A World On A String

[Jericho Mile]

Putting in the Time and Effort

Putting in the Time and Effort

I'm in so deep. This Hell Mox build is kicking my fucking ass. I've got so much going on just in the garden (not to mention what is going on in the outside real world)...I feel like I need to use the String in order to keep shit straight...and vent out my situations and concepts.

There is a huge downside to what I'm doing...the way I run my show. When it becomes time to roll....it's like self infliction....a sacrifice of time and convenience...and though I promote it...as an art form...there is the factor of "How Dedicated Are You?". I forget myself sometimes....I forget that other people don't see things the way I do...and I can be down right pushy...trying to explain this shit.

I think sometimes...I suffer through episodes of being manic. Probably not in the clinical sense...but just the same...when I get a hold of something...when I'm interested in something...I tend to go over the edge..without looking at the bottom first. I feel like a machine...redlining for maximum experience.

Ok...where am I? I'm buried in this overwhelming project...and I have to break through. So..here I am...taking a little breather...before I have to go back in...and focus on about a million different things today. It's an amazing amount of work.

Some pictures to add some relevance...



^ That's a Mox Mox IX1 on day 47 (starting flush today)...partially pollinated. This plant has demonstrated intersex traits. Love her.



^ That's a "Vine" expression Hell Hound IX1 on day 47 (starting flush today)...partially pollinated. This plant has demonstrated intersex traits. Nice one.



^ That's an OG Jam leaning Hell Hound IX1 on day 42...partially pollinated. This plant has demonstrated intersex traits. Nice one.



^ Next up for partial pollinations...another "Vine" expression Hell Hound IX1 on the left. On the right is a Mox Mox IX1 that I think will express to be much like the mother (Queen Mox Clone)....both on day 27. These will be pollinated in the next few days.

* Major transplanting going on today. Getting more Hell Hound and Mox Mox into their 5 gal flowering smart pots....and transplanting some of the Killer Chemdog/Cindy Kill Dog females into 1.7 gal squares for extended vegging.

** The Killer Chemdog/Cindy Kill Dog run: That's still a ways out...and I have not decided whether I want (or have the energy) to do any breeding in that run. I culled a few males this morning...but I know there will be more...just depends. Real swell plants though...all mixed together (KC IX1, KC IX2, CKD F1)...of course...no labels..just plants...and objectivity.

Yeah man...sometimes I wonder what the fuck I'm doing. The plant expressions are so awesome though...every time I think I'm done..that I've had enough..another something or another pops up to drive me on. For what reason I do not know...but it's just like running the mountains: There are plenty of reasons to do it...but still...there is no plan to reason out. It's manic...a driving force of energy....where living in the moment is paramount

 

[unclefishstick]

really i think the running and the gardening are about the same thing...mindful,focused attention....they just use different tools as the focusing agent is all...you know,crucibles for the refinement of ones self and all that rigamarole....free your mind and your ass will follow...pain is just weakness leaving the body...insert favorite colorful metaphysical metaphor here ....

 

[Jericho Mile]

Wife Brought Me Some Thai Food

Wife Brought Me Some Thai Food

Still not done working indoors....and I still have a truckload of firewood that needs to be unloaded and stacked...but I'm getting fueled up on the Thai vittles

This Hell Mox project is my most intense breeding project to date...though I can't unleash all the details...it's going to take many more months to get it all down. Sometimes I'm very deliberate and very organized in my plights..and as you dudes know..at other times I'm flying by the seat of my pants.

On this project...I have to have my ducks in a row...therefore I'm being my organized/deliberate alter ego. Look how I'm having to veg the plants



^ This is a Hell Hound IX1....topped...cut back many many times now..and religiously tied and retied every week. I also defoliate a great deal...to keep the canopy as open as possible..but still controlled by the ties. I picture trees...like the ones you will find at a nursery...contained for tight spacing and easy to maneuver around the studio. Come flower time...I'll open the plants up...and tie them either to a wall trellis or from the ceiling.



^ couple females from the upcoming Killer Chemdog run...freshly transplanted into their extended veg squares.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Red Krox: Early Sample

Red Krox: Early Sample

Red Krox = Red Kali Most F5 X Mox Krox F1

Mox Krox = Mox Mox X Grape Krush

Mox Mox = Chem DD X TFlux

TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD



^ A side flower that was blocking the light spray of other flowers...so I cut her off for an early harvest (day 68) sample. She has another 7-10 days to go...but has been flushing already..for 12 days.

* I'm going to attempt not to remove anymore flowers..as I'd like to haul her out of the flower studio for some pictures...as she stands. She's quite attractive..and a one off...so I'd like to show her in her full glory on harvest day.

Structure wise...she is very similar to the RKM mom...but her stalks/stems are not as light of red...much more a dark red/maroon..and her flowers are starting to show some Blue Line coloring. The mother went 90+ days as I recall...therefore..it seems like flowering time has been reduced by more than a week.

In my way of thinking...this is another route into Blueberry Sativa

ON A SIDE NOTE: I made a mistake in not partially pollinating that Flo leaning Mox Mox IX1...the one I showed the other day. She's now on day 48 (started flush yesterday) and really starting to strut her stuff. I can smell the Flo mom now...that bit of floral vanilla. Resin production on her is wicked. It's been so long since I've grown Original Flo...that I have forgotten what these expressions do...late in flower.

Original Flo is the best thing DJ Short ever created imo...it represents ornamental original expression. I have yet to see any other breeder of cannabis come as close...to creating something unique onto itself. I respect that so much...and highly motivated by the concept. The dude did it...in not much more than a closet..with low numbers..and basically...from scratch.

You can bet...that with all the remaining Mox Mox IX1...I have left in this run...that I will be keeping my eyes peeled for another Flo dominant plant to show. I apologize for missing it...on this one. I really did forget how these Flo expressions do their thing...and got caught slipping. Fucked up

 

[Jericho Mile]

Pollinations 4 and 5

Pollinations 4 and 5

Did some dusting this morning



^ Hell Hound IX1 on the left. Mox Mox IX1 on the right. After partial pollination



^ pollinated lower Mox flower



^ pollinated lower Hound flower

Moving these girls out of the flower studio to get pollinated...is difficult...takes time...planning..patience...and a back. They are very flimsy plants..with many branches going everywhere...in every direction. No comfortable way to do it...it's incurs getting into original yoga poses...2 sets of pocket doors..low ceilings..bending....blocking...shielding..

moved around bare vertical hot bulbs...open horizontal bulbs...moved around both flowering and vegging plants...so so careful I must be..especially...on the return trip...after I've sprayed down the pollinated branches (to kill any lingering pollen grains...to stop the spread of)....

you have to want it. you have to have the will. It would be much easier...much less risky..if you stepped down off the ledge..and slept through them. But then...who would know....what was missed?

Calculated Confidence in my skill set. This is why I train..over and over...the repetition of form. The discipline of core form. The greatest way to train observation...is to observe over and over...memorize all the movements..see all the tells. Digest then...their worth...ask then...whether it is worth it?

months and years have gone by...to get to this point. You can't find it on a map

 

[g0vnaa]

Looks like you have the Hell Mox project kicking in full gear.
I`m digging those ladies you selected for moms.
Nice big bushes from in your last post.
I`m guessing the previous ones from post #3361 are gonna be harvested in a week or 2 ?

 

[Mr. Alkaline]

Nice.

Nice.

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* I'm going to attempt not to remove anymore flowers..as I'd like to haul her out of the flower studio for some pictures...as she stands. She's quite attractive..and a one off...so I'd like to show her in her full glory on harvest day....
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You made a good one man. Looks great.
Definitely very interesting genetic mix there!
Your bb sativa and flo-- Points of view on this makes lots of sense to me,
Very exciting to see. Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

[Jericho Mile]

Looks like you have the Hell Mox project kicking in full gear.
I`m digging those ladies you selected for moms.
Nice big bushes from in your last post.
I`m guessing the previous ones from post #3361 are gonna be harvested in a week or 2 ?

Yeah full gear. Yes. This is the deepest I've ever dissolved myself into a pollination project. I'm hitting up whatever fits the fancy...getting a very good look at things. Happy with everything..so it's really just a feast.

The plants in post #3361 should be harvested within 2wks. Some are faster than others...finish times shouldn't show that much variation however.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Funny you posted this morning...

Funny you posted this morning...

You made a good one man. Looks great.
Definitely very interesting genetic mix there!
Your bb sativa and flo-- Points of view on this makes lots of sense to me,
Very exciting to see. Thanks for sharing!!!!

as it happens I had to harvest the Red Krox plant. She had been suspended by wires..and also..partially tied off to trellis..still going on day 73

A busy week...and with a couple Mox and Hell pushing for flower space..I decided to take her down. Well....really I wanted to haul her out whole..still in her smart pot..to get some decent pictures before ending her..

the plant is so flimsy..she wouldn't come close to standing up on her own. Decided it was not worth taking her out whole..too easy to bang her up...drag her flowers

I'll get some better manicure shots (I've got to start trimming her this afternoon..schedule is like that)...but this is the best I can do for now



^ The color of the stalk is distorted by the camera's flash...but not by much...really a deep dark red. The flowers..under multi-spectrum light will show some bluing in the meat of the flower...the leaves never faded even though the plant was flushed at least 2wks.



^ I can see the Blue traits? Can you?....flowers very light...with very good resin production..when this stuff dries it will be a delicate/brittle...like resin on air. Foxtails and Fluff I call them. This stuff is not designed for a production scale.

Aroma...is fruit/berry mash..found in Blue Lines.

* That 68 day old sample I showed...a few posts back....is all vaporized up. Outstanding transition in flavor..with the berry and the fruit..but is also has an undertone of a burnt tasting red wine. Like the wine soaked into the barrel. Great stuff...head stash.

The high is not soaring or fast. It is mellow with a narcotic type buzz. Doesn't drag you down in any fashion...but makes things more tolerable. You know..like when you are just over something?...this is the stuff that takes you away.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Biggest Red Krox Tops

Biggest Red Krox Tops

The first things you will notice..the lack of fade in the leaves and the whiteness of new growth. It seems that each time I've flowered out...what I refer to as Blueberry Sativa..that I find they have huge harvest windows...and that they go far..on nothing. You can flush them..and flush them..and flush them..and they will slow down...but they never seem to cease putting out new growth. I've had them in the 70's...in the 80's...in the 90's...and past 100..



^ So these are the two biggest tops....day 73. Plant never showed any intersex. Pretty much what my concept of what Southeast Asian lowland flowers should look like. I picture them as extremely flimsy plants...that claw their leaves about...almost like shadows in the bush....creepers..that if left unsupported...bend under even the lightest amount of weight..to droop into the jungle compost...to keep creepin'

I think you will find SE Asian genetics in all my most refined projects. I believe you will find it in Mox Mox and in Hell Hound..always in there somewhere...stuff I prefer...as I've have come to accept my need for flimsy expression...often intersex prone..often more complicated personalities. The profiles in the resin..those aromas..those flavors...the different heads...all very very desirable

* Red Krox = You don't want to waste this stuff on your friend..who just wants to get fucked up. It's not for that. Private stuff..kept in private places...shared only with those who know better.

 

[Mr. Alkaline]

Yes, I can see the blue influence a bit.

Interesting how easily a red kali most outcross can go into the narcotic realm.

I'm glad u found a positive result through your work with her.
That red krox is very pretty, made my wife say 'Wow'.
Of course she thought of her croc shoes and said, red plant with a light high,
lol-women's right brains hehe

 

[Jericho Mile]

Those Tip Tops...

Those Tip Tops...

with their manicure applied



^ I threw in a chunk of the stem..into the picture...in hopes of defining her redness. Flowers are consistent springy sticky sponges. There is very little weight. Ornamental expression....beady brackets...strung out into foxtails...like fingers you can spread out to look like hands

When dry: I'll be able to cut off fingers..to fill the vaporizer's bowls. Vape-a-Finger

* I reckon the next plant to be harvested will be the Flo leaning Mox Mox IX1...which is something related to this Red Krox plant...but of a much different expression. Playing with genetics is a pleasurable sort of thing. Growing related themes...side by side...is an added bonus when making general observations. It is about percentages/mathematics....this I would never argue..yet there is the plant/cultivator relationship...and only if you believe..the sense of natural magic..the electricity generated between the beings....me them...them me..rooted and unrooted

 

[Mr. Alkaline]

"...like fingers you can spread out to look like hands..."

These oaxacans are doing a christmas tree shapes rather than hands lol.
I'm like wtf....my wife is like wth....
The bud spears spread out look like a tree, and when I slide the calyxes off I get what looks like a bowl of fish eggs or beads. Not much substance just like u report.
?the usual thing? This lack of substance? I guess maybe somewhere its considered commercial.
This oaxacans make me miss northern lights lol

 

[Jericho Mile]

"...like fingers you can spread out to look like hands..."

These oaxacans are doing a christmas tree shapes rather than hands lol.
I'm like wtf....my wife is like wth....
The bud spears spread out look like a tree, and when I slide the calyxes off I get what looks like a bowl of fish eggs or beads. Not much substance just like u report.
?the usual thing? This lack of substance? I guess maybe somewhere its considered commercial.
This oaxacans make me miss northern lights lol

Well as far as this Red Krox plant goes....for its type...I'm going to have a decent harvest. I'll have a pile that will look like 4 oz's but will weigh less than 2. Now the quality of the fluff..should be notable ..the ornamental flowers a personal novelty

...she's been a nice plant to grow...and I'm happy with results. She changed up on me a bit...not sure exactly how...but she seemed to hide her Blue influences until deep into flower. Kind of like the Flo dominant Mox Mox lulled me off..but then (just like the Red Krox) later in flower...began to demonstrating a better/deeper Blue influence..than she had..previously.

I don't know...but even in my small population of plants..I continue to find similar spins in genetics. Not really oddballs either..just stuff that is there...waiting for a correct alignment. I don't know if there is any one way...into anything. My experience has been...that there are multiple routes to the same...desired expressions. The more you mix those..the more probable that they realign again. The simplicity of that..is my own..very basic understanding. Repetition Repetition Repetition...no different than the running discipline...endless trail

 

[Jericho Mile]

Updating a Few Moms

Updating a Few Moms

Again...you must bear with fuzzy yellow pictures...as unfortunately..there is not much of a better way to sketch out..what's going on...where things are. They can't be moved..and my understanding of the camera functions...are elementary



^ Day 54 (flushing since 47) are a Mox (left) and a Hound (right). The Hound is starting to fade out...whilst the Mox..is not as deep a green as she was...but still lush.



^ this is the Hell Hound...pretty much a typical/common "vine" expression. Fast and to the point...stretches out..then commences to making fat flowers. Showed intersex early on...but has not shown any in a long time...very typical of the weeks 3-4 nanner showing type. Once they are trained into place...easy to work with...leave them alone and let them do their thing.



^ That's the Mox Mox. I believe she favors the Chem D in expression...but I've never actually grown the Chem D clone..so I'm more or less..speculating. Wonderful plant though. Starting to show some blush in her stems now (perhaps Flo indulged)...her flowers stack up on sticks..which can be easily maintained in a straight up and down fashion. Love the structure...all way round...flowers and frame.

Showed a great deal of intersex in weeks 3-4 but now..she'll only pop out one every so often...and those are found on the tips of her flowers...real easy to see and remove.



^ This is an OG Jam leaning Hell Hound...on day 49 (few days into flush). Another wonderful girl...her aroma really sticks out..her flowers tight and resinous. She too...showed intersex weeks 3-4...but not a peep since. Real real easy to cultivate. I've kind of left her in the same corner for the entire grow...only moved her for pollination. Not a big girl in stature..but productive in her flower making.

* Don't want to down play the reek. Hell Hound and Mox Mox stink big time. The smells can down right...plow you over in their funk. Nothing mellow about these plants. Have your shit wired or pay the price. They are sensitive plants...designed for a cultivator who enjoys the challenges of running full tilt...balls to the wall style gardening. If you are a sleepy time cultivator..these plants would have you pulling out your hair. I shit you not. These require work.

** General Observations:

1. The Hell Hounds are the more vigorous plants...both in veg and flower

2. The Odessa leaning Hell Hounds tend to fade out fast once kicked into flush

3. Mox Mox is the more complicated line. It's harder to read the expressions...and thus far...there appears to be more variety in the expressions.

4. Mox Mox is the more ornamental line...but the OG Jam leaning Hell Hounds are not going to be far off the ornamental mark.

 

[unclefishstick]

im just about to pop another round of seeds...speaking of ornamental sativa varieties...time to bring out my last sssdh seeds...and i think some of the cindy99 f3's i made...got some fractal straw d f3's going and chimeras mental floss....those should sexing soon...need to chuck some pollen at this gorilla glue cut...which i almost wish i didnt have since it tends to make everything else look sorta weak and under-producing...it really is a once in a lifetime sort of cut for anyone doing anything beyond personal use...it would fit nearly anyones definition of top shelf and yet is a dream to grow....

went for my first camping trip,been having some knee pain so i have been taking it easy,just getting out for hour long easy spins since my legs get unhappy if i dont stretch them out with a bit of riding every day....getting myself up to 150 miles in a week on average...another training cycle of 6 weeks should see me at 200 a week....as well my ability to range out farther on single rides is increasing nicely...by winters end i should be able to undertake a 100 mile day,and be pretty comfortable with a 60 mile day towing a load...my aerobic conditioning is getting pretty good,at a comfortable touring pace with a full load i can get enough air through my nose...not having to gulp air anymore...towing the trailer is more a matter of conditioning my joints to deal with the load and eating correctly since it burns gobs of calories even at 10-12 mph,like 6-900 calories an hour depending on road grade....so a full day towing may burn 3-4000 extra calories on top of what you normally burn....

 

[Jericho Mile]

I follow your Gorilla Glue #4 Thread

I follow your Gorilla Glue #4 Thread

im just about to pop another round of seeds...speaking of ornamental sativa varieties...time to bring out my last sssdh seeds...and i think some of the cindy99 f3's i made...got some fractal straw d f3's going and chimeras mental floss....those should sexing soon...need to chuck some pollen at this gorilla glue cut...which i almost wish i didnt have since it tends to make everything else look sorta weak and under-producing...it really is a once in a lifetime sort of cut for anyone doing anything beyond personal use...it would fit nearly anyones definition of top shelf and yet is a dream to grow....

went for my first camping trip,been having some knee pain so i have been taking it easy,just getting out for hour long easy spins since my legs get unhappy if i dont stretch them out with a bit of riding every day....getting myself up to 150 miles in a week on average...another training cycle of 6 weeks should see me at 200 a week....as well my ability to range out farther on single rides is increasing nicely...by winters end i should be able to undertake a 100 mile day,and be pretty comfortable with a 60 mile day towing a load...my aerobic conditioning is getting pretty good,at a comfortable touring pace with a full load i can get enough air through my nose...not having to gulp air anymore...towing the trailer is more a matter of conditioning my joints to deal with the load and eating correctly since it burns gobs of calories even at 10-12 mph,like 6-900 calories an hour depending on road grade....so a full day towing may burn 3-4000 extra calories on top of what you normally burn....

Yeah man...that Gorilla cut looks spectacular. I know Whales found it...but don't know if there were any other examples that he found? Wondered how the siblings looked...if any of the others were near close..or if the #4 was just a total freak expression. Cool though...good that he's sharing the wealth.

Recently I vaporized a bud of GSC...the mint version..and it did taste like mints....but beyond that..I felt it lagged. Had some Tahoe OG also...which to me...was much like any other OG I've had...and the Louie (or whatever) OG....good enough I guess...though I must be a snob...as I'm looking for my own thing. I keep mixing and mashing...maybe some day I'll find what I seek...but I really don't think I will. Hope I don't actually...but wouldn't mind leaving behind the beans of my pathways. Perhaps...someone can appreciate the trail..when it becomes all said..and done

I haven't run since Saturday...but before that..I went 5 consecutive days...with Saturday being a full blast..no mercy effort. My sore feet...I'm discovering...are sore because they are building strength. I swear that today..while walking barefoot...my feet felt like they became stronger.

Rocks don't faze me..as much as...they used to. I find myself at full speed downhill (even) over softball and baseball size roller rocks...barely hitting them before I'm off them again...like running on water is how I envision my foot strikes...fast off the terrain...stay flying...tap to direct.

I heard a mountain biker tell his bro "that's crazy" as I bombed past them (me downhill...them pushing their cycles uphill)...then to me "good job man"....which really...makes me push so much the harder. Such a solitary sport...that when there is an audience..who understands..I feel I must represent well...like I owe the sport a showcasing. I like when peeps move out of my way...stand to watch...cheer it on. Trail people understand overcoming terrain and the great struggle.

Burning calories...lol...yeah dude. We know all about that..don't we? It's all I can do..to keep myself fed

 

[vta]

....good enough I guess...though I must be a snob...as I'm looking for my own thing. I keep mixing and mashing...maybe some day I'll find what I seek...but I really don't think I will. Hope I don't actually...but wouldn't mind leaving behind the beans of my pathways. Perhaps...someone can appreciate the trail..when it becomes all said..and done

You keep on mixing and mashing....you might find it. But I hear ya....I don't see myself ever finding the Holy Grail. As most things in my life, I am never satisfied..as Muir once said..I Want More! Everyone following your thread is envious. Keep up the good work, it will only get better, stronger and more unique.

You know I like my sours. I am halfway through flowering some GSC gear and I am really starting to like what I'm seeing. These were fem seeds. A first for me but hey...fuck it, ojd has some killer strains.

ECSDxSSSDH

 

[Jericho Mile]

Don't want to work at Golden Arches...I want more

Don't want to work at Golden Arches...I want more

You keep on mixing and mashing....you might find it. But I hear ya....I don't see myself ever finding the Holy Grail. As most things in my life, I am never satisfied..as Muir once said..I Want More! Everyone following your thread is envious. Keep up the good work, it will only get better, stronger and more unique.

You know I like my sours. I am halfway through flowering some GSC gear and I am really starting to like what I'm seeing. These were fem seeds. A first for me but hey...fuck it, ojd has some killer strains.

ECSDxSSSDH

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Holy cow dude....ECSD X SSSDH. Yeah man...you and me...we are cut from the same cloth. Suicide is an Alternative.

* Is it possible to get "beyond?"....I BELIEVE it is. If I didn't....I'd have thrown in the towel a long time ago. Looking for that crease...that slip in the curtain..which will let me through.

I really do appreciate the journey....and if nothing else..that may be all it was....a trip

 

[Jericho Mile]

Disciple of Imagery

Disciple of Imagery

Where my shoes hang...



...has nothing to do with religion or faith. Those are things I don't believe in. Imagery however...now that's a different thing. I've always found crucifixes to be top of the chart...gnarly