Veg Closet lineup:
Tray of Congolese, Zamal hybrid and Mazar-i-Sharif seeds
1 herb (sprouted in row of Sinai cups)
4 Maui Mango Haze
1 Congolese
Empty cup
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Red Tent lineup:
Back row;.Maui Mango Haze, 2 Shiskaberry, 1 GSC x Bubblegum
Front row: Maui Wowie, Congolese, Zamal hybrid
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Plants that were transferred from cups to nursery pot or smart pot have the same soil: fresh compost, dried molasses, coconut flour and oyster shell. The Zamal hybrid and the Congolese are in fabric pots to accommodate increased flower time for sativa. The fabric pots are folded half their height and can be expanded if necessary.
All plants in Veg Closet and the Red Tent were watered with fresh comfrey extract. Alfalfa hay was used to mulch the fabric and nursery pots.
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Prepare dinner for the plants in the Red Tent:
Blend sprouted barley seeds with well water, 4 tablespoons freshly grinded oatmeal, 2 tablespoons coffee grounds and 1 black banana. Dilute the smoothie with well water and feed plants.
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We had a heat wave over the past 3 days. I mixed sprouted mung bean tea with comfrey extract for my backyard vegetable garden and indoor cannabis plants it might be time to move the ginger plants outdoors.
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2 female Maui Mango Haze have flowered in solo cups. Moving both plants to 1 gallon nursery pots of recycled soil, fresh compost, coco coir, oyster shell, Bio-live and Down to Earth alfalfa watered with comfrey extract.
Moved to nursery pots and returned to the Red Tent to complete flower.
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Rsc Congolese looks female but time will tell
Last photo is maui mango haze from Guitarzan seed run.
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All plants in flower tent are being fed as needed with @Sebring comfrey extract. I read that comfrey is a good source for NPK during flower cycle of cannabis. I use sprouted seed teas from barley, mung beans, alfalfa seeds weekly to provide minerals and carbohydrates.
I have been under the weather for some time; keeping simple organic ingredients that can be used for cannabis, vegetables, ornamentals and flowers. Hoping to restock my rehydrated alfalfa and kelp; these are great to water or foliar feed everything.
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I was discharged from the hospital yesterday. I went to Emergency Room because my dialysis catheter was clogging and underperformed. Heparin is the usual solution to fibrinogen found in dialysis effluent or catheter but I have anaphylaxis response to heparin and heparin induced thrombocytopenia.
I was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain and scheduled for next day surgery to repair or replace dialysis catheter. I had an infection 
and was given antibiotics IV and blood draws for blood cultures, blood tests, monitor blood glucose.
The blood culture can take 5 days to develop. I asked for oral antibiotics so that I could be discharged after the last blood culture draw. I was discharged yesterday. My new dialysis transfer set fell off the attachment during the first fill cycle on Baxter, my artificial kidney machine.
I clamped the line to stop the flow of dextrose on the wooden floor and called the Davita oncall nurse. The clinic is closed on weekends so I have an appointment for Monday morning to have transfer set replaced.
I am currently waiting for homecare to arrive for bandage change and schedule temporary nurse and home care assistance. I was gone for 3 days and my flowering plants suffered a little but should recover. The backyard garden was saved by rainfall
Recovery from abdominal surgery is painful. Its going to slow my plan for starting some landrace and sativa strains. Bending and lifting is very painful at the moment 
. Might have to do a grow in solo cups only; the Maui Mango Haze are good candidates based on current production. I have plenty of strains to try thanks to Overgrow.
life goes on.
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I’m glad to know that you have in home care and assistance, that is vital for long term medical patients like us.
Your ability to get through the moments like this and continue is amazing. It’s awesome to learn from your grow, and from your experiences in general. I’m disabled and young looking at potentially a life of in home care, and it is really great to learn from you and see how well you have done, and how much you have are able to do regardless of your difficult health.
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Zephyr
I was extremely lucky that a dialysis nurse! advised me to always keep a clamp in my purse or wallet to close the line to my peritoneal cavity. She said that is the fastest way to prevent contamination. I learned that on April 1 this year and added a clamp to my backpack.
I was shocked when my lap was soaked and I saw fluid running on the floor. I always have clamps near my machine but I never knew the transfer set could become detached spontaneously. I might have panicked and tried to use tape or some item that would produce backwash.
My life is like a never ending game of musical chairs. I have to learn new songs but learning is surviving 
. I will see that nurse tomorrow and thank her. 
I also learned today that I should have a medical alert system, not medical id jewelry. I have multiple issues and live alone. Going to handle that soon.
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Zephyr
Been hospitalized again since April 20. My peritoneal catheter was surgically removed on April 29 and a sample was cultured in the lab. I’m still in the hospital recuperating on a wound vacuum, IV wide spectrum antibiotics like vancomycin, continuous white blood cell cultures.
I have a permacath installed to have hemodialysis. The permacath is 2 transfer tubes connected to vein and artery that are tunneled under collarbone directly to the heart. It will take about a month for the peritoneal cavity to heal.
In the interim I will take hemodialysis via permacath. The goal is to create an av fistula in the left arm for permanent hemodialysis access. Av fistula is harvested vein usually from the leg is sewn between vein and artery of less dominant arm. In a few months the blood vessels grow together and form a strong access point to withstand hemodialysis needles.
The devil is in the details. I had successfully 18 months of peritoneal dialysis. I am allergic to heparin and heparin is the best tool to destroy clots in blood.the dialysis caused clots of fibrinogen which could not be resolved by addition of heparin to the dialysate fluid due to my allergy.
I have very tiny veins which are easily blown out by needle sticks. I have demanded that my current mudline iv port and permacath be used for blood draws.the recurring blood draws for laboratory tests are destroying the veins expected to create the arteriovenous fistula for long-term hemodialysis access.
Hemodialysis involves double needle access into a vein and artery. Blood is carried out to a filter that contains heparin used to remove toxins. The cleaned blood is returned to the body.i have doubts how long this will be successful before the heparin allergy kicks in. I need a kidney transplant but I have cardiac risk that exclude me from Mayo Clinic kidney transplant. A younger brother recently on hemodialysis raises a genetic issue that needs to be resolved.
I’m going to continue doing what I need to do with diet, natural inputs and happiness. It has kept me going 17 years after a deadly stroke. Healthcare needs to finish the implant able artificial kidney; it would end the donor scarcity and rejection based on genetic disease or heparin allergy.
Being hospitalized is killing my recently flowering Hawaiian strains but i hope my vegetable garden survives in the backyard containers. I hope that I find some strains that help to improve the quality of my life. I have learned a lot during the past 18 months and look forward to growing more landrace and Overgrow strains to offset the pain and physical issues related to dialysis and diabetes. Long-term illness can destroy your quality of life; fighting back with intangibles keeps my sense of humor alive.
Zephyr, I hope that you are doing well, young man. Keep going your way 
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Hi DanzaKuduro, I’m sorry to hear about your extended hospital stay. It’s great to hear from you, thanks for checking in I really appreciate it.
I have some problems with blood draws, so I am really sorry to hear about the problems you have been having with blood tests. I hope that the diagnostics and test results can provide some useful and helpful information.
because of my muscular condition the reflex when pricked can cause the veins to close up instead of just constricting. I hope that using the ports will at least make the repetition of the draws easier.
It is good to hear that you are advocating for yourself effectively, and that the doctors are listening. I’ve found that knowing your limits and communicating can really help. It sounds like your decisions are helping to reduce the impacts of the treatment and diagnostics, and helping your recovery and preparations for the procedure.
I hope the vein graft procedure goes well and that it will be a good long term method for your dialysis. I know two people who have had great success with very extensive reconstructive surgeries involving the harvest, transplant, and reconstruction of veins. So I know that there is a good chance this vein graft procedure will go very well.
It is amazing what they can do. I know a man whose leg was crushed by a car, the entire leg artery was reconstructed, and his calf muscle was replaced with his middle set of abdominal muscles. He is still doing very well.
I will pack up a gift package with seeds for you this weekend. It would be nice to have them waiting for you when you get home, so just let me know when you are ready to receive it.
In the meantime I’ll do my best to send some healing vibes and thoughts your way.
Very true. I will remember that quote. Keep going and keep laughing!
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