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How To Plan a Grow
The sun is beginning to move into place for our grow. I look back on previous years, when I planted as early as late April, and was rewarded by having eight plants attempt to flower in early May. I see the sun peeking through the trees, and I must resist…
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The Value in Testing Plants
One of our favorite local cultivars: The West Marin Mystery Those who have read all of my blogs know how much I value testing, though perhaps some of you don’t know exactly why. This blog is going to talk about the value of testing, how testing is the only way…
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Labor of Love–The 2023 Grow Recap
The 2023 grow was the most difficult I’ve had to date. Many factors contributed to this, as both humans and nature conspired to achieve a maelstrom of sorts in my life. That said, it all ended pretty well, and my objective for this grow was achieved. The objective for this…
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Know Your Bats & Spray Your Stargus: The 2022 Grow Recap
I always listen closely when more experienced growers speak. Since I came to growing cannabis much later in life than most I know, I benefit from the wisdom of their tales. Over the years, I have heard stories about bat guano from growers. Some swear by it to this day,…
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Growing with Less Water–The 2021 Grow Recap
Hello again. I’m back with a recap of the 2021 grow, which was my most interesting and influential grow to date. I had planned on growing several plants of one cultivar, Magic Jordan, for the purpose of harvesting CBG. Unfortunately, the ten Magic Jordan seeds I had were all male.…
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PS Tests Don’t Lie
Hi everyone. I’ve really missed writing for you. I hope 2021 has begun to bring hope back into your lives, or that you can see hope on the horizon. Karen and I began our deep isolation on March 7, 2020, so we’ve already spent over one year, and I anticipate…
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Epilogue: The Future is Full of Flowers
Well, now that we’ve got all that behind us, (and thank you for voting), we can finish this blog properly. The final harvest tally was 13.27 pounds, which is our second largest yield. We averaged slightly over one pound a plant. The last three plants we harvested, the two Rainbow…
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Ghost Town
There’s less than four hours of direct sunlight on our beds per day. Glad the plants are down. There ought to be a single guitar playing behind this with lots of reverb, plucking dreamy notes that hang in the air like memories. I walk around the beds and notice all…
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Last Plants Come Down
October 21 HARVEST ALERT Been waiting all summer to bring down the big plants, and that began yesterday, with RK 18, Rainbow Kush in bed 18. I am particularly fond of the way Bee arranges the flowers, and how they come down off the tomato cage rack. What you don’t…
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And Then, There Were Two
That’s Rainbow Kush 18 on the left, and Ringo’s Gift 11 on the right. October 16 Seven plants are now drying in our cottage. On Karen’s birthday, we took down White Widow and Bubba God. So now, the waiting game begins on the last two plants, while we check readiness…
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