It's not Oro Negro. I'm growing Oro Negro which should be ready within a month. There are many select cados in Hawaii, none huge. I don't know what you have. Just got some 2 pounders yesterday from a buddy of mine out of Florida.
http://www.hawaiifruit.net/Avocado.pdf
You're making my mouth water over here, UB. Stop the teasing would ya? Anytime you feel like seeing a couple of those seeds turn into green gold, just give the ole Rocketman a shout. I would be glad to give them a shot, and yes, I'll post all the pics you want. I have a nice little setup in the house for organic soil grows. I grow one or two plants a year so I tend to really take care of plants. I have very limited space but the space I do have is productive and more than large enough for one big baby. I grow with a very time-tested batch of soil made from my own compost, a little pumice, some peat and the occasional feed with Jack's Classic. I also use a passive wick system in my planters to keep the perched water table out of the root zone. My planters are coated on the inside with MicroKote for root pruning. Even some of my outdoor grows aren't as healthy as my indoor stuff, no bugs, no birds shitting on my leaves, temps are controlled. I never prune or remove leaves for any reason because I simply don't have to, they just stay healthy as hell all the way through flower. The only non-traditional steps I take is training the plant to stay low. I find this actually really adds to the heartiness of the plant. The stalk gets thick and the additional foliage from the nodes just adds to the fun. I'm always amazed at how people hate the 'popcorn' they get on the lower branches, doesn't bother me a bit, I just let it go. I can see where the popcorn could really add to the time it takes to harvest when we're talking huge amounts of plants but for me, I consider it part of my yield. So enough rambling.....keep me in mind if you ever decide you would like a nice home for a couple of your magic beans, I take my personal little grow operation very seriously, it's all I got.
Really, really want to apologize to the OP for the hijack. Just a couple quick pics for UB regarding my previous post. This is a Killing Fields from Sannies Shop just going into flower. I look for this to be a big yielder with all the bud sites that popped from the training. Having done this many times before, I can tell you I end up with at least three, sometimes as many as five big colas by the time it's done. It's almost as effective as topping.
Thanks for the tip, Cooter. I did look into Ace but haven't heard of the others you mentioned. Dr.Greenthumb in Canada has some really nice looking possibilities but damn, that's a lot of cash for just the hopes of getting what I'm after. Thanks again, Cooter, I'll look into the others. Hopefully I can find a place willing to ship to the U.S
Are those incredible, or what??!!! I haven't seen leaves like those in 30 frickin years.....I think I just wet myself.
I've had good luck with Attitude seeds, Sannies, and The Seed Depot.
The fruit that comes off my tree look really similar to the Malama, and my neighbor's look similar to the Linda/OtaIt's not Oro Negro. I'm growing Oro Negro which should be ready within a month. There are many select cados in Hawaii, none huge. I don't know what you have. Just got some 2 pounders yesterday from a buddy of mine out of Florida.
Here's the common ones. http://plantithawaii.com/sample-page/avocado/
If you can't find it here, you never will.
It's like a perpetual spring out here, i grow veggies all year long with little issues, this time of the year things slow down a bit, but once we cross the winter solstice the plants really respond to the incresed daylight hours, The fruits setting on my cado tree will look like little hand grenades near the end of January.
It's really simple, buy a whole pineapple and twist the top off with your hands, once you have the top off trim off some of the bottom leaves and place the top is a cup of water, give it a good 2 to 3 weeks and you should notice roots emerging, once that happens plant the rooted top in your favorite medium and you should be golden.
There's nothing wrong with popcorn. It's just what cannabis does thanks to apical dominance. Most blame it on a lack of light. Wrong....
LED sidelighting = no popcornThere's nothing wrong with popcorn. It's just what cannabis does thanks to apical dominance. Most blame it on a lack of light. Wrong....
I do a double harvest indoors or out. I cut off the colas at the exact point where they transition to popcorn, leave it alone for a while to bulk up, and then remove the bud and plant. Adds up.
That is NOT true. I have grown many an outdoor plant. You still get the popcorn.
Thanks for the tip, UB. I may try that this time around. Typically, I hang on to the popcorn, leaves and other trash for a friend of mine who turns it all into some nice edibles for me. I'm usually ready to move onto another strain when my plant(s) are ready for harvest, I like to keep a variety stashed. This time, I don't have any fun, new seeds that peak my interest so maybe I'll just keep these two going until I can find something interesting. I have a friend digging through some old boxes as we speak. He swears he has a whole bag of seeds from back in the day. I just know he has some old Mexican Sativa seeds in that bag. If he can produce the stash, it's going to be an exciting couple months.There's nothing wrong with popcorn. It's just what cannabis does thanks to apical dominance. Most blame it on a lack of light. Wrong....
I do a double harvest indoors or out. I cut off the colas at the exact point where they transition to popcorn, leave it alone for a while to bulk up, and then remove the bud and plant. Adds up.