Congratulations PW
Colombian Gold Grow: Come Learn With Me How To Produce Your Own Seeds!
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Kismet
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Sweet PW ! More beans for the collection lol
All I need! Lol
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I've been watching the trichromes on the Sensi Northern Light X Dark Devil auto plant and noticing that the trichromes at the top of the plant have started to break down (sort of like melting) and I can see a good number of purple trichromes. But not a single amber trich.
I decided it was time to snip off a test nugget and let it dry so I can sample this plant's fruits. I just finished trimming it up. The second photo is of the very top of the top cola which is showing the degrading trichromes. Compare it to photo three a bud further down that same branch about 6 inches. Lots more trichromes showing lots of milky color.
I decided it was time to snip off a test nugget and let it dry so I can sample this plant's fruits. I just finished trimming it up. The second photo is of the very top of the top cola which is showing the degrading trichromes. Compare it to photo three a bud further down that same branch about 6 inches. Lots more trichromes showing lots of milky color.
Nice top bud, the purple calyx is gorgeous.
Damn I missed all the fun! I shoulda gone to work this week so I could be here during the day when everything is happening.
I had 100 so I lost but congrats to PW FTW and that NL x DDA cross is a real looker beez. Nice work. Looking forward to a smoke report
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I had 100 so I lost but congrats to PW FTW and that NL x DDA cross is a real looker beez. Nice work. Looking forward to a smoke report
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Congrats PW, you can never have enough seeds, come on now. hahahahaha You were destined.
Do I win a dog @beez0404 ?
Do I win a dog @beez0404 ?
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I haven't abandoned the ship yet, but this morning two of the pollen sacks had sort of opened. I removed them with tweezers and found them to be void of pollen. I have to wait to see if any of the pollen sacks grow out a stem (these did not) right before opening up. All good pollen sacks (my personal experience) hang from a small stem.......sort of like a cherry hanging on a cherry tree if you will. When pollen sacks first appear on a plant they are growing right out of the branch/node sort of sticking out sidewise from the plant. When things are right the sack grows the stem and hangs downward right before opening and dispensing it's pollen. It's not looking good, but it's not over yet.
Disappointing but not the end of the story yet. Hope springs eternal!
Welcome All!
Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.
Chinese proverb:
“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day—if you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
And Here We Go!
The purpose of this journal is to share knowledge, ideas, and techniques that will give anyone who wants it the ability to grow their own cannabis seeds. I will be sharing how I do it and encourage other experienced seed breeders to chime in with anything I've missed. This "tutorial" is not for advanced DNA studies, pheno hunting, stabilizing strains etc. This is to teach a man, or woman, down to a single seed or two how to take those seeds and produce more seeds for them self thus making him independent of the overpriced seed banks out there. So let's get started.
Strain Grown: Colombian Gold Regular seeds (2)
Medium: Hempy = 100% Perlite
Nutrients: Mine is Not a sponsor.....Use what works for you
I started this project back on 8/30/2018 by placing the seeds into hempy solo cups. For those of you who have never germinated seeds in, or grown plants in hempy you owe it to yourself to give it a try. To get started I took two red solo cups and melted a hole 2 inches up from the bottoms. I always use a 1/2" hole but in this case I have one 1/2" and one slightly larger hole. Once the holes are in you prepare your perlite by washing it well to get rid of as much of the dust as you can. Once it's cleaned fill your solo cups with the perlite almost to the top. Now, put a piece of duct tape over the holes. Mix up some of your nutrients at 1/4 strength and PH balance it to 5.5 Slowly pour it into the hempy cup until the perlite starts to float and rise up. I let it sit like this for a couple hours. Sometimes I do it the day before I drop the seeds. So now you're at this point. Please disregard the @SeedsMan Blueberry fem clone doing the photo bombing.
I've dropped 1 seed into each solo cup approximately 1/4" below the surface and lightly packed the perlite on top. I do not soak the seeds prior to planting them in the perlite. I do recommend scarifying your seeds before planting them. Seeds often have a buildup of resin which prevents water from getting in and/or prevents the shell from opening fully. I use a plastic cigar tube with white playground sand as my scarifying tool. Put the seeds in and shake it like crazy for a few minutes. There are tons of different methods to do this same task. Most of them work just fine and doing this will increase your germination success. It generally takes 3-4 days for the plant to sprout. The clear plastic cup domes are to keep in moisture. The perlite wicks up the water from the reservoir (area below the holes) and pulls it all the way to the top. I've never had to add any water/nutrients during germination.
So now it's 4 days later. Both plants sprouted on day 3 in the morning and spent the next 24 hours under their domes. Today at day 4 the domes come off and the plants are placed about 8 inches below the lights. I use four 20w CFL bulbs for my seedlings and clones. It's all they need. Please note in this photo that the plant on the left is bowing/sagging a bit.
It did not like being so close to the light. Seedlings are sensitive and have to be watched like a child or mischievous puppy. So I lowered the sensitive plant and kept the other where it was. By the next day everyone was happy again.
I grow the seedlings in these hempy solo cups for a total of 4 days. Day one under the dome, and then three days up close to the CFL bulbs. At that point I transplant them into (in this case) their final homes. These are office trash cans purchased at the Dollar Tree store. They are 1.3 gallons in size. Here they are transplanted into their new homes.
At this point I bring in a tiny muffin fan to create a breeze just strong enough to make these guys dance a bit. This strengthens the stalk a great deal. Each day I will pour about (doesn't have to be perfect) 10 ML of 1/4 strength nutrients right along the stalk where it comes out of the perlite. I keep the duct tape on the pots at this stage. Just keep them warm, fed, with a little breeze and watch them grow.
Fortunately for you guys I am one of those people who skips ahead in journals going past the baby pictures and get to the good stuff. So with a wave of the magic wand of @SweetSue we're off to the next phase.
Now keep in mind at this point, because I am growing Regular seeds I do not know the sex of the two plants, thus am not sure which method of seed making will be utilized in this grow. Here they are at three days after transplant.
Skipping forward to approximately 7 days after transplant.
I am immediately noticing the difference in the shade of green of the two plants. The one plant is noticeably darker green then the other one.
This is where I'm stopping for today. I hope at least a few of you fine folks join me in this project.
I sometimes wonder if we know all the little treats the wise men brought to baby Jesus was Kaneh from a distant land one of them. That they now conveniently leave it out of the equation. I believe it was.
Kismet
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Well i appreciated the recap. Noticed you took your babies out of the hempy solo cup after 4 days this time. I left them in there for 2 weeks now ? lol
Kismet
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I'll up pot them this week oops.
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This is just my opinion/suggestion, but consider leaving them in the hempy until they show the first signs of slowing down their growth. Let them go longer and you'll have a nice, well protected root ball all wrapped around and through the perlite. You just plant the whole perlite root ball which help keep the roots stay better aerated. If you take them out too early the plant might not have a "good grip" on the perlite yet. Plus they'll grow faster in the perlite.
@Kismet you're going to put them into coco?
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I'll have to keep an eye on how your Gelat OG grows out for you. I believe I may have one....maybe two of those.
Kismet
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Yes thinking coco with a 2 inch layer of perlite for 2 of them(just in case) #Effngnats. Seriously considering doing one in straight hempy though.
Kismet
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I'll give them a chance to root a bit more beez before transplant thanks for looking out.
Hempy seems so easy! Not for my style but anyone in a tent who is used to frequent watering (like coco) it seems like it's at least worth a plant as a test.
Kismet
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Got a huge bag of it laying around may give it a whirl.