyone else does too. Thanks for stopping in to kick it a minute.
 
End of week 8 beginning of week 9 update. Nothin to do in the tents today but wait. Flower tent is a week from chop.

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Veg tent has recovered nice I took 2 clones from each of the contest plants to try and see if I could get them to clone on the chance one or more are superb. Also beat down the LB's on the right the day prior. On those I cut the plants damn near in half and they were praying less than an hour later. View attachment 47548
Need to uppot coffee crisp she getting to big for the cup but I'm waiting on the dip-n-stix to do them both at once.
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The deathstar x cherry moonshine are just starting to break on thru to the other side 🤘🏻
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With everything handled that let's me slip out to enjoy the nice weather hope everyone else does too. Thanks for stopping in to kick it a minute.
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So this morning after nine days of worry, spreading pics and looking.. my cat came home!
Very weird, he has lost no weight, is well hydrated and has no battle wounds. Seems someone has had him. He is a rare fawn abyssinian.
He sure is happy to be home!
The Hubby let him in the house and I woke this morning being jumped on with some voracious meowing, purrs and loving. What a great way to start the day! 🥰🥰🥰
He got out made a few little kittens got fed and took a damn nap! Had so much fun he skipped Sunday funday LMAO! Glad he came home to mom

Be sure to give him the once over for ticks, warm weather lately I've seen all kinds of shit coming out
 
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He got out made a few little kittens got fed and took a damn nap! Had so much fun he skipped Sunday funday LMAO! Glad he came home to mom
I know, someone had him. No way he is in this shape after nine days.
Sorry for posting this on your thread, thought I was on mine lol. That’s why I deleted it.
 
Here we can check out my success rate in this round of cloning. This is a process I use but usually forget something along the way in doing so and mess up so lets hope I get nearly 100%.

For this I am doing 2 clones off each seed plant from the contest.
Afterglow, gelato, Durban Thai x c99, and cocoa nibbles. I am also doing a tray of LBeezys to see how I can do.

First I take some cuts, preferably plenty extraIMG_20240301_155556768.jpg
Next I trim each cut up by removing all lower nodes and trimming the leaves back to reduce the plants desire for photosynthesis and focus it to rooting. Most I trim more but sometimes I leave extra I find it not to matter much.
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Next I ready my clone solution. I use distilled water and add clone x clone solution til I reach between 350 and 400 ppms IMG_20240302_200609971.jpg
Next I pH the water to roughly 6.0. It started slightly above 5 as you can see so I brought it up best I could without trying to lower it back down, ended up at 6.2 which should be ok.IMG_20240302_201004367.jpgIMG_20240302_201155168.jpg
Next I ready my jiffy peat pellets. 6 bucks for a 36 pack at the local hardware store. I then soak them on a container with the clone solution water I just made up.
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While that is soaking I ready my clone x gel for dipping. I use an old jar I got some wax in and pour some gel into it, I never dip directly into the bottle. I've read clone x once activated only lasts around 20 minutes. So I pour my little jug full and this is when I make my angled cuts on the plant stem and also scrape a fine layer back about a half inch up the stem IMG_20240302_213806745.jpgIMG_20240302_213751961.jpg
Next they get dipped 2 to 4 at a time. I used the stems of the others as a brush to paint the gel all up around the stem nice evenly.IMG_20240302_213908787_HDR.jpg
I plug them into their peat pellets but 1 thing I have a hard time picturing here is me squeezing some of the water out of the pellets and when I feel is enough. So when you plug a cut into a soggy peat pellets it wallows a hole and just loosely flops around in there. It's TOO MOIST!!! (like your mom). Give it a squeeze until you can firm up the plug around the stem. Don't be gentle just mash it enough so the stem and plant are firmly in there. It hasn't thrown roots yet so nothing will get hurt in being rough just don't break the stem.
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Finished up the rest the following day so I checked the pH on the clone solution I had mixed up as my pellets had sort of dried overnight. It drifted back down toward 6 so I'm gonna go ahead and re-soak the pellets.IMG_20240303_103251338.jpg
Here is the tray of LBeezys...
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Last I mist the dome and close the vents to hold everything in...throw a hygrometer in there and try to hit between 85-95% humidity at around 70-74F. I wipe down the dome daily and add new spray to the walls. I don't really spray the plants directly although I do check the pellets every day and spray them if they get too dry.
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Allow 10 to 14 days for roots to form. So I should realize success a week after my other tent is harvested. Hope this helps someone (hope it works lol 😆)
 
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Using the window for some light, today I opened the vents on the lid just a bit....will have to check more often so they don't dry out. One didn't make it on the LBeezys...had a few iffy ones I was trying and of the 3, one decided to give up the ghost. Should have gotten to the big tray of clones sooner they are yellowing some. Took them a day earlier than the others and made the clones a day later than the others...I took them less serious bc I got extras. Just mostly trying to start a couple new plants and toss the old bigger ones.IMG_20240305_102735673_HDR.jpg
 
Nice plants sir. Clone B will be chopped about the same time as yours.

I still use peat pucks for seeds more than anything else. I only use the big trays for when I do the big spring garden veggie seeds. We can’t have more than 4 cannabis at a time. I’m slowly making a four cell seedling tray. One that does clones or seedlings.

Looks like your going to have a great harvest. 👍
 
Yea I'm pretty happy with it, we will see the final tally but buds are still pretty good size for the smaller pot size and shorter veg time...

One of these times growing this one ill actually start the training early and see how she really is...both times I kinda just was like screw it flower them sort of deal. The finally weight will tell me if I'm liking the 3 and 2 gallon pots or not
 
Yea I'm pretty happy with it, we will see the final tally but buds are still pretty good size for the smaller pot size and shorter veg time...

One of these times growing this one ill actually start the training early and see how she really is...both times I kinda just was like screw it flower them sort of deal. The finally weight will tell me if I'm liking the 3 and 2 gallon pots or not

I have hundreds of the same strain from a buddy. Growing the same one different ways and using different styles taught me a lot. Especially the one I did outside.

None have been perfect but I am getting results I expect and can tell to an extent how healthy they are. However once I got to the flowering stage the new strain, NL, didn’t like being fed the same. Not enough N for the back end.

Looks like you’re getting down quickly. 👍
 
The end of week 9 in the flower tent, day 63 for the lazy bikers and I'm either going 65 or 70 days still haven't totally decided, going to scope them later today for more insight
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Here is a look at the veg tent, it's starting to play a role in my decision to chop the flower tent ..packed full especially after I up potted the coffee crisp and dip-n-stix to 3 gallon pots.
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Clone update....lost 1 in the lazy biker tray and lost 1 in the contest seed tray .....got a couple more in the contest seed tray that look like they may not make it but they also might, I cut them super short trying some shit ...so no 100%
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Thanks for checking in as always....stay hi
 
Stunning my bro, hell yea! Outstanding work, absolutely gorgeous 👊
Thanks sweet they aren't as perky as id like I don't think I'm truly watering them enough. Rather under than over water though I suppose. I get water delivered and a couple times with this plant count I've been down to my last jug...probably need to back down and grow bigger plants

G$ has me anxious to try those aether x GDP...just started some reg seeds so I think they'll be soon depending how I deal with sexing the ones I'm currently running
 
Harvest was a success. Long feckin day went 730am til 330 am...so 20 hours to switch everything and break everything down. Little longer than I wanted but it's done now so that's good.

Thinking about my friends that ain't around to enjoy this bounty with me, dug up some old pics to share...

"MDK and the Phuck Use". RIP they'd rightfully expect me to be growing some killer buds in these days. We had a gang sign 😀
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Damn, 😩

Anywho here are some pics for the harvest, thinking about doing a guess the weight game and maybe offering up a pack of seeds to the closest guess? If so I'll make a thread specifically for it.

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Anyway thanks for the views, if y'all wanna start taking a guess go for it...I should make a thread but I'll wait and see if people jump on it first a bit... probably be Greenpoint seeds, fems of some sorts. I'll get better pics for the thread if people wanna play...or a short video of it all so you can kinda see what's there

Peace ✌🏻

*Edit anyone who guesses in here and would like to adjust their guess if I make a thread and post a video showing more than you thought, that will be accepted...those pics don't tell the tale
 
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Lost but not forgotten. It's a sad day when the young ones get pulled away but it sure helps us all recognize what's really important.

My guess is gonna be 343 grams.
 
Ok no shit ....I think the Phuck Use are fucking with me

See the dam smiling face 🧐😳😲😵‍💫IMG_20240313_175025569.jpg

Ok really weird after I seen the jokers face above I saw a face profile in the cloud. Kind of changed before I got a picture but looked like my buddy in the boats facial profile he had a button nose.... creepy
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So it gets a little funnier yet. I called my buddy who I've mentioned before on here as "hotdog" so I call hotdog and I'm telling him the story and I sent him the pics and he was like that's wild, he was driving with another friend of ours. He calls me back about 15 mins later and he is like "did you see my text?". Nope. He said dude billygoat is fuckin with us both now...he said I'm driving towards town look at what i just saw...by the time i looked it was looking more like a glock pistol...i said that pistol? He said it is now, but look what it used to be

What it used to be 😂

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Drying in my veg tent, temp is a little bit warmer than I like but humidity is staying dead nuts 60... nice I'll take it all dayScreenshot_20240316-124009~2.png

Humidity currently rising in my other tent pay that no mind had a dehu on I didn't mean to have on....whoops
 
Getting ready to figure out what's next in line here. Currently have 2 veg tents and I'm gonna wait til my plants are where I want them before flipping, no hard timeline on that. Low humidity, like real low has these ladies upset a bit. Trying a couple airpots Moe gave me, see how they go.

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My clones I was posting about that I haven't updated? Yea I neglected the shit out of them again....vpd issues...low heat. Some of my gear still serves two purposes and when you got a lot going on at once it's hard to take something from over here and use it over there...so I just let the clones mostly die, a few made it which is all I needed. Doing more cloning currently taking them a little more serious this time, had just too much going on recently. Anyway the cups on the bowl are the clones yea not too many survivors, I gave 2 away. IMG_20240318_203142374_HDR.jpg
This whole tent looked sorry as hell when I took the pic....got a couple charlie brown trees I basically left a couple leafs on to see if they'll take the abuse. I pulled 95% of their leaves 😬
Got a couple jars I need to burp before I tally final weight...IMG_20240319_005514767.jpg
 
Little Sunday update, upping the pots today. The contest seeds needed some nutes but I had been busy so they got fresh soil today. Also put the super glazed haze into an airpot, I love the way that plant is growing, got my eye on her. So everything in the flower tent is in 5 gallons now waiting to flip. IMG_20240324_093134928_HDR.jpg
Also up potted the Deathstar x Cherry Moonshine from DFG. Showing them a little love, get them out of the cups.IMG_20240324_110902664_HDR.jpg

Time to get stoned ✌🏻
 
Little look at the flower tent, the 4 lighter color plants are the contest seeds I let get away from me a little bit. Trying to green them up some before I flip them. In the back we got lazy biker, super glazed haze, and then another lazy biker on the right (darker plant). The gelato I'm finding to be a mag whore.IMG_20240328_190928149_HDR.jpg
Here's the veg side of things
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/\ clones in cups some lazy biker some from contest...all but gelato...which she is being a bitch anyway...in the little pots we got the deathstar x cherry moonshine from DFG looking happy as always.
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Really monster fans on the Dip-n-stix, I thought the coffee crisp next to her had big fans til those dino paws popped out
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And of course we got these ever tall lazy bikers I was lazy with...they've lived a miserable life but stay pretty happy in that little 2 gallon pot....these may be my outdoor attempt for this year IDK...maybe toss them out there and see how they do. I love the smoke she puts off.
 
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It was definitely dank, complete day wrecker, don't smoke it if you got plans that's my only tip lol.
I ordered and got some GDP x Wilson from Masonic and am waiting to get Jeff's PDR and Irie's tester Skunk up an running. As soon as I get more of DFG's beans I am popping them 1st. Nice grow MDK and congrats on the Baseball raffle! S
 
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