TFTC: The Yogi Bogie Do-Si-Do Chat Show

Welcome back, we hope you have had a good week and that your own plants are doing well. Here we are again in the closet with Yogi Bogie for more words of questionable wisdom, it is always a good time to sit and think about the universe and how we fit in. Thank you to Zamnesia, they gave me seeds and I have began to grow and learn, as the seeds have grown I have grown… Now I want to grow all sorts of plants thanks to Zamnesia. Without further preamble, let us enter the closest once more for this weeks episode of “TFTC: The Yogi Bogie Do-Si-Do Chat Show”. ======================================================================== Welcome back friends, sit with me for a while as we explore more of the cycles of life that we all go through. Today I am hoping to talk to you about something that I feel is pertinent to growing and life in general, the times when you feel like giving up or that things are not going perfectly or do not wish to start something without having the perfect situation or time to do it in. As fishermen often say “you will catch nothing if you don’t have your line in the water”. It is a common practice to wait for the perfect moment, using it as a tool of procrastination to continue waiting for things to improve before venturing out, much like when you Do-Si-Do, you might be waiting for the perfect partner or the time when you are secure in your dance capabilities to first begin, however, you will never get to the desired moment without first seizing the moment in front of you. When I first began to grow it was in the toilet of my caravan where I lived. We had an extractor with a filter, some reflective material, a few pots, some nutrients and a light. We thought this to be cutting edge growing, using blurple LEDs to power a life form. I knew nothing about growing weed, it was a very confusing time as the person who bought the seeds thought they were autos and so we kept the lights on 24 hours a day and wondered why after nearly two months no flowers had started to show up… I didn’t even know what flowers were supposed to look like, so it was safe to say that we grew a few Super Silver Haze monsters, they were decent enough to smoke. The people I was growing with soon lost interest, to begin with I was not terribly interested either, but if this was happening in my living space then it would be done right. Little did I know that years down the line my favourite hobby was to grow weed, the true monster that had grown then was my love of cultivating. Now imagine if I had waited, done lots of research and listened to people saying about how you need all the nutrients, better pots, better grow space, perfect humidity, temperature and a ph pen. The cost that is involved in starting the hobby with all of the things I have now would have been daunting. There is no better experience than the act itself, when people apply for a job the person hiring often pays less attention to your grades and schooling and more about what you have done, a recruitment specialist I once knew explained that “if I was to choose between someone fresh out of university gaining their degree in 4 years and a person who spent four years working in the industry with zero qualifications, I will always pick the person with experience.” If it is safe to start something (do not go sky diving without training), then do it! Let the experience guide you to better practices in the future, sometimes you might feel saturated after a grow and want to take a break, my thoughts are that you should never do that, instead, try a different experience and continue to grow but with less effort, put a plant in and don’t train it, maybe try a new technique like SoG or a tiny cup, you will learn something, it won’t be as serious because you are doing it for a bit of fun and in every instance that you make yourself grow, even at a fraction of your normal care or effort, you will get something out of it, whereas 100% of the time when you don't act, you will get nothing from it. This was the story with my last grow, it isn’t on growdiaries because I just wanted to try something different, and so I did. The grow wasn’t amazing, things went wrong, but I have learnt some valuable lessons: never skip foliar applications of bug spray and keep light leaks away. If you apply this to life it will go a little something like this: ask the person on a date, it is just a date, no point worrying about the ideal moment as the moment is right now and you should make the most of it (unless someone is in a bad way, don’t ask after they find out their father died or after a bad accident), if you want to go to the gym then go, even for half an hour, want to learn to sing, use youtube to get you started. In any instance that it wont be destined to failure due to things out of your control, it is better to do than to not do. While you are living your life out there or in the closet growing, you will only ever achieve the balance you seek by taking the opportunities you want, carpe diem friends, life is a cycle and it is better to have funny stories about times you failed than regrets for never trying. What do you want to change? What things do you feel are not ready for? What could you do now and save yourself a lifetime of “what if”? Until next time friends, keep growing, keep experimenting and always look after yourself. ======================================================================== Thankyou for joining us once again, it has been an interesting journey with that person at the helm, not as crazy as trying to visit the wreckage of a ship with a tin can and a playstation controller, but still pretty out there. Thank you once again to Zamnesia for providing the seeds, use the code: ZAMMIGD2023 for further discounts. Until next time my friends, just enjoy the ride and do what you want now! ======================================================================== ZAMNESIA SEEDS - DO-SI-DOS AUTOMATIC Parents - Do-Si-Dos x Ruderalis Genetics - Indica-dominant Auto Flowering Time - 9-10 weeks from seed to harvest THC - 20% CBD - 0-1% Height (Indoor) - Medium Height (Outdoor) - Medium Yield (Indoor) - 550-600 gr/m² Yield (Outdoor) - 100-150 gr/plant Available as - Feminized seeds ================================================================================= Notes: This plant is doing well, there has been a little issue with some bugs, but we quickly ordered some Cannacure and that seems to be helping a little, if they do not fuck off in time then we will have to go down the nuclear route and use peroxide, i would however, prefer not to do that as I want to smoke this stuff, also the soil would be left barren after that and I would need to then add more microbial life… which I do not have, note to self, invest in some. They are getting bigger and as such the watering is going up, currently thinking about getting a sonic humidifier as the humidity is very low, the twice daily spraying helps but also creates extremes where it will be 40% most of the day and then for just a few hours a day will go up to 80-90%. Who knows it is all a process. So watering is up, size is going well and I started some training, just a simple bend after the support for the stem was taken off, I am now trying to monitor the PH levels, keeping it between 6.2 and 6.4 when possible. Let me know if you have any tips or tricks to share, always eager to learn.