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craca102

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Nice looking buds everyone.

Glad to see a full closet there Puna, always nice to have a successful harvest.

Damn that Full Moon was bright last night. Hope everyone's buds got nice and dense. :)
 

Celtic Vixen

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yo brah, things are looking nice on your side of the island! WE are almost out of time for short season. Your pics, is that it for your short season? I just harvested 65% of my next to last short season harvest. I gonna let my last harvest go a few more weeks before I cut them down.

Pictures:

1. Kilauea Volcano two weeks ago
2. Drying buds from two plants. One plant with these big bus was only 54 inches tall!
3. Another view of these buds drying.
4. Nitrogen, sneaks up on security!

Great pics Puna Bud. I especially like the security pic. Looks like big "L" is lulling the nitrogen ipack nto a false sense of free range living
 

Celtic Vixen

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bummers my dear. my mango got BALLS!!! i am pondering what to do. i have asked big haole for advice. much mahalo's there my dear! i don't want to screw up my other ones thought they are not in the same area. he didn't have any balls 5 days ago when i took 3 clones but i went out there yesterday and there they were, little mother fucker.
i told" big" that maybe i will try to get some pollen from him them throught him in the neighbors trash can LOL!! but i am thinking and i will ask all you bruddas and titas, should i stick with clones or go for it with the pollen?
Sorry to hear that Lehua. I've had the same problem with Mango. They suddenly and overnight have seed clusters. Of the 10 seeds I planted from the clusters, only 1 germinated. Pretty sure I didn't allow enough time for the seeds to cure but that's a another session at RIU University. Whatever you do, it's all a learning curve. Fun to experiment and share results.
 

ruheye

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yo brah, things are looking nice on your side of the island! WE are almost out of time for short season. Your pics, is that it for your short season? I just harvested 65% of my next to last short season harvest. I gonna let my last harvest go a few more weeks before I cut them down.

Pictures:

1. Kilauea Volcano two weeks ago
2. Drying buds from two plants. One plant with these big bus was only 54 inches tall!
3. Another view of these buds drying.
4. Nitrogen, sneaks up on security!
eyy puna. i was jus fishing where you took the volcano picture not to long ago. if you ever see some young guys out there you should come smoke some with us. haha.
 

lehua96734

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Sorry to hear that Lehua. I've had the same problem with Mango. They suddenly and overnight have seed clusters. Of the 10 seeds I planted from the clusters, only 1 germinated. Pretty sure I didn't allow enough time for the seeds to cure but that's a another session at RIU University. Whatever you do, it's all a learning curve. Fun to experiment and share results.
thanks for the input gang. i think i will save the pollen. gonna take a branch, put in a glass of water and let the pollen fall then save it in a bottle. i have been thinking about getting some seed off of my dwarf with it. what you guys think? sound good??:?::?::?:
 

RandomKindness

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thanks for the input gang. i think i will save the pollen. gonna take a branch, put in a glass of water and let the pollen fall then save it in a bottle. i have been thinking about getting some seed off of my dwarf with it. what you guys think? sound good??:?::?::?:
aloha, i would collect pollen from the dwarf if it had short internodal distance

it could be a possibility that the plant is short due to loss of hybrid vigor, which means reinfusing new genetics would provide a higher vigor when the genes recombinate

does the stem feel hollow or pulpy? dj short says to choose males with empty stems, as if they are creating a lot of fiber, thats probably all they are good for

i choose males based on many factors, but ultimately if you are following a breeding program you are going to have to go with the traits you want and destroy any unwanted genetics

some of the factors I initially select males are is

-vigor
-internodal distance
-resistance to pests and diseases
-scent/aroma when the stem is rubbed
-leaf type and structure
-boquet structure
-flowering time(usually males who show sex later are better)
-hermaphrodites(i would only use reverse hermaphrodite males, which means a male which grows female pistils, this means you will have a population which is more prone to be female, IMNSHO to use any other hermaphrodites in breeding is asking for trouble. im not a fan of feminized seeds as you will have hermies if conditions are not optimal, however sometimes hermies are needed to save genetics)

if you are trying to make a strains with true-breeding traits it gets even more difficult, as you will have to choose all these factors then get rid of any in your population with unwanted genes or do not show the phenotype you want

its actually much more difficult to select males as opposed to females, males are less obvious in their talents and most of the time you have to use multiple males seeding cloned mothers, and grow out the progeny, a hefty task indeed, especially if you can only grow out 7 plants at a time, which is the main difficulty closet growers have in their breeding attempts.

population size. sometimes phenotypes and traits dont show up in populations til you grow out 50-100 plants, seeing how we can only grow a limited number of plants i would ultimately choose males on the basis of structure and health.

sorry if this was a long and boring read but i love talking about growing
 

maligs808

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2 of those haze seeds that you gave me sprouted Haole. Thanks again. Did you plant those somas i gave you?
 

maligs808

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All this rain on the Big Island. I won't have to water for a few days now. And I was just about to start flushing some plants. What luck. :)
 

lehua96734

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hi maligs how is your day going? sitting here smoking a pipe full, trying to figure out what i am going tyo do with this male. i asked kkday but he hasn't been on line. so what bradda, i just wanted to get some seed but the other brudda is going into it. don't get me wrong, i know jackshit about breeding seeds. maybe i should stick with clones yea?
 

boyHaoleBigIslandBuds

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You F@!#$! rock Random!!!!!! How could knowledge like that ever be boring.Thank you my friend. Thank you..


Maligs,
No I haven't started those yet. I want solid sun to start those bad boys!I dug the music to man!Of course I started with the IRIE MIX, that kicked ass! The only song you forgot was "Irie Eyes" Sudden Rush.
 

maligs808

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Haha I already got that song on a previous" Irie Tunes" cd. Gimmie a call next time you are in Waimea, I'll hook you up with more tunes. Checked my new sprouts yesterday and I swear those things grew over 4 inches in the last 2 days. Use that stuff I gave you.
 

RandomKindness

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You F@!#$! rock Random!!!!!! How could knowledge like that ever be boring.Thank you my friend. Thank you..
aloha braddah! thank you for the compliment, we all have stuff to share and learn from eachother and i hope to learn stuff from you folks!!

my grow mentor lives on big island, i grew up in Naalehu but moved to oahu to goto school, i hope to one day be able to be growing on Kau or Puna land again!
 

RandomKindness

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is there green harvest in oahu
yes, but hopefully not for long seeing where the economy is headed, how do they justify funding the steel birds?

they fly alot by waianae side, most other places you will be safe, but then again I would say rippers are a bigger problem than cops anyway

dont plant big plots, dont leave trails, stay away from traveled areas
 

maligs808

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I was just on the High Times website and there were rumors of Obama maybe legalizing herb? Anyone heard these too? And the weather's been pretty great in Waimea. Rain at night and sun during the day. No need to pack water. How's everyones crops doing?
 
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