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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!

This last year or two has been challenging and interesting. I have been the topic of both good and bad conversations. Realizing that it is because people generally don't know who I am, is why it has been such a multi polar experience. I started growing 10 years ago, fumbled around with bags seeds for a year or two, before gaining access to other imported genetics. What started me on my breeding journey was when I was given the Chocolope seeds from DNA genetics by another well known growmie back in 2013, who has undoubtedly touched all your lives in some way or another. I have since bred a few strains over the years, and established a rythem within the micro-breeding sector. The state of Cannabis back then was still rough, and most of my work had to be low key, and there are a few of the OG's on here that have been following what I have been doing. Even now I keep a lot of what I do low key, and within the reasonable limits that prevail. I am a father to two teenage boys, husband to a beautiful wife, and earn my living in the property maintenance sector. Cannabis is my passion though, and where all the extra time in my life pours into, and over the last 2 years I have been gravitating toward a full-time commitment. Sharing this through my seeds, my activism, is part of my drive to free the plant. Doing this has inadvertently thrust me into the public. A place I'm not yet used to or comfortable in as I'm generally a private person. However, I thought it a good place to treat this thread as a Q&A about my breeding. Here are a few that have have already recently popped up: Q: Where do you get your seeds? A: I do all my own pollination, and produce my own seeds. The plants I breed with are selected cuts from the original breeders seed stock and my own seed stock. Q: How do you manage to pheno hunt with so few plants? A: My pheno hunting spans across many growers tents, gardens and farm spaces, besides my own space. Q: Do you sell other peoples work/gear and pass it off as your own? A: No. I see myself as an ethical breeder. I am transparent about the genetics I work with, and credit the original breeder and their work. Q: Do you have any autos? A: No. Although there is a demand for them, to protect the photoperiod genetics I work with, I will not be working with autos at all into the foreseeable future. EDIT: I have since this actually started working on a few autoflower crosses, since making major changes to my setup. Q: Why are your prices so low? A: We are at an automatic disadvantage with our poor exchange rate when importing seeds. This makes it inaccessible to many more than you think. Part of my mission is to make good quality genetics available at prices everyone can afford. So, what do you want to know?

Just a quick check in to introduce myself and thank you all for the many tips I've picked up recently while lurking on this board. I've been 'growing' for a few years, mostly chucking bag seed in the veld, on friends land and in a few inaccessible places... all stealthy-like. Moved to Gauteng a few years ago and have been experimenting with living-soil in large pots since. Who knew that cannabis was a gateway drug?... Gateway to gardening, that is! This wonderful plant has really given me a whole new perspective on life, connection with mother nature and a love for all things green and growing. My mornings are full with post-meditation gardening and I barely have time to go for a run anymore ... but I digress. Super-interested in the microbiome and learning as much as I can from the work of people like Jeff Lowenfels, Chris Trump, Dr Elaine and all of you here. I've started making some of the long-term KNF & JADAM inputs like OHN, FAA, LABS, FPJ and a couple ferments, so I'll keep you all posted on my experiments as I venture down this rabbit hole. Perhaps even start a grow diary as soon as I fix my busted up phone. Been having an interesting outdoor season this year, battling the elements and various creepy crawlies who are intent on eating my grow. Will definitely be leaning on the collective wisdom here for troubleshoot some of the more interesting ones! Well that's me in a nutshell. Pics to follow soon. Many blessings Monk

I am busy with a feminized seed run right now, and will be releasing feminized versions of this years regulars from mid January 2021

Namaste fellow gardeners, It's pretty poor form not to introduce oneself first, but I'll be sure to do that soon in another thread as I'm just a bit finished after climbing on my roof for this evening's little project. I wanted to quickly wish you guys and girls... If you're going away, be safe out there! Monk

When can we see a fem seed run again? Not asking for myself but other guys growing fem seeds.

Bad ass man! Double votes for this one!

Man! this is the winner! Hahaha fridge you champion!

What is your aim when you create new seeds / strains? What is it that you like to look for in a plants when breeding them and deciding what is a keeper and what is not? When do you determine that it is time to change things up a bit and add some new strains into your mix of breeding material? I recall you recently started some breeding with Slurricane for example.

Whoop all went smooth very glad to have my hands on these

Me again, that dude that keeps harping on about cinnamon powder. If you haven't tried it yet sprinkle some on the surface of your soil and work it in a few cm. You won't find unwanted larvae and gnats. I add cinnamon to all my soil and have been safe so far. I'm busy with a soil test grow from a local dude and thought I'll leave the soil as is. GNATS. Good thing I only used a 10l pot. Added cinnamon to the remainder of soil that I left outdoors and sprinkled the affected one. Everything back to normal. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Tomatoes are fattening up Gooseberries looking happy Watermelon flowering Sunflowers surviving. It’s the dog’s favorite leaves to chow Grandilla in flower Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I desided it was time to really test the efectivity of these companion plants with regards to pests.. Chamomile, Sage, Basil and Marigold. I know when planted in the same pot, Marigold can be very beneficial.. Got some seeds and put them in Jiffies.. A few days later and I have a few showing face... Sooo dam tiny...

Hi guys, Can anyone help to ID these buggers? I see them flying on the top of the soil and even go "into" the soil. Could these be fungus gnats? Using FF soil (green bag) Thanks in advance.

Just a quick update on the progress the ladies are making. I did a second round flush to try and get the soil as free from excess nutrient build up as possible. I thought this might make the feeding schedule going into flower a little bit easier to ensure no lockout and less build up in the soil. I also cleaned up the ladies to try and focus growth on the primary bud sites I want to develop. Will probably flip in 3 to 4 weeks Chocolate Haze Purple Queen Old school Upper Cut Glookies Supercropped clone 20201207_192346.jpg

My primary aim has always been to preserve the genetics. Creating new strains is experimental to me. Giving the genome space to evolve in a controlled environment while I watch and learn. There are many things I take into consideration. THC is strangely not one of them since most of the strains I Work with all fall within the same THC range, and dont really vary from it. Most of the female phenos I select either from my own stock or from the clones I receive, are the standout plants of that run. I decide on the keepers based on the outcome quality of the offspring. I do spend more time selecting my males as opposed to females. For every years grows I plan and collect various genetics. And every year I select 4 or 5 new lines and cross in some of my older crosses. I also focus on finding one pollen donor for that run so males get thinned until one remains. For 2019, my focus was on my bubbleberry line for the pollen. This year it has been the choc gelato line(my standout line from 2018), and next year is still in planning. Generally the best performer from those runs are my keepers that I'll work on again in future. My 2019 Bubbleberry Glue is my keeper from that year for example. The next few months will tell what the 2020 keeper will be. Looking at Slurricane specifically, it has been a standout strain this year. It is also being bred by a micro breeder that is constantly changing his gear up. So they are kind of limited edition. It fits into my mission of preserving the genetics as those seeds will soon not be available.

Yeah, West Coast hey. Know what you talking about. I'd go wooden square structure, clear solid roof (west coast mist in the morning = water) and shade cloth down the sides. I'm also West Coast but have a massive shade house (60°) and the plants love it. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

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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

New beginnings..

Still got a few weeks to go bru..

@DamDave how much cinnamon do you add? @Wulf I agree with @CreX it does not look like a fungus gnat. No clue what it may be though. Sorry.

60% and 80%. Sun's harsh out here. Plants live in the 60% area. I'm not concerned about winter as it's indoors then and our other plants get free water. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Fantastic news! Can't wait to see what you do with them.

Almost ready to go in the ground?

i disagree on fungus gnats if i compare your pics to this pic

I’m also busy with pretty much the same. Mostly for the veggie patch. Those chamomile babies are indeed incredibly small. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very good job nursing her back to health! Happy festivities.

Fungus gnats

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

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Enjoying the sun with gratitude Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk