Zen_seeker’s DIY Mixmash

[Zen_seeker]

My garden did pretty good also

Cool. We’ve had a couple dozen English and Pickling cucumbers. Maybe the same with the tomatoes but they only just started to turn red. All the peppers are slow too. Only one red out of three different varieties.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240821: Day 46F W7



SL


JB


PD


Zen 2


Zen 1


Basement and main floor smell like weed now. Mix of sweet, spice and that musky heavy stank. With and underlying smell of laundry soap?

 

[Zen_seeker]

Jilly Bean S1


Strawberry Lemonade

 

[Zen_seeker]

My 1g challenge entry.

Haunted Banana F1


This is right after transplant Thursday.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Purple Diesel

 

[Zen_seeker]

Strawberry Lemonade

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240826:

Lights on.


SL


JB (Left) & PD


SL & PD should be done by day 70. However JB promises to be a bit longer with all those white hairs sticking up.

Considering the two plants are only 36” tall I’m impressed with the size and weight of the colas.

I never did a defoliation after week 3. Other than higher humidity it doesn’t seem to be an issue. Yet. It is mold season…

I’d love it if the temps dropped again. Let them finish in style and color.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Testing video size & length. Both are under 15 seconds and 15mb.

SL
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JB & PD
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[GoodShit97]

Testing video size & length. Both are under 15 seconds and 15mb.

SL
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JB & PD
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Man, Strawberry Lemonade was always a colorful one for me too.
She's gonna be real nice in a few more weeks.

 

[GrumpAzz]

I wanna say the limit is around 30MB

 

[Zen_seeker]

Man, Strawberry Lemonade was always a colorful one for me too.
She's gonna be real nice in a few more weeks.

Thanks. She’s super frosty and has a great aroma. The buds are heavy, I need to keep clipping ties onto colas, but not real big/swollen. Probably me but I hope I get some more weight on her before harvest. I have a funny feeling I’m going to want more.

 

[GoodShit97]

Thanks. She’s super frosty and has a great aroma. The buds are heavy, I need to keep clipping ties onto colas, but not real big/swollen. Probably me but I hope I get some more weight on her before harvest. I have a funny feeling I’m going to want more.

When I grew it I ran it back to back 5 grows. It was just all around good smoke. Always uplifting too.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Had to string up a few colas last night. SL isn’t chunky but she is heavy.



Even the underside of leaves are frosty

 

[Zen_seeker]

Jilly Bean

Trying the pinch method to stop fox tails but leaving this one alone.

Light was at 99,700 LUX for a month. Just bumped it down to 65,000.

I didn’t mind a little tip burn but it’s moving to the sides of the fingers now. It’s week 8.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Had to thin out the foliage. To humid and bushy.

Could use more but small bites for now.

PD



JB


Start of week nine. Neither of these plants look like they are done growing yet.

I get the feeling SL will be harvested alone in another two weeks. Not optimal but as long as one tent is empty I can work with it.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Took some trichome pics yesterday.


Time for a treat. Been a while.


Half are regular.


Clean up and enjoy.


Hoping she has time to give me seeds for next year.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240904: Day 60F

Getting closer to the finish line. Smells like a dispensary in the basement. I’m okay with that.

Strawberry Lemonade


Purple Diesel

Jilly Bean


I think SL will be ready sometime next week. PD a little after that. But I’ve been warned JB might go to W13.

 

[4Plants]

They look like they wanna keep trucking! Gorgeous plants

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240905: Day 61F W9



Humidity is an issue again but worse with JB & PD. I should have just pulled them out earlier when I could without damaging the colas. Now they are way to heavy and drooping. So a quick trim from above, the front and the bottom it is. My back will sing later but that’s the reminder to get it done right next time.



Top right has two leaners I need to string up. Ordered yo-yos but they won’t be here until harvest.

I hope that wasn’t too much this late in the game but I’ve seen enough WPM and bud rot pics for this year. Don’t need to add mine. All done.



@Pipecarver your pinch trick might be working. The front right is the one I cut the foxtail off of. Two on the left I left alone. The one in the back right is chubbing out on her own. So not conclusive but worth trying again. Front left maybe. But another day.

 

[Pipecarver]

20240905: Day 61F W9

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Humidity is an issue again but worse with JB & PD. I should have just pulled them out earlier when I could without damaging the colas. Now they are way to heavy and drooping. So a quick trim from above, the front and the bottom it is. My back will sing later but that’s the reminder to get it done right next time.

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Top right has two leaners I need to string up. Ordered yo-yos but they won’t be here until harvest. View attachment 71641

I hope that wasn’t too much this late in the game but I’ve seen enough WPM and bud rot pics for this year. Don’t need to add mine. All done. View attachment 71647View attachment 71648


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@Pipecarver your pinch trick might be working. The front right is the one I cut the foxtail off of. Two on the left I left alone. The one in the back right is chubbing out on her own. So not conclusive but worth trying again. Front left maybe. But another day.

looking good, being too heavy to hold themselves up is a good problem to have. I'll use bamboo poles for individual stalk support then lattice off them with a cross piece to another pole, You're close anyways, another week or so they're done???

 

[Zen_seeker]

looking good, being too heavy to hold themselves up is a good problem to have. I'll use bamboo poles for individual stalk support then lattice off them with a cross piece to another pole, You're close anyways, another week or so they're done???

SL should be done in the next week, maybe two. Weather keeps going up and down.

PD will be next, it’s slowing down. But still filling out. It’s up to water bottle width.

Followed by JB. I only just noticed orange pistils on a few spots here/there while trimming out the lowers and middle. Hoping she finishes sooner than later. I don’t like the way she has all the middle leaves growing so close together. Like hairy legs. Just inviting humidity and mold. But they are frosty.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240908: Day 64F W10

This should be the last lap for SL & PD. JB has really started to change after leaving the window open overnight the last week. More purple in the leaves and orange pistils are spreading.

Everything has put on weight and is drooping. SL was first but PD had surpassed it now. JB is going to be a monster she’s got the biggest colas.

Coldest night yet. 9* this morning outside and 13* inside the basement.


SL


JB & PD



SL



So far this has been a great run. The weather has been our biggest issue with humidity being the main problem. I usually rely on the seasons to help with each grow to harvest but it’s been tough this year.

What a difference a night can make.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240911: Day 67F W10

I’ve been fighting major humidity for a month or more. Only recently getting a good day or two before more rain and high RH again.

As an example this is the 8th at 8pm, an hour after lights on.


The 9th an hour after lights out .

Just keeps on keeping on.


Hard to remove humidity even with a room dehumidifier when it’s 90%RH outside.

So with only days or a bit more to go Jilly Bean got bud rot. So far I’ve lost the three biggest colas. One a day for the last three days. Smallest was the size of a hard ball baseball.

I’m pissed and disappointed.

My grown room has no windows. It’s also a hallway used daily so I can rarely keep doors closed. I depend on the weather and being able to open a window in the adjoining room to keep the environment in check. Didn’t work out this time.



I’ll post more pics in the next one.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Bud rot pics.



Bigger than a baseball.


Another cola.



And another cola…

Dissected to see where it starts and how it spreads.

Not going to lie, this hurt. Especially after yanking the Northern Lights last grow and taking the winter off.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240911: Day 67F W10

Hearts not in it but moving on…

JB on the left, PD the right.


What’s left of JB, for now…



PD is growing in and around JB but I can find no trace of mold/rot yet. JB should still have a few weeks but PD should finish first.


SL should be coming down any day. Haven’t scoped this week. Got a little distracted.

So… SL should be good. The rest is up in the air. I can’t move them so I’ll have to wait, watch and deal with it.

 

[steamroller]

Pretty sure you can still make a tincture with the bad buds and a little alcohol.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Pretty sure you can still make a tincture with the bad buds and a little alcohol.

They are outside in a plastic tub. Waiting for tomorrows garbage day. Other than bottle hash I’m not setup for anything else. Also I don’t know how or what I’d need to do to make a tincture.

I was saving for a tumbler but now it might just go to another dehumidifier, but not sure it will help in the long run.

I saved a few buds to dry and test. I sprayed them with H2O2 just leaving to soak in a plastic tub a while. Then put on paper towel to dry.

I’m a little worried to try but just have to know if it was any good.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240913: Day 69F W10

I thought I saw one set of buds with rot so I removed and checked the rest.

JB on the left looks a little shorter.



PD


SL


The plan is to take her down on the weekend.

 

[Zen_seeker]

20240915: Day 71F W11

Strawberry Lemonade was chopped at 4am. Took me about an hour to chop, unwind and hang the branches. I was able to do it in a few big chunks. Good thing I have long arms.

First remove all the orange support ties.



Then I try to chop each branch off the main trunk one at a time starting bottom up. Then slowly unwrap from the net.

Last branch.


Only had one accidental cut so it’s the tester in a few days…


Now the real work, clean up and putting in the next Gen.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Cleaning tents and moving things around.

No new mold/rot on JB and PD doesn’t seem bothered by it.

I’m stuck at 70/70 for drying SL so a little concerned about that.

We need to many things replaced so I’m skipping saving for the tumbler. Fans are a priority but at $150 a pair I have to wait until Black Friday. A more modern dehumidifier would be nice but I’ll have to watch for sales.

I’m replacing my smashed stash jar and aging roller with a new setup. It’s been 25 years so I think it’s okay to splurge a bit.




I also needed a better, shorter, adapter to fill my old 1 pound propane cans.

Falls here, more yard clean up and time to swap summer stuff for winter stuff. Trees to trim and a garage to go through. Yay