Stoner's Spring '06

[clear and blue]

i may be mistaken but werent you talking about an early may harvest to begin with? too cold for ya?

im bringing my 1 remaining fem (for the moment- more to come hopefully) inside around 7, half 7 every night and putting out again around 10 or 11 when it is fully dark outside. i guess at this point i could leave it to nature but in my mind i see it being easier to trigger a reveg (afterwards) if the photoperiod change is more drastic..

it turns out this is a turkish strain that i have NOT already grown. it has the haze like staggered nodes and a strange (to me anyway) angles on the nodes...


am i right about the haze stagger thing? just looking at her makes me think haze (despite the squat size and haphazard growth). i remember hearing the phrase "alternating nodes" and not knowing what this means, coupled with a bad memory im a little lost...

you wouldnt think i havent had a smoke in 4 months... just cant for the life of me remember whether all plants stagger like that or if its just haze.. all i know is that i associate the particular look of the nodes on this plant with haze.

ever come across the 160ish degree before? it almost looks like a whorled phillothingy without the 3rd leaf set.. im sorry about this mess of a post..

 

[Captain Skunk]

C and B, Alternating nodes are an indication that the plant is maturing. All strains exibit the same characteristic.

Some strains mature faster than others, but they all end up with alternating nodes.

good luck

 

[Stoner133]

...werent you talking about an early may harvest to begin with? too cold for ya?...

Yes I was, but that plan was scrapped when my test plant froze to -5C. My fault, the overnight forcast was 1C so I took the chance. They missed by 6 degrees.

She went back into the tub to recover and has survived. She will be flowered again with this batch.

Good answer Cappy, it's a sign the plant if fully mature.

 

[clear and blue]

thanks for clearing that up CS. still looks hazy to me.. although i now know its not because of the alternating nodes

must be tough stoner, growing in such unpredictable conditions. i guess its all lessons learned.. maybe a heated greenhouse would do the trick but you cant know until you try

no ideas on the 160ish degree nodes? its such a messy wild looking strain. the other day i potted it on to a 10L pot and by the time the first watering had dried there were already fat&healthy roots showing through the holes in the bottom. insane considering the plant itself is only around 8 inches tall.

heres hoping that the quality balances out the pathetic growth (excluding roots of course which are obviously loving the cheap chemical nutes). i guess that should be proof alone that this thing shouldnt look in the least bit hazy.. indoors a kali cutting can be flowered at 5 inches and finish at 4 foot

 

[Stoner133]

Happy 4/20 everybody.

The LUI original plants. The two on the left have regenerated for a couple months, The two on the right are from an early February start.


Getting pretty crowded in there.



A few quick snips and a dunk into the rooting compound. Filled the 25 jiffy pots nicely. The plants will have 6 and 7 main colas.

 

[Captain Skunk]

Your LUI's are looking great stoner. The supplemental sunshine, has your Feb starts looking much better than mine. My LUi's are at day 14 of 12/12 and still no sign of sex.
I'm expecting them to show, any second now!

I noticed the grass is a little greener under your pots in this pic. It must be getting closer to summer in stonerville!

enjoy

 

[pipeline]

Healthy looking girls there. So will that be 3 harvests in one year off those LUI's from this winter? Not too bad for being 50 degrees N

 

[Stoner133]

Spring has sprung in the North.

I am keeping a close eye on the LUI f2 plant. I want to believe that wee bump looks more female then male, but time will tell.

They are doing well with the Sunlight despite the low temperatures they endure. In the morning, I wait until the temp hits 36-40F, usually by 10:00 AM. This morning, the overnight temp stayed above freezing, they are getting morning Sunlight at 36F and I expect another fine 60F day.

 

[trybud]

i veg a few plants starting late dec. and put out early march...usually...this year with all the grey skies,cold temps and the constant rain stunted my crop and im calling it a total bust..the flowers are looking nice but way smaller and leafier than normal..gonna be good charity smoke and hash material tho

 

[WAMEN]

Right! some good Hash ...

 

[Stoner133]

...this year with all the grey skies,cold temps and the constant rain stunted my crop and im calling it a total bust..the flowers are looking nice but way smaller and leafier than normal..gonna be good charity smoke and hash material tho

Pretty nice looking plants in spite of the poor weather. I had to pull the plug on the natural light plant when it hit -5C.

With a bit of luck, you will get a couple weeks of kick ass weather between now and early May. That's what I am hoping for.

 

[WAMEN]

yeah ...
hey...will you blaze something in the next 5 mins?

 

[Virginbudgrower]

Spring

Spring

Spring has sprung in the North.

Flowers kissed in morning mist
will soon enlist the springtime trist
with moments stolen. Her calyx swollen
with pistles open, is just a token
of things to come.

The time is right. Erupt in white
just as she likes to keep it tight.
It's what she needs to make her breed
and nuture seeds. It's life in deed,
and I love it.

yada yada...you get the picture

Happy Spring

Nice plants, my freind ! My plants look great too. I have 6 outside, just wondering if they will show or keep vegging ..I'll just wait and see . I have another 25 or so in waiting :smile:

xo vbg

 

[Stoner133]

Thank you for that lovely poem, you have always had the talent.

Will they show outdoors? I suspect they will, but they will not have time to develop before early May and they should regenerate nicely for the rest of the Summer.

This winter, I grew seedlings in flowering light conditions. They showed at 23 days and I switched them back to vegetative lighting. Those are the tall plants in the tub.

And... My LUI f2 is female.

 

[Captain Skunk]

Great garden Trybud!

Great poem VBG.....nothing rymes with yada yada!

My LUI's scored 1-1-1. I have one very healthy male, one healty female and one Hermie.

In all my years growing, I can count the number of hermies on one hand. The hermie will be discarded and the male has been placed in a corner of the yard and will be harvested when the flowers start to drop pollen. I'm going to put see if I can freeze it for later in the season.

I'll collect it in a small jar and add silica to dry it out for a few days. It's time to stop wating males and start making my own beans for personal use.

Enjoy!

 

[Stoner133]

The presence of the hermi doesnt come as a surprise. The parent generation included 3 hermis counting my frost bitten plant that now appears female.

Got my fingers crossed for the f2 plant, it has pistils and nothing that resembles anthers, yet.

Fried flour is another desiccating agent for long term storage. A calm day and a #1 paint brush will do the trick.

 

[Captain Skunk]

stoner can you explain the fried flour?
Does it get stored with the pollen or do you have to seperate after it has absorbed the excess moisture?

thanks

 

[WAMEN]

stoner...how do you fry the flour...?

 

[Stoner133]

It was something Bushy Old Grower posted. Wheat flour, heated on a frying pan until slightly browned, then cooled and mixed with the fresh pollen then sealed for storage.

Any residual moisture is absorbed by the flour.

Collecting fresh pollen is has to be done where you have no circulation. If the air is moving, the pollen is carried way. You collect the pollen that drops straight down and that may be mixed with discarded bracts. Clean the obvious bits before mixing with the flour.

When the time comes to play Johnnie Pot Seed, unseal the envelope and use a artist paint brush to transfer tiny amounts of flour/pollen to the selected bud(s). If you have to do it outdoors, pick a calm day or plan on doing every plant in range.

The plant that survived the frost, a suspected hermi, has been culled. It showed pistils early, but was definitely a male.

That leaves me 3 plants in 8" containers for one tub. Fit is pretty good, but I could get more root space with growbags.

 

[WAMEN]

later dude