Defenestrates Blosser Grow Log

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Strain: Blosser
Lighting: Window, as well as 46w CFL for the closet plants
Grow Media/Soil Mix: SuperSoil Potting Soil
Fertilizer: Sea Grow All Purpose, 16-16-16
Temperature Range: Closet-70-75 constant, Window-75(day)-60(night)
Humidity: Closet-30%, Window-80%
Started From: Clones
Start Date: Original mother was from late 2006

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Well, here are my plants(pics soon!). I currently have two rooted Blossers, and another three cuttings are rooting at the moment. I got my original plant in November of 2006, and it birthed several cuttings, before a tragic death involving a broken pot, soil all over my carpet, and my cat tripping very VERY hard. Most of the original cuttings I gave away, only keeping two before the cat incident. One of the remaining cuttings got root rot following it giving me three more cuttings, and only one of the cuttings made it. This brings us up to date, me with two plants, one of witch has had three cuttings taken recently, and they are just now beginning to root.

Now, on to the setup. I have my oldest girl, Stickers, in my closet with a bit over 40 watts of CFL's on it, and my newer plant, Shirlene, on my windowsill with a 5 gallon water cooler over it to keep the humidity up. I've been weaning her off of it though, as she's getting a little cramed in there. Shes been pinched quite a bit, with eight main branches, all pinched a few weeks back, so I'll have quite a few branches for cuttings soon. Pictures will follow within a week.

[JD1stTimer]

Wow, that cat must have been shocked!!!

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Indeed. He didn't seem scared or anything, but would run from one spot to another five feet away. I don't know what he was chasing or if he was being chased or what. He was gone for about two hours, just completely blind to the world..

[JD1stTimer]

Wow, you should have taken a video.  I know it's mean, but you didn't do it on purpose.  Sounds hilarious!!!  Two hours?!?!?! How much did he eat?  They must absorb foods more quickly, they have a very short intestinal tract compared to omnivores/herbivores.

[zaorr]

Did he look like this?

[JD1stTimer]

ROFLMAO!!!!!

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Wow, you should have taken a video.  I know it's mean, but you didn't do it on purpose.  Sounds hilarious!!!  Two hours?!?!?! How much did he eat?  They must absorb foods more quickly, they have a very short intestinal tract compared to omnivores/herbivores.

Hehe, I should have filmed it...

Anyhoo, he ate about four leaves worth, there were nibbles all over the plant. He weighs about 8(?) pounds, so that is alot of salvia for him. Lesson learned, and now I keep my plants a bit less accessible to animals in my house.

And woah. That kitty has a pretty darned similar eye expression, but he seems to be smiling, which my cat was Definitely not doing. He probably didn't realize he was a living organism at that point. I guess a good way to put it would be, his brain wasn't on mars, he literally was mars.

[Paradoxic]

Damn, thats quite interesting that the cat tripping out that much. This would give support to the theory that salvinorin A is produced in the plant as a defense against herbivores or any other animals that might try to eat it.

[MstryShovel]

Damn, thats quite interesting that the cat tripping out that much. This would give support to the theory that salvinorin A is produced in the plant as a defense against herbivores or any other animals that might try to eat it.

and us silly humans eating it for fun!

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Damn, thats quite interesting that the cat tripping out that much. This would give support to the theory that salvinorin A is produced in the plant as a defense against herbivores or any other animals that might try to eat it.

and us silly humans eating it for fun!

Indeed...

So over the past few days I have adapted my window plant to my rooms humidity, her leaves are a bit curly now, but doing fine in general. Extra misting seems to be key at the moment. I've also notice that on my other plant, the trichomes are really large now, about the length and width of this underscore (   _   ). Salvinorin was found to be primarily located in the trichomes IIRC, so could this be a sign of greater potency? I'm hoping to finally have pictures by tonight(really this time) so I'll make sure to get some shots of them.

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Heres the pics...


My window plant, finally adapted to room conditions, about 20% humidity and 65-75 degrees F.

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Another view..

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Yet another view..

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My stick plant, no matter what, it just will not die. And thats a morning glory sprout climbing up it.

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And heres the cool stuff. Those trichomes are huge to me, does anybody have a plant with leaves like this? Is this a sign of greater potency?