A World On A String

[THE PABLOS]

This is all good information...some I'm aware of...so I'll take some time to digest. But...concentrating on digestion of information...takes me out of meditation. I am seeking the state of the present...overall in life...and particularly...using the arts of basic organic locomotion to help find the way.

I understand...mechanically...one must upkeep the body. I'm closer to 50 than to 40...run with will...and at times..brutality...therefore...there are falls up and down steep hills...hills hills hills...lots of constant distance..and a steady flushing of fluids. I run with effort every session. I expect...but do not focus on...injuries and aches/pains.

By implementing a mostly veggie/non processed diet...hydroponic feeding to a point (juicing)...and cutting out alcohol (any way you look at alcohol...if you are into heat survival, body PH, and a healthier mind/body....alcohol must go. It ultimately will steal your flame)........I'm able to push myself. Hour upon hours...year upon years...of practice practice practice

I'm practically naked out there...cut off board shorts and shoes...trying not to even wear a water belt anymore. No music..no glasses...no GPS...no watch...no leashes. Freeing myself of all the future/past voices the mind uses to protect itself.

My point?

Run...when you are hurt...Run...when you feel good...Run...when you feel like it....Run...when you don't....Run...to heal...Run...to decimate

Do not plan...do not favor...keep it pure

* Yes I'm sore most the time. I wake up every night with aching cramps. I stretch every day. Often...I feel less sore when I'm actually running. There are costs. I ante up...every single run.

** Learning to roll my hips like a wheel is a major breakthrough. Sounds simple? Some people will never learn to do it. This is all about finding form....and once finding form..strengthening the core to be able to maintain this form. It is very difficult to learn and maintain. It takes many many many miles to grasp in truth.

*** Hips open...once the hips weaken and close....you start to fall apart. This is when things get ugly and you start leaning forward instead of balancing back over your motor (core)....you will start seeing the ground painfully...all fleet footed activities cease...shit gets very sloppy...injuries increase

**** Importantly...I believe diet has everything to do with how much you hurt. Perhaps an acidic body PH leads to prolonged tightening and burning of muscles. Speed of recovery is also affected by type of foods/fluid intake. Light foods...keep you flushing and light. The intake of animal proteins...seems like it would be counter productive to this concept. I'd predict...Meat protein throws off body PH...as well as...weighs heavy in the guts..leaving behind residue. It is hard to be clean...on a meat diet. Bowels...and their movements speak truth

 

[budman678]

i fucking love your ramblings about running and growing...shit i like it when you opine on punk rock music...keep it real and get it bring. i get such good energy from this thread man. frequency adjustment

 

[unclefishstick]

shit P,too bad you dont ride a bike,or i dont run,sounds like we have the same mindset....pain is just weakness leaving your body....nothing like a good hill climb,making some ugly faces,spit blowing,almost foaming at the mouth all out effort....just grinding that mutha down....



my first breeding effort is showing some serious promise 2 weeks into flowering...started stacking bud about day 12,the stretch was not bad at all,maybe 1.5 times as big,2 times at most.....after these sssdh its a relief! buds are very much like the mother (LUI13.....legends ultimate indica x g13) long running spear buds,but the speed of bud set says the c99 dad is coming through....can see clear markers of both parents...at any rate,an "easy" cross to make,a solid chunky indica and a fast finishing sativa,almost a no brainer...

 

[THE PABLOS]

Long sufferer of the "Jeep" disease

Long sufferer of the "Jeep" disease

The "Jeep" disease is another term for a Pilonidal cyst. Located on the base of the tailbone...I've had this thing become so inflamed/filled with puss..that I couldn't walk. Hurt to do anything...breathe, cough, piss, crap....I mean...if life was like that every day...I'd not want to go on. Strange...I am the Jeep..but that it...has nothing to do with a cyst.

Couple yrs ago...it swelled so bad...that I used a needle and popped it myself. At the time...I still went to doctors...my doctor tripped out when I told him I used a mirror and a heated needle to do his work. I refused the antibiotics he pushed on me....and it was my last time to a doctor.

So anyway...this thing never completely goes away or totally heals. Just one of those things I deal with. It was only that one time...that it debilitated me. The rest of the time...it's more or less...not a bother or just annoying.

What I'm getting at....is running like I do...has its costs. Part of the discipline is learning to work around..heal...correct...doctor yourself through the various ailments that will confront you. It's a big part of the act.

It doe not slip past me....that all my issues right now...are coming from the base of my core. The lessons I'm learning: finding form is not an easy pathway. Years of misunderstanding form...listening to others who also misunderstood form...following following following...these lost rabbits down the wrong holes...has thrown off form...rather than...enlightened me to form.

This is the reason why...a few years ago...I reinvented running for myself. Already having a solid base in my conditioning has helped me....but when it comes to discovering form...conditioning can only take you so far. Finding form...for me...has become about...training muscles and movements that have not been utilized...to function properly...in a lifetime. This may sound extreme...though as I look around me...I see many a person with broken form. In fact...the majority of people...exist in broken form.

I don't want to be a sloppy being any longer. I believe there are patterns in this world...ancient pathways of existence....and that...these pathways require certain movements...certain forms must be maintained to be in sync with the pathways. Finding the forms to stay on the pathways...is at this time...a challenge. It requires staying present....staying in the now. Staying out of mind made dramas that most of mankind are caught up in.

* I'm 46 yrs old. Many of the people I see at that age...are already done. Many are already broken down...even if not physically....their mindsets are destroyed. They have listened to common opinion...regurgitated common opinion...for so long...that they believe everybody else...and refuse to look beyond it. They have become a product of consumerism and its mentality.

** Most people are incapable of dealing with pain. They will fight only to hide from it. Sweep it under the carpet...it will go away. No...it will not. If given the choice to go up a hill or down a hill...most will elect to go down. Downhill is not always easier...this is what they don't want to know...but they will take the downhill because it appears easier....less painful. The pathway to least resistance may ultimately lead to the pathway of destruction.

Using this current cramping ailments as an example: My past...out of form...running was based on a pathway of least resistance...a less painful path...but now...finding form has shown me that the least resistant was not the less painful (and that the past...only exists in the mind..it is what the mind makes it...therefore...to be ignored). It actually crippled me...and every hurt I have now...is the resistance being exposed for what it is....me hiding from pain. Taking the easier route...is an illusion the mind has created. The world does not exist in such terms. That must be wiped away...to understand form.

*** What does this have to do with gardening? Everything in the garden is happiest when it is in form. Plants can not lie...they can not regurgitate their fears. Plants prefer to exist...and probably only exist...in truth of form. We can manipulate plants only so far

 

[Barbanegra]

Can you tell a little more about finding form? In running and other modes of movement?

I try to regain form. My brother has horribly broken posture, it hurts me to look at him. I guess I looked the same two years ago. I try to strengthen my body and expand my movement repertoire. In a fun way mostly. Once I have the cash, I'll look for more professional help. I'd like to do some tai chi.

I met a capoeira master at a party two weeks ago, was invited to his class and found out just how horribly restricted my leg movements are. Or just reminded. Felt like something that would do me good.

A couple weeks ago I had a good run. For the first time it got almost effortless and legs-like-wheels. A short fast bit into the next run my left knee started hurting. And it still hurts when I walk too much...

Good reading. Thank you for sharing.

 

[THE PABLOS]

Some Cannabis Pictures to keep the thread in check

Some Cannabis Pictures to keep the thread in check

This day is so lethargic...working around the property...but only in bursts. T-cells keep threatening..so I finally just said..."fuck it" and rolled up all my tools...and put everything away.

Things are getting smelly...there is waft on every draft that flows by. These are the critical weeks of the grow. Can't get nervous...can't get stupid...must play it all off...and roll with the punches.

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Thick trees of stink...the aromas ride the airways like drifting birds
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I have not overly educated myself in any sort of study concerning form. I don't go to yoga classes or study martial arts....etc. I don't even read books on any of this stuff I babble on about...for the most part.

I'm not interested in taking any classes...studying under anyone...or anything like that. I can see the benefits of group study...yet I can not conform to organized/structured tutorial education. I'm not driving somewhere (especially to the city) to be on a schedule...or put together with others and their goals/agendas. I can not be supervised...and do not believe any organized discipline can guide me on my pathway. I'm not a team player...never have been

Nothing I say in here is original or groundbreaking....but it has been taught to me through experience on the trails. If I'm not always present when I'm running...I'll often be in a state of reflection. I'm not sure how far off...is the difference...between present form and reflection form...if they are polar opposites or do they come to be one. I sometimes understand it...that reflection...once one learns form...becomes present. Other times I view reflection as past/future egotistical self. A refection of the mind...so to speak.

* Power comes from the core. Core strength is about balance. There is control in balance....there is no control in unbalance. Finding balance only comes with building strength and understanding the mechanics of the human form.

Your ass and your hamstrings...proper form will find your upper body leaning slightly back on these muscles. Even climbing up steep hills...if your core has been trained into form...you should be relying on these muscle groups. Leaning forward...or the sin of using your hands to push off your legs (when climbing)...is detrimental to your health...and is out of form. It will break you down..it will cause injury.

I used to cheat the hills by breaking form...but I only cheated myself. It burns so much energy to be in poor form...and using lesser muscle groups. Until you learn form...you will actually be faster leaning forward...but in time...it breaks you down. It's very easy to fall out of form when you are exhausted...the hill is the 10th hill you have climbed on the run...and your untrained formless body wants to go with gravity.....don't do it...slow down...breathe...and lean the fuck back. Find form.

** Suspension of the body. Look at the body. Built in suspension...almost every part has buffers between frame and motor. It's a beautiful piece of work.

In form...one never reaches for the ground...the ground comes up to be manipulated by body suspension. I don't like to straight leg anything...my knees always should have a bend in them...not locked. I use as much of my body as I can to absorb the hits. I do not rely on any one part....as in form...it's the entire effort of the body suspension to bond with the earth. If I'm jarring myself...I am out of form.

*** I believe there is coating to life. Like when you see how slippery a bean becomes...when it's wet in between your fingers...how it is touching your skin...but not. There is an invisible state of locomotion....and when I'm flowing over terrain...I feel like I'm flowing over that coating of life. Everything has this coating. If I can touch the terrain just in that fraction of space...and not go beyond it...things begin to move. It may be only for 1 step in 10,000...but it's there...and to be able consistently hit it...that's special. I train to be able to do that. That...to me...would make up true form.

EDIT: Proper form also requires one to run on the balls/toes of their feet....which basically...requires you to stay overtop of your legs. Keeping the motor over the wheels. It's much harder to become unbalanced if you can do this. For a shorter dude like me...this became a revelation....as I'd always learned to "stride out" and run like a longer man. Mechanically..."striding out' caused me more damage to form...than anything else. Combined with leaning forward....it was extremely detrimental.

Knees up....bring those knees up. You can watch a runners knees...the height they are able to bring them up...and tell how strong their core is. When you weaken...knees are not lifted very high...and your feet start catching the obstacles in the terrain. You then trip and plant your face. I fall more uphill than I do downhill....usually because of tired legs.

 

[Madjag]

...Sometimes It's The Formless That Counts....

...Sometimes It's The Formless That Counts....

http://books.google.com/books?id=x9YDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=mumei+hushin+ryu&source=bl&ots=Zw2lDHdtdy&sig=xeOXdnTtfEpLtEanb5WK2vjra24&hl=en#v=onepage&q=mumei%20hushin%20ryu&f=false

Peace my friend.......

 

[187020]

Way to make a fella feel fat, weak and lazy...time to get off my dimpled ass homies! All in peace

 

[Madjag]

Afropips Malawi 99, Chrystal, LSD, and Z7

Afropips Malawi 99, Chrystal, LSD, and Z7



The Afropips Malawi 99 has not put on any flowers so far (Aug 26) except for the basic female early pistil identifiers.

The Nirvana Chrystal is well underway with a wonderful old-school Sativa aroma when pinched.

The Barney's Farm LSD is stretching a lot while putting on the bud sites.

Z7 is a medical strain produced by Resin Seeds and Mr. Nice (Shantibaba) for Project CBD. It has a crazy pedigree:
MK Ultra female x G13 Haze male (Lots of Afghan IBL and Skunk)

Peace,
MJ

 

[budman678]

when do you think they will finish? you are truly a gardener! i wanna "pit" at my house...such a great idea

 

[THE PABLOS]

Glitch in the ditch

Glitch in the ditch

Back into the pit we go...you'll have to pardon me...but coming out of August into September is...well you...really really want to be on top of your game. The stench increases every minute. If you have not calculated the stench factor into your game...at this time...you'll wish you had of.

I'd only recommend this kind of stealth grow to those who know their property....its micro climates..its breeze patterns...aspects...exposures..angles.....as it is almost like growing in plain sight. You have to have the pit dug just so....when it needs to be unseen at ranges of around 20'. Unseen access to the pit itself...can be the biggest challenge. Going low and under....works well for me....on several levels.

August....hot and humid. I've never had mold problems in my prior pit grows. A couple of days ago...I discovered that my #3 selection had a molded section on one of her flowers....

* which brings up the importance of constantly checking flowers during this phase of the sport. These Fuck Show girls are putting out some buff flowers...and I go over them each day. To do it well...I give myself an hr to check all 3.

I removed the molded flower meat a couple days ago.




The pit holds humidity...has its own micro climate....and I have Peas, Swiss Chard, Peppers, and Gourds planted above the pit itself. Having all these veggies growing there...requires watering...and that fact...along with all the T-cell build ups we've had in August....makes it easier for molds to propagate...perhaps...probably....we'll say.

This....hopefully.... is a minor glitch in the flight.

* Turned off the auto pilot (plants have had my full attention) about 2 wks ago....believe I'll start flushing Selection #2 tomorrow. She's looking like she'll turn over faster than her sisters. I expect to flush her...most of September.

** I intend to stagger the harvests...so it doesn't become a lot of work at once. I can space out processing the work load. I'm a notoriously slow trimmer

*** Plants triggered into flower...roughly...1st week of July. I don't see them going that far into October..not past the 2nd week. Harvest windows on these looks like 3rd week of September - 2nd week of October or as weather dictates

EDIT: Finish Xs when concerning outdoor is a little different to gage..nothing is set in stone. It's very general...weather plays a big part. Being a veggie/fruit gardener on top of being a Cannabis gardener....I kind of have to organize all the different harvests.

I harvest something every day...it's a lot to keep up with. Processing foods for the dinner table...for the juicer etc...is nonstop. At the same time...I'm replanting more foods...and keeping up on making healthy mediums to grow in. It's a constant renewing of dedication to keep it all afloat. By end of summer season....a lot of plants have grown...cycled thru...and processed. I see plants in my sleep

 

[wordtree]

maybe next time around, avoid planting curcubits/gourds near the cannabis. Try things like chrysanthemums, marigold, basil, lavender as companion plants...

 

[spiralofeyes]

Shit,who'd have thought you'd have to worry about mold in the goddamn desert... its actually kind of impressive in a way. Says something about the extent of your terraforming project up there...kudos,P.

 

[Madjag]

You Need A Mascot

You Need A Mascot



What better animal than the rare Cantelope Owl would do?

 

[THE PABLOS]

maybe next time around, avoid planting curcubits/gourds near the cannabis. Try things like chrysanthemums, marigold, basil, lavender as companion plants...

I could do so many things...and would speculate it's the T-cell cover we had all of August...more than anything else. Back to 90's windy and dry as hell presently. I hedge my bet...mold will not be an issue...but certainly...I do check.

When you have Peas staked up alongside several Gourd plants trained into a fence....provides a 3' wall of green...provides a nice blend of color for those above. Being that the pot plants are a few feet lower..kind of an interesting landscaping.

 

[THE PABLOS]

Full South Western Sun...beginning flush of Selection #2

Full South Western Sun...beginning flush of Selection #2

So yeah...into the 90's with an RH around 15...SW winds (typical) at 5-8....gusts of 10. This is a standard August day.

As I was saying...started flush on Fuck Show Selection #2. Predicted that this girl would represent the mother Hell Hound I used to make the cross. Who knows?...and it doesn't matter much anyway. What ever she represents....I'm happy with her thus far.



Took this picture a little while ago. You can see...she is enveloped in full sun. That is a mighty powerful sun at this time of day. The only humidity in the pit now...is mostly coming from the feeds/waters the sisters were just given. It's hot in there...it's dry in there...but a breeze passes by steadily.

* I'm estimating her flower age....early 50s....rough estimate. Excellent plant. She is the quickest....probably 7-10 days ahead of her sisters. Most thirsty...drinks more than her sisters...always did.

EDIT: The more I think about that mold issue...the more I realize that I didn't navigate the ship properly. Getting cloud cover and humidity here always energizes all my gardens. I'm talking veggie/fruits...everything..the plants blast growth...have their leaves raised and full. Those are conditions I take advantage of. If the cells don't deliver rain...I water to make up for it.

With the pit already a more humid micro climate (it is partially hid and dug below a tall pine tree....this tree offers some mid morning shade...and also helps keep the RH up).....a natural sink for heavier air....I probably am guilty of misting the walls of the pit...and the plants themselves too much. I stopped misting the plants when they hit flower blast mode...but kept misting the walls. I'd speculate...that over the course of a couple weeks...having misted the walls in the mornings and around sundown...I may well be to blame for jacking RH up and creating that mold prone environment.

Chaos is me...because I rarely have trouble with mold on any of my veggies/fruits. This season...it has been found on just that single flower..on a single Cannabis plant (hopefully anyway...I'm pretty sure it was limited). Leads me to believe...I over did the misting

 

[THE PABLOS]

Plants Fruit Pollen

Plants Fruit Pollen



Planting variety...planting often...experimenting with different plants in different gardens. There are several different micro climates on my property. As I change the landscape...new gardens are created...taking advantage of the new environments. Gardens high...gardens ground level....gardens down low.

It is fun pushing space...filling then harvesting...timing new growth to replace old growth. Very much a timing game to pull multiple harvests of variety out of the same garden. The canopy changes frequently if the timing is on. Playing the weather odds...taking hits and getting back up. Eventually the day comes...the black wall of death freeze...but a lot can be accomplished in this short season

 

[THE PABLOS]

Closer look at #2

Closer look at #2

Right around 3' tall (from coco surface). Like her sisters...she was topped in veg many times. Her canopy is wide (hard to get her all in a frame for pix)...branching is solid even with the added flower weight. Flowers are dense...stink to high heavens...and coated in resin



A few of the flowers are more than a foot long....with the bends down lower...I can't get them accurately sized up with the measuring tape...but there is more to them lower down.



* This girl is going to turn over and ripen up quickly. After giving her a good going over this morning...I'm looking at a mid September harvest. She could go before that...but I like to flush extended...in this case...it may only be a 2wk flush. I'm flushing 2 gallons of water through her in the A.M. and another 2 gallons in the P.M. (7 gallon Smart Pot)

** I think I'm accurate with my prediction that she'll represent the "Premium" expression Hell Hound mother I used to make Fuck Show. The aroma is there...the finish X is there...the structure is there. Very happy to see this expression. She'll be killer killer kill kill smoke.

*** We have more heat in store for the day....with a chance of T-cell build up (and yup...it's already building over the east ridge)...so I'm staying close by to steer the ship through it all...if necessary. When it comes down close to harvest time...I tend to be around. Don't want to lose the game in the 4th quarter

 

[unclefishstick]

it seems like the worst weather always hits at harvest time eh?

im about to start landscaping this place,finally cooling down so i can get all the earth moving and gravel work done,need to look into what sort of native plants i can get this winter..

and im about to really go whole hog with my succulent and cactus collection...


i had built a 4x8 table for cultivation/display at work,so im gonna bring it home and slap either a 400w or 600w up and start cultivating some of these succulents and cacti for work.most will propagate easily from cuttings or even single leaves.

 

[THE PABLOS]

Nice....looks like an interesting array of plants. Can't say I actually keep house plants or a cacti garden. I've been consumed with edibles the last bunch of years...kind of burns me out to have to take care of more inside the house. That's not an excuse....or maybe it is.

This weather...man I'm usually doing a rain dance to get the skies to open up with precipitation. Not now though. I'd rather it be hot, dry, and breezy. My nights are the key to keeping things going....I must keep having 50 degree and above nights. So far so good....but now it looks like it wants to dump some rain...and I just don't need that now at this stage of the game.

I'm putting in a new sink spigot in a bathroom while I'm here. Trying to get motivated to contort myself under the sink and get it done.