Happy Solstice 2021

It's the day we celebrate in the northern hemisphere. Winter solstice. The shortest day of the year. It only gets better from here as we start gaining light hours.

Have you got your outdoor grow all planned out?

Happy Solstice from Alaska.

hotrodharley said:

It's the day we celebrate in the northern hemisphere. Winter solstice. The shortest day of the year. It only gets better from here as we start gaining light hours.

Have you got your outdoor grow all planned out?

Happy Solstice from Alaska.

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No

Actually I'm probably just going to do one plant in a DIY SIP using an 18 gallon tote. I have an old wagon I'll set it in so I can roll it around behind the shed to hide it when company comes over. I don't care if it's legal to grow. I still like to keep things out of sight when some people come over.

I'm making some fem seeds of this damn Durbistan IBL that I've been working on for 3 years. I'll probably start it really early inside and train it into a bush supercropping and LST. I'm hoping for a mid September finish. It flowers pretty fast as the lineage is Durban and PCK. It's damn good weed. There's better but this one is my baby and I love it.

Back to you, bro. I hate this shit. I over eat and over sleep with the minimal daylight and cold temps.

OG-KGP said:

Back to you, bro. I hate this shit. I over eat and over sleep with the minimal daylight and cold temps.

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People here wishing each other Happy Solstice. There will be fireworks. You can't see them on the 4th of July so people save them for Solstice and New Years.

The path of the sun as seen on Solstice 2020 from Fairbanks AK. Sunup to sundown. I don't even see this because I'm on the far side of the Hills. This is why we celebrate like it's a holiday.

That's the Alaska Range in the distance.

Edit add: this damned diesel started and easily this morning. I just know it's going to be a good year with a sign like that. Only an idiot drives a diesel in Alaska and I'm qualified! However in my defense it was actually given to me by a seed customer here. It was a lifesaver.

Yep. I have 5 Northern Lights Auto seeds. I am going to start them on them at the beginning of April, in my conservatory and outside as soon as they get a decent size. When they start to flower I will pop 5 more, which should be good to finish at the start of September.

@hotrodharley ... Glad I visited AK in June!... the sun was up almost all the time. We arrived at 3 am, and it was light enough to see a good distance. Don't think I could do the other side of that coin when it's dark most of the time.

DoubleAtotheRON said:

@hotrodharley ... Glad I visited AK in June!... the sun was up almost all the time. We arrived at 3 am, and it was light enough to see a good distance. Don't think I could do the other side of that coin when it's dark most of the time.

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3 hours and 40 minutes of daylight for me today and won't actually be able to see the sun from where I live. I set everything on 24 hour time. Wake up in the dark at 5 and it's nice to immediately know AM or PM.

hotrodharley said:

3 hours and 40 minutes of daylight for me today and won't actually be able to see the sun from where I live. I set everything on 24 hour time. Wake up in the dark at 5 and it's nice to immediately know AM or PM.

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I don't see how you do it brother!.. I'd lose my mind.

Just hoping to get some seeds from my winter grow so I can carry on with more Kwazulu in the Spring-Summer. Realized I prefer it over the Durban Poison I grew, but only ever actively pollinated the DP (with Kwazulu), so now I have small plants from seed I really hope I actually got from KZ polinated KZ.
The DPxKZ cross is pretty good but has more of the DP “pine-sol” terps than the sweet-berry diaper-funk (yeah, I said it, but it’s quite interesting) terps of the KZ. I really like the KZ high.
High hopes though!
Happy growing

Gonna try Columbian Sky's from Greenthumb and the Cindy 99 .Also the Exodus Cheese..Here in VA our dryer air for finishing is in Nov.(some years).Good Luck all and Happy Solstice.