No breakfast until 5pm tonight, I only eat in a 4 hour window everyday. On my 3rd coffee and MCT oil though 
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I canāt get the hang of a long fast, I get too hangry lol. I do love me some MCT oil and coffee, infused with canna for me though 
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I am not a pollen chucker myself, tried and failed miserably lol, the BBNK were a happy accident.
I think the variation of different genetics from each plant is going to be greatly diverse just within each pollen grain, to make it best to use both but for outdoor growing, the more chance of producing something hardier would be good as they are supposed to be better at keeping mold and pm at bay as a strain already so its a good characteristic to have.
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Yessir, about my thoughts as well, might as well mix it and let nature decide, we are just the custodians after all, funny how Darwin still remains relevant 
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Got some hairs going. Some nice fat ones coming out of the cuts.
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You might get away with it depends how much chlorine your tap water has in it. If you let your tap water stand a minimum of 24 hours the chlorine gasses off and you will have more chance of bacteria development. Bottled spring water is better though.
I have made labs with sour organic milk and also using organic, brown rice, sugar and pink rock salt. The rice version is less stinky and you donāt get a load of cheese curds to deal with.
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Yeah I hear you on the bottled. Ufortunately I have chlorine and clorimine as well. Idk if itās a USA thing but chloramine really canāt be removed unless you can let it sit for a long long time. I have seen where half life is around 24 hours for it. Iām not super sure about that, and I also donāt really know whatās a high level of those two. Iām curious as to Korea and if they use chlorine for their municipal water? I never see it mentioned in the texts, but maybe itās not translated over?
I found out that my fridge filter takes away the chlorine but idk about chlorimine, so If this doesnāt work I will probably use the fridge water next time. I DID get those clones to root using my tap, so I figure it canāt be too high of a level? Idk, only time will tell.
I used jasmine rice, which I found out, isnāt the preferred? I have a bag of organic Louisiana grown rice that I will try next time. Fun fact, Louisiana at one point was the USAās largest producer of rice.
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Some places are worse than others. I noticed it the most Sunday mornings. I smell chlorine real strong. But Iāve never shot away from it. Iāve always felt like a little chlorine is OK. Just me. Keeps your soil from getting moldy. When I lived in Colorado it was the worst.
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I feel you, I definitely think it helps with fungus and mold like you sayā¦ Colorado jeez, I have YET to visit there, where did you live?..Iām about to be going for a veteran retreat! In the San Juan mountain range. Will be my first time there, Iām crazy excited. Hopefully the fires donāt bother us, I know itās dry season there.
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Youāll have a good time. I sent you a DM. Peace
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The chloramin or chlorine depending on what they want to call it, kills of bacteria in the water so it takes longer to get the fermentation process started if it starts.
You could collect rain water and use that as it will already be probiotic 
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Yes! I believe you are right. Itās not enough to actually stop the process but enough to significantly slow it down
Iām noticing that with the rice wash, itās way slower than the ferment, and it could be why itās taking my cuttings so long to root in cups of water as well.
I need to build a dang rain barrel, I just have been procrastinating on it. Will be my first time and Iām definitely not intelligent when it comes to DIY stuff. I can read, research, and write about topics with ease, but it takes me much longer to understand crafting.
I found some on Craigslist around me for 30$ for the 55 gallon drums, I just need to figure out if one will fit in my subie outback lol.
Thanks for the push, it will go on my to do list this week 
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A 5 gal bucket is a good start, but it depends how much it rains where you are, and how much water you need I guess.
I tried using rain water for my plants but it seemed to cause problems, might have been coincedental to other problems, but the problems stopped shortly after I went back on tap water left to stand 24 hours min before use.
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I do the rain water as much as possible. He is correct about wanting for the bleach to air out. Lol. @Shadey is a good hand. He has a eye for art.
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It rains a lot here.
Hmm, for some reason I thought I needed to scrub the water through sand or gravel.
I guess thatās silly and I can just collect it lol. See, I way overthink things! Thanks!
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Nothing wrong with creativity. Lol
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If I were going to drink it, I would filter with sand and rocks
Part of my problem may have been contaminants from the roofing shingles on my workshop roof as I collected it from the overflow off that when it rains. I just sat 2 X 5 gal buckets where it drips the most off the edge, kept me in rain water all summer. We get a fair bit here in NS with a maritime climate.
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Ahh okay, thatās what I was thinking of then lol.
Good call, I actually was going to build one and put it under the drip off of my workshop roof thatās sheet metal to grab the drip as well. I had wondered about if it was safe or not, or would be full of unwanted particles. Saves me another headache!
@Hemp yes @Shadey is very helpful and patient
Creativity can be good for sure, but with me it usually ends up in what I call āparalyzed by choice.ā 
Too many ideas that never come to fruition because I canāt focus. I think it might be partially to blame for why I have never been much of a ādoer,ā and more of a ādreamer.ā
Makes me super appreciative of gardening in general tbh. Things happen at a slower pace so I donāt panic, and even when I procrastinate, nature donāt give AF and will continue to do what she does, but I know Iām always welcome back 
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