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2 weeks into 12/12 Chocolope NL x Gelato #33 F1 male

Aweh fellow horticulturists. Been a bit busy cause spring is around the corner. 1-2. Chocolate Gorilla This lady is getting the chop today. Pushed her an extra week to ripen up some more, now we paying some tax with a dash of rot. But her buds are rock solid. 3-4. Seedsman Lemoncello haze She built a good strong structure to carry her treasures, now she just has to put on some weight in all the right places. 5-6. Purple Stilton Went the same route with her as the Lemoncello. Only topped once and upsized the pots. Starting to get a bit of frost. 7. Purple Pineapple She is doing well, stem terps are strong and funky, but it's still early days. 8-9. Swazi Gold Bagseed from a previous grow, she might not be 100% pure, but she grew well and hasn't skipped a beat at all. Putting on some good weight now, but she has a few seeds. 10. Purple Pineapple Trying to reveg this lady, need a few clones as her buds were sweet, funky and smooth. And the jar is almost empty. Trying out Biobizz Grow, Bloom and Fishmix this season as well as SST's. The mung bean and mielie tea's have gone down well so far and fit in well with the smoothie feeds.

https://weedmaps.com/news/2020/08/an-in-depth-look-at-the-study-that-discovered-thcp-a-cannabinoid-more-potent-than-thc/ A new cannabinoid has been discovered, and the ramifications could be massive. Scientists funded by the UNIHEMP research project have discovered a new psychoactive molecule: Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabiphorol, or THCP; and they believe that there are great scientific implications for the phytocannabinoid. Phytocannabinoids are cannabinoid molecules that are specifically produced by plants. There are several types of cannabinoids, including endocannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoids, and phytocannabinoids. Endocannabinoids are compounds that are produced within the body by an organism's endocannabinoid system; and synthetic cannabinoids are man-made chemicals that cannot be found in nature. Phytocannabinoids, on the other hand, are a different beast altogether. They are those that naturally occur in plants and are found in a variety, including echinacea. However, the plant species in which phytocannabinoids are most prominent is cannabis. Because of cannabis' status as a Schedule I controlled substance in the US, there are several barriers that prohibit the scientific study of the plant and its constituents. Thus, a considerable portion of cannabis research takes place abroad. Many clinical and laboratory studies of cannabis take place in Israel and Canada, where there is federal research funding to support this work; but, the newly discovered THCP was characterized by a group of Italian scientists. Unlike the US, government funding for cannabis research is relatively commonplace in Europe. The discovery of THCP was enabled by the UNIHEMP project, which is sponsored by the European Regional Development Fund. A multi-disciplinary team of Italian scientists was responsible for the discovery of this novel cannabinoid, led by Giuseppe Cannazza of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. The researchers' findings were published in late 2019 in the journal Nature. THCP is 33-times more active than THC Throughout the duration of the project, the group studied a medicinal cannabis cultivar, dubbed FM2, which was supplied by the Military Chemical Pharmaceutical Institute in Florence. Using a variety of scientific characterization techniques, the researchers observed two novel cannabinoids, THCP and CBDP, and isolated them from other cannabinoids that were present. Following this discovery, the group artificially synthesized THCP and CBDP to create reference materials, and the synthesized versions were successfully used to verify the natural expression of the two cannabinoids in the FM2 cultivar. After the confirmation of the identity of the two cannabinoids, the group turned its focus to THCP. To study the compound, they pursued an in vitro experiment with cultured cells. This experiment tested the binding affinity of THCP with CB1 and CB2 receptors, using synthetic cannabinoids as reference materials. It was shown that, when comparing THCP-related results to the previously reported data of other cannabinoids against the CB1 receptor, THCP is 33-times more active than delta-9 THC. This finding is critical because the group also found that the chemical was present in FM2 at 0.0029%, whereas THC was found to be expressed at 3.9%; so, even in smaller amounts, THCP is more active than THC. They also tested the cannabimimetic activity of the molecule. Cannabimimetic activity is a measure of how well a substance replicates the effects of more well-characterized cannabinoids which bind to the CB1 receptor. An in vivo experiment involving mice was performed. Herein, the influence of THCP on body temperature, spontaneous activity, immobility, and pain was determined — the results of these tests confirmed that THCP acts similarly to other cannabinoids like delta-9 THC. Will THCP be important? According to the study, even at lower doses, THCP has more cannabimimetic activity than THC. Further, the group posits that THCP could account for the wide variability of patient responses in cannabis-based therapies, even amongst cultivars with equal THC doses. This means that cannabis' psychotropic effects, which the scientific community attributes to THC, may actually be due to the presence of THCP. Unfortunately, none of the original researchers could be reached for comment. However, experts in the field do have varying opinions regarding the study. Dr. Cecilia J. Hillard of the Medical College of Wisconsin said, “I think it is well designed.” She goes on, “[The study] has two important gaps, in my opinion. First, they should have compared the in vivo effects of THCP to that of THC 'head to head' so that relative potencies could be assessed. Second, I would like to know whether THCP has greater efficacy to activate the [CB1 receptor] in particular. THC is relatively safe because it has low efficacy at the receptor. If THCP has high efficacy (like the synthetic analogs that have also increased the tail length), it is a more concerning finding, as it would suggest that strains making a lot of THCP could be more dangerous to use than those that do not.” Expanding on how THCP could be more dangerous, Hillard continued, “The so-called 'spice' compounds are synthetic agonists of the CB1 receptor. They are full agonists, meaning that they are very strong activators of the CB1 receptor. Compared to THC, these drugs have significant adverse effects and produce significant dependence (addiction). So, my issue is that we do not know yet whether THCP is like THC, a partial agonist, or like the synthetic compounds, a full agonist. And my concern is that, if it is the latter, cannabis strains high in THCP will have more adverse effects than those that are low.” Dr. Samuel Banister of The University of Sydney states, “[The study] was well designed and executed,” concurring with Dr. Hillard. However, he goes on to disagree with the group's assessment that THCP may account for the variability of psychotropic effects across various cannabis cultivars: “While this possibility cannot be ruled out, the known potency differences for THC and THCP at cannabinoid receptors is relatively small, while the difference in abundance of each in cannabis is enormous. The same is true of CBD and CBDP, although CBD requires even higher doses to achieve many of its pharmacological effects. For this reason, I do not feel that minor or trace phytocannabinoids like THCP or CBDP contribute significantly to the psychoactive effects of different cannabis strains.” How this novel cannabinoid plays out in both medical and recreational use is yet to be determined, as much more research is needed. Nonetheless, this new evidence suggests that analytical laboratories in US regulated markets may need to expand their testing panel to include THCP.

That was an awesome read @TheUltimateNoob. Quite a lot of information. And that plant of yours filled the tent quite nicely. I think I'll document my process too. This below are four mainlined plants from seed just after the went into flower.

You can definitely mainline clones, although it won't be as symmetrical as a plant grown from seed because clones would stagger their nodes as they are not the main stem of the plant. You'll notice on a normal, untrained cannabis plant that the nodes on the main stem are symmetrical and the nodes on the branches are staggered. So I rate you just gotta choose the top two nodes, of which one will be lower than the other, and just train them to grow level at the canopy.

So recently I also started training my clones. You get soft plant bending wire from hydroponic.co.za. I tie it aroud the stem and bend the branch how I want to.

I wanted to share my first grow with bagseed :) Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

Another week gone by, putting on some good weight.

Checking awesome @Totemic

The GSC & LSD on the other hand are looking pretty good (those not labeled LSD are GSC)

Hey Everyone, Happy Sunday :) So some time has passed and the seedlings I was concerned with above have developed what seems to be a deficiency, or problem of some kind. It's only about half of the AK x Critical Mass strain that's doing this. See pics below. The GSC + limited LSD seem to be very happy though, and almost all of them are looking great! :) (will post pics separately). So it's something that only this one strain isn't liking.... All seedlings being treated the same with the same light and water, food, temp, RH etc. same same. (Temp @ 22 - 24 C and humidity between 55% - 65%) On deficiency chart it looks like it could Potassium or Magnesium deficiency but not sure about that... On some, the edges were browning a little, so snipped off the dead parts. But that happened only with 3 plants. I was advised to go easy on the nutes when working with autos, and since the coco was pre-amended by Atami (Atami High Porosity Coco), I thought 2 weeks without feeding (only ph'd water) would have been ok. Rather too little than too much, was my thought. But now I'm thinking that this could be a Nitrogen deficiency? and maybe they were hungry all along? I have stated feeding with low doses of nutes since (2 feeds, low - medium doses) and they seem to be looking a little better. Definitely a shade darker also. I've had my QB's on about half power, at 30cm above canopy, could it be that they need a little more light? I've kept the PH at between 5.7 & 6.2, fluctuating between the 2 extremes with a feed every 0.2, every other day (waiting for top inch of coco to dry) so no shocking changes. Only other thing I can think of is, this strain is not liking the Mycoroot I put into the coco before planting the seeds.... but not sure if that's a thing...

The flush with clean ph'd water hopefully got rid of the problem. Would have been best if you could test the ph of the runoff to confirm. The leaf colour indicates @Fridgedoor might be onto something regarding the Mg, whether it's a lockout due to N tox we don't know. So at some point the plant will need to get the correct ph feed with the correct nute mix. You sticking with biobizz? You could try half strength nute mix and see how she responds. If the leaves aren't dead, leave them on the plant. They won't recover fully but the fresh new growth will show if she is on the mend. Be carefull with heat, temp swings and RH - she doesn't need any more stress. I'd also recommend some AACT if possible, always helps with stress.

Chocolate Kush Totemic Genetics

2 weeks later and the seeds are developing. 3-4 weeks from harvest. CNL #1 CNL #2 CNL #3 Green Crack Slurricane Orange Kush Cake Looking forward to the first warm sunny week of the season.

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Finally after a few minor logistical problems and you know, life, I am ready to embark on my second indoor grow journey courtesy of @Bay Seeds. Thanks bud. Grow setup: 6 x Glamberry from @Bay Seeds. 1m x 1m x 1.6m cabinet from @Wife's Shelving Unit's. She's still a bit peeved. 1 x QB75 bar from @growopz. 1 x 300w no name Chinese blurple, after investigation probably 100w gifted by a friend. Soil. 50/50 Just Cannabis and specially made soil for propagation mixed together, perlite, vermiculite and coir added. Soil into 10l pots, watered and left to dry out again. I'll be planting 3 now and the other 3 in 2-4 weeks time depending on the growth rate. I may have another light by then that above friend wants me to compare. He has a few on the way from China. Hey, if I can score a light I'm sure it will do as a veg light instead of CFLs Grow plan: I have rigged the lights so that I can put 2 plants under the QB75 and 1 plant under the blurple. I will be rotating the pots in their respective places so that the plants can benefit from the overlapping light. Then of course as much light as possible from the greatest light supplier out there, Mother Nature. I'm curious to see the difference in growth under the 2 lights. No two plants are the same and if they spending most of time outside, I don't know. 8/9/2020 07H30 - 3 Glamberry seeds into paper towel. 10/9/2020 Checked this morning round 6ish and 1 had a tail. What's the right terminology here bud's? 5pm all 3 were wagging their tails, seed #1 about 10mm. Can see myself naming these girls, gotta be optimistic guys. I'll be putting them into pots during the course of tomorrow at this rate. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

So this is what my current feminized run looks like. Plants between 3 and 5 weeks of flower. I have 3 different chocolope NL phenos, and Chocolope NL #1 is the pollen donor, her one branch was treated and the other left untreated with STS. Then there is an OKC, Slurricane, And Green Crack. Pollination has started. ...

Hi everyone. First grow, a lot to learn. Planted three bag seed Durban Poison seeds, and one Gorilla Glue from CB Seeds. Planted them in the garage, made a small space available that will be extended later on. Had no heating source, so the little guys were severely stunted early on due to cold. Soil used - Freedom Farms. Lighting is a King Led 1000 watt. Reflective Material is a panel with emergency blanket glued on, and an emergency blanket glued to the wall. Going to close the other sides later on. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Pics below, please comment on plant health. I have not used any nutrients yet, planning to use Biobizz Grow when the plants are a bit bigger, and Bloom later on. Will the early cold and stunting cause hermies? Diary. Glass 29 July 2020. Paper Towel 31 July 2020. Started Germinating 02 August 2020. Prepped soil 02 August 2020. Planted in soil 04 August 2020. Planted Gorilla Glue but damaged the taproot. Lesson learned. Switched light on 04 August 2020. 24 hour cycle. First two breaks soil, both Durban Poison 09 August 2020. Gorilla Glue with broken taproot breaks soil 11 August 2020. Still on 24 hour cycle. Changed to 18/6 12 August 2020. Fourth one breaks soil. Durban Poison 13 August 2020. Pictures are from today 25 August. Plants only starting to put on some weight now due to warmer weather.

Hi everyone, this season I'll grow some clones besides plants grown from seed. I always mainlined my photoperiod plants from seed so far. I know it's a bit different to train clones that way. I'll follow nugbuckets technic but maybe one of you guys has some additional advise? Or should I just follow the instructions in the link below? https://www.growweedeasy.com/main-line-clones-nugbuckets Thanks for any input!

Thanks will get some for future problems , only had duct tape on hand and needed to act fast and messing with the already damaged stem is just asking for trouble Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I highly recommend Rubber Tape. I think Pratley does one and you can find it at any Builders Wharehouse or well stocked hardware store. It seals the stem and holds it firm.

Had a slight panic this Morning when I woke up to a snapped stem on the Girl Scout cookies , the stem snapped very close to the stalk so did my best with some duct tape and hoping she will pull through Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Broke out the 'ol tripod ( @TheUltimateNoob, @afternoon blazer ) and took some trichome and bud shots to see where we are with harvest. The outside lady (Skywalker OG) is one dirty girl dust and bugs will definitely be on the flavour profile if I don't do a wash. Will be the first time I do a bud wash so that will be interesting. I rate in terms of harvest, I think I will begin the flush, do that for a week and harvest sometime closer to the weekend. Inside we are still maybe looking at harvest at the end of the month. Buds are getting orange hairs and the aromas just keep getting better. The sugar leaves look insane and I am very happy with the progress. Pink Mango Gelato: Skywalker OG + Aurora Indica (Top left of the potted plants)

I'm just putting it down to a 100w. The plants will be moved outside most of the time. Gives me time to save for the next QB75 one buck at a time.[emoji36] Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

It's up to you in the end, as you have the plant in front of you and can judge best. I'd try the epsom and see how she responds. If all looks good by next feed, go in at half strength with the nutes and take it from there. AACT wise, I mix 25lt batches for the forest. 2 cups EWC, 2 cups garden compost, 50ml molasses, 25ml Seagrow/Fishmix. Brew for 12-18hrs. Optional - Seaweed extract/Kelpak, humic/fulvic acid, SST. You can apply the AACT straight or diluted 50% and any leftovers should keep in the fridge for about a week in a sealed container.

I agree... At the OP You could still do it, it will just take a bit more effort... Go with Nebula Haze's method if you want to shave a week off the veg period... Here's a link to my Nebula Mainline; https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/harvested-nirvana-blue-dream-indoor-grow-nebulas-manifold.1548198/ Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Pype cleaners work wonders with training... cheap cheap...

This winter though...the plants just know its winter and getting them to produce ample pollen on time...missed the window and very few seeds. I'm scrapping this run, and restarting it after my regular run.

Awesome thanks @Ill_Evan, I guess it's just a bit more training then.

You can be extra safe and deactivate it on your mobiles settings to be absolutely certain its not included in the metadata in the first place if I'm not mistaken metadata can be extracted from any image using specialised software but don't have first hand knowledge of efficacy so rather play it safe and turn it off all together - average person has no use for geolocation in images unless one wants to play inspector so in my opinion rather be safe than sorry

Dude, I haven't been able to find a proper oldskool Rooibaard/Transkei bud for jeez almost a decade, every now and again i get something that looks kind of similiar at first glance & for a moment get hopefull of catching a whiff of sweet nostalgia but end up dissapointed everytime the vacuum seal is broken & that first aroma whiffs out its like nope, not a chance! While it may look like the lost unicorn, but it turns out its just a donkey who rammed his head into the wall to try ton getbthe carrot infrtont of his face to stop moving and instead impaled it into his forehead and the unicorn was born.......LoL On a serious note though, where can one find these oldskool beans, certainly can't find them online or have I just been blind and not looking in the right places? Malawi is another haven't smoked in ages but if I'm honest dont miss it a single bit because while its a very enjoyable smoke with a heavy stone it should come with a warning because its guaranteed to turn you and your crew into a pack of rabid locusts on a mission to raid every cupboards in a 10m radius/eat 2x your bodyweight & possibly start a fight over the crunchy snacks Seeing as you guys talking about jut I'll throw in my 2c, back in my day there were 2 kinds of jut - the worst of the worst was called Mpondo (nickname= tamatie blarre) sticks/stoppe cost like R2 but it was basically just leaves, stalks & at least 200 pitte - this mostly smoked by buttonkoppe not worth your time - then there's turi/turry skuif - quality can vary greatly but yeah is mostly lower grade that look similar to mpondo but tastes slightly better but essentially same thing, tons of light green seeds with heads always having more stalk then bud - I must also say though albeit only 2 or 3 times this same jut strain grown sensi, has gotten me pretty baked but nooit the strain in general is simply below par Now the skunk vs Swazi matter, in cpt back in day skunk was always king, and fetched a slight premium but many people would just say that they got skunk but sell you swazi which is the reason why there is such an issue between smokers differentiating between the two because they believe what they smoked was 'skunk' and therefore always refer to it as 'skunk' but 50% of the time was a Swazi, because the differences between them are very subtke indeed a skunk - so basically unless you bought skunk and bag seperately (preferabky at the same place) anyone's who been to purple turtle and bought a bag of Swazi and a bag of skunk at the same time will know the difference and the only difference is flavour -- i actually remember a time where the terms were combined and was generally known as a 'swaziskunk' but I guess by today's standards calking that a skunk would be completely incorrect because now UK Skunk is the world skunk standard no? And one thing I can say for sure is that they miles apart, not blasting our version its just original UK skunk tastes amazing & entirely different strain - however its no secret that countless of the worlds best/strongest hybrids were bred with sativas whose origins can be traced back to RSA, because apparently our sativas are among the quickest growing/flowerimg, most potent and produce the highest yielding sativas (something to do with a 31st meridian line)

Day 2. Opened the cabinet round 6am and #1 was trying to push it's way out. Checked again at 5pm and #1 and #3 have sprouted. To be honest, I was expecting #3 to be a problem as when it germinated it looked a bit funny. Seed cracked open completely and the tail was very small. Haven't given any more water since I put the seeds in soil and put domes over them. Here's hoping for females next. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Sunbathing... Im happy with the progress..

Sunbathers...

Latest update :) Getting ready to do the second (and probably last) topping, started LST on one plant 2 days ago and going to start on the other tomorrow

Some awesome things happening in this mans tent.

11/9/2020. Day 1. I'm gonna be using days instead of date from here going forward. 3 seeds into 10l pots and I put a dome over them. Not sure if this is the correct thing to do but I'll be monitoring them. Had to put the light off to take the cabinet pic, just in case you all think I got a regular light bulb in there. QB75 is 500mm above plant. Blurple is 400mm above plant. I'll have to figure out correct heights, open to suggestions here bud's. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Been a few days since my last post. The temps are being good to the little ones. Is it too early to start with Biobizz Biogrow?

Here is the Sluri mother. These seeds are goung to be shit hot. I am definately running some in the April May Flower slot.

Chocolope NL #3 has really tight noding.

How do you know the sex on such a young plant? By monitoring and watching the development of the the pre flowers. Female pre flowers are shaped like a spear head. Male pre flowers look like a crabs claw.

A little over 4 weeks old. The bushy dense genes of the choco are pulling through. The gelato mom, was stretchy, with a low yield. So hoping the yield genes also carry.

Then there were 5. Transplanted to 5l. Three of them have gone outside. They not liking the indoor environment, and have been battling since germination. Looks to be solid Indica pulling through.

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