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4TH YEAR GROW atu

Exactly my point alltatup, I'm behind you in growing DWC, we are both learning from your grow! I did the same thing, looks like a spider on its back from the bottom up. Next time will be more ruthless.
 
Morning ATU I to am rethinking things because of yield I know I should of gottin a lb from at least one of my plants but the most was 9 so I'm rethinking alot of stuff including defoliating,number of buds ,IDK but i'm doing something wrong lol
 
alltatup I think with your set up you`ve done bril. These `master` growers often are cos they have the space and equipment/ environment to do that-not necessarily cos they are doing anything differently. I think your grow is excellent...really do
 
Alltatup is it possible to just grow 1 or 2 larger photos in your setup and allow them to veg longer? I'm clueless of DWC is it too costly to run just 1 or 2 ? Is space and issue? Sorry for the not knowing the setup very well. I would be tickled with the harvest you have. Shit I had outdoor plants that I got less off of looking at yours.
 
alltatup I love the sewing machine in the pic. We have one similar hidden amongst all my things. I think it's a Singer but not sure. But I love those sewing machines. And very nice plants too.
 
I saw that machine as well earlier. A Singer Spartan... I've rebuilt a pile of 221 Featherweights.. That little Spartan and the Featherweight were made with such amazingly tight machining tolerance that a single thread can lock up the machine like a 1/2 bolt in a bicycle crank... They will sew steadily for decades. Imagine back in the 1930' 40' and 50's going door to door and selling these machines like they were giving them away. $149 for the 221 and $79 for the spartan.
 
That's really cool. I see that and I see a piece of my history. One that others will never see again. A machine that actually required the user to be able to sew. The one we use here now has hundreds of patterns built into it, when our parents and grandparents just knew how how to use a sewing machine. Brings me back seeing it and makes me happy.
 
Awesome looking plants. That's what I am trying to grow sew I can say to myself I have finally figured things out.
Then I will be singering a happy song.
 
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TO ALL Y'ALL WHO ACCOMPANIED ME ON THIS GROW:

I thank you all for your support. FINAL HARVEST WAS 10 OZ. I decarbed some of the Blue OG for my weed buddy who's been having to vape some pretty crappy weed for the past while. He was quite happy with it, and so was I.

It's been a really rough semester for me (that's still how I measure time: semester, winter vacay, semester, summer vacay) with a lot of depression and existential angst about living in this crazy-ass world. Please: I ain't lookin for pity, I know I have lots of bros and sistas who suffer from the same, which is one reason why we medicate with Cannabis. I had stress and depression, but not so much anxiety, so that is good. I totally believe that the Cannabis has really helped with anxiety.

Plus, as I hope we all recognize, even during the worst bouts of PTSD, depression, anxiety, there are times without any of that. I had many good moments with my students and on this forum, though I was definitely grumpier (with students). But I'm doing better now.

So that's the context of all my worries about my grow: the girls knew I loved them and I knew they loved me, but I'm sure they felt the gloominess of my mood. Then I'd start playing David Bowie's "Blackstar" about his impending death, and my plants would heave a sigh and shrug their shoulders; what can she do? She's gotta get through it, no bypassing it.

Mistakes: Too many colas for my limited space (as PaganRich wrote, we all have to accept the limitations of our grow conditions). The plants should have each had around 10 colas instead of 22. So this resulted in weak light penetration, lots of small colas, more larfy bud below. I was a glutton for colas, and I got my just deserts. I also flipped them to 12/12 a bit too early which kept them too short.

Good stuff: I got better at seeing trichomes; I really noticed when the heads began to bulge and the stalks began to lean over. I distinguished between clear and milky better. I was also more patient waiting for the right moment to harvest, and they went almost nine weeks in 12/12.
Also: No nute lockout, no nute burn except for the tiniest amount in the old box w/ only two plants who were both short. Each plant got some very nice top buds, and I'm curing the best of the harvest for at least 3 months before me and weed buddy vape it. Cookies Kush, the tallest plant, gave me some dynomite buds.

Questions: Did I stunt growth w/ too much defol? Did this affect the size and height of the buds/colas? Are we really all alone in the universe? Should I go back and re-read the tutorials about how to use a little lst, let the colas gain in height, appropriately limit the number of colas, and train them each into their own sweet spot in the light? And the tutorials on defoliation? I know there are some principles that I'm not grasping completely, like when do you stop removing fan leaves that are blocking bud sites? Is the answer never????

So thank you all again for your support and encouragement. You may have a clearer idea of how much it really meant to me after reading this post. Life is definitely a struggle at times for humans, and the struggle reminds us to appreciate the peaceful times more. And our buddies, which you all are. My cyber pot buddies.
 
alltatup I am fortunate to be one of the ones with the space, time, money, setups, and ability to try many things that PaganRich mentioned. I can say you are doing great. Your yields are impressive and I think where you have really grown is strength of the bud you get. That's the golden standard. I may can grow lots of weight. But I'm backing up and relearning to grow for quality. So saying that you are probably ahead of me. Congrats
 
I’ve enjoyed your journal so much, atu. I know they take effort and time, so thank you for taking us along the ride!
It’s been a tough fucking year for me battling with depression and anxiety, so I hear ya on that. Existential horror is my continual mindset, I’m afraid.
And yet we soldier on.
So here’s to getting high when we’re down!
 
Thank you ATU for YOUR encouragement of others! Even in soil container grows ATU every grow feels like the first when you don't do it perpetually for me anyways. I question my work after I've done it, thought i'd reasoned it through then immediately ask why did I do that?? But if we didn't we would not know if it worked or not.
I think way back when you said " I flipped too soon" answered the question. So like any good student from the GWE University of Weed should do is... try again. I do believe we humans are not alone. I just hope the others recognize our stupidity and ignorance an don't fry us. Have a peaceful weekend and enjoy a kushy chair with some cookies :)
 
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