Thanks for all the info!I learned this all from SHOE: She likes a mild soil and tons of root space. Watch the fans, if they go dark olive green time to dial back the N a little. Your main battle with her is leaves versus buds. Too much N and you get this incredibly dense canopy allowing very little light down. Huge leaves tiny buds.
You will find benefits from topping for yield.
Whatever you do do NOT flower until structure has 'opened up' and you have fair nodal spacing in your lateral branches. You will find yourself defoliating like a mad man.
All phenos tolerated defoliation very well. She regenerated rapidly so any nodes you remove need the fan joined to the node removed or she might try make another shoot at the removal site.
Last thing is she responds to light BIG TIME. I had a girl hogging all of 1400 watts and asking for MORE.
So mild soil, hard core lighting, some canopy management and thats about it...
This is Mind Rape going in to flower today watch how quick she is over the next while... thats not eagle clawing the leaf is folded from being squished against the tent. I will take some clones off her and clean her up a little later and show you how I prepare her for bud-set.
You can also get some great Dank Sinatra info from Strayfox his keeper looks almost identical to mine, fades with pinks blues and purples. And SHOE also found a long term keeper.View attachment 3585534
sounds perfect to me, those hazey type strains are extremely popular in my neck of the woods right now!I finally had a chance to smoke some of my Silver Mnt. To be honest, I didnt think that I was going to like it. I was way wrong! I thought that Prayer Tower was going to be better, wrong... Lime/Floor cleaner taste, and I can def work on it without getting tired and ready for a weed nap!
look forward to it bud, what phenotypes did you encounter? A 50/50 would be unreal!My first round/pheno of Silver Lotus is ready to be chopped. I'll get some pics in the next day or two.
She has potential to be a 50/50 but until i can see a few more pheno's run, my baseline is skewed haha.. That's about as much as I can say so far. I Had a cal and micro deficiency hit the 2nd week after the flip and a 28 inch stretch. Being a scrogger it caught me way off guard. Some friends who extract want her bad already. Frosty for sure. The nug structures are on point with some fox tailing here towards the end. Dense nugs with decent staggering that I believe I can turn into 12 inch colas across the screen. I'll get you some pics. They speak a thousand words.look forward to it bud, what phenotypes did you encounter? A 50/50 would be unreal!
I finally had a chance to smoke some of my Silver Mnt... Lime/Floor cleaner taste, and I can def work on it without getting tired and ready for a weed nap!
Sounds Yummy! Are you finding that SM finishes beyond 9 weeks? That's kinda my cutoff... Thanks. Gotta respect the lineage, and also the name is dope.I have to say as well the 4 silver mountains i have in bloom right now are all excellent, each looks it will yield really nice and I'm loving the structure.
Hopefully this upload works... Dirty Ortega aka Dirty Sanchez... Havent named her... smells like sweat and wood smoke in flower cures to a very nice spicy smell and taste with strong sandalwood notes and just a touch of tartness. Peculiar girl I like her very much. Seeds of this x Dream Beaver almost done cant wait to pop a few...
Like I said all credit to big SHOE
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I don't know anything about it but it has happened to me many a time.. An example of a Bodhi plant that did that was Nepali OG x Good Medicine. It kept me thinking that I could never make her happy but she turned out to be my all time favorite smoke.Alright Hamish. Mayb u know... now on thw pic u posted here u have a fan leaf where one finger is canoeing downward.
Ive had this happen before and thought it was N toxicity but i dont think it is...what causes that leaf deformation?
Oooo its the mystery symptom lol no ive had it happen a few times. Honestly it seems to.happen at two times...most often. First, on lower leaves that dont get light from growing up into a fan leaf.I don't know anything about it but it has happened to me many a time.. An example of a Bodhi plant that did that was Nepali OG x Good Medicine. It kept me thinking that I could never make her happy but she turned out to be my all time favorite smoke.
ETA: Ok, ok. One of my favorite smokes.
Ahhh...a Ronny James fan. Surely you've ran the Ronny James Dio 'Holy Diver' beans?Rainbow - Man on Silver Mountain is f'n beast azz song! Ronnie James Dio on da vocals ya'll!
Alright Hamish. Mayb u know... now on thw pic u posted here u have a fan leaf where one finger is canoeing downward.
Ive had this happen before and thought it was N toxicity but i dont think it is...what causes that leaf deformation?
I was taught canoeing is usually a slightly hot mix and I have never worried about it since. The girls just dont get tea at all and I still swear by LactoB serum or Bokashi to straighten it out. Also happens if I tol dress too much EWC. They always pull right though.Oooo its the mystery symptom lol no ive had it happen a few times. Honestly it seems to.happen at two times...most often. First, on lower leaves that dont get light from growing up into a fan leaf.
And 2. to some of the bigger leaves....usually in week 1 or 2. Idk id really like to kno becuz it basically destroys that leaf or finger at least from working.
Dio... sorely missed. Can the man wail wowowow.Sounds Yummy! Are you finding that SM finishes beyond 9 weeks? That's kinda my cutoff... Thanks. Gotta respect the lineage, and also the name is dope.
Rainbow - Man on Silver Mountain is f'n beast azz song! Ronnie James Dio on da vocals ya'll!
its my first run with silver mountain, i am expecting them to go 10 or 11 weeks but I've put them on 11/13 light schedule, that knocks a week off my amnesia flowering time, hoping it will do the same here.Sounds Yummy! Are you finding that SM finishes beyond 9 weeks? That's kinda my cutoff... Thanks. Gotta respect the lineage, and also the name is dope.
Rainbow - Man on Silver Mountain is f'n beast azz song! Ronnie James Dio on da vocals ya'll!
Hahaha no, I had honestly totally forgot about that strain, had to look it up...then when I saw it was from SnowHigh (chocolate thai x big sur holy) X (acapulco gold x c99)...I remembered reading about it on Att!Ahhh...a Ronny James fan. Surely you've ran the Ronny James Dio 'Holy Diver' beans?
Well then buckle in mate looks like the cold is still coming... going to be a badass winter for you cats in the UK.also we had the coldest temps since 2012 here last night, am off now to see how they are looking, am kind off concerned, with 5000watts of light on top temp hasn't gone over 20C. Its a space thats extremely hard to heat up.
i feel really bad that i dont get to visit here that often, but i feel really good that such an amazing collection of charactors keeps this thread filled with laughter, debate, mystery and intrigue, and some really oversized neon green thumbs. i figured since I’m lurking ill answer a few questions from the last couple of pages.
how i do it:
heres my secret, no wharehouse, hoop house, or grow house, just my house….
i find exceptional proven unique males and do a run with all my moms, i bank all those seeds in my seed fridge and send out testers. i slowly release the tested lines that make the grade as new lines or freebies. this process takes years and gives the illusion of a massive catalog and infrastructure. this also frees me up to explore and be creative with my landrace and exotic lines, i do a lot lot of personal testing, r&d, collecting, and trading to keep things moving forward in a focused magical way.
appalachia hybrids:
all the appalachia hybrids were made in one run, vac sealed and put in the fridge. i have no fridge pollen of appalachia, as i lost the male suddenly during a collections trip. if it seems like more and more appear, its because the testers never came through on those lines and they are still awaiting testing results. most of the appalachia hybrids are gone or low except sunshine daydream and a few that never seem to get tested (giesel x appalachia, mss x appalachia) etc…
2015:
i make only seeds to keep things afloat, i stopped producing flowers which was a leap of faith many years ago. this year I’m scaling back on the polypolyhybrids and elite cross mashups, mostly focusing my commercial appeal seeds on extreme terpenes and resin for the concentrate tribe. i have been slowly collecting a massive library of the best of the best landrace specimens and will be going back to the future making pure f1’s. ill be making more pure landrace seeds this year outdoors under the nierika seed trust label, this years collections trip will be kashmir, jammu, and the pakistani borderlands in ladahk.
i know people are curious about bodhi seeds and the wizard behind the curtain, I’m slowly filling out my interview for skunk magazine as time permits. its not easy being a one man show, with three young kids, and a little farm on a hill top. i wake up early and go to bed late, i miss those days of being able to hang out online, sharing and connecting with my fellow green men and women. i love what i do with a passion, its what keeps me going, a green knight in her majesties secret service, just like you. but I’m burning out. i can’t keep up, and i dont want to let go of having my hands on each and every seed. i feel at my core its about getting this most sacred floral influence back into the collective consciousness, heal ourselves, our loved ones, and our planet. i love to give out freebies and testers because i love to give, it makes me feel good. I’m so happy that there are groups of amazing gardeners like you guys popping up all over, sharing the love, busting each others balls, cracking jokes, growing plants, and making beans.
I’m over my head these days, just keeping things moving forward on a roots level here at the farm, but ill try and pop by here and there to check in and answer questions.
thank you guys so much for all the love and support, the amazing grows and highs and lows of this path of the revolutionary evolutionary flower of power...
I was taught canoeing is usually a slightly hot mix and I have never worried about it since. The girls just dont get tea at all and I still swear by LactoB serum or Bokashi to straighten it out. Also happens if I tol dress too much EWC. They always pull right though.
I had a pheno of LVBK that made the most nasty eagle claws. Evwntually got her looking good in a seedling mix but she didnt do much in the line of flowers that time. Ran her claws and all another one time. No issues aside from what looked like witch fingers poking oit everywhere...
I learned all this stuff from Black Jesus wonder where that cat has gone...
No kidding? The one I have is a MotaRebel strain - Rocky Mtn High x Herijuana. Probably 7 left, and enjoying at least a 2 year siesta.Hahaha no, I had honestly totally forgot about that strain, had to look it up...then when I saw it was from SnowHigh (chocolate thai x big sur holy) X (acapulco gold x c99)...I remembered reading about it on Att!