Radogast 2 - Return of the Clones

[Radogast]

Early Veg


Before graduating 2 plants to Late Veg

Current Early Veg. I like being down to 5 small pots. Next goal, moving the plants from small pots quickly into large pots (timing the flow.)

 

[Radogast]

Nice, Radogast. I dont know if I ever told you, but I like the names you choose for your plants. A mix of modern, classic and eclectic.

My wife thinks Lachesis is a bit dark . I thought of it as more of a tongue twister name - and isn't twisting threads together part of spinning the threads of fate?

My wife has hemp bound Barbie dolls with blackened eyes hanging upside down in an outdoor web of hemp - and she thinks Lachesis is dark

 

[Radogast]

3 in the cloner. (recent cuts)

One flowering HWS Hani. Two breeder seed Janice. Three breeder seed Lachesis. The strongest of each will survive.

 

[Growlow]

I don't know its the weed I smoked but some of your photos gave me a light vertigo. Like your room is slanted or the light was hehe... what a trip. Thanks my mate. Your girls are stacked and ready to go

 

[Radogast]

I don't know its the weed I smoked but some of your photos gave me a light vertigo. Like your room is slanted or the light was hehe... what a trip. Thanks my mate. Your girls are stacked and ready to go

This picture below does that for me. The angled lamp shade switches between seeing the outside from above and the inside below.
(It's the outside from above.)

Yesterday's posts are one of my first tries at showing girls from above. Not so successful

 

[Radogast]

Flowering Room after dark

The relations decided / agreed to add Snowcap 'Snow Queen' to the others , making 3 plants in this month's flowering cycle. The switch was done right after lights out, so I took some flash pictures in the dark.

Snowcap 'Snow Queen' (front center) flanked by unsexed breeders Janice (left) and Lachesis (right)

White Widow Bellatrix - At 60 days, she is releasing all of her fan leaves, just like all the other runs of this breeder's White Widow seeds.

 

[Radogast]

Miscellaneous

The flowering room set a record low temp for this year - 66 degrees overnight low (surrounded by basement.)

The vegging area has a window to outdoors, but she has an oil heater to keep the temps up. Glad I plugged in the space heater

Finally labelled my thermometer

I harvested the bottom tray of the worm bin. All the pots got handfuls of worm bin soil. The soil in this tray was over 90% castings, but you can see some rust colored coco coir in there. The hidden food was in 3 pockets surrounded by worms who had not left the tray for better eating. I picked out about 20 worms, but I imagine another 20 were distributed with the worm castings.

My first basement grown worm castings

Hawaiian Skunk update
Hani in the Flower Room has about 5 weeks to harvest.
Hani in the cloner is trying to root.
Hani in bud jar is all smoked up.
Fortuitously, my wife had set aside a nug for this very contingency.

Hawaiian Skunk Hani: Down to the last bud

Share a bowl?

 

[Radogast]

After startup costs, my production costs for indoor 600W HPS grown cannabis are about $30/oz + 1.5 hours/oz in labor. That is about $75/oz for $20/hr labor.

If I were paid for it, my 1.5 hour per day habit @ $20/hr plus 50% for benefits is $300/wk: much more expensive than growing

 

[Radogast]

CannaCreamer

Yesterday, the wife came across a website for a milk cannabis tincture.

I asked her if she felt she would run short before the next harvest if we used an ounce to experiment. Given a "no" we were set to go.


We chose Half-and-half over milk since it has more fat to bind the THC and my wife uses it in coffee.

The double boiler moderates temperature. Aiming for 160-180°F, I adjusted the water filled pan to 160F. After adding the mass of ingredients and the large jar, It took about 20 minutes to stabilized the tincture to 175F at a higher temperature setting. If doing this again, I would use the whole assembly, substituting water for the ingredients to adjust the temperature settings before adding the ingredients. NOTE: Some burners may not be able to adjust to a low enough heat setting

Mixture (1 qt Half-and-Half, 1 oz cannabis bud) was stirred every 5 minutes for 45 minutes.

How does it work? You ask.

In a sad turn of events, my wife broke her right ankle yesterday. It twisted off to the side in a totally unnatural dislocation of bones, ligaments and tendons with some broken bones. We spent 4 PM to 8 PM in the local hospital Emergency Room where 2 doctors, 2 nurses, 4 monitors, 2 crash carts, oxygen and an IV pumped her full of 'colonoscopy' type sedation (Dilaudin) and splint stabilized the bones back into an approximation of standard position to reduce the strain and stretch of the tissues. She then took a second ambulance ride 20+ miles to the regional trauma hospital Emergency Room where 1 orthopedic surgeon, 2 doctors, 2 nurses, 6 monitors, 2 crash carts, a portable x-ray machine, oxygen, and an IV pumped her full of 'even better than colonoscopy' type sedation (Propofol and Ketamine) and cast stabilized the bones into the orthopaedically correct position to reduce the strain and stretch of the tissues. In a week, after much of the swelling goes down, we will visit another orthopaedic surgeon at the regional trauma hospital to discuss types and schedules of surgeries.

My wife has not had a broken bone in 50 years.

At 2 AM, the 24 hour pharmacy was out of Oxycodone, so the 12 hour mark on the injury timeline included sitting outside a second 24 hour pharmacy 10 miles the other way past our house for 20 minutes while the pharmacist processed our prescription. My wifes new exercise regime was derailed by a traumatic injury. Both our dietary regimes were marred by a visit to McDonalds at 2:30 AM.

After brewing up the CannaCreamer this morning, I went to the local senior center and selected from among 30 'gifted' walkers since crutches the hospital 'gave' her are a really stupid mobility aid compared to a walker the senior center gave her.

Given the disruption and pain of injury, and countervaling pain management of opiods, my wife couldn't give a description of the medical and euphoric effects of 2 tablespoons of CannaCreamer. The taste in coffee is improved by 4 tablespoons of regular creamer. She likes the effect.

Given my need to drive and aid in my wife's movements, I didn't take my two tablespoon sample until 30 minutes agowhen she went to bed. So far, no major sensations.

 

[ClosedCircuit]

So are you saying unless you have a very accurate burner, to use the double boiler method like you did and just stick a thermometer in there?

 

[B A R]

Good stuff Rado.

 

[Radogast]

So are you saying unless you have a very accurate burner, to use the double boiler method like you did and just stick a thermometer in there?

I'm saying many burners simmer can't get low enough. If your burner can hold a pan of water at 160°F it can be used - with or without double boiler.

Unfortunately, I am not convinced this experiment worked. I did not get much effect for one gram of cannabis.

 

[SweetSue]

First off, so sorry to hear about her injury. Big virtual hug for her Another for you, I know it's rough watching someone you love go through that much pain, even if they do give you some really sweet pain meds at the hospital. As soon as possible, I'm dead serious here, comfrey root compresses. They don't call it knitbone for nothing.

When I played with making canna milk I steeped it over a low flame, just under boiling, for 45 minutes, if I remember correctly. Very time consuming, but kicked butt. I drank it about 4oz at a time.

 

[Radogast]

First off, so sorry to hear about her injury. Big virtual hug for her Another for you, I know it's rough watching someone you love go through that much pain, even if they do give you some really sweet pain meds at the hospital. As soon as possible, I'm dead serious here, comfrey root compresses. They don't call it knitbone for nothing.

When I played with making canna milk I steeped it over a low flame, just under boiling, for 45 minutes, if I remember correctly. Very time consuming, but kicked butt. I drank it about 4oz at a time.

It really sucks trying to help her through this. As I told her tonight when she went to bed, "You made it through today, and you are stronger and know how to handle this better than you did yesterday." It really helps to know that in 3-4 months she will be healthier amd more mobile than today.

My experience of the cannabis creamer infusion has been overruled. One woman reports 1.5 fl oz (3 tbsp) gave a good 5 hours of monthly cramp relief. My wife reports that 2 fl oz (4 tbsp, 1/4 cup) removed the pain that the oxycodone only dulled.

 

[Sorenna]

Im sorry to hear of your wife's injury. Im sure she is in a lot of pain and shell find herself frustrated with limited mobility and pain. Im glad you have the right meds to help her through it. I think its funny that she overruled your assessment of the cannamilk. If monthly pain relief is something she is looking for perhaps you might grow her a Kali Mist. Im going to in a few months.

 

[Radogast]

Im sorry to hear of your wife's injury. Im sure she is in a lot of pain and shell find herself frustrated with limited mobility and pain. Im glad you have the right meds to help her through it. I think its funny that she overruled your assessment of the cannamilk. If monthly pain relief is something she is looking for perhaps you might grow her a Kali Mist. Im going to in a few months.

I've got 8 known strains and a few unknown going right now, but (unlike Kali Mist) they are mostly Indica dominant. I have a reportedly pure sativa Snowcap due for a December harvest. I'm hoping for some high CBD seeds this year, but I hesitate to invest in any new strains with the current local growing climate.

What is the local growing climate? There is a good chance the state will stop medical grow authorizations this year. There have been a couple of high volume dealer/distributor arrests on my street this year. I am not aware of grower busts, but the local hydro store closed under mysterious circumstances. The focus appears to be on those who mix cannabis sales with less benign drug sales, but it is a good time for local growers and dealers to reevaluate their life choices.

 

[SweetLeef]

Man there really sucks for your wife, brother. Good thing she had you by her side to help her through it.

I don't know if you are still fighting the mites, and I don't know why I didn't think of this until today, but you could get yourself some predatory mites. They are supposed to wreak havoc on spider mites and then they just die off once they mites are all gone. around fitty buks shipped from the cramazon, seems like worthy endeavor to me. I plan on trying it out later this month as a precautionary measure.

I will also be releasing some nematodes hopefully next week to get rid of the fungus gnats. The neem/karanja is not doing a thing to stop the gnats, and I think the spraying, despite killing a bunch of the adults, just helped to make more gnats, so I am going to "release the hounds" as it were.

Wishing your wife a speedy recovery!

 

[Radogast]

Man there really sucks for your wife, brother. Good thing she had you by her side to help her through it.

I don't know if you are still fighting the mites, and I don't know why I didn't think of this until today, but you could get yourself some predatory mites. They are supposed to wreak havoc on spider mites and then they just die off once they mites are all gone. around fitty buks shipped from the cramazon, seems like worthy endeavor to me. I plan on trying it out later this month as a precautionary measure.

I will also be releasing some nematodes hopefully next week to get rid of the fungus gnats. The neem/karanja is not doing a thing to stop the gnats, and I think the spraying, despite killing a bunch of the adults, just helped to make more gnats, so I am going to "release the hounds" as it were.

Wishing your wife a speedy recovery!

Spider Mites:

I have had very good spider mite control with either the SNS217 spray or homemade Neem Oil spray to the underside of leaves and anywhere I see mites, applied every other day. I mix the Neem Oil spray at 1% by adding 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) in dropper to 1 cup (250 ml) of tap water. The oil beads up (oil and water don't mix) so I then add small amounts of liquid glycerine soap (Dr. Bronner's Hemp) until the droplets of oil turn into a hazy blend when shaken. I am on my third 1-cup batch of Neem. I like the way it works. 100% neem oil is safely edible but "filler" ingredients may not be food safe. Ingesting soap isn't such a great idea either, so I avoid spraying a plant the week before harvest. I have smoked bud sprayed 2 days before harvest without noticing a taste problem, but washed bud tastes better, as always.


Fungus Gnats:

When I see gnats, I have been spraying the soil surface with homemade Rosemary tea (6 8-inch twigs with leaves boiled in a gallon of water.) I only get new gnats when I add new soil, so the Rosemary tea seems to work OK. Both homemade recipes are much cheaper than the SNS sprays. I made my first batch of Rosemary tea about 3 weeks ago and it still smells fresh and is effective against gnats.


Health Issues:

My wife is a trooper, but a Weber B / Weber C ankle fracture is a bad break. We have a specialist consult on Thursday. Until then: medications, a walker, and an elevated cast. I picked up a body shaking cough in my hospital travels and am feverishly huddled with blankets. I find it interesting that the ankle injury (and presumably the trigger for my cough) happened on the only day I have gone outside without my protective rings in many, many months.

 

[ClosedCircuit]

Whats the medical grow limit in your state?

 

[CCOiler]

You and your wife get better Radogast.