Runs of recent past

17.5g Northern Lights

10.7g Liquid Butter Og

10.0g Bubba Kush

2g Shaman

2g Pink Kush

**60/40 Indica Dominent

8.1g total return

17.2g Norhern Lights

30.2g Shaman

18.2g Pink Kush

**74/26 Sativa Dominent

8.3g total return

21g Northern Lights

14g Pink Kush

7g Bubba Kush

**77/23 Indica Dominent

8.8g total return

46g Shaman

14g Northern Lights

**74/26 Sativa Dominent

7.7g total return

21g Northern Lights

14g Pink Kush

9g Shaman

**52/48 Sativa Dominent

7.2g total return

All of these were done with 3 cans of Lucienne Butane Gas and purged for at least 14 hrs in a vacuum chamber. 

My impression of Lucienne...

After research and asking around I decided to give Lucienne butane a try. I am pretty pleased with it. As the research shows it is very clean and light. With a purge that seems more complete and a bit quicker, the finished product is nothing but flower flavor, it does well on maintaining the subtle flavors and aromas of each flower and you can play with your heat with no issues. Slightly heavy on the propane but this purges off very quickly, almost instantly, and I believe it is purely there as a propellant. The quicker purge overall leads me to believe there is much less chance of molecular bonding. I have yet to study this aspect in more depth yet I intend to. The end product is beautiful, tasty, no taste of solvent or film like heavy mouth feel. After only 10hrs in the chamber the bubbles left were water vapor. Much less time from start to finish. No noticeable difference in yeild, if anything I averaged about .7 more per 7g of sugar going in. 

Testing... Testing... 1,2,3

Testing is necessary when you are getting product from somewhere you do not know or trust. You want to pay attention to the pesticide, fungicide, and other chemical levels. Not so much the thc or cbd/cbn. Why? Well each bud is going to have different levels, just as each individual strawberry has different levels of sugar. If your grower is consistent, as they should be, these levels are not so much an issue if the product functions for you. With medicinal oil you want a rough idea of the cbd/cbn content as this is the active ingredient. The testing is great for unknown sources and for a general idea of what one plant as a whole produces as far as potency. Each round, each plant, every single bud will differ when tested. The important thing to take away from any result is the amount of toxins in the product, especially systemic issues. This is why growers need to be held to the same standards as produce farmers, we would not have to worry about chemical saturation as it is illegal to use these chemicals on plants that are for consumption. It clearly states on the labeling that those chemicals are for ornamental plants only NOT for consumables. I test my flowers maybe once or twice a year to assure I am reaching the generally range of potency for that strain. There is no need for me to regularly test as I am familiar with my strains and I do not use chemicals of any sort. I will be going into this further with my chemical articles. It will be a multi-part article and post. 

Up coming

Life gets tough! And I hope my three followers don't mind my absence too much and please forgive me. Here is an idea as to what I want to cover in this quarter. I will finally be releasing my anti chemical campaign article with some in depth whys and dos and don'ts when debating to use chemicals on your plants. I'll be going over exactly how these chemicals function, how the plants process them, and how we as human beings process these chemicals once we decide to use products laden with them. I am extremely excited to share with you my articles on f1, heritage, hybrid, and genetics. Going into Mendel's law of segregation and helping you determine your plants genetic profile.

From Mendel's law of segregation we see that the alleles for a trait separate when gametes are formed (through a type of cell division called meiosis). These allele pairs are then randomly united at fertilization. If a pair of alleles for a trait are the same they are called homozygous. If they are different they are called heterozygous. In the first example, the F1 plants are all heterozygous for the pod color trait. Their genetic makeup or genotype was (Gg). Their phenotype or expressed physical trait was green pod color.

The F2 generation pea plants showed two different phenotypes (green or yellow) and three different genotypes (GG, Gg, or gg). The genotype determines the phenotype that is expressed. The F2 plants that had a genotype of either (GG) or (Gg) were green. The F2 plants that had a genotype of (gg) were yellow.

The phenotypic ratio that Mendel observed was 3:1, 3/4 green plants to 1/4 yellow plants. The genotypic ratio however was 1:2:1. The genotypes for the F2 plants were 1/4 homozygous (GG), 2/4 heterozygous (Gg), and 1/4 homozygous (gg). Please look forward to this season! 

Recent Runs and Reviews

Feb. 1, 2014

~ 1.5 oz. 

     ~ bubba kush (circa 1995) 

~ 3 cans 

     ~ newport butane gas

~ Total Return

     ~ 6.3 grams

Deep, warm, earthy, spicy flavor that is true to bubba form. A hard hitting, lung seizing, assault on the brain high. With high chances of couch lock this pick can be demotivating as well. Beware the perennial procrastinator! Not for lower tolerances or those looking for a daytime medicine. A good pick for zoning out, higher tolerances, and pain relief. Great for insomnia, loss of appetite, anxiety, stress, pms, various types of pain. 100 indica. This is out of stock for now. 

Feb. 11, 2014

~ 1.5 oz.

     ~ northern lights

~ 3 cans

     ~ newport butane gas

~ total return

     ~ 6.8 grams

Warm, rich, caramel undertones with top notes of earth and forest. Right up the nose tingle, may bring tears. Settles in the chest and back of the head. Deep, open the lungs with force, mellow, creeping high with legs of substance and length. She will take you a few hours. Couch lock comes down hard, can surprise, not a matter of if but when. Possible pass outs. Excellent choice for higher tolerances or when you are looking for a 'one two punch'. Pulls a great body feel. Great for pain of any kind, insomnia and severe insomnia, loss of appetite, stress, headache, and tummy troubles. 100 indica. In stock.

Feb. 14, 2014

~ 1.5 oz. 

     ~ girl scout cookie crossed with optimus prime

~ 3 cans

     ~ newport butane gas

~ total return

     ~ 8.8 grams

Warm, multitonal, earthiness from the optimus prime with a sweet effervescence and a very slight hint of menthol from the girl scout cookie. A happy high that dances of the top of the head with a heavier feeling at the base of the skull. Light and easy lung opening, eye slamming, almost woozy feel. A lighter indica, great for those with lower tolerances. A good daytime 'still want to function' indica. Good for pain relief, stress, anxiety, irritability, grumpiness, loss of appetite, pms, and worry. 100 indica. In stock.

Which way do you want to go? Yes, which way?

So I am not quite sure what to post first. I have a few very large posts I have been working on, all of them very different subjects. One is on my rehabbing girls, taking you through their life and what has been going on with them. What I see they might be dealing with and what I  am doing with what intentions. There is another on the market swings and waves, how I have ridden them out without drowning, and how small changes effect the market. And the third is on my observations of the industry, how it has changed over the last 25 years, and the downfall of many a person due to lack of business knowledge, experience, and discipline. I am not sure which one to move forward with. It seems I am at a bit of a stalemate when it comes to finishing which one first! So I am reaching out to you, my readers, what is it you would like to read? Which would you want to digest first! Thank you so much for your support! If not for many of you I would not be here, if not for you readers I would not be sharing what I know. There is value among these posts and I hope I can help you achieve what you want!

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fire scarecrow!

reclassification please!

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sweets to the sweet

FedEx came by and dropped this at my door yesterday. I am so very excited about it. It is a very expensive, very wonderful gift. I will not embarrass you with shoutouts and the like yet I cannot thank you enough. That you believe I deserve such a thing is beyond me and I am humbled and touched. I decided to try my hand at it, peeling the box apart as quickly as possible, preparing my material and tube, taking it all in with wide eyes and silly smiles. It is quite a beautiful thing, a 3 gallon pot skillfully crafted in heavy steel, a thick acrylic top laced with a heavy black seal, the spotless gage in simple ledger carefully put together, right down to the sturdy tubes and connections to the 6 cfm monster engine of a pump. I can only imagine the care it took. It could be considered a piece of art, as much as the products you can achieve with it! Needless to say I am excited about it! I set out as normal and once my product was to an acceptable point to place in the chamber, I did so. I stood by watching the ebb and flow with the low heat and steady pressure periodically calling on others with questions and suggestions as my own confidence wavered. Below is my final product and I have impressed myself. Indeed it can be better and I think I have a great team to draw from that has tremendous experience in this area so I am very excited to delve deeper into this realm. Today I think I will see what the shaman yields. Please look forward to the outcome! Thank you very much those that have stuck by me and supported me. I cannot do this without you.