Tommysalami
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Nice looking buds Tommy. Lemme know when I can buy a bag, would love to try a joint of that right now.
If you’re in Michigan I’d love to take on another patient! Thanks for the props, it means a lot. I’ve been off the internet scene for about 5 years and this is my first adventure into the public domain since the private forum I was on seems to have disbanded. Knowing others appreciate the countless hours of effort that happens behinds the scenes and isn’t documented means a lot.
I don’t often get to discuss the finer points of growing since I’m the only one doing it in my small circle of friends and patients. Most other growers around here I meet more or less laugh at organics until they twist one with me, then the conversation immediately switches to how bad my yield must be. I had this mind set too combined with the increased risk of pests it kept me from organic for so long. To the counter point I’ve run ops at 2 houses over the years prior to switching to organics the only pest I ever had was the two spotted spider mite which is a cake walk to take care of. In terms of yield the I had major issues with the super soil even still I pulled over 3lbs from a partially full room half of which were plants less than 2 feet tall.
Detailing a bit further my super soil type mix was HEAVY on the worm castings (I just went with the recipe given) combined with plastic pots they just never really dried out at all. I might have better luck with smart pots as my buddy seems to have no real issue. Wet soil = uncontrollable gnats which led to enough rotting material for bulb mites to thrive. Set my large plants back BIG time. The 9 smaller ones did alright as they were a few weeks behind and I could recover easily. Either way this moment taught me that soil volume in organics is very important. I used to grow 3/4-1lb plants in a 4-5 gallon pot using salts nutes. Not practical (or possible?) with organics. That’s why I went with the most soil volume I could stuff in my room. The 6 rolling beds are a shade over 1 yard of soil. I never want that to be my limiting factor again.
The fun part was I ran 1 pot (5gal) as a test in 100% super soil (the stuff that’s so hot it should only be the bottom layer of soil). The plant struggled with soil compaction and gnats but never burned from the hot soil. I mean the soil was so fucking heavy I watered the plant 3-4 times during a 9 week flower cycle, I probably could have gotten away with 2 waterings. Ridiculous. Ironically this plant was only about 16” tall and yielded 5oz of better quality bud than the rest of the room. If I were to do it again i would use the same mix and cut it with 50% aeration.
All that being said if you’re ever on the best coast (yeah you read that right, the BEST coast) I share generously with those who sit in the circle. I’m not the roll it and pass it guy, I’m the roll everyone a joint and you can smoke your own kinda guy.
I deal with anxiety and depression and it’s the main reason I smoke but ironically I search for weed that gives me that adrenaline rush of anxiety. I’ve grown Sativas for years but I still haven’t found that triptastic teeth clenching stone yet. I’ve always mixed in indicas in hopes of having both sides of the coin covered and I’ve yet to find one Feel is a keeper. Herijuana was fantastically potent but I can’t put 9 weeks into a plant that yields Dick and falls all over itself due to poor structure. Same thing with the multiple cuts of OG I’ve grown. Good smoke, crap yield and even worse to grow. If someone could point me to the one that will make me grind my teeth and beg for it to stop, that will be my keeper. jack Herer did that for me (first smoke I was up all night couldn’t sleep) but you had to cut it 2 weeks early and the terps and yield didn’t make it worth it for such a long time to have invested into a single plant. Espcially when the tangerine yielded 3x as much, actually finished, tasted great and had all the same effects just much less intense. Most people don’t like the kinda smoke I prefer because 1. Everyone is used to kush, 2. It’s way more intense emotional feelings than kush and 3. You can’t just lay in the couch or take a nap to get through it.
Shit....I’m rambling again...sorry guys. I haven’t got high in 8 days (looking for a new job) obviously the ADHD is back in full force.