Natural Gas
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I am a product of the sixties...My introduction to pot was the sativa types that came to my campus environment first from Mexico then Columbia Thailand and Hawaii...My introduction to MJ horticulture came in those days from growing the bag seed from the "four finger $25 lids" of Acapulco Gold, Panama Red, Thai and Maui Wowii.
Back then could camouflage a grow in sugar cane fields in South Florida.
So what is the point of this thread??? Indoor Landrace Grow Thoughts & Techniques"
I miss the buz from the the old daze...I miss Steppenwolf, Jerry Garcia & Water Buffalo Sandals too.
I now live in a non-MMJ state so my grows are indoor and I have had several runs of landrace African and Asian strains...These strains have long-long flower times, relatively low yields, manageability & plant size issues..Not exactly hard to grow but cultivation, at least for me, headaches.
Sooo...Here is how I did the last one, Malawi Gold, indoors...Soil grow in seven gallon smarties which I believe is small judging from the size of the bound up root ball and the number of nute problems over a 24-26 week grow...Two harvests based on trichome "withering". The nute problem was salt build up over the long grow...Bi weekly flush and rebalance...Lifting soaked seven gallon pots with a four foot tree out of a tent in my basement not my idea of a good time.
My method is to cut the leader at 6-7 node depending on inter node distance then trim undergrowth about halfway to get a "peach tree" kinda look to even out the canopy.
Then eight weeks veg at 20/4...One week 18/6...Two weeks 14/10 and then 12/12...I have my own theories on hormone photo activation...Not important here and now.
Flowering...Wish I had taken pics...Interesting in that the flowers start out very fine texture, thin sparse then thicken get denser but not dense, wispy. Not what you might be used to seeing in a sativa hybrid...Not much bag appeal when viewed next to Super Silver Haze or an indica hybrid.
I am not good at reporting on the effects of meds I consume but the stimulation is cerebral, somewhat psychedelic for me...More important, again to me, is the time travel the OLD TIME LANDRACES provide to the contentment and euphoria I felt when my neckties were worn as headbands and most of my attention was focused on growing pot and my Fu Man Chu.
Really wish I had an outdoor opportunity now...Columbia Gold or Jamaican Blue Mountain would top my list.
So please share why you do OR don't bother with pure strains...Please add techniques/references too if you have them...FWIW
Back then could camouflage a grow in sugar cane fields in South Florida.
So what is the point of this thread??? Indoor Landrace Grow Thoughts & Techniques"
I miss the buz from the the old daze...I miss Steppenwolf, Jerry Garcia & Water Buffalo Sandals too.
I now live in a non-MMJ state so my grows are indoor and I have had several runs of landrace African and Asian strains...These strains have long-long flower times, relatively low yields, manageability & plant size issues..Not exactly hard to grow but cultivation, at least for me, headaches.
Sooo...Here is how I did the last one, Malawi Gold, indoors...Soil grow in seven gallon smarties which I believe is small judging from the size of the bound up root ball and the number of nute problems over a 24-26 week grow...Two harvests based on trichome "withering". The nute problem was salt build up over the long grow...Bi weekly flush and rebalance...Lifting soaked seven gallon pots with a four foot tree out of a tent in my basement not my idea of a good time.
My method is to cut the leader at 6-7 node depending on inter node distance then trim undergrowth about halfway to get a "peach tree" kinda look to even out the canopy.
Then eight weeks veg at 20/4...One week 18/6...Two weeks 14/10 and then 12/12...I have my own theories on hormone photo activation...Not important here and now.
Flowering...Wish I had taken pics...Interesting in that the flowers start out very fine texture, thin sparse then thicken get denser but not dense, wispy. Not what you might be used to seeing in a sativa hybrid...Not much bag appeal when viewed next to Super Silver Haze or an indica hybrid.
I am not good at reporting on the effects of meds I consume but the stimulation is cerebral, somewhat psychedelic for me...More important, again to me, is the time travel the OLD TIME LANDRACES provide to the contentment and euphoria I felt when my neckties were worn as headbands and most of my attention was focused on growing pot and my Fu Man Chu.
Really wish I had an outdoor opportunity now...Columbia Gold or Jamaican Blue Mountain would top my list.
So please share why you do OR don't bother with pure strains...Please add techniques/references too if you have them...FWIW