Thank you man! I read your fantastic ramblings yet zoomed in on your impressively organized charts and graphs while blazing this morning and as ya probably know, it is quite addictive, the rambling that is…I definitely have a rambling addiction for real as well, but my charts and graphs look more like a convicts commissary list, so I tend to leave those at the door, but I do need to step my game up in the records keeping department. As you pointed out, these journals help alot but its so very public that it can be hard, for me at least, to stay umm, focused… the many pros definitely outway the few if any cons, now that Im gettin alittle more comfortable around here! I think its awesome that you did your predictions and research all pre-grow, I will probably attempt sometime soon. Im always getting into trouble trying to wing it. My next indoor grow will be more along those lines. All pre-planned everything. Less laziness. I would really love a nice simple grow again, is there ever is a way we can go back?! Im gonna try at least, I have all new soil, I usually recycle but its time for a fresh start for me so yeah, all new soil, sterilized tent, low body count with the recent beans(i know, that could end up being my problem but im ready to take that risk), so really looking forward to it. I take it thats how its usually done but I cant help getting in my own way. I gotta keep it spicy for some reason.
For now, yes! I am so very relieved that all the ladies here have started full flower mode, stretch is finally over, I was first thrown off as the mothers of the DJ and the SF were mostly grown inside and even though I usually flip my indoor schedule slowly over time(about two to three weeks), the much more sudden switch is so different than the very slow outdoor change of season. I feel that all the light deps I have done throughout the years have just added to my seemingly unsteady state of connection and disconnection with the plants. This season has been both my best and worst season yet, as they all are in some way.
But lets see, a little recap of this years ups and downs…The transition into spring had me grinding my gears on how to pull off some legit free seed. I only have a small tent indoors and I never want to pollinate indoors as the pollen just never seems to go away so I chose to do individual branches outdoors with a single pollen sac that would be plucked on a calm day, just as the sacks were ready to burst. I straight up lucked out and had one beautiful male(3) in flower at a time over a period of a few months so I feel very solid about the branches that were pollinated as not much else was ever found, but those few beans that were found were stored separately from the seeds originally pollinated on those single branches. Only one male at a time but to multiple females, early outdoor, is whats working best for me and I plan on doing another round next spring but for now, its time to hopefully harvest and then begin to go through all those simple first time chucks just to find what I want to continue with. Going to take my mutha fnnn time. As far as how some of my many good and bad learning experiences in general went this season…First I over fed alot of pots early on this year but @ReikoX and his LITFA got us through, eventually. I had forgot about the shit ton of ammendments I so ‘wisely’ thought ahead to mix in, things were going great, but I thought hey, “I know what Im doing”, I can feed these little monsters a fat top dress of some organic mixed dry ferts and boy was I wrong. Had to run out and grab yet another bottle from Reiko and bam! Babys back on track. As for the outdoor, yes, they have been fed through the entire season, but I did let the overfeeding of the pots hold me back from really giving these in-ground gals what they wanted(their big, though they could have been real monsters!), but many thanks to your ongoing gentle encouragement as well as your thread and pics(and oh so many more threads and good supportive people out there, yall known who ya are, because as they say, the proof is in the pudding, I had to set down that bottle of the LITFA and pick up a bag of F. T. B.(Feed! That B!tch!) and so far so good! Knowing the difference of which bottle to use, when, and how to use it has been my biggest problem as of this season especially. BUT…after some insane amounts of reading, introspection, listening to much friendly advice, (learning first hand that milk sprays are AMAZING for whatever problems the ginger was having(it not only helped with the pm? but ALL the girls actually like it and it CAN be safely used even in mid flower is my unprofessional opinion), but it was this here craziness that helped feed and strengthen the girls abit more… I had went into the lab(out back, behind the shed) and worked up a fermented leaf mold and citrus/melon rind brew, like it was actually alcoholic, no, I did not drink any myself, but I left it out long enough for enough of the alcohol to evaporate and then cut that in half, tested it on some peppers(ive also been crushing up dried peppers from the garden and dusting it over the beds for more pest control, but more research to go on that one, looks promising, gonna make a foliar spray by just soaking some peppers in the bottle and see how that helps with pests) and what I saw had me watering that nasty crap, the fermented sludge, around the very outsides of the beds to test further, and finally just soaking both beds, then even more of my rotted wood mulch went on top with a tad bit of bone meal mixed in, the usual kelp extract and myco product soaked into the fresh mulch and Id say the ladies and I are in a pretty nice place today. They are practically giving me high fives and down lows, even telling their friends about me haha…yeah bro, we’ve had a turn around on the farm over the last few weeks for sure. Thank You and Everyone here so very much for riding with me and my lunacy for so long right out of the blue and letting me tag along with you all as well. What an Awesome place this is! I know it ain’t over, it never is for the full time gardener, and thankfully the all the true OGs of OG are always willing to lend a hand when any of us get stuck or turned around. What goes up, must come down and what goes down will eventually go back up, one way or another. Diggin the Full Circle of Life but speaking of that circle, I now must go, as we have a possible medical emergency in the Fam, I’ll keep ya posted as I just dont known whats up yet, Much Love to you and the Entire OG Family, especially any lurkers out here, I know how it is but we just got to jump in at some point(yet know when to focus on the more important parts of life).
Have a great one! Enjoy that vacay, sending blessings and well wishes to you, your Fam, and of course your sexy ass ladies while your gone(100% know what that feels like), I enjoyed your detailed write up on your thread(if ya haven’t already, yall make sure to check in on Fields lush monster grow!), always inspiring and encouraging me brother, will get back with you and the good folks here soon!
On that serious note, I really appreciate any prayers and good vibrations yall can send our way as well, I am worried about my Everything. She is having some slight facial numbness, so taking her to the hospital right the fuck now, she just got out the shower and we’re off…Just staying calm for now but damn well doing something about it too! 
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Bottom line is I did the same things, just for different reasons. I need to look more into the milk spray, never used it. I’m glad that you are finding the things that work for you and your ladies! What a ride, for you and me both. Different rides, but we’ve both been on them this season 
