Hayduke's Seldom Seen Garden

DivinePower said:

Lookin good dood.

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Thanks for the encouragement...

I have 3 new seedlings which have/had 5 nodes and were topped this morning. They are Sour Diesel (year old bag seed from friend) Afgoo Kush (2+ year old from clinic bud) and a seed from my Headband that I suspect was pollinated by the Hijack but could be self pollinated.

Spider Mite update...

I have sprayed a couple of times with the aforementioned concoction and achieved shiny plants...as well as a reduction of mites. The majority are and have been on one plant, which is 10 weeks now and I did not want to spray her again. Also as most of her larger leaves have been heavily damaged, the mites started to eat the little bud leaves, making the buds look a little crappy. I did not want the bastards to continue to eat the buds as they cured so I came up with a solution that worked excellent!

Remembering using CO2 to humanely euthanize Drosophila fruit flies in a Genetics lab...

I used to brew beer and have a 20# CO2 bottle. I placed plant, pot and all in large trash bag, bent/broke over branches, sucked air out with vacuum, and taped bag shut around CO2 regulator hose...filled up bag with CO2 and left it for 36 hours adding a little gas 3-4 times. This was most likely excessive, and only planned for 24, but got lazy.

Today I took the plant out...ALL mites dead...I suspect the eggs may have been gassed as well. The plant looks remarkably better...like she needs another week!!!! (not gonna happen!)

This technique could be used with clear bags while still in veg or flower, allowing immediate release of lady bugs with no residue of pesticides.

I will have to check into that when I get co2 up and running..... thanks for the extra tips

while the colour of the trichs may not change, that doesn't mean there isn't significant cannabinoid development going on

theloadeddragon said:

while the colour of the trichs may not change, that doesn't mean there isn't significant cannabinoid development going on

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I rarely see but a few amber trichs. some have a very faint hue of amber on the very outside if seen through the trichchrome...they always go over 9 weeks, even when go to 13 and the plant is near dead...still cloudy. But stoney a fook and I need zero help with sleep as long as I smoke.

Thanks...going to get some clear bags to bag up and gas the others

I found 48" 45 gallon clear trash bags and have gassed/am gassing the whole garden. I am fairly confident that any eggs will also become enviable with osmosis of the CO2. I can see the humidity buildup in the bags, which should also help kill the mites. I am not worried about a mold situation either as they need O2

Tomorrow I will get a herd of ladybugs who should be able to mop up any straggler mites.

The seldom seen garden is looking for a security system of the four legged variety...Been obsessively reading pedigrees of Czech/DDR working line German Shepherds...hard to find a boy, lots of kick ass girls...

Hayduke said:

Thanks for the encouragement...

I have 3 new seedlings which have/had 5 nodes and were topped this morning. They are Sour Diesel (year old bag seed from friend) Afgoo Kush (2+ year old from clinic bud) and a seed from my Headband that I suspect was pollinated by the Hijack but could be self pollinated.

Spider Mite update...

I have sprayed a couple of times with the aforementioned concoction and achieved shiny plants...as well as a reduction of mites. The majority are and have been on one plant, which is 10 weeks now and I did not want to spray her again. Also as most of her larger leaves have been heavily damaged, the mites started to eat the little bud leaves, making the buds look a little crappy. I did not want the bastards to continue to eat the buds as they cured so I came up with a solution that worked excellent!

Remembering using CO2 to humanely euthanize Drosophila fruit flies in a Genetics lab...

I used to brew beer and have a 20# CO2 bottle. I placed plant, pot and all in large trash bag, bent/broke over branches, sucked air out with vacuum, and taped bag shut around CO2 regulator hose...filled up bag with CO2 and left it for 36 hours adding a little gas 3-4 times. This was most likely excessive, and only planned for 24, but got lazy.

Today I took the plant out...ALL mites dead...I suspect the eggs may have been gassed as well. The plant looks remarkably better...like she needs another week!!!! (not gonna happen!)

This technique could be used with clear bags while still in veg or flower, allowing immediate release of lady bugs with no residue of pesticides.

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Hi Hayduke, All the best for 2010. Nice skills BTW. Hope it all works out with those little fekkers.

I am planning on putting my Headbands into 12/12 soon.
I think you will find that the seed is self made. I always get a couple on each plant. that's what I am growing with now, so we shall see what happens. If it is crossed, then could also be an interesting one.

Peace out bru,

DST

DST said:

Hi Hayduke, All the best for 2010. Nice skills BTW. Hope it all works out with those little fekkers.

I am planning on putting my Headbands into 12/12 soon.
I think you will find that the seed is self made. I always get a couple on each plant. that's what I am growing with now, so we shall see what happens. If it is crossed, then could also be an interesting one.

Peace out bru,

DST

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Sup DST! The seedling probably is selfed, but the Hijack surprised me with a few bananas early enough to get fat mature seeds that were fat, earlier than the usual 1-3 per plant that I always get also...right now the leaves are fat and very much look like the Chem-dog grand-parents...and thus very similar to the sour D that is the nicest of the 3 seedlings...really hoping for a girlie! The Aff-Goo bagseed and the HB got a little stretchy before topping and putting them in to sex, but the SD is still nice and responding well to the topping.

Spider mite update:

They are GONE! I am enjoying the hell out of my pet ladybugs...they are so sweet. I occasionally have to rescue one and return it to the garden and they usually want to stay on my hand.

The lady bugs seemed to have cleaned up any remnants of dessicated mites and eggs...no trace!

If anyone should choose to try this wild technique:

Especially if you are doing more than one SMALL plant at a time...be very aware of the large amount of CO2 which is poisonous to humans and pets! It sinks to the ground and can make you feel ill or worse. Also...I believe that I "frost bit" a few when I treated two bags in a row...although I left a plastic gas in connector on the hose, which acted like a "T" after filling the 1st quite large bag....the valve and regulator were quite cold as was the gas.

Several tips just kinda drooped over and shriveled...I trimmed and they have recovered. Some of the leaves have white patches, and unfortunately this happened to the fans of the seedlings which were in the last bag along with a few others...anyway, beats the damn mites and IMO much better than miticide.

Four-legged security system update:

My pup was conceived a week ago! I have made a deposit on the 2nd dark sable male. Both his parents are Czech imports with impressive pedigrees, and beautiful past litters of working dogs!!!!!!!!

Congrats on the pups Hayduke, and also for the eviction of the mites. Good news for 2010.

Peace, DST

No evidence of spider mites and no further treatment was done following the CO2.

Having much better luck cutting the FFOF by 1/2 with coco (probably could use less coco but better safe than dark green!)

Also much better luck with very weak nutes maybe weekly or a little less (3rd or 4th watering) buds are firmer. I am very slowly getting better at this.

The headband seedling looks like it was selfed (looks like HB)

The topped Afgoo Kush and Sour Diesel seedlings have finally showed sex and are back in veg for cuttings. The SD stretched like crazy and has been tied down. She will go in to flower as soon as I see roots in bottom of big pot and can get the 2 bottom cuttings.

I have a seedling from the "A" pheno of Hijack that I hope stays true to the pheno the seed was from. It is currently my favorite smoke and I hope to get cuttings from this plant. So far it looks like selfed seeds are femminized, which would make sense, since she has no male chromosomes.

The "A" pheno smells just like sour apple hard candies...FDD should have called it "Apple Jack"!!!

3 headbands curing right now with another coming out of flower this weekend...it is getting time to give some bud away again as I am close to my legal limit

TLD has been banned and will be missed. He treated others with respect, in spite of being a grower with skills...this is VERY rare on this site.

Hayduke said:

TLD has been banned and will be missed. He treated others with respect, in spite of being a grower with skills...this is VERY rare on this site.

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Glad the mites are under control buddy. What a bummer, having to give weed away.

Wow, TLD got banned, wtf. What he do? the Dragon is the dude.

Peace, DST

DST said:

Glad the mites are under control buddy. What a bummer, having to give weed away.

Wow, TLD got banned, wtf. What he do? the Dragon is the dude.

Peace, DST

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I don't mind for my brother from another mother...he tries to pay but I won't let him...he's got 3 girls and a wife that stays home with them...works 14 hour days (screw that!) He also lives 1500 miles away and I have to "get it to him" or I would gladly help him out regularly.

TLD pissed off FDD with something he said in a post...you would have to find out what, on some other site...anything posted here is removed pretty quick

TLD posted-

I am Here . getting ready to get underway with journaling . Do it Better here then over there. I am THRILLED to see you. Having to leave RIU is breaking my heart, not because of Riu the site itself, but the people. I love, Love, so many over there, and feel a special bond. For those that will watch things unfold, I think will be happy they do.

I do not however, tolerate: Injustice, Dictatorship, Biased Censorship, or Childish Antics performed regularly by leaders, Lies, Oppression, or Befuddlement. I feel, and have experienced these Firsthand from RIU management, both on the level of "special treatments" and "outright debacle". I have witnessed certain events on that site for so long it makes me sick to my stomach, and can tolerate no more.

Where their is the thought or the memory, my positive loving presence will remain as well.

You can read it in his journal.something about going to sleep.about the light turning on no more.but his location remaining the same.

agggghhh..... here it is, its post 1057 in his perpetual grow:
https://www.rollitup.org/3568564-post1057.html


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You never expect the unexpected........ and suddenly I become aware that it is about that time...... Saddening to me, but sacrifice for progress and the sake of that which is most valuable..... the love is still there, just not the priority.... Holding my own and happy with that, I'll "Walk On" in the words of some one I respect, "Walk On, and Walk Tall!" ....... Keeping it real... Overgrow.... Rise against the machine..... Live, Learn, and Love one another, appreciate what is Real, and strive for positive progress, work hard and work together...... one day, some day...... My location remains the same

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TLD posted-

I am Here

. getting ready to get underway with journaling

. Do it Better here then over there. I am THRILLED to see you. Having to leave RIU is breaking my heart, not because of Riu the site itself, but the people. I love, Love, so many over there, and feel a special bond. For those that will watch things unfold, I think will be happy they do.

I do not however, tolerate: Injustice, Dictatorship, Biased Censorship, or Childish Antics performed regularly by leaders, Lies, Oppression, or Befuddlement. I feel, and have experienced these Firsthand from RIU management, both on the level of "special treatments" and "outright debacle". I have witnessed certain events on that site for so long it makes me sick to my stomach, and can tolerate no more.

Where their is the thought or the memory, my positive loving presence will remain as well.

You can read it in his journal.something about going to sleep.about the light turning on no more.but his location remaining the same.

agggghhh..... here it is, its post 1057 in his perpetual grow:
https://www.rollitup.org/3568564-post1057.html


permalink
You never expect the unexpected........ and suddenly I become aware that it is about that time...... Saddening to me, but sacrifice for progress and the sake of that which is most valuable..... the love is still there, just not the priority.... Holding my own and happy with that, I'll "Walk On" in the words of some one I respect, "Walk On, and Walk Tall!" ....... Keeping it real... Overgrow.... Rise against the machine..... Live, Learn, and Love one another, appreciate what is Real, and strive for positive progress, work hard and work together...... one day, some day...... My location remains the same

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Thanks...

My Rec' expires tomorrow, so I renewed today...My original Doc lost his license 10 months ago...the guy who took over is very cool. He does not recommend that you smoke (of course) and gave me a letter upping my limits to a more realistic # for my small garden (not growing trees) I now have a limit of 36 total, of which 18 can be in flower, and 24oz of dried flowers!

This gives me peace of mind.

Sounds nice Hayduke. Great to have that piece of mind. So the load of new Headbands I started from seed of coure have produced some male flowers. Just like the first lot I ran. I have taken some cuttings and lets hope as before, they don't show the male signs. My seed that produced Twins turned out to be a Headband by the looks of things. The smaller twin produced male flowers so I chopped it, and the one left has had no male traits at all. I have a very nice cutting of her as well. Take it easy Hayduke,

Peace, DST

DST said:

Sounds nice Hayduke. Great to have that piece of mind. So the load of new Headbands I started from seed of coure have produced some male flowers. Just like the first lot I ran. I have taken some cuttings and lets hope as before, they don't show the male signs. My seed that produced Twins turned out to be a Headband by the looks of things. The smaller twin produced male flowers so I chopped it, and the one left has had no male traits at all. I have a very nice cutting of her as well. Take it easy Hayduke,

Peace, DST

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Until this weekend, I had collected ~25 seeds from ~10 plants...I have gotten lazy about plucking off the few bananas seen at 5 and 9 weeks, and saw a bud a while back that had several seeds...this bud is now cured and mostly smoked...but i found that one bud the other day...30 mature seeds in one small bud!!!!

I have been happily collecting the few seeds as they are kinda like gold in times of trouble...but this is ridiculous!

Anyhow the one seed that I thought may be crossed with the hijack (probably not) is much more vigorous than the cuttings, has had 2 cuttings taken off her (force sexed) and will go to flower as soon as roots are down in new pot.

I finally got bored with headband and was smoking Hijack near exclusively...but I am back on the headband (still have some hijack)

A friend of mine who I help out and I give a choice of hj or hb picks headband.

I don't quite understand the twin deal?

The twins deal, or Thelma and Louise as they were called. I basically planted one seed in a pot (after it had cracked germinating in a tissue/bag routine)

the first seedling appeared, and then a few days later the next one appeared. It was a much stronger colour and smaller than the first seedling to pop. I then just kept growing them. the bigger one always getting bigger...but then eventually the male balls appeared on the smaller one, but not the bigger (Thelma.) So Louise, or Louis as I called her/him, was chopped. So I have one fairly large Headband.
I haven't got a pic of whats left but I will throw one up in my new journal. This was her before I chopped out Louise.

DST said:

The twins deal, or Thelma and Louise as they were called. I basically planted one seed in a pot (after it had cracked germinating in a tissue/bag routine)

the first seedling appeared, and then a few days later the next one appeared. It was a much stronger colour and smaller than the first seedling to pop. I then just kept growing them. the bigger one always getting bigger...but then eventually the male balls appeared on the smaller one, but not the bigger (Thelma.) So Louise, or Louis as I called her/him, was chopped. So I have one fairly large Headband.
I haven't got a pic of whats left but I will throw one up in my new journal. This was her before I chopped out Louise.

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huh...go figure!

Here's the stump...


And this is her from the top now.

DST said:

Here's the stump...

And this is her from the top now.

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My condolences for your loss.