fdd2blk 2010 Outdoor Grow Thread

[odbsmydog]

I read this whole thread last night and I dont remember if you said the deminsions of the bed or not? how long is it? just wondering because it looks about the same size as mine maybe a tad longer and the same width. I was thinking I would only be able to fit 8 or 10 but after looking at yours im thinking I prob could do 12. mines 25' by 8'. I also just rototilled the clay soil I have and tilled in a bunch of ammendments. I barely used any liquid nutes last year and it was still good enough that people thought it was indoor. I'm glad to see some people dont waste thousands of dollars on ocean forest to grow 20 plants. can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Grizzdude]

FDD Can ya answer a quick question?

what are the benefits if any at all of the metal tomato cylinders around the weed... also is that scrog looking screen do anything?

Dude You can make em cheap with some sticks and some tie wire. Ahhhh........sometimes you just gotta get ghetto with it.

 

[Grizzdude]

I'm glad to see some people dont waste thousands of dollars on ocean forest to grow 20 plants.

Kellogg's outdoor patio plus potting soil is the exact same shit, different bag, 1/3 the price

 

[odbsmydog]

How far are your plants spaced apart? I was gonna do 6' but yours look a lot closer. last year i made the mistake of putting like 10 plants in a 10 x 10 garden.

 

[fdd2blk]

mine are about 3 feet apart.

 

[poplars]

damn dude I think you're gonna hit the same sizes you had in 2008 !!!

 

[odbsmydog]

damn, thats hella close. you dont get mildew or pest probs when they get big and are crowded together? Just wondering because I always thought they should be 6' apart. hmmm, food for thought. I'm transplanting into my garden today...

 

[Grapefruit dank]

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A few of mine that have been living outside since early february in my cheap greenhouse
They have been through countless freezes with no reaction

 

[fdd2blk]

raining again, lightly.

 

[irish farmer]

Looking nice Fdd as always. Who's the big dude in pic 7.

 

[fdd2blk]

Looking nice Fdd as always. Who's the big dude in pic 7.

it's a cracker jack going into full flower. only problem is i see a female hair. only 1 so far on the whole plant. i wanted to use this pollen to breed with but now i have second thoughts.

 

[svchop889]

Its pretty rare to get a pistillate male I would look into it more before you decide not to use it. only thing I have read about it was that there were a higher ratio of females in the offspring.

 

[fdd2blk]

Its pretty rare to get a pistillate male I would look into it more before you decide not to use it. only thing I have read about it was that there were a higher ratio of females in the offspring.

um, it's a hermy. i get them a lot when crossing strains.

 

[svchop889]

You get them a lot because all cannabis carries the trait. Whether it be dominate or recessive even if you cross two strains with with a recessive trait for being hermaphrodite you will still get random physical manifestations of the trait. But I wont argue with you it is indeed a hermie, but a one of a different sort.

 

[CFL+OutdoorGrower]

So would it produce seeds or pollen? Probably a newby question but im a bit confused on the "pistillate male".

 

[fdd2blk]

no, not all cannabis plants carry this trait. it is the ones that do NOT carry this trait that are sought out as breeding plants.

it comes down to understanding X and Y chromosomes and how they effect breeding. it's science and stuff.

 

[fdd2blk]

So would it produce seeds or pollen? Probably a newby question but im a bit confused on the "pistillate male".

that calyx will be pollinated and form a single seed.

 

[svchop889]

So that male you have with the one solitary pistil, what would that be represented as? Considering XY is male and female Is XX?

and what would happen is you forced a pure female to produce pollen by educing stress and the used that pollen to pollinate the single pistil on your male hermie? what would that chromosome pairing look like ?

 

[fdd2blk]

So that male you have with the one solitary pistil, what would that be represented as? Considering XY is male and female Is XX?

and what would happen is you forced a pure female to produce pollen by educing stress and the used that pollen to pollinate the single pistil on your male hermie? what would that chromosome pairing look like ?

a hermy carries an extra chromosome, XXY.

you can't force a "pure" female to produce pollen unless you use a chemical agent. it is the only way to get true feminized seeds. any other method and you are working with a genetic defect.

 

[svchop889]

Seems like pure females are becoming less and less common. Especially with all the amateur breeders out there and the fact that when your outside pollen could come from anywhere and introduce an extra chromosome into the set of genetics you are working with.