Growing Pot where it's hot!
This is the GOP Afghani outdoor grow for the season. I bred these beans over the past winter holiday and got seeds that sprouted well–from a previous post in Mid Feb: The plants are going on 90 days old or so and are doing quite well outdoors. The stems are thick & healthy and the…
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I sold some seeds to a FB friend and got the DM in the featured image just this morning. They planted 2 and got 2 popped up. That’s always a good feeling. Cannabis seeds sprouted! Now they are going to try their hand at cloning once its big enough to take cuttings from.
A reputable seller will perform a seed viability check. If you pack parachutes, the rule is you jump with one you’ve loaded after loading 10. Thankfully this isn’t life or death but still needs to be done. I took 10 fairly random cannabis seeds as a representative of the seed yield that occurred recently. I…
Now that the raised bed has had it’s maintenance it’s time to move the saplings outdoors. A quick check of long term weather tells me no freezes on the horizon. We should be good to go. The Afghani Kalimist and GOP Afghani are getting their outdoor season. The clones started indoors had a real good…
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I’m a dual zone grower…I usually have an indoor & outdoor grow going. Outdoor prep has to be done in advance of spring before it gets warm. I prefer to “hedge my bets” and not “have my eggs in one basket”. Putting aside corny cliches, I use my indoor space as a season starter (clones…
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I wont get into politics here with global warming & all…just my 2 cents as an AZ resident with a green thumb. The summers seem to be getting hotter. The last 2 “normal” spring to fall seasons were not good. It got hot too early, stayed hot and along with that came budworms and other…
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Feminized seeds are made by treating a new female with a solution of silver thiosulfate. I pick 1-2 areas where I juuuuust see the first white hairs that denote a female plant. Spray 1-2 squirts of Silver Thiosulfate/STS spray once every day for a couple of weeks normally does the trick. The plant will look…
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How Afghani Kalimist came about: I had gotten some Afghani landrace seeds. Very hearty with huge healthy bushy plants and also got some very good Bruce Kalimist from another seed bank and I decided the traits might complement each other . I was correct. 15oz dry smoking weight from one plant. The dealio on…
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How GOP Afghani came about: I really liked the huge buds I got from afghani X Bruce Kalimist. It smoked well with spicy flavors & the wife was pleased with the 2nd hand smell. I got 15oz dry weight from 1 plant I also liked some of this GOP (Guadalajara Orange Punch) from Burner Genetics…
For those blessed with backyard space for a dedicated grow area, greenhouses make a lot of sense. What I have done to make things easy for me was to build a raised bed dirt box and then build a 3-sided enclosure around it. The enclosure is a “modular” construction of stout exterior construction plywood fastened…
