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MotherLode Gardens 2016

mako44

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Shcrews (or anyone) what would you do ? I would like to make the bodhi BBHP -some of my main plants this yr! I had 2 pks of seeds , BUT i used one hole pk last yr & got only males yes like 10 males , So i still have i pk , Would you try again (because its probably from same batch) Of order a new pk ? What do you thing ? THanx for your advice!
 

mako44

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PS ,I really dont think its anything i'm doing,, As i usually get a 50/50 ratio, & once i grew bog Sour strawberry,, sour bubble , blue kush, & got 9 females & 1 male !!
 

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Shcrews (or anyone) what would you do ? I would like to make the bodhi BBHP -some of my main plants this yr! I had 2 pks of seeds , BUT i used one hole pk last yr & got only males yes like 10 males , So i still have i pk , Would you try again (because its probably from same batch) Of order a new pk ? What do you thing ? THanx for your advice!

Do both.
 
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Shcrews (or anyone) what would you do ? I would like to make the bodhi BBHP -some of my main plants this yr! I had 2 pks of seeds , BUT i used one hole pk last yr & got only males yes like 10 males , So i still have i pk , Would you try again (because its probably from same batch) Of order a new pk ? What do you thing ? THanx for your advice!
Plant 'em. Packs mean nothing. Each individual seed has a 50-50 chance of being either sex.
 

Shcrews

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Schrews, two questions:

1) You're popping seeds sometime this month, then putting them in a greenhouse which I assume has supplemental lighting (how many watts and hours?). What date do you put them in your mounds without supplemental light?

2) I have 300 gal pots of low quality soil-- $50/yd soil. Nutrified redwood, pumice, not sure what else but not really amended, mostly for chemical ferts. What do you think is my best option on a budget for getting better results this year? Should I dump this soil completely and opt for a cheaper version of coots like you did, but only use 150 gal of cootz soil? Or should I reserve 100 gal of the low quality soil and mix it with 100-150 gal of the cheaper cootz soil? Or should I just order a mix of amendments and amend my soil?

It's going to be annoying as hell this year with the bobcat since I have no room to get in between pots. Gonna have to either dump the the whole pot, every pot, and refill, or wheelbarrow loads of new soil or amendments to each pot.

1. I dont use any supp lighting. Starts go in the ground in the last half of may when they are all sexed

2. Get some good soil. You can pull decent weight from 100 or 150gal pots with good soil
 

mako44

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Shcrews ,Just to let you know I grew 3 cornbread bubbas & 2 burkle 2.0 plants, The Burkle 2.0 plants stayed very !! very!! small !!, It was very strong, but not the best bag appeal eather , & the cornbread bubba plants were large but very foxtail buds that did not want to thicken much, just not to impressive on the looks side (actually poor ),, I'm not sure if you know someone else that had better results or not , But Im just letting you know so we can all help each other here !! Also did a og18 from DNA that was only 1 plant but was very small also, Good but too small plant ! also 2 DNA kosher kush plants that were huge but one ok the other was crap plant (almost worthless), but did 1 DNA holy grail that was medium size but Real nice & cured smell was Top top notch ( i mean really really good )!!! O & when i say small plants ,i mean they were started early but never grew , when all others in patch did ! On other hand all Bodhi plants grew huge & xlnt all around, Also raskals plants have always done great especially wifi & white master , White super skunk, , Just trying to help !
 

mako44

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I would like to try some other strains as well this yr ,,,Just wondered if you have herd of any of the others from your list on page 2 That have actually been grown outdoors & large size ? What i mean is like proven by someone who grows big plants outdoors ,
 

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no most of them are unproven except for the bodhi's and the stuff from South Fork , Ganja Rebel, and Mendo seeds

i like to try new strains though. i grew out a bunch of bodhi's in 2014 when they were unproven outdoors but they got huge and potent, and now a lot of outdoor big plant guys are thinkin about growing bodhi seeds
 
I had really low yield with Burkle as well. The bubbas don't yield well unfortunately but are fun to run on the side.

Ganja Rebel is ok, good yields. Was impressed by HSO's Green crack, may try some of other stuff. Want to give South fork's maximus a try. Ran roughly 10 chemical weapons in a dep and got all herms, hoping that they got the kinks worked out. Would love to run Mendo seeds and Bodhi.
 

plantingplants

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Anyone have any tips on high yield quality feminized seeds? I tried HSO's green crack as well and I've seen it do great, but I want something different. I can't afford the cost or space to do non-fem and grow double the already doubled amount I need.

Thanks for the info, Shcrews.

So by mid April when they're sexually mature they don't start wanting to flower, without supplemental lighting?

How many gallons in soil do you put them in until they go into the ground? Do you up-pot or just put the seedlings right in their final container before the mound?
 

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So by mid April when they're sexually mature they don't start wanting to flower, without supplemental lighting?

How many gallons in soil do you put them in until they go into the ground? Do you up-pot or just put the seedlings right in their final container before the mound?

plants from seed usually start to flower outdoors around august, regardless of when the seeds were sprouted. this is one reason why i grow from seed, no worries about preflowering

seeds are sprouted directly in 4x4inch pots or red cups, vegged indoors under t5's for about 2 weeks. then they are transplanted into 5-10gal pots until they are sexed and planted in their final home
 

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im going to get a soil consultation from buildasoil, i think its worth it. unfortunately they only use logan labs test results, and i sent my soil somewhere else, so i will need to send in new samples. i dont think the whole process will take long though.

sprouting seeds tomorrow!!!

got some work to do. building greenhouses, mixing soil. also have to order my stuff from AEA. im going to order some swirskii mites too i think. cant be too careful
 
Nice. I think I'm going to do the same thing with buildasoil until I get a better hang of it all. Grab the cover crop and the essential oil mix too.

Swirkiis kick ass. I havent sprayed in almost a week and see zero broads. Fuck 'em.
 

mako44

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Congrats on the seed starting,, YA Thats exciting!!! !!!

Congrats on the seed starting,, YA Thats exciting!!! !!!

Ps don't forget the AO seeds were tricky , & good luck, :woohoo::woohoo:
 

mako44

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Same thing with me whatever time they are started they always start to flower about aug 1st up to 10 th,, last yr a few were 2 weeks earlier though, & sativa dom strains may be aug 20th
 

mako44

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Hey Shcrews I think i remember you saying you do NOT top any of yours ,, TO me they look so wide they look topped many times ???,, I always top mine 3-4 times & they end up at 11 to 12 ft ,,, Some of mine are wide too but not as wide as yours !!! DO you top them & how many times per plant ?
 
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