Iced Grapefruit, Skunk#1, Menage a Trois, Flower from day 1

Thanks for the music. It sets a good feeling. This stuff sure is fun. Have good night bro. Take it easy.

All I can say is "you must spread some reputation around before giving anymore to Gandalf!" That is the best medicine you can make yourself bro, ENJOY, and CONGRATULATIONS! Just beautiful color bro, nice and dark like maple syrup, very nice man. I'm sitting here dabbing stuff that tastes like friggin fruity pebbles, and am getting jealous. I think I just want it all, but hey why not, you know. This song came on, and I instantly thought of the way you must feel right now. Big Boy Ballin, with some killer oil, pretty good feeling, HUH. It's just gonna get better too bro, the Gage Green oil will knock a hole in the skull if these strains are this strong. I've seen some frosty grows of the Bay11 as well, and am excited about those too. You deserve this man, you're a hell of a person, enjoy every second!
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Are you serious?! YUMMY! Peace and Green Love People!(or maybe Amber)

Nice work Gandalf.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GandalfdaGreen again.


Sweet music choices tonight myco.

Thanks guys, that was alot of fun. Have a great night everyone. Enjoy your weekend. Peace and love!

Hello everyone. How are we doing today? I thought I would do a little something different, and do a report on the veg closet today. Everyone is looking good, with the exception of the Bay11 that has the leaf mutation. It's frustrating to get a strain that's been talked up, and said to be the bomb, and you get one out of two that's a mutey, you know. It is what it is though, and I don't even know if it female yet so it doesn't matter. If it turns male on me, it's going to compost heaven real quick. I've been trying to keep the Yumbolt47 as small as possible, and have left it in a 1gal container till today. I only up-potted it to a 2 gal, but it'll be alot happier with the new soil, and a little space to grow as well. My Skunk#11 is such a friggin bush that I had to go to a 3gal with her, no other choice for the most part. The new Iced Grapefruit I have going is also looking incredible with a bit more indica dom to her which should be interesting. Maybe a faster finisher? Either way it will be fun to watch grow, and flower for me. The last girl in there is my BubbleGummer, and she's looking incredible too. She's a nice plant with great structure, and with her potency, and taste being what I've heard it to be, she should be cool to have, maybe keep. I'll throw up some shots, and then I have to go get busy again. Have a great day everyone. Love and peace.


The ones of the Skunk#11, e.g. the droopy one, was after a Xplant, and before being watered. So she's much happier now, and looking good. Have a great weekend everyone. Peace and Love.

Looks so healthy bro. So lush and green. Just beautiful.

Thanks Gandalf, I do try. Well, the Sour Blueberry looks to be wanting to finish maybe, and the Blue O.G. looks to be doing not that much, and the Green Poison is finally looking like it's flowering. LOL. The Sour Blueberry has a couple of browning pistils on her pristine snow white colas now, the first signs of full maturity. i know she has a while to go, but it's just cool to see that's she's slowly wrapping it up, and finishing. She has been a great plant so far, not fussy, not needy as far as nutes or anything, and so much like my Skunk#1 was, it's scary. Frosty enough to make a polar bear happy, and all the characteristics of quality cannabis, like dense flowers, and a strong scent of dank, among others. when her calyx's start to swell on her at the end, she'll get 1/4 larger if not more I think. Very happy with her for sure. Now the Blue O.G. doesn't seem to have done that much the last week. She's been triching up, but not swelling up, or anything. She has kush tight nugs, but not very large ones so far. I'm thinking about going in, and cutting absolutely everything out of her that isn't 100%, but would hate to herm the thing out on me. I guess I should be patient as she did this in veg before too, taking a nap on the job, and all. It's all good as I'm not in a huge hurry, but will remember this in the future when messing with this strain again. I'm sure it will be quite a bit in the future before i run her again, cause of all the genetics I have to mess with right now. I will however run her again, you can bet on that. I'd like to cross her with something in the future, and maybe try to get her more vigorous. Maybe some Skunk#1 or something, and make some Snoop Skunk! Get it, a Blue O.G. and a Skunk#1 cross, ha ha. Anyways, I'll have my final report on the Skunk#1 today later so I can finally wrap that up, and get it out of the way. I also might throw one up for the Iced Grapefruit depending on my day. The Green Poison is finally starting to throw out pistils, and getting ready to set some flowers. For a super fast flowering strain she sure is taking her time with all of this. She might start ripping out of the pot soon so I better keep my mouth shut about her. She is looking nice so I can't really complain too much.
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Here she is my Green Poison with the start of her first flowers. My little Spanish senorita, being Sweet seeds is from Espanol, and all. I have an auto from S.S. as well, I thinks it's the auto Cream Caramel if I'm not mistaken, and the best autos are coming from Spain now I.M.O. so I might pop it, and just see what happens. I guess it depends on how the space is working out in the veg closet. I also need to get another girl in the tent soon to get my perpetual harvest back to what it needs to be. The Sour Blueberry alone will be a pretty nice pull, but I need to keep as much meds on hand as possible as my need goes up, and down so much, but usually up. I think the Sour Blueberry will be pretty potent too, and make some killer oil. The Blue O.G. will be nice to pull down, and work with as well.


This is my Blue O.G. in all her glory, and splendor. She has a messy look yo her like a dishoveled old man with messy hair. Her pistils go every which way, and have no pattern to them ,but she still looks good despite the fact. Her flowers are stupid dense making me wonder about mold issues soon, but not too worried as my tent is clean, and all. The flowers are really tight though, and still have alot of time to swell so she's doing good I think. Her smell is very spicy so far, and not very sweet, very much like an equatorial sativa. She might sweeten up, we'll see what happens with her.


This lady is my Sour Blueberry. Chunky little lady, and I'm proud to say it. LOL. Beautiful plant with alot of great attributes, like her smell, structure, and speed. She flying right along, and spending her time well, and being very productive. Her flowers are just as dense as the Blue O.G.'s, but they're alot bigger as you can see. Her flowers are just covered in frost, and starting to ooze a very nice scent too. Very earthy, and has nice smells of forest floor kind of. A nice switch up from all the sweet, and fruity from the last grow. Don't get me wrong I absolutely adore sweet fruity meds, but I like to change it up every once in a while, you know. That's kind of why I grow so many different strains, I love variety even if it means having to take a crap ton of notes so I can compare my different phenos. I've always like writing, and as long as my arthritis lets me, I'll write until I die probably. I've written my wife tons of short stories, and poems for gifts. Believe me they're alot better, and more thought out than what I quickly jaunt up here. Anyways, kind of went off topic there. One last pic of the group, and it's back to farming I guess.


Have a great day everyone. Peace and love.

Sorry about the stupid pictures of the Green Poison that didn't show up(auto restore) so I'll put them up again. I also want to put up a couple pics of the Menage a trois flowers that are drying. When I dry my flowers after the chop I'm not going for crispy folks. I want a nice start to what will be a curing process, not an aging process. If you completely dry out your flowers, their won't be anything for gases react with, and cure your meds out. They will age, and mellow out some, but they will not be what they could have been if dried, and properly cured. When I say that I'm looking for a snapping stem on the cola what I don't want is a clean break in half of the stem, What i'm looking for is a snap, but the fibers don't completely separate apart from each other. Kind of like this.


Your fibers are breaking here, but they're not coming apart from one another cleanly. What I'm trying to get at is they're not dried out, and crunchy. They are however firm dry to the touch, and not sticky anymore. The flowers still have a slight stickiness to them, but that will cure away for the most part. When you have good cured meds they won't be sticky to the touch, more like a tackiness that you get when you put your warm fingers together after touching them.


A couple of quickies, better one later. Have a great day everyone. Peace and love.

Again, third time trying to post something. Once R.I.U. messed up, then once it was me. Good Grief, for all the help I get from the oil and flowers physically, I don't think it helps much mentally, LOL. Here she is the elusive Green Poison folks. Beautiful lady, with alot going on for her. The smell that comes from her canopy when she warms up, or even in the morning before all the heavy fans blowing is really nice. Take er easy folks. Peace out.

You continue to amaze me with your incredible gift to teach this. Your pictures are so nice. I appreciate every post and want to say thank you for taking the time that you do. You're awesome.

I would grow my own meds regardless, but the reason I take the time, and post my grows, and results and such is because all the beautiful responses from you Slipon, Prosperian, and Mad Hamish, and others. I really like putting out pics with plants that have a problem or two, and getting great feed-back about ideas on how to get them looking better, and not just critical comments on how bad they look. I also like to share the triumphs of a harvest with my friends on here, and here how good the flowers are looking, and all that stuff. Most of all I like the feel of commradery I get from everyone in the same boat of either being sick, or just wanting something else other than alcohol or hard drugs to relax with with. It's not the easiest thing to decide you're gonna grow, and when you do there seems to be nobody you can share it with if you're not in a medical state. Even then it can seem lonely if you're not in the loop I bet. Anyways, as always thanks so much for the kind words bro, you're always welcome in my neck of the woods. Everyone else, take a couple of minutes today, and pass a little love on, and watch how it returns to your life, pretty amazing really. Peace and Love will heal what's wrong!

Well said.

Hey myco. Thanks for the update.

Yeah you are right on about the drying and curing. The magic number is 55%. If the humidity in the plant drops below that number all curing stops no mater what the grower does. You could dump them in water and they will never continue the cure. My 6 month bud is staying at about 63% in the jars so my cure continues to develop the flavors and intensity. The smoke is completely different than it was four months ago.

Best pics and explanation I've seen on RIU about the "snap". Nice job!

The Blue OG looks more sensitive to the environment than the other plants. Serrated curled up edges and twisting leaves in the photos makes me think she's not as happy as the others, maybe hot temps or toxicity? But, none the less, you are bring out the best in her and she is filling in nicely.

My Blue OG pics, of course different pheno but thought I'd share anyway...


Keep up the good work brother!

I agree, Myco, this is one helluva online community! It kinda manages to transcend what it is and it's really about a lot more awesomeness than reefer alone. I deeply value the companionship I have found here, as you say, growing can be a pretty lonely pursuit. Plugging into a safe and caring community like this has really gotten me comfortable again, I was really grumpy for a while and then I found this place and it just went away slowly, and that is how I learned that I like to have friends and conversations and I finally have a good place to go meet up and talk about fascinating stuff!!!
Both me and my wife are extremely security-conscious, and our 'family' of extended friends understands and respects what we do, and understand also why we cannot share in full. I am still getting used to showing peeks into my grow lol. If I had not met you and Gandalf I am not sure I would, I'd just hang around talking rubbish Thanks for the confidence boost, both of you.
I make no secret of the fact that you guys are my GURUS. Not not only do you grow the FIRE in a way that I find infinitely respectful and respectable, but you have the kind of attitude I have been trying to cultivate within myself for a long time, and your cool, collected and calm manner is inspiring me every day. Same as my best bud, I have Aspergers so life for me is a roller-coaster even while asleep lol. So your threads have become bit of a refuge for me, I come to them now when I feel a tad off course and it just gets that smile on my dial and off I go happy as all hell.

I feel blessed to have met you. You are some really swell cats, cool as fuk in my books. Making the world a nicer place, one post at a time.

So Love, Light and DANKNESS be with you amazing people!

I have a report on the Skunk#1 finally. Plus there are some pics of the Menage a Trois, and Iced Grapefruit as well. I finally got to smoke a spliff of the Iced Grapefruit today, and am so happy with the way she's coming along. So sweet, and tasty with a great punch to her. I smoked that sucker, kind of sat looking around, and almost instantly got up, grabbed my phone, and ordered pizza. Ha Ha. Yeah it's a heck of an appetite stimulant people. I didn't even have to decide what to eat, I just kind of auto piloted the pizza dude to my house. I have a pretty elaborate idea involving ice cream, chunks of white chocolate, and home made fudge, but that'll be later after testing further I think. For now the SKUNK#1.


The smoke is very smooth, with a quick burst of flavor across the tongue, and then the rest of your mouth. It's not too lung expanding, but it does make one feel like he took a good hit if you did. Again it's smooth so it won't make you choke unless you're being really greedy with her. The effect after a couple of good inhales is lovely, relaxing to the body, yet energizing in the mind. It's easy to smoke a joint, and actually do things, and follow through with them after started. Around my house we call stuff like this "cleaning weed" as it's a nice weekend smoke to get stuff done. The texture of the flowers is really nice and rocky almost. So dense, and hard it's like lava rocks you put in your gas grill. You have to use a little effort to break a flower open, but when you do a flood of smells come at you, sweet, skunk, earth, and a little bit of tropical fruit maybe. For being an older strain it's none the less complex than a more modern cousin, and still has alot of appeal I.M.O. I can't wait to see what she cures out to be, and with a little aging she'll be like smoking friggin air people. She's definitely a strain worth checking out if you're ever shopping around, and remember this lady only went for 41 days, and if you could here the thud she makes when you drop her on a table, you'd want to grow this lady yourself. After smoking what made the thud, you would be sold I think. Have a great day everyone, I'll have to put up the other photos later, I have to go for now. Peace out.

That Skunk #1 looks exactly how I remember it. What a flashback. Me and my wife got given 100 grams of it as a wedding present by my daughter's godfather, an oldschool cannabis professional. We still talk about that bud to this day more than ten years later. I've got some pictures, I'll just have to actually scan them into the computer somehow. That stuff is my wife's department, I'm still home alone for another 8 days :/
So a week from now I'll kinda be a bit more scarce around here lol, got sooooo much catching up to do it's been a long time. But I WILL remember about the pics.

I've got a little Skunk #11 going outside, small winter plant it was a freebie so I thought might as well test it. Beans are cheap as chips and so far she's really going for it! Really curious what the difference is going to be like. Hoping to find echose of the Skunk #1 at least.

This summer, I might actually do that oldschool garden I've been planning. I think I should, Skunks and Hazes and the oldschool 'white' strains and some blueberry and NL#5 if that can still be found...

Have to keep some of these pics for your "how to" book myco. Shots really show the details of what looks like tasty buds. Super nice. That your birthday camera? You are bumping up my game. I get lazy and use my phone camera. These look like my big camera in quality.

Skunk#1 is a winner, awesome.

Holy crap. Speechless. I mean what do you say to that? Again you are the master. I am beyond impressed. You are in your own ballpark bro. I'll catch up tonight.

This is my Iced grapefruit. This last pic I pulled a flower open so you can see it's just crusty throughout. When you smoke this stuff it almost takes away your breath like cold air. A little firey in the lungs, but not overpowering, kind of warming more than anything. Crisp, cool exhale, with a menthol feeling in the mouth. I should know I smoke Newports. I did a little experiment, and put a joint in my pack over night, and this morning it was really nice, and mellow. Sometimes I like to do that. I know from some of the pics the flowers will look a little fluffy, but I assure you they are quite dense, and a small flower will break up into a nice joint. Female Seeds description says something about an ozone smell, and flavor, and they're right on with that. It's amazing how a single flower can be so complex, and have so many distinct scents in it. I like the effect this girl has, very up-lifting, and smile inducing. It almost has me wanting to skip around, and junk, kind of a funny thing to think about. The more the high develops it's completely relaxing, and then you're just happy, and centered. It leaves you clear headed, and ready to take on a challenge. I could easily see this being pretty sedating if taken to another level though. It's really got me diggin the mellow music I have playing in the back ground, and I think I'm gonna go take my walk for the day now. I think it will enhance all the natural beauty outside, and get my mind right for the day. I'll try, and remember to write a little followup. Have a great day everyone. Peace and love.

I received my order from Amazon, and everything is in tip-top shape. The artisan mats are better than I were hoping for really, and fit my dish that I work with perfectly. I have the two of them , and will make them both useful I'm sure. I also git my little bonsai trimmers, that are actually thread snips, but work great on my ladies. Really nice clean cut to them, and should be easy to sharpen if they should ever dull. I've used larger scissors like these before when harvesting, and trimming, and they work so well for both purposes. Some might recognize them as a small shear of types, as I've seen the larger ones also used in sheep shearing. I should also point out that the larger shears go for around $50, and up. I got these little ones for less than $2 with $3-$4 in shipping I think. I told you guys i was buying some stuff, and if I liked it I would let you all know. Now the mats are really awesome, and the little ingredient cups I picked up this weekend that are also silicone are pretty awesome too. The mats were only $22 after shipping, and tax was done with me, but that's still only eleven bucks a mat to my door. plus they're the nice large ones, and not the little ones from OilSlick that are almost useless to me. You all know I like my medicated oil, and these will have been a good investment for me, the small one it was. Nothing is suppose to stick to these, but I will tell you they attract dust like a mutha! Other than that though, you simply wipe whatever off of it, and move on, pretty cool really. Time to put them to work now though. I'll put some pics up of the process if I can get a couple during. I usually go for single strain oils, but I think I'm gonna mix some Menage a Trois, and Iced grapefruit just to see what it comes out like. I like to mix in my joints, and bowls why not oil? I think the cannabanoid profile would be pretty killer. i was looking at test results over the weekend for different shatter, and waxes, and some of them go up to 88% thc, and other cannabanoids are just as crazy high in them in their own respect. I would love to get some of my oil tested, and see where it comes out at.
Have a great day everyone, time to make the oil. Peace out.