My 8hr flowering experiment

[torontoke]

I have read quite a bit of your journal but can you give me the quick 1 liner as to the results and if 8 hour lighting cycles are producing results or not?

My idea was to use the T5's just for "waking" the plants up and shifting them into photosynthesis mode, not actually do much photosynthesizing with the T5's.
I could be talking out my ass but all this light cycle talk has me excited lol


This would still keep the plant in a 12 hour photoperiod hormonally right?

I've never done a clone for clone comparison between 12/12 and 8/16 but I manage to grow enough to keep my jars full.
Hopefully not to far down the road I'll have the room to do a few side by side grows to have actual hard numbers.

Your idea of using the t5's to initiate the process makes sense and would most likely help a lil bit. I forget sometimes that my plants are usually preflowered and sexed using the gaslight routine for veg.

As for heaths 6 and 6 while technically is still 12 hours it's only 12hours combined as opposed to 12 on each light.
It would have the same moving sun effect I mentioned with my idea.

 

[torontoke]

 

[ttystikk]

Heath was one grower i always looked forward to reading from. 2 pounds a plant etc indoors. True green thumb with a lot of hydro and engineering skills.

He was my hero.

 

[GroErr]

Not sure what exactly these seeds will be tho and I'm way to high to go check up on it lol the rku was an f2 so a male and femal f2
Just makes an ibl rkuf2 right?
Should be a good chance of finding this pheno again I hope

Male F2 and Female F2 from same strain & batch of seeds = F3
Male F2 and Female F2 from 2 different strains = F1

 

[torontoke]

Male F2 and Female F2 from same strain & batch of seeds = F3
Male F2 and Female F2 from 2 different strains = F1

Thanks g
I think I may have found that special cut u mentioned awhile back.
Trying to up the chances of creating as stable a version of these as possible

 

[GroErr]

Nice, always nice to grab a special pheno, imo they exist in every cross, it's just a matter of finding Waldo

My approach is to try multiple cross types and do some hunting for the best/closest representation of what I'm after. I've been crossing and back-crossing the Blue Ripper and Blue Harley line to see if I can lock down some specific traits. Just found the F2 father that will make the F3's in my Blue Ripper's, took 2 years and ~25+ males (culled) to find this one. On the other hand, I found 2x F2 females worthy of keeping 2 years ago in the first batch of F2's, one of those represents what I envision as Blue Ripper and the mother for the F3's. I'll back-cross and up-cross the F3's and carry on until I can comfortably say it's stable/consistent. No shortcuts really, other than maybe S1's, not my cup of tea though and no guarantee there either.

 

[torontoke]

Nice, always nice to grab a special pheno, imo they exist in every cross, it's just a matter of finding Waldo

My approach is to try multiple cross types and do some hunting for the best/closest representation of what I'm after. I've been crossing and back-crossing the Blue Ripper and Blue Harley line to see if I can lock down some specific traits. Just found the F2 father that will make the F3's in my Blue Ripper's, took 2 years and ~25+ males (culled) to find this one. On the other hand, I found 2x F2 females worthy of keeping 2 years ago in the first batch of F2's, one of those represents what I envision as Blue Ripper and the mother for the F3's. I'll back-cross and up-cross the F3's and carry on until I can comfortably say it's stable/consistent. No shortcuts really, other than maybe S1's, not my cup of tea though and no guarantee there either.

Well I feel even more lucky then.
This was the nicest looking female out of 4 and I chose her for structure and stem size over smell. But now the smell is intense.
I only had two males and I went for the bigger male with more flowers. As long as there is a chance of finding more of this girl I'll hit the progeny with dads left overs and hope to get a steady stream of those "peace wobblers"

That blue ripper sounds so nice.
I've loved that jtr since I first tried it and Chernobyl.
If I even do another seed run after these I'll be searching for both.

 

[GroErr]

Well I feel even more lucky then.
This was the nicest looking female out of 4 and I chose her for structure and stem size over smell. But now the smell is intense.
I only had two males and I went for the bigger male with more flowers. As long as there is a chance of finding more of this girl I'll hit the progeny with dads left overs and hope to get a steady stream of those "peace wobblers"

That blue ripper sounds so nice.
I've loved that jtr since I first tried it and Chernobyl.
If I even do another seed run after these I'll be searching for both.

JTR turned out to be a great cross. I have another pack of JTR that I bought strictly to see if I could find a nice male. Some good genes in that TGA gear, and one of the few who haven't crossed over to the dark side (fems or auto-only seeds).

 

[torontoke]

Just what I needed more seeds

 

[ThcGuy]

You planning on becoming a breeder? lol.

 

[torontoke]

You planning on becoming a breeder? lol.

Only for myself and a few others.
No intention of selling seeds but I've already given away plenty.

 

[torontoke]

Plus I was really only after that blue pack but had to order something to get em.
Then the buy two get one and bam 4 more lol

 

[GroErr]

Nice, there is no such thing as having enough genetics to mix up

 

[torontoke]

Nice, there is no such thing as having enough genetics to mix up

You know me sir
Stockpiling for when I leave civilization.
Then if I get sick of my collection and their bagillion crosses I'll trade stuff with the other kids.

 

[Stealthstyle]

Just got a delivery from the tude, boy did i get a lot of freebies!

 

[torontoke]

Just got a delivery from the tude, boy did i get a lot of freebies!

That's awesome
Extra special if they are actually stuff you want to grow.
I ordered from their other bank once and got like 10 freebies but gave em all away.
I'd have preferred one I wanted but who can complain about freebies

 

[WindyCityKush]

View attachment 3977593 Just what I needed more seeds

Space monkey, ds f2, Field trip, and hindu hashplant? nice scoop. you get these from shoe?
also, i might have skipped over it, but how long did the space monkey go for you and how does she smoke for you ?

 

[torontoke]

Space monkey, ds f2, Field trip, and hindu hashplant? nice scoop. you get these from shoe?
also, i might have skipped over it, but how long did the space monkey go for you and how does she smoke for you ?

Yes sir
And thanks for all the likes btw
Shoe had the only pack of ds I could find.
I gifted half my pack to a fellow member and wanted more cus I'm to stubborn to take clones.
The space monkey was quick I believe it was 46 days from flip.
I loved the smoke from it enough to buy a second pack. Has a slight minty Chem taste that reminded my of high school but the high is deep. Starts out right behind the eyes and slowly numbs the body.
Looking forward to seeing how much better I can grow it the second time, I will make sure they are much bigger prior to flip.


Thanks for popping in windy

 

[torontoke]

Ok so I went back to when these were flipped and I'm on day 41 so this will definitely be the last week for these ladies.
Seem to be packing and stacking pretty well for seeded plants.
Heres a last group shot before they get chopped sometime within the week.

 

[ttystikk]

That's awesome
Extra special if they are actually stuff you want to grow.
I ordered from their other bank once and got like 10 freebies but gave em all away.
I'd have preferred one I wanted but who can complain about freebies

Oh, people will complain about anything.