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Could I transplant directly from a 16oz cup to a 5gal bucket? Or do I need another medium before I step into that?"
Yes. The root ball won't develop as well as it would if you did an intermediate transplant part way through veg but I haven't found too much loss of yield or increase in flower time. It's much easier all around to transplant to a 6" pot when you have to water the cup every day.
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"Does anyone every put holes in the bottom of their bucket and place a catch dish under it to retain any extra water from watering? or is that just for house plants and flowers ect..?"
I use 12" trays. You can get cheap thin plastic trays but the thick black plastic ones last.
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"With the overall life cycle of a photo period plant reaching from 12-16 weeks... maybe more? Do I have to worry about the plant using up all the nutrients in the soil and leaving behind toxic salts that can damage the roots?"
Not so long as feed according to directions.
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"Do I have to flush the plant every so often to wash away those salts?"
I don't until the end of flower.
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"Do I have to refortify her with nutrients after the flush?"
No.
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"I was hoping to try and stay away from chems. but if it a necessity and means the difference between chronic and decent then I'll easily consider using them.."
You can get great bud either way, organic or chemical. No need to cross over if you don't want to.
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"But a photo period would need that flush and possibly to be refortified.."
No flush during veg or flower needed unless you create nutrient problems through improper feeding and PH balancing.
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"different highs but obviously all be some heady chronic. I would love to have an absolute couch lock for after work (most likely a heavy indica.. any thoughts?)"
You'll notice that I stay with the same breeders, I've found that picking the breeder is more important than picking the strain. One breeder's White Widow is not the same genetics as the next, different effect characteristics, different growing characteristics.
And it's not just breeding, it's seed production too. Dutch Passion is just butchering DJ Short's Blueberry - mine were terrible and I've read many reviews the same. But always good reviews for DJ Shorts.
The couch lock properties are greatly influenced by the timing of your harvest - go for more amber, fewer cloudy and no clear trichomes. You can get most strains couchlock by going 100% amber trichomes.
The more
sedative strains I like (smoking and reports):
Endless Sky - Dr Greenthumb: 42 days flower, 500 g/m2, very very potent indica stone.
Medicine Man - Mr Nice (White Rhino - Greenhouse): powerfull body stone
White Russian - Serious Seeds: Very strong, long lasting high, more cerebral than knockout. Medicinal plant.
The Flav - (TGA) Subcool: Narcotic.
The high is very intense and is reported by smokers as trippy and good for pain relief. Very mind expanding and viual, very much a head high
Trainwreck S1 - Dr Greenthumb would be my first choice of breeder,
Greenhouse the second: Effect: Like the name suggests, a real blast. It hits fast, and it hits hard. Stoney on the body, confusing and trippy on the brain. A truly powerful smoke.
Blue Moonshine - DJ Short: The "Blue" version of the "White" family (White Widow, etc). A super potent blueberry Indica, coated with a strong concentration of tall standing trichomes. Produces a very narcotic experience - body high blueberry.
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"Some other types of after work strains I like are: trippy; opiate dreamy; melow euphoric."
Jack The Ripper - TGA (Subcool):
High type: Intense, trippy, visual, phase shifting, increased heart rate, heavy crash, increased appetite, pain relief, paranoia
Kali Mist - Serious: up opiate, floating euphoric high.
Jilly Bean - TGA (Subcool): slighly sedative body stone and euphoric, very social. Tastes like Dreamcycles. One of the best reviewed strains recently.
White Widow - Seedsman or
Black Widow - Mr Nice: Great for through the day but overindulge and you'll be glued to the couch. Still one of the best. Seedsman will be more sativa and Black Widow more indica.
SSD (~Strawberry D-light) has indica phenos that knock you out of reality. Also look at
Soma's NYCD,
Refferman's Sour Diesel and
Bogs Sour Bubble, or a
clone from a
dispensary.
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"a super upper for the mornings and times when an up-lifting is needed.."
Bubblegum - Serious Seeds: Crystal Clear euphoric high.
Flo - DJ Short: unique motivating high; musky grapes.
Green Crack - clone only
Cheese S1 - Big Bhudda or
Cheese BX3 - Dank Dairy or
Original Cheese - Dr Greenthumb
Pandora's Box - TGA (Subcool): The Cheshire Cat strain. Grin ear to ear and laugh hysterically. (It's replacing Dr Greenthumb's Big Laughing in my garden. I've run Big Laughing over 2 years, great strain - PB will be better)
AK47 - Serious Seeds: Rocket fuel and you are the rocket. Very fast onset of high. Soaring high. Not functional.
F13 - DJ Short: A clear, clean, crisp head of the kindest order.
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"a good everyday smoke and one other that I haven't really thought about yet."
Kali Mist - TGA (social with friends);
Bubblegum -
TGA (functional in public);
Big Bang - Greenhouse: sold in Dutch pharmacies for anxiety, good functional strain.
Cotton Candy - Federation: Non drowsy pain relief.
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Other:
Querkel -
TGA (grape knockout strain)
Jack Herer - Sensi: The trait common to all Jack Herer phenotypes is a dazzling double-edged potency - a stratospheric cerebral high underpinned by a breathtaking body-buzz with seismic power. Smokers should be prepared to feel the earth shake beneath their feet - which can be a very pleasant feeling when your head is firmly in the clouds.
Dr Greenthumb has some great strains he's bred and some phenominal feminized seeds from the original clones of legendary clone only strains.
Bubba Kush,
C99,
Chemdawg Kush, and
OG Kush.
Jazz is a great up strain. Great breeder, look through all of his strains - you can count on top quality genetics and seed production. Your order will be sent twice if not received by you.
Texada Timewarp - PeakSeedsBC: I had 1/3 of a joint when I was living in the Rockies, British Columbia, I was tripping for hours, lost in some kind of time warped dream that melded with reality. It was the strongest - trippiest, mind expanding, lost in dreams - bud I have ever had. I've been waiting for 2 years for Peak to get back in stock, they have the original not the cross that other banks I've found offer. Peak has
TT x Blueberry and I may pick that up but I have seeds for lots of strains and I have my heart on TT.
Sour Diesel - clone dispensory
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You should be able to find all of those strains at these banks:
http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/
http://www.drgreenthumb.com/cannabis_seeds_GreenthumbSeedsEntrance.htm
http://www.hempdepot.ca/seeds/Beanho/index.htm
http://www.cannaseur.com/
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