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SSHZ does Ethos "Zsweet Inzanity".........again

No seeds, no tracking......... I’m not concerned cause I have a fallback, those Ethos Manadains, which are nice in their own right. Issue with Jeff’s seeds is they are out of stock now and I may have gotten the last of them. If I don’t get them, I’ll just reverse back out the PayPal charge.
 
SSHZ said:
No seeds, no tracking......... I’m not concerned cause I have a fallback, those Ethos Manadains, which are nice in their own right. Issue with Jeff’s seeds is they are out of stock now and I may have gotten the last of them. If I don’t get them, I’ll just reverse back out the PayPal charge.
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They are coming!
 
I did not mean to post my above comments here.....I was having a converation with Max in messaging and we got messed up. Jeff (DragonsFlame) already explained to me he was fighting Covid, among other things, and he was crazy busy right now and said they would be coming. Don't let this be a reflection on Jeff, just look at MadMax's grows with DragonFlame stuff and be amazed. Max has been pushing me for months and monthss to do some of his stuff, and I just couldn't take the nagging anymore so I pulled the trigger finally. LOL
 
I thought I'd get everyone up to speed tonight. Today is day 64, I'll cut everything in days 70 and 71 (and maybe 72 if necessary). All fertilization has been stopped, just plain water from here on out. Under the LED's, I'm still still some hairs on some of the main colas. With lights out, under a strong flashlight, I'm seeing the buds are packed with resin. Very little clear or amber coloring, mostly cloudy all over. Wanting these to finish more, I've reduced the ON hours soome more, now at 10 on and 14 off. I'm also only watering when everything is really dry, but not wilting.

The one plant I thought was done, is but I haven't taken it down yet. Probably tomorrow though, I'll get to it. That plant stopped drinking water, it may be over done at this point. There is not much weight to it so I don't really care. This plant wasn't right all grow long for some reason.

There's some yellowing in the sun leaves now, the plants are utilizing what left inside them and they'll continue to yellow up this last week, which is fine. I won't need to flush, as the regular plain watering will accomplish that.

I may add some molasses at some point. It won't hurt anything and will add a bit of sweetness to the flavor and taste in the end. I own a jar, I might as well use it up. I prefer to keep the room a few degrees cooler right now, 78 degrees is ideal, so I'll leave the door open during the hours the light is on. The humidifier is set at 60%, I don't want any mold. I'll also be stingy with the water.

I'll take a few pic's at lights on tomorrow........
 
Watered tonight, big and dense colas falling all over the room. I’m spending as little time as possible in there so it doesn’t upset me. Lol. These could easily go to 80 days, but low 70’s will be fine. I cut that one plant finally today..........lots of fluff I just threw out, but a couple of real nice, we’ll done oz too.
 
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Update.......looks like I'll extend the chopping until next week, maybe Wed/Thurs. That will be day 74/75 in flowering. I'm not real happy about it, but I think they can benefit from the extra days. With that though, it means I'll have to remove the 4 plants from the back and stake them, as they are already leaning into others. Of the 12 plants on that side, 8 have been staked, 4 have not. It has to be done, I won't prolong it anymore. Tomorrow is the day.........

One of the reasons I decided to go this way is we are going to have a weather change next week here in the mid-Atlantic, with the highs in the 50's and low in the 30's or low 40's. This means the heat will cycle on and off, and that quickens drying quite a bit in the basement.

I will need a bunch of stakes though, as all my short one have been used already. Those are all 4 footers. I have 5 footers in the garage, about 25 of those which I think I cut down to 4 feet in the morning. At lights on, at 11AM, I'll then get to those plants and stake them up. Then I can sleep at night and feel better about the next week or so.
 
Ripped the undone side out, tons of monster colas leaning to the floor. Staked everything and i'm good to go until next week. About 1/2 the room is done but as Soma always said, when you think it's done, wait another week so i will. People who get to try this stuff are going to be very impressed...........
 
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Update.......looks like I'll extend the chopping until next week, maybe Wed/Thurs. That will be day 74/75 in flowering. I'm not real happy about it, but I think they can benefit from the extra days. With that though, it means I'll have to remove the 4 plants from the back and stake them, as they are already leaning into others. Of the 12 plants on that side, 8 have been staked, 4 have not. It has to be done, I won't prolong it anymore. Tomorrow is the day.........

One of the reasons I decided to go this way is we are going to have a weather change next week here in the mid-Atlantic, with the highs in the 50's and low in the 30's or low 40's. This means the heat will cycle on and off, and that quickens drying quite a bit in the basement.

I will need a bunch of stakes though, as all my short one have been used already. Those are all 4 footers. I have 5 footers in the garage, about 25 of those which I think I cut down to 4 feet in the morning. At lights on, at 11AM, I'll then get to those plants and stake them up. Then I can sleep at night and feel better about the next week or so.
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Told ya to stack up on stakes…but wasn’t for this grow…maybe the nxt or the one after…
you going to run the mandarin nxt
 
Haven't decided.....this was a tough grow. May do the Mandarins next since, by your words, the Orange Dream will be a tougher grow. i want to go thru your grow again, then i'll decide. I still have to decide whether to start up before or after my surgery on the 13th......
 
I’d wait man..how long will it take you to recover from the extension 😁.

edit.you will shit it in sshz..staking I reckon will b the only major thing you will have to do..
 
Recovery is only a few days............. i should be able to water it no issues. Its outpatient, unless there's complications so i should be home same day.

i was even thinking about growing half a room of each, but that won't be easier either.
 
DragonFlames order came today......very generous freebies. The regular Garlic Breath's will be offered in next months Budbuilders contest, along with some other things.

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Zamal dreams is next for me also.:cool:
Jeff is very generous with freebies he adds to purchases.(y)
 
Waiting longer is definitely improving things on a plant by plant basis......... Maybe Monday or Tuesday........

By the way, $250 total for the entire Dragonsflame order.......that's a bargain from anyone perspective.

By the way, I did stop the UV-B......not particular reason, more about laziness than anything else.
 
Mine near cost twice that ,same amount of pks,our dollar is stuffed against the greenback..waiting for tracking.
 
if it's Saturday, it must be 10 weeks finished in flowering. i'm still not sure when i'll start cutting but it will be no later than Wednesday for sure. Theres some yellowing going on in the room but i'm amazed how green some of the plants remain. Only other thing to report is last time i grew these, the buds, especially the main colas, weren't particularly dense. Their time, these are way chunkier. I'm not sure it's the bud enhancing "Overdrive"I used, or letting them go longer, or both things, but these are monsters.
 
I decided to do the Ethos Mandarin Cookies next grow, and save the Orange Dream for the grow after. The Ethos will be an easier grow overall, and I’ve had the seeds longer. I reviewed a number of grows of it on Reddit and Growdiaries and the reviews were outstanding overall.

I’m starting to cut on Monday and without killing myself, hopefully I’ll get done Wednesday some time. I can usually go 8 solid hours of trimming with getting tired or achy, and about 20 hours total is my norm for the full room. It takes about 45 minutes a plant to trim it all up properly.

On Thursday i’ll Clean the room and start the new seeds, and by Saturday I should have the dirt work done and i’ll officially have a start.
 
GoodShit97 said:
Pretty sure thats one you gave me to try, says mc on the bag.
Has a really nice flavor and high too it. I really enjoyed that last night before bed, its was great 👊🏼👊🏼
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That is original MC; https://www.ethosgenetics.com/genetics/original-mandarin-cookies-r1
SSHZ will be growing the new type which I have 2 of growing now.
One is a mutant and the other stands as one of the biggest in the room.

MANDARIN COOKIES R3 — E T H O S

www.ethosgenetics.com www.ethosgenetics.com

Glad you enjoyed it.(y)
 
This one zero’s in on the better parts of the strain, as it’s a melding of two different phenos. I am growing tired of these “Cookie” strains, as they aren’t too exciting anymore. But I own the seeds and I want to use them. I usually start 30 seeds to find 24 healthy plants, these I only have 25 so I’m going to start a few of something else, which I haven’t decided on yet. I have a lot to choose from, including some Unreleased Ethos testers.........
 
@Moe.Red going to help me with stealth sshz with a mystery box.if it works out I will b able to send a strain that I selected different phenos which you would like..even growing one or 2 as a sample in your room.I’m growing them right now..
 
Send it, I'll send it back to you with a bunch of special things I have on hand i know you'll like..........

Tomorrow is the day, I hope to get half the room chopped in 8+ hours. I'll start at 10am, no breaks other than some lunch.........

I also love it when people know I'm trimming and they ask me to go to the post office to mail them some previous things.
 
8.5 hours cutting, got 8 plants done. Will do another 8 tomorrow. Such a nice strain!
 

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Very Durban like, smells like Durban's from the 80's. 72 days flowering seems to be about the perfect time for these, as they ripened quickly these these 5-6 days with the light change to 11/13. I would have taken my obligatory scissor hash hit already but i've been fighting bronchitis and it wouldn't be a fair judgement..........I'd be surprised if I'm not right at 100-105 oz for the room, considering the density and quantity of buds, with not much fluff at all.
 
A success sshz 👍 tell us abit about your hang room enviroment and hang time.
 
1200 sq. ft basement, dried out in the open, not in the rooms. I try to keep it dark most of the time. I just run string across the top ceiling, and hang fully trimmed branches along there. Temps average around 70 degrees, I often run a dehumidifer and a fan in the area too to keep humidity in line. I usually hang for 6-7 days for larger cola's, and then place in tupperware without any stems for a constant open and close releasing humidity- up tp 10X a day. I plan on hanging these longer, letting them dry quicker and packaging what's leaving by the 11th or 12th since my surgery is the 13th.

I'm constantly on the lookout for mold, especially since these are pretty dense. I have no problem raising the temp's a few degrees if I feel things are moving too slowly. I've done it long enough I just have a feel for it all now and don't go by any absolute standard. My friends always comment that my buds "stay" really well for a long time when sealed, actually months and months later. I leave about 5% (a guess) extra moisture in them, just enough so they'll never mold, so at no point will they ever be overdried, as long as they aren't opened out of their packaging on and off. This is all really a testiment to Seal A Meal Bags, and how well they hold up over time.

With all this, over course over time they only get better, as they age and cure. Last night I opened a package of Tony Green's "Bubble Head", which I did about 9 months ago- and it was still perfect, like the day I sealed it. My daughter in law was asking for something, and she specifically requested that one.

Lastly, I have quite a bit of pot in the house right now, and I'm about to convert much of my older stuff to dry-ice hash...........I have 2 customers that can sell all I give them, and around now til New Years, hash and gummies do really well.
 
Haha…truck filters a little different though..effective .I clean mine out with air hose .
 
Finished day 2 of chopping, one more day to go...........8 plants still standing. Still haven't tried it.
 
Exhausted…….. 22 hours to complete the room. Video coming shortly.
 
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