Tika’sGarden of Earthly Delights

[ZigZag]

Tika, Love the pics_ lovely grow. I like the idea of using the white bucket to catch the sift but how do you keep the fine stuff from coming out the top of the bucket. I tried that last night and still got "gold dust" on my pants and the table? Just kept coming up around the edges of the bag and then out of the bucket....maybe I was shaking too hard?
Cheers always and good to be back!

[Tika]

ZigZag YES the waste is a bitch.my top is only 25” x 45” it has been recommended to me to shake INTO a LARGER bucket directly but...I am not. I use the bucket to do the initial Sirius 5 minute shake then shake over platform. The bucket just holds the bag as I rest after the initial (bitch of a ) 5 minute shake. I HAVE found- thanks to an old friend) freezing the bud/trim in brown bag ( makes a weird weed brick) to further release the trichomes with the dry ice. I have found the resulting Kief to be cleaner and I only use one of the harvest bags. As well I think I am the only woman in my area that has a green canister in her vac🥴

[ZigZag]

ha! I love the "green canister in your vac".....OK, thats similar to what I do but I think I might try to find a larger bucket than a 5 gallon ....Lately I've just been taking flower in jars in the freezer and then going directly to the dry ice method and have found that the first shake is really nice and golden with no green. Cheers to you and your pups for the new year!

[Tika]

Just moving along here. Happy with fat leaves. Papillons minus one- Nik center but ....always big in my heart.
hope your celebration was fabulous & very very happy.

[Tika]

Thanks guys. center dog has passed but still posting my posers and YES SILVER BALLS....hear the angels sign?

[oldjarhead100]

We went to a family party and apparently it was bring a puppy with you my sister had her 2 little puff ball no bigger than my hand , then a niece had her puppy looked like bengie ,someone else had a golden retriever puppy and last but not least was BJs dog Moose, not a puppy and lives up to its name huge lol, made me look at dog rescues in area lol

[RagWeedDWC]

Note to fellow canine lovers, dog hairs will smoke :-O

[Tika]

RagWeedDWC i know dog hair is frowned upon but I always have some but then again I have 3 vacuums

[Doubledealing72]

I have 2 Huskies, a Shepherd husky mix, and a mini Aussie. We consume dog hair on the daily 😂😂😂

Also, awesome grow and pretty dogs Tika! Hope your new year was great!

[starramus]

In my past outdoor urban grows I always had trouble with cat hair. The alley cats loved my plants. Fortunately they didn't dine on any of them. It sure got tiresome picking the cat hair off though. I can't handle the smell of burning hair.

[RagWeedDWC]

I solved my problem by reversing my airflow, bringing it up from under the shop and then out. I had routed it down under the shop initially to help hide the smell. Reversed everything and added 6 inch carbon filter. Mutt is back, sitting at my feet as I type . I can handle a little dog hair, picked most of it off, however the bride of over 30 years is not about to smoke it ,(Does that make us fall into the old hippy crowd?)....... So..... Rebuilt the whole fricking system in about a week. Brides Happy, life is good.
Smok'em if you got'em...

[Tika]

Well....I don’t think dogvhair smells like human hair...my cat has No access to grow space BUT the dogs are the keeper of the clock -lights on or lights off...they bark to it. I vac every other day. crafted bud with a hair or two=suck it up or don’t.🦋🤓🤗🦋

[RagWeedDWC]

Now the other half on the other hand..... :-)

[alltatup]

Damn straight.

[oldjarhead100]

Het if I'm willing to smoke a 6 month old roach then a little hair does not bother me lol

[ZigZag]

Hey Tina////are you making honey sticks or is that some new F1 strain?

[Tika]

Apparently they are not attempting sub lingual (preferred) but drop down the road throat. They are quite pleased with it.
Yes...sativa take up space for sure! I like at least one good sativa in the grow...have a (Nirvana) coming Jock Horror which is quite divine.
Today brewing some cannabis salve ( rainy day so can’t work my landscape job) still trying to find the ideal super strong recipe.

[ZigZag]

Tika_ I'm not sure if you're looking for a stronger salve or for making edibles (or maybe both?). I can make rosin and am going to try making some edibles with it, and very carefully see what happens...I'll start with a strain with a 1:1 ratio( at least 7-12mgs CBD) and go from there. Objective is very little to no "taste" with more "impact". It might work for topicals too.
I'll get back to you with the results of this "experiment" if your interested. Cheers!

[oldjarhead100]

Tika could you send me the recipe for the salve I want to try it on my legs

[Tika]

Worked up some salve yesterday.

[LurkingInTheGrass]

salve from rootballs?

[Canuck147]

Hehehe - looks like saturated cheese cloth to me.

[LurkingInTheGrass]

/me slaps forehead

duh - thank you

[ZigZag]

Looks like you might have to go get some more cheese cloth! Dang the dirty dishes too. Anyway you using coconut oil for the salve base? Maybe with some kind of fragrance enhanced with terpenes from oranges, limes, pine, floral elements...something like that?

[Tika]

Yes that was coconut oil and some grape seed oil...touch of lavender and beeswax. No frills🦋

[Tika]

Canuck147 LurkingInTheGrass ZigZag. LOVE YOU folk🤣😂. Ingriedents on label...avatar I swiped somewhere on line btw...no one has sued me yet.
i did use 3 OZ of bud that stored well/still good -had to go. The addition to the salve is soy lecithin ( which I always add to my butt ugly boobie cookie mix . It was granular and the recipe called for liquid. Did granular. There is also sunflower lecithin I haven’t tried. I ALWAYS declare soy in my cookie gifts since some folk are allergic to it. ( if I get Sulfa I will be dead in three minutes) Anyway Arnica, Cannabis, soy lecithin all sleep together beautifully. I did not add Arnica to this brew-pure bud. Chose grape seed oil as it is good for the skin as is coconut oil and DAMN I forgot to add to label a little beeswax.
so: the deal is...if you don’t use it on a regular basis until you find your relief threshold it won’t work. Kinda like Motrin. Peeps think it should be immediate, packaged in a lovely container & smelling good.
And....if one is going to consume cannabis either in tincture, edibles, or salve it is beyond my ability or wont to administer special flavors. .kale doesn’t taste so good either.
I love Eucalyptus, lemon, and some peeps hate it so I keep it simple and plain and hopefully effective.
i wouldn’t buy a salve or lotion or Arnica from a commercial company. Under brewed with expensive containers. But then...no one likes wearing gloves to bed smeared in cannabis or Arnica crept for me🥴 and my other cosmetic is super glue for the cracks in my fingertips that hurt like hell! From the nutrients and cleaning products.
last line of the day and to this rant...I used to be a fashion model in San Francisco...I know cosmetics.
end of rant ❤️

[ZigZag]

OK, I guess I should proof before i post.
That's 7% THC/ 15% CBD.....might be a good strain to start with for topicals?

[Tika]

@ZigZag...ya know there are beneficial in thc also. I can’t grow high cod or I’d be dead in the fish pond. Most folk I gift a salve or oil wish a miracle message and I tell them: it’s not a miracle..it’s like Motrin for pain and inflammation...you have to use the product to find the level that works. A little dab will do ya just isn’t so. Goes back to wearing plastic gloves so pillow cases don’t get trashed and the issue of repetition plus....using up a lot of cannabis...
You can hear me going batshit right? Pretty lotions with a bar code doesn’t mean it works...
I would really like for a commercial tester in my area to determine what bud...how much of that bud...decarbedb would equal high effective . Not yet. InDO know-fact checked- having RA and OsteoArthritus in both hands I can wear rings I’ve not worn in years - after I process..
Did the blab again....🙄

[ZigZag]

Oh, the two high CBD strains I'm using are about 1:1 ratio and the THC levels are higher than most_ one is CBD OG and its range is between 5-12% each. I think the plants I grew are least 10% THC...you can get high from 3-5 hits from flower so its got some THC for sure. The other strain is called Wonder Dawg which is suppose to be 5-15% CBD and 15-20% THC_ it seems to be in the >10% CBD range and 10-15% in the THC range. I made some dry ice hash a few months ago and 2-3 hits would get you high but it was very mellow and chill without any couch lock_ alert but chill, it makes great edibles_ it comes on slow and easy and then kinda just levels out. Good stuff to start someone out who's not familiar with edible consumption.

I have one more question....I always decarb any extract for edibles but do you need to decarb to make effective topicals_ where you want the full cannabinoid profiles to be effective?

I'm facing a major challenge getting the filters I need for my new extract machine which arrived yesterday but now I have to wait for the filters_ its going to drive me nuts waiting...so I have some time before I'll be starting the topicals. I think I'm going to try out the extractor with some tincture made with the filtered CHILLAX method and then reduce that to a much more condensed version. The tincture will not be filtered as well but it should keep me busy and happy playing for a little while anyway!

Thanks for all your help!

[oldjarhead100]

Tika I love your posts and look forward to your updates every now an then you throw out some tidbit on yourself and from what ive gathered your quite a lady besides being a master grower ,

[oldjarhead100]

Tika When should I start looking to sex the plants I am now but I just wanted to know about how long ,this not knowing is driving me nuts lol

[oldjarhead100]

LurkingInTheGrass You can and I do take clones when I top , when I'm setting up for the outside grow I start seeds then top them ,grow those tops out and clone them .I keep doing this until I have enough plants , This year I'm not doing that I'm starting seeds from a seeded grow last year

[ZigZag]

OldJarhead100_ So that's how you get a bunch of clones from one mother....I think I'm going to try taking a few clones from one of the plants I have going now which is in full flower so I'm wondering where the best place to take a few branches from would be? There are some smaller branches with a few leaf sets and only tiny little bud sites, might they be worth taking a chance on? Or would it be better to wait until I harvest the top 2/3rds of this plant and hope I can get it to re-veg,,, then if that works I could take some clones when she's recovered in full veg mode. This plant is awesome...huge dense colas that are now pretty frosty but in a few weeks should be snowy! I'd like to keep those genes working for another generation...at least!

[oldjarhead100]

ZigZag I have taken clones from plants in bloom ,I like to take sections that are not very woody ,also if you have a piece of stem that is to long for one clone then make 2 from it ,I was very surprised but this works

[Tika]

Alrighty then....the crop:
4 DoubleCookie x WizardPunch. 2 MerlinsRide bu the_honeysticks.
1 Jock Horror fem-Nirvana
1 Jack Herer fem ( freebie) Seedsman
THINKING....germinating Purple Moby Dick ( if you’re curious look her up) https://www.dinafem.org/en/purple-moby-dick/ bought 3 fems and may do her/them outside......supposed to be HUGE girls. Perhaps in 7 to 10 gal smart pots...thinking on soil...dunno. I would like to have a high yielded for salves and butter .
a very cozy Sunday to you all
🤗😘🤗

[Tika]

Yesssss homedepot !
Yes..plan on PMD to be outside after germ and inside a for veg then punt outside. Gotta figure out what size smart pot my wagons will handle I’ll go that big.
Regarding reg seeds...i put at least 32
seeds and got 5 I believe to be true females.
The issue with my seeds seems to be more herms than straight males.
If I had straight males...I might compulsively try to breed my own strain a time or two...(thinking out loud).
And yes again..I want to see sex before I start working the plant after topping and one transplant.

All for the love of the process is it not? Problem is that that love out grows the available space!
Thank you ZigZag for your company🤓🤗🤓

[oldjarhead100]

I like the sound of that Merlins Ride its going to be a magical journey lol

[ZigZag]

That's very interesting about the amount of hermits you get from seed...I seem to have the same experience...last grow I had 3 hermits out of 10 seeds, two males and 5 females. This time I only got one hermit out of 15 seeds. But I've only had one two hermits ever using feminized seeds ever since I started. I'm glad to hear you don't try to train before transplant to final container. That's one of the things that I find frustrating with regular seed but the challenge and the strains are why I do it.
Good to hear you've got some ladies for sure...now comes the rest of em!

[Tika]

Andddddd: window Pea Shoots( not sprouts) by Botanical Interests...great taste, high anti oxidants, raw or cooked...and very rewarding to grow...about 10 days start to finish.


Name: Pisum sativum

Days to Maturity: 10–20 days

Family: Fabaceae

Native: Western Asia, Europe, and North Africa

Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual

Variety Information: Young, tender leaves and tendrils harvested at 3"–4" tall. Almost any type of garden pea can be grown for its young shoots. According to Japanese research, raw pea shoots contain high amounts of vitamins A, C, E, K, and B-6. In addition, they add fiber and contain carotenes, pigments that are high in antioxidants which have a role in protecting cells from damage. Researchers are also studying the phytochemicals found in pea shoots and think they may have a role in preventing cancer.

Harvesting: When seedlings emerge, the first pair of leaves to show are the cotyledons, which can look very different from the leaves that follow, called "true" leaves. Pea for Shoots baby greens are ready to harvest 10 to 20 days after sowing, when they have true leaves, at 2"–4". Slow growers, or cool growing temperatures may require more time. Harvest by cutting just above the soil line. For more than one harvest (up to 3 before flavor declines) leave about 1/2" of leafy growth on the small plants so they can regenerate.

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Careful, some crazy 3 legged egg sneaking up on your sprouts 😁

[Tika]

😂🤣😜 that cobble is the beloved that pounces my garlic cloves and ergonomically removes the skin from the clove! Fits into the Palm of my hand perfectly. And was free🙃 personally selected from Montana de Oro 7 minutes from my house

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=592

Want me to find you one...without 🦵?

[Tika]

Using my cannabis sticks with battery bling lights to illuminate the kitchen while over stove hood fan/light is being replaced...
works for pasta🥴

[Tika]

I love the sticks as night lights🥴 thank you both. And actually @Canuck147...I am actually an artist....PM Ing you about that.
@alltatup...always delighted to hear from you🤗🤓🤗

[RagWeedDWC]

Improvise, adapt, overcome.... wait...isn't that the motto for ... growers?

[Tika]

LOL @ RagWeedDWC...indeed (flexablemotherfuckers) we are.
😛