Check it out.......looks SO cute. Quite a bit of frosty on the leaves already!
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Check it out.......looks SO cute. Quite a bit of frosty on the leaves already!
Very pretty... and I LOVE your new avatar; that is my favorite issue of Teen Girl Squad.
A couple of days ago...
Oh, F yeah!!!
you are one lucky little :):jointsmile:
Picture taken Monday. The second picture is another Mandala #1 that is starting to come-on. It's not purple though.
5 Beans planted. All germed. 2 Females.
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uh oops anyway 2 things r needed to have purple plants ur plant must have propper genetics n root temp must be must be kept cool about 55 df nights n warmer day temps i am breeding a purple indica strain called BlackBerry bud
^ I think it's genetics.
Didn't get around to the purple one today. This one here is very pretty....the "other side" of the genetics.
Diggity-dank?
No, just regular kind...
:D
Looks great... oh F yeah!!!!
that is beautiful!
ill say it again for those schwag smoking idiots
2 things r musts to have any purple plant parts
1. genetics
2. root temp
ill say it again for those schwag smoking idiots
2 things r musts to have any purple plant parts
1. genetics
2. root temp
OFY your pants look great. ok so maybe some pix of the purple 1.
Okay....here we go. The first photo is the purple one. And just like my post on the Leda Unos, it has been outside right at 60 days. Now on this one, I'm pretty sure it needs to be trimmed and re-vegged because growth has all but stopped except for the lower bud clumps that seem to just be filling out. I have convinced myself that I must have mixed my soil "not that great" on this one and re-vegging and putting it directly into the ground is the way to proceed. Thoughts?
The second one is a real beauty. It's about 3 weeks behind the first one and a bit different pheno.....obviously.
what now howd u get em to flower outside before june in the USA
r u just playing with high potheads OFY
Blackberry. I live in Texas at about 31 degrees N. Latitude. Our last frost date is around March 17. I planted 1/2 the seeds Feb 22 and vegged for right at 30 days under 18/6. I started the rest of the seeds a couple of weeks later. I figured that even though the daylight would be increasing, the difference would be enough to initiate flowering and they would flower right on through until around June 1 (60 days).....which they obviously have.
The next step in my plan (which is my first time at trying this) was to harvest and re-generate until around Aug 1 (about 2 months) and then move them from the pots into the ground to finish up their lives on or about Oct 1.
These Mandala # 1's and 3 Leda Uno's responded perfectly, but a couple of Sweet Sativa Specials that came as "freebies" did not. They have not shown sex and continue to grow tall as hell. In fact, I moved them directly into the ground when it became obvious they were not responding to the change in light.
I don't think I got enough Perlight mixed in the soil with this purple Mandala because it started out beautifully, but as it received rain (lots of it btw!) the growth has lagged behind all the others on the same regimen. I think the soil has compacted. Look at it......it reminds me of a poodle just back from the groomer! LOL
Now what I am trying to decide is whether to chop it all the way down to the bottom growth OR cut it just above the middle growth and trim the bottom growth. I am leaning towrds the second option.
I have included a couple of pictures of the 2 Leda Uno's that were started at the same time as this Mandala. I'm gonna let them go just a bit longer (maybe a week to 10 days) as I keep a close eye on them.
nice flowers :thumbsup:
well OFY i still think ur tellin lies
texas is still north of the equator day length increases from dec 20 to june 21 in the northern part of the world n the opposite happens south of the equator Cannabis is photoperiodic which means it flowers by day/night length n Cannabiss magic number is 12/12 n day length is still increasing here n in ur great state of tex-ass u said 31 degrees north of the equator so therefore Cannabis would revert back to vegetative growth but thatâ??s probably why ur sativas that u planted rnt showing sex yet
or maybe im wrong witch is rare but ive been wrong before
Will you shut up? You do realize that you posted that three times, don't you? Not only that, but I'm sure a majority of the people here know that already. Myself being one of them. Oh, and nobody asked why it is purple.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackBerry
Anyway, that looks like a very nice strain. Hope it smokes well, OFY. Keep them pics coming, they're great.
Well geez, Blackberry. I don't know what to say. Lying? I may be from Tex-Ass (as you say), but I am NOT G.W. Bush.......I have nothing to gain by lying.
Let's look at the photos. Do you believe I toted those heavy-assed planters deep into the brush to take the photos just to say that they have been growing outside in order to........what.......fool people?
And check this photo out. It is a Leda Uno I did the same thing with. Difference is this one I put directly in the ground when I took it off of 18/6 about a month after the others! Oh, but I probably went to the trouble of digging a hole just to take a photo. Right?
You know.......you look like a pretty decent guy (Yes, I vivited your "Myspace"), but your manners need some re-tooling. Are you one of those Yankees I hear about that are raised to be rude? If so...let me drop some advice on you. You come to Tex-Ass and call people liers, it won't be very long at all before you get a Texas size ass-kicking.......my friend. :thumbsup:
ok whatever im done
but thats impossible
Okay Brother. But for real....this is just how I did things. I Swear!
2/22 - Planted seeds directly into 16 oz. Dixie cups filled with Miracle grow "Organic Choice" soil. Kept top moist with spray bottle and they sprouted in 3 - 5 days. They were under T-8, 2 x 4, 42 watt, 6500K Philips "Daylight Deluxe" lights for 18/6 about 30 days.
On or about 4/1 - Transplanted into 3 - 4 gallon planters filled with Perlight, sorgum peat, medium priced bags of humas/manure, and a bit of medium priced clean top soil. Changed fert from Miracle Grow 12/8/4 to Vigoro Bloom Builder 10/52/10. Set them outside.They started showing sex within a week and have continued to flower to this day.
Not that hard. It would be interesting to see others attempt this. I'm guessing you need to start with a sativa/indica mix because the Sweet Sativa Specials, which so NO signs of indica at all, acted like nothing ever happened...they just keep growing.
Look....I know I can put seeds in the ground down here and get buds in Oct. What I wanted was some fresh bud before then and figured I would give this a try. It worked....I don't know what else to say.
Now....if I can get them to re-veg under the same lights.....I will have more bud to clip in Oct.
its hard to belive at this time of a yr here, it might be true or not. but already budding weed outdoors? they only got us beat by 2 months or so. leda uno is suposed to be early,realy early. who can say once you start it you cant stop it? opinions? everybody has one?
ok, i dont know where my post went, its possible, but not likely. youre at least 2 months ahead of us. seen some funky things, that budded out?
I guess you guys up North (anywhere really) can give it a try next spring. Just find your average date of last frost. Plant your seeds indoors 1 month and 1 week prior to that date. Veg them 18/6 for 30 days then set them out. Keep an eye out for those really cool nights that are bound to happen...bring them in if you need to...and see what happens. Buy some sativa/indica seeds so you know what you are starting with (as opposed to using bag seed that could be sativa.)
The facts are this: On April 1 sunrise was at 7:11am. Sunset was 7:41pm. 12 1/2 hours of daylight. On June 1 sunrise was 6:19am. Sunset was 8:20. 14 hours of daylight (10 hours dark). There was 1 1/2 hours of gradual light change in that 60 day period. Even 10 hours of dark is still 4 more hours than they were vegged under. And remember, they started with 11 1/2 hours of dark on April 1....an immediate increase in darkness of 5 1/2 hours.
Listen.....I don't know how to be any clearer....this (the above) was my line of reasoning when I thought "Why wouldn't it work?". I tried it and it worked. Believe it or don't. I do encourage you to give it a try yourself. Just use 4 seeds out of a pack and save the rest for your normal routine....they aren't that expensive. You have very little to lose and some tasty, fat-assed buds to gain. I did.
Peace out! :smokin:
it is somewhat strain dependant some will flower with as little as 10 1/2 hours of darkness some may need 11 hours of darkness to flower but all you need is a mature plant or clone and place it out early enough in the spring.
it would be very hard for someone living very far north to do without a greenhouse due to colder weather and increased hours of light they would need to even get an earlier start than you did.
spring harvest do not usually yield much compared to a fall harvest so if your buying seeds best bet is to start earlier indoors like jan 1 and veg until they show preflowers and then clone so you are only placing out females and you get alot more plants to work with out of 1 pack of seeds.
^ True all that. Absolutly.
so hows now r they doing O dumb-ass
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Originally Posted by BlackBerry View Post
ill say it again for those schwag smoking idiots
2 things r musts to have any purple plant parts
1. genetics
2. root temp
(posted by a schwag smoker) Will you shut up? You do realize that you posted that three times, don't you? Not only that, but I'm sure a majority of the people here know that already. Myself being one of them. Oh, and nobody asked why it is purple.
(me now) ya the light is ...tomorrow is june 21
Your plants look great! How long have they been flowering for?
I planted 2nd week in March. Mine started flowering the first week of May and I harvested today. I don't get why so many people get hung up on this 12/12 thing.
I left the bottom small clusters in the ground. I too figure.. what the hell if it veg's again this year it will be cool. If not.. thats ok too.
wow, was i drinking when i typed that? i was trying to agree that it could happen its just not normal unless you consider the daylight hours at that time of yr. and even considering it, it probably wouldnt work here in the north(to get fully budded) because our last frost date is may 15th. you would have to move them indoors at night and outdoors during the day to achieve that. i just thought i should correct myself.
but still ive gone to school (see i am part time pro-student taking horticulture classes) n ive been involved in growing pot for over 17 yrs now but what i dont understand is where r the people who know so i can be proven right or not
BlackBerry: This guy is legit. Everything he (OFY) said makes sense according to all the grow books out there. You need to re-read what he said so you can understand it more clearly. Please don't insult other members of this board (calling them dumb ass and schwag smokers).
Allow me to clarify the situation. When you are growing indoors, you start with maximum lighting (24/0 or 18/6 depending on personal preference), correct? That's what this guy did. He planted the seeds inside his home, and grew them for five weeks at 18/6. According to every grow book out there, that's what you're supposed to do. The 18/6 lightcycle tells the plants that it is summer and time to go 100% vegetative growth.
Then he decided to flower the plants. The usual method of doing this indoors is to change the light timers to 12/12. The plants see the new photoperiod and think that it is autumn (days getting shorter, nights longer, etc) so they go into flower mode. But this guy figured out that at his Texan location, the natural LENGTHENING of the days happened to match up with the SHORTENING that he wanted to tell the plants. So instead of turning the light bulbs to 12/12, he just put the plants outside so the sun could give them 12/12. Cheaper on the electric bill!
Essentially, this guy's grow is a simple winter indoor grow with a summer harvest. He just utilized the natural sunlight to save some energy costs on indoor lighting. Is that so hard to understand? The plants still went from 5 weeks 18/6 to five weeks 12/12... it's just the 12/12 is outside, that's all. His clones will be normal outdoor crop.
well still even its hard to keep outside lighting at 12/12 longer then a day Cannabis is photoperiodic ... well o well
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i thought it was funny too, everyone elce buzy fussing and fightinQuote:
Originally Posted by stinkyattic
hey O F YEAH - about how long until harvest do you think? i've got some looking about like yours and will be gone for 2 weeks. you think they'll be ok till I get back?? the trichomes are not like golf balls yet, and i can't tell between clear and cloudy looking..