Australian Blue grow

[dread]

I like the flavour

But seriously, the label says this snailbait has a withholding period of 7 days.

Considering that it breaks down about 14 days after application, and that it will receive only one application when they are seedlings, i dont think there will be any residual traces in the plant after 4-5 months..

You'll find more residual contamination from herbicides and pesticides in just about any fresh produce u buy... unless 100% of your diet comes from certified organic produce.

Do you lose sleep over the strawberries you had on ur cornflakes? There'd be more contamination in half a strawberry than in the buds I harvest from these plants.

try bending a copper wire in a circle,put it on the soil around the stem of the plant
leave some space between wire & stem
snales will keep away for sure
grtz
D.

 

[dread]

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like this
grtz
D.

 

[canna cola]

Anyone know of a natural predator for snails that's native to the downunder?

Blue tongue and stumpy tail (shingle back) lizards.

 

[PhenoMenal]

Yep, blue-tongued lizards / shinglebacks LOOOVE snails eheh
but keeping them in a growroom would be cruel

 

[Rapscallion Lad]

Couple more pics

 

[Rapscallion Lad]

Thanks for all the tops feedback and tips guys...

I like the sound of the copper trick! No chemicals, minimum fuss. Im gunnu try and collect some copper pieces or wire that I could use in future.

I do hafta say that bait is fairly convenient so if Multicrop's Multiguard is relatively non - toxic then Id probably keep an eye out for that in the future too...


As these plants are getting up, Im noticing that three of them are really vigorous, with big fat leaves and already getting little shoots growing at the base of leaf nodes... while the fourth plant has smaller leaves and appears less vigorous.

So Im wondering if this difference is an early indication of what will be male and female? (thinking the smaller plant might be male?)

Theyve all received the same treatment: same amount of light, same medium, same nutes (1 app of dilute maxicrop, sprinkle of osmocote).

 

[Rapscallion Lad]

Yep, blue-tongued lizards / shinglebacks LOOOVE snails eheh
but keeping them in a growroom would be cruel

...but why would there be snails in your growroom??? Did you vague out and leave the door open?

 

[PhenoMenal]

lol, yeah i've gotta stop posting just before i go to bed

 

[Hughesy]

Same over here too. cant get started. Nite budz.

 

[farmerred]

Those are lookin stellar you rapscallion you! Glad to hear that you (or anyone else that wanders through here; ) have got the pests under control. How long ya plannin on veggin those blue devils? I wanna see some frosty nug shots yesterday.

 

[Donald Mallard]

Looking well rapscallion lad , are u noticing something funny about 2 of those plants?
Bit of background info on aussie blue ,
originally it was a cross between blue haze and ducksfoot , by the looks the original parents are no longer in action and this new one would be an f2 of the orginal ,, you can check with the breeders , but think youll find its the case ,, hence the webbed leaf on the resulting progeny .

 

[ScrubNinja]

My favourite strain, I would say. Donald, it's a hybrid, so nothing strange about seeing one of the parent traits? The parent was 'Boesi' or 'Duck' not wally's Ducksfoot technically (as far as I'm aware anyway). You can buy it on the boutique and I've never heard anything about the recipe being changed. Mine was an f2 though, that a friend made.

 

[Donald Mallard]

Id have to beg to differ on the webbed trait scrubninja , it will be a result of crossing aussie blue with aussie blue , the first cross would not show the webbed trait , and to my knowlege wally sent the ducksfoot to hgfs in 2002 and it is the boesi as they call it or duck .
We had the blue haze inour stables for a while down under , and made the same blue haze ducksfoot cross , it was a very nice cross , great smoke and enjoyable grow , quite vigerous with amazing smells .
You should not get the webbed leaf trait with the first cross and it was not present in the hybrid we grew of the same genetics until we made f2s ,, im pretty sure youll find that is the case here .

 

[kev.au]

I also got Aussie Blu free with my PS order.

Went great indoors(DWC) and outdoors(Pot), does smell like lemon.

Gives me a uplifting energetic high, quite strong also.


Cheers, Kev.

 

[ScrubNinja]

Donald, sorry, I didn't realise that. Cheers, good info to know.

 

[Rapscallion Lad]

Gday fellas.

Donald, i certainly am noticing some funny characteristics in probably 3 of these plants, but most prominantly on 2 of them.

Basically 2 of them look like little green mutants! They seem to be very very leafy and vigorous, and the leaves are kinda webbed and curled, instead of being your iconic, clearly define ganja leaf!

Im pretty happy with em coz they are growing so fast and seem so healthy. While the fourth plant looks completely different. Youd almost think it was a different strain... its smaller, the leaves look 'normal', less vigorous.

Ill take some more detailed photos in a couple of days to try'n show what Im talking about.

To be honest I know stuff-all about breeding or varieties. I just got these seeds when I bought a packet of White Widow... which I also grew out to collect the seed, but I grew them indoors in a wardobe setup, where as these Aussie Blues are gunnu live outside.

Kev, thats where I got mine from too. They must chuck in a free packet for Oz customers!

Glad so many people think this strain is worth while!

 

[Donald Mallard]

Look foward to seeing how they go rapscallion lad ,
no worries there srubninja , no one really knows what folks are labelling these days so its always good to chime in if you know the background .
id be interested to see if hgfs admits to the f2 probability , at least with something like webbed leafs its not that hard to tell . other traits would be much more difficult id think .

 

[Rapscallion Lad]

Some more pics...

The foremost plant in the pic below has a webbed leaves phenotype.

While this one has normal looking leaves.

Starting to tie these guys down to turn them into little bushes. Im a bit worried about them getting too tall.

 

[sensient]

hey all,yeah i would have to agree with them being f-2,s!
i have followed wallys work with the duck,and i do know that the web leaf trait is definatly a reccesive trait in the strain(duck).
wally has stated that it is a reccesive trait,and there for not passed onm to the first fillail generation(f1) it parents.
the web leaf does not show up in any f1,s between the duck and other strains.
therefor,i would have to agree,that they are f2 seed!
anyway,just my 2 cents worht..sensient

 

[Donald Mallard]

Looks like they are starting to take off rapscallion lad , try not to keep them in the small pots too long , they love to make a large root system to support the plant they can grow into , usually best done in the ground if thats possible .
The front plant in the 3rd picture looks really healthy and happy , dont be shy to feed them well , they are heavy feeders and we always found organics such as chicken manure was the preferred . They respond well too liquid pot ash or pot ash rich soil to aid in the flowering cycle.