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Head start is over guys.. Got my phone and I'm on your heals.. Put the beans in a container on top of the decoder... Hopefully tomorrow this time things would of started happening.. Let's see.. Good luck with the germanation and I wish you all 100%germ rate..

Almost a month old. Going to be flipping in a week or so, and cutting plants from the run as they progress through stretch.

2 beans have popped their tappies. They'll be potted tonight

Beans transferred into cotton pads after a 24h soak Placed the container with the beans in a humidity dome which is sitting on a heat pad. Will keep watching for taproots. Once the taproots appear the beans will go into pots

Little late but here we go , put seeds in water in clone area 23 hr's ago Temps roughly at 24 degrees 24/7, might dip to 21 degrees for 2hr's when lights go of . I see a taproot root popping, can you spot it ? Will update later how and in what medium il start it of with. I do have extra Tortoni seeds that's why there are 4 . Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

Lets name the girls... No3 is still in hiding. Tomorrow morning she will smile at me for sure No1 Tarryn No2 Sisa

Break through.. first 2 are coming to see the light and the camera gets something to record. 44 hours and 40 minutes after planting the popped seed, third had a 12 hours delay.

All going well inside. As soon as we confirm the Russian fuel females are pollinated and see seeds forming we will kill the males. Having a future supply of pure auto males is the main goal. We have enough regular auto pollen stored to pollinate alot more girls if we wanted to. This grow cycle is simply seed prep for October. We Will start reversing females as soon as the males go and we clean every inch of growing space. Traded the Dark Horse packs for Cinderella Jack Autos from Dutch passion and Strawberry Cheesecakes autos from seedsman. With mother plants like cinderella jack capable of 25% THC crossed with Russian fuel at 18% we should produce really solid hybrids. Thats pollen all over the leaves.

Cold Highveld nights. Only X2 is showing this insane deep purple. As dark as that first proper shiner you got behind the primary school bike shed.

I guess we will have to see if I'm able to improve on the 2 lines instead of just straight pollen chucking and hoping to hit the lottery. At this early stage of the game, I'm probably firmly in the pollen chucking category. I do have a goal though. If I achieve that goal over the course of the next few years, then I will consider myself a very novice breeder. Right now, I'm just hoping for a handful of viable seeds. Then the pheno hunt begins for a mother. Then we can have some fun with stash and dash clone hunts. I've already pictured it all in a brain movie

Greetings from Cape teown. Started growing in a 60cm x 60cm cupboard years ago....now a 2.4m x 1.2m grow tent Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk

We don't breed. This is just a cool project. Something I've wanted to do for the last 2 years. Clones and seeds will be given away freely, and then we see where it takes us.

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Hi Everyone, just thought this was interesting... A female cannabis flower generally has two pistils that include the reproductive anatomy: the ovary, style, and stigmas. The ovary, where a seed develops once fertilized, is at the very base of the pistil. The stigmas are covered with sticky hair-like structures, called stigmatic papillae, that capture pollen and transport it down the pollen tube, through the stigmas and style and into the ovary. The style is at the base of each stigma and separates the stigmas from the ovary. The style can be identified separately from the stigmas due to the absence of papillae. However, as the female cannabis flower is kept from being fertilized in the cultivation of cannabis, the papillae will grow on the style in an attempt to increase the plant’s ability to capture pollen. Cannabis pistils are whitish-yellow when fertile and orange to red when no longer fertile. Some unique cultivars have pink pistils. Pistils also vary in robustness along the broad to narrow leaf spectrum. (Credit: Expansion of female sex organs in response to prolonged virginity in Cannabis sativa)

All 3 successfully germed and now in pots. They're in a 1.5m x 1.5 veg tent - under a 400w MH. I'm old school but envy those lovely LED's you all have going As mentioned the soil for the seedlings is a very simple straight forward mix of equal parts EWC, Coco and perlite (being mixed in the pic below). I added about half a teaspoon of myco to that. I'm sourcing my EWC (earth worm castings) from a local supplier called Davley Organics. Organics Matter used to be my go to supplier for EWC but he moved to PTA sometime in 2019. Wasn't happy about that. I managed to find a supplier in my area today selling 125L bags of perlite for 250 bucks. KAK CHEAP! The beans are joining 2 other @Totemic strains in my veg tent at the moment. A Cherry Gelato CBD Fem and Choc Gelato Fem which will go into flower soon and free up some more space. I intend to start a separate thread on these 2 strains to update on their progress. They're in good shape. Will update again once the seedlings break ground

Shit man. You literally had the most perfect environmental conditions for solid and quick germination. Really really impressive man, well done and I hope you wake up to a smiling *insert name here* 3rd Tortoni that germinated.

You're a towel.

And as they see the light, I post the first light setup. The pots are NOT under the light directly, just beside the light. Light is a 288 QB running on 118 watts, 301H 3000k 660nm Light distance is 96cm over the pot. Measured under the dome.

Double Krush was pollinated yesterday. Let's see what we get... As soon as I get my phone back, I will start taking photos to document.

Good luck bro, from my experience with other species. I can tell you that its a long road and failures are inevitable. Maybe we need a novice plant improver thread where anyone can showcase their positive outcomes and failures. A place to ask questions and opinion with the goal of getting more people trying their hand. @Golden-Goose sorry to jack your thread. Good luck bro! I'll be watching your progress closely.

a little late to the party, veg - 1 x 1 x 1.8 - everything on ratchet ropes and caribeaners, ropes get tucked, only hanging wire is the temp/rh sensor. flower - 1 x 1 x 2 - same situation. outside the tents - got a thermometer and a small RH monitor sitting outside for ease of mind. dealing with some high RH as the night time sets in and the fog pulls over. been having a few misty evenings and mornings lately. doesn't phase me, got a 150cm inline running on low, all I need to do is turn the dial wire situation - not as neat as it can be, but I feel I am changing too much every now and then to put all the wires in one loom and all that. First pic is on the wall, few other things running off the first multiplug. second - multiplug in bottom corner runs from analog timer on the wall. everything on that multiplug runs on the timer. multiplug furthest away has the timer for flower tent aswell as all the fans and shit.

Week 14. Yep, missed a week battening down the hatches at the nursery before that little storm last week. Made a quick makeshift cover and that helped keeping the ladies dry. There was one casualty considering the thin stems and height they standing at. 650mm on average from soil. I'm gonna have to stake them I thinks. Nice sweet aromas and sticky as hell.

Study Mendels law of inheritance and apply what you learn to the subject of you program.

Then consider me a breeder too, and plans to grow that too.

I fucken hate it.... It's the worst ever... I ran out of pucks from a recent cutting spree I thought I had a few left but I couldn't find them... So I paper toweled it and it's been so troublesome... So far 2 of the 3 have popped, and are in the main tote, while the 3rd one will soak again until tomorrow morning where I will plant it... Hopefully it's cracked By then

Cool can we stop here and I win? The hard parts are still to come... long way till the 7th Sept rather sure there are a few very close on my heels party starts when we snip bits off hehehe

Decoder tech, I'm watching you, you know things I see.

After a good 24h soak in ExploGrow, the seeds will be ontkiemed in TerraAqua soil from those other guys. DIY LED light to sprout and veg first few weeks, it's a old MarsHydro300 that I slapped 2x Vero29 cobs on. Total draw is 95watt. My grow will be organic, I've moved off the chems directly after our last grow off. Never felt the need for them again. Can't wait to drop a light FRB feed in a day or two. And then will spray some daggaleaf ferment on the second set of leaves. *no water added to soil as yet, feels moist enough.

Got home to my fan and controller. It's very light and can barely hear it. The Bluetooth app is also cool and you can adjust the settings pretty easy.

i have no dimmer. they run 100% .. is the veg tent.. the light doesn't goes to waste reason.. 96cm distance. 250 micromol isn't much but for germination it hovers around the sweet spot. should also add.. 2 boards on one driver.. the other board is a lot lower I let them always run 100%. Have the Quantum Flux over as the buddy isn't growing right now and not in the mood to start.. last Gelato harvest will still hold a bit ^^ So I grabbed the thingy. Usually I have my numbers for each light and stage.. and use the measuring tape.

Plenty of good suggestions above but if you looking to save some bucks consider purchasing from fans.co.za. They're essentially wholesalers and there's a good chance the TD and TD silent will be a lot cheaper than the hydro stores. I don't know how it is nowadays but it certainly used to be that way a few years back. If you interested, just email them for pricing. Courier can be arranged

Robust plants.. bud size and frosting.. nothing to complain about. Super smooth smoke even after 2 weeks of curing. Smaller version clone, week to go, is on flush ^^ flower tent emptying out.. is nice to have space and move inside the tent. Weather.. other issue.. we have super wet in the CT area right now. Tent is at 22.3 degrees and 60% humidity (13.17).. dehumidifier running.. I get the idea to start selling distilled water, i get a lot each day At least it drops to 53% when the lights go on and the dehumidifier gets a rest. Weather change would be nice ^^ but at least no stress to stay below 26 degrees.

I hope your desired outcome is shooting accuracy.. Storm troopers can use better aim.. LOL!

Careful how you chuck

If you have identified desired outcomes, and intend combining genetic material to achieve the outcomes you are breeding. Even if it is just to feed your own curiosity. I wish more people would try their hand at plant improvement.

Watering is no easy task... you see how often people overwater. Giving the task to a machine... ehhh will run.. but if you dont check each day anyhow, troubles will come up. So why not just let the pump run 24/7? Way easier to predict what will happen.

Thanks guys @CreX I took everything down but busy setting up again. Will post a old pic. 2 x lumii black 600w kits and need a new extraction fan. Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk

Just topped the cloudwalker again. She is a beast.

Nice, although I must admit... felt a bit dirt reading the title of this thread. lol Was wondering what it has to do with cannabis while reading it It makes sense to help keep the species alive, find ways to maximize fertilization to increase survival.

Next update , I see my camera doesn't take nice pics , not sure what up with this new phone . But it's Al I have now [emoji94] Should flip early next week. Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

No need to apologise brother. It is all on topic as far as I'm concerned.

Plant looks a little way to go, The amber you saw, was on the leaves, not the bud. You want about 50, 50 amber and milky on the buds, not leaves.

Zephyr just give you the controller which comes with the fan, although it still has a lot of functionality - view RH, temp, adjust between the 10 fan speeds, set the fan to operate in a certain way based on the temp, RH etc. etc. I have had the misfortune or having to make use of the AC Infinity warranty and Zephyr farms were pretty decent and it's a lot easier dealing with them compared to having to ship the item to the US to get a replacement. Not sure Zephyr farms will provide support for a product purchased from Amazon and not them.

I got a Ram fan in Jan (not the adjustable one) but it's too loud for me so getting rid of it. I ordered the AC INFINITY S6 from Amazon with controller and ducting and it's cost R3420 with shipping and customs (which arrived today) I was quoted R3200 for the just the fan from Zephyr. Ordered the 25th April

They should be ready to chop soon... Have you started checking the Trichomes yet? Careful for budrot

The TD Silent models, high speed, you sleep in the room next to the room with a tent in, you wont even know.

I have some AC Infinity fans and have those RAM inline fans. The AC Infinity can be very quiet if you set it to a slightly lower speed, at full speed it is loud. They are not cheap though. The RAM fan is rather quiet if set to the lower speed. If you want quiet, then look at getting an oversized fan and running it at a lower speed - that way you can still move the right amount of air but with less strain on the fan and lower RPM and therefore it will be quieter. I think @Ill_Evan has that metal inline and that is noisy as fuck!

no i agree man... if you wanna get machines involved, then you gotta go the full hog with hydro, and get pumps and chillers and seriously automate growing! still doesnt take the daily checking away

Just got some clones. Grandpas stash, Jack herer, Sherbet power, white widow and dos si do Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk