West Coast Vaper

17 hours ago, The pomp 69 said:

Those bud site's looks frosty how old is she now?

Rojnd day 60

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1 autoflower 

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1 autoflower 

On 11/12/2024 at 12:22 PM, The pomp 69 said:

Looking very good. Where does the northern lights And gorrila come from?

Hey man. So yeah, it was gifted from a breeder in Swellendam who prefers to fly under the radar.

This is an end of line strain that he is no longer working on.

At a few weeks old under the shade house with not much stretch compared to the other autos I've decided to put a few outdoors in the ground to see if they handle the heat on the reservation. 

On 11/9/2024 at 8:01 AM, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

Brother. I think your approach here is a bit willy nilly. What you're talking about is just a charactaristic. I understand hunting a specific strain, but in this case it doesn't make a lot of sense. Purple weed is not a specific strain. Even a plant that throws out only green buds can be manipulated to produce anthocyanins (the purple) through temperatures and what not. I've got a keeper cut here that I've been growing for years, if I harvest her during winter the buds are all purple, if I harvest her in summer the buds are all green. 

That's only scratching the surface, cause now we get into the scientific part of it. Alleles. Genetics. 

Purple buds can be genetic a genetic trait, where as some plants may never produce anthocyanins no matter what you do, some others may throw out purple without any manipulation. Now take that plant, produce seeds from it and you'll end up with a roughly 50/50 split between genetic codes. Here's a bit of a introduction to breeding and how purple/green is a selective trait when breeding genetics.

This will be something called "Phenotypes". You will often hear seasoned growers talk about phenos and "clone only" varieties. Every time you pop a seed you get different phenotype. This means your "XYZ" strain from seed wont look the same as your buddies seed from the exact same strain. In fact, buy a pack of 10 seeds, pop them all and let them teach you about phenotypical expression.

Now we get into plant plasticity. The ability of a plant to change it's phenotypical expressions in response to different environments. In a way it comes back to the plant being manipulated in order to get different expressions of the same genetic. This means, even if you do get the exact clone from the mother you're talking about, chances are great that you'll end up with something looking a bit different than what you where hoping for, cause you're growing in a completely different environment than the person who grew it you saw the photos of. Geographically different, environmentally different, hight above sea level differs, temp / humidity / time of year all these factor come into play. 

If you looking for something purple just buy a whole bunch of good seeds from reputable breeder of strains that are well known to throw out purple colour easily and work your way through them. You'll see what I'm talking about. Some aren't even gona go purple at all. 

Personally, I avoid any purple with a firey passion. Purple weed tastes horrible, ruins the terpene profile as 99,99% of weed that turns purple has a similar taste. It's something you learn through time, the same strains that turn purple, if you can manipulate them and keep them green you end up with a completely different bud, crazy full terpene profile. 

As anthocyanin is a compound on its own it's no wonder it has impact on the taste, if it's present to the eyes it'll be present to the taste buds when consuming. Purple weed is only for instagram / photos / bag appeal for sellers. It's a selling point, a gimmick. 

Cheers for answer bud. I would never have been able to with so much info.

Yes. Both those above mentioned strains was when I planted towards the end of outdoor season expecting to see some purple. Not because I wanted to fool people but because I wanted to look and learn.

To be honest though, I'll leave the next late season grows until I can replace the shade cloth on my tunnel to plastic covering.

As you mention, manipulation can perform wonders.

On 11/4/2024 at 11:33 AM, The pomp 69 said:

Your are an experienced grower right. There is this strain almost thought it's the purple one you got posted here but it's not the one Im talking about the buds are a bright dark purple and the where the stem touch the leaves it's also purple so basically when you look at the cola from above its purple and half way purple leaves I dont know the name but it's the most beautiful flower I ever saw maybe you in can help with the name and where to get seeds. I saw I guy growing it on you tube but never got the name.

Haunted Kush Cake from @Totemic and Vladimir from @Bay Seeds are the only purple I've grown.

On 11/1/2024 at 4:37 PM, The pomp 69 said:

Do you have your own line of genetics?

Nooo. I leave that to the professionals. 

I just put local genetics to test out here in my funny climate bubble.

On 10/31/2024 at 11:51 AM, The pomp 69 said:

I think Im getting the Odin's I just hope I can get to top their yield claim 350 to 500 per plant outdoors is alot of smoke three of those girls can last me a while. 

But since it sounds like you know the guy and have grow he beans how far out is the THC claims cos at 27-29 is impressive.  The reason I ask they say normally it's out by 5 or something like that. I wanted to get the mystic candy but oden looks promising and if I can get the as healthy as yours I'm sure I can get 400 Plus out to per plant if the claim is right. 

They mention you van top it to get bigger yields but I thought you don't top autos.. That's why I wanted to know if anybody grow one since it's new. But if you trust there genetics I'll give it a go cos from what I can see you know what your doing.

Push up bra of bud porn.

On 10/31/2024 at 11:51 AM, The pomp 69 said:

I think Im getting the Odin's I just hope I can get to top their yield claim 350 to 500 per plant outdoors is alot of smoke three of those girls can last me a while. 

But since it sounds like you know the guy and have grow he beans how far out is the THC claims cos at 27-29 is impressive.  The reason I ask they say normally it's out by 5 or something like that. I wanted to get the mystic candy but oden looks promising and if I can get the as healthy as yours I'm sure I can get 400 Plus out to per plant if the claim is right. 

They mention you van top it to get bigger yields but I thought you don't top autos.. That's why I wanted to know if anybody grow one since it's new. But if you trust there genetics I'll give it a go cos from what I can see you know what your doing.

My wife steers clear of @Bay Seeds. A bit on the strong side she claims. 

Some people top but I'm the put in the soil and water guy.

I am no expert, I just plant plenty.

I've had good runs and just as many bad runs.

Success rate is getting better though the more I learn about autos. 

On 10/27/2024 at 1:38 PM, The pomp 69 said:

From which seedbank did you get the candy beans from Im also thinking of getting some when I saw you popping them.

I got mine direct from @Bay Seeds

You can find him online.

Biltong & Buds and Marijuana sa also stock his fire amongst a few.

On 10/28/2024 at 2:24 PM, The pomp 69 said:

Hi guys thinking of getting Odin Raven from bay seed. But since it's new want the know if anyone has tried growing or busy growing it?

My personal experience. 

Haven't got my hands on Odin yet.

I have had the opportunity to grow @Bay Seeds fire for about 4 years now.

And his stuff just gets better.

If you new to growing his genetics, welcome to the club. 

Exited every time he has a new release. 

If you are under the impression that he is a new breeder I can understand your hesitation. 

He might be new online but truth be told, this man been pushing local genetics for some time.

Give it a go.

Check out my feed on his Strawberry Vostok from about 3 years ago

57 minutes ago, The pomp 69 said:

They do look good. How's the Candy's doing?

Cheers Gov'nr. 

Mythic Candy a week or two behind the Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1 but looking strong.

Update on those shortly. 

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1 autoflower growing up fast.

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1. 

Going to sleep

When nature tops a plant.

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1 autoflower going on 30 days.

Shade house in pot recovered way better than outdoor.

Picks are a healthy plant versus topped plant.

8 hours ago, The pomp 69 said:

Is it just me are is the bottom two bigger? They do look good! 

Yes.

The last 2 pics are the outdoor plant in the ground versus the plant in a 20l pot in a 60% shade house. 

Here is the difference to where I grow.

#1: 9m x 20m 60% shade house in 20l pot.

7 Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1  planted and 7 still growing strong. Reason being is I kind of have control of bugs and temp due to manual intervention. I water early in the morning so that I generate some humidity during the day. At dusk and dawn I'm the prick that bug inspects, picking up pots, rubbing my fingers under the lips of pots and agitating the top soil and killing on sight.

Autos under the 60% usually average size but buds a liitle on the airy side.

Outdoor in ground.

3 planted and 1 growing strong and the second recovering from a natural topping. Dang bugs.

Third plant chowed by bugs on the 4th day.

Here I have to water twice a day.

Early days but I can already see heat stress on outdoor versus shade house. Curley compared to lush.

Once temps and wind pick up in a few weeks I'm hoping outdoor will be strong enough to survive.

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1 autoflower at day 26.

60% shade house compared to outdoor stretch. 

21 hours ago, The pomp 69 said:

Does it really matter how much sun/light  an auto gets since they go with age? I read a guy said you must put them under 18/6 light cycle. If it's true then is it not going to be a waste to grow mine outdoor since the grow period is so sort because I use organic material that sometimes take time to come available? It's the vegetative part that stress me because there is no room for error.  

People think because it flowers by it self it's as easy as 123 mistake just make one and your done because there isn't time to recover unless the guy who talk about the 18/6 cycle whas pointing to how you fix an auto.

The thing is I can see it's not your first auto so you have the hang of it hope you don't mind when I pop a question when I pop mine in the soil because yours sure look good

Try not to over water is number one.

Growing indoors I think will always be better as you can control your environment. 

Autos looking good so far.

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1 in pre flower. 

On 10/12/2024 at 11:07 AM, The pomp 69 said:

They do look good what you feeding them outdoors?

I try to start with a good soil and then borehole watering only.

Pest control I use whatever I can get from the local co-op 30km away.

I do a dusk and dawn physical pest control.

Just now, West Coast Vaper said:

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1. 

In 20l pot under 60 % shade house versus outdoor in ground. 

Both looking good.

 

14 days 

Bobby's Widow x Sweet Cheese F1. 

In 20l pot under 60 % shade house versus outdoor in ground. 

Both looking good.

@Bay Seedshas a line of fem autoflower at the moment. Try him directly or you can find his work at biltong & buds and marijuana sa