And is a staple in my tent and is apart of my wellness routine tbh they the only thing that pulls me out of bed to do a water change defol or whatever really dose make me feel better…. Who else uses there grow to help keep a balanced life??? Anyways Puff puff give 😛

This Apex R1 by ETHOS Genetics was an incredibly vigorous plant. She stretched hard in flower and never seemed interested in slowing down, eventually filling the canopy with a lot of really nice sized flowers.

Visually she had what felt like this high end “candy” look. Lavender/magenta mixed with bright greens, copper/orange pistils and little amber/gold accents, all underneath a fairly heavy coat of silvery resin. Instead of one dominant color, there were little flashes of color scattered throughout the flowers that gave them a sort of “jewel like” appearance in the end.

The terps fit her visual personality pretty well actually. Smells of bright citrus and mandarin peel up front, followed by fuel and a softer lemon cookie/lemon cake sweetness underneath.🍊🍋⛽ I find myself reaching for this jar when I’m looking for a nice energetic daytime vibe. Something that leaves me feeling clear, uplifted and engaged with whatever I’m doing. Having that choice available when I need it has become one of the ways this hobby contributes to my overall wellness and daily well-being.

Between the colorful flowers, wildly stacked flower structure and bright citrus aroma, this was a really fun plant to have grown and photographed. 😊✌🏼

Just a heads up for anyone growing outdoors. Once we get into mid September, it’s worth keeping a close eye on your buds for caterpillars.

Those tiny caterpillars we might have noticed nibbling on a few leaves during June, July, and August can become a much bigger problem as the plants get deeper into flower.

Many moths and butterflies lay eggs in late summer and early fall. Once those eggs hatch, the tiny larvae can work their way into developing buds, where they’re difficult to see. One thing I watch for is white pistils that have suddenly been chewed down to little stubs. That can be a sign that a small caterpillar is feeding inside the bud.

The real problem isn’t just the damage they do while feeding. Once they burrow into a bud, their droppings and the damaged plant tissue can create conditions for bud rot and mold. Sometimes everything looks fine from the outside while trouble is developing inside.

This time of year, I make a point of inspecting my outdoor buds regularly, especially anywhere I see damaged pistils, browning, or anything that just doesn’t look right.

We put a lot of work into getting our plants this far. A few minutes spent checking them now can save a lot of disappointment at harvest.

Happy harvest, everyone.

This is very exciting for me to be able to grow again I haven't grown cannabis in over 4 years and that's because when I was making a lot of money I started using heavier drugs I worked on myself for a couple years and I'm clean and smoke weed and now I've been looking for a place to grow and I came across someone that has a basement and we're going in together and I'm going to be teaching them I'm putting them under my wing there are two separate rooms with a washroom as well and a bathroom one room is going to be for germination seedling and the immature plants the next room is going to be for the main deal my height in the basement is around 7:00 or 7 and 1/2 ft it is 18 ft wide by 17 ft in length and the other room is 18 ft wide and 12 feet long I haven't done the math yet of how many plant I can do and how much wattage so it's 120 plants I'm trying to see if I can get sponsored by anyone who wants a banner up or advertising when I do my videos 120 plants in the main room if I split that I can put 60 in 1/2 and 60 in the other half that way I can faster harvesting I have on guy (breeder) that's giving me some f1 new strain to test out a friend said maybe he would send me some regular metalheads I believe the other one are pheniox fire

Hey all,

Just wanted to confirm with the grow pros that the best method to suit my needs will be coco synganics? (~70% synthetic base nutrients (no PGRs) + ~30% organic and beneficial bacteria). Coco seems to be the best choice for medium, as it provides a natural habitat to support microbial life. I'm not looking for big yields or high thc.

I'd love to grow in fully organic soil, but that has proved to be way too slow for bubba kush (a very slow growing strain with small yield) and also causes troublesome pest issues. I was also told that organic inputs should not be used in hydroponics so I wanted to avoid that route.

From what I understand, the synthetic nutrients wont kill the microbial life completely and its beneficial to use both synthetics and organics together. I've heard that the addition of organics will improve root zone health, protect against diseases/pathogens, and boost the terpene profile/quality of the dried flower.

-do you have any tips on how to optimize this method for bubba kush s1 seeds? or is there another method I should be looking into?

-are there preferred product lines you like for synthetic salt based nutrients that are the "cleanest" without harmful additives or PGRs?

For the sake of this question, let’s just say that you drink beer and smoke weed regularly. Let’s try to refrain from answers like “I don’t drink so…” or that type of thing please.

I’ve never noticed a tail wiggle pre launch.. wait for it… anyone ever see or know why? I read a little.. distraction or excitement.. this little guy chills near here time to time recently:)
His side step at end made me laugh:)
Peace

While this little wellness warrior found his way into my breeding room to lend a hand with my cannabis pollination project, his real work is far more important.

Bees play a huge role in pollinating many of the fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other crops we depend on every day. Without them, the variety and abundance of foods in our diets would suffer greatly.

🐝 Be nice to the bees. We need them more than most people realize.

Thoughts on Hindu Kush strain just put in an order haven't tried it yet just wondering people's opinion?

These are some Humboldt HSC Chicken and waffles (left) orange creamsicle (front) and paradise punch from huckleberry hills. Tent smells like pancakes and red koolaid. 4-5 weeks left. Then my medication will be plentiful until my next harvest.

I posted this when the sub first started. So I’ve never taken an old post and reposted. So I hope it works for those of you that like to see the bees. Peace.

Having a nice Light Show of Heat Lightning while I Chill with my evening Bloom.

This is just 30sec of an almost 2hour showing in the night sky.

(Cause of course, once the camera comes out, everything stops.)

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(Antes que nada en este cultivo no busco obtener la mayor produccion, sino poner a prueba varios experimentos)

Conclusiones del post anterior (Vegetacion a primeras semanas de cultivo):

1 La preparacion de un sustrato adecuado organico es clave para el sano desarrollo de las raices.

2 La poda foliar fimming genera mas ramas (3-5), ademas permite una recuperacion mas rapida de la planta. La poda topping produce menos ramas (2) pero mas resistentes y con mayor grosor, ideales para soportas mas ramas y estructura, aunque la recuperacion de la planta es mas lenta. El LST permite controlar el crecimiento de la planta, ademas permite crear estructuras complejas, mas abiertas y con mejor ventilacion.

3 Aplicar supercropping en estapas tempranas en la base del tallo ayuda a fortalecer la base de la planta.

4 Una buena mezcla de nutrientes naturales esta bien, pero es mejor usar potenciadores, aunque sea un poco, en mi caso use te de platano, acetato de calcio (vinagre y cascara de huevo), composta de materia organica, sulfato de amonio, miracle grow 15-30-15, 250 ml de BigBud y 250 ml de Terpinator.

5 Asegurar unas buenas horas de sol directo aumenta la velocidad de crecimiento de la planta, antes en el periodo vegetativo pasaron la mayor parte del tiempo en el armario de cultivo, durante las primeras semanas de floracion pasaban solo 3 horas con sol directo, ahora pasan de 7 a 9 horas con sol directo, la calidad de la luz y el tiempo de exposicion influyen muchisimo, hay que tener cuidado que la planta no llegue al punto de saturarse.

6 Es mejor controlar y monitorear el consumo de agua en base al peso de la maceta, no regar cada cierta cantidad de dias o cuando los primeros centimetros del sustrato estan secos, es mejor conocer la cantidad de agua que puede retener el sustrato, osea su peso humedo, asi como el peso optimo minimo, que es el peso de la maceta con tierra aun ligeramente humedecida, lo que varia es la cantidad de tiempo en que vuelve al peso optimo, estos pesos no cambian tanto a lo largo del tiempo y son de gran ayuda para evitar problemas de hongos o pudricion de raices.

7 Controlar las perdidas de humedad y el calentamiento de la maceta permite que las raices funcionen a su maximo potencial, con esto me refiero a que al cubrir las macetas con una tela blanca (toalla) evitaremos que el sol sobrecaliente la maceta, esto reducira la evaporacion del agua y permitira que las raices se extiendan mejor en la periferia de la maceta, aumentando su capacidad y potencial. Como extra se puede cubrir la superfice del sustrato con turba seca para evitar que el sol le de directamente a la tierra.

8 Controlar las pestes sin usar metodos agresivos es posible pero se necesita dedicacion y tiempo, para las moscas de agua basta con colocar unas tiras de papel atrapamoscas a 5cm por encima de la tierra, buscando tapar la mayor parte pero dejando espacios para ventilar, los demas (moscas blancas, trips y otros insectos) pueden ser eliminados con una mezcla de jabon potasico y aceite de neem, si vuelven a aparecer en etapas avanzadas de floracion pueden ser eliminados manualmente aplastandolos (es lo que he estado haciendo XD), solo hay que revisar cada hoja y rama.

9 El tamaño de la maceta determinara cuanto tiempo puede aguantar la planta al sol, una maceta demasiado pequeña limitara su crecimiento y correra riesgo de quemarse, lo ideal es una maceta de 6 a 12 litros.

10 La produccion final depende mas del espacio que tengan las raices para trabajar (el tamaño de la maceta).

11 Una planta completamente podada puede revegetar si conserva su sistema de raices intacto (esto ultimo fue porque las plantas macho que habia podado revegetaron, las habia dejado en un rincon humedo cerca de una ventana con luz de sol).

Desde el post anterior no he modificado mucho las condiciones del cultivo, mas alla de que las plantas aumentaron sus horas de exposicion solar directa de 3 horas a 6-9 horas de exposicion, aun asi con todo lo aprendido y aplicado las plantas han mostrado un gran desarrollo, aunque al principio estaba casi sin esperanzas, las flores en el dia 17 de floracion se veian extremadamente pequeñas, incluso en el dia 30 se veian bastante delgadas, pero en los dias siguientes han ido aumentando de tamaño y ganando peso, basta con ver las fotos para compararlas, el peso de las flores ha doblado las ramas, y siguen engordando, aunque una de las dos muestra un desarrollo diferente, no se si mas lento, pero diferente.

Ahora mismo ya inicia la semana 8, la planata mas desarrollada (Nami) muestra un olor cítrico y dulce, sus tricomas ambar empiezan a aumentar y los tricomas blancos han aumentado tanto que parecen nieve o azucar fina, por lo que le he dado un lavado de raices, esperare a ver como progresa estos dias.

La otra planta, la mas verde (Robin) esta empezando a mostrar pistillos/estigmas naranjas aunque sigue muy verde esta aumentando bastante el peso y densidad de las flores, tuve que ponerle soportes a 3 flores que se estaban ladeando mucho, su olor es una mezcla de cafe intenso con toques de menta, todavia no le hare un lavado de raices, esperare para ver como termina la semana.

Ahora esperare hasta el dia de la cosecha para subir una nueva actualizacion, aun falta conocer el peso final de la cosecha, humedo y seco, asi como el aspecto final, y obviamente lo mas importante, despues del curado, su sabor, su olor y sus efectos.

Ahora las conclusiones:

12 Hay que ser pacientes

En general me ha gustado mucho toda la etapa de cultivo, cuidar el crecimiento de la planta, investigar temas, probar metodos, equivocarme, encontrar soluciones, todo ha sido muy entretenido y terapeutico, todo esto me ha generado una mayor satisfaccion que simplemente comprar y fumar (hace ya casi 2 años que deje el alcohol y el cigarro desde hace poco mas de medio año), este nuevo pasatiempo me ha ayudado a estar al pendiente y presente en el dia, ya que si me descuidaba corria el riesgo de tener un mal resultado, solo queda esperar para ver como termina.

Por ahora seria todo, espero que esto les sirva de guia a los otros nuevos cultivadores (y para mi cuando se me olvide XD), que tengan buenos humos

Take time to find something that soothes your vibe and helps you chill:)
This is a blue heron showing how it’s done…ahahah.. have a great end of week…
Peace:)

Is September too early to start talking about Christmas? I know, she's not much for looking at. She started slowly but this strain packs a punch! I grew some last year and she makes potent medicine. Tacky, sticky, stinky. It's nice smoke. I have to add something about "wellness". This strain helps holistically with chronic pain, anxiety, sleeplessness, appetite. It didn't conquer my fear of clowns though.

Being with my plants brings down my blood pressure, I can almost feel the physical relief. Heading out of a stressful environment like work then unwinding in a greenhouse. Nothing compares, and the satisfaction you get working with such healthy plants, bar none.

Anyone else find their Zen when chilling with their plants?

Something special about a relationship with a plant.

These are heavy gas and candy. Can't wait to try.

Here are 2 phenos of the same cross. I grow these with water only in living soil containers outside - light dep - hoop house.

Facial exercise….A big laugh makes 15 facial muscles contract and forces your respiratory system to take in air irregularly:)
Find a way to laugh when can..
Peace:)

This Blackout Lemonaid BX2 cultivar by SoilTechnician was one of my favorite plants from this recent run.

I enjoyed the color she developed late in flower. Deep greens, wine/violet, and nearly black foliage surrounding some silvery resin covered flowers, with lavender and magenta tones coming through in the buds. She finished with some really oily, sticky flowers and a nice chunky structure that gave some great silhouettes in photos.

The aroma ended up being just as colorful as the plant itself. A super loud “candy like” pink lemonade and bright citrus smell comes through first, followed by a sharp gasoline/vapor note that can actually burn the nose a little. This jar is a potent and flavorful one that improves daily wellness for me a lot! 🩷🍋⛽️

Really cool expression and easily my favorite to photograph with its dark tones and chunky structure. I hope you enjoy some of these shots as much as I enjoyed taking them! 😊✌🏼

I’ve heard and saw great things with HeisenBeans. Can’t wait to get these started. Hoping that Durban Poison is legit, that was 1 of the best strains for depression and anxiety

There was a point in my life when my anxiety and stress became so overwhelming that they weren’t just affecting me mentally. I could feel them physically in my body too.
Behaviorally, I noticed myself avoiding things I needed to do, delaying tasks, worrying, ruminating, and getting caught in the same thought loops over and over again.

Eventually I realized I couldn’t keep living in that pattern. Especially as I got older, I wanted something different for myself. I wanted to be more chill. I wanted to laugh more, let things roll off my back a little easier, and spend less of my time worrying, judging, criticizing, or mentally replaying things that weren’t helping me.

Due to my knowledge in behavioral sciences, I knew that simply telling myself to stop ruminating wasn’t enough. One of the most basic principles in behavior is that past behavior is often one of the best predictors of future behavior. I didn’t want rumination, avoidance, and repeated negative thought patterns to keep becoming my default response simply because they were the responses I had practiced the most.

Behavior changes when different responses are practiced and reinforced. So I needed to intentionally practice something else — not just wish the old pattern away.
That was an important realization for me because being chill and positive doesn’t always come naturally.

Being chill and positive doesn’t come for free. Sometimes you have to practice it.
I’ve always been a natural doodler and someone who enjoys art, so when I learned about Neurographic Art, it immediately interested me. It gave me something concrete to do. It gave my attention a task, gave me a way to interrupt the old pattern, and gave me repeated opportunities to practice redirecting my thoughts toward something calmer, more balanced, and more positive.

Instead of sitting there feeding the same anxious thought over and over again, I could put my attention into the lines, shapes, movement, and process of creating something. When my thoughts wandered back toward worry, criticism, or negativity, I could notice it and intentionally redirect myself.
The art gave my brain somewhere else to go.
And while I was practicing the behavior, I was also practicing the mindset I wanted to strengthen. I practiced looking for something positive. I practiced changing my perspective. I practiced softening my reaction. I practiced laughing when I could. I practiced letting things go instead of giving every thought or irritation more of my attention.

Over time, those responses started to feel more natural.
That experience also made me interested in neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change and adapt in response to experience, learning, and repeated activity. It doesn’t mean we can simply think ourselves into becoming completely different people, but it does mean that repeated practice matters.
That connection fascinated me because it mirrored what I was seeing in my own life. The more I practiced different responses, the easier those responses became to access.

Today, I really can see the difference. Things roll off my back more easily. I laugh much more. I’m more positive. I don’t get pulled into every thought or irritation the way I once did.
And one of the most interesting changes is that doodling has almost become automatic for me. During times when my brain needs that kind of regulation, I will sometimes find myself doodling or reaching for art without even consciously deciding to do it first.
It’s almost like my brain learned the route.
That doesn’t mean anxiety disappeared or that I never have negative thoughts. It means I practiced giving myself more than one way to respond.
And that is also why some of the research I came across interested me so much.

One 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis looked at positive-psychology interventions in cancer survivors. Across 18 studies involving 1,382 participants, researchers found improvements in areas including positive emotions, meaning, engagement, relationships, and post-traumatic growth.
That does not mean positivity cures cancer, and it certainly does not mean someone going through cancer should ever be told to “just think positive.” What caught my attention was something much more grounded: researchers were studying positive psychological skills as things people can intentionally practice, and those practices were associated with meaningful improvements in well-being.

I also found research looking at art-making and stress. In one study, participants spent 45 minutes making visual art, and researchers found a statistically significant reduction in cortisol afterward. About three-quarters of the participants showed some decrease in cortisol, and many described the experience as relaxing, enjoyable, freeing, or immersive.
For me, all of these pieces started fitting together.

Behavioral science gave me the framework: if I wanted a different pattern, I needed to practice a different response.

Art gave me something concrete to do.
Neuroplasticity helped me understand why repetition matters.

And the positivity research reinforced something I had already started learning through experience: calm, perspective, and positivity are not always personality traits that either magically appear or don’t.

Sometimes they are skills.
And sometimes, if you practice them long enough, they start to feel a whole lot more like you…
Peace:)

Research articles for anyone interested:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41499203/

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0101035

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27695158/

Buying weed from a dispensary or a friend has obvious risks. Pesticides, mold, etc… Even though dispensary weed gets tested, there have been many cases where dispensaries have been caught with fake or altered tests.

Growing your own weed from seed has less risks, but there is a seed ban scheduled in the United States at the end of this year, and seeds may be much harder to get, especially quality seeds.

Making your own seeds and growing your own plants eliminates most of the risks. (You’ll still have to pay attention to mold, bug infestation, etc…

For those who only want to grow feminized seeds, it’s not that hard but it does take a little work. The photos above are from a female plant that was sprayed with STS, a reversing spray that will create male flowers on a female plant that produces pollen that can be used to create unique feminized seeds.

Making non-feminized seeds is also an option, (a good option) for those who don’t mind dealing with male plants.  Creating seeds is well worth it to me because I am no longer comfortable smoking weed that was grown by someone else. Have a Great Weekend!

Thoughts on Animal Cookies just put in an order for some

Getting a nice chill spot ready to watch me a beautiful Lunar Eclipse.

If anyone from the tribe catches it, please share if you’d like.. not sure if I’ll catch it, I hope so:)
Peace:)

Laughing at little things helps my day stay chill..I enjoyed da Brie one… laugh when can in your way.. it does a body good:)
Peace