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Trees in the trees now that's ingenuity. Better have a hidden reservoir and a hella strong pump
Fiddynut
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Good afternoon Packerfan.
Yep you guessed it, watering is the challenge here. Many have talked about running a hose up the tree and using a drill operated pump or something to help make it easier. Others talk about having rain collecting buckets in the trees with a wick or drip system. In the vid I didn't see any hoses or buckets I think that guy loves to climb and would just take water in his backpack up with him to water with. Not an easy way to grow but one that could be adapted to work allmost anywhere if it was the only option. If I couldn't get buds any other way and had nowhere else to grow you bet I'd be trying it.
"I hope Rodehazrd is up to no good and having a great time."
ahahaha!
i bet you are right
that ol' rascal is probably having a nice drink and kicking his feet up someplace scenic, enjoying every minute of life
its funny you mention good sides when talking about mexican food
i am with you 100% on this
to me the sign of a good taqueria is their rice!
and no matter how many different recipes i try, i just cant seem to get it just right
one day im going to master a good mexican rice
those links are rad,fiddy
thats so resourceful growing in the trees like that!
it looks like hard work, but i bet the rewards are totally worth it
thanks for posting that up,brother
/be sure to share any more interesting finds you come across,man this site is massive
ahahaha!
i bet you are right
that ol' rascal is probably having a nice drink and kicking his feet up someplace scenic, enjoying every minute of life
its funny you mention good sides when talking about mexican food
i am with you 100% on this
to me the sign of a good taqueria is their rice!
and no matter how many different recipes i try, i just cant seem to get it just right
one day im going to master a good mexican rice
those links are rad,fiddy
thats so resourceful growing in the trees like that!
it looks like hard work, but i bet the rewards are totally worth it
thanks for posting that up,brother
/be sure to share any more interesting finds you come across,man this site is massive
Fiddynut
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Good morning pop_rocks.
For sure I'd bet he's got a bottle of his favorite bourbon and he's loving life right about now. I too can picture him kicking back in one of those camping chars or even a hammock. Good for him and his family. Can't wait to hear how it went when he gets back.
Yes a good Mexican rice is a great thing. I can never get it quite right. Mine is usually on the bland side and just seems to be missing something. Good refried beans are hard to replicate as well. Canned beans are ok but lack something as well but when I've tried to make them from scratch they aren't even as good as canned. They aren't as smooth and creamy. Besides there is something nice about getting to eat a meal that you didn't have to cook. Sometimes I think after doing all of the prep work and cooking and tasting everything during the process it kind of takes away from the final product. It's hard to explain but maybe I can sometimes get sort of desensitized to the flavors when cooking and it just dosent tast as good after all the work. Then I eat it a day or two later and all the flavor is back. Defenatly going to get to a good restaurant this weekend.
Those tree top grows rock don't they. We are very resourceful when we need to be. The guy in the YouTube vid looks like a talented climber but if you wernt you could use climbing roped and equipment to make it much easer. If stealth wasn't necessary a hose and pump could make it so you only had to go up a few times during th grow. Really cool.
Any big plans for the weekend? It's been a beautiful week here. Mid 70's and sunny all week. Looks like low 90's coming this weekend and early next week for us. Glad I got the window ac in last weekend, I'm gonna need it. Going to get some r&r this weekend as well as get some stuff done around the house and get some disc golf in too.
Rodehazrd
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Hey Guys
I'm well and pushing 175 fattening up nicely, my close friend has cancer no cure no hope of lasting long its on his liver.So ive been feeling introverted.
my tubs are going a week without water now and no sign of stress I plan to fill bottom and water top to see how I can go longer, on a couple i'm finishing up. I like to let them be real dry at harvest it speeds drying. Trying to get it to 2 weeks with no stress in a passive system.
I got 9 of 10 larrys up one came up real late and seems stunted, plan to raise it anyway. also did a fruity chronic juice by delicious and a cotton candy cane by emerald triangle (i think thats Ras Truths work. blueberry headband crossed to sweet tooth.
Packerfan did I understand you that adding nitrogen causes more males? I hope to get at least 4 good larrys out of the nine but if not feeding helps my odds Ill lay off the fish hydro and just do micronutes. I wonder what nutrient balance has to do with Hermies.
Fiddy
whats that fert you use now? PBB? is it organic? Im stocked up on hydrolized fish but for outdoor plants its attractive to critters
smoke em if you got em
rodehazrd
I'm well and pushing 175 fattening up nicely, my close friend has cancer no cure no hope of lasting long its on his liver.So ive been feeling introverted.
my tubs are going a week without water now and no sign of stress I plan to fill bottom and water top to see how I can go longer, on a couple i'm finishing up. I like to let them be real dry at harvest it speeds drying. Trying to get it to 2 weeks with no stress in a passive system.
I got 9 of 10 larrys up one came up real late and seems stunted, plan to raise it anyway. also did a fruity chronic juice by delicious and a cotton candy cane by emerald triangle (i think thats Ras Truths work. blueberry headband crossed to sweet tooth.
Packerfan did I understand you that adding nitrogen causes more males? I hope to get at least 4 good larrys out of the nine but if not feeding helps my odds Ill lay off the fish hydro and just do micronutes. I wonder what nutrient balance has to do with Hermies.
Fiddy
whats that fert you use now? PBB? is it organic? Im stocked up on hydrolized fish but for outdoor plants its attractive to critters
smoke em if you got em
rodehazrd
Good to meet you rodehazard,
Sorry to read about your friends battle with cancer, that's tragic.
I wasn't saying that excessive nitrogen could lead to more males. I am of the opinion that sex is determined in the DNA of each seed. I know that stress from excessive nutrients can cause a greater issue with hermies.I am confident that an unbalanced feed could lead to hermies.
Many strains can have some hermies issues, but that it can be manageable, not all hermies produce seed, or produce viable seed.
Fiddynut
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Good afternoon Rodehazrd.
Good to hear you are fattening up and healthy. Sorry to hear about your friend. Liver cancer is a bitch. This may not be typical but one of my aunts has had liver cancer for a long time. The docs gave her 6 months to live like 10 years ago and she is still fighting. Many operations later she is still with us. I don't know exactly what treatments she has done but I know they took tumors off a couple times and also radiation and other things. She had to fight to get the newest treatments and had many battles with insurance companies. Some of her care was at the cancer center (of America I think) they have several locations around the country but the one in Arizona I think specialized in liver cancer I believe.
Sounds like you have a great watering system that allows you to get away and not have to worry about your girls.
Glad to hear your Larrys are coming along. I had a couple runt seedlings on the GBs that I think I caused by letting them dry out too much when they were very young. They never recovered and I ended up giving up on them. I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing about your Larrys and the other new strains you are trying.
Yes brother I'm using PBP now and it seems to keep my plants happy (more about my plants in today's update). It is said to be 80% organic with a little salt based nutes. It's mostly rock powders and bat and bird poop.
Good to see you around Rodehazrd. I'm sure it's hard with your buddy sick but you can only help him with moral support and trying to stay positive. I can get more info from my aunt about treatment options if you think it would help your friend. If he has given up maybe just try to help him live the days he's got left as best as possible....Fiddy.
Fiddynut
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Update and pics
Update and pics
Greetings friends.
Well I think my old nemesis is back to haunt me once again. I watered this morning and gave the girls their inspection. On at least two of them I think I have a bunch of hermies on them. I was shocked and have spent the day so far trying to not be upset. A small part of me is still hoping that I'm wrong about this but I already know in my heart that these are balls. I've looked at plenty of google images and I don't think they could be anything else.
Here are some bad pictures of them.
Anyone else think these are hermies?
I know some have had success with picking them off but there are a bunch of them and I've heard they will just keep coming back anyway. I don't want to waist 6 more weeks of my time and electricity to end up with a bunch of seedy shitty buds.
Anyone think I should keep this grow going?
Sorry if I sound depressed. I thought that after a couple good grows I was done with this shit. Temps always between 68-77 degrees. Following nute schedule on bottle that seems to work well for others. No light leaks. No overwatering.
What would you guys do?
Update and pics
Greetings friends.
Well I think my old nemesis is back to haunt me once again. I watered this morning and gave the girls their inspection. On at least two of them I think I have a bunch of hermies on them. I was shocked and have spent the day so far trying to not be upset. A small part of me is still hoping that I'm wrong about this but I already know in my heart that these are balls. I've looked at plenty of google images and I don't think they could be anything else.
Here are some bad pictures of them.
Anyone else think these are hermies?
I know some have had success with picking them off but there are a bunch of them and I've heard they will just keep coming back anyway. I don't want to waist 6 more weeks of my time and electricity to end up with a bunch of seedy shitty buds.
Anyone think I should keep this grow going?
Sorry if I sound depressed. I thought that after a couple good grows I was done with this shit. Temps always between 68-77 degrees. Following nute schedule on bottle that seems to work well for others. No light leaks. No overwatering.
What would you guys do?
Hey Fiddy,pics one and two are definitely herms,pic three is out of focus but appears to be.What you have to understand is it's not a result of anything you did or didn't do,genetic hermies happen and happen often even with the most supposedly stableist of strains some phenotypes will hermie and its not that rare of an event.Environmental hermies on the other hand are not that common,its just not so easy to take a supposed stable strain and have it herm on you because of its environment.It does happen but not nearly so often as a pheno becoming hermie due to genetics.It's nothing you did or didn't do and I'm saying this not to make you feel better but because from experience I know about genetic hermies and environmental hermies,the latter is truly uncommon and the former not unusual at all even with supposedly stable strains.I would grow them out and trash the culprits clones.It's only a real disaster when you are growing a lot of known stable clones and a new seedplant comes along and pollenates the whole gig.Growing four or five plants it's really not an issue and a few seeds will not affect the potency of the different phenos,genetically they are what they are.You may have a slight bottom line decrease in yield depending on how badly they become seeded of course.I'll bet anything it's nothing you did Fiddy it's just the luck of the draw.Like you I like diversity but there's nothing like growing out a bunch of clones that you know are stable and getting a yield free of seed or nearly free of seed,once in awhile a mystery just occurs lol.Grow them out removing male parts as they appear and trash the clones from the hermied plants,that is what I would do.
yeah, those are def nanners
that sucks but dont think there is anything you could have done differently
its just how it goes sometimes
i would not bother trying to pick off the male parts
that is a lot of work and effort that could be spent doing other things
i would personally crack a new bunch of seed and move on
glad to see rode back and i wish the best for your friend
enjoy every minute you guys are together
the good mexican places still use real lard in their refried beans
im totally wiht you about how the best food is often food someone else made
im a happy camper when the mrs burns me a piece of toast, so much better than the burnt bread i make
/actually mrsChicky is a pretty decent cook
no plans for the weeknd so far
everyone is going to the fair friday, so i might just post up here and get high
maybe get some take out and watch the basketball on tv
sunday we might go for a hike in this coastal canyon where the passageway are super thin
in some palces you actually walk on the sides of the walls
if we go ill be sure to snap a pic or two so you can see what i mean
its not a long hike but its a pretty rad
that sucks but dont think there is anything you could have done differently
its just how it goes sometimes
i would not bother trying to pick off the male parts
that is a lot of work and effort that could be spent doing other things
i would personally crack a new bunch of seed and move on
glad to see rode back and i wish the best for your friend
enjoy every minute you guys are together
the good mexican places still use real lard in their refried beans
im totally wiht you about how the best food is often food someone else made
im a happy camper when the mrs burns me a piece of toast, so much better than the burnt bread i make
/actually mrsChicky is a pretty decent cook
no plans for the weeknd so far
everyone is going to the fair friday, so i might just post up here and get high
maybe get some take out and watch the basketball on tv
sunday we might go for a hike in this coastal canyon where the passageway are super thin
in some palces you actually walk on the sides of the walls
if we go ill be sure to snap a pic or two so you can see what i mean
its not a long hike but its a pretty rad
Sorry to read about your issues. Fiddy. Are those the gorilla bubbles?
Kids woke me up at 5 am. dad are we going camping now? Wifey wasn't to happy, lol. She's not big on,the great outdoors.
Kids woke me up at 5 am. dad are we going camping now? Wifey wasn't to happy, lol. She's not big on,the great outdoors.
Fiddynut
Active member
Good morning Floridian.
Yes this is a setback and it is discouraging but I see what you are saying. I can't be getting too hung up on it. I think my last two grows went well and no seeds in them so since I didn't change anything about my style or environmental (except new bulb which was needed as part of maintenance anyway) that it must have to do with these particular plants tendencies. Just luck of the genetic draw so to speak. No ones falt. Not mine. Not Tony's. Just the way it goes.
This one sucks because I need to shut down for a little bit after this run to get some work done in my house and on my well. I really wanted a good harvest out of these to see me through to whenever my next crop will come. It looks like in a couple months I might be buying and puffing someone else's weed for the first time in allmost a year. Not looking forward to that.
I've been too disgusted to look at them since I found the problems but tonight I'm going to get a close look and see how bad it is. If it looks like I can get rid of some of the worst branches I'll do that and keep the ones that arnt affected or just have a couple. It's possible that one plant dosent have any hermies on her, she is shorter and has some genotype differences so maybe their is hope for her. If, on the other hand, it is everywhere on all plants I'll have some choices to make. Risk/reward. If I shut down now I can get the work done and get back going on the next run sooner.
I hope things are going well for you and your mom is making a good recovery. It's gotta be good for her to be out of the hospital and back at home with her pups. Keep trucking brother.
Thanks for the advise and your opinion on this issue...Fiddy.
Fiddynut
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Good morning pop_rocks.
Yes I don't think I did anything different this time so not going to blame myself or anyone else. I'm starting to see that this is a possibility anytime you are growing from seed. I just have to keep my eyes open and deal with it when it happens.
I have to really have a good look tonight and see if I can save anything here. I don't want to be picking off hundreds of balls weekly and end up with just a hash run worth of seedy buds. And if one of the plants is hermie free I don't want it to get pollinated by the others. Going to take an objective look and make my decision tonight. If I do abort this run I'll get the well work done and then get set back up and get to popping some more seeds.
Yes I think you are right about the lard in the refried beans. They are so smooth and creamy and good. I'm glad I made some sense of my explanation of food sometimes tasting better when it's served to me rather than I had to cook. Also glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. Not that I don't enjoy cooking because I do.
I think I might take it easy this weekend as well. I need some rest and relaxation. I could go up th the cabin with my bro but I don't think I will. I have a few things to do around the house and have to try to figure out something I can do with the wife. She thinks we are growing apart and don't do things together anymore. I guess she is right. The fair might be fun but dosent sound like your type of thing. I'm not into basketball but the wife's sister and our nephews are huge warrior fans. The kids grew up in Oakland and really like basketball. Alabama has to be a culture shock for them.
That coastal canyon sounds cool. Defenatly post some pics if you go, I'd love to see it. It defenatly sounds rad. I remember that one day when we first moved to Oakland we went up to NorCal at low tide and explored the tidal pools. That was really fun and I hadent ever seen anything like that before. The coast can be such a beautiful place.
Fiddynut
Active member
Good afternoon Packerfan.
Yes they were gorilla bubble bx1f1.
Sounds like your kids like camping as much as you do. That's great. I never went camping as a kid my dad hated it. Said he had a bad camping trip called the Vietnam war.
I hope you guys have a great time and you get to relax and enjoy some piece and quiet. You've earned it.
Wtf, I got better internet service at the campsite than I so at home . Glad my kids left the tablets at home.
i understand its a tough call and im sure if the shoe were on the other foot ( it was my platns in question) i would be looking at all options, not just a cavalier (see what i did there) yank em'
good luck,brother and i hope at least one is ok
/but then you ahve the issue of running just one plant
/if thats the case i would bend the shit out of her so she fills the entire grow area
yeah, im not much into the round ball myself
its like baseball, i only tune in during the championships
i like sports tho and enjoy watch competition at its highest level
so what kind of things does the wife enjoy doing?
i mean you could always go for a walking in the woods and plan a nice picnic lunch
does she enjoy eating out or movies?
i think the most important part is the planing part,where she can see how you put thought into it and are trying to do things you think she would like
that and making time jsut for her
even a walk around the neigborhood can be fun
/you never knwo where you are going to find those special moments
now packfan is off on an adventure
sounds like the kids were really excited and ready to go
enjoy the fresh air and family time,man
/there is this spot we used to go up north in SLO where you could camp on the beach, i havent been there in ages
man, i need to block out some time to really get away form it all
good luck,brother and i hope at least one is ok
/but then you ahve the issue of running just one plant
/if thats the case i would bend the shit out of her so she fills the entire grow area
yeah, im not much into the round ball myself
its like baseball, i only tune in during the championships
i like sports tho and enjoy watch competition at its highest level
so what kind of things does the wife enjoy doing?
i mean you could always go for a walking in the woods and plan a nice picnic lunch
does she enjoy eating out or movies?
i think the most important part is the planing part,where she can see how you put thought into it and are trying to do things you think she would like
that and making time jsut for her
even a walk around the neigborhood can be fun
/you never knwo where you are going to find those special moments
now packfan is off on an adventure
sounds like the kids were really excited and ready to go
enjoy the fresh air and family time,man
/there is this spot we used to go up north in SLO where you could camp on the beach, i havent been there in ages
man, i need to block out some time to really get away form it all
Fiddynut
Active member
Good afternoon pop_rocks.
Hahaha cavalier I get it. Good one pops.
So I thrashed the gb 1&3 last night. Too many balls to pick off I'm sure I'd miss some and have seeded buds. But the #2 I went over top to bottom a bunch of times and all I could find was one ball on her. It was on a small branch so I cut the whole branch off and will be giving her daily examinations. If she stays clean she gets to stay if she starts popping a bunch of balls she will be thrashed too.
As far as the issue of running just one plant we will have to see if it's worth it. She will be getting all of the light and might produce very well for me. When they are packed in 3 or 4 in the tent there are a lot of overlapping leaves and other plants blocking ones bud sites and stuff. Now she has room to spread out and really get lots of light all over top and sides of her. In fact she is already spreading out and starting to fill the space. 3x3 isn't much space and I always feel bad for the plants being crammed in together so maybe I'll like this and start growing one bigger plant in there in the future. That is if this girl stays a girl and is flowered out.
As far as what the wife likes to do that's a good question. We use to go hiking, walking dog, motorcycling, play disc golf, out for drinks ect. The last few years she has been a lot less active because she gets this nerve pain sometimes and it sometimes seems to be brought on by activity. She use to go up to the cabin a lot with me but has not been in years. She spends most of her free time on the couch watching tv. I was really cought off guard when she came home from her vacation to Alabama and said she'd been thinking and started telling me that I never do anything with her anymore. The more I think about it the more I think she never wants to do the stuff we use to do so I just kind of stopped asking her to. I'm starting to think she is just unhappy with her life and trying to find someone to blame for it. I guess I'm an easy target for that. Maybe we can find new things to do together but she has to at least give me some clues as to what. I still do a lot of the things we use to do together and she knows she is welcome to join but doesn't. Also we don't spend much time together because we work diffrent shifts and have way diffrent sleeping schedules. I'm often asleep when she gets home and she dosent wake up until long after I'm at work. That wasn't my choice. We have Monday off together so I'll take her out to lunch or somewhere and we will talk about this. I need her to understand my side and not just hers and also make sure she knows that a lot of what she is complaining about is as much her doing as mine if not more. But I have to do this in a way that's not confrontational. She can be emotional and will shut down if she feels I'm being pushy. We defenatly need to get this out though. She even mentioned selling the house and separating if things didn't improve. I need to know what is expected of me and what constitutes improvement.
You are right that seeing me put thought into some date nights or something would probably make her happy. I know I haven't been doing much of that. Making time for each other use to just happen and now it's more work and takes planing. this is something I can work on. I think she is a little jealous of my plants because of the time I spend on them. It's tough because of the work and sleep schedule again. I'm sure after a good talk on Monday we can work on it. The last thing I want now is to have to separate and move and all the fun that comes with that.
I hope your weekend is off to a great start. I got a lot of my yard work out of the way last night after work so I've got time to relax the rest of the weekend. Good thing because it's like 90 degrees and too hot to work outside today. It's suppose to stay hot for a few days here. We had a cold rainy spring so we're not use to the heat in these parts yet and 90 feels like 100. Not good sleeping weather. Good thing for air conditioning. I hope you have a great weekend and a great coastal hike tomorrow...Fiddy.
Good decision Fiddy,I just realized from your post your space is only three by three,I probably would do 2 largish plants in that if you had the height.When you go to re-order despite the horror stories of fem seeds,I would go with a couple paradise seeds fem,thats if you must order from the outside and you don't have clones to grow.A small space like that there's no way I'd veg out regular seeds hoping for females.I've done female seeds NL dinafem and a few others,Paradise seeds is the way to go for potency and variety
ended up not going on that hike this morning
thats good that at least one plant might have some hope
i think 3x3 isnt that bad a space if you are just growing for just yourself or maybe a few people
like you said, other plants compete with her for light and just overall space
/ i think plants can feel things around them
also more plants create "stale" spots of air and restrict airflow
its not some thing i would do often, but in this case i would def run another cycle just for this lone lady
while it might not be efficient as far as g/watts, it will give you some smoke to hold you over till you can address that problem you have been having wiht that well pipe
next time she says you "... never do anything with her anymore." , ask her what she has in mind.
like: "what would you like to do"
/and say it with a smile
i feel you when you lamet about how hard it is to know what kinds of things your lady would like to do when she says something liek that
/ive been there,brother! we arent mind readers
its good that the two of you are going to talk and be sure to get it out first and foremost how much you love her and want to be with her
/when i went through this wiht mrsChicky one of the first things i laid out to her, was how i hoped we would spent the rest of our lives together
but if its just you guys not doing things together, you can fix that easily
even if you guys end up just watching tv together, make that something special between the two of you
/i used to watch that american horror story with the mrs
was like our littel date
but that shit started to freak me out so i stopped, now she watches it with our little girl (J- is actually a teenager)
#dontlikeit #tvtooscareyforme
thats good that at least one plant might have some hope
i think 3x3 isnt that bad a space if you are just growing for just yourself or maybe a few people
like you said, other plants compete with her for light and just overall space
/ i think plants can feel things around them
also more plants create "stale" spots of air and restrict airflow
its not some thing i would do often, but in this case i would def run another cycle just for this lone lady
while it might not be efficient as far as g/watts, it will give you some smoke to hold you over till you can address that problem you have been having wiht that well pipe
next time she says you "... never do anything with her anymore." , ask her what she has in mind.
like: "what would you like to do"
/and say it with a smile
i feel you when you lamet about how hard it is to know what kinds of things your lady would like to do when she says something liek that
/ive been there,brother! we arent mind readers
its good that the two of you are going to talk and be sure to get it out first and foremost how much you love her and want to be with her
/when i went through this wiht mrsChicky one of the first things i laid out to her, was how i hoped we would spent the rest of our lives together
but if its just you guys not doing things together, you can fix that easily
even if you guys end up just watching tv together, make that something special between the two of you
/i used to watch that american horror story with the mrs
was like our littel date
but that shit started to freak me out so i stopped, now she watches it with our little girl (J- is actually a teenager)
#dontlikeit #tvtooscareyforme
Fiddynut
Active member
Good morning Floridian.
You may be right that less can be more as far as plants in the space. I really hope the gb#2 I have stays a girl so I can see the difrences in how the girls grow when they have the space to spread their wings a bit compared to when they are crammed in against each other and the side of the tent. And I think that less plants per run going forward is also a good idea. I'll have less opportunities to pheno hunt with less plants but I think if I stick to great genetics I'll still find some great stuff. In addition to the 3x3 I have a 2.5x4.5 veg tent with a t5 so I do have room to pop a few beans and select females. I still have a couple packs of other bodhi strains left to play with. I had great luck with the bodhi lemon wookie ( other than me being stupid and not getting a new bulb for the grow ) right before this run so looking forward to trying some of his other strains. That said I'm not going to be afraid of fem seeds now that I've seen reg seeds can have same problems with intersex.
I think that for sure less plants will be more in the future. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with me once again and thank you for the tip on paradise seeds...Fiddy.
