Captain's Log: Dispatches from Planet Milson

[Milson]

I think when the science finally catches up we will find out that our own endocannibanoid systems are slightly different person to person and have a large part to do with how we process these things...possibly the same way certain people can't digest lactose, or the way certain people get very red in the face from a tiny bit if alcohol? Just the fact that we have evolved over the millennia to have receptors in place for these compounds tell me all I need to know though

Yeah! So it's like, an equilibrium we can find in ourselves that is specific to us and so cultivating out own crop specifically for us should lead to better outcomes for us.

It's like the anti-alienation.

 

[beluga]

Milson-catered weed protocol.

 

[Grownsince95]

Yeah! So it's like, an equilibrium we can find in ourselves that is specific to us and so cultivating out own crop specifically for us should lead to better outcomes for us.

It's like the anti-alienation.

If you like super spicy food you grow habaneros...not so much maybe go for jalapeños...if variety is your thing grow both. I don't think I'll ever find that magic all in one strain so it's good to have options. I'm excited to try a 1:1 thc/cbd auto ive got going now for exactly that reason.

 

[beluga]

I'm often painfully reminded that I need to cater my intake to my neurochemical demands.
Too much of this, I go agitated.
Too much of that, I go psychotic.
Too much of the other thing, I go to depressed for a week.
I've, admittedly, self-medicated from a very young age (12) and certainly paid the price on many occasions.
I don't think my early consumption caused any damage/imbalance that I wasn't born with. But I know for sure it can deviously take advantage of that natural imbalance.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Just want to add here. It takes time with a strain to learn to grow and harvest it properly for it to fulfill our needs.

for example. I have grown many Blue lemon thai seeds and even kept a clone going for a couple years. The first two years i struggled with the sensitive plants and cut them early like the breeder says. But 8-9 weeks leaves a very up energetic sativa maybe a little trippy. Pretty great but to me still missing something.

but keep her healthy to 10 even 12 weeks and she evolves into a 25% thc but with full balance of head and body and even trippier. Smoke a little for fun smoke a lot and it will sedate you.

but it took a lot of tries to learn this and a lot of tries just to keep a plant going longer for more cannabanoids rather than the current method of using bloom nutes to help shorten their flower time. No 8 week grow can possibly have the depth of effects.


point is. Stick to a breeder and learn what can be done with the seeds at hand. Take a clone of one that stands out and keep working that one. It will evolve in your room for you. Its amazing the difference that can be had with the same exact plant.

 

[amekins]

Just want to add here. It takes time with a strain to learn to grow and harvest it properly for it to fulfill our needs.

for example. I have grown many Blue lemon thai seeds and even kept a clone going for a couple years. The first two years i struggled with the sensitive plants and cut them early like the breeder says. But 8-9 weeks leaves a very up energetic sativa maybe a little trippy. Pretty great but to me still missing something.

but keep her healthy to 10 even 12 weeks and she evolves into a 25% thc but with full balance of head and body and even trippier. Smoke a little for fun smoke a lot and it will sedate you.

but it took a lot of tries to learn this and a lot of tries just to keep a plant going longer for more cannabanoids rather than the current method of using bloom nutes to help shorten their flower time. No 8 week grow can possibly have the depth of effects.


point is. Stick to a breeder and learn what can be done with the seeds at hand. Take a clone of one that stands out and keep working that one. It will evolve in your room for you. Its amazing the difference that can be had with the same exact plant.

This is exactly what excites me so much about growing my own.

 

[Milson]

Just want to add here. It takes time with a strain to learn to grow and harvest it properly for it to fulfill our needs.

for example. I have grown many Blue lemon thai seeds and even kept a clone going for a couple years. The first two years i struggled with the sensitive plants and cut them early like the breeder says. But 8-9 weeks leaves a very up energetic sativa maybe a little trippy. Pretty great but to me still missing something.

but keep her healthy to 10 even 12 weeks and she evolves into a 25% thc but with full balance of head and body and even trippier. Smoke a little for fun smoke a lot and it will sedate you.

but it took a lot of tries to learn this and a lot of tries just to keep a plant going longer for more cannabanoids rather than the current method of using bloom nutes to help shorten their flower time. No 8 week grow can possibly have the depth of effects.


point is. Stick to a breeder and learn what can be done with the seeds at hand. Take a clone of one that stands out and keep working that one. It will evolve in your room for you. Its amazing the difference that can be had with the same exact plant.

That last one is very interesting. I had honestly not thought that hard at how much difference you could get between clones.

Huh.

I want to think about this now. Like what i would look for or explore if I were to regrow a room of one plant that i cloned and i have grown already (a ghost mother oookkkk spooky....shit I'm too late).

This is fun!

 

[Milson]

That last one is very interesting. I had honestly not thought that hard at how much difference you could get between clones.

Huh.

I want to think about this now. Like what i would look for or explore if I were to regrow a room of one plant that i cloned and i have grown already (a ghost mother oookkkk spooky....shit I'm too late).

This is fun!

After thinking about it, the two factors i would test would be:

1. Soil vs. coco vs. my lasagna system
2. Different levels of "pushing" in terms of light and nutes. Conservative vs. moderate vs. hard, defined in some way I thought hard about.

If anyone else has thoughts though I am all

 

[Terpz719]

After thinking about it, the two factors i would test would be:

1. Soil vs. coco vs. my lasagna system
2. Different levels of "pushing" in terms of light and nutes. Conservative vs. moderate vs. hard, defined in some way I thought hard about.

If anyone else has thoughts though I am all

I too look forward to settling on some strains and doing some A/B comparisons. Besides what you mentioned, I'd be curious about UV during flowering / none, experimenting with P levels to control stretch, bennies in coco / none, different temp/RH combinations for drying and curing, supplementing with Si / none, and anything else with a focus on increasing terpene levels.

 

[Terpz719]

Ran across this interview (Northern Lites/Lights with Seattle Greg) with Greg McAlister of Northern Lights fame. Thought it might be of interest.

Northern Lites/Lights with Seattle Greg

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[Milson]

I too look forward to settling on some strains and doing some A/B comparisons. Besides what you mentioned, I'd be curious about UV during flowering / none, experimenting with P levels to control stretch, bennies in coco / none, different temp/RH combinations for drying and curing, supplementing with Si / none, and anything else with a focus on increasing terpene levels.

I need to just get a baseline with curing because my first effort left something to be desired lol i went to jars just a little too soon and it took for god damn ever to dry.

 

[Milson]

Ran across this interview (Northern Lites/Lights with Seattle Greg) with Greg McAlister of Northern Lights fame. Thought it might be of interest.

Northern Lites/Lights with Seattle Greg

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Yes and yes yes.

 

[Milson]

Yes and yes yes.

Ran across this interview (Northern Lites/Lights with Seattle Greg) with Greg McAlister of Northern Lights fame. Thought it might be of interest.

Northern Lites/Lights with Seattle Greg

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About halfway through. NL 5 has hawaiian in it?!?!

 

[Milson]

About halfway through. NL 5 has hawaiian in it?!?!

In listening to this, what strikes me is the focus on hybrid vigor and then hitting the gas with outcrosses once you feel like you have something. Like Greg strikes me as a dude with great feel for the plants. He wasn't talking about hybrid vigor on a theoretical level or like something he thought he saw. He felt how NL5 was a winner in his bones. Immediately.

Thanks so much @Terpz719 for the link.

 

[Terpz719]

About halfway through. NL 5 has hawaiian in it?!?!

So he says... There appears to be two different versions of NL5 - one done in the states (Herbie) and a slightly different version done by Neville. There also seems to be uncertainty, I think, in both cases if it was straight Hawaiian or a Thai / Hawaiian cross or BX. I remember reading something by Gas of Swami Organic Seeds, who has been working with the same genetics from McAlister, about NL2 being the real deal - better than NL5. I might be misremembering...

 

[Milson]

So he says... There appears to be two different versions of NL5 - one done in the states (Herbie) and a slightly different version done by Neville. There also seems to be uncertainty, I think, in both cases if it was straight Hawaiian or a Thai / Hawaiian cross or BX. I remember reading something by Gas of Swami Organic Seeds, who has been working with the same genetics from McAlister, about NL2 being the real deal - better than NL5. I might be misremembering...

NL2 is the other one that gets a lot of love. @sshz has talked about a plant he had with NL2 that was an all-timer for him.

I mean, i believe it. A great afghani can be sensational.

 

[Terpz719]

In listening to this, what strikes me is the focus on hybrid vigor and then hitting the gas with outcrosses once you feel like you have something. Like Greg strikes me as a dude with great feel for the plants. He wasn't talking about hybrid vigor on a theoretical level or like something he thought he saw. He felt how NL5 was a winner in his bones. Immediately.

Thanks so much @Terpz719 for the link.

You're quiet welcome! I find the history and genetics fascinating, Unlike most, I care 95% about effects and 5% about yield. Look I love bud porn, but in terms of bag appeal being a consideration? Bag appeal never, not once, got me high.

 

[Milson]

NL2 is the other one that gets a lot of love. @sshz has talked about a plant he had with NL2 that was an all-timer for him.

I mean, i believe it. A great afghani can be sensational.

Expert Seeds "Sweet Zombie" under 2 Gavita Pro 1700e LED's..............

Today (Tues.) is 5 weeks in veg and I'll switch to a 12/12 light period starting tonight. I'm glad I waited the extra week, I feel a lot better about the potential of the room now. I can see some side branching on most of the plants now, before they were well hidden, small and close to the main...

www.thcfarmer.com

 

[Milson]

You're quiet welcome! I find the history and genetics fascinating, Unlike most, I care 95% about effects and 5% about yield. Look I love bud porn, but in terms of bag appeal being a consideration? Bag appeal never, not once, got me high.

Same. Nor did it ever make me money because I have never sold (nothing wrong with it, i just haven't), and so I don't have any care for bag appeal either. As much as I understand it is vital for sales.

 

[Milson]

Hang on. If it's an F2, that would suggest you could find a heavy leaner to one side or the other......including this afghan from Steve that they used so much.....

Yeah. That would be cool.

I gotta ask Todd what he means by F2 because that would be a delightful bit of pheno hunting.