The Temple: Tropical Greenhouse

[PazVerdeRadical]

hello bonecarver and kayaman, i hope all is good.

the native soil is real good, it can be a bit acidic on some areas but a little lime goes a long way. the soil is very black and soft and rich in organic matter, there are stones/rock in the ground too, but they do not interfere. the area is very agricultural, produces many vegetables and fruits.

the past few days some kind of intertropical storm (whatever that means, that is what the meteorologists said) concentrated tons of clouds around the area, the main road to get to the area is now closed because of 'mud avalanches', a few dozens of people lost their home and everything... i don't know when will this be fixed and so haven't been able to go up to check on the plants.
i sure hope everything gets cleaned up and that the affected people receive the proper help.
much peace!

 

[Mad Scientist]

Ouch. Hope you, your greenhouse and the ladies will be fine. And those people affected by the mudslides too of course! Take care Paz!

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

hola mad scientist, thanks for your well wishes!

here's some pictures of a strain i got by mistake called dark vader from bluehemp

this first plant is about 6 weeks old, it grew about 6 inches tall and started to flower the smell is wonderful though, but its resistance to pests is rather weak.



these are also darkvader but they are about 2 weeks old, i am hoping to make f2s out these 5 plants if possible, see if they acclimatize well.



here's a colombian bag seed that stretched and has been flowering for about 30 days, it was also pollinated by 2 swazi red males.





and here's some pictures i took a few mornings ago, it was such a beautiful day, at one point the moon and the sun where looking directly at each other around 10am! but taking a pic of that event is a bit hard, these pics were taken about 8am eariler that day:

check out the moon here


the moon here as well








much peace!

 

[Guest]

wow, awesome thread paz! im so envious of you guys and your tropical climates!

 

[muddy waters]

nice update paz, beautiful shots. i'm wishing you luck with those dark vaders, did you ever try to get bluehemp to correct your order by the way?

 

[medjool]

so beautiful Paz....

 

[Mad Scientist]

Yeah I was a little "awe'd" but those were my thoughts exactly...

¡Mucho éxito Paz!

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

highandlonesome, greetings man, you can always come down here and stay at a very similar
place anywhere in the andes range for any time you want, it is very economic if you have euros, pounds or dollars,
colombia is nice for tokers btw.

boa tarde muddy waters, obrigado.
the bluehemp seeds i got from an austrian vendor, not directly from bluehemp, i wrote them about it
but they never wrote me back, so they are just kids selling seeds which makes me question the
quality of them, maybe i should e-mail bluehemp and ask if these guys do carry their gear? i dunno, it is just crazy.
out of 4 lebanese i germed, 1 never came out of the soil and 3 were very sickly premature males. i still have 6 beans left
but i am going to wait a bit to germ them. so far the darkvaders are not impressing me, have grown better indicas, perhaps these
are hard to grow strains or something? i dunno.

medjool, thank you hope all is good.
thank you mad scientist, exito to you as well!

paz everyone. be good

 

[Kayaman]

Hola Paz.....great pics and great avatar
"The Conquering lion of the tribe of judah shall break every chain"
do you like reggae music??

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

saludos kayaman, gracias! your avatar ain't that bad either
roots, rock reggae yes man, i like a lot of reggae music, i listen to a lot of kinds of music, it is my love along side the herb what are some of the musicians/bands you like at the moment?
peace

 

[pipeline]

Great shots paz, looks like the girls blend in pretty well down there.

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

yes they do pipeline, it is amazing how well some of the native flora just camoflaugues things so well and nice. during dry season you have to try to water the surrounding vegetation though. which is a pain in the ass but doable and dry season at certain micro climates like that one is real light.
thank you for stopping by.
peace

 

[Kayaman]

hi paz, I love reggae music...big marley fan
right now i like GROUNDATION and SOLDIERS OF JAH ARMY great roots music and power liyrics they are from USA
keep it cool my friend

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

going to check those two bands out, ty kayaman. i like an album by midnite called 'let live' and another called 'a different age' by niyorah, alright stuff. marley is the master no doubt. peace man

 

[muddy waters]

paz que tal? that is a sad story my man, i had my hopes up for the bluehemp landraces. i make one seed purchase per year and a couple weeks ago i almost pulled the trigger one or two of them. i guess i'm glad i didn't.

perhaps though you got old seed? if i were you i would email bluehemp about your experience, he responded to several of my emails. maybe he can reimburse you somewhat? or could it be that your climate is too different from the swiss one he's breeding in?

anyway i think i'm saving my pennies for when the bsc store opens up - i'm sure you can feel me no?

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

not much mr. muddy how is it going?
i never ordered directly from bluehemp though, i ordered from an austrian site. the guy with whom i exchanged e-mails was very nice and all. but after i got my order with the wrong seeds and i wrote them back, they never answered. so i think to e-mail the guys at bluehemp is a bit too out of the way, as they are not responsible for the mess up. so i am letting this one go, i was too hasty in buying afterall.
although ultimately, i think what you say may be the truth, which is that where they are breeding these bluehemp seeds is a climate way too different from where i am. it is a long journey towards finding the proper strains for one's climate, uh? btw, i am also awaiting for bsc, the colombians do great out here for sure. how is your climate muddy man?
much peace man.

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

happy new year everyone

happy new year everyone

hello

here i will show you how the darkvaders have grown:

3 darkvader males, they all stretched very much and had little vigor.



2 darkvader females, these stretched less and showed more vigor.





this is a cutting from a colombian bagseed, it is in full flower and it is carrying seeds from 2 swazi red males. hopefully the seeds will be ready to be harvested along the plant in the next several days.





the pictures don't do this plant justice though, as the flowers have a nice purple colours that appears more brownish in my screen, and of course, lack of focus does not help the stem is very purple at some parts of the plant, like the main cola branch.

anyway, be well everyone, much peace and health.

 

[bonecarver_OG]

looking very nice PVR!!

 

[Guest]

The Columbian looks good! the DV ladies too. I know it gets said often but its nice to see some plants enjoying being outdoors when its winter here. Well sort of winter

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

gracias hermano bonecarver i hope the seeds out of the darkvaders come out good and better more well adapted plants grow from them, what would you think?
much peace!