LITFA for a couple days and if they dont take off, cull them.
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If it were my decision to make, I would cull the lime green plants as well, as I have no time or patience for plants that canāt play nice with the others. I have one nutrient and care regimen per cycle, every plant gets the same as every other. Itās the only way for me to get through it.
On the seedlings, Iād LITFA for a few more days before deciding, personally.
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That sounded horribly like my Ex coming back to haunt meā¦ 
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Yeah. Itās coming. Maybe I should just pull off the bandaid.
Fine. They live for now. Anything is possible but I would gain an even more pronounced respect for AF plants if the remaining seedlings somehow caught up to the front runner.
Either way, Iām going to be a little upset if itās a male. Iām not set up for pollen collection ATM, unless I sequestered dude in the shower or something.
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Iām pulling the stunted seedlings tonight. Theyāve barely moved, if at all, since the last post. Also, theyāre freebie NL auto regs from seedsman.
Iām not taking a loss here.
Instead, Iām popping some FAM seeds from @ReikoX! Very excited about these Red Poison 1 x Sugar Black Rose auto regs. ReikoXās picture looks like a goddamn 2-liter soda bottle on a stick.
Sebring convinced me yesterday to fully split my bloom tents, too. Now the tall tent will be all photoperiod plants, so they can stretch and breathe a bit. The short tent will be all autos, all the time, and maybe perpetually staggered. TBD on the perpetual.
The veg tent can slow down, somewhat, since it will have a reduced load of photoperiod plants going into one bloom tent instead of both.
Now, if I can just stay alive and financially solvent (somewhat) I can keep this show on the road!
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well, after much trial and tribulation, i cannot keep my tents running. i have to pack them up, and have no clue when iāll be able to grow again. heck, i may not even be able to finish this flower cycle.
iāve been unable to work since May, when an SUV pancaked my car, and the financial realities of ongoing medical costs are inescapable for me.
in many ways it feels like defeat, moving in with family to reduce my expenses, but iām still trying to look at it as a strategic retreat. the healing process continues, and iām grateful.
iāll still be around here, lurking mostly, to stay in touch with friends i made along the way.
thanks, everyone, for making this beautiful online community what it is today!
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Sorry to hear that man, that sucks big time, I am in a similar position, waiting for workers comp to finish making pathetic excuses, and pay me some compensation, so we donāt have to sell our house and pull my daughter out of Uni this year. Insurance companies deliberately take there time settling to make you desperate and except their first crappy offer. I hope you can get back at growing soon 
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Sorry. I hope things get better along the way and than you can set up those tents and move forward with your future grows.
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Thank you, Shadey
I have private disability insurance from my (former) employer but the insurance denied my claim.
My doctors wrote extensive notes and they were all shocked that I was denied.
Whatās the point of insurance, if they only look out for their own profits?
Even with a TBI, I feel like I should have seen that coming. 
So now Iām just limiting my expenses and relying on the charity of others. What a time to be alive!
Good luck with your struggle
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Thank you, DatDamDog
Your support, and kind words from everyone here, make my days less gloomy.
Small pieces of sunshine can add up to a mighty force.
I love the tent experience, too, and Iām looking forward to when I only have them for vegging monsters that I can plant in the full light of day. Iām going dark for a while, but it wonāt be forever.
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Take it to an insurance ombudsman, keep at them, I am on my 3rd appeal now, they have refused point blank, even after the ombudsman said they were in the wrong and they needed to re evaluate my claim. They just want you to give up and disappear.
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If I had the energy and capacity to run appeals myself, I would.
Itās in the hands of attorneys now, who will take a third of the settlement (contingent) bc I canāt afford their fees upfront. 2/3rds of something is better than nothing at all, while Iām waiting to be approved for SSI/SSDI.
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I had to apply for SSDI. Do NOT get discouraged. It is a long drainful process. Use a lawyer. Document everything and make sure you see your doctors and stay ON any meds they give you.
Any questions let me know.
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Donāt open those floodgates!
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Open anytime for you. Itās cool. Iām on SSDI and it took sometime. But now all I do is sit home all day until the misses comes home from work. Thankfully we are due for our first baby in February. She was removed from her job So now she gets to sit with me at least.
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Man Iāve been through some health shit lately and I think youāre smart with the āstrategic retreatā strategy. You donāt want to waste time spinning your wheels with bullshit, health is number one priority then you can take care of everything else.
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A friendās mom used to work at the SSA, and told me that almost all SSDI applications are rejected at least once. I guess a lot of the people working there figure itās a way to weed out people who arenāt persistent enough.
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