idk bout NC since im still new roiund here. but in sc it was sold @ every liquor store.
as far as making iso hash. ive inly done it once with trim and it was fresh. next time ill be drying. i have to figure out how to use my trim so i wont have to waste it. i hate wasting.
I've started using my real good trim to make dry sieved hash, love it and my buddy tells me he then takes the trim he's sieved and runs it through his vaporizer. I tossed it the first time but I'm in the process of saving more.
Thanks for the response DST. I' haven't done a great deal of research on which strain I'll do yet. I'll probably go for a "beginner" type strain for a while, to get the hang of things. I think I read bleu cheese was a good beginner strain? I'm also doing soil, which I hear is more forgivable. I'm not going for pure yield nor pure potency. I'd like a mix (probably a common goal). Ideally, eventially I'd like to end up with about a lb at the end of each harvest. This is after I have some experience and know what I'm doing of course. At first I'll be happy to just not kill the plants, lol.
600w hps seems like just about the right fit for me as far as yields go with a balance of heat and energy consumption. I've also been looking at LED's recently. I may get shit thrown at me now for mentioning that but oh well, lol. I like the lower energy consumption and heat signature. Also I like the idea of being able to leave and not worrying about my house burning down in case the fan goes out or something, lol. So I'm looking at either a 600w hps set up or something like 2 357 mag LED's or one SG 602 LED. Still leaning toward the 600 though.
I would look at any skunk strain with skunk#1 in it.
Thanks for the info. I looked it up and Swiss Cheese is what I had down as a beginner strain. I think it stated so on Nirvana or wherever. 6-8 wk flowering time and a good beginner strain, or something to that effect. The whole process of germinating, vegging, cloning and flowering (making clones out of 1-2 of the plants), etc is daunting for a noob. I'll definitely need to carefully pick a hearty strain that is a bit forgiving.
One step at a time, don't kill them is a good first step, with time you'll learn the rest.
If I were to do it all again, I'd start with fem seed, not that I'm a fan, and run them all at once. Then take a clone from each for a second run, and start flowering, I'd do this until I build up a reserve suitable to my consumption times 3 at least, then I'd start playing around with regulars. The biggest thing I found is that alot of time was spent on regular seeds leaving me short on supply and causing early harvests and not allowing for a proper cure before I had to dig in. Call me Chronic, idk, but I hate running out, especially now that I'm making my own.
Edit. the plus side to it though is I was able to get some nice seed that somehow escaped and ran away to new homes.
Duchie and everyone else, just checking in to say I'm alive and well, very well. I just finished my rationing period a couple of weeks ago when I chopped my herijuana x big white. That was a few weeks ago. I have the main cola left, it's in a jar with the main cola of the blackjack which is in my opinion a good all around smoke. We'll see how it is is another couple of weeks of curing. I chopped my hericules monday afternoon and this afternoon she went into jars. Shackzilla ends week eleven of 12/12 tomorrow. I'm letting her go another week. Nice dense buds for a sativa dominant plant. And then I have this killing fields. What a long strange trip it's been with this plant. In the beginning it didn't want to grow, it was a runt, then it all of a sudden started growing and I had to supercrop it to keep it under control. I'm not exactly sure how old the bitch is but she still needs a couple more/few weeks to finish. Sannie says you have green and blue phenos with this plant. Mine is burgundy and very fruity. I've never seen a plant with this color of bud. It's not the leaves, it's the seeds sacks the pistils shoot out from. Very nice size buds on her and if she fattens up over the next few weeks I'll be super pleased. I took a couple of small branches of the shackzilla that should be dry in a few more days. I'm taking off a few days next week and heading to st. augustine, the oldest city in the US. This old man has started playing the friends with benefits game and it's going very well. There is something to be said about having a woman around for company and play and yet still have your freedom. I've never experienced it before and I'm lovin' it, way more than mac donalds. My lack of participation on the six hundred lately is in direct correlation with my now active social life, sorry guys. I'm playing golf again in the morning, a seven oh seven tee time, I'm hoping to be the first out for the day? Tomorrow evening my play pal comes over and will be hanging out till monday morning and then wednesday this old fart is heading out to see a different woman. Any comments containing jealousy and envy will get you guys nowhere.
cof, you get any purple out of your killing fields?
My next grow is going to be the one I've been waiting for. Neville's haze, hawaiian snow, chocolope, critical kali mist, acapulco gold and a laughing buddha, all sativa dominant.
mr. west, I owe you an apology. I have not forgotten. I've been bitten by a vagina and I can't get away. My apologies.