Tika’sGarden of Earthly Delights

[Tika]

[oldjarhead100]

the Patio parade keeps on trucking looking great Tika

[oldjarhead100]

Good Morning Tika just checking in and hoping for more outside pictures its nice to see a warm place lol we had a heat wave yesterday it got up to 47 but we are going to pay for it today 18 with a wind chill burrr have a great day and if I dont talk to you soon have a Merry Christmas

[Tika]

Good morning OJH
Ha! Today is going to be cloudy and a bit wet I hear...still very dark out so I can’t tell quite yet. Temps to be in the 60s? Will post below the current status...
I seriously don’t I’d know how to act in your temps..lived in Wash DC for a year and just remember slipping and falling on black ice and wondering how it could be 12 degrees outside and not snow.....a California fish out of water!
More coming

[Tika]

Harvest has begun: the daily schedule ;
up at 4:30 AM throw back coffee air the dogs
6:00 AM go turn on flower tent lights - mix wagonettes food -9 gals
6:45 sun up; wagon out the girls to yard & feed ( entails 5 sets of stairs up and down)
go to work , go into town for hair cut , come home & harvest
5 PM wagon the girls back to cover , clip a few more branches & close down flower tent
trim til finished
fall asleep at the dinner table
Repeat
Still have 5 plants to harvest/trim.
will report on strains when done but for the moment will add I love the “purples” in the leaves & flowers.
Christmas will be bleaching out tent
thanks for viewing
Have a fine day folks

[alltatup]

You got the best routine, Tika!! Have a dark solstice!!!!🐸🐸🐸

[oldjarhead100]

I love the oh shit lol,how many times have we said that .all the time, work ,thought and effort we put into them and she still managed a few seeds
I also love the hanging buds , I have a bud spinner and when you are tight on time you can just clip the nug with all the leaves still on it and spin it a little longer and poof your bud it trimmed took about a half hour to do two plants Granted they only had 2 oz each. something to consider

[Tika]

Mine was good and dark...Witnessing the Solstice funnel in harvest //trim/ cure stage...
Thank you for your presence and friendship
May your holiday be devine(Ing).

[Sockfilter]

Mas BONITA is all I can think of.. Love your system and dedication, I can literally feel the PASSION you have through your words and photos.. Some people grow, some people cultivate, however I can not even think of a word that describes what you do as it is beyond those labels. Amazing and Thanks for sharing..

Merry Christmas..<3

[Tika]

Ya know....I've been thinking on your comment and admit to googling mas Bonita...
Your gesture is so lovely and very much appreciated.
Thank you...If you can see the passion you have it too!
Thank YOU for being here

[Vapo69]

Hello Tika .....it looks like you are well rewarded for your labour......wish I was closer, I have two hands I could lend lol

[Tika]

Vapo69 yup....Many days I wish we were all together shooting the shit and trimming. I humor myself with the images of it. "Meetings With Remarkable Men ( meaning people)"
I would probably laugh myself to bed and not know what happened to my sticks.
A Great holiday to you and yours
Hugs🤗🍾😊

[Vapo69]

I think laughter would be top of the menu.......have a great holiday to you and everybody with you
Big bear hug back.

[Tika]

AND HERE WE ARE my friends ( and I DO mean that).
Finished the harvest at 3pm Cali time today. I am pleased,good sticky on all but the divine low humidity (40s) will keep me on my toes for budding off and jarring
/cure.
Here ya go for images thus far, tomorrow a bit more light, celebrating the funnel, and celebrating YOU AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR PERSONAL POSTS, AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP
I loose track , pipe in advice when I can or see fit, hope you know I am with you .
Can't find the YouTube video Seidas Pass...Yet..For this year. .So we I'll include a still image or two to Keep The Evil Winter Goasts away .
Celebrating you, your family, your grow as we pass thru the funnel of light.

Celebrating you

[oldjarhead100]

haha tika I find eggs in a bag of savings and they have the tajmahall of coops . I use the water trays that go under your plants to give them water in but I think I will get a couple to trim in .
How do those trim buckets work , I know ATU likes them but I'm still debating

[Tika]

Personally I think the trim bucket is totally worthless for the price. . I gave it away and it came back. Hopefully I will post my enter into cure pics tonight which will show Saucers from trimming/ selecting bud size going into restraraunt supply trays . I use for the rotation from jar to trAy to jar til I hit the 60-65 mark with hygrometers in jars. The rectangular shapes save space.
LOL always looking for economy of movement...But storing what didn't work lacks economy .
You are a great grandpa and a great friend....Have a great day tomorrow OJH
Cheers🍾🥂🍷

[PuravidaC]

Excellent use of pot trays for trim! I will diffently be following your lead!!!

[Tika]

Double tasking the saucers but....Depending on your space...Rectangular may be better...Depends on economy as he economy of space...Stating the obvious.
May your Holiday be filled with joy and new ideas
Stay fresh good buddy

[Potted]

I’m so glad your doing a outside grow,thay look great!!! I use the same wagons during my out side summer time grow.
That article on GWE I read this morning sure puts u in a different class.Top notch I’d say. Merry,Merry and a happy happy New year. Lol

[Tika]

Thank you Potted!They are surviving in the winter thus far. Did some defoliation yesterday. I will see them thru as best I can & thanks for your support.
Yeah..I am always surprised to see myself in print in newsletter..Which I read well before the sun comes up every Sunday.n
I've been called a GWEophile....Wear the moniker with pride
Hopefully posting pics tonight here of harvest into cure of I door plants.
The days are getting g longer and I am sending you best wishes for everything you do Potted🍾🥃🍺

[Tika]

Holiday Greetings and Warm Wishes to you all. May tomorrow bring you an added ray of sunshine and much joy.
Posting my last year HOLIDAY VIDEO wishes. since I can't find this year's on YouTube alltatup .Only on FB and I don't know how to configure that. SO...Just so you know this event is held to drive away winter ghosts...Bad stuff from your life and your farming. Same as last year- I mean Well and joy.

https://youtu.be/8P7lntx4zNs

Final post on the indoor girls now hitting the cure zone: I will be brief and to the point ( looking at this I am not)
Given really dry conditions ...Good for bud Bad for dry...And otherwise perfect conditions cept for a final note at the end.

Granddaddy purple (3 plants) are all small, too dry, a lot will go to kief pucks...for $125 for 5 seeds a horrid display. BUT I have 2 plants outside to test my winter...(.Could bring them into the flower tent but won't.) AND she is spitting more seed than I care to mention. Got a serious case of poddy- mouth with those 3, sticky , formation sucks, eager for someone to test her when cured. A smoke is a smoke right? Embarrassing. Disgusting end result.

Ayahuasca purple trooped beautifully...What a beautiful plant although I didn't get the colors I wanted..She is still purple, good yield for indoor, solid buds top to bottom, nice trimming space without much waste..Eager for report on her too. She is pretty on all accounts. 3 girls there.

The surprise is:
for Sativa lovers DinaChem((2 plants) ..High yield, very little waste, good sugar,nice big buds, I'd grow her again. Need to see how she compares to Jock horror in smoke. Hands down nice yield, sticky, compact buds.

SO: the hitch ; I used Ragalia for the GDP prone to bud rot...Also used on outside GDP. Did that queer my deal? Dunno. Totally dehydrate the flower?

Ok here are pics, the 13 germs 100% good, 4 outside wagonette still vertical.
And then there is the human error...I f.....g left a port open one night. Human error...Ugh
It is what it is and on to the next.
Never give up and never yield
SiriusFoursideNebulaHaze thank you for your unending efforts, for the newsletter, and enabling me to be in contact with these very wonderful people.

Such a gift you give
Always
T

[Paracelsus]

Love the Video, Hope your having a Super Solstice Tika!

[oldjarhead100]

Tika my lights go off at 4 pm I went down to check bloom room I wanted to see if the heater was putting off light well imagine my surprise when I opened the door to find 2 leds still on ,heading down if a few to change out the timer ,so many things can cause issues love the challenge

[Paracelsus]

I've been reading that timer problems are common integrating all the different elements, lights fans, humidity, top feed, exhaust. I think i want to set up an active redundancy for at least my air and water pumps. Keep the lights independent. I imagine your down there a few times a day.

[oldjarhead100]

there are controllers that will provide all the electric to your room and shut things off when you want but they are expensive,plus I wanted my electric spread over two circuit breaker panels, now Im wishing I had rethought that lol. I was happy with the mechanical timers you can get them to shut off within a few minutes of each other ,just these two lights, the digital will be here today I unplugged them until they do get here

[Paracelsus]

I like the ChilLED controller

[ribbitt]

I wish there was sutch a thing as a perfect grow gee we all learn every day good to be human and we love are green gifts

[Tika]

Just saying HI all.
Babies are doing fine and the Wagonettes are too. The GDP is getting very purple.
Cheers🥂

[oldjarhead100]

those are looking good Tika ,love the wagonettes they are really filling out

[Tika]

CHANGE!...Old dog not sure of new trick
A blessing and a curse...rain is coming and if not rain marine layer and fog. ...No light. Since California is headed for another drought La Nina style...I'm going with the flow Will take gladly any moisture and move back inside.
Wagonettes got wagoned in thru husbandD's office, studio ( a major feat as he is a clutterfuck) and then I carried 3 of 4 upstairs to the tent. The tall boy hubby did..
We are now back to Flower tent cycle. Couldn't sleep in anyway as the dogs demand I get up to the growspace by 6am
SO having never done this before and given my alternatives...WTF. they are already into flower-bud configuration odd, healthy and I HOPE disease free . Just the same I will either deal with the tent or the veg areas...Not both in same clothes/shoes.m( Did someone just say good luck with that...?)

The kinda fun part is that I am feeding them now without lifting them out and back into the tent since there are 4 not 8.(for the First time) Put them on their risers in their larger trays and got out the bucket head ( thank you Nebula and Sirius!) To suck the drain. I turnoff the LEDs since I don't care for working in magenta / have ambient room light, feed , suck and LEDs back on.

Babies are doing fine. Will top soon, prepare their 5 gal pots, transplant, ( pick 8 of 13 let the black pots go a bit and then see....)

If all doesn't become robust...Then will go to the Dry Ice Hash shake.

New territory for a bad planner 😊

My best regards to you ALL

[alltatup]

Tika, The 4 plants look fantastic in the tent! Brunch also looks yummy.

Which breeder's GDP are you growing? I just ordered some Blimburn GDP.

[Vapo69]

The food looks divine!

[Aloner]

#socozy

[Tika]

Thanks @ Paracelsus 😊

[Paracelsus]

Tika your not a bad planner your just plain BAD (in a good way)