Pakalolos Organics For The Win

Merry Christmas to all the left coast growers.

 

I'm sure most of you think I've fallen off the ends of the earth but you would be wrong. Not much has changed that wasn't previously documented in this thread. I'm still growing and here is 4 ladies I flipped recently.


Here is some new genetics I got recently. It's a sativa variety and I'm going to see if I can control it using Gardman Gro-Ring. It will be a challenge to hold her to the limits of my ceiling clearance.



And some new cuttings to do some more breeding.


That is what's new in my cellar. Beyond that read my journal to find out what I'm doing. Nothing has changed but the new genetics.

 

I mainly make medicine now days. I extract the hash using ice water extract. I had to buy new bubble bags because mine were getting worn out after 3 years. I basically follow the BadKat recipe and if I remember correctly it is close to what you do. I'm starting to use lacewing larvae for mite control. I get 5000 eggs for $31 from March Biological. Those larvae eat about 200 mites a week. If all the eggs hatch that's a million mites a week. I don't have a million mites but living in the forest I do get a few during the summer months. I'm just not that active in the forum anymore. I don't have much to share because I told it all and just keep growing like I described.

 

These are most of the strains I've grown over the last 5 years. The 5 on the left are the ones I grown now. The 4 in the middle are ones I got from medical dispensary or seeds. The 9 on the right are ones I breed. Things are still happening in Pakalolo's Cellar. The 5 on the left are the best genetics out of all of them.

 

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The One is a cross between seeds from the Afghanistan highland region of Kandahar and Thai stick seeds. CC ran a 100 seeds of each. Took the ten best and crossed them to get The One.

 

On Sunday I wanted to do a little research into the quality of the top shelf cannabis here in Washington. I'm working with a Tier 2 grower to bring my genetics to the market. I was told that Gold Leaf Gardens out of Olympia was one of the best so I bought an eight for $48 (that's $384 an ounce). I rolled up 3 joints and took two drags off of the first joint. It had a earthy, moldy taste so I started looking more closely at the bud. I discovered PM deep inside the bud next to the stem. I went back to where I purchased it, Origins in Redmond, and showed them the bud. The manager basically denied there was PM even thought the white PM was visible. It had even grown after I exposed it to the air. The picture is a little fuzzy but you can see the white PM in the center part of the bud. Origins basically said tough luck, do you want a discount on some more? I said no way would I buy any more bud from them. I guess the fact that drug dealers are now legal they're no different than the illegal drug dealers. That's why I've grown my own for decades. You can't trust drug dealers.

 

I took apart the joint I was smoking and this is what I found. PM growing in the joint.

 

I know I don't post much anymore. The reason is that I haven't been doing anything new. I've shared my techniques and my genetics so nothing has been new until now. I've just added a new cultivar to my cellar. This lady has won two cannabis competitions here in Washington and Oregon. It's called Orange Cream and is a cross between Orange Valley OG and Cookies and Cream. It brings together the OG and Cookie cultivars.

 

This photo is a little fuzzy but here is my four ladies. I've got 2 3Elders, a Goblin Girl, and The One.

 

I'm still around doing what I've already posted in this journal. However, I got some new genetics in my cellar. The first is Diesel Stomper. This is a cross between Minion City Diesel and GrapeStomper OG. Minion City Diesel is a cross between Blueberry and BC Bud Depot's The Purps. The other is Miracle Alien Cookie and it is a cross between Alien Cookie and Starfighter.

Miracle Alien Cookie


Diesel Stomper

 

I don't post often but I want to share something that I've started to do. I realized that I was wasting a lot of light because it was just shining on the floor. So I've modified my LST technique to spread out the canopy more. I do this with bamboo stakes and some pruning. I need to prune in order to create cuttings for clones. So the combination of cutting clones and LST with stakes have widened my canopy and I'm no longer pushing light to my floor. Instead the light is hitting more buds. This is what 4 plants in my flower space looks like now.



Stepping back just a little to give a better overall view.

 

You know that your soil is right when the mushrooms grow.
While I don't post much anymore I'm still around.