Tika’sGarden of Earthly Delights

[Tika]

Pucking as the evening comes about me.

[RosettaStoned]

I need to get me one of these

[Tika]

Have a great weekend folks

[Campesino]

We love you too Tika
Happy Friday!

[Paracelsus]

Is that ice hash?

[oldjarhead100]

Tika I found that when I puck that if I put a little olive oil on a paper towel and lightly rub it on the press then the puck doesn't stick , you probably knew that but I thought I would share

[Tika]

oldjarhead100 yes! Thank you for saying tho. Also use alcohol.

[Tika]

OH BALLS!!!!!
The final take: lost two bushy ones in tent with balls.....Down to 5 and ok as the Sativa's are staying wide (lst)-and into the stretch. Still have3 wagonette plus a DinaChem . So 4 still surviving this unpredictable weather. The good thing is 24 seeds germinated out of 24 (my way), all plants healthy and strong. Only one sensitive one in tent complaining about the light so she went outside and is fine. (No fussy ones in the tent period...Never had a fussy one actually).
So 70days old and a week into the flip.

Double Balls can't post pics...Yet...

[Tika]

There we go. Plus still DinaChem outside not pictured.
Happy Friday Loved Ones.

[Paracelsus]

Happy weekend Busy Grrrl.

[Tika]

well i feel YUCKIE today-altho tried for the wildflower drive in am. got a new cell-apple 8+ (brown rice for months) and tried some bud shots that really need the iphone tripod to be in focus SO I farted around with the images in photoshop and threw on a watercolor filter...
love that white rhino

[Locrian99]

I’ve been thinking I should get the somewhat fancy camera out that we bought for doing baby pics with and then realized our cell phones are so much easier for bud pics. The plants actually stand still lol.

[oldjarhead100]

those are some cool images Tika ,I like the effect you added

[9fingerleafs]

That’s some sexy bud right there. Congrats tika

[Tika]

Campesino CONGRATULATIONS! Nice Trophy pictures and Journal in today's newsletter.

I totally bimbo-ed out when I touched the pictures ( to make bigger) and got to your forum page directly. I was on my iPad and did NOT see Go to Journal as it was below my screen. Being a knee-jerk kind of person I reported it to NebulaHaze thinking it was possibly a security issue. I apologize - MY BAD!

Got my tail between my legs and relegating myself to folding laundry as punishment.

Subbed for your next round and looking forward to more great growing and journalism 🙃

[Campesino]

Thank you so much! Totally just made my day! I saw your comment here first and just went and found my mention in the newsletter!

That is really cool!
Thank you NebulaHaze and SiriusFourside ! I am really happy to be part of your community!

[IGH]

Hi Tika!
I'm happy to see you are still around and showing us how its done!
Keep it up, you set a great example for us!

[Tika]

That's very kind of you to say😊 I've been here all the time...Where are you???

[IGH]

Long story short...
Housing market chewed us up and spit us out. Landlords backed off selling and gave us another year.
Soon as I was done talking to them I was in the basement digging the gear back out. Figure I might be able to cram 3 more runs into the next year.
Made a new acct cuz when I had to go the website was REALLY messed up, and my name was just too damn long.

[Tika]

72 days from seed, 11 days from flip (measuring approx 24" then) tent is now 36-40" tall...First full week of stretch! SOB! And I'm starting to wonder how I am going to be able to lift the 5 out of the tent to feed with much more stretch As Sativa's ( no shit!) I am not too concerned about any more defoliation...May have to do the wet vac....🤨🧐 a bunch of pistil shots. I've never had pistils this long (grem reaper and strawberry jelly) but never was this close to regular seeds either. I admit to being thrilled with them as a. They are females b. worked hard to get 8 females, and c. they seem unusual to me. But then I've never seem in person someone else's plants-word.
So tent 4 of 5 plants and girlie pistils. The three HS outside have the same height now and pistils and my herm DinaChem is fabulous. No outside bugs yet.
Still on transition feed..Will move forward shortly.

[IGH]

I hear ya. Man cave got reconfigured many times, lol

[oldjarhead100]

hey Tika as far as watering goes I use two scoops 1 holds about a quart and the other a gallon I attached them to broom handles and I can water the plants in back of my room or tent ,so much better for my back lol

[Vapo69]

Hola T.......all is going well......great pics!!

[Tika]

16 days from flip and:
for the FIRST time since i started to grow-2014? I have to leave the 5 ( not the usual 8 or sometimes 6) in the tent on risers in large saucers for their feed. Too tall to lift/ tp heavy. no more individual plant shots with this grow. Wet/ Dry vac and hands and knees ...dare I say suck is now the program...The sativas are taking over the tent, lights are the highest ever at 18 days from flip. some really tall lanky with few buds starting on stick, long pistils,did MORE LST and the wires make it hard to hand water-I bring them down and they just go right back up-some broke the wire. some more bushy, defol not a concern yet. Outside girls I am letting be-no defole til I see a reason. They still get wheeled in at night. If I had growing land I would do Honeysticks sativas outside here-they are doing well.
CONSIDERING doing Campesino every day feed-with the idea I dont have to mix 3 gals for two plants minimum (9 plants) will see. Continues to be strong plants-perhaps regular seeds / females are more robust?
This is all new to me. Can't wait for the stretch to stop. Feel like a fish out of water. Will see them through. The journal I am keeping for a final PDF wont be worth anything-no science-just events accompanied by a bunch of WTF. All that said-the seeds are sound/robust and very worthy of sativa lovers-indeed.
hope your weekend is a great one. Great Growers You All

[Tika]

TY muchly😊

[oldjarhead100]

Tika love the room lots of space to work around I might have that space to if I stop filling up the room lol

[Paracelsus]

Honey pie, you are making me crazy. I’m in love but I’m lazy, won’t you please come home. Honey pie come back to me.

https://youtu.be/oOZjgUzBLAI

[Tika]

Greetings folks
very eager to conclude the stretch in the tent ( end of the week ?) with PayDay, GremReaper & StrawberryJelly from the_honeysticks. Some nearing 51 inches. Campesino ( considering the challenge..Would like more info on reason for the two strains chosen since " train" is usually 11 weeks....) ) I have read, reread, and printed your coco information and again express my appreciation for your research and effort to share on this forum. I am going to give my fertigation the every day try ( although used to 2.5 gal per plant every other day) with 1 gal everyday ( for a while?) til I get the min 10% drain to waste) outside and inside. Also getting BlueLab PPM /EC pen to discover where I am in the European Union. Quite curious bout that. All new to me as well as indicas and sativas having different needs. No chance to fertigate 2x or 3 x a day hand feed so will test it out with 1 gal per 5 gal pot per day .If it all goes shit loose and nasty free I will resume my 2.5 gal per 5 gal pot every other day.
Posting B&W since using my cell it - doesn’t work in “raw” in photoshop. Will use the. SLR another time.
Outside honeysticks and my Hermie DinaChem just doing their job.
Have a great evening loved ones
Looks like I have to post this and then do photos....Anyway images coming. Hopefully soon

[Campesino]

I would love it so much if you were part of the challenge!!!
Can't say much about flowering period besides that the description is 56-66 day ...

Dark Ghost Train is a reasonably fast-flowering cannabis strain that can be ready in just 56 days of flowering although some plants may need as much as another ten days to be ready to harvest.

Diving into the science of EC was fascinating! I am happy that you appreciate the guide and I am confident that your grow won't go shit loose and nasty free!!
I only give about 1/2 gal per day to my plants in about 5 gal of coco (actually 7 gal bags but not full). That is 1 quart each during two fertigations. I am having to step that up actually now in mid-flower, but that amount served for quite a while.
1x daily fertigation is OK, but consider that when thinking about target EC - I'd lower my inflow EC probably 200 points if I was only watering daily. Run-off may be higher than my guidelines (probably run +300 to +400 above inflow), but you are accounting for that with lower inflow EC. Make sense?

I will post a .PDF version within a few days for easier printing... I had to set it down to focus on other things, which get ignored when I get wrapped up in something like the guide. You know, other things like my wife and career

[Vapo69]

handy conversion chart

[Tika]

Super chart! Thanks Vapo69 🤗😘

[Campesino]

Thanks for the conversion chart Vapo69

[oldjarhead100]

that is a great chart just wish my printer worked lol

[Tika]

[oldjarhead100]

Tika just curious what type of leds are those I like how everything looks frosty great change from the red lol the wagonetts are looking amazing as well

[KingKush]

If I was a cannabis plant, I would love to be in your garden.

[alltatup]

Gorgeous pics, Tika!! They look so happy and beloved; their energy even comes thru the pics!!! ;-}

[Tika]

oldjarhead100 the LEDs are PlatinumLeds. The images were shot in the high pink /magenta with my cell. ..and I turned them into black & white images . With my SLR set on RAW I can adjust the color in photoshop much better. So I just made them b&w.

[oldjarhead100]

wow wow wow i'm happy if mine are clear lol