I haven’t been updating my blog as promised with plant updates due to some unexpected mishaps. I did manage to post some great pictures to my instagram and twitter of late flower on most of the plants. As you can see they were all great during flower and I was very happy with the variety I decided on. From fabric 65 gal potted trees to my in grown bushes, they all had there own unique colors, smells, and as I will mention later they have their different medical uses as well.
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The set backs first. I have to tell you with my first outdoor grow I was already on my toes for ripper, thieves, then I had a curve ball thrown at me. The city planners had scheduled a storm drainage clean up along the edge of  the neighborhood property line. They city failed to go into the details that there were deforesting all the trees and shrubs exposing my greenhouse. For the last two months I have had to chase off city workers day and night. It got to the point where I was shining my high powerful flashlight at city vehicles parked yards from my greenhouse at 11 pm. I ended up getting a guest in my greenhouse that ended up knocking over my monster Pine Sol as I scared them off.
I was so busy and stressed up righting and anchoring a flowering 7 ft tree that I never bothered to take pictures. I also never mentioned it over social media so not to provoke or give anyone else ideas. With bungee cords, tape, and rope I managed to get her up righted without further stress. Unfortunately her lean was still crowding the AK-48 and both were above 7 ft tall and in full flower.
I decided to let them ride the month out closely monitoring for bud rot or powdery mildew. The challenge was getting air flow and keeping the moisture out of the inside of the plant. For the next 3 weeks the weather was cooperating and no heavy showers or fog but the last few weeks were not great. The early morning fog was rolling in and wasn’t burning off till late afternoon. A week of that and I knew I had no choice it was time to start cutting.
The Pine Sol was needing to be harvested due to the fact that I couldn’t afford it to cause mold on the AK-48 both my biggest producers. The Pine Sol was looking fire with huge trichomes but half the heads were mostly clear with the odd amber trichome on the outer leaves most likely due to stress. I was still very happy with the yield and the out come of the buds. I decided since it was an early girl and the mid and lower buds were still so loose I would freeze half the plant. So I have few lbs of straight Pine Sol buds ready for processing. Â I harvested and trimmed mostly by myself with help
from my patient every now and then. I had a system of lines up to hang up branches. Once they were filled I sat down and removed the fan leaves and placed the branches in my cardboard drying boxes lined with hemp cord. After 7 days hang in the boxes I hung them in my grow closet that is sealed with my fan on for 5 days of drying then they were cut into buds and trimmed all pretty and jarred up.
My other plants went the same way and timed perfectly apart to allow one plant to be harvested every 5 days one after the other. A full month of harvesting, trimming, and testing some products. Â I am very happy and my patient is very happy with the harvest. The Critical Mass is a dense bud with a sweet candy smell, frosty and a great hybrid. Â The Cinex Wild West clone from The Holistic Choice turn out great. It has the Cinex sativa and earthy flavor characteristics know in the Cinex plant. My Skunk was not so high on the trichome production but the plant grew amazingly and has a unique smell. It does make great edibles. My patient has been making brownies with it so, even though not a great smoke it still has it’s benefits. The mystery strain has a beautiful smell with loud terps and the effects are euphoric and productive so I named it Keith Moon. My Lemon strain wasn’t a huge produce but I got some great lemony buds and plenty of sugar leaf a popcorn buds for hash. My AK-48 was the big surprise.
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My AK-48 grew like a champ letting her Pine Sol sister lean on her for the last weeks of her life. Huge blue and purple sugar leafs started showing and full dense trichome production. Giant smelling colas on every top and the side and bottom growth was huge and fully frosty. Harvesting her was a choir. No frozen this time, she was all cut, hung, trimmed, and jarred. Three weeks of trimming and I was so happy when I loaded my first bowl. I had made sure not to smoke the day before so I could critic the effects. I lit, I smoked I waited… and waited… and waited. I took another hit and I noticed my sinus pressure that’s usually in my head this time of year was clearing up. I shrugged it off and chalked it up to maybe it wasn’t dried yet. I smoked my Pine Sol and immediately felt the effects of my face tingling, strong terps in my noise and pepper heat on the exhale. I was blazed off one hit.  An hour later I decided to give my AK another try. Still feeling the Pine Sol I took a hit and there it was again. My head cleared up and my high from the Pine Sol was gone. I was confused because this was not the  hybrid sativa affect AK-48 is known for.
I decided I would take the AK-48 to my people at The Holistic Choice. Master grower and owner Denise Concannon took a macro look at the bud and said she would test it for me and put it on their shelves. I was a little nervous about seeing the results so I wasn’t in a rush to pick up my money or the results. After a few days of my flowers on the shelves I decided I would head into check out the tests. John “TinMan” Concannon had a little fun with me as I entered the dispensary. With a sad look on his face he said “Hey man… that flower you gave us… 5%”. To tell you I was shocked would be an understatement but before I could say no way. He grinned and said “but it’s at 16% cbd”. I was unbelievably happy when I heard the news. Not only did I grow a beautiful stain but that’s great medicine with 1:3 ratio thc:cbd. Because it is uncharacteristic of the Nirvana AK-48 I get to rename this one off strain. I already had a name in mind. My cousin Sophia pasted in 1991 of Leukemia at the age of 14. So in her honor I named the strain Sophie’s AK and made it affordable for OMMP patients at $7/g which is $3 under market average for CBD flower.
My Pine Sol is also on the shelves at The Holistic Choice on discount. From the beginning my goal was to grow good medicine with natural resources and at low cost. So like Sophie’s AK the Pine Sol is affordable and will get you high as hell with 23% thc. My Blue Mountain strain was not a great producer with leafy buds but it did have an amazingly perfume smell. I am going to try my hand at essential oil extracting with this plant and see what terps I can use for a fragrance for a perfume for cologne.
With OLCC regulation, inspections, and a competitive market Oregon dispensaries have a lot to deal with. In my ventures to dozens of dispensaries and discussions with owners, managers, vendors, and growers, I know that branding and promotion in the key to a successful business. Being transparent is very important in this industry that is still federally illegal. No business that has invested up to a million dollars wants to put products in a dispensary that will erase their brand or participate in questionable activities. So when I walk into a dispensary and am told I can not take pictures or share on social media it raises red flags. When a dispensary tells me they have been fined for posting violations I question their reputation and their understanding of regulations. I also question their public relations ability if their solution to a violation in to limit promotion of their products and vendor brands. 
OMMP extractors have come a long way in techniques and quality. I’ve been lucky enough to come across some talented producers and vendors in and outside dispensaries. 
It’s almost been a year since I last wrote a blog about the 
tested and cured to perfection. The jars of crystallized nugz decorate the back wall of the dispensary room like a forest shinny green. Edibles are available and some of the best vendors are showcased like 
Cup, 
s. House plants keep patients company and occasionally the dispensary therapy dog visits the lobby. Of course what would an Oregon dispensary be without an ATM and a stack of free weed mags. I suggest people pick those mags up their are some great stories and ads in there. The more you educate yourself on the culture the more the culture will open up for you. Also it’s a 
good resource for new strains and growing ideas. T-shirts and hemp necklaces are for sale for non OMMP or the impulse shopper that sees that funny tee they just gotta have.
The donations for flowers range from 
They have great Co2, RSO, Bubble, and Caviar nugz that all come in several strains. Ready to go vape cartridges are a good pick up if you want to keep your smoke on the low low.
Heavy Micro Grow 