12/19/21 Update
This week begins week 10 flower on this grow. It's been challenging to say the least. At this point, I think there have been so many problems with these plants that I am just trying to finish them and gather what will most likely be a dismal harvest. The MotherLode has been a complete disaster, I totally f'd her up. It's a great strain and I would most likely grow it again and I accept full responsibility for how she has turned out. The positive side of that is that I won't have to do much trimming after harvest!
I think my main problem with this grow is that I used the old soil from my first grow and did not realize how depleted of nutrients it would be. I think for the most part, they have been hungry the whole time and that is why the yield will most likely suffer on 3 of the 4 plants. For some reason, the one in front on the right has been doing better than the other 3 but still not all that great. According to the calendar, the MotherLode should finish sometime this week, and the other 3 G-13's should finish the week after. However, after looking with a loupe, none of them appear to be even close to being ripe by looking at the trichomes. The first thing I notice is there aren't nearly as many trichomes on these plants as my last grow. They are mostly clear still and not seeing any amber, even on the sugar leaves. The other thing that tells me this harvest may suffer is that despite being this close to harvest, there is NO smell at all coming from the tent. At this point I am just waiting it out to cut em down and hope for at least a good potency. Not sure how much potency will suffer from my lack of growing experience, but it's pretty obvious that yield will most likely suffer.
I'd appreciate any thought from anyone who has had a similar experience and what I might expect from this harvest.
**Miracle Medical Cannabis Cancer Cure Update**
I have been using this thread to update interested folks on my epic battle with throat cancer. I can report that I am still standing and fighting although I cannot say I have been left unscathed. It's been a rough ride for sure. A lot of this has been my fault because I have been sourcing my Cannabis outside of the MMJ system. Call me old school, but I did not want to be in their database which might affect my 2nd Amendment rights. I started this treatment with my own flower from my first grow and have been obtaining medicine that has been less than high quality. The main reason is I do not have the money to afford such large quantities of flower. So, flying by the seat of my pants, I got what I could and made medicine out of it and was thankful for it.
However, I am over 4 months into this treatment that I was expecting to take 3 months. I recently had an appointment with a Cannabis doctor who told me that the medicine I was making from sugar trim shake and some low quality buds probably wasn't effective enough to count toward my treatment. So in a way, I was back to square one. I have had success with this treatment, but it seemed like I was spinning my wheels. I live in a state that has full cannabis legality, both medically and recreationally. I finally realized that I need to up this game or this shit could take my life. I got my MMJ medical card and was able to scrape up enough $ for 4 ounces of quality dispensary flower. The guy I am working with at a local dispensary is very knowledgeable and helped me pick high THC strains with a cancer fighting terpene profile. We also got some with high anxiety fighting
terpenes to help me with the panic attacks. I took the 4 ounces which consisted of 7 different strains and did the extraction, 17 grams from 4 ounces which I was very pleased with. And on top of that, the medicine is great. I have noticed it takes 2-3 days for a new batch of medicine to show how good it is. I have been taking this new oil for 5 days now and the difference is very noticeable. It lasts longer and I can stick to the 3 doses a day instead of 4 which I had to do a few times because the pain was unbearable.
I can also report that the tumor in my neck continues to change shape and size and has shrunk by at least 60%, perhaps more and is not nearly as tender as it has been. It's hard to tell because I have been able to recently tell that it goes back into my neck further than I can feel. I had my wife take a roller bottle and a gram of RSO, together with some other cancer fighting essential oils and some castor oil as a deep tissue carrier oil. I lather this anti-cancer mixture straight over the tumor as often as I think about it.
I had been getting pretty discouraged with my progress over the last month. It's been frustrating and it just seemed like the cancer was getting worse, the medicine wasn't helping anymore, or both. Working with this new medicine has really made a difference and brings me a renewed hope that I am going to win this war. Thanks to all those who have been so kind and encouraging. It means the world to me!
