A World On A String

[budman678]

Take some pics of that hot rod man

FTR, I won't touch BHO or C02 oil. I only make bubble. Fine fine bubble using matt rize method. Full melt deliciousness. Your wife doesn't smoke any flowers? I much prefer flowers, more well rounded high. But hash high can be nice, more body IMHO

 

[Jericho Mile]

Take some pics of that hot rod man

FTR, I won't touch BHO or C02 oil. I only make bubble. Fine fine bubble using matt rize method. Full melt deliciousness. Your wife doesn't smoke any flowers? I much prefer flowers, more well rounded high. But hash high can be nice, more body IMHO

I'm a flower man...though I'm on this current 2 day hash binge..it's because I like bubble when it's fresh. don't find my cures make it any better than when..it's fresh dried and hand worked putty. I lose interest after a short time..returning to the flowers under my wand..leaving the oil slicks behind

the wife sticks to mostly hash..but like this recent bit..there will be months and months of time lapsed before I bring myself to make it. yes..I'm jaded (especially making summertime hash)..as I see it as..a chore....so she will have to have had to..ration herself with less hash..more flower. don't think it much matters to her anyway...she's easy going sort of

used to take me a long time to make bubble. now days...not so much. It only took me a total of 1.5 hrs to set up...screen...clean up this latest batch. Should last the house a bunch of months

* 220...73..25 are the only screens I use anymore. 73 is always the best imo...with about any strain.

this moxie bubble is really good...at 5 in the morning I was up..stoking the fire..sipping tea..stretching out and turning slivers into dripping oil..with my wand..to be..chased down the hole

warming up to transplant a girl...in the flower room...check on everything indoors

my new girls....Shy-La and Cyclone...raging away in early flower. To see them coming up...nurtured along by their mother in there...can't but desire anything short of explosive expression. At the least...at present...they are injecting the garden and gardening with a new found energy.

what to do with old time moonshine? shy-la and cyclone coming now..in this time...and messing around again..in the blues. too early to say..of course...on any of this...could all easily be utter shit. shy-la cyclone moonshine...the unknowns

In Mox Krox

Mox Krox= Mox Mox X Grape Krush

I came back at Mox Mox with another Blue. I made Mox Krox into the IX1 (F2) generation...documented in this thread..some successful expressions came out...nothing mind blowing..but the potential is there..in the 2nd generation

so......???? so:

Given moonshine males...guess I could come at Mox Mox the same way..but with a different Blueberry pool...and..this time around...I'd be using the queen mox clone as the mother...but also..if either or both..shy-la or cyclone turn out favorable expression....conceivably I could also use them as Mox Mox mothers (as they are cloned) for the moonshine pollen

could as well...blow it off

 

[Jericho Mile]

hash induced alienations in garden rooms

hash induced alienations in garden rooms

keep melting this stuff. a binge is a binge. at least once an hour since I got out of bed...i'm plugged in and waving wand. The lighter colored stuff is the best...leaves a deep hashy aftertaste..thumping high.

transplanted a Moxie from a 1.7 gal square into a 5 gal smartie



^ that's the subject. 25 days into flower...stretching and flimsy. I take this transplant time to clean limbs and tie her up



^ after she was trimmed and tied up. I bring as many limbs in..as possible..because when placed into her flower station...she'll then be hang tied from ceiling rafters...keeping the flimsy/flopping branches straight up and down until late in flower when...bud weight bends them toward the bulbs (as I've shown previously)



^ in a week this is how she will look. pretty easy to take care of if lots of wires are used...best to get the majority of the training done in those first few weeks of flower. tie them in...feed them...let them go a few weeks...then start managing their leans.

* Tweezers necessary mid way thru late flower when the P is applied heavier...but I have not found a bean in a many months. seems either I'm catching every nanner (no way man...I know I don't get every one..I'm the one manicuring the finished buds..so I know for sure...I miss some)...

...or

most the pollen is sterile

....interesting point..as if...the pollen is sterile:



^ Cyclone (left) Shy-La (right) have a fair chance at not being Queen Mox selfs but (and again I'm repeating myself) cross pollinated with a Hell Hound IX1 female that showed intersex. I'm wondering if I'm not flowering Hell Mox right here...and wondering also..if I'll be able to pick up visually or aromatically or whatever whether or not they are Mox Mox selfs or Hell Mox accidentals. hermie pollen either way.

cyclone seems less like the queen moxie mom...shy-la appears more like her. both are power growers thus far...have come up together (shy-la is older)..gone in together....competitive expressions

* I'll be transplanting them into 5 gal smart pots in the next couple weeks

 

[unclefishstick]

so it looks like theres going to be an 8 hour mountain bike race here in february,im guessing something in the 50 to 60 mile range,if the timing works out i may sponsor it in part and work as a course volunteer,should find out soon if i can do it,working the race sure,but ponying up some cash to help get it off the ground...

 

[Jericho Mile]

so it looks like theres going to be an 8 hour mountain bike race here in february,im guessing something in the 50 to 60 mile range,if the timing works out i may sponsor it in part and work as a course volunteer,should find out soon if i can do it,working the race sure,but ponying up some cash to help get it off the ground...

nothing wrong with volunteering. Can't race without volunteers. If I'm not racing..I'll either be pacing or volunteering..paying it back to all those who have supported my efforts.

I went down to the city...picked up my new Garmin watch. This running store I'm going to now (not a chain store...a privately owned store) gives me really good discounts on everything I buy from them. So..I've stopped ordering everything online...and just put my orders in with these dudes...saved me over $30 today alone.

Pre ordered some new shoes as well...

So far so good...almost 1 wk off the trails. I'm only a little aggravated with the withdraws. See how these next couple weeks go..

 

[Jericho Mile]

few of my favorite things

few of my favorite things



^ The Old Time Moonshine F2's...love these little things. A batch of Blueness.

feel almost obligated to do something with them.

why the pablos jericho mile? why?

because out of all the expressions in lines out there...I've yet to find anything as original as DJ Short's work. Simple as that. I come back to the Blues (even though..complaining sometimes) because I have so much respect for originality.

some day...DJ Short and his lines will be gone...and some day...cultivators will be longing for his work. we are lucky to be around during his time in the sun. something to think about...as the world turns

look now at what we have...and be thankful. when it's gone..no tears

 

[Run4theCure]

JM chmap thanks for another peek in how youre training...dont get to big imo..big mucels will eat you up from inside on theese long runs..but im shure you know what youre doing ...deffenly sound like that. on friday my 5 maraton is comming then its jan and then i have 50 km ...i cant wait to see if im grown old nuff in my mind to make it but if i aim i will train 4 ultra run also...but youre right..i take some hours of your days but its 4 a good reason...i geuss ?

 

[Jericho Mile]

JM chmap thanks for another peek in how youre training...dont get to big imo..big mucels will eat you up from inside on theese long runs..but im shure you know what youre doing ...deffenly sound like that. on friday my 5 maraton is comming then its jan and then i have 50 km ...i cant wait to see if im grown old nuff in my mind to make it but if i aim i will train 4 ultra run also...but youre right..i take some hours of your days but its 4 a good reason...i geuss ?

Enjoy your races...my friend. Focus on the task and run strong

I got my invitation this morning to early registration for the Pacific Crest Trail 50 mile race on May 9th...so it looks like:

I'll be attempting what they call the San Diego Slam which is:

May: PCT 50m

June: San Diego 100m

September: Noble Canyon 50K

October: Cuyamaca 100K

but this will be made even more brutal because I'm racing a 50k and 50m in April. think the races are April 9th (50K) and April 25th (50m)....then the May 9th PCT 50m....pretty much looks like a stretch of racing every 2wks during that time frame...then about a month will pass..before the San Diego 100m....

if I can make it through that stretch of races...I'll feel blessed. Really blessed...lol..I'm not sure about anything...but that. It's going to be some serious dedication to the discipline. and why...I do not know...but it's something I want to do.



^ box of cooler temp grown Moxie and my new watch. It's difficult for me to stay off the trails...this past week...went by slow...weather and holiday didn't help. I'm taking off until this coming Sunday (that will be 2wks) then I'll be back out...and living off the clock.

* how long will it be before I get a gopro and start documenting this mission? I'm going to have no life off the trails for the next year. I'll literally have no time off....except to work, garden, sleep, and fuel. I'll be 49 years old in a couple months..and this is where I am. never say die (never ever ever)..stay game...stay true

** Off to cut more firewood before the weather moves in tomorrow. I've been on a holy roll...cutting more wood this year than I've cut in a long time. My shit is organized...cut, split, and stacked under tarps.....house is warm as hell

 

[budman678]

I'll throw down on a gopro. That'd be sick. YouTube channel!

 

[Jericho Mile]

Transplanting

Transplanting



^ in the pictures: Shy-la is on the left...Cyclone is on the right. Day 20 just before they were transplanted in 5 gal smart pots. Cyclone is a larger..more vigorous and hardy plant....not that Shy-la is a slouch. she isn't..as I noted before..she reminds me more of the mom..whilst..Cyclone is something different.

* these transplants went really well...even though the space was tight in the flower room...I managed to get them out and in without any difficulty. They both fit right into their stations..and were strung up fashionably. I expect some explosions out of them in the coming months

This is the best place for me to hang up...for awhile. I'm very happy with the plants I'm growing...viewing them as the garden representatives...for this era of the pathway. I have no answers to how all this will perform...but with the new plants...Cyclone, Shy-La, and whatever the Old Time Moonshine F2s bring...I'm feeling that I'll be able to expand my pool..or least...have a very good chance at doing that. Even the Queen Moxie clone seems pleased...growing alongside her daughters and the shines

** I start training again Sunday. It will consume me. This I already know. I want to do nothing but focus on training...as it's...going to take a lot of time and work to get where I want to go. I set myself up for this...and I'm totally driven to obtain my goals. No mercy for myself...none...zero..I'll go until I break down. Seeking Silence...life's hum

I'll see you people down the trail...over the next ridge line...in the next canyon hole...under the sky

 

[unclefishstick]

just watched a doc on netflix about the big 4 desert ultras and a group of people attempting to do all 4 in a calendar year...pretty cool,i think theres also ultra bike marathons over the same terrain,i know the simpson desert race just happened not all that long ago,something like 400k for that one...

 

[budman678]

just watched a doc on netflix about the big 4 desert ultras and a group of people attempting to do all 4 in a calendar year...pretty cool,i think theres also ultra bike marathons over the same terrain,i know the simpson desert race just happened not all that long ago,something like 400k for that one...

Link up that San Diego slam vid. I wanna see the terrain

 

[Run4theCure]

"if I can make it through that stretch of races...I'll feel blessed. Really blessed...lol..I'm not sure about anything...but that. It's going to be some serious dedication to the discipline. and why...I do not know...but it's something I want to do. "

You will find out why when youre running them champ...im shure the answer is outthere and its diffrent answers for diffrent peeps..good luck with all them races..damn its hard work ...i hope u mannage to try them all...Thx 4 the advises and luck with my run. I finished as number two but that cost me injurie in my right foot..im almost over it now ,and i will try run a lil 10 km on friday just to see how it goes...I finished on the time 4 hours and 5 min. A kid on 19 was number 1..we run together the first 36 +-km then i could not keep up cuz of injurie and he said " i will run to the finish line and then i will return 4 you..dont stop" and so he did..he helped me to the finish line ..good kid. He will be the youngest to join club 100.. we beat a woman called Annette Fredskov Shes suffering from sclerose and when see find out she run 366 maraton on 365 days...5 on 48 hours..now thats a bitch to beat

 

[vta]

Merry Christmas P. May this next year be you're best yet !

 

[budman678]

I share those sentiments. I can't wait to hear about your races dude. I might be your biggest fan you've never met!! Party

 

[Madjag]

Guten Nuevo Yearo.....

 

[Jericho Mile]

Quickly In

Quickly In

Happy 2015 to everyone.....

All is good around here. Catching up on my indoor gardening...as we've had some winter weather that slowed it down for a week...and I've not had much time to work in there. kind of..treading water in a way...waiting on things to warm back up...and rotate some plants out/in.

yeah...working and training. This race i'm doing is in less than 2wks. It's not a technical course...not that much elevation change..designed more for runners who are going for personal bests in the 50 mile arena...or for 1st timers like myself. Actually not what I prefer to run (no big climbs, well groomed, close to civilization, lot of 2 track less the single track, considerably rockless compared to what I'm used to...fast man course).....but what the fuck...it's within the county...and there are no other races in January. I'll race anything.

Found out this morning that I can't qualify for the SD Slam...because I don't have a verified 50 mile race under my legs...within the window (1 January 13 - 1 January 15) required for the SD 100M race...so I'm seeing if I can't do something about that (hoping they will accept what I'm doing this winter and spring).....even though now...the SD 100M is sold out (they only accept 250 racers) and I'm forced into a lottery. Anyway...if I can't race it...I'll pace it...it's really no big deal. I'll be qualified next yr.

what else? nothing really....obsessed with getting up and down mountains...same same...but

I've started looking at the running differently....been practicing different forms for going distance and managing the body over distance and terrain. Many things I've learned about form...relearned or whatever...I'm now adjusting to a different perception. It's so strange...but whereas before...I saw my form as one thing...I'm now seeing it go off in a different direction...and with it

my body is having to make adjustments. it never fucking ends...just when you believe in one thing...time and terrain bends you into something else...another direction. I can't even have a motherfucking opinion on this discipline any longer. I don't have much left to believe in....it's all so unreal.

I'm learning the balance of running and power hiking up hills....what works better when..and where.....this stuff that a yr ago...I'd have dissed...seen as weak...I now am seeing in a new light. I've made myself practice new techniques..even though...it's been tough on my ego at times...slowing down to go faster....rationalizing with the pitches instead of forcing my legs through them....

and the watch. yes...by god...time. My Garmin has become my friend...it tells me the truth about myself....in an objective beep of every "lap". wrestling with time? no...not that...more like a voice in my head...an artificial companion on the trails. I love hearing it beep at me

* solo. I do not want a crew or a pacer (most races allow pacers 1/2 way through) for any of my upcoming races. many races are now making a separate category for solo runners. that's me. self support/drop bags and allowed use of aid stations only....that's the rule. Many racers rely heavily on their crew members catering to their specific needs...and rely heavily on their pacers to get them through the dark times (literally and figuratively)...but others run in isolation and rely on their drop bags (designated drops) for their needs. I see that it can be a team effort...but also see..that I've come this far on my own...and rather prefer it that way. Of course...a year from now...I'll tell you something to the opposite side

** I've trained with other runners for the upcoming Lost Boys (50M) in April....that's going to be really tough...coming out of the desert and climbing to the peak of Cuyamaca mountain (6500+') and back down and over Middle peak (5000+') something like 9000' ascent and 6100' descent over the course....but besides running with the wife..that's the only social running I've been doing. still training in isolation.

*** the body? it hurts most the time. it will never not hurt. Hamstrings on both legs pull and tweak daily, both feet suffer in different degrees from plantar fasciitis, hip flexors ache, and the IT bands tweak out constantly....not saying this sport doesn't come without its hurdles. But you know...I like it this way. I've learned to marginalize injuries...learned how to work through the aches...here it is...in a nut shell: distance yourself and overcome yourself

EDIT: I'll be back in a couple weeks. Flushing out the Queen Moxie selfs (Shy-La and Cyclone) presently...just started them flushing yesterday....those girls are coming out very nice. Looks like I have all females (6) concerning the Old Time Moonshine F2s...but hoping that I sexed at least one of them incorrectly....those are coming along a little at a time..in Blue line fashion

 

[budman678]

Wonderful update. Interesting to me how much can change when you see what others are doing. Not sense in reinventing the wheel. You've got to learn from others.

Very excited for your 2015 Jericho. I'm stoked to see how you did and what your thoughts are after this first race.

Good luck!

 

[Jericho Mile]

Had set up my calendar to.....

Had set up my calendar to.....

well.. ho hum...until yesterday yes? was going to (already you see...we have slipped into the past tense) have a solid week...consecutive days the work week long..of daily 10-15 mile runs..then no runs at all next week

however

after a couple days off the trails...the body has responded by aches dwindling..especially in the feet...the hips though barely less sore..still..are less sore>>>>>>>>>>the lost point being:

decided to listen to the body (o so easy for one to announce...but indeedy...not so easy to adhere to. kind of like the improbabilities of us learning from slighted history)...glide into a different close out..pre race.

going to do light stretch runs every few days...rest up....stay stretched out...heal up a bit..up until a couple days before the race. race day is race day...aid station to aid station...get off the course as fast as...I can.

* did a training run a few weeks ago (mentioned in last post about a group run) with a girl around my age. accomplished racer....cross country coach..very good runner. got to talking to her as we ran along (20 miles)..she telling me that she was..coming off a 3 month lay off due to injuries. she'd been training by doing 100 mile weeks consistently...or at least...frequently....

which man..not me. 70 mile weeks are as much as I like to do...thinking that 100 mile weeks are a bit much. bit much...even this girl was telling me...as well as..telling me how bummed she was to have had to stop running for those 3 months. me coming off those 2 wks off...couldn't imagine taking 3 months off...so listen to me now

I'm becoming a mature/calculating runner...no short game only long game here..be smart..make every foot fall count...don't let ego and addiction pull me into breaking myself prematurely (lol....funny word..prematurely)....run strong...run smart...it can...and will end in a whisper of a...second. never say die...but die i will

time on my hands now;;;;;hash murmurs. been smoking..nothing but...moxie hash for a month now.



^ shit pictures I will show today. no way to get good pictures in this environment without knowing what i'm doing...or showing passing interest in taking the time..to learn photography. yet...there we go:

day 52 (2nd day of flush) Cyclone left and Shy-La right. Plants are about 5' tall. Not really all that much flopping...but then again...they are tied up to rafters. Different looking expressions...me being probably off when I said..Shy-La reminded me of her momma



^ what I mean: ignoring environmental influences..this flower on Shy-La..representing the overall flower structure of the plant..does not remind me of Queen Moxie. Not saying that's a bad thing at all...just saying the my prediction that she would represent like her mom..was inaccurate...even wrong.

Nice expression though....different and nice...starting to waft up...fill out. I'm hopeful that she will be turning into brilliant hash. Cloned and will run again. never forget how a clone run can be much different..than the...seed run



^ Cyclone flower...how this girl expresses her flower self. Lots of flower sites...which are blossoming smallish flowers...that look and smell like they will be plenty tasty. Like this girl a whole lot. She's the easiest to clone...great in veg..great in flower...cooperative to my designs.

I've been through this so many times...with so many plants. best not to make too many speculations..better to let things be...wait to see what becomes or doesn't

figure these two sisters are 60-70 day expressions....see what the flush time does

 

[Jericho Mile]

For BroHemp

For BroHemp

the IC member who allowed me the Old Time Moonshine f2 beans. Took me a couple years to get to them...and kind of a fluke at that



^ here you go, dude. This is the population of 6...as they sit...today. Not uniform....No heavy Blue Line mutations/crinkles....all are lush greens and purples....a few have the really huge fan leaves..that I've sometimes gotten in the Blues. I topped 2 of them.

* these things are somewhat difficult to sex....but I'm thinking that they are all female. pretty slow to show...not unusual. I really hope I'm wrong...really hoping the that the shortest plant is a male.



^ My pick. She (almost positive she is a she and not a he) was the first seedling to come up...the Trifoliate seedling. She's been my #1 since day #1. Look at her now...different..sticks out. When I stare at the population...my eyes always end on her.

If you look at the picture of the leaf...what I'm attempting to show is that she has that look in those two spur leaves (lack a better word)...like the ones you sometimes see on mutated Blues. Some of the other expressions are showing the spur leaves as well...but they look more like your typical leaf pattern. Hard to explain...but would be easy to show you..in the real world.

* I'm cloning this girl. Already topped her. She's one of the plants...expressing with the giant fan leaves. Not the tallest...probably the 3rd tallest. She gets that leathery look about her

This saga continues on then. I'm just letting them grow