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Next grow-What seeds?

Yeah, hi to all who pass by and read this. Many thanks up front for any views or replies. Now this sounds like a simple Q but I am getting nowhere trying to decide which strain I should grow next? I am halfway through my first ever grow and am feeling like I would like to continue with this little pastime I have begun! The sheer numbers of strains that are being grown, however, has left my head spinning. For my first grow I went with a stable strain that I have been familiar with for many a year as a smoker, Skunk #1 from Dutch Passion. Out of a bag of 10 beans I have ended up with 4, decent looking, female plants that have hitherto done what they are supposed to when they are supposed to do it. I may try to grow a couple of clones from the best all round female of the 4 I have but really want to try something a bit more exotic.

I am really considering the 'Orange Bud' from Dutch Passion and will most def give it a whirl sometime. I like the look of the slim plants with few leaves and bud that grows mainly down the main stem. Am I right in thinking these are 'Indicas'?

Back in the day, when growing under artificial lights was in its infancy, I used to get real nice Thai that was a kind of dark gold colour and an amazing aroma. Is gear from that region indica too?

I think that AK48 is a strain I am on about but ain't sure. It would be better for the limitations of my particular grow set up if I had a strain that characteristically grows tall and slim as opposed to one that gives shorter, bushier plants!

The nicest I have ever had (maybe not the strongest, but all round qualities) was many a year ago and, I reckon, came out of the Carribean. I got it off a yardie I used to go check at a pool hall in London round the corner from a front line but he called everything either 'Red Beard' or 'Lambs Breath', even if it was fucking hermied, birds nest bush from Malawi or something. If I could grow something like that (not the hermie birds nest bush-nooooo :spank: ) I would be in heaven but ain't really clued up enough to know what to get.

Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions for my second grow, I would be keen to hear them. Something that isn't too much rocket science but a good, different smoke!

peace all

bun2 :rasta:
 
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Americangrower

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Well if you trim the lower branches off and don't top before flowering most sativa/indica hybrids will work..





Ak48 would work.. so would a Shiva or NL..depending on what phenos you got..

HomeGrown fantasy or Flying Dutchman :headbange
 

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hey if you want to go with an somewhat inexpinsive but yet great quality you can go with mandalas genetics and go with Speedqueen or there stronger strain Shatu witch they did a toxicoligy report on it was over 28% thc and i dont care where your from that some stoney shit. i have there hashberry growing as we speek and i am falling in love with it. grows very fast and even with great resitances to heat over/underwatering and all other types of abuse. if it were me i would have started growing mandala a long time ago. its ur money but why pay extra for seeds that arnt as good to smoke. Just my opinion....."

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Phenos???

Phenos???

Americangrower said:
Well if you trim the lower branches off and don't top before flowering most sativa/indica hybrids will work..





Ak48 would work.. so would a Shiva or NL..depending on what phenos you got..

HomeGrown fantasy or Flying Dutchman :headbange

Right americangrower. I got access to both of those seed banks so will go and see how much they are asking for those two particular strains. I am only 6 weeks old in terms of growing so am gonna have to go and research 'phenos' and generally get a bit more clued up to the whole strain/hybrid/pheno etc thang! Right now I am sruggling a bit with the grow I got going on so my mind is preoccupied with the state of the plant I put on 12/12 after 7 days 24/0 in my veg cab. I dunno if it is just me wanting to be seeing massive buds and top cola after only 2 and a half weeks of it starting to flower though so am not too concerned. About those seeds you mentioned. NL is a must I reckon and yes, the best NL I had when I spent 3 months in Amsterdam was from the Home Grown Fantasy coffe shop. It was many a year ago (those years of my late teens are just a haze as I was really sampling lifes pleasures to the max) but I can't pinpoint the exact. I know it was when Nelson Mandela got released cos we all had a bit of a party at Dam Square that night. The Dutch even threw a bank holiday to celebrate the mans freedom (and so they should have done, what with their connections to Suid Afrika). So, anyway, there wasn't as many strains available back then and I can't recall seeing any 'Shiva' or 'AK' strains.

Cheers for replying m8! Any advice is taken with thanks!

peace all

bun2
 

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MR. PISTON IS RIGHT

MR. PISTON IS RIGHT

GO WITH GENETICS THAT ARE PROVEN AND RELIABLE. MANDALA HAS SOME GREAT AND EASY TO GROW HIGH QUALITY GEAR. YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG WITH ANYTHING FROM DJ.SHORT EITHER. LOOK AT YOUR SPACE LIGHTING AND DESIRE. SUMMER IS ON THE WAY. BEFORE IT'S OVER YOU COULD HAVE SOME SERIOUS BEACH CRUESIN FOSSIL FINDEN STUFF! OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO WAKE UP ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR WATERBED! GET A REAL STRONG INDICA. :joint:
 
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Mrpiston38 said:
hey if you want to go with an somewhat inexpinsive but yet great quality you can go with mandalas genetics and go with Speedqueen or there stronger strain Shatu witch they did a toxicoligy report on it was over 28% thc and i dont care where your from that some stoney shit. i have there hashberry growing as we speek and i am falling in love with it. grows very fast and even with great resitances to heat over/underwatering and all other types of abuse. if it were me i would have started growing mandala a long time ago. its ur money but why pay extra for seeds that arnt as good to smoke. Just my opinion....."

Mr.P


Yes Mr P. Again, I have access to the Mandala seed bank so am gonna go have another look at what they have on offer. I am glad you have given them a good endorsement because they are considerably cheaper than, for eg, Dutch Passion, Mr Nice, etc seeds. I can't recall seeing 'Shatu' but will be having a gander soon.

Oh yeah, what do yourself, americangrower (if you check back here of course), and anyone else reckon to the 'feminised' seeds that are out there? I have a site bookmarked that claims to sell single 'feminised' seeds from DP. At about £5 each, they are expensive but if a female is guaranteed I would be tempted to give one a whirl. The trouble is that I have read a few reports which claimed these seeds are really prone to producing hermies. One such report was from a seriously seasoned grower who 10 out of 10 DP fem seeds go hermie. He grows in a 'bud box' which he said has no light leaks so blamed it all on his not waiting for 'normal' seeds (out of stock) of the strain (think it was Orange Bud) and going with the 'feminised' version! Now I could lose ~£5, no dramas at all. If I had a hermie, however, that stealth pollenated my 'real' ladies, it would be major dramas! Big time.

Any views on the subject of 'fem' seeds?

many many thanks for all views, replies, and all that,

peace all

bun2
 
Yes m8

Yes m8

farmerlion said:
GO WITH GENETICS THAT ARE PROVEN AND RELIABLE. MANDALA HAS SOME GREAT AND EASY TO GROW HIGH QUALITY GEAR. YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG WITH ANYTHING FROM DJ.SHORT EITHER. LOOK AT YOUR SPACE LIGHTING AND DESIRE. SUMMER IS ON THE WAY. BEFORE IT'S OVER YOU COULD HAVE SOME SERIOUS BEACH CRUESIN FOSSIL FINDEN STUFF! OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO WAKE UP ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR WATERBED! GET A REAL STRONG INDICA. :joint:


Yes farmerlion. Summer is on the way m8 and I would be happy with anything as long as it doesn't involve paying way too much to a jumped up, powder proud, (this term is used in UK for dealers who let the status they think their chosen profession gives them go to their heads, thus become arrogant, and treat punters like shit-especially those purveyors of nose candy-fecking evil stuff: and I say that from bitter, bitter, costly, experience) spotty, teenage server for shite weed full of sand that is supposed to fool people into thinking it is THC crystals! Ooops, sorry! Back on track now!!! I have been contemplating finishing one or two fems outside in a secluded spot in my back garden. I could easy get away with a few Lowryder#2s, for instance. For the purely indoor grows, it looks like it is gonna be something from Mandala. It also looks like an Indica as I am a great fan of the 'couch lock' physical hit if that is what they give up!

cheers again farmerlion

peace all

bun2
 

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BUN2SKLYF

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I LIKE THE INDICAS ALSO. DARKSIDE OF THE MOON AND SOME TRIPPY BLACKLIGHT POSTERS...WOW... I'M GOING TO DO SOME SATIVA DOM. FIRST. I HAVE ONE STRAIN SHARKBREATH THAT IS 80% INDY&20 JAMAICAN SAT. IT'S TO EASY FOR ME TO CURL UP IN THE FETAL POISION AND ENJOY COUCH SURFIN. I'LL SURF AGAIN NEXT WINTER WHEN IT'S TO COLD TO GO OUTSIDE. LOL :rasta:
 

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there are 2 sites that really cary Mandala and one is there own web page where i think at this time they may be offering fem 5 packs i think @ Mandalaseeds.com. and seedbay also has mandala. and i was worng about the Sadhu its was satori that had the 28% thc rating gl friend
 

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MRPISTON

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MANDALA HAD A REPORT THAT MIKE WAS SICK. THEY WOULD'NT BE SUPPLYING FRESH STOCK TILL HE WAS BETTER. SEEDBAY AND BOUTIQUE ARE PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT. I DO HAVE TWO PACKS OF THE FEM. COMING. I AM PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO CROSS IT WITH ONE OF THE BLUE TO SEE HOW PRETTY A GIRL I WOULD GET. THIER OWN SHOP IS WELL STOCKED AND YOU CAN BUY DIRECT FROM THEM. :rasta:
 

Mrpiston38

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i am making my own cross of a strain called Earlygirl male and a Hashberry fem and see what i get.. earlygirl was one of the best smokes ive ever had other then my BB witch is now in reveg and is get breeded as well.. who did you get the fem packs from?
 

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FEM PACKS

FEM PACKS

I WENT TO MANDALASEEDS.COM $70 FOR 10 SEEDS. THEY SAID 1 PACK PER PERSON AND THEY WERE LIMITED. I OREDERED 2 ANYWAY THEY CONFIRMED THE ORDER I CRACKED A BEER! :joint:
 

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