bobj1598
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Understandable, have a nice day.
What is the secret?
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Op if you can grow other plants you can grow weed it isnt that hard just takes passion dedication patience and be willing to learn sure some things are different from growing other plants but not that much imo most first growers over think or over feed or try to do too much at one time keep it simple
bobj1598
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I've never before grown other plants lol. But thank you for having faith in my horticultural endeavours
jondamon
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YOU need to have faith in your horticultural endeavours.
Grow a few plants first.
fuck them up (because 95% of people do)
learn from your mistakes.
don’t make the same mistakes again.
Then keep trying to do better.
Buying a $60 seed doesn’t mean shit if you can’t grow out a $0.50 seed.
LeastExpectedGrower
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Want weed that looks super frosty and crystalline like you see in all the pics?
...learn to take better pictures.
...learn to take better pictures.
chuckeye
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So let me see if I understand you correctly.
You're complaining about the weed you purchased, not the weed you've grown ?
If that is correct, dispensary weed is grown for quantity, not quality.
And there likely is little to no cure, once it's dry it's packaged.
Most is machine trimmed, meaning all the exterior trichomes have been hammered off, hence no sparkle.
You say you are now growing in a closet but you don't say what light you are using ?
If you can't be more forthcoming with information and pictures I'm going to wish you luck and sign off...
Cheers
Yeah not to mention tumbled a bit most commercial stuff is be it legal or illegal regardless
Get some hands on practice in then is my advice then you learn more by doing than anything else as others have already said mate good luck all the same
ComfortCreator
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The simplest way to understand the issue is "good enough". What is good enough?
To dispensaries, if it sells and the demand stays high, it is good enough.
To home growers...most grow to a level they consider good enough. That definition varies. Many of us want the best and know that comes from paying a fortune or growing our own.
To understand how to achieve your goal think of sports. Baseball may look simple, it does to me. But if you get into the small details and realize what the players are actually doing, and how they got there, you realize pros define "good enough" as being the very best their genetic potential allows. It is an extreme only understood and achieved by those at that level.
Likewise, coaches are sometimes great at the sport and sometimes not. What makes greatness is a strong will focused on a goal.
If you are willing to put in a few years, you will easily surpass the stores yourself.
But that all depends upon when you reach "good enough" on your own scale.
I can always do better
And within reason I try
Humility leads to observations that will allow your skills to grow.
Dont want to grow? Learn where the very best is sold! It isnt on the legal market. And those illegal folks are dying to sell theirs to you!
To dispensaries, if it sells and the demand stays high, it is good enough.
To home growers...most grow to a level they consider good enough. That definition varies. Many of us want the best and know that comes from paying a fortune or growing our own.
To understand how to achieve your goal think of sports. Baseball may look simple, it does to me. But if you get into the small details and realize what the players are actually doing, and how they got there, you realize pros define "good enough" as being the very best their genetic potential allows. It is an extreme only understood and achieved by those at that level.
Likewise, coaches are sometimes great at the sport and sometimes not. What makes greatness is a strong will focused on a goal.
If you are willing to put in a few years, you will easily surpass the stores yourself.
But that all depends upon when you reach "good enough" on your own scale.
I can always do better
And within reason I try
Humility leads to observations that will allow your skills to grow.
Dont want to grow? Learn where the very best is sold! It isnt on the legal market. And those illegal folks are dying to sell theirs to you!
GrodanLightfoot
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Frost means nothing,really. The best herb is not frosty. It could be, theoretically, but it hasn't panned out in reality so far.
But to grow resinous buds, grow your cannabis like it's an oil seed crop, not like it's a fiber crop. Lots of sulfur, lots of potassium. Cannabis hates calcium and high pH. Any time a breeder or soil pimp mentions bone meal or soap/chalk/earth/urinal cake/meat terps; run. They've devolved their crop to fiber status, on a genetic level,and want to de-skunk your crop also, turn your OG Kush into Earth Vanilla Muffin Crumbcake Cookies
But to grow resinous buds, grow your cannabis like it's an oil seed crop, not like it's a fiber crop. Lots of sulfur, lots of potassium. Cannabis hates calcium and high pH. Any time a breeder or soil pimp mentions bone meal or soap/chalk/earth/urinal cake/meat terps; run. They've devolved their crop to fiber status, on a genetic level,and want to de-skunk your crop also, turn your OG Kush into Earth Vanilla Muffin Crumbcake Cookies
HydroKid239
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I thought that corn stalk landrace was yours..
Funkentelechy
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Pot genetics simply isn't as homogeneous as you are expecting, they aren't as homogeneous as most other plants in agriculture. If you buy some Blue Lake green beans, for example, you can predict the way they will look, grow, and taste based on the description. Most(not all) crops we grow are fairly predictable as far as what you can expect their offspring to grow like, but not pot so much, it is still a little bit of the wild west when it comes to cannabis genetics. And, the truth is some crops never become homogeneous, like apples, if you pull the seeds out of a Grannie smith each seed will grow a different plant, different from the parent plant and different from each other. You can not breed genetically stable apples from seed.
Also, it is important to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype. Genotype is basically what is described about a given strain, in this case as you put it "BC Kush should have nice green bulbous fuzzy buds with purple leaves". Phenotype is the expression of the genotype based on the growing conditions. So, in other words, five people can grow the same strain, the same genotype, and they may come up with five different phenotypes. So some will have purple leaves and some won't, some will have green bulbous fuzzy buds, and some will have tight spear shaped buds.
That's just the way that pot genes work, you have to take all descriptions from breeders with a grain of salt, they are generalizations of what to expect from the strain/genotype they are selling. Anyone who tells you their genes are 100% stable is blowing smoke up your ass.
Also, it is important to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype. Genotype is basically what is described about a given strain, in this case as you put it "BC Kush should have nice green bulbous fuzzy buds with purple leaves". Phenotype is the expression of the genotype based on the growing conditions. So, in other words, five people can grow the same strain, the same genotype, and they may come up with five different phenotypes. So some will have purple leaves and some won't, some will have green bulbous fuzzy buds, and some will have tight spear shaped buds.
That's just the way that pot genes work, you have to take all descriptions from breeders with a grain of salt, they are generalizations of what to expect from the strain/genotype they are selling. Anyone who tells you their genes are 100% stable is blowing smoke up your ass.
bobj1598
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Was mine. I, uhh, kind of forgot to water it..I thought that corn stalk landrace was yours..
Hollatchaboy
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Maybe, it's a gamble. The ibls show little variation, but
Ibl = in bred line.
twentyeight.threefive
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hotrodharley
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Light, light and more light. Keep everything else simple.
ProPheT 216
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Good lighting, good air exchange, don't over feed, and of most importance good genetics. What seeds have you grown? That will help immediately deduce if it's you or genetics
ICGA
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It's not east to do what he sed lol. Its easy after youve done it enough times but you cant exspect to come out the gate with perfect results. Even a biologist would have to get there bearings a little because of the variables involved. Start with out door and supper soil. Then just water the right amount and use some neem oil or something for bugs once a week till week 2 of flower. That's the best way to learn.