Disabled, senior female noob > LEDs. Have many questions, made mistakes, need advice

[Puglover1]

I'm on furlough, I got caught up Sunday night. Trimmed & jarred 3 more batches, chopped another that's hanging now. I have 9 jars of bud and 3 jars of smalls, popcorn curing. And a bunch of trim. I'm out of lids, going to check for some I can steal here, might need more Bovida packs. After I chop more top nugs I'm going to be at the clone/reveg point. Closet RH is running low - winter dryness + less vegetation in there now. I'm using the mini humidifier in the drying room, might have to point the fans at containers of water. While tracing stems to chop I found new buds growing on a thick stem in the middle of the middle plant, nice white pistils. They've only been getting water/molasses for three weeks.

[Puglover1]

I have nothing drying, everything is jarred, but I have some small tight buds & some loose/airy buds left on the plants. How should I finish this, Mr.furley ? Cut stems off and deal with what's on them, or remove the decent buds and then ... ? Seeds should be here soon, before the closet is empty and clean, probably. I need to start my pain strain soon as I can. I started these Mag seeds in my Aero-Garden, worked great but I don't want them to get ahead of the closet's readiness. Thank you, I've learned so much. The lights will stay where they are and I will raise the pots for the next grow's veg - it's a sativa.

SoOrbudgal Should I try to clone or just scratch it and hope the seeds are for sale when I might need them again? I was so relaxed sitting on the sofa watching Netflix while rubbing the trim in the bin that I almost fell asleep, did not want to awaken to the bin's contents in the shag area rug so I quit and jarred the kief I collected. I was surprised at what I got from the trim I had in the bin, I wasn't done. Thank you for your advice and encouragement.

I don't want to make canna butter or oil for everything, I'd rather add decarbed extraction to what I'm making. I prefer to vape oil over smoking a bowl or joint, bc of my bad hand. I had a great hash/weed pipe back in the day, carb was on the end but now they're all on the side, doesn't work for me. I keep looking for what I had/need. I used to be able to roll one up with one hand while driving on the interstate but those days are over. It's vapes or bats here right now.

[SoOrbudgal]

Oh look at you busy bee ya know if those old gals were mine i'd not take any clones they look too spent and may just take weeks to root and reveg will take months LOL like 2 maybe more. No i would move on from these, flowering clones are for those who have space and time to nurture. Beautiful harvest i mean it those look all funky mangled but those are great looking buds.

[AccidentalGardener]

A little dab of dog or cream of cat won't hurt ya. Adds a little flavor, lol

[Puglover1]

AccidentalGardener At least I don't have a green cat, those furs would be hard to find and pull out, LOL.

[Puglover1]

SoOrbudgal I agree. I want to get the closet ready for Wild Thai, might do just two of those, I have some free auto seeds coming, want gelato too. Should I cut stems to size to fit the Trim Bin, to work on them? (my pruners are struggling, tree branch loppers are my only other option) Those buds look nice but they're either not very big or aren't really tight, lowers aren't ripe yet. I just want to do one more drying stint, I borrowed a rack. That room is hard to manage RH, never worried about too high but temps Thursday were 60's daytime, 20's overnight. The furnace ran more while I was asleep, mini humidifier ran out during the night, RH low in the mornings. This is not normal weather here but as long as no snow or need for socks, lol, I'm happy. I jarred 3 (Star) Mason; 6 Midland Mason; 3 Mom's Mason, a Kerr, I have a Magic Mason left for the last batch and I used an empty glass Hain Mayo jar that previously stored vanilla beans, those shaky smalls should smell/taste good. Need to rearrange my pantry for the jars. Ran out of lids, stole one from an empty glass pasta sauce jar I saved. Here are some pics of the buds that are left. Just take it all down at once, ready or not, and clean, clean, clean? My kingdom for some Ritalin, lol, I have nothing else to do for Christmas. TY for everything!

[Poppa]

I just toss all those small buds still on plant after harvest in with the trim for making hash or medibles.

[Puglover1]

Poppa Yup, I was showing sizes & ages. Some older buds on top and a few (unseen) medium buds on lower stems can be dried and cured. I just got more kief out of the trim I was working on in the trim bin. Now I need to read what I want to do with it, I had a small hash press in my Amazon WL but it's not available anymore. I really prefer vaping oil, no way I can afford a press. A friend's son has a friend who presses, I need to find out what he uses, see if we can hook up. I'd rather have oil to add to recipes for medibles but don't want a lot of canna-butter/ghee/coconut oil - pancreas issues. I think it's easier to add oil to store bought gummies.Just rather have something I can add to a recipe - multi-purpose. Right now I'm smoking up some Katsu Bubba Kush popcorn I got from the dispo 6 months ago. There are some tiny trimmed buds in there, some barely fill a bat/hitter but the price was right.

[Puglover1]

Slacker still hasn't cleaned out the closet. Turned the lights to veg, gave some water Friday evening, planned to finish it Sunday but pain happened. While burping I took a ~1g bud out from the 1st batch, expected it to put me back to sleep so I could work later instead I was lazy & high, all day. I started breaking up the bud but it was too sticky, got out the grinder. Loaded weed then kief that was already in the grinder, in layers. Cone burned great, no runs, better than any dispo pre-rolls.

I've had several sets of those phone clip-on lens kits, for 5 years, never used until Sunday. Duh. I used the macro lens, set the phone on the lens' tin bc my hands were too shaky.

I turned 65 today (Tuesday), spent the day on the couch feeling unwell, with two sick pugs joining me. Hoping to get energized tmrw, after a trip to CVS for the dog, so that I can cook a thawed turkey while I work on the remains in the closet. Two years ago a friend brought me potatoes from her dad's garden, in the country. Best potatoes I've ever eaten. I have a small bag from this year's crop, last year all 102 counties in my state were declared a Federal Ag disaster due to too much rain/flooding.They last ditch effort dropped seeds by helicopter to try to grow soybeans. My county was the 4th highest in the country for unplanted farmland in '19. The rain just hung over us, next county home gardeners had tons of produce, I tried growing basil, twice, and failed. So I bought a new model LED Aero-Garden, great bean germinator.

My Christmas menu, whatever day it happens, it's 2020: Turkey mostly for the crispy skin; the best potatoes, mashed; GB casserole; stuffing; King's Hawaiian rolls & cherry pie. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas or whatever, however, whenever/if you celebrate. Eat, smoke & be me (Mary)

Peace, and many thanks to everyone for your advice, laughs, sharing of knowledge, patience with a slacker noob, most excellent bud porn ... I'm still waiting for my seeds to arrive.

[SoOrbudgal]

I turned 63 and the mail is getting slower than me !! LOL I have for several years been planting yukon gold potatoes in my raised veggie beds. It's crazy now a days seeing the shortages on the shelves or whole isles of one item? I remember when Aero-Garden was all the rage for growing alfalfa sprouts. Man how i love avacado,tomatoe and sprouts thin sliced red onion on some soft homemade bread. Your meal sounds delicious. Enjoy your new garden toy, Peace back atcha.

[lalaland]

Happy bday puglover! Hope you’re feeling better tomorrow

[Puglover1]

SoOrbudgal When is your birthday?? You're right about the mail! I had the original A-G, upgraded last Christmas, then I adopted the cat. His 'feeding tower' is close to the A-G, he raids it - dill, basil, weed. A derecho in August decimated my outdoor container herbs so I hung the dill to dry, for seeds. It was on a kitchen wall for three months, dang cat got to it last week, just for the sticks. A local health food store had a veggie sammie in a pita in the early 70's, sounds similar. A local pub offers the Veggie, grilled, on bread. I'm jonesing for one.

[Rwise]

Happy B day, I turn 66 today, sucks having your B day so close to Christmas,
Christmas will be shrimp with Alaskan crab cakes etc. Let the turkey go! LOL
Today, BB3 to start now GSC after while Tajikistani Hash Plant, then well I'll figure that out later! Oh and I have steaks set out for today

[Puglover1]

Happy Birthday, my probably fellow combo-present receiver. I love steak on Christmas but wanted the turkey out of my freezer, got better things to do with that space. Enjoy Your day, and your dinner!

[SoOrbudgal]

Happy December B-Day to all

[Puglover1]

I've had chops A, B (double batch) & C - 12 jars - curing for 6 weeks or so. They're holding stable RH and smelling fine. I had to roll a few joints for pain since Sunday - I got pretty high. Phew, I was worried for a while. Yesterday I bought a 1.75L of Everclear 190 put it right into the freezer, decarbed some dried-to-freezer popcorn/trim, then froze it. Today I shook and strained it, used an old tea cup strainer (with a few too-large holes in the sieve) to catch the plant matter before the coffee filter. Is this what your filter looks like after it's all done dripping? After decarb I had 20 grams weed, looks like about a cup of tincture, the jar is uncovered in a cupboard until I have the time/energy to reduce it.

Also, I'm about ready to clean the closet and start some seeds, not going to get caught waiting on the closet to be ready again. Can I grow two sativa Thai photos and a Gelato auto in the same closet if I start seeds at the same time? Thanks!

[SoOrbudgal]

Hello Puglover1 i like to start the autos at least 1month sooner than the photos. My reasoning is cause i run 18/6 when growing the autos. I veg my photos a minimum of 2months prior to flip. Gives me 90days growth on autos at 18/6 before i flip 12/12. That's the plan most of the time LOL unless........

[Puglover1]

Oh my. I had to re-read this long strange yet productive trip of my first attempt using modern growing lights. This wonderful & needed harvest produced a lot of smokable weed, so far everyone I've shared it with liked the buzz, it works for them too. I wouldn't be here without my genius & patient mentor Mr.furley among many other helpful members. A group effort but I should name this Furley's Miracle Grow


I looked thru a year of Google Photos, didn't find what I was searching for but I found a picture of my plants from 5/13/20 (the wild pug's bday). I didn't ask for help here until 8/5/20, so much time lost. They couldn't have been in the closet for very long here. The smallest plant to the L that's being blown by the fan is growing under a hanging light with a greenish bulb that said Grow on it, found it in my new light bulbs container. The first-planted seed, the big girl that grew in the middle, grew to the stage below after being started in the Aero-garden then under the white-with-black-trim shade you see in the very upper R corner, it contained an 'led grow light' bulb that I won through entering sweepstakes, but not from a weed website. The unseen middle child was in the R corner of the closet with two fluorescent fixtures standing on end, only 3 bulbs worked. I think I had a pretty nice plant growing a year ago, just using that LED bulb in an old Pier 1 light shade, but I'm biased. I wanted to share this pic, it was a surprise to me.

[Puglover1]

panalilies He's my Mag grow. I was having to shove colas into the closet to close the doors, the harvesting almost broke me. LOL. I was having stupid injuries happen, aside from the grow. It was a trip.

[panalilies]

Those are some nice buds! lol Hopefully the harvest made the injuries worth it. I just got back from the dispo and opened my Mag flower, it smells soooo good. I dont see any accidental seeds left tho

[Puglover1]

Few and far between. My first, nicest looking seed was from a few years ago, the other two were from March 2020. I wanted to keep a mother plant or clone this so bad, the virus and shutdown timing couldn't have been worse.

[panalilies]

I think I have found 1 seed in the dispo weed, but I forgot what kind it came from. How do you do clones? Do you need female/male plants or can you clone autos? This shutdown was a small blessing for me. My boss had caught on to my smoking vapes during lunch and my breaks and a few other people started noticing my eyes were super red. He was cool about it, just asked me to cut back on when I do smoke (like breaks only or only during lunch). But like 2 days later we were sent home to work and havent been back since. My work is all good, better than drinking on the job.