Hawaii Growers

TantalusBotanicals said:

Is anyone on Oahu growing certified high CBD strains?

Patient treating epilepsy in dire need of a cut.

I currently have a garden with some high grade recreational clones from Dark Hourse Nursery

Thank you!

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Aloha!

I'm actually on Maui growing a cut of Hurkle that has been tested at 10% CBD 7% THC it is a perfect ratio for medical use. I searched through a couple packs and this was the one. Mold and mildew resistant and incredibly frosty. let me know if you are interested. I have the lab test results available. harlequinn crossed with querkle from TGA genetics. clones will be ready by summer.

waterproof808 said:

I dont think recreational weed has always been the best for the homegrowers and small farmers in legal states, alot of growers in Cali are not happy how things are going right now. It would be nice if our state loosened up a little and allowed licenses for growers other than the dispensaries to provide meds to patients. I personally just enjoy growing the plant and would hate to have that taken away from me because our state feels like we have a recreational system that provides adequate access to cannabis and there is no need for people to grow their own. We've already had a few local politicians try to introduce bills to eliminate home growers so the dispensaries get more business.

Hawaii politicians already view the current dispensary system as this sort of exemplary model of how a dispensary program should work and some have even referred to it as one of the top in the nation. That is ridiculous to me because we probably have the highest dispensary prices for the most mediocre product in the nation.

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Don't you get it? That's exactly what they want.

Anyone seen these little fukas?
Caught this one killing and eating my ladybugs any idea what it is and how get rid of without harming my beneficial critters??

MKGROW said:

Anyone seen these little fukas?
Caught this one killing and eating my ladybugs any idea what it is and how get rid of without harming my beneficial critters??

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I'm pretty sure that's an assassin bug nymph. They're a good garden predator, but they eat anything they can including other predator bugs and even each other if not much else is around. Unfortunately some of the best garden predators like assassin bugs, green lacewings and praying mantis' eat other good guys along with the bad guys

rikdabrick said:

I'm pretty sure that's an assassin bug nymph. They're a good garden predator, but they eat anything they can including other predator bugs and even each other if not much else is around. Unfortunately some of the best garden predators like assassin bugs, green lacewings and praying mantis' eat other good guys along with the bad guys

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Thanks for the info. I’d much rather have these green anole in there. Saw this little guy just yesterday

MKGROW said:

Thanks for the info. I’d much rather have these green anole in there. Saw this little guy just yesterday

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I'll take them all, ha ha! I haven't done it for awhile, but I used to catch every centipede I'd find and throw them in my greenhouse. Cane toads too. I actually just saw a big centipede in there tonight. All the other predators (lady bugs, praying mantis, geckos, spiders, etc.) just find there way in. I don't think I've seen any anole in there though. I wish we could ship in green lacewings. I know we have them here, but I never see them or their eggs in my area. I probably have to plant some flowers that attract them. Getting beneficial nematodes would be rad too!

Last year I inquired about buying insects from buildasoil thinking they would be aware of different shipping regulations and they were eager to send pretty much anything to Hawaii. Then I researched a little and had to inform them I couldnt risk the hefty state fines if caught.
People definitely still do it though.
We all need to be more mindful about what we import into hawaii, things might seem harmless like clones or insects/worms we already have but they can be hiding things that are potentially devastating to our native species.

waterproof808 said:

Last year I inquired about buying insects from buildasoil thinking they would be aware of different shipping regulations and they were eager to send pretty much anything to Hawaii. Then I researched a little and had to inform them I couldnt risk the hefty state fines if caught.
People definitely still do it though.
We all need to be more mindful about what we import into hawaii, things might seem harmless like clones or insects/worms we already have but they can be hiding things that are potentially devastating to our native species.

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Well said waterproof! Though I wouldn't feel bad at all about kicking the parasitic nematodes' asses with beneficial nematodes, otherwise I agree

Ace high and night rider at wk 5. Started throwing out funky leaves so started light dep a couple weeks ago. Trying to get these last few girls bloomed out. Veg house getting too full!

Looking good @KENTA How's the nose on those?

I just finished a few GPS strains too. They all grew good except one or two that got attacked by root-knot nematodes (hence my dislike of them) and all had good aroma. I'm thinking there should be at least a couple I'll keep around for awhile. I had several Jamokas, a few Purple Badlands and a couple Raindance.

Here's a few pics:

Raindance

Raindance bottom nug at second chop

Another Raindance nug

One of the Jamokas


Purple Badlands

Another Purple Badlands

waterproof808 said:

Last year I inquired about buying insects from buildasoil thinking they would be aware of different shipping regulations and they were eager to send pretty much anything to Hawaii. Then I researched a little and had to inform them I couldnt risk the hefty state fines if caught.
People definitely still do it though.
We all need to be more mindful about what we import into hawaii, things might seem harmless like clones or insects/worms we already have but they can be hiding things that are potentially devastating to our native species.

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Right on yeah don't want to more import invasive species to our secluded environment. Fire Ants are an absolute nightmare.

I believe there is always a risk of importing parasitic nematodes along with beneficial ones when a possible 'bad batch' was created in a lab. This could be a reason why beneficial nematodes are restricted entry into Hawaii.

When it comes to beneficial insects in general, importing them creates problems because the species of beneficial insects are different than ours and may or may not compete with our native biota.

There may also be hitchhikers like mites that we may not have in Hawaii. All we need is some new lady bug mite to be introduced inadvertently by someone who illegally imports into Hawaii.

We should all be mindful of what we decide to bring back home. Even from your local Nursery

Aloha

The Coqui frog is a good example. In puerto rico where it comes from, the population is roughly 20,000 frogs per hectare....in Hawaii its up to 55,000 frogs per hectare due to no natural predators creating huge competition for native birds, etc. And on the Big Island, you can pretty much count on the government not doing jack to control anything until Maui or Oahu gets it.

njamess said:

Right on yeah don't want to more import invasive species to our secluded environment. Fire Ants are an absolute nightmare.

I believe there is always a risk of importing parasitic nematodes along with beneficial ones when a possible 'bad batch' was created in a lab. This could be a reason why beneficial nematodes are restricted entry into Hawaii.

When it comes to beneficial insects in general, importing them creates problems because the species of beneficial insects are different than ours and may or may not compete with our native biota.

There may also be hitchhikers like mites that we may not have in Hawaii. All we need is some new lady bug mite to be introduced inadvertently by someone who illegally imports into Hawaii.

We should all be mindful of what we decide to bring back home. Even from your local Nursery

Aloha

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I'm not arguing with you, but you cannot in anyway breed parasitic nematodes from a batch of predator nematodes.

The Dept of Agriculture and the Forest Service are just extra cautious because the state has screwed up soooo many times allowing/importing stuff in to the state. And you and waterproof808 are both correct in the possibility of something else hitchhiking (disease, smaller pest) on the back of whatever beneficial critter might be imported which is the main reason you can't import beneficials even if it's the same variety of insect, worm, bacteria, nematode, fungi that we already have here.

Hey Rik, you ever look into root knot nematode suppressing cover crops? I think I read Tropic Sunn Hemp is good at reducing them but there may be some others.

rikdabrick said:

Looking good @KENTA How's the nose on those?

I just finished a few GPS strains too. They all grew good except one or two that got attacked by root-knot nematodes (hence my dislike of them) and all had good aroma. I'm thinking there should be at least a couple I'll keep around for awhile. I had several Jamokas, a few Purple Badlands and a couple Raindance.

Here's a few pics:

Raindance
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Raindance bottom nug at second chop
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Another Raindance nug
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One of the Jamokas
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Great looking girls! Niicely done!
I have really great smells on most ranging from fruity, to musky to skunky. Of course they’re not all keepers as with any breeder but really happy overall so far with GP

waterproof808 said:

Hey Rik, you ever look into root knot nematode suppressing cover crops? I think I read Tropic Sunn Hemp is good at reducing them but there may be some others.

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Sorry for the super slow reply. I've been working on getting to bed earlier so it's been limiting the amount of time I get to spend online.

Anyway, I haven't planted tropic sunn hemp in the greenhouse I was having nematode problems in. I did plant some in my other greenhouse and haven't had any nematode problems in there so maybe it did something though I've had different problems in each one even though they're not that far from each other. I'll try planting some in the problem greenhouse this round. Sunn hemp is a pretty good crop to grow for organic matter because it grows so fast, but I have a pretty high percentage of organic matter already and it's kind of a pain because I have to trim it down constantly because of how quickly it grows. I'll throw some seeds down anyway just to experiment on the nematode suppression abilities.

I also got Venerate from Marrone Bio which is the same stuff as there bio-nematicide product Majestine and I ordered some Diterra (sp?) organic nematicide also so those nematodes are going to have to fight for their supper at least, ha ha!

Thanks for the heads-up on the sunn hemp!

Hey all, came across this thread researching an old Hawaiian strain called JohnnyD. I was gifted BOEL Skunk x JohnnyD seeds from a friend of the family that lives on the big island. After reading some of the descriptions here from way back I can def see the JD influence. The JohnnyD was rumored to be a Thai/Cambodian cross but the plants look like they've got a lot of Afghani in them, maybe from the skunk. I call it Thaibodian Skunk for short. Definitely some weird-ass frosty flowers that are great for hash. I'll be house sitting for my bro up on the hill outside Capt Cook the last two weeks of July if anyone wants to roast a bowl and have a beer.

Stealthy widow , bred by me , this is a cross between camp stealth Girl Scout cookie and white widow from green house seeds she’s currently in testing

Wicked kenobi og kush, bred by me , this ones currently out of testing and being released really soon!
(Pretty wicked x obi wan og)

Hey everybody, aloha gonna cut too the chase. I’ll be the “bad” guy and I’ll say it. B-Dub, go promote your company somewhere else. Not here. If you wanna talk story and post pics cool, but if you think you’re gonna come in here and occasionally post that crap it confirms my theory of what your intents are. Don’t you have a thread for your “seed company” too post the same picture on? Or did you already double post that? This thread started before you popped your first seed. Have some respect for it and the few long time members that are left. Most left because of people like yourself, FYI.



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