I will answer Buckshot at the end... Its a point of contention between island growers... Which is a pretty secretive group, for obvious reasons. It may be a.. boring answer for some.
THsea, thank you for the welcome
I was interested to read about you building up the dirt around stem to get more roots, have you done this before? Don't suppose you have photos of the results?
I thought about doing this, I have done it with tomatoes, just because they were too lanky, and it worked a treat.
'bout the 2oz plant I have wondered if I could start a blog, just talking and pictures about my experience so far, I have learned so much, in just 1 1/2 grows, I had aa stroke mid second grow, so things for me came to a screaming halt
( about 18 months ago now), is that allowed, or do blog have to be for current grows.
I can take a picture of the root development where my soil has fallen off from watering... Certainly!! I hope your able to grow again! And thank you my good friend OMM, for answering the rest of our new friends questions...
.. Pictures of the roots tomorrow, they are sleeping now.
I might be.. abrupt-ishly changing plans. It may be just crazy talk/ thoughts... We shall see. Thats all on that, but if things do change... I'm sure a dear friend will foster my orphans..
.. however, I put the LA Cheese out today, it was nearly in the light... Should yield well, roots are already growing through the sides...
Some of the smaller cheese are getting yellow leaves.. Just lower ones, doesn't really concern me to much.. They will be good on nutes once they are repotted and given OC+.
I've just came from your blog. Very good things you have posted already. You certainly are not new to growing. Thanks for doing your blog.
OMM coming in with the win! Figured I'd just respond to your last post... I've checked out USD's creme recipe... Very cool, we need more innovative ways to use our medicine.
Better growing, and better buds are great... But you can really be so much more efficient with other methods of ingestion besides smoking... I enjoy a smoke, and with buds of unknown growing conditions... I feel its safer than tinctures, but it doesn't compare for my medical issues to it.
What? ... I was sure that island plants were measured in pounds not ounces!
Now for you!! I've read some things that sounded really honest to me... It claimed that for outdoor growers (who grow outdoors from seed) that the yields in most seasons (not our "long" season, which is maybe... idk 13 hours of light?) are more like... A quarter ounce on a plant... Growing small plants like this became popular after all the helicopter shtuff, and the word from MOST old school growers I've heard from is that you expect some of your outdoor crops to be confiscated.. Plain and simple.
Some people claim otherwise, and I'm sure with certain equatorial/ tropical sativa's this is true... I'll show you my FIM'ed and
nearly outdoor from seed Afghan Kush.. Exactly what I thought, it may get over a quarter... But not much more... But it looks fine, and everything I've ever seen grown here outdoors... Looks
fine.
So for older strains... Like the 1970 Kauai Electric.. The story goes it was grown indoors... Even the guy I received what I do believe to be authentic KE (both 1970 stock and modern stock)... They didn't have anything to add on its origins, they are just local and got it from what they had bought and saved it, labeled.
Now... I have a first hand account for the true Maui Wowie, obviously I don't remember names (which is convienient as I would not mention them anyway
).. But my father worked with a guy who was from the family that grew it, and actually went to the site on Maui... My father was never a smoker, he had tried it in Vietnam once upon a time and was unimpressed. Mind you, being in a war is a buzz kill...
From what I recall, he said the Maui Wowie was pretty big. Not as big as the plants in Vietnam, but good sized... The growers never made a name for it, they were simply try to grow fine
... I was told the major customer/ buyer is really who made the name... And as it sounded more like a "work in progress"... So who knows? I don't remember if they were vegged inside, but I... Well, being acclimated, maybe it was a hybrid leaning in large yielding sativa? We can only speculate... Unless some real old timers from the islands decide to join us. But I'm weary of Internet people...
I have a strong feeling for those of us here growing indica's or most hybrids... you veg indoors or grow many plants. I could be wrong, but this has been what I've seen as a grower coupled with talking to serious/ quality growers.
I'd like to add this too... This is a huge, huge business here. These buds never see other shores usually, and are priced at what most would say is outrageous, and maybe it is... But growers spread misinformation. I believe this is a tactic to essentially prevent competition... I talk to everyone I know who smokes about all they've heard... You wouldn't believe the nonsense some locals spit out, things that will kill or seriously effect your plant negatively... Unless its like a super-plant.
Especially from dealers... They lie to dealers the most.. For real, people are careful here... If your a greedy dealer.. They I've heard the craziest of BS from... When you actually meet growers and such, and they know you are good people.. You hear what sounds like real/ normal growing.. Just my thoughts.