Wow, thank you ALL for the wonderful comments, and for stopping by!
ColoradoLady: I'm happy to say I have a Purple Kush and a Hawaiian that are both girls, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they turn out. Wish the Wizard had been a female, but I'm going to try those beans again!
MonkeyBusiness: THANK YOU for those wonderful words of wisdom and encouragement. Indeed, it's a good feeling to know the clones were successful, even if they were males. And yes, one more step toward becoming a grower. I am learning, and that's what counts. And enjoying the process--to that has to count, too, right?
Chef: I'm waiting for that catalog. I've got the lemon detergent ready. Strange nutes, if you ask me, but then, I look at your success and know that's the mojo I need. Unfortunately, the Math Dude is too big to fit into the dishwasher, so I'm hoping it will work without the human supervision.<G>
Gourmet--OUCH!!!! I'll just BET you remembered that shock all your life!
I think you are so right about introducing the nutes slowly. That's what shocked me when I used last season's nutes--I mixed it 1/4 strength but it totally burned them. I don't know if people in normal regular humidity areas have to worry about evaporation as much as we do, since it's normally almost always single-digit humidity here. It was all my fault that the nutes got so concentrated---the cap was not on tight because of all the crusties I left around the top of the bottle. I have no one to blame but myself.
Which strain of yours is the one that's nitrogen sensitive, Gourmet?
Ham: Thank you for your thoughts! And you are right, of course, I'm gaining so much from the mistakes. From them I learn the most. Of course, beginner's luck is pretty nice too, but learning is what it's all about.
Fa$t: Feel free to stop in anytime and sing me some Leon! I am SOOOO bummed Vegas isn't on his itinerary this year. Nothing like being stoned at a Leon concert with a whole bunch of other old stoners all tokin' up in their hotel rooms before the concert starts. You can always tell the real stoners--they don't come for the opening band, they stay in their rooms toking right up until Leon steps off the bus and into the backstage.
FirstTimeCaller---I'm counting on that green mojo of yours to see me through till harvest!
OHC, I don't know if you'll be stopping by, but you asked me about my heavily LST'd and supercropped WW, and I wanted to post a picture of it for you. You can see it's very short now, fits nicely under the lights, and the lights can penetrate very well at this height.
Irish--sure appreciate you stopping by. Your mojo means a lot to me! Tell your daughter I enjoyed her excellent coloring job so much I put her picture up on my screensaver so I can see it every day.
TC: Thank you for ALL your advice! TC and I are having an experiment on the indoor-outdoor thing I do. She challenged me to leave a couple plants inside only, and the rest do my normal in and outside moving--to see if moving them so much will stress them enough for them to hermie. I'm not convinced, but I also know TC is one heck of a grower, and I listen to her! So I'm willing to compromise: 1/2 and 1/2 and we'll see what happens!
LordHighLlama: I want some photography mojo! I'm still sighing over that gorgeous BPOM winner of yours...
Homegrown and
Cannabis: Thank you both so much for stopping by! I know this isn't much of a grow journal this time. I promise to do better next grow. And that grow will be the AUTOS!