I added a CMH this week and it pushed temperatures over 100°. Maybe to 106°, I don’t know. It fried everything in there. 
Edit: Nothing died but some leaves.
So now I set a timer for two hours and plug in the CMH. When I turned it off this morning, temperature was 96° and everyone looked happy.
Humidity was 20%! That’s pretty insane, but we have a cool weather pattern here during the late summer. It’s different every year, but during the afternoons, heat pushes air over the mountain I live on and I get flash thunderstorms. And hopefully some humidity.
Then the next morning what little rain fell evaporates and the humidity drops below 30% again. Maybe the afternoon humidity bumps are when weight gets put on. 
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I’m starting to think about the winter crop. Much of it is going to be my Scorpion Candy seed run because there are several females involved. And this summer should take care of my stash needs for the winter. But I still have a few clones to test, and two of them have been selected for winter stash grow. The first one is Wedding Cake, courtesy my friend @beebud. Thanks, BeeBud! 
The next one, Apple Fritter, my son won from that clone company in Colorado, shortly after moving from Colorado Springs to Michigan. He said it’s fire, so I’m pretty sure it’s 
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This is my only copy of each clone. I’ll be vegging them for the next month unless I change my mind. I’ll take cuttings this weekend maybe.
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My NGOPLE (#2, I guess) is becoming a real head-turner. Porn first.
She’s fully cloudy, but I have the feeling she’s not going to finish for awhile.
Grrrrr…why am I only allowed to upload one file at a time? Have I abused my upload privileges?
Her buds aren’t super stinky, but I smell menthol and caramel.
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I looked for a suitable pests thread and couldn’t find one after about 20 long seconds of looking. I’m Rasterman and this is what I’m growing.
My mower blade clutch came untogether again and it was over a month before I had the $10 part to make a ten minute repair. In the meantime, these forbs became infested with aphids. I’m considering putting some of them on a cannabis plant. Because everyone calls aphids specialists but I think they generalize. I had some plants infested last year, and I don’t see how a “cannabis aphid” would be able to find my plant out here in the sticks. Where everyone is so far apart, outdoor grows are vanishingly rare, and it gets too cold at night for great yields.
On the other hand, I didn’t mow down the forbs around the house and there are a lot of aphids out there being tended by ants.
Nope, I won’t put them on a cannabis plant. I’m mowing today, and there will be a lot of wandering aphids out looking for food. They may find me.
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Aphids are stupid. They should all just get bent. 
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I think so too. They suck! 
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This Texas Butter is going to put on a lot of weight!
What’s the difference? Mostly the greenhouse. It makes a helluva lot of difference having the actual sun. 
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She’s looking awesome! @rasterman 
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My third or fourth NGOPLE plant is finally done, I think. Look at her just now, on day 99. 
As you recall she’s half Nam Kading landrace and half auto, so she should be fast. She looks ready to me on the outside. Her trichomes are mostly cloudy. There’s still a bit of clear and very rare amber, but I suspect she’s not getting any “doner.” I will probably cut her next weekend, unless something changes.
I added more 
duct tape to her scaffolding - she was basically just fallen-over like a tomato plant without a cage.
Edit: She’s put on quite a bit of weight lately, and has developed a ripe melon smell.
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Thanks, @firehead! You can count on it.
Texas Butter and Gelato Meat getting done.
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This Texas Butter is ready to chop! And I’m VERY pleased with the yield this time.
She’s coming down this afternoon.
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Nice one, bud! @rasterman
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Thank you! I trimmed her without scissors before cutting her down. I spent about 10 minutes ripping leaves off. I got a big fat chunk of “finger hash” and mixed with Gelato Meat it was very potent. I can’t wait to sample it this weekend.
P.S. Thanks again for the seeds, @NDNCHILD. I’m hoping this clone is worth hanging onto because she’s a great yielder compared to her sister.
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I can’t grow many photos this winter because I’ve got other things going on. So I’m going to be running one photo and a couple of autos. And in a month or so I’ll be flipping a TK I got from @beebud because it’s fire and I have to smoke some. 
The photo is NGOPLE, which is a long-running Nam Kading landrace X @Cbizzle’s Northern Cheese Haze x Chem Candy I threw on so many plants last year. I’ve harvested three NGOPLE females so far. The first two were disappointing at first, but after a few weeks’ cure it was pretty good smoke and it ended up going pretty fast.
The third one, pulled at day 100 was a pretty big disappointment, but I’m pretty sure in retrospect it could have gone to day 120 or even later. So even though they all look very similar, almost like clones, there are big differences in harvest time.
I’m planting three seeds, which will all go into the same pot from which any males will be culled.
I have a boatload of these.
Next post I’ll detail the autos.
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I hope your winter grow goes as planned. It’s always nice when the buds improve with a good cure. Happy growing.
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The first auto I’m calling Decayed Strawberries. A mix of @Cbizzle’s auto with retail Mephisto Forgotten Strawberry x Toof Decay. Forgotten Strawberry x Toof Decay is a great cross, so this should give me some fire. These are females. I’m planting two seeds and might keep only one, but will decide later.
The next one is Mango Haze, which is Mephisto Mango Smile female reversed onto Mephisto Super Orange Haze - both great smoke strains. Two Feminized seeds.
And then, supplied by @joheimgrohen, Blueberry Froyo. My original plan was to run side-by-sides of some fire autos I’ve gotten from my OG friends but misfiled them and am going to have to inventory everything to find them. So that’s next time.
While looking through my seeds, there are at least 10 strains from OGres that I MUST try if I can just get them on the schedule. So I’ll have to stick with these for now.
I soaked Root Riot pods in coconut milk, put in the seeds, and here they are, steeping and trying to wake up:
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Thank you! I’m learning that cured is way better. I just need to improve yield so that it lasts long enough to be cured. Or maybe quit being so generous with family members. 
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