Magnificent! Really, truly beautiful!
I've built the new trellis (on the right) to house one of the DP tester seeds out in my larger Greenhouse, the other trellis (on the left) is for Dubi's PCK x Kali China. Last year I did a Zamaldelica there that ended up being huge but not able to finish.
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Last year Zamaldelica:
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Cheers and thanks again for letting me test your DP!!
Some great pics coming from you Dave. Your camera skills are improving with every shot.
I'm amazed that there's room for roots with all those bamboo stakes in those small pots.I guess it's a good stress test for them.
Good luck to all the testers. Looking forward to see what this plant can do in different grow rooms with different growers at the helm. Really excited to see it grow outdoors.
Peace GG
Nice bamboo you've got growing there. I really like how you've companion planted cannabis with it
In all seriousness though she's absolutely stunning and while the smells you've described coming from her aren't typically the kind I go for I know they're the type that force you to acquire a taste for them. She looks and sounds amazing so I can't wait to see your harvest shots and smoke report on her.
If you want to lose a lot more time to picture editing I highly recommend downloading zerene stacker as one play with extending the depth of field in your macros and you'll be hooked. The only downside is the prices they charge for a legitimate version of the program that's actually limited using a stupid pricing structure and while torrents and registration codes I found online were worthless with a little googlefu you can find a student registration file which will have all the basic functions covered until 2025
Welcome Tempes. Thanks for taking the time to explore the thread and for coming out of your lurking. Im glad you've found it worth your time. My ladies are my babies, so I give them lots of TLC!
It requires tending to them every-day no matter if I feel like it or not! Ive introduced growing to some other people, and I hear "its hard-work." even when they're caring for one plant..lol. Im caring for around 40 plants atm, and I dont feel its enough lulz.. Although I absolutely hate transplanting so frequently for so many plants. My only bane!
Stay tuned for more great pics in the future pal!
Thanks for the good laugh Seeded. I hear the cannabis will make the bamboo even more potent when grown next to it!
Its a shame you're not into that terp profile. Its not for everyone, but it provides the STINK factor for sure. Its like a sweet foul rose to me, but to others they might just gag when they sniff it. Im ok with that.
Thanks for the info on stacker. Ive never used any software like that before. Truth is I dont even own a macro lens yet. I get those "macro" shots by cropping a section from another photo. It does a great job at zooming in significantly to where we can see individual resin glands.The trick is to zoom in on the larger pic and find a nice clear closeup, then zoom back out, and crop that section you located.
I wonder what would happen if I cropped a true macro shot..Ill have to try that out when I get a macro lens someday. Maybe you could try it out Seeded? You seem to enjoy playing with photo editing software as much as I do.
I hear you on that! I currently tend to 5 beautiful ladies, and they take up about 1-2 hours MINIMUM every day.
They definitely like to be cared for and loved. I am learning a lot from you and the other OGs over here
I've had my fair share of foul smelling strains and can really appreciate them from time to time but I do prefer the sweeter and fruiter types for sure.
I too crop my pictures to zoom in but there's no substitute for a macro lens with close up work. I've got a 70-300mm lens for example that says it does macro shots but it only does half size and from a mile away which makes it impossible to get a clear shot. I've bought reversing rings, adapters to connect two lenses together, extension tubes and magnifying lens adapters to try and use physics to cheat a better picture and they're all a waste of money for close up work compared to the dedicated macro lens. Honestly that cropped pic of yours was about as good as I managed with my other lenses but with the macro lens, taking a ton of pictures, editing them all and later stacking them into a single picture I can get pics like this which look amazing but I still get mistakes like the stacking artifact on the far right side.
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The second pic is a 100% cropped section from upper middle just to the left of where the bit of stem is coming down the flower and that's only with a 1:1 macro lens. Canon make a 5:1 macro lens that would make it 5x bigger though it costs $1000+ to buy. You can get much cheaper ones on ebay, especially if you are ok with second hand ones at auction, but even a brand new one like mine will only set you back $300. That is a huge expense but when you factor in your new photo editing hobby that'll now consume all your free time it'll quickly earn it's keep
Hi Dave
It was very nice to read through your thread and see your experiences with these sativa plants.
The look of your durban plants from seed with the huge fat fan leaves made me think that these seeds were from a mislabeled batch and it really did look a lot like PCK. The durbans types that I have grown and seen were all thin leaf plants similar to your thai stick and they can definitely can go purple but its temp related. I'm very interested what the mother / father looked like for that DP afropips. Maybe a S1 would tell us more. The black / purple color from the cobs looks very similar to some brick weed here. The structure of the Durbans also looks indica influenced. I can see some characteristics of the Durbans I know in the type of trichomes, those pointy standup tall ones. The smells of the ones I know can be citrus / lemon / anise / carrot. I haven't tried any south african plants that ever smelled or tasted berry flavor so I suspect that part comes from what ever was introduced to make them look so beefy. The original durban poison was not a landrace plant but rather a poly hybrid of local sativas. It couldn't have been very genetically stable if this was the case and many seed banks made a skunk hybrid to try and tame it.
African herbman found some decent plants of what I would call a real durban poison from wrapped pencil sticks, grew them out (used to post here on IC), sent some to tropical seeds co. They have been growing a Durban line for many years now in Spain. This is the 100% sativa looking plant. Goes purple/black on some pheno. Very electric do-something active high.
A Phylos sample would be cool to see, then everyone will be able to see even if they didn't come across this thread.
Here are some of the pics from tropicalseedsco of their durban for reference:
Durban Poison'70s is a sativa strain from South Africa and one of the rarest pure strains in the world. It’s well known for being the strain used by the warriors of the Zulu tribes and appear in great amount of current best hybrids. It has remained unchanged since the 70's by a small group of South African local growers until we received it a decade ago. Since then, it has been used in hybrids like Durbakistan (Durban x Pakistan) or Durban Punch (Durban x Ciskei) but had never been marketed in pure form. We are currently working to offer this strain in the near future. But as we know the long waits are hard, for that reason we would like to share with you the first steps of our work where we have already found the qualities that have made it famous worldwide !
Strain: Durban Poison’70s
Strain Type: 100% Sativa
Type: Regular, male - female
Hybrid: Pure sativa from South Africa
Flowering times: 80-90 days
Yield: Average
Bouquet: Old school african sativa and fresh mint
Effect: Instant energetic & uplifting high
Developed by: local growers (SA), aeritos (SP) & Charles D. (SP)
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I did a little research on Afropips Durban, and found many posts from different sites I wont mention here... Anyways, Ive found several ppl, posts between 2008-2012ish, and a lot of posts were talking about how it was a short internode, beefy, purple line. Another poster, who seemed like they knew their stuff, was talking about DP, and reminiscing over the "sqaut, wide leaved, head ringer".
Point of my post is not saying anything about the genetics in Afros DP, just that its not without precedence for this line to have these traits. I love talking and reading stuff like this, and find this convo incredibly interesting, but I know nothing of Durban Poison personally. And that I am ready for testers! Got the spot for the vegging plants ready, and by the time I have cuts ready for flower, Ill fill my tent with only DP...
To all the testers, Ive heard it can take upwards of 3 months for tester seeds to go from the Bay to testers. Has Oldpink contacted anyone here regarding safe addies?