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@Fridge feel free to message me any new info or interesting articles on fungi. I've been into mycology for the last few years and am always looking for new info. I used to be a nature guide and so always loved photographing animals. These days I just walk the forests for my own interest and fun/exercise, and I take just as many photos of fungi as I do of birds and animals on my hikes. Here are some of those pics. We have some truly amazing species right here in SA. As time passes, I find the smaller things in nature to be even more intriguing than the larger ones. @ORGANinc. the Red Stinkhorn (below) has been speculated to be mycorrhizal (as well as being saprophytic). No idea which plants they form a symbiosis with. They are so strange... smell just like rotting meat to attract flies so they can disperse spores. I dry heaved a few times when I smelled this one LOL.

Merry Xmas 420SA. ✌✌ I thought decorating a xmas tree was a mission.

Amnesia Haze auto - Week 11. The others will come down over the next 2 days. For a first shot at autos, I'm quite pleased.

So, I was sitting in traffic looking out of the window of my car and saw something that caught my eyes. A real South African beauty on the side of the road. I felt sorry for her. She had to stand there day in day out and nobody helped her... ....I just couldn't get her out of my head. There wasn't one day I didn't think of her. Till I finally decided to dare it and take her home... ...she was grateful I took her in, but most of her roots where on the streets and she needed a lot of tender, loving care. I honestly thought one day I'll wake up and she's gone... ...but it didn't take long till she felt comfortable at her new home. By now she's the shining beauty she was when I first saw her. These days we're doing everything together. We even go to the beach, smoke bongs and enjoy the view... Guys, I hope you liked my little story. Happy growing and merry Christmas!!! Edit: credit for the last foto goes to @Onion who helped me with this. Thank you Onion!

Pic #1 Choc Gelato x Ghost Train Haze. Pic #2 Choc Gelato x Slurricane. These two are loving the shade house. Doing their own thing and getting water Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. I'll be leaving the indoor seedling in it's tray for now. To scared to transplant to be honest. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Happy Holidays....

I've been growing for three seasons now, mostly autoflowers outdoors but we've recently finished building a small greenhouse so I can hopefully grow some photoperiods along side the autos. I recently got a mars hydro 70x70cm tent with a Liontree 100w double barrel LED light as a veg tent so I can start my plants indoors before moving them outdoors, I have been very impressed with the growth so far. The ones growing now are some Pure African Sativa by Green Smoke Room, just over two weeks since sprout. My greenhouse is made with glass doors in the front and sides and poly-carbonate on the roof and back with a wooden frame, I have two fans for circulation, a dehumidifier and an air cooler to keep the temps low and humidity up in the heat. The dehumidifier has been a lifesaver as it's gotten me through many thunder storms already. I also have a 12 blumat system to keep the pots from drying out the living soil. I love growing outdoors and this greenhouse has been wonderful so far. I have a couple plants I'm going to harvest next weekend with the Sweet N Sour by Mephisto looking like my favorite. Trumps Cookie Jar by President Seeds also turned out to be a monster for some reason, excited to see how it turns out as it's taking it's time. My goal this season is to learn how to clone, how to reverse females, and learn how to do some old fashion regular breeding. I have some Blue Orca Haze seeds from Swami Organic Seeds that I got from Arbour Collective and I want to make some more seeds from those and hopefully get a good male so I can start some pollen chucking with my other strains and see what I get. I have also been trying to support some local breeders, excited to try out some Head Honcho Genetics and Motherland Genetics. I may have developed a seed addiction though. Managed to snag some Sakura by Bodhi as well, hoping that will be some good night time medicine for my insomnia. Just waiting till around mid January to start some of these photoperiods as I don't want them getting too big. I love trying all these different genetics to see what excels in my environment. I still have much to learn in this amazing hobby, I grew up smoking dank in California and want to reach that level of quality I remember.

Some beautiful shots bud

Nothing to report on the indoor. Outdoor ones super happy as well. Made a dark room for the one which went into flower and have put it into 12/12. Must admit that there has been minimal work on this grow. Planted seeds, watered and then the waiting. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

The little weedlings love the sun..

Part of the reason I want to learn to reverse females is to take my remaining mephisto seeds and make more of them. I wouldn't mind always having a mephisto or night owl auto growing in the greenhouse. I found them quite sensitive to grow though, definitely start them out in a seedling mix or coco in a veg tent to nail the first 30 days without any stress. The Jammy Dodgers was a very strong indica high that shows up fast, very nice sweet smell and taste. Hard to grind since it's so sticky. My sweet n sour has a strong sweet smell, looking very frosty currently, she's supposed to be mainly sativa so I'm looking forward to trying her. Very nice structure and growth. I also have a Cremetasmo, she is a bit short but smells wonderful.

Fungi are truly amazing and we likely are not using them to their full potential. @Teal Smith some lovely pictures there!

Some Chicken of the woods.... Butter and garlic.

I think I love looking at my plants through the greenhouse glass in the natural sun way too much to ever go fully indoors. I grew some Jammy Dodgers by Mephisto last season but had to harvest early so it was a bit too racy, but the potency was certainly there, if I can nail decent potency and taste I will be pretty happy where I am at.

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It's grass bro...

This is my ethos autoflower. Pluto Cut. I will most definately grow it again. Tennis ball sized budz.

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Howzit guys Time for the next strain to step into the spotlight... Orange Road by Old School Genetics is a collaboration between OSG and Karma Genetics. OSG has been breeding for a while, but has only really gone commercial over the last year. What sets him apart is his network of friends/contacts, and the fact that he is sitting on some of the oldest and rarest cuts available today. Just off the top of my head, he has in his personal collection: - Original White Widow from the early 90's - NYC Diesel, the infamous grapefruit or Soma cut - Blueberry and Blue Moonshine from DJ's original work in the late 80's - Super Silver Haze, the cup winning cut from 1998 There are plenty more, but those are a few of the ones that stood out for me. Orange Road is a cross of his NYC Diesel (The Piff) crossed to Karma's Road Dawg (Stardawg {topdawg seeds} x Biker Kush) From the pics of IG, I can already see that it won't be too hard to find a pheno that leans to the NYC Diesel side of the cross. I will be popping a pack of these myself soon. Orange Road are fems. So if you have limited space, and would like a taste of one the greatest elites of all times, then this strain would be a good choice.

Very interesting paragraph I found about specific species of mycorrhizal... Teaming with Fungi - Silviculture Reclamation of waste sites Mycorrhizae can take up and isolate toxins—including heavy metals and radioactive elements. According to research, some mycorrhizal fungi bind and isolate radioactive elements, which can remain immobilized within the fungal tissue for years. Consider several studies involving mushrooms related to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. In 2002, a robot sent inside the destroyed nuclear power plant took samples of fungi growing on the walls. Researchers determined that these fungi used radioactivity as an energy source to break down food and increase growth. Studies have also shown that native deciduous trees and conifers can be inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi such as Gomphidius glutinosus, Craterellus tubaeformis, and Laccaria amethystina, all of which absorb radioactive cesium. Other studies demonstrate the importance of mycorrhizal inoculation in reseeding and reclaiming forested areas damaged by mining operations. The goal is to return the mine site to natural conditions, in part by inoculating the soils with mycorrhizal fungi. Another unbelievable fungi fact... Mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots access the same nutrients in the soil and use the same mechanisms to take up nutrients, but the fungi can also access minerals by growing into rock and dissolving them. This enables the fungi to capture mineral nutrients for the host plant that the plant would never get without the mycorrhizal association.

Hi guys, My partner will be on the Hotbox show this Thursday to discuss Golden Goose, and to give away a sweet hoodie and a pack of seeds. Which pack of seeds do you think we should give away? Unfortunately Headbanger is out. Not due to the price, but those beans are a little hard to come by. So we would like to retain our stock of that strain for as long as possible. I hope you understand. Hopefully I can get a few suggestions from you guys before Thursday. Cheers!

Fungus gnats

Ethos Mandarin Cookies put me off cookie strains to be honest. Would be keen to try some again at some point though.

Yeah both of those are definitely interesting. Im always tempted to grab a few packs for myself, but if I did that then pretty soon we would have nothing left to sell. That Critical Banana looks good enough to eat though. Apparently it has more banana terps than the Banana Haze, which is the other Banana Punch cross. I was sure Blue Grape Fuel would be everyone's choice, because... cookies

@Golden-Goose I think the Critical Banana looks pretty good. Stardawg x Fire Alien Kush is also quite intriguing.

Thanks man! Hope she burns nice and tasty !

Looking great man! Nice one!

Sorry about the long delay in posting. Here are the girls, they've gone into flower. Blueberry Blueberry 2 Auto Orange Daiquiri Lime I might have been too light on the nutes though. Ay, so much learning though. Anyways, I saw an aphid today. I'm pretty anal about pest control so I'm a bit bummed. I have organic pyrol and neem oil. Safe to use now? Thanks all

@Fridge Awesome, that is fascinating, thanks man :) Agree 100%. There is intelligence at work there for sure. Like something almost otherworldly. So many different species of fungi, all with different functions, without which life on this planet wouldn't exist. Pretty crazy how fungi are more closely related to us than they are to plants, too.

@Teal Smith, slime mold might be one of the most interesting things on earth. As far as I remember they aren't made of many cells but they are one big cell that can split up and merge again. It can change it's appearance to many different forms. It seems to be quite intelligent and It seems like a life form from another planet. I read about a slime mold that covers several square kilometers. Will check if I find that article now... Here we go: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/

Fungi are fascinating. So diverse and they can do so many things. Thanks for sharing @ORGANinc.. Something I came across the other day, you might find interesting, check out this video https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/slime-mold-navigate-maze/ There are certain slime molds that were able to navigate their way around a maze to get to a food source. Nature never ceases to amaze

I pulled the trigger on Headbanger can't wait!

Very interesting post @ORGANinc.. Thanks for posting! I grew up in an area that was effected by the radioactive cloud and acid rain caused by the Chernobyl disaster. I can remember I wasn't allowed to go play in the rain, lol. In certain areas, especially in Scandinavia it is not advisable to eat mushrooms that are growing in the wild as they take up radioactivity from the ground. Any other stuff that grows there is edible be it berries, apples, etc. Mushrooms are fascinating life forms. Wild mushrooms in Finland still containing high radioactive cesium from Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 « nuclear-news (nuclear-news.net)

Just a heads up guys. Originality, thought and effort is what will, in most cases, get you the prize. Keep that in mind while we near the closing date

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Cosmic...

View from below.

Anybody know what strain this is ? I was gifted seeds by a friend from Canada in June 2020, he doesn't know either.

Constitutionally allowed Christmas tree Have a smoking festive season Lights on

Buds for Brains

And look who decided to pop up all by itself. Must be smelling the rainwater that woke it up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Glamberry male and female taking training like a boss Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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That's the spirit....

Everything was captured on Nikon D90 1. Bag Seeds 2.Bag Seeds 3. Lavender Best Auto(biltong & Buds) 4. Durban Poison Auto(biltong & Buds) 5. Jet Fuel (Unknow)