Wow, Im liking them all. 6 is definitely epic.
Sorry, i thought i replied to this. Seedstock. I had a PM from the chemist but its on a site that went down.The Hawaiian looks beautiful as well. Is it ffom seed stock or cuttings? Is the information regarding it's heritage from the Brotherhood or is that something your experience with traditional varietals told you? How does she smoke?
[/ICODE]Sorry to hear about the amphetamine effects.
Sorry for the late reply, Jock. No need to apologise for a a lengthy one - very interesting to read about your methodology and projects.
How old, in average, are your sativas when you put them into flower? They from cuttings or seeds?
Doesn't apply to cuttings but I always liked to wait until they were busting to pop before decreasing the light hours. Using multiple pinches and sometimes root pruning (one to two thirds off, depending on what's taken off the top, as you would with re-vegging or making a bonsai mam) to control size. Like those thick old strong stems supporting multiple small tops.
Never made any seeds myself, at least with any real intention. And the people and most of the lines you mention (apart from the Mexican and Colly) aren't familiar to me but....fascinating to see how you've all worked together to create things that are off the beaten track (at least to me but I ain't exactly in the know so excuse me if I mis-speak).
The blueberry parfum does sound lovely and I hope all your work with it pays off. It sounds very different from the blueberry we had though. I guess it is a hybrid? I feel very nostalgic about the old girl....
The only Hawaiian I ever had a go at was the Hawaiian Snow but only a coupla few of seeds and, whilst I liked it, didn't get anything particularly special. Sounds like yours have had some interesting inputs so'll he curious to see what the results end up being.
And thanks to you for preserving these and passing them onFriggin nice
Thank you
Thajks for the reply Jock - as you can tell, I'm not hte best at being prompt myself so your apology was unnecessary. The inof is very useful. And sometimes you just have to be driven by the practicalities and be pragmatic. It's cool that you take your signals from your plants though, rather than some pre-existing schedule which may not be appropriate either ot them or your circumstances.Sorry I didn't reply to this one sooner, life has been very busy of late (hence all the late thread updates)
In answer to the questions- they're all from seed but I can't honestly tell you the age they're at when they go into flower. Tbh I go off how rooted the pots are as well as the height, vigour, time since topping etc. I used to do the standard 4 week veg and in thing but it never worked for me so I focus on a good root mass now and if that means some take a week or two more than others I have to go with it. I'm not a huge fan of a long veg either - even with cobs there's a diminishing return on penetration so putting them in at a few months old and a few feet tall will only result in pruning all my lowers and negating weeks of veg time and electricity cost. These ones went in at less than 12inches tall and I still stripped the lower 4 branches of every plant plus still had popcorn bits below the top 2/3rds.
I also tend to believe there's little use in running tropical sats on a 18/6 schedule beyond the seedling stage unless space constraints dictate it. For example, Panama (which will be reproed early next year) never sees light lengths beyond 13/11 and drops to 11/13 later in the year. Why waste electric when the plants veg fine in low light? I'm also pretty sure the 18/6 caused a Panama male i had to herm because there was no other reason for it.