Very true though coconut water, aloe water and kelp kills brix so if I have to use them, its very limited and for a very specific reason
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It never ends 
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Careful, I love everything about neem except maybe the smell. 
Perhaps there is a link between CHS and azadiractin, especially people who are sensitive to it. However, I would be willing to bet diamonds to doughnuts that the azadiractin is not coming from a cold pressed neem oil. More likely extracted into a product like Azamax used to treat an infestation to save the crop. Neem meal in the soil is also not been linked to CHS.
I guess my point is, the only way to know what you are consuming is to control the process every step of the way. I donât even want to think about what I have smoked in my black market weed over the years.
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bushmaster was the first one i ever heard of, about 20 years ago.
âŚfriend said it was NO bueno. 
andâŚ
https://hightimes.com/grow/what-are-pgrs-and-why-are-they-in-my-weed
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Your probably right as its quite easy to change a molecule with other additives like I explained in the anionic Phosphate tea though it does need further explorationâŚwaiting for the current buzz about it to die down so finding the initial research is easier to find as well as, other researchers with their own papers to prove or disprove it⌠I was just using it as an example and hope not to add to the current scare - we use many natural things that are poisons like my use of nettle instead of aloe or the as seen on tv nerve away 
Exactly
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Wait, aloe is poisonous? I consume aloe all the time! Oh wait, too much water can kill me too⌠
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Thank you for the OG linkâŚvery detailed explanations of each chemical all in one spot! Really helps to see the action then try to find a natural occurring one to see if its one I know that is beneficial or harmful to the plant.
A lot goes on in the cellular/ionic growth/exchange system that we know little about and with cannabis under a microscope we are learning more and more each day. At the moment I am fascinated in the world of epigeneticsâŚits a relatively new form of science looking at environmental changes which I have inadvertently demonstrated in my Cackleberry thread over on GC
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ROFL!!! No, but it drops sugar content like a brick having the plant focus more on growth than producing sugar/sap and since this is a brix grow, you could say its dangerous
I can testify that too much water can and will kill you as it flushes the system of necessary electrolytes as I sometimes forget with a quick reminder with a visit to the er as my potassium drops to dangerous levels which leaves me back to measuring my water intake until I can get it back under control again
edited to add: its the nettle that is poisonous
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And now back to the plantsâŚ
I donât know if any of you have noticed the leaves on 5 & 6 but they look wicked cool forking like a snake. I keep looking at those two âsecretelyâ hoping they keep the trait
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are you planning to select 2 or grow them all out? sorry if i missed that somewhere. 
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So, Iâm assuming that âhashplantâ type varieties are grown for resin/terpene production? If so, I might have to invest in some to grow for the purpose of extraction for tinctures and edibles for the wifey
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You didnât miss itâŚI am taking this one step at a time. When it becomes closer to sex selection I will inform @Tinytuttle and @OrganicGorilla to come to a consensus like I did for final pot selection and if we canât for some reason it will become a poll for the community to decide as we could go many different directions from here
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Thatâs what they sayâŚhashplant in itself is known to produce above average trichomes though much of it depends upon the environment its grown in to see full expression or not though seeking known trichome heavy varieties is a great investment for extractions in a rosin press though I prefer food grade alcohol (everclear/moonshine) rather than bho or iso though ice water/dry ice extractions are just as goodâŚdepends upon the goal of your final product - many options to choose from
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Where did you learn this stuff? Surely not just books. I am very interested in studying organic gardening.
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All over just having an inquisitive mind and following research then comparing known variables with further tweaking for my specific environment and built upon it over time as I learn new approaches to compare to what I was originally taught waaaay back in my teens from my uncles that produced the best bud around at the timeâŚthe same end goal as everyone else just different approach
In this journal, I am just showing a little known alternative âold schoolâ way to produce great plants focusing on sugar/sap/brix levels to see the âbloodâ sap this strain is known for in which we will get to see tomorrow which ones, if any have that trait as I have done my best to coax it this far though may need a bit longer time as sap production has just started on these babiesâŚthis particular filial generation is known to have only 10-15% âbloodâ sap so weâll see as time goes on
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Makes me wish my Gramps was still alive and that I had an interest when he was. I could have learned so much from him.
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Perhaps. I just have the benefit of coming from a âyoungâ family so many of my younger aunts and uncles are near my age then adding to being in an environment where 25 yrs ago, everything had to be shipped up so 4 âambassadorsâ from our family would take a yearly visit to Washington and Oregon to restock supplies for 5 nearby families for the year as we really focused on surviving through the long wintersâŚgrowers and growers in training took precedence on who went to learn more agricultural practices though in the older generations minds to produce something other than cole crops and potatoâs and in younger generations minds to get better at cannabis growing - everyone was happy as long as what was spent benefited all and it did oh boy it did lol
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Update time! Cuttings set up to rootâŚthe peat pellets sat overnight in 1Tb cottonwood tea with 2c waterâŚput 1/2c into the fridge to cool. Once cut they were set into the cold cottonwood tea water to take brix readings from the lowest (biggest) leaf stem 1 hr before lights off for the highest amount of sugar/sap built up from the day. The cuttings were then placed into the peat pellets and sprinkled with a small pinch of cinnamon then placed into labeled styrofoam cups with the tops cut off
With the cuttings in place, I put some distilled water onto the top of the dome, swished it around a bit and poured it off then covered the cuttings to build humidity then turned the lights off for 6 hrs to recuperate
Whelp guys, we have 60% bleeders! Brix levels are also great especially #3 at 2% though the others arenât too far behind at 1.5 - 1.75%
Calibrated to 0 using a couple drops of distilled water
Day 28 Numbers 1-3
Day 27 Numbers 4-6
Day 25 Number 7
Just after lights off to recuperate
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Weâve got some bleeders! 
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Is the cinnamon a pest preventative or�
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