Hawaii Growers
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Celtic Vixen
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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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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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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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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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aloha, i would collect pollen from the dwarf if it had short internodal distancethanks 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??
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
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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RandomKindness
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mauiwowie420
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oi anyone up for a trade on maui?
Gone808Fishing
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is there green harvest in oahu
RandomKindness
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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
RandomKindness
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get kahuku web and hawaiian webbed indica (ducksfoot style), a lot of top notch stuff comes out of/is grown in puna
craca102
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Wat you like trade? lol
Will have clones towards the start of summer hopefully.
Maui guys need to get together.
