Hawaii Growers

rikdabrick said:

Aloha BIgrow,

You can order domestically from several places and not have to worry about stealth. Great Lakes Genetics, James Bean Co., seedsherenow, thedankteam, California Seed Vault (AKA Holistic Nursery), Sour Patch Seeds, etc.

I haven't ordered overseas in awhile, but I liked guaranteed shipping with the breeder's packaging. I can't remember if I ever ordered stealth though or not, but none of them got snagged by customs either way. If I make any orders in the near future I'll go with Midweek Song and/or SeedBay. SeedBay would be solely for some GanjaRebel seeds and some of their server fund packs. And I've ordered from The Attitude, Herbies and Sannies Seed Shop in the past and they were all great besides The Attitude sending me fem seeds when I ordered regs on one of my packs, but it wasn't a big deal.


And yeah, if you're able to just throw some lights up outside it's waaaaay better than hauling plants in and out everyday.

And you can pretty much put indica, hybrids and most sativa dominant clones outside and they'll flower anytime of the year. Farther leaning sativas from seed and equitorial sativa clones and seed plants will stay vegging through the summer and flower in the fall just like a mainland outdoor except they'll most likely finish later than a lot of mainland strains. If you're growing sativas from seed for summer and want them to stay vegging either start them outdoors later (beginning/middle of May to beginning of June) or get them going indoors but without too many extra light hours from what the light hours will be outside when you put them out, e.g., if you veg them indoors with 18 hours of light and throw them outside with 13 hours of light they'll either flower or start to flower (most likely) and possibly reveg which will waste some growing time for you. Or like myself and @waterproof808 put lights outside and then you can just have the lights turn on in the middle of the night for 1-2 hours or have them turn on early morning or stay on from sunset into the evening for 4 extra hours and not have to worry about timing indoor light hours with outdoor light hours or starting seeds too soon. Good luck and keep us posted

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spacepretzel said:

So I can't start them from seed and keep them outside without lights they will just start flowing even in the long season (summer) I believe kaya gold are hybrids

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SpliffAndMyLady said:

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rikdabrick said:

I've been super busy and slacking on posting lately but you can put them outside right now and they should get to be a pretty decent-sized. They most likely just won't get huge, but should be a good respectable size. Between now on June 1st is a good time to plant hybrids from seed. What side of the island are you at?

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Nugs808 said:

Howzit gang! I just want to post something I harvested a month and half ago OG crossed with Diesel

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spacepretzel said:

Thanks for the information I live completely off grid don't even have solar yet so lights would be a problem for me right now but I started my seeds and they sprouted April 4 and so as soon as they were old enough I transplanted them in bigger pots and made a make shift greenhouse so the rain didn't destroy them oh I live on the east side of the island puna area about 2400 feet elevation so did i put them out to early they seem to be doing good no ferts yet but I order the fox farm soil trio and it should be here in the next couple of days here's what they look like thanks again and mahalo oh PS haven't smoked since I got here bummer

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SPLFreak808 said:

Big island growers > oahu growers

Some of the best tasting weed I've ever tried came from the big island. No offense to any "oahuans" such as myself lol. Go find some!

Bro i think you can get away with some type of solar powered led setup. Doesn't need to be on the whole night just enough to keep dark hours lower. All night would probably be better though, extra light and heat at night can't hurt growth

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SPLFreak808 said:

Big island growers > oahu growers

Some of the best tasting weed I've ever tried came from the big island. No offense to any "oahuans" such as myself lol. Go find some!

Bro i think you can get away with some type of solar powered led setup. Doesn't need to be on the whole night just enough to keep dark hours less then 9-10 hrs. All night would probably be better though, extra light and heat at night can't hurt growth

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spacepretzel said:

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Do you think I could use a solar powered motion detection light I have couple of those but they have a switch to turn it off and on so its not just motion detection it will stay on and they are on there own little panel I have two at 900 lumens and one at 850 lumens they are less thanks bro

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SPLFreak808 said:

Honestly i just use cfl's and they work great!! my good friend uses solar powered directional spot lights. 4 lights per pot, facing the middle of the under-foliage. Weak as hell something like 60 lumens each but it seems to keep the plants in veg. He yanks them out when the plants hit 4-5ft because the lights can no longer keep the plants in veg at that size. You said you got 900 lumen lights, That should work much better as long as the plant has enough coverage, might need to use it at the side to beam the whole plant & doesnt need to be bright as shit but i would try to make some type of reflector that beams the plant only. Can they last 2-4 hours?

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waterproof808 said:

I've used the solar flood lights before with good results but the hard part is turning them on at the same time every night. If you end up forgetting a couple times it will start flowering and it is difficult to get them back in veg, using the same light schedule. If you are pretty disciplined about it, you will be fine though.

Now I just run an extension cord out to my little greenhouse and have two t5 lights that run for 2 hours every night and that is working just fine also.
I do this with clones and seed plants. My helco bill last month was $111 total with a washer and drier.

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