A World On A String

[Jericho Mile]

On Building Hell Mox

On Building Hell Mox

Below: 1st batch Hell Hound IX1 and Mox Mox IX1 males...2 each..vegging to bigger sizes



The tactic employed will be a couple different runs of males. The 4 above will start it out...do some pollinating on the 1st of the females...then maybe...I'll add in a couple more males later on...to mix with the pollens from the previous 4.

I figure that as this initial build of Hell Mox is going to take me..all fall and a good portion of the winter season...and that it will take me that time...to rotate all the females through...

that it should be looked at...as more than one run...therefore...the latter females will see pollens..the former did not see...kind of a progression in the pollinations...elaborating upon. Adding the pollens of even more males...probably comes closer to an open pollination. Can't hurt to cover as many expressions as possible in the f1 generation.

* I prefer not to outcross f1 X f1

I like crossing f2 X f2...just think it offers plants with more direction..without getting in depth specific

 

[Jericho Mile]

12 Days In

12 Days In

Finding myself admiring this plant



^ The sole Red Krox...a one off...one of a kind...shooting star burning bright

Red Krox = Red Kali Most F5 X Mox Krox

Mox Krox = Mox Mox X Grape Krush

Mox Mox = Chem DD X TFlux

TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD

This is a case of flowering time....do you dudes remember? I said I'd cull her..if she looked like she was..going to be...a long flowering expression....but then...I see in the studio

plant expressions that are going to go over the 70 day mark...and I think..what the fuck....I really must stop trying to outfox myself. This whole experience must remain flexible..have the wheels driven off of it...make repairs and modifications as it goes along..but it must stay flexible. In most cases..I'll allow for a 80 day expression...that's my new line in the sand

That Strange Days plant....and one of the OG X BS2.2IX1 will go past 70 days flower...and technically...should have been culled. The OG X BS2.2 IX1 slipped past me...she decided to take her time..and did not show me this..until 40some days in.

Strange Days (BMS X BS 2.2) told me she was a longer flower....in just 2wks...but..by then...I was emotionally involved...objective indifference gone. I failed myself...and didn't cull her. Hell of a way to fail yourself....huh?

* Starting today....I'm attempting to kick my last sugar addiction. Organic Maple Syrup.

** Ran with the girl this morning 1:10...on some wet trails...lots of lush green growth in the brush fields..lots of trail wash outs....downed oaks...clean air...wildlife. Wife has been training regular for 9 months now...has improved greatly

Taking single days off every 4 to 5 days....keeping my runs under 2.5 hrs...training more for strength and speed..balance and aggression. Have a different mind set...more full throttle...loose fast running...lots of push ups at the tops of hills....hills hills hills...now I see ascending as building the strength in the core and legs...to bomb downhills..to attain flight.

Keep legs churning at all times...knees up...balance center over core...covet all momentum...drive drive drive

 

[unclefishstick]

just turned over 600 miles yesterday in a bit over 6 weeks,may have found a couple of guys to ride with a couple days a week..you know,normal folks with 9-5 jobs...doing some hill work myself...different focus on the surly...more of a slow steady grind...did about 4 miles of climbing dragging the trailer,had a pretty good wind and the toughtote is like a sea anchor in a hard wind...got the rig up close to 30 mph too...something i would avoid with a full load....almost there though,by the time i can get the garden to agree to let me go over night i will have the last bits of camping gear and should be well fit enough to make the pull to the nearest and one of my favorite camping spots...39 miles,a 5200 foot pass to cross and then a steep twisty mountain road to round things out...think it ends up being 2000 feet elevation gain,but the loss/gain is insane on this route...anyway,another 4-6 weeks of training and i should be able to do it without it crushing me,i could do it now,but i have a feeling i would be hurting afterwards...


im digging on the big plant thing,strange to only have 4 plants in veg right now,almost 100 gallons of medium between them...

 

[Highlighter]

She's robust, alrighty! Big-ass fans, w/ not alot of leaf.

How far along is she now? A few wks?
Hope you let her express herself no matter the days. They're just markers.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Sounds like you have plans Unc. I like the camping idea. I'd like to have a supported camp...take few days to run all the trails around it. Keep meaning to get out and do that...but I have a lot going on here...locally. Lucky for me...I have it good here..can get out on a killer trail..in about a minute (if I push)....

People travel many miles to run where I run...so I feel blessed it's always there to motivate me. I can be ready to run in minutes...out on the trail quickly..blast out for a couple hrs...then make it back to continue on the day.

I've found I'm running still for endurance...but that I'm doing it different. Running consecutive days...shorter faster runs...rather than running long ones every other day...or every few days. Day after day of hitting the trails with aggression..really is a different experience...and I've found...really beneficial.

I'm always warmed up it seems...don't give myself time to tighten up for very long. Found that I loosen up quicker...get into a cadence quicker....time flies quicker...getting stronger...getting faster...learning new movements

* This Hell Mox project has me buried in the veg studio. It's become a lot of work again. Not overwhelmed yet...but having to keep my focus...spend more time in there. It's coming together as per plan

 

[Jericho Mile]

She's robust, alrighty! Big-ass fans, w/ not alot of leaf.

How far along is she now? A few wks?
Hope you let her express herself no matter the days. They're just markers.

Just under 2wks. She's already starting to form flowers...so I'm thinking the Mox Krox pops will have some influence. The texture of her stems is silky (like her mom)...so I'm really hoping..to get a 50/50 blend

Big leaves...lots of spacing...getting into lanky stretch mode

 

[unclefishstick]

yup,lots of places to go,nice to be getting out and just roaming...finally learning to not chase numbers,thinking i need to ride a certain amount of miles per day,or just hammer away at the pedals the whole time,so of course it gets more enjoyable when you can say..hey,theres a nice shady spot,lets get off the bike and sit down for a spell..or i have been learning to identify the local plants...stop and smell the chocolate daisies i guess you could say...

 

[Jericho Mile]

Torn & Frayed

Torn & Frayed

I have heard...that in 3 days we received 4" of precipitation. 4" where I live...is significant. That it was delivered in such a short period of time...a game changer. It battered up the backcountry pretty good.

Had a short rain last night...possible again this afternoon...but the conditions...are not what they were a few days ago. The T-cell assault has moved on...less moisture in the air...nights have cooled down.

The Scrub plant is rebounding nicely



Her leaves are somewhat shredded and there are some bud chunks missing here and there...about the extent of the hail damage. Won't have to water her for at least a another few days. I'll let her dry out...then start feeding her more Bloom formula

She's all bud....in the picture below...I tried to use a tape measurer as an indicator to some of her flower lengths. I'd say 3 of them are over 16" long...and most the others...are 12" give or take an inch.



Here's a spear tip...a little beat up...but hey...that's nature taking over...forcing imperfections onto our concepts of perfection. She ain't no indoor show...she plays in a harder world



She's plowing out girth now....becoming a fat girl

 

[Jericho Mile]

Fucked Up

Fucked Up

While harvesting the grapefruit expression of OG X BS2.2 IX1...I accidentally cut off a flower from her sister



^ On day 70....she is not ripe yet...but nothing I can do. I'll dry the nugget and vaporize it up. Such a mass of flowers between the 2 sisters...tied to the trellis...easy mistake to make..if one...is not..paying 100% attention

 

[Jericho Mile]

Bags of Grapefruit

Bags of Grapefruit

This is the harvest of the OG X BS2.2 IX1 grapefruit expression. Couldn't just cut and hang the plant...so pieced her out in shopping bags. Not my favorite way to harvest...but that's how it goes.



A day 70 harvest....from feet away...you can smell grapefruit. Really strong aroma...which I've found (from earlier sample buds) transitions over to the flavor. Primo vapor..

* I'm busy for the rest of the week..but today...I'm going to get some trail time in...then come home...and start manicuring these flowers.

** I originally bought the SFV OG Kush X Blue Satellite 2.2 from SOL...and then did the inline pollination into the 2nd generation. If you have never tried this cross...and if it's still available...I'd recommend making the investment. There are some really nice plants to be found in there.

*** I'll post up some manicured flowers as I get them done

 

[Jericho Mile]

Grapefruit Expression

Grapefruit Expression

Preparing myself for a late afternoon run..but here are what the flowers of the OG X BS2.2 IX1 grapefruit expression look like



^ Still have another 1/2 of a shopping bag left...to trim. Flowers are spongey...sticky...and grapefruity as all get out. Really do enjoy partaking in the vaporization of this expression. So strange how genetics work...I had not expected such a grapefruit dominant plant in this generation.

* Her sister is a good deal heavier....and not grapefruity at all. I've been vaporizing the accidentally harvested 70 day flower (post 3309)...I can taste the OGness in it. Totally awesome flavor and high.

I'll be running on that vapor here...in a bit. Take the high out onto the racetrack....see how it gels with the terrain. Being a Test Pilot is...I must say....a great job to have. Chain vaporizing 3 or 4 bowls right before heading out the door...elevating the skull top...pulling me up...never pushing me down. Anti gravity plant magic...if you have it in you...to believe

Dig Dig Dig.....Dog Dog Dog those legs into to the hill..don't let up..Ascend...breathe breathe breathe...spit that poison out..clear the sweat from the eyes...see where you can be

 

[Jericho Mile]

Strategic Targeting

Strategic Targeting

How 'Merican is the way...taking out bud sites in order to open up the infrastructure.....exploiting it with the coming of light spray



^ 73 day old flowers targeted for sanction. Their removal complete...assessing the canopy for future strikes

Here's the OGish expression of OG Kush X BS 2.2IX1...the targeted plant...after strikes were employed



^ She's a fat nation...rich in resources..rich for exploitation. A Blue OG Kush is the best I can describe her. At 73...she still has...probably...another week left in her.

Hefty/Abundant flowers...easy to cultivate...has that aroma in which..I've found in all OG Kush/OG Kush related genetics..it's an undertone kind of thing in aroma and taste. The BS 2.2 genetics brings a blue flavor over the top...< that assessment I've made after vaporizing the 70 day samples...and feel..the 80 day samples will be more of everything

* Powerful high...on just the 70 day samples...really strong almost narcotic stuff. I had to think about where I'd gone on yesterday's 1:27 hr run.

The 1st 45 minutes I don't much remember..but it took me those 45 minutes before I started running well. I was sloppy after chain vaporizing 3 bowls...couldn't keep a good balance...my breathing was off...kept hanging up...kept trying to think things out in lieu of just reacting

doesn't necessarily mean it was the herb. I've been putting a lot of trail hrs in...and I do have some off days...and I do stay tired...more so...some days than others. I've run the last 4 days..might take today off

 

[Jericho Mile]

Early Satechism IX1 sample

Early Satechism IX1 sample

Satechism = Casey Jones X Blue Satellite 2.2



^ Took this sample bud off one of the sisters...a day 57 early window sample.

Put it into vapor....fruity/berry flavor with a metallic twinge...high is: high and away from the plate...don't swing...just enjoy it...as it goes by

Satechism is good stuff...the 2nd generation a nice blend of the parents. It's worth keeping the line progressing...that's what I wanted to know by looking...in this generation. I'll keep working Satechism.

* I foresee harvesting around 65 days...coming up on me..soonish..as they are now on 59

** have another sister...in her 30's....presently bloating up to be a fatty

 

[Jericho Mile]

Here's....

Here's....

the 2 Satechism IX1 sisters. Like I said above...these girls are on day 59...flushing on Clearex since day 45



^ Fat girls....but I believe the 3rd sister (below) on just day 30...will outdo the both of them. This one was a slower vegger...but like many slow veggers...once into flower...BOOM



^ Had to employ a lot of bends...and a few rafter ties..to keep her in the footprint. She's blasting beside Strange Days and the squat Hell Hound IX1....pretty sweet line up of expression...if I don't say so..myself.

A competitive turn in the circle....as it then..bends into blasting Queen Mox and flushing OG X BS 2.2IX1...flushing Satechism IX1 and stretching Red Krox...

also...in the circle...crammed tight together..are Hell Hound IX1 males and Mox Mox IX1 males. Getting them started off...as soon as they get close to ball bursts..they'll be removed.

The plants being used in the Hell Mox build..will then...start rotating through

 

[Jericho Mile]

Strange Days at 47

Strange Days at 47

Strange Days = Blue Moonshine X Blue Satellite 2.2

From the floor up



From a higher angle



^ impossible to get good pictures of this girl. She's in a non photogenic location..but I'm still attempting to sketch...you dudes...an outline..of what she's about.

Note: check out the dark green color of the Queen Mox clone (QMC) off to her right...also on day 47. That plant is so fine to look at...so fine to breathe...exotic in her way of going about things. Very friendly plant.

* This Strange Days expression is...like I've already conveyed...
going to be a longer flower. By longer...I mean...past 70 days. I believe she is very much like the Blue Moonshine mother's side...Blued up...purple blushed stems...flower structure...aroma...everything. I'd call her a big fat Blue Plant

Hit or miss on these kind of things...nothing I can do now...ride her out and count my blessings...if she be...a great Blue expression. Give myself less than a 50/50 chance...

Many Blues just do not work for me...

EDIT: you won't be able to see how Blue she really is...until I harvest her. The pictures do a piss poor job of showing anything...other than...size/structure

 

[vta]

Looking good ! I would love to see more of that Queen Mox clone. I probably shouldn't be lazy and go back some posts but...she looks sour to me. Yum. Hope all is well...I'm struggling through a heat wave right now...actually my A/C is the one struggling. Runs day and night and the flowering room is @ 83....and the girls show it. Had 4 straight days of 90. Not good. Duel zone mini-split by May. Then I will just bare bulb it....add another light...get all crazy with it.

I left town for a few days to come back and find something sprouting in a veg plant. I was dumbfounded...botanicare coco has always been stellar but check this shit out....

 

[Madjag]

Oh, oh....

 

[Jericho Mile]

Looking good ! I would love to see more of that Queen Mox clone. I probably shouldn't be lazy and go back some posts but...she looks sour to me. Yum. Hope all is well...I'm struggling through a heat wave right now...actually my A/C is the one struggling. Runs day and night and the flowering room is @ 83....and the girls show it. Had 4 straight days of 90. Not good. Duel zone mini-split by May. Then I will just bare bulb it....add another light...get all crazy with it.

I left town for a few days to come back and find something sprouting in a veg plant. I was dumbfounded...botanicare coco has always been stellar but check this shit out....

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I've found all kinds of strange stuff in coco. The worst thing is (and I can't prove this) when it has root aphids riding along. Swear that's how I've been infested with them before.

On the Queen Mox...yeah....if I had to say...she leans to the Sour Diesel in her genetics. There will be more pictures of her coming up...but she is in full flower mode now. Getting pretty stinky over there...in her bend in...the circle of plants. Really an attractive plant.

My days are hot...but my nights are down around 50. I don't run any A/C at all....just an oversized exhaust and a single floor fan...aimed straight up...in between the two bulbs. When winter comes...I'll put the exhaust on a timer...and add a heater during lights off. Not perfect...but reasonably cost effective.

SDG&E has jacked the price of my electricity...now that San Onofre has closed. This..right after the last few yrs of having the power link driven through the backcountry....cutting deals with the government for easement. I can't win.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Rock Steady I am...

Rock Steady I am...

on my whittling down of the OGish expression in OG X BS 2.2 IX1



^ Took a bunch of flowers off her yesterday (at 75 days)...mostly to thin out her canopy. There is still...a big portion of her left..yet to harvest...but she'll not be going past 80 days. I'm surprised this SOL cross didn't become more popular with the masses. I can't say a bad thing about it...it's business like...with more than a few expressions. All expressions I've found in the F1 and F2 generations were desirable. The next time I run the IX1s...I'll be making IX2s...it's worthwhile to do so.

These flowers are dense...heavy load expression. The undertone OG aroma...is more overtone now....really coming out. Maybe you know that aroma...it's not citrus or sweet...not sour or fruit...more like an artificial flavored candy...can't put my finger on that exact candy..but I'll come up with it. Want to say it's some kind of licorice candy...not a sweet candy..licorice covered with a melon flavored coating????

anyway....I might consider trying to reveg this expression. I love the way she powers out her flowers...love her density..nah....I doubt I'll attempt a reveg....got other things to work with...but she's a worthy plant. It's nice to have a steady producer around sometimes...hell...at all times.

* Ran with the girl today...1:30 of trail time. We both got stung by defensive little wasp. She 4X....me only once. Little bastards...protecting their territory..couldn't even see them coming.

That's the 2nd time I've gotten stung in that exact location. Got hit the other day...but thought it an isolated incident...though after this morning...I now know...the wasp are living right there. Think we'll be bypassing that section until it gets cold.

This morning...I went through 1st...not even thinking about wasp..then the wife came through and was immediately attacked. As she was getting stung...I took my single sting...yelling at her to keep moving (like many peeps...she started getting stung and froze up)...

after...I went back down to see exactly what kind of insects we were dealing with. They came at me again...really fast at my head...couldn't get a good visual on them either. Real small things..vicious stings...swear you can't hardly see them...so fast and small

All and all....as that happened early on in the run...the rest of the session was good. The pain became itch...nothing major beyond the initial onslaught

** the Merrell Ascends I'm running in. Great shoe...but at just 32 hrs 17 min of use...they started to rip out. I used a urethane seam seal to patch up the tears...hopefully get another 100 miles out of them (just under 200 on them now).......been training in them..only since...august 12th......$120 a pop....I mean...is 300 miles too much to ask???? At least a 2 for 1 deal....would be fair...lol.........piles of wasted trail slippers and always another pair...on the way

 

[MedicalGrower]

Have had nothing but early failures with Merrell hiking products.

Probably a bald face hornet, they sting on the fly...

mg