Beanflickers Anonymous

[Jewels]

Next time I will strip the fans down to naked.

To harvest, I used pieces of tempered shelving glass. All I needed to do was open the bag , insert glass, and then lay the plant down on its side. Knock the rootball a couple swift kicks, and the glass was pollen polluted.
Diner plate worked fine, as well.

I wish you luck.
The best way to get exactly what you want is to go out there and get it.

 

[MO_Grow]

I hate these guys with a passion already...

They eat my foliage, eat my stocks, kill new sprouts, shit all over my buds...no damn respect I tell ya

Tried washing a few small branches while still in the plant
As you can see, the water was filthy with their droppings...At least they're, for the most part, sticking to the lower branches that are gonna get revegged anyway, but still pissed me off!
Fuckin asshole, freeloading dick-wads!! M.D.K. to these bastards!

 

[MO_Grow]

Ok Jewels, I do remember that now! I may have to give this one a go at some point...maybe get a trial run in with one or two of these that I plan to axe. Thanks for sharing! Ya, this last time I collected I stripped the fans down to neked and it helped a lot, made collecting so much easier and cleaner for sure!

 

[Idlewilder]

Singe their buttholes with some cayenne spray

 

[DopeDaniel]

Have you tried tanglfoot?

 

[MacGydro]

Still trying to figure how I to go about isolating them from each other so no pollen's get mixed....

Any tips or ideas in that department out there?

Hey man, I've got an idea for you. Hopefully I can explain it without pics, but if needed, I'll get some pics too...

So it'll take 2x 2 liter (or whatever size you have) bottles per male.

Cut one in half about equally around the circumference, and the other about an inch from the bottom, around the circumference.

Use the first bottle's bottom as the reservoir, and the top half inverted, to hold your cuts stable through the neck hole.

Second bottle bottom comes next, sitting inside the first top.
This is you pollen collection tray. Cut from the outside, to the center, then 1/4"-1/2" hole in the center, for the stems to go through.
(The bottom of bottles are usually thicker, so you might wanna melt the hole through....way easier, but stinks)

Trim all the branches you want to flower off the plant, and defoliate all fan leaves.

Stick your bouquet through the middle of the pollen collection layer (second bottle, bottom inch), and stabilization / air layer (first bottle top, inverted), down into your reservoir layer (first bottle bottom half)

Add your second bottle, top 90% which will be your quarantine top/dome. I'd advise cutting about a 1" slit from bottom up, in one spot, to allow the top bottle to fit inside the bottom... Or slit the bottom bottle so it's fits in underneath the top bottle.

This time of year, depending what hemisphere you're in, you can just stick them in a window, but if you cap the bottle, I'd imagine you can keep them in the room with the gals long enough to drop some pollen into your collection trays. (Second bottle's bottom inch)

Hope that wasn't too confusing, but I'd totally understand if you have questions. Good luck!

Or, umm, y'know, tie bags around em lol

 

[MO_Grow]

Singe their buttholes with some cayenne spray

Never gone the pepper spray route, but I'm willing to try just about anything at this point... Was even considering.... going nuclear ?... something I've never had to bring myself to doing, but nothing's off the table right now. I'll directly inject some fire up their asses if I could do it efficiently/accurately.

I already stopped watering my recycle pile (I've noticed they flock to wet/watered spots (or water-filled veggies when I toss them in) in the soil, to reduce they're survivability...came at the expense of killing off my worm population. But I figure, if they can't find water where they're at, they'll need to either relocate or die where they stand...I can add more worms later, plus I've noticed some worm eggs here n there, so just a matter of rewetting to get population going again.

Have you tried tanglfoot?

Not familiar with what that is honestly... Never heard of it. Can you explain a bit??

Hey man, I've got an idea for you. Hopefully I can explain it without pics, but if needed, I'll get some pics too...

So it'll take 2x 2 liter (or whatever size you have) bottles per male.

Cut one in half about equally around the circumference, and the other about an inch from the bottom, around the circumference.

Use the first bottle's bottom as the reservoir, and the top half inverted, to hold your cuts stable through the neck hole.

Second bottle bottom comes next, sitting inside the first top.
This is you pollen collection tray. Cut from the outside, to the center, then 1/4"-1/2" hole in the center, for the stems to go through.
(The bottom of bottles are usually thicker, so you might wanna melt the hole through....way easier, but stinks)

Trim all the branches you want to flower off the plant, and defoliate all fan leaves.

Stick your bouquet through the middle of the pollen collection layer (second bottle, bottom inch), and stabilization / air layer (first bottle top, inverted), down into your reservoir layer (first bottle bottom half)

Add your second bottle, top 90% which will be your quarantine top/dome. I'd advise cutting about a 1" slit from bottom up, in one spot, to allow the top bottle to fit inside the bottom... Or slit the bottom bottle so it's fits in underneath the top bottle.

This time of year, depending what hemisphere you're in, you can just stick them in a window, but if you cap the bottle, I'd imagine you can keep them in the room with the gals long enough to drop some pollen into your collection trays. (Second bottle's bottom inch)

Hope that wasn't too confusing, but I'd totally understand if you have questions. Good luck!

Or, umm, y'know, tie bags around em lol

I visualized it in my head as I read... Interesting idea, and is definitely on the table for "to try, at least once"..

Thanks for all the input guys... Solid across the board...Gets my gears grinding and a churning ?

 

[MO_Grow]

Males getting big n stuff
Reversal attempts...6th, I believe for the flowering, 4th I believe for the vegging

This 10Fold cut smells so dank. Smells like what I'm used to from this girl...buttery, chocolatey-hash tone goodness. The flowering one had no veg time, straight from clone in solo to pot and into flower tent... Used to this dankness after 3 runs and still thoroughly enjoy.

The other was uppotted and vegged briefly and now currently under reversal (on the left).... She has a very offensively delightful and even more complex scent that puts a big smile on my face! Something's happening. She is not growing like previous ones, so I believe the reversal is happening. Just stuck her in the flower tent earlier in the week... Let's see what unFolds?

 

[DopeDaniel]

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Rollie pollies are not an issue for me. I was curious if they could be trapped using it. You can either apply it directly to the stalks of plants or make customized traps with paperboard or parchment paper.

Given the strategies you have posted it seems in line with your priorites (non toxic, symbiotic) as I observe them.

It dosen't work real well in my dry climate you have to reapply frequently. Dry climate = no pill bigs tho, I've used it to ptotect a birdfeeder stand from ants, eventually figgured out not to over fill the hummer feeder.

 

[Idlewilder]

One thing I saw for ant repellent might work for pill bugs. Apply a layer of Vaseline near the bottom of the stalk and it might prevent them from getting up

 

[MO_Grow]

Tanglefoot® Tangle-Trap® Sticky Coating

Tanglefoot Tangle-Trap Sticky Coating is a ready-to-use organic brush-on adhesive for use on sticky traps to capture and monitor flying and crawling insects. Once sticky traps are full of insects or dirt, they are no longer useful. But when you have this OMRI listed adhesive, you can simply...

www.arbico-organics.com

Rollie pollies are not an issue for me. I was curious if they could be trapped using it. You can either apply it directly to the stalks of plants or make customized traps with paperboard or parchment paper.

Given the strategies you have posted it seems in line with your priorites (non toxic, symbiotic) as I observe them.

It dosen't work real well in my dry climate you have to reapply frequently. Dry climate = no pill bigs tho, I've used it to ptotect a birdfeeder stand from ants, eventually figgured out not to over fill the hummer feeder.

Thanks SS! I'll check the link.

One thing I saw for ant repellent might work for pill bugs. Apply a layer of Vaseline near the bottom of the stalk and it might prevent them from getting up

Thanks Idle! I've actually been tossing that idea around in my head for the last couple of weeks. I feel like it'll work. Just haven't tried it yet. They are present but aren't an issue in the veg tent currently with all the foliage I've been chopping and dropping. But I'll start giving it a go when I up-pot. Hopefully, keeping the recycle pile dry will knock their population back a good bit to where they're not an issue.

 

[MO_Grow]

Grabbed some new stuff to add to my waterings.

Been wanting to add these for a while now. Jeremy at BAS is great but he charges $40/lb for coconut, which isn't too bad but still pricey... I got this 2lb bag for $48 and it was delivered the next day after ordering. He charges $300/lb for aloe which is a bit absurd. This is organic freeze-dried whole leaf aloe and got it for $14, delivered the next day... Much easier on the wallet!

Edit/correction for the description from previous post. It won't let me edit the actual post for some reason. But, the buttery chocolate I described above is the end product smell and taste of HeadSpace, not 10Fold. I had just got done smoking some HS before I posted so I had that those flavors fresh on my mind ? just thought I'd clarify.

 

[MO_Grow]

Amazon pissed me off last night...

Those new lights that I sprung for, along with several other items, because they offered me to pay with "12 equal monthly payments" was a fuckin bold faced lie. I made 4 different orders for various things that I couldn't afford outright ($800-$1000 worth of stuff) because I thought I'd be making monthly payments (I can do payments just fine). But, I started getting missed payment notices for a couple of my bills that get charged to that card. Come to find out, Amazon charged me the full amounts for everything I ordered, not just monthly installments.

I started a chat last night that consisted of almost an hour long interaction and getting passed off/transferred to several people before a manager called me. I thought the only catch to the deal is that I wouldn't earn my 3% interest back in the purchases...ok, I can live with that for 0% interest on monthly payments. Well, they said with the "12 equal payments" option the full amount is taken out of my bank on their end, and I make the 12 equal payments to my bank...WTF!! That's exactly the same as if I just checked out as I usually do and pay my card. Except I missed out on my 3% money back, my credit card is now over my limit, and I've missed payments on at least 2 other accounts so far. My car insurance payment was one of them from about a week ago, and they're threatening to cancel my plan with them if I don't pay up but I'm damn near broke at the moment and can't afford the payment.

I've always praised them and their customer service...but not anymore. I've heard bad things about their newer Amazon credit line deal they've been pushing lately. And, now this... scamming people with false advertising. The lower on the totem pole workers were at least sympathetic with me in what's happening. But the manager that called me just didn't give a flying fuck and did nothing for me at all. Just plain told me that "with special offers there's terms and conditions you should read first." What a fuckin dick!

An offer of 12 equal monthly payments should be straight forward, I pay 12 consecutive, equally divided payments... Not all upfront then I pay my bank back...fuckin douche bags! I've been a loyal Prime member for like 10 years. Seriously thinking about closing my account and never using them again.

Sorry, for the negativity...rant over...just had to get that off my chest. Just after all this time and my previous interactions and dealings with them I just couldn't believe they were straight up unwilling to do anything for me at all with this and manager was a bit dismissive and not sympathetic towards the situation at all?...k, now I'm done.

I'll post some garden pics later tonight ?

 

[Amarok]

That sucks, man. I hope you can unravel the mess without too much damage. Last thing anybody needs right now is more stress in their life.

Fuck amazon. They are at least as bad as FB and google for spying and tracking, they treat their employees as disposable, and almost anything found on there can be found elsewhere.

I closed my account a few years ago and have no regret. It was even easy to do. When the amazon rep on the chat asked my reason for closing my account, I told the person I was doing it in support of them and all their fellows. I explained that the final straw was the, at that time, recent strike in Spain(Italy?) during which Amazon management tried to summon local police to break the strike.( As I recall, the cops were shocked at the arrogance and brazen disregard for law displayed by Amazon.)

Anyway, the cold impersonal rep warmed right up without actually breaking their script and expedited the process for me. The infected boil that was Amazon was quickly lanced from my life.

 

[MO_Grow]

That sucks, man. I hope you can unravel the mess without too much damage. Last thing anybody needs right now is more stress in their life.

Fuck amazon. They are at least as bad as FB and google for spying and tracking, they treat their employees as disposable, and almost anything found on there can be found elsewhere.

I closed my account a few years ago and have no regret. It was even easy to do. When the amazon rep on the chat asked my reason for closing my account, I told the person I was doing it in support of them and all their fellows. I explained that the final straw was the, at that time, recent strike in Spain(Italy?) during which Amazon management tried to summon local police to break the strike.( As I recall, the cops were shocked at the arrogance and brazen disregard for law displayed by Amazon.)

Anyway, the cold impersonal rep warmed right up without actually breaking their script and expedited the process for me. The infected boil that was Amazon was quickly lanced from my life.

Yeah, they definitely put me in a pickle here then screwed me with said pickle...and what a time to do it too... Between all the covid bs, the holidays, rent is coming up next week, and now this? Hopefully I can get everything sorted without drowning.

Back to the lady tent. They look like they're starting to get pissed at me. I'm sure they're root-bound by this point so new shoes are in order. I think the runt finally looks ready for a haircut too.

Starting to see a lil green in the cups down low. I wanted more strawberries but couldn't find any plants at the nurseries so I bought some bare roots online. These are Quinault strawberries, got 10 in there now. Still have like 4 more on the side I need to plug in. I love being able to open the tent and just eat fresh homegrown strawberries. There so delicious, my daughter loves them also. She always talks about how juicy and how much better they taste than store bought. Organics for the win baby!

 

[MO_Grow]

Chopped and hung the sensi 10Fold last night. Left the bottom branch for the reveg. Back in the veg tent... Sorry for the blurry pic, I snapped like 5 and they all came out like this so I gave up.
Then, tragedy happened...

While trying to snap a pic of the 10Fold, the Arise x Slymball (propped up on a terra cotta pot, and my wire rack has bent wires, so can be very unstable) I noticed it started falling, so reached out with my free hand to catch it and pretty much palmed the whole main stem, snapping like 2-3 branches almost clean off... damn near half the branches present. But they were still attached, so I taped and tied em up as a patch up...Not taking that kind of loss! They'll heal back up shortly and get on with the show.

Then we have the sausage party over in the closet... Sorry about the hps pics again, it's been a long (pleasantly, yet unpleasant) day for me and I just barely made it home about an hour ago and have work early in the a.m. So these will suffice for me atm. I'm gonna get to stripping them down and prepping for pollen collection, and mulching for the rest that are on death row this weekend.

 

[Frimpong]

Chopped and hung the sensi 10Fold last night. Left the bottom branch for the reveg. Back in the veg tent... Sorry for the blurry pic, I snapped like 5 and they all came out like this so I gave up. View attachment 44467
Then, tragedy happened...
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While trying to snap a pic of the 10Fold, the Arise x Slymball (propped up on a terra cotta pot, and my wire rack has bent wires, so can be very unstable) I noticed it started falling, so reached out with my free hand to catch it and pretty much palmed the whole main stem, snapping like 2-3 branches almost clean off... damn near half the branches present. But they were still attached, so I taped and tied em up as a patch up...Not taking that kind of loss! They'll heal back up shortly and get on with the show.

Then we have the sausage party over in the closet... View attachment 44469 View attachment 44470 Sorry about the hps pics again, it's been a long (pleasantly, yet unpleasant) day for me and I just barely made it home about an hour ago and have work early in the a.m. So these will suffice for me atm. I'm gonna get to stripping them down and prepping for pollen collection, and mulching for the rest that are on death row this weekend.

Looking great, it's alot of work . Hatts off to ya ?

 

[MO_Grow]

Looking great, it's alot of work . Hatts off to ya ?

All in a days work, eh. Thanks Frim. They're coming along. Hoping to get decent yields this next round to make up for the lack there of on this current one. I thought if I upped the plant numbers I'd fill it up and yield better, but didn't work out that way for me. Just proved to be too much work. I like getting my quality time in with fewer plants to focus on ?

 

[Amarok]

Testify!

My little SOG experiment is more annoying than anything else. Like you, I like to get to know my plants.

 

[MO_Grow]

Yes, very annoying in several capacities. I was thinking, more plants equals more buds and I wouldn't need to veg as long seeing as I upped the numbers. But I'm not impressed with the outcome. I am at fault tho. Aside from not doing any training and flipping sooner than usual, after putting in my new lights they had like a week or two of lower light exposure before I noticed and corrected... They were kind of far away and weren't cranked up for good exposure and penetration. During the time they should have been getting there swole on. So I blame myself, especially with the clones I threw in there. I know what they're capable of and I just didn't pull it off this time like I have running them in the past. Lots of notes taken and lessons learned this round that's for sure! I do this for myself and the simple passion for this (and other) amazing plants. Glad you guys are all sticking around despite all my mishaps and all, appreciate you all?