Katatawnic
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Long post ahead, sorry... I've got a problem going on, to say the very least!
Everything's been going great, till late last night... I went in to close the tent before the lights went out at 2am, and as I was about to leave the room, I caught a glance of my clones and my AK seedling. To my horror, the AK was all but dead!
The photo I took the night before, in my last post, shows a happy little seedling. So this was quite sudden, and there was absolutely no warning. No drooping, no yellowing, no curling, no browning of the tips... nothing! At lights out time last night (10pm) she was happy and perky, then at 2am she was dying!
I haven't had a plant die on me since I was 20 yrs. old, and that doesn't really count since my ex-husband and I took a three week trip to see his family, a friend of his promised to water my plants and feed/water my dogs, and we came home to dead plants and deathly thirsty dogs with their ribs sticking out profusely! Needless to say, he got quite a verbal beating from me... and I was pretty sure he got more than something verbal from my ex.
I've been going over and over in my head, trying to figure out what could've gone wrong. The only thing that was different with this one is that I germed and started her in coco, instead of one of my rooter plugs and then soil like I've been doing. Absolutely nothing else has changed. Temps, humidity, pH, medium moisture, etc., are all just right. I did notice the cotyledons browning faster than they have on other seedlings I've grown, but I've also noticed that they've stayed green on mine longer than what I've seen on many other growers' seedlings, so I just kept a close watch and saw only healthy little leaves developing. I'm going to start two of my freebie seeds (I'll do Thai Super Skunk since I have five of them) side by side... one in coco like I did the AK, and one in a rapid rooter plug and soil like I normally do. If it's the coco, I should quickly see a difference in these two. (The only reason I think it could be the coco is that it doesn't have any natural nutrients like my soil does; considering the faster dying off of the cotyledons than my previous seedlings, my only guess at this time is that there wasn't enough nutrition for her to thrive. It's also the only thing done differently with my seedlings.)
I put her in soil a bit ago, to see if there's any chance of reviving her... which I highly doubt will happen, but at least I can say I tried my best. The roots are in perfect condition, but there's almost no foliage to be found that looks salvageable. However, I remember Purp's "headless" AK seedling, which made it through to harvest... she was a runt, but she made it and did quite well. Oh well, the next day or two will tell.
What pisses me off the most is that I really wanted an AK more than any other strain I've got! When I got the Thai Super Skunk (5 regular) and the Pineapple Express (1 fem) for free at Attitude from one of their "UFO" deals, I decided to purchase a fem AK from World of Seeds at the same time, since I was already planning on getting that, and this way I'd only pay for shipping once. With all the praises I've heard about AK from ease of growing to a great smoke, my heart was really set on growing it ASAP. With the severity of insomnia I've had for years, I know that AK would help tremendously. I'm flat broke, and have no idea when I'll be able to purchase even one seed again. So this is heartbreaking for me.
My NL currently in the flowering area is still being shy about showing sex. The calyxes have been swollen for three days now, but no pistils to be seen. I'm thinking it's gotta be a female, because my last two NL males began growing flowers like crazy within hours of swollen calyxes. So I'm holding hope that this time I've finally got a female NL.
I don't recall seeing photos quite like the buds on this one before. I'm extremely curious what they'll be like after they're dried and cured.
Tee hee hee! Some of the colas on the two sativas are longer than and almost as wide as my hands, and my hands are slender but large! There are "growth issues" that haven't thrilled me about these two sativa strains, and they still don't smell a bit like cannabis. So unless the finished product is awesome, I'm not going to bother growing out the clones I took from them.
At least we just go out to dinner for Thanksgiving now, so we don't have the humongous spread to gorge on all day. 
According to Nirvana's description, 7-9 weeks. Zen Master said a page or so ago that he very much preferred his NL buds at 8 weeks (samples) than harvested at 9, so he's harvesting them at 8 weeks now.
If the NL does that for me as well (the giggles), it'll be perfect for helping to manage bipolar episodes right after onset... not only could I use laughter during depression, but I very much need that during mania as well. I'm one of the "lucky ones"
that doesn't get euphoric manias, but instead gets manias that are severely irritable... the smallest things that would roll off my back any other time make me extremely angry (sometimes to the point of sheer rage), and I can get awfully mean before I realize where I'm going. I've learned how to keep my actions in check most of the time, just by being aware of what state I'm in at all times and being extremely conscious and cautious of my behaviors. But it doesn't always work, and then I'm apologizing profusely for having said things that can't be taken back and are very hurtful, etc. Fortunately those in my life with whom I'm close understand that it's not ME talking, but the mania, and they are very forgiving. I'm extremely lucky in that, if nothing else! Honestly though, I'd much rather be rock bottom depressed than even slightly manic.
Come to think of it... I do recall getting some pretty big cases of the giggles with NL in the past.
!!!Long post ahead, sorry... I've got a problem going on, to say the very least!
Everything's been going great, till late last night... I went in to close the tent before the lights went out at 2am, and as I was about to leave the room, I caught a glance of my clones and my AK seedling. To my horror, the AK was all but dead!
The photo I took the night before, in my last post, shows a happy little seedling. So this was quite sudden, and there was absolutely no warning. No drooping, no yellowing, no curling, no browning of the tips... nothing! At lights out time last night (10pm) she was happy and perky, then at 2am she was dying!I haven't had a plant die on me since I was 20 yrs. old, and that doesn't really count since my ex-husband and I took a three week trip to see his family, a friend of his promised to water my plants and feed/water my dogs, and we came home to dead plants and deathly thirsty dogs with their ribs sticking out profusely! Needless to say, he got quite a verbal beating from me... and I was pretty sure he got more than something verbal from my ex.
I've been going over and over in my head, trying to figure out what could've gone wrong. The only thing that was different with this one is that I germed and started her in coco, instead of one of my rooter plugs and then soil like I've been doing. Absolutely nothing else has changed. Temps, humidity, pH, medium moisture, etc., are all just right. I did notice the cotyledons browning faster than they have on other seedlings I've grown, but I've also noticed that they've stayed green on mine longer than what I've seen on many other growers' seedlings, so I just kept a close watch and saw only healthy little leaves developing. I'm going to start two of my freebie seeds (I'll do Thai Super Skunk since I have five of them) side by side... one in coco like I did the AK, and one in a rapid rooter plug and soil like I normally do. If it's the coco, I should quickly see a difference in these two. (The only reason I think it could be the coco is that it doesn't have any natural nutrients like my soil does; considering the faster dying off of the cotyledons than my previous seedlings, my only guess at this time is that there wasn't enough nutrition for her to thrive. It's also the only thing done differently with my seedlings.)
I put her in soil a bit ago, to see if there's any chance of reviving her... which I highly doubt will happen, but at least I can say I tried my best. The roots are in perfect condition, but there's almost no foliage to be found that looks salvageable. However, I remember Purp's "headless" AK seedling, which made it through to harvest... she was a runt, but she made it and did quite well. Oh well, the next day or two will tell.
What pisses me off the most is that I really wanted an AK more than any other strain I've got! When I got the Thai Super Skunk (5 regular) and the Pineapple Express (1 fem) for free at Attitude from one of their "UFO" deals, I decided to purchase a fem AK from World of Seeds at the same time, since I was already planning on getting that, and this way I'd only pay for shipping once. With all the praises I've heard about AK from ease of growing to a great smoke, my heart was really set on growing it ASAP. With the severity of insomnia I've had for years, I know that AK would help tremendously. I'm flat broke, and have no idea when I'll be able to purchase even one seed again. So this is heartbreaking for me.
My NL currently in the flowering area is still being shy about showing sex. The calyxes have been swollen for three days now, but no pistils to be seen. I'm thinking it's gotta be a female, because my last two NL males began growing flowers like crazy within hours of swollen calyxes. So I'm holding hope that this time I've finally got a female NL.
Sure you didn't...allright! Pictures!! See, I knew this wasn't a phantom grow
Yeah, B has weird looking buds to me!That B-plant in the middle looks so different from the others. That LSTing really did wonders for these girls.
Just look at the size of some of those colasThose babies are weaponized already.
I don't recall seeing photos quite like the buds on this one before. I'm extremely curious what they'll be like after they're dried and cured.Tee hee hee! Some of the colas on the two sativas are longer than and almost as wide as my hands, and my hands are slender but large! There are "growth issues" that haven't thrilled me about these two sativa strains, and they still don't smell a bit like cannabis. So unless the finished product is awesome, I'm not going to bother growing out the clones I took from them.
Actually, that plant is under watered if anything... she's always dried out to the point of the leaves drooping and begging for water much sooner than the other two. One of the "growth issues" about that one that doesn't thrill me; it dries out very fast, and is much more sensitive to the heat problems I was having over the summer... and since I'll be living in the So. CA Mojave indefinitely, plants with heat issues aren't a good thing for me.
I'd have loved to gain 10 lbs. 1.5 years ago, as I was underweight for years (i.e., 106 lbs. @ 5'8" tall!). But now that I'm finally at a very healthy 145... nuh uh, I don't want that now!Yummy, buds + thanksgiving = gain 10lbs hehe
How long is the NL expected to flower for? I would love to get my hands on a couple NL clones, one of my favorite smokes. Makes me laugh at the stupidest stuff
At least we just go out to dinner for Thanksgiving now, so we don't have the humongous spread to gorge on all day. According to Nirvana's description, 7-9 weeks. Zen Master said a page or so ago that he very much preferred his NL buds at 8 weeks (samples) than harvested at 9, so he's harvesting them at 8 weeks now.
If the NL does that for me as well (the giggles), it'll be perfect for helping to manage bipolar episodes right after onset... not only could I use laughter during depression, but I very much need that during mania as well. I'm one of the "lucky ones"
that doesn't get euphoric manias, but instead gets manias that are severely irritable... the smallest things that would roll off my back any other time make me extremely angry (sometimes to the point of sheer rage), and I can get awfully mean before I realize where I'm going. I've learned how to keep my actions in check most of the time, just by being aware of what state I'm in at all times and being extremely conscious and cautious of my behaviors. But it doesn't always work, and then I'm apologizing profusely for having said things that can't be taken back and are very hurtful, etc. Fortunately those in my life with whom I'm close understand that it's not ME talking, but the mania, and they are very forgiving. I'm extremely lucky in that, if nothing else! Honestly though, I'd much rather be rock bottom depressed than even slightly manic.Come to think of it... I do recall getting some pretty big cases of the giggles with NL in the past.
I haven't had the chance to figure out where in the prog to go for adding on my border and text at the bottom (which is for my benefit, not for you guys, lol), but I'm finally able to post photos! Also, the prog I used in WinBlow$ had an auto-contrast that removed all the extra green my camera picks up, which is too much green. This prog doesn't make any visible changes when applying contrast, hue/saturation, etc. 
My camera really does suck, and part of it is that it puts out too much color. I'm still working on finding an image editor that does what it says it'll do. 
OMG... I'm still floating!!! 
Now, LAX said he wasn't too thrilled with the BH, that to him it tastes kind of harsh. But of course different people have different taste preferences, so you and/or I may love the finished product. 
