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wow....my eyes....
first off its a bagseed...its not going to be a mix most likely....it looks 100% sativa...and i never said that he should let the temps go up if its a sativa..just that sativas can handle heat better then indica....do your researchSort like like the intense heat that a Swiss sativa has to endure in nature, right?
The strain might easily be a cross that is sativa dominant or even one that is not all that sativa dominant but has more of a sativa appearance to it, as in narrow leaves. He'd still be best to try to maintain normal growing temperatures of mid to upper 70's. Even if it is a true sativa it doesn't need equatorial conditions.
once again your talking like he has a real strain...random bagseed...and once again do your research...MOST..but not all sativas have a longer flowering time the indicas..your talking like he is growing some top breeder strain...its probably a 5 year old seed...if not more...from a bag of regs....ive seen sativas take almost 20 weeks to finish flowering...never seen an indica take that long..have you?That is likely but not assured, especially if it is a cross. Not that I like the strain, it's just the first to come to mind, but Arjan's Haze #2, which is highly predominantly sativa, has a 67 day flowering time, 9.5 weeks, and that's not much different than many indicas.
oh no...at 7am after not sleeping for 2 days i made a simple mistake....glad you pointed that out..i would have really screwed him over had that not been corrected..he is growing with 18 watt cfls..i think he is okHPS is HID (High Intensity Discharge) Did you mean MH, as in Metal Halide? If so that is also HID but he would want MH for flower and HPS for flower.
i was only assuming thats what he was getting...seeing as he is growing with cfls now and didnt give much more info....and you didnt see a 500 watt...you even said that...so that was fucking pointless......I didn't see where it was said the 400-watt light that is being waited for is a CFL so I think it is safe to assume he meant a HID light, but I have seen a 500-watt CFL grow light ... but it was sort of a misrepresentation in that it did not have one 500-watt bulb but instead two 250-watt bulbs of different Kelvin rating to give a broader light spectrum .. but it would not penetrate like the wattage would made someone think it would .. and that was the misrepresentation part.
yeah..some do finish fast...just depends on certain traits of the strain...but all in all...sativas will have a longer flower timeAs far as Sativa taking longer, I had a Sativa from Jamaica, and it was a very fast finisher, oh I miss that strain, sooooo tasty.
Swiss Sativa is a cross-bred strain not a distinct sub-classification of sativas... never would you have found it growing in the wilds of Switzlerland if it weren't for man breeding and growing it at all. lolSort like like the intense heat that a Swiss sativa has to endure in nature, right?
also...gonna need more soil in that pot.....its best to start them in a smaller container like a party cup...something with good drainage...then transplant into bigger pots as it gets more rootbound as it grows....and try to resist overwatering it...thats the first mistake new growers make...too much water is just as bad if not worse then underwatering it....check the weight of the pot...when it feels light..its time to water...cant really judge by checking the top couple inches of soil
Swiss Sativa is a cross-bred strain not a distinct sub-classification of sativas... never would you have found it growing in the wilds of Switzlerland if it weren't for man breeding and growing it at all. lol
There is no sativa-like cannabis that originated in Switzerland. 'Sativa' has a lot of different meanings but it's used in most plant names to denote either a 'long season' plant or just a 'cultivated' plant. But 'long season' is associated w/ equatorial regions and is how it's used in regards to cannabis. Not to go too far out on a tangent - my apologies to the OP.
Those are informal or colloquial definitions and not actual or official definitions, they are only accepted beliefs among those who do not know all the facts and they to not account for natural changes that can occur in plants over time, or ones that are intentionally bred into plants by man.'Sativa' has a lot of different meanings but it's used in most plant names to denote either a 'long season' plant or just a 'cultivated' plant. But 'long season' is associated w/ equatorial regions and is how it's used in regards to cannabis.
Why in the world would you actually believe that because it came from bagseed that it is most likely not going to be, "a mix," assuming you meant cross when you said; "a mix?" There are many growers who grow seedy pot that grow crosses. There are many growers who grow sensimilla crosses that have a hermi or two and end up with at least some seeds.first off its a bagseed...its not going to be a mix most likely....it looks 100% sativa...and i never said that he should let the temps go up if its a sativa..just that sativas can handle heat better then indica....do your research
Again you assume too much. I mentioned in the post I suggested you read how one time when I grew the real deal Panama Red in the 70's it took 22 weeks to finish. But then I also posted a handful of short flowering period sativas, pure sativas, though there are many more I could have added, and one has a whopping 47 day flowering period.once again your talking like he has a real strain...random bagseed...and once again do your research...MOST..but not all sativas have a longer flowering time the indicas..your talking like he is growing some top breeder strain...its probably a 5 year old seed...if not more...from a bag of regs....ive seen sativas take almost 20 weeks to finish flowering...never seen an indica take that long..have you?
What I said was I saw a CFL that was advertised as being a 500-watt CFL but that it was misleading in that it ran two 25-watt CFL bulbs. Technically it still used 500-watts to operate it, but it did not put out like a true 500-watt light would. Still because it operates at 500-watts is can be advertised that way so it was an example of a much higher wattage CFL than was said is known to exist.oh no...at 7am after not sleeping for 2 days i made a simple mistake....glad you pointed that out..i would have really screwed him over had that not been corrected..he is growing with 18 watt cfls..i think he is ok
i was only assuming thats what he was getting...seeing as he is growing with cfls now and didnt give much more info....and you didnt see a 500 watt...you even said that...so that was fucking pointless......
That's right. That's why I so often receive PM's thanking me for helping someone through their problems and messages in threads thank me for explaining things they never knew or even heard of before.but thats your thing i guess...since you cant seem to really help anyone..
One reason I have so many posts is I retired at the age of 49, 6 years ago, and I spend a great deal of time in front of my computer, much of it on sites like this. Another reason is when I see the absurd inane advice or information given by many members here I correct them. I have been a member of more sites like this than I could begin to remember and this site is the very worst I have ever seen for the spreading of incorrect information, misinformation, half-accurate information, myths, urban legends and old hippie folklore. Noe more reason why my post count is so high is so many members here fail to, or refuse to, use the search function and find answers to what they want to ask so instead they start new threads. I have seen the exact same inane questions with the exact same absurd bits of advice given two, three, four or more times in a single day, all in different threads. That means rather than give the correct information one single time in a day, which if the search function were used I might not even have to give it once in a day, I can end up giving it five times a day.you come in and pick apart other peoples help to make yourself look cool..or to prove that you know something....want to know how i know you do that....you have been on this site for almost 3 years...you have almost 5,000 post....now i have been on this site for 5 months...have only 1400 post....yet i have THE SAME AMOUNT OF REP AS YOU....so what does that tell you..
I have posted more 100% accurate information in a single day than many members here have in the entire period of time they have been members, and I am not talking about new or short term members either. You said; "you make post after post just trying to under mind (actually that should have been undermine, not under mind) the people on here trying to help others" but what you totally fail to understand is "trying to help" by giving terrible inaccurate advice is not actually helping someone and instead it is hurting them. Just because someone takes the time to type a terribly inaccurate bit of advice that does not magically and mystically transform it into good advice.you make post after post just trying to under mind the people on here trying to help others...and your 3 years worth of doing that has led to almost no rep for all your efforts
*talks like regis*...."you are the weakest link"
Sorry to correct you out about "Swiss Sativa" as being a cultivated commercial strain and not a classification of a geographically distinct type of sativa that grew or grows in the wilds of Switzerland prior to being commercially cultivated by man - but it was incorrect on your behalf to state that and incorrect to still try to argue that there are sativas that originated in Switzerland. Even according to the wall of text you pasted.
I don't even know a constructive way to respond to this or what the point is in saying something like that... Everything you pasted is in agreement with everyone, except yourself, in regards to 'swiss' sativas as a classification of any kind. Swiss Sativa is still a commercially bred strain name and not any type of taxonomic classification.You mentioned; "sub-classification." I doubt you, or most here, actually know what they are.
Yes I agree one can find historical and modern evidence that sativas have migrated into and been cultivated in Europe... and that sativas have been cultivated pretty much everywhere at different points in history and is still occurring. This still has nothing to do with the commercial strain Swiss Sativa growing in the wilds of Switzerland, that Swiss Sativa is related to any type of sativa that originated in the wilds of Switzerland, or claiming that Swiss Sativa is a classification of a type of sativa at all... It also does not impact the general traits that people have come to associate with the terms indica and sativa or why they were recognized as being genetically distinct from each other in the first place.Did you notice where is said; "cannabis sativa is a native of" and then included "Europe?" Switzerland is a European country and it did not say, other than Switzerland, did it?
If you can accurately quote me as having said that any sativa; "originated in Switzerland," please do. Did you miss where I clearly said; "If you meant a sativa strain did not have it's origin in Switzerland, as in evolving there, then I would likely agree but the same can be said of Jamaican strains."Sorry to correct you out about "Swiss Sativa" as being a cultivated commercial strain and not a classification of a geographically distinct type of sativa that grew or grows in the wilds of Switzerland prior to being commercially cultivated by man - but it was incorrect on your behalf to state that and incorrect to still try to argue that there are sativas that originated in Switzerland. Even according to the wall of text you pasted.
You may have answered your own riddle and are confusing a strain, "Swiss Sativa" with there being actual sativa plants that exist in Switzerland, according to things like archaeological digs and credible cannabis information that states what regions what types of plants, in this case sativas, were "native" to, as was clearly stated.I don't even know a constructive way to respond to this or what the point is in saying something like that... Everything you pasted is in agreement with everyone, except yourself, in regards to 'swiss' sativas as a classification of any kind. Swiss Sativa is still a commercially bred strain name and not any type of taxonomic classification.
Again you may have answered your own mystery. You keep referring to a commercial strain called Swiss Sativa. Evidently you misread my initial message where I clearly stated; "Sort like like the intense heat that a Swiss sativa has to endure in nature, right?"Yes I agree one can find historical and modern evidence that sativas have migrated into and been cultivated in Europe... and that sativas have been cultivated pretty much everywhere at different points in history and is still occurring. This still has nothing to do with the commercial strain Swiss Sativa growing in the wilds of Switzerland,
Once again, you have been referring to a specific strain and I was not talking about a specific strain. I was talking about the sativa strains that are considered to be native there and that evidence of their existing for a very long time has shown up in archaeological digs.that Swiss Sativa is related to any type of sativa that originated in the wilds of Switzerland, or claiming that Swiss Sativa is a classification of a type of sativa at all... It also does not impact the general traits that people have come to associate with the terms indica and sativa or why they were recognized as being genetically distinct from each other in the first place.
If you want to ignore the things I found online, that is your option. I won't waste any more time attempting to educate the uneducable.1. There is no taxonomy that says anything about 'Swiss sativa'. It doesn't exist outside of strain cultivation. Feel free to show a different taxonomy list that includes 'Swiss sativa' - your last one didn't have it listed.
The cannabis sativa plant is a native of Central Asia (mainly India and China) and Europe"and of course Switzerland is part of Europe and that; ""Archaeological sites all over Europe, including Switzerland, have discovered fibers and seeds and pollen of sativa strains." If sativa strains never existed in Switzerland then who would you say played Morocco Mole and burrowed under the ground and placed fibers and seeds and pollen of sativa strains so later archaeologists would find it there, in Switzerland?
2. There are no pictures or any other evidence that modern 'Swiss sativa' exists... simply because it doesn't - except for in your head and in cultivated commercial strains. But feel free to keep posting walls of text that just back up this fact...
As I said several times, you are the one what brought a commercial strain with the name Swiss Sativa into this. Your lack of reading comprehension skills caused you to misread and misunderstand what I said. Then due to being pigheaded you refuse to accept that it has been clearly stated, not by me, but by experts, that it is native and evidence of it existing there has been found in archaeological sites all over Europe, including Switzerland.
Until very recently there was no knowledge of, no pictures of, no information of the form of bacteria that uses arsenic instead of phosphorous, so if it had never been found it would never have existed now would it? So evidently until you see a Swiss sativa with your own eyes, or see a picture where someone you believe and trust says it is one, you will always refuse to believe, right?
I am not confused. You simply do not know the facts and refuse to accept them when they are presented to you.ALL cannabis plants were originally named Cannabis sativa L. and there were no recognized subspecies. The sativa that was referred to in the previous cut and paste you did regarding cannabis migration in Europe is using the term sativa for any and all cannabis. The 'sativa' in that case is used to denote it was simply 'cultivated' by man... it was not differentiating between indica and sativa subspecies. This is where I think you and possibly other people are getting confused.
There are no recognized subspecies? Look through the info below and when you see "subsp" that means subspecies. You will see it numerous times and they are not all called that due to cultivation by man.
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plant that includes one or more species. The plant is believed to have originated in the mountainous regions just north-west of the Himalayas in India , though it could also have come from Northern Africa . It is also known as hemp , although this term usually refers to varieties of cannabis cultivated for non-drug use. As a drug it usually comes in the form of dried flowers ( marijuana ), resin ( hashish ), or various extracts collectively referred to as hash oil .
The genus Cannabis was formerly placed with nettles in the family Urticaceae or with mulberries in the family Moraceae, but is now considered along with hops (Humulus sp.) to belong to the family Cannabaceae. All strains of Cannabis can interbreed, and produce fertile offspring, which means all known Cannabis plants satisfy one criterion for a single species type called (Cannabis sativa L.) The current Cannabis species model is classed as:
Cannabis gigantea hort. -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cannabis indica Lam. s -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronquist
Cannabis indica Lam. var. kafiristanica Vavilov -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist var. kafiristanica (Vavilov) E.Small & Cronquist
Cannabis ruderalis Janisch. -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. spontanea Serebr.
Cannabis sativa L. f. ruderalis (Janisch.) Chu -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. spontanea Serebr.
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronquist
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist var. indica -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronquist
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist var. kafiristanica (Vavilov) E.Small & Cronquist
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. ruderalis Janisch. -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. spontanea Serebr.
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa var. spontanea Vavilov -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. spontanea Serebr.
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. spontanea Serebrjakova -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. spontanea Serebr.
Cannabis sativa L. var. afghanica hort. -> ?
Cannabis sativa L. var. indica Lam. -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronquist
Cannabis sativa L. var. kafiristanica ( Vavilov ) E.Small & A.Cronquist -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist var. kafiristanica (Vavilov) E.Small & Cronquist
Cannabis sativa L. var. spontanea Vavilov -> Cannabis sativa L. subsp. spontanea Serebr.
Cannabis has shown three distinct landrace "land-race" known as Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica and Cannabis ruderalis that are geographically isolated. Botanists, especially cannabis specialists, breeders and seed breeders, often refer to these three cannabis landrace as separate species or subspecies types. Whether the different strains of Cannabis constitute a single species (Cannabis sativa L.) or multiple species has been a contentious issue for well over two centuries.
It is traditionally (albeit contentiously) divided into at least five subspecies, indica/sativa, pure indica, pure sativa, mostly sativa and mostly indica, each found as a cultivar and a wild variety. Cannabis sativa male plants show evidence of selection for traits that enhance fiber production and seed-oil for fuel but the female plant produce seeds for food and flower buds that can be used as a psychoactive substance because it has higher levels of the psychoactive delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), whereas Cannabis indica was primarily selected for drug production and has relatively higher levels of cannabidiol (CBD) and Cannabinol (CBN) than THC.
Some Cannabis sativa seeds Botanists Richard E. Schultes and Loran Anderson also conducted taxonomic studies of Cannabis, and concluded that sufficient evidence exists to support recognition of three species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica Lam., and Cannabis ruderalis. According to their species descriptions, C. sativa is tall and laxly branched with relatively narrow leaflets, Cannabis indica is shorter, conical in shape, and has relatively wide leaflets, and Cannabis ruderalis is short, branchless, and grows wild in central Asia. This concept was embraced by cannabis afficionados who commonly distinguish narrow-leafed "sativa" drug strains from wide-leafed "indica" drug strains.
A recent study of genetic variation in Cannabis supports recognition of C. sativa and C. indica as separate species, although the existence of a third species, C. ruderalis, is less certain. This study assigned hemp (fiber/seed) landraces and feral populations from Europe, central Asia, and Asia Minor to C. sativa. Cannabis indica includes both narrow-leafed drug NLD and wide-leafed drug WLD strains, as well as southern and eastern Asian hemp strains and feral Himalayan populations.
In 2005 a DNA study of the variation in Cannabis according to the DNA in their mitochondria and chloroplasts was conducted. The results showed three distinct "races" of cannabis, including the newly discovered Cannabis rasta. In central Asia the THC-rich indica predominated, while in western Europe sativa was more common. In India, south-east Asia, Africa, Mexico and Jamaica the rasta variant predominated.
It looks similar to the sativa subspecies, but generally contains higher levels of THC.
Some authors now refer to C. indica as the subspecies Cannabis sativa subsp. indica and C. ruderalis as the variety Cannabis sativa var. ruderalis reflecting the fact they may not be distinct enough to be classified as separate species. Several other botanical names have also been applied.
There may be political pressures to maintain that "all" Cannabis is designated Cannabis sativa L. for the purposes of avoiding challenges to current laws in various countries.
But modern and *correct* nomenclature of cannabis based upon taxonomy recognizes genetic differences between indicas and sativas (and arguably ruderalis) as being genetically distinct subspecies. Sativas, indicas, and ruderalis became genetically distinct due to geographical isolation - hence the distinct traits they display. 'Swiss sativa' does not exist anywhere in taxonomy, modern or otherwise.
I guess there is only this, which you reject. The cannabis sativa plant is a native of Central Asia (mainly India and China) and Europe"and of course Switzerland is part of Europe and that; ""Archaeological sites all over Europe, including Switzerland, have discovered fibers and seeds and pollen of sativa strains."
If you can drop the condescending remarks and rabid defensiveness, I'd like to hear your response about where I think you are confused...
When you are ready and willing to open your mind and accept facts you so far refuse to accept you will then realize there is no confusion on my part.
As for condescending remarks, for one, they are my most endearing quality so why would I ever considering changing? Also on the topic of condescending remarks, which would you prefer to be, the pot or the kettle? Myself, I would prefer to be the pot if you don't mind since this is a pot site and even though the words have different meanings they sound the same so I would prefer it, if it will not out you out any.
you have been on this site for almost 3 years...you have almost 5,000 post....now i have been on this site for 5 months...have only 1400 post....yet i have THE SAME AMOUNT OF REP AS YOU.
i dont even know how to get rep...that alone should gimmie BIG rep!