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Thundercat

Thundercat

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So I've still got hopes for this LSD cut. The first one I harvested did something weird and kinda stopped maturing at about week 5. I assume I must have shocked it hard or something, but it went for 9 weeks and like I said didn't change much after week 5. Anyway the other clones of that cut are looking much better. They were about 2 weeks behind and have continued to grow and mature as would be expected. They have nice density and shape, and seems like decent resin production so far. I'll try them out in a few more weeks.

The Lemon Bar was the other cut I had picked up. Sadly its way to sativa dom for my garden. I let the very first one I put in finish, but I culled the extra clones I took after they stretched to literally 5-6x their size in flower. The one that just finished was in for 9 weeks, it could have gone one or 2 more, but it wasn't going to make a differance. It didn't like my grow, and so the buds are super airy. There is some decent resin on them so I'm gonna turn it into some yummy sativa oil.

Thankfully the rest of my garden is looking great again. I've got all my clones on cycles, I'm still running the platinum delight, and 2 phenotypes of my Sin-D Snacks I bred. I'm hoping the really cold weather holds off so I don't have heating issues next :). So far so good though.
 
Dr.D81

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Thundercat said:
So I've still got hopes for this LSD cut. The first one I harvested did something weird and kinda stopped maturing at about week 5. I assume I must have shocked it hard or something, but it went for 9 weeks and like I said didn't change much after week 5. Anyway the other clones of that cut are looking much better. They were about 2 weeks behind and have continued to grow and mature as would be expected. They have nice density and shape, and seems like decent resin production so far. I'll try them out in a few more weeks.

The Lemon Bar was the other cut I had picked up. Sadly its way to sativa dom for my garden. I let the very first one I put in finish, but I culled the extra clones I took after they stretched to literally 5-6x their size in flower. The one that just finished was in for 9 weeks, it could have gone one or 2 more, but it wasn't going to make a differance. It didn't like my grow, and so the buds are super airy. There is some decent resin on them so I'm gonna turn it into some yummy sativa oil.

Thankfully the rest of my garden is looking great again. I've got all my clones on cycles, I'm still running the platinum delight, and 2 phenotypes of my Sin-D Snacks I bred. I'm hoping the really cold weather holds off so I don't have heating issues next :). So far so good though.
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Good to hear from you bro!
 
Javadog

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That all sounds great TC.

I typically hammer breeds the first time....just hit them with what I can
think of and see what likes what. It is the second run of the ones that
seemed promising that really counts.

My first real sativa rocketed itself right out of my tent. It was ridiculous.
5-6X is out of control. That is 12/12 from seed space.

Now my Malawi from Ace Seeds only stretched 2, maybe 3, times and
I ought to be taking down my first truly successful sativa in a few weeks.

JD
 
Thundercat

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Well well well nearly 2 years since my last post thats crazy. I've been lurking around again a little when I get a few minutes. My garden has had plenty of ups and downs in the last 2 years. I've been spending to much time and energy blowing glass, and that has caused me to slack on the garden some at different points. Its still growing alright though, and the glass has come a long ways.

I'm still running one of the Sin-D snacks phenos, I lost the other mom a few months ago unfortunately. I'm still running my platinum delight also. I've got a couple seedlings/and clones going that the label I put on them said are some "primo bag seed" lol. Honestly they are looking very promising from the early growth so fingers crossed. I've been really trying to get the garden the attention it needs and get things back where I know they can be.

Life has been a real struggle trying to build a small business, and take care of my family. I hate saying it but its really been rather overwhelming. I just keep telling myself to push forward, and stay posative. I'm hoping things will start to finally pick up once I get my garden back in top shape. I had really hoped to be growing much larger scale by now. Glass blowing was supposed to be a hobby that also made a little money on the side. Now its become my main job and growing shifted to the side and both are just barely letting us get by. I've considered trying to get a normal job again, but we were just getting by then too. I see others progressing and I just can't figure out how to make that leap. I've always worked for what I need and want in life, but I've never been able to achieve anything more then just what we need to get by. Thats what I honestly hate about being self employed. I'm great at doing things, and coming up with ideas but I've never been great at being completely in charge. I would much rather work with/for someone or a team to achieve goals. Even when I was in retail management I liked being the asst manager. This let me manage and do a great job at anything I needed to without all the weight of having to figure out the next step alone. I don't know but I need to figure out the next step or find the right opportunity cus I'm spinning my wheels.

Glass is amazing but its either an art market which takes time and exposer to get into, or basically a factory production job trying to make things as fast as possible. Sadly I don't think I'll ever be a fast glass blower. While I get faster as I get better, my main focus has always been on making things as nice as I can as well as I can. I'm trying to brand my self as "artisnal" to stand out from the basic production tons of guys do. While I'm doing ok, and I get orders for work, its still really hard to make enough stuff fast enough to ever make a real profit so we just keep getting by. I keep telling myself that if I keep at it I'll get faster and my work will keep getting nicer so I can get more for it but its a tough industry just like weed. There are lots of glass blowers out there, and there are lots that actively under sell the market just to get sales. So in the mean time I am trying to earn mine with quality and trying to keep my head a float.

Anyway, thanks for listening. If you guys have any great ideas or know about any business or job opportunities I'm all ears. I've never wanted to be monetarily wealthy, but it would be really nice to not have to worry as much about how we will fill the fridge or pay the rent.
 
Mad Hamish

Mad Hamish

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Thundercat said:
Well well well nearly 2 years since my last post thats crazy. I've been lurking around again a little when I get a few minutes. My garden has had plenty of ups and downs in the last 2 years. I've been spending to much time and energy blowing glass, and that has caused me to slack on the garden some at different points. Its still growing alright though, and the glass has come a long ways.

I'm still running one of the Sin-D snacks phenos, I lost the other mom a few months ago unfortunately. I'm still running my platinum delight also. I've got a couple seedlings/and clones going that the label I put on them said are some "primo bag seed" lol. Honestly they are looking very promising from the early growth so fingers crossed. I've been really trying to get the garden the attention it needs and get things back where I know they can be.

Life has been a real struggle trying to build a small business, and take care of my family. I hate saying it but its really been rather overwhelming. I just keep telling myself to push forward, and stay posative. I'm hoping things will start to finally pick up once I get my garden back in top shape. I had really hoped to be growing much larger scale by now. Glass blowing was supposed to be a hobby that also made a little money on the side. Now its become my main job and growing shifted to the side and both are just barely letting us get by. I've considered trying to get a normal job again, but we were just getting by then too. I see others progressing and I just can't figure out how to make that leap. I've always worked for what I need and want in life, but I've never been able to achieve anything more then just what we need to get by. Thats what I honestly hate about being self employed. I'm great at doing things, and coming up with ideas but I've never been great at being completely in charge. I would much rather work with/for someone or a team to achieve goals. Even when I was in retail management I liked being the asst manager. This let me manage and do a great job at anything I needed to without all the weight of having to figure out the next step alone. I don't know but I need to figure out the next step or find the right opportunity cus I'm spinning my wheels.

Glass is amazing but its either an art market which takes time and exposer to get into, or basically a factory production job trying to make things as fast as possible. Sadly I don't think I'll ever be a fast glass blower. While I get faster as I get better, my main focus has always been on making things as nice as I can as well as I can. I'm trying to brand my self as "artisnal" to stand out from the basic production tons of guys do. While I'm doing ok, and I get orders for work, its still really hard to make enough stuff fast enough to ever make a real profit so we just keep getting by. I keep telling myself that if I keep at it I'll get faster and my work will keep getting nicer so I can get more for it but its a tough industry just like weed. There are lots of glass blowers out there, and there are lots that actively under sell the market just to get sales. So in the mean time I am trying to earn mine with quality and trying to keep my head a float.

Anyway, thanks for listening. If you guys have any great ideas or know about any business or job opportunities I'm all ears. I've never wanted to be monetarily wealthy, but it would be really nice to not have to worry as much about how we will fill the fridge or pay the rent.
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Same boat brother, lifes been a lot less fun than back when we all met haha. Myself also skint AF, single dad now its been mental. Good to know you alright man.
 
Thundercat

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Mad Hamish said:
Same boat brother, lifes been a lot less fun than back when we all met haha. Myself also skint AF, single dad now its been mental. Good to know you alright man.
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Yeah man you too. Good luck with the kid, they are something else thats for sure.

Seems like this industry has been hit hard by the commercial guys driving prices down the last few years. I'm also not a dealer I'm a grower. So I've NEVER been that guy that knows a bunch of people to flip stuff too. I've always kept my head low and stayed to myself and family to keep the risk of growing to a minimum. Things changed about 2 years ago here and ounces went from $250-300 down to $180-200 and frankly that hurt and it wasn't a quality thing. It was a market thing. I recently went off on a local dealer for fcking up the market. He was complaining about not making enough profit to make it worth the risk of selling. I told him off, because he and one other guy literally were the major reasons the market changed here. Now they are slowing business and everyone wants $225-250 an ounce again, so maybe things will straighten out but I kinda doubt it will last. Someone else will take their spot and fck it up again.
 
Dr.D81

Dr.D81

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Thundercat said:
Well well well nearly 2 years since my last post thats crazy. I've been lurking around again a little when I get a few minutes. My garden has had plenty of ups and downs in the last 2 years. I've been spending to much time and energy blowing glass, and that has caused me to slack on the garden some at different points. Its still growing alright though, and the glass has come a long ways.

I'm still running one of the Sin-D snacks phenos, I lost the other mom a few months ago unfortunately. I'm still running my platinum delight also. I've got a couple seedlings/and clones going that the label I put on them said are some "primo bag seed" lol. Honestly they are looking very promising from the early growth so fingers crossed. I've been really trying to get the garden the attention it needs and get things back where I know they can be.

Life has been a real struggle trying to build a small business, and take care of my family. I hate saying it but its really been rather overwhelming. I just keep telling myself to push forward, and stay posative. I'm hoping things will start to finally pick up once I get my garden back in top shape. I had really hoped to be growing much larger scale by now. Glass blowing was supposed to be a hobby that also made a little money on the side. Now its become my main job and growing shifted to the side and both are just barely letting us get by. I've considered trying to get a normal job again, but we were just getting by then too. I see others progressing and I just can't figure out how to make that leap. I've always worked for what I need and want in life, but I've never been able to achieve anything more then just what we need to get by. Thats what I honestly hate about being self employed. I'm great at doing things, and coming up with ideas but I've never been great at being completely in charge. I would much rather work with/for someone or a team to achieve goals. Even when I was in retail management I liked being the asst manager. This let me manage and do a great job at anything I needed to without all the weight of having to figure out the next step alone. I don't know but I need to figure out the next step or find the right opportunity cus I'm spinning my wheels.

Glass is amazing but its either an art market which takes time and exposer to get into, or basically a factory production job trying to make things as fast as possible. Sadly I don't think I'll ever be a fast glass blower. While I get faster as I get better, my main focus has always been on making things as nice as I can as well as I can. I'm trying to brand my self as "artisnal" to stand out from the basic production tons of guys do. While I'm doing ok, and I get orders for work, its still really hard to make enough stuff fast enough to ever make a real profit so we just keep getting by. I keep telling myself that if I keep at it I'll get faster and my work will keep getting nicer so I can get more for it but its a tough industry just like weed. There are lots of glass blowers out there, and there are lots that actively under sell the market just to get sales. So in the mean time I am trying to earn mine with quality and trying to keep my head a float.

Anyway, thanks for listening. If you guys have any great ideas or know about any business or job opportunities I'm all ears. I've never wanted to be monetarily wealthy, but it would be really nice to not have to worry as much about how we will fill the fridge or pay the rent.
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Howdy bro it is good to hear from you. Hit me up on ig or dm and i might be in need of a dab rig to give away.
 
Mad Hamish

Mad Hamish

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Thundercat said:
Yeah man you too. Good luck with the kid, they are something else thats for sure.

Seems like this industry has been hit hard by the commercial guys driving prices down the last few years. I'm also not a dealer I'm a grower. So I've NEVER been that guy that knows a bunch of people to flip stuff too. I've always kept my head low and stayed to myself and family to keep the risk of growing to a minimum. Things changed about 2 years ago here and ounces went from $250-300 down to $180-200 and frankly that hurt and it wasn't a quality thing. It was a market thing. I recently went off on a local dealer for fcking up the market. He was complaining about not making enough profit to make it worth the risk of selling. I told him off, because he and one other guy literally were the major reasons the market changed here. Now they are slowing business and everyone wants $225-250 an ounce again, so maybe things will straighten out but I kinda doubt it will last. Someone else will take their spot and fck it up again.
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Same thing is going down here, just went legal for personal so market crashed like a little bitch for a minute, next year is going to get rough lol.

Way I see it time to get into seeds here, any stoner not giving the seed game a go now is kinda stupid IMO. We can grow all these plants but not sell them so seed production makes sense, seed sales are not regulated.

Looking to get my real estate license though getting older its time to mature nice and easy...
 
Javadog

Javadog

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Hey Cat! It is good to hear from you. Very good. :0)

I dropped my official beaker bong a few months back and I was
back to the pipe that you made for me. I will try to post a pic.
I fussed with the hole too much but just use a screen with it now.
(It is old like me ;0)

I will read the last few more carefully, and am off to POW time LOL,
but I do know both about not having a nose for profit and having seen
the market get ridiculous in so many new ways. :0)

Good Luck!
 
Thundercat

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Great to hear from you too Java! Glad that old pipe is still working. I can't even remember what I sent you it was so long ago now. I'm sure we could get you something newer and nicer if you'd like ;). Last I swung by your thread it sounded like you still had a party going in your garden :).

Doc I've still got some nice Sin-D Snack seeds if you're interested. I'd be proud/excited to have you share some of my genetics in a way that I haven't been able to manage.

So far I've got seeds or clones to at least 15 growers and I've only seen one finished plant.....
 
Dr.D81

Dr.D81

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Thundercat said:
Great to hear from you too Java! Glad that old pipe is still working. I can't even remember what I sent you it was so long ago now. I'm sure we could get you something newer and nicer if you'd like ;). Last I swung by your thread it sounded like you still had a party going in your garden :).

Doc I've still got some nice Sin-D Snack seeds if you're interested. I'd be proud/excited to have you share some of my genetics in a way that I haven't been able to manage.

So far I've got seeds or clones to at least 15 growers and I've only seen one finished plant.....
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Damn that sucks! Yea i would love another run at them now i am more stable. We have been busting ass this year and we are buying a farm first of the year. Been looking at like 80 to 150+ acre spots with water rights. Going to try for 10 acres of cbd hemp this season and more the next
 
Thundercat

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Dr.D81 said:
Damn that sucks! Yea i would love another run at them now i am more stable. We have been busting ass this year and we are buying a farm first of the year. Been looking at like 80 to 150+ acre spots with water rights. Going to try for 10 acres of cbd hemp this season and more the next
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That's awesome man, sounds like a dream come true! We should put up an extra cabin, and build a glass shop on site and me and my girls will come out and help you work it.

In the mean time I'll get you some more Sin-D Snacks to play with, maybe when I send you that glass I can send them along.
 
Dr.D81

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Thundercat said:
That's awesome man, sounds like a dream come true! We should put up an extra cabin, and build a glass shop on site and me and my girls will come out and help you work it.

In the mean time I'll get you some more Sin-D Snacks to play with, maybe when I send you that glass I can send them along.
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Sounds good! We can definitely see about getting you some Christmas money cuz I need to do another giveaway. Hasnt been all peaches and cream either here though. Been doing that recreational farm for two years now including the build-up and as soon as I got all the initial bugs worked out and banged out a good crop. I got fired the day after I got it chopped and i am having to sue them to get paided. Shit that was nov 2 and it still blows my mind
 
Thundercat

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Damn man that sucks, sorry to hear. It's crazy how fast it all can change. I know you've got plenty of other new stuff on your plate too.
 
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