Yup, fluctuates between 13/11 and 11/13 all year round. The temperature in the winter varies from 16-22ºC in the daytime and 4-15ºC at night. I did some reading on growing landrace sativas and I think the wait might be worth it. They're pretty much growing without any special attention from me, I nute them in small doses every 2 weeks or so and they look pretty healthy. So yea, I'll grow them alongside the seeds I've ordered, lets see what happens.so i'm guessing then that your photoperiod fluctuates between 13/11 and 11/13? if that is the case then it is not tooo different from mine, and foreign strains will flower any time. how cold does it get in the winter? planting in may will still get you quite a large bushi planted in september and wound up with a 5 feet tall plant, supercropped multiple times, ready for harvest anytime in march, depending on your taste.
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elchupacabra
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4 degrees is fucking cold for india man, i've only seen that kind of weather in delhi, himmachal, etc. haven't explored much of North India to be honest though. yeah but 4 degrees is a tad too cold mate, repeated exposure to sub 10 degree temps could be potentially harmful. once a week won't kill it, but if it goes 6-7 days with sub 10 degree temps from what i've read it could be damaging...i've never experienced any issues with excessive cold, only excessive heat, so i'm not the best to advise you on that. you should get advice from growers who have experience growing abroad outdoors, where they have to chop their plants by oct...nov latest due to the frost that sets in. friends in NL have to harvest by end of sept. they can only grow early finishing indicas outdoors. it is still barely crossing 0C over in NL right now.
yes sativa landraces are not nutrient hungry. the thing i've noticed is the seeds you buy online and indian landraces - they both consume the same amount of nutrients if you're feeding a nute solution, it's just that the online strains use the same amount in a much shorter time than their landrace counterparts. i'm growing some lebanese, afghani, and various african landraces at the moment, we'll see if that holds true for the africans as well. i don't expect it to for the leb and afghans as they flower within 10 weeks.
the best thing you've done so far is the reading. nothing else will help you more. doing your reading up is very much appreciated over all the L boards that simply come online and start throwing questions as though growing is something that can be explained in 2 lines from scratch...
yes sativa landraces are not nutrient hungry. the thing i've noticed is the seeds you buy online and indian landraces - they both consume the same amount of nutrients if you're feeding a nute solution, it's just that the online strains use the same amount in a much shorter time than their landrace counterparts. i'm growing some lebanese, afghani, and various african landraces at the moment, we'll see if that holds true for the africans as well. i don't expect it to for the leb and afghans as they flower within 10 weeks.
the best thing you've done so far is the reading. nothing else will help you more. doing your reading up is very much appreciated over all the L boards that simply come online and start throwing questions as though growing is something that can be explained in 2 lines from scratch...
Blackhawk149
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Harvested my one plant. Hanged to dry. 
braddaheee
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^Niice!
@Elcupachabra- Bro.. those colas in ur avy look meean! What is that?
Lil Update: All my plants seem to be growing fine. I tried 4 diff mediums for my seedlings..
1) Soil/Perlite = Pretty much Fail (Only 1 out of 8-9 is alive n well)
2) 1/2 Coco, 1/2 Soil n Perlite = Meh.. (Got 4/4 going, but growing a bit slower than the rest)
3) Coco/biogro = Good (Got 5/5 and doing well)
4) 3/4 Coco, 1/4 Soil n perlite, Biogro = Good (5/5 and doing very well)
So I got 15 going, 11 of which are coming along nicely! I not sure, but seems some of these plants might be Indica dom? I'm seeing fatter finger leaves on the 2-3rd sets.. getting excited
I fed them a light seaweed solution earlier. hopefully they like it!
@Elcupachabra- Bro.. those colas in ur avy look meean! What is that?
Lil Update: All my plants seem to be growing fine. I tried 4 diff mediums for my seedlings..
1) Soil/Perlite = Pretty much Fail (Only 1 out of 8-9 is alive n well)
2) 1/2 Coco, 1/2 Soil n Perlite = Meh.. (Got 4/4 going, but growing a bit slower than the rest)
3) Coco/biogro = Good (Got 5/5 and doing well)
4) 3/4 Coco, 1/4 Soil n perlite, Biogro = Good (5/5 and doing very well)
So I got 15 going, 11 of which are coming along nicely! I not sure, but seems some of these plants might be Indica dom? I'm seeing fatter finger leaves on the 2-3rd sets.. getting excited
I fed them a light seaweed solution earlier. hopefully they like it!
Badman2009
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Hey guys, summer's here and it's gradualy getting hot as hell outside and so I'm planning on getting a shade net. Need advice on what type and color shade net would be best suited for the purpose.
keshmonster
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Pictures? Please
indicando
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these are my mexican sativa seeds i got from holland a month back.
the seedlings are a week old now (planted them mid april '13). one of the two seems to be falling over itself even after propping it up against a stick. the other as you can see in the picture is doing fine. i read a lot of posts suggesting ppl to top up the soil- but that hasnt helped either. wht do you think the issue here is? could it be the heat? i live in the western part of india where its pretty dry - around 40% humidity. And temperatures averaging around 35ºc
my week old sapling was moved into direct sunlight 2 days back - could it be the shock of moving from my window sill to direct sunlight? right now the seedlings are getting round 6 hours of direct sunlight, and 6 hours of shade and the rest darkness.
i heard that mex sativas grow to be pretty huge so i plan to plant these babies outdoors. please advise.. i paid a lot of money for these honeys...need a good hit rate.
thanks! and awesome to see so many indians growing - i live on farm and growing outdoors is no tension here.. lucky us!
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Where in india?
hashishman
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Hey i think you can help me. I am newbie here. There are a lot of plants near my house (about 20) half of them are of 5 foot and others are just at the ground.I usually buy from suppliers and i prefer pure weed mixed with hashish. I don't have anymore weed now. Please can you tell how to cut those plants,dry them and smoke them? I dont know the procedure. . Looking forward for your answer. M from Dehradun.
braddaheee
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Sup bro! I could be wrong, but I'm guessing the seedling cant handle the thick cake like soil. Most potting soil you get here seems to be of that red dirt, thick n sticky type consistency. I havent had much success even with added perlite, unless it was a strong seedling. I did a comparison with starting my seeds in coco and others in soil. I had pretty much a 100% success rate in coco, compared to 50% or less when in this soil. Coco were also progressing a bit quicker and bigger. The plant thats falling over might be suffocating.
braddaheee
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Super late response, but I recently built a 6 X 5 X 2 tent with a thicker plastic type netting for rs 1300 all together. Got all my stuff at cpl hardware shops at the market. I think you could get agricultural netting much cheaper. I never looked into it, but proly will after the rains, if bugs become a problem again...
Sick bro! Im growing some that I got from down South. They were looking pretty good until the storm hit a few weeks ago. Almost half died, proly also due to not transplanting em. Ill be planting few more tomorrow. I'll try take pics when my current look better lol. Shit might take some time cause it seems they not responding too well to this monsoon weather...
Take a look at the Harvesting/Curing forum, bro.
Blackhawk149
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Hi guys. Was very busy lately but now time has come to start the second grow. Going soy this time and doing 6 plants 12/12 from seed. Have germinated 2 ak48, 2 WW, and 1 WW x WW, and 1 black domina x cheese. All except BDXCHEESE have broken soil yesterday. Hoping to see it's face today. It's bin a long time. How are you guys doing ?
elchupacabra
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it's been a long long time for me as well...i have moved to a different city and am now going to start an indoor grow...
it will be about a total of 100 sq feet, 3000w of flowering, multiple strains. very humid where I am, year round. Stay
peeled, this is going to be a very interesting grow...
it will be about a total of 100 sq feet, 3000w of flowering, multiple strains. very humid where I am, year round. Stay
peeled, this is going to be a very interesting grow...
Yo.
flowering sativa landrace, any input on adding coconutwater?
soil have not been treated prev. just some small grow tablett a few time..
need it too boost mostly speed due to cyclonseason coming,.
it dont react well to sprayedfertilzer and have just been sussefully treated with neem oil, i need some advice on organic items in handy that could be useful for a smooth yet fast improvment..
peace
flowering sativa landrace, any input on adding coconutwater?
soil have not been treated prev. just some small grow tablett a few time..
need it too boost mostly speed due to cyclonseason coming,.
it dont react well to sprayedfertilzer and have just been sussefully treated with neem oil, i need some advice on organic items in handy that could be useful for a smooth yet fast improvment..
peace
kingfisher021
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hi all
i just returned from a 3 week trip to ladakh.....and every day i thought...what perfect conditions for growing outdoors, long days, ideal temprature, full on sunshine....only if werent such an expensive place to live for a long time...
on another note, i will be starting multiple strains outside this time, a few autos as well
i just returned from a 3 week trip to ladakh.....and every day i thought...what perfect conditions for growing outdoors, long days, ideal temprature, full on sunshine....only if werent such an expensive place to live for a long time...
on another note, i will be starting multiple strains outside this time, a few autos as well
unknown222
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Don't know what strains. I know this is grown somewhere in the Indo-Pak Border. Brilliant Source. Great weed. 2 out of 4 scores are generally the sensimilla variety and come with very potent shake. Need a little help identifying the strains though.
Image 1 was the best of the three scores. 2-3 seeds for about 60-80 gms. Intense head high, lasted for well over an hour and a half. The dimmed over the next hour. Crazy munchies. It had a relatively noticeable body lag too which makes me think maybe it's a hybrid. I dont know enough to make an educated guess though.
Image 2 (the bud on the newspaper) was a definite sativa. 8-10 seeds for every 50 gms i'd say. That's not bad at all by indian standards considering how almost all the MJ here is grown outdoors. Nothing on the body and a mellow headbuzz characterized by increased sensitivity to light, sound and colours. Didn't last as long as image 1.
Image 3 was a very unfortunate hit and miss. Sativa dominant. Very intense cerebral effects that last for about 20-30 mins and then disappear. Hence hit and miss. Fuckload of seeds.
If any of you've seen these before or have an idea as to what their genetics could be, i'd appreciate a response. Hasn't been grown well, I know. But what i'm amazed at are the genetics. The same source has also given me MJ with golf ball sized buds that look like they're pinecones, footlongs with a dominant body lag etc. So it's evident that he experiments with his seeds.
Image 1 was the best of the three scores. 2-3 seeds for about 60-80 gms. Intense head high, lasted for well over an hour and a half. The dimmed over the next hour. Crazy munchies. It had a relatively noticeable body lag too which makes me think maybe it's a hybrid. I dont know enough to make an educated guess though.
Image 2 (the bud on the newspaper) was a definite sativa. 8-10 seeds for every 50 gms i'd say. That's not bad at all by indian standards considering how almost all the MJ here is grown outdoors. Nothing on the body and a mellow headbuzz characterized by increased sensitivity to light, sound and colours. Didn't last as long as image 1.
Image 3 was a very unfortunate hit and miss. Sativa dominant. Very intense cerebral effects that last for about 20-30 mins and then disappear. Hence hit and miss. Fuckload of seeds.
If any of you've seen these before or have an idea as to what their genetics could be, i'd appreciate a response. Hasn't been grown well, I know. But what i'm amazed at are the genetics. The same source has also given me MJ with golf ball sized buds that look like they're pinecones, footlongs with a dominant body lag etc. So it's evident that he experiments with his seeds.
braddaheee
Active Member
^Looks pretty mean, brah! I scored some hash and buds lately from up North, which gave me similar effects as ur IMG 1 and 2. I think my buds looked like ur IMG 1. Not sure about the names of the strains, tho...
Guy's, so since the rains pretty much finished.. I've got 3 plants left standing LOL. One of them is recuperating nicely, the other 2 is kinda meh.. but they growing, somehow. I put a bunch more to germinate today and plants should go good from now. The fucking spider mites are def still a prob, tho.. those bastards came back as soon as the rains stopped. I don't think theres really any way to stop em, unless I have a net with the minutest of holes, plastic wrap, and spray that bitch like every day or something... My area is just shit in that sense.. even if I keep it clean, they still come from the big ass trees down stairs, dust, and proly other Apts... Can't wait to gtfoh!
Guy's, so since the rains pretty much finished.. I've got 3 plants left standing LOL. One of them is recuperating nicely, the other 2 is kinda meh.. but they growing, somehow. I put a bunch more to germinate today and plants should go good from now. The fucking spider mites are def still a prob, tho.. those bastards came back as soon as the rains stopped. I don't think theres really any way to stop em, unless I have a net with the minutest of holes, plastic wrap, and spray that bitch like every day or something... My area is just shit in that sense.. even if I keep it clean, they still come from the big ass trees down stairs, dust, and proly other Apts... Can't wait to gtfoh!
kingfisher021
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Has anybody over here tried vaporizers for hash???
Hi folks, first off thanks for all the great information shared and spirit shown on here.
this is my first post since i joined. Sprouted some sativa bagseed in the great indian plains (2.5 hours flying time from BLR straight north) between mid-june and august first week. Had 12 plants when i stopped sprouting more seeds. Today I have 8 females and 1 hermie. Killed the males. Am trimming the balls off the hermie to salvage what I can.
Created a darkroom in my house and have been following 11/13 regimen for almost 4 weeks now (exactly 4 weeks tommorrow). Flowering has commenced on the oldest plants. All others have shown preflowers.
some details:
- 100% organic, outdoor, balcony grow
- variety of pot sizes and of earthen and plastic types
- plain dirt soil with generous helping of cow manure
- SAOSIS based supplementation at lower strength than indicated on bottle applied twice as frequently. Also weak diluted yogurt water mix for lactobacillus in soil.
- no grow logs this time around - just playing - will be more serious feb 14 onwards - winter is a good time to score local stuff. (marginally better than usual - greener fresher)
- 11/13 since 3 sept.
Now plants looking good - nice green leaves, big fan leaves, minor burns in 2-3 places else all green. My issue is given latitude, orientation of building and balconies I am approaching a serious limitation of usable, direct on plant sunlight just when they have started flowering.
I kinda anticipated this when I setup the darkroom and started the 11/13 in sept.
Am chasing the light from one balcony to another whenever am home to maximize light (3.5 hours). Else plenty of indirect light around all day. Am wondering that if I step up the light cycle to 10/14 will it make the plants more desperate to flower sooner? And hence allow me to get done within the small window of remaining light?? We are losing almost 1min and 40sec of daylight everyday these days
And yes have read the entire post (posted this on elchupacabras grow log but figured this would be better)- and tons of forums and guides and books before this post. Am a pretty decent gardener and the other plants provide some camouflage for the weed plants.
Pics to follow soon. Questions/Comments???
Cheers.......
this is my first post since i joined. Sprouted some sativa bagseed in the great indian plains (2.5 hours flying time from BLR straight north) between mid-june and august first week. Had 12 plants when i stopped sprouting more seeds. Today I have 8 females and 1 hermie. Killed the males. Am trimming the balls off the hermie to salvage what I can.
Created a darkroom in my house and have been following 11/13 regimen for almost 4 weeks now (exactly 4 weeks tommorrow). Flowering has commenced on the oldest plants. All others have shown preflowers.
some details:
- 100% organic, outdoor, balcony grow
- variety of pot sizes and of earthen and plastic types
- plain dirt soil with generous helping of cow manure
- SAOSIS based supplementation at lower strength than indicated on bottle applied twice as frequently. Also weak diluted yogurt water mix for lactobacillus in soil.
- no grow logs this time around - just playing - will be more serious feb 14 onwards - winter is a good time to score local stuff. (marginally better than usual - greener fresher)
- 11/13 since 3 sept.
Now plants looking good - nice green leaves, big fan leaves, minor burns in 2-3 places else all green. My issue is given latitude, orientation of building and balconies I am approaching a serious limitation of usable, direct on plant sunlight just when they have started flowering.
Am chasing the light from one balcony to another whenever am home to maximize light (3.5 hours). Else plenty of indirect light around all day. Am wondering that if I step up the light cycle to 10/14 will it make the plants more desperate to flower sooner? And hence allow me to get done within the small window of remaining light?? We are losing almost 1min and 40sec of daylight everyday these days
And yes have read the entire post (posted this on elchupacabras grow log but figured this would be better)- and tons of forums and guides and books before this post. Am a pretty decent gardener and the other plants provide some camouflage for the weed plants.
Pics to follow soon. Questions/Comments???
Cheers.......