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Man @CaptainRon I always find a boatload of inspiration when I visit this thread. I would like to make a habit of commenting more often.
One Straw Revolution is excellent 
I’ve had the Bhagavad Gita on my shelf for years so maybe today is the day that I finally crack that one open.
A child’s rhyme stuck in my head
It said that life is but a dream
I’ve spent so many years in question
To find I’ve known this all along
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PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE
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@emeraldbullfrog thank you so much for the love and kind words!
Yes brother, please join in the fun!
Also, your name reminds me of someone who’s moved on to the next journey. Always makes me smile when I see it.
@globalhead out of curiosity is there any talk about soma and it’s possible relation to ayahuasca or some derivative of DMT(dimethyl tryptamine)?
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Yes, Soma is mentioned as the plant Ephedra in the text but Zorashtraian texts mention (which is as old as Indian) the moon plant and they call it Homa.
The closest I have come to identifying what it was along with evidence is Vitor Sarianidi version that it was probably a mix of poppy, Ephedra and cannabis.
There are references to Dmt, Amanita muscaria, Psilocybe cubensis and also Harmaline.
I have to add that tantric texts point to Soma not being a physical thing but rather a psychic stage where one is able to drink the elixir from the moon.
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One Straw is right up your ally. All about living simply. Magu is right about the prophet thing.
One Man’s Wilderness is another one I’d recommend (since you asked!), I’m reading it right now. It’s the journal of a guy as he builds a cabin by hand in the Alaskan bush.
@emeraldbullfrog I saw Tool last year, they opened with that song 
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Nice write-up. Vermont, colder up there. And, nice digs, btw.
Like something a kid’d buy at the candy store with a lotta “ZZZZs” around it. It’s so fucking lame. Marshawn Lynch was famous for Skittles.
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Good morning and happy Sunday OG!
Today is day 22f for the girls.
DLA 1:
DLA 4:
DLA 9:
DLA 11:
Amnesia haze:
The light makes all the plants look more bright green than they are. They’re more of a rich dark green when in natural light.
I have been popping under canopy buds each time I water. At this point there is next to nothing below the second node. The haze has a few that go below the second but since it’s a much more open plant with about a 13 week flower time, I’m not to worries about them being popcorn buds.
I do leave lower fan leaves on as indicators for when it is time to feed.
I top dressed 1 and 4 with some craft blend I had left over(2-3-1) on Saturday 9/21.
Friday 9/20 I watered everyone with 1tsp/gal of langbenite (0-0-22) to see how they’d take it. More so out of curiosity. Both my outdoor plants and these ladies seemed to take it fine. I did do a very light dose though. There’s also 10% magnesium in there so I did also add 1 tblspn/gal of gypsum(calcium), 1/8 tsp amino acids, and 1/8 tsp of silica.
With all my autumn chores in full swing I’ve back burned the greenhouse and will probably not spend much time in there until spring 25’. I have a feeling this logging season is going to be good and we are going to be moving a lot of lumber so I am taking it pretty darn easy. It’s been a very labor intensive year on the property this year.
I’d like to make a recommendation for the book club!
I’ve been listening to:
DMT The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman, MD.
I’ve seen the documentary but holy shit is the book mind bending. The detail, the mystery, everything. I’ve been interested in DMT since I first read about it in the book, Breaking Open the Head by Daniel Pinchbeck back on 07’/08’.
I’m also a huge fan of Terrance McKenna and all his works. I’ve listened to a few hundred hours of his material from old lectures, interviews, and his books.
I have not done DMT… yet.
Why? Well Terrance I think said it best when asked if you could die on DMT.
After the question was asked, he paused for about 5-7 seconds and simply said, ‘yes, but not in the way you think of dying. DMT will change the way you see your reality and in turn you may not want to live in it anymore.’ Something along those lines haha.
The accounts in Strassman’s book seem to solidify that fact as fact. Many of the participants in the study were having real issues accepting normal life after blasting off and needed to form support groups as they couldn’t talk about their experiences with non users…
I will one day blast off, but I’m not ready for my reality to be smashed quite yet. Although through meditation and other avenues it very much is beginning to shatter…
I won’t spoil any more but do yourself the favor and get a copy and either read or listen to it!
Same with Breaking Open the Head.
Okay my friends, that’s all for me for now.
Have a beautiful day, smile as much as you can, and make some else smile. What a gift to give…
Cheers 
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Welcome to “ The Brotherhood of The Sceaming Abyss.” 
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Look at those prayer hands - I mean leaves! They’re all rrrreaching up to Praise the Sun!
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Thank you for putting Strassman / Pinchbeck back on my radar. I had heard of these books so long ago, and nearly read them about a decade ago. Might have to seek them out again.
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My sunbro!
Very captivating reads! Strassman’s work should really be talked about more. When you have a study that spans multiple years with dozens of strangers who seem to experience the exact same things, it gets ya thinking.
It’s interesting how our brains are constantly pulling in DMT from the blood-brain barrier. Why? Why does majority of all organic life make it? Why are the entities always there at high doses?
Unfortunately Strassman ended the research because he was realizing how he was giving people life altering experiences that science couldn’t explain and the folks were losing interest in what we dub ‘reality’.
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Love those hairy buds 
, made another batch with brown rice and less fresh milk and had a lot of curd 
, next one I will do it with just a liter to see what happens, have a great Sunday… 
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Your ladies are very healthy brotha 
I just ran the LB under 11/13 lighting for 20 weeks, I vegged them under 18/6. I’m unfamiliar with this 12/1 gas lantern technique but has piqued my interest.
Can you go into a little more detail on that technique. If that technique does shave off weeks of flower, I’d be willing to try it out.
On my list to try, Looks great!
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Good morning everyone! Hope yall are having a great day so far! That was a bit to catch up on but your ladies are looking great @CaptainRon. Hows the greenhouse build coming along?
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Good morning everyone, hope the sun is shining where ever you may be.
Monday morning I noticed some lower leaves on 1 and 4 turning yellow. I didn’t take too serious as I had top fed Saturday and watered in with some LAB. I kept pushing the plants with an overdose of light and low humidity pumping my VPD to 1.55+ pretty consistently.
By Tuesday morning all hell broke loose. All lower leaves on both 1 and 4 were yellow and beginning to cannibalize while slowly working towards the main fan leaves…
Tuesday they were also ready for water so I watered them with some ’stash blend’ as it’s an instant tea with 2-1-5, and started brewing up a guano tea.
Bat guano (7-3-1) is 1.8% water soluble N. Did 1 tbs bat, 2 tbs seabird (0-11-0) and 5 tbs worm castings.
For 4 liters of water. I did not add molasses as I was looking for the nutrients and not the microbes. Stirred every few hours and steeped for 36. Also added some epsom salts. Seabird guano has 20% calcium.
Day time temps have been steady at 77-79f with night time temps at 67-68f. 1 & 4 are getting some nice rich purple coloring in their leaves.
Today is day 29 of flower.
DLA 1:
DLA 4:
DLA 9:
DLA 11:
Amnesia Haze:
I added the UV lights at the end of week 2.
Still pushing these girls as hard as I can💪
Here’s two of my outdoor plants. Some ’testers’ I got from Irie Genetics. Mom is cherry widow and dad is Jack the Ripper. I can’t recall if it’s Subcool’s jack or if he found his own male. I am thinking it’s the later. Regardless, amazing plants!
Boy does the sun really bring the bling
. Makes sense why hash plants are ideally grown outdoors for hash production.I have a couple other DLA packs that’s I’ll try outdoors next year. Maybe even in a green house
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Have a great day my friends
Cheers
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Hey brother @InTheWoods ! So the 12/1 or gas lantern technique is an old greenhouse method used to keep plants in veg earlier in the season. They would basically throw on a gas lantern for 1 hour in the middle of the dark period to break the 12 dark into two 5.5hours, thus keeping plants in veg. I heard about it from an interview with John from snow high seeds on the pot cast.
For indoors it’s similar, run your lights for 12 hours straight. Give plants 5.5 hour darkness, 1 hour light, 5.5 hours darkness.
I saw some folks hating on the technique, and others praising it. It really looks to be cultivar specific as some folks said their plants were just getting stretchy and ugly. Others said it was cutting down their flowering by up to 2 weeks.
I can’t speak on either of these as this was my first time trying out and I only did it after sexing and for about 1.5 weeks.
From what I saw, it kept my plants in a pre flower limbo during that time , but once I stopped the one hour in middle of dark they went crazy! Looked to also shorten the stretch time.
I’d like to try on some long flowering plants to see if it possibly will shorten flower time. Either way it’s a solid tool to have in the tool box!
@George I love seeing this! Stoked to have added something of value to your life . Now I have a question! Did you ever make a batch with only pure lab and milk? I’m about due to make another batch and would like to take that route v. rice wash water. Also raw milk is the best move!!
@HighTilliDie hey brother! Hope life is being good to you and the new job is awesome! I haven’t been able to do much with the greenhouse this last month as my fall chores are in full swing. Winter is right around the corner! Back in 2015 and 2016 I was sitting on a chairlift in the first week of October! Granted the turns were minimal, we still had cold enough temps to make snow and Mother Nature was already delivering.
I don’t expect that this year but unfortunately I had to back burn the greenhouse until this coming spring! Have been collecting material though
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I intend to, but have my doubts about the proportion of LABS to use 
, I have plenty of LABS now so I am going to try to put just one liter of raw milk next time to see if I only get curd to make some cheese. Can I keep out of the fridge the LABS I use for plants?
You have indeed opened to me a new world and switching to organics, my dog also loves curd and I believe it’s good for him, you’ve been a great help for us …
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I actually tried making LABS by adding serum to milk. Figured why not skip the rice wash. The results were weird. It did not curd up nice into LABS like it did when I did rice wash. Here are some pics of it after sitting with a coffee filter on top for about a week, maybe 10 days.
It did some sort of fermentation, but not that lactic bite you get with LABS. The smell of it is actually exactly like a buttered roll you might get at a steakhouse or something. A sweet rich buttery scent. I didn’t taste any because I’m not a very adventurous eater anymore. Haha. I like my gut to be predictable.
Anyway, the plants look good to me @CaptainRon! I didn’t realize you had so much variety going on, very fun! Hope the wood splitting is going well for ya 
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That I’m not too certain as I’ve always kept in the fridge. With that I will setup the night before; add the 2 tbs/liter of water and let sit outside the tent over night. I can’t say that this has any added benefit or not but I haven’t seen any negative reactions so far.
@HeartOfDankness thank you for this!
Almost sounds like you actually made butter. Is it a solid? Very interesting 
I think you can make yogurt this way? Not sure though!
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Actually I make “wild” yogurt. 4 times a year I collect 1 or 2 tree leaves and put them in a jar of milk ( 1/2 cup ) with a lid on it. After a couple of days it will separate. Then I toss the solids and add the liquid to a 1/2 cup of milk. If it sets up and tastes good, I keep it until next season. If it tastes bad or gives me gas ( sometimes it may ) I throw it out and try again. This keeps your gut biome full of native bacteria. I think it puts you in tune with your local enviroment as the seasons change. 
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@Magu thank you for this! Does it matter if it’s a leaf plucked from the tree or already on the ground? Makes total sense using local microbes.
With that said though, I was talking to a few guys yesterday, and one said that milk only lets lactic bacteria survive and thrive. Would that essentially kill of the bacteria you’re adding in? Or will the milk only kill the bad bacteria? Looks like I have some reading to do!
Lots of reading
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