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News Joint Grow Journal 12: SCROG

Illinois News Joint Posted on July 26, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 12: SCROG

After straying a little off course with News Joint Grow Journal 11: Cuts and Clones, I return to my five plants after performing Kyle Kushman’s suppercropping and Chiropractics in Grow Journal 10. For Grow Journal 12: SCROG, I focus on … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 11: Cuts and Clones

Illinois News Joint Posted on July 13, 2021 by Illinois EdNovember 26, 2024
News Joint Grow Journal 11: Cuts and Clones

While pruning and preparing to attempt the Kushman chiropractic techniques as mentioned in Grow Journal 10, I wanted to experience taking cuts and creating clones during my first grow. Besides practice and learning more about my growing plants, I knew … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 10: Kushman’s “Chiropractics”

Illinois News Joint Posted on July 4, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 10

I ended Grow Journal 9 with low stress training my five plants by bending and hooking the braches with coated wire that I’d poked through the side of my 5-gallon fabric pots. I rearranged the plants for different exposure from … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 9: Low Stress Training

Illinois News Joint Posted on June 27, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 9

I left off Grow Journal 8 with topping my five plants (Steve’s Dream Queen, Amnesia Lemon, Blood Diamond OG, Prayer Pupil, and Swabi Pakistani 3) with photos taken May 4 (two weeks into vegetation). I probably should have topped each … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 8: Topping

Illinois News Joint Posted on June 18, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 8: Topping

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 7 with my five resilient plant bouncing back (with a photo taken April 27) after I’d corrected the pH balance and transplanting them. The next couple weeks were the smoothest and least stressful … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 7: Transplanting

Illinois News Joint Posted on June 5, 2021 by Illinois EdMarch 7, 2025
Joint Grow Journal 7: Transplanting

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 6 with me believing I might have let my genetics sponsors (Mass Medical Strains) and partners (Aroma Grow Store and Homegrown Cannabis Co.) down because the leaves on my seedlings were yellowing. I … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 6: Grow Anxiety

Illinois News Joint Posted on May 29, 2021 by Illinois EdMarch 7, 2025
News Joint Grow Journal

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 5 with my parenting instincts to protect and nature my five plants on five-alarm-fire mode. But the next couple weeks of my first grow did not go as planned. At first, the five … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 5: Germination and Planting

Illinois News Joint Posted on May 21, 2021 by Illinois EdMarch 7, 2025
News Joint Grow Journal

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 4 with my excitement about the five specifically tailored medical strains I had received for my first grow. The next step: germination. March 28 at 5 AM, I soaked the five feminized seeds … Continue reading →

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Meme: Depths of writing grow journals

Illinois News Joint Posted on May 17, 2021 by Illinois EdMay 18, 2021
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We meme again! We created a meme for News Joint Grow Journal. More new journal entries are coming soon. For more original ILNJ memes, click here.

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News Joint Grow Journal 4: Seeds

Illinois News Joint Posted on May 11, 2021 by Illinois EdMarch 7, 2025
Grow Journal Seeds

As someone who has reviewed several Illinois strains and read nearly as many lab test results for strains, I knew exactly which specific genetics I wanted to grow and why. However, as mentioned in News Joint Grow Journal 2, Illinois … Continue reading →

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