The Dark Alley Club - Sad, seedy loners welcome.

AlienAthena said:

Bitch away man, feels like everyone is ignoring the purple elephant in the room but them clones screwed me something serious so I was surprised how long folks were willing to keep trying with them. I did a hard reset in May and couldn’t get seeds to pop til June and only just got things flowering. It’s okay to be sad and angry over this for a bit because a lot of time and emotions go into growing. Hopefully that camping trip helps and when you get back things are better.

edit: My suspicion is the Alien Og was the main culprit

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BogartAmungus said:

I hope you get your groove back. I made it an extra job as well and the plants suffered, the gnats pollinated 2 grows in a row because I let my guard down being lazy/tired from living at work and biting off more than I can chew. I am seriously considering not growing in the summer so I dont get overwhelmed. My life is too hectic right now and that takes a lot of the fun out of it. I like following your thread. I only follow a a few because I cant keep up.

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Gentlemancorpse said:

Well I really appreciate that man. I'll be back on track soon. I did the same thing, went a little too hard this year. Everything was going so well, thought it would last forever lol. Gonna do better going forward. Gonna make my IPM habitual, find some way to automate some stuff so it's not so hands on and those long work days don't interfere as much. Spend some money on better equipment instead of more seeds haha

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MO_Grow said:

Always painful to see a brother struggling...

It's been a rough year or so for most of us, and in so many aspects it seems. I'm right there with, and feeling, you brother. I believe that those of us that are meant to persevere, will... You are without a doubt included!

I've been through so many battles as of late, not only in regards to the garden... which is my life, my passion...but also just life period...
...family...cancer...death, backwards ass society in general... Shits fucked up! But I still believe there is light at the end of the tunnel and people like you n I will shine when the time comes.

We just have to remember to keep our heads up and keep sticking to our roots of love n positivity... We will find balance and happiness, it's bound to happen. I know it can be a daunting task, but, for what it's worth, I believe in you GC! Keep your head up bro?

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MO_Grow said:

Always painful to see a brother struggling...

It's been a rough year or so for most of us, and in so many aspects it seems. I'm right there with, and feeling, you brother. I believe that those of us that are meant to persevere, will... You are without a doubt included!

I've been through so many battles as of late, not only in regards to the garden... which is my life, my passion...but also just life period...
...family...cancer...death, backwards ass society in general... Shits fucked up! But I still believe there is light at the end of the tunnel and people like you n I will shine when the time comes.

We just have to remember to keep our heads up and keep sticking to our roots of love n positivity... We will find balance and happiness, it's bound to happen. I know it can be a daunting task, but, for what it's worth, I believe in you GC! Keep your head up bro?

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uncleb said:

@Gentlemancorpse I was reading a bit about the Black Apple today and thought of you. Did you officially pull the plug on everything, or is there still hope? It has the potential to have a fantastic effect....

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Frosty78 said:

Sounds like your having a bad run at the moment mate. Tough times don't last tough people do. Chin up

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Gentlemancorpse said:

Thanks Frosty! I know it'll turn around. It was just getting frustrating, that was like 4 bad cycles in a row. Better part of a year of growing. But I did still pull some good bud out and i know it'll get back on track. Doing some more deep cleaning today, and I'm finally gonna drop the Bahlki (just a full month behind schedule...)

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HydroRed said:

Brother, I went through the same spell of shit luck. (2) different projects down the drain and about a year wasted on those 2 projects along with sterile pollen from clone reversals etc. Its gonna feel 2x as nice once you get everything back on track -which sounds about where you are now.

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Gentlemancorpse said:

Thanks Frosty! I know it'll turn around. It was just getting frustrating, that was like 4 bad cycles in a row. Better part of a year of growing. But I did still pull some good bud out and i know it'll get back on track. Doing some more deep cleaning today, and I'm finally gonna drop the Bahlki (just a full month behind schedule...)

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Gentlemancorpse said:

Thanks AA! Yeah, you've had a rough year so far too. I had thrips and gnats before the clones and the aphids came well after. But I'm done bringing clones in for now anyways. I don't enjoy keeping mothers and cloning right now. Maybe when I have more space and am better at it. But I'd rather just get S1s if I want one of the "elite" strains at this point.

I actually think the root aphids came from when I changed plugs. I was using rapid rooters with no issue, when I switched to root riots from the zon is when the aphids showed up, and a friend who also ordered them had the same issue at the same time. But it's always just a guessing game. There's so many variables. I had my window open and didn't realize the screen had been pushed out until I saw a bunch of moths flying around. For all I know these little shits literally climbed in through the window one night.

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Dino Party said:

Sorry to hear about all the fun adventures with creatures competing for your plants. I agree with you that cloning, i find, is generally a stressful PITA and never feels like it needs to be, but always is. IDK how or why but i'll either have 95-100% success or 0-5% success. My most successful was just using trays and domes, I think the key to it was having it under very low light, but yeah, i'd prefer to just pop seeds each time.

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Meatman said:

I like the idea of cloning and keeping mothers and stuff but there is just always something new and better coming out so I rather just keep popping beans but than when I have one that is straight fire and has everything I’m looking for I get kinda bummed out but than I realize I don’t really have enough room anyways lol

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Gentlemancorpse said:

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Ketama Landrace

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Mephisto Forum Stomper x Forgotten Cookies (letting her go wild, no training at all. Kind fun to just see a 3' tall single stem plant, not something I have room for indoors)

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Mephisto Northern Cheese Haze. I saw a dude on Reddit growing monsters in one of these milk crates lined with a burlap sack and was like ... I have all that shit! Trying it...

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