Colorado Growers Thread

[Corvette Doc]

Man...I want a real camera....That looks REALY nice there JBomber.

 

[MHBGuy]

Grape Ox with harvest approaching rapidly

 

[CaliGabe]

the hemp is blooming heavy in Boulder County and probably other parts of the state to...personally, I'm use to cleaning weed but could be a big concern for the professional grower...better have the HEPA filters going

hey CaliGabe I managed to keep that grape ape clone alive but its already kicking into flower...I hear the harborside cut is the real thing but don't really know anything about it

Thought you were talking about hemp and not canna. I heard there was a patch of hemp being grown in the San Luis valley that was contracted by US Hemp Oil. I talked to Chris Boucher at USHO awhile back. Told a friend in Durango about it and he knows growers in the valley up there and said they were going to take their canna males, make a bunch of pollen and start spreading it upwind from the hemp patch(es). If hemp really takes off for sure growers will be relegated to indoors only in some areas and something like HEPA will be required. Dolores county in CO has been reluctant to allow hemp production because they feel it will promote canna production and those that know are like...WHAT? It's the opposite.

I've had Grape Ape since I grew it indoors back in about 2005 and not the same thing. That's not uncommon though.

As for CO outdoor flowers talked to a close friend, since I'm now back in Cali, and he's got full term outdoor plants about 1 week from harvesting to start things off. Wish I could have stayed to see everything finish. He's been taking his light down for about a week and 1/3 left to go. All the tops down and working on lowers.

 

[Jhhnn]

Thought you were talking about hemp and not canna. I heard there was a patch of hemp being grown in the San Luis valley that was contracted by US Hemp Oil. I talked to Chris Boucher at USHO awhile back. Told a friend in Durango about it and he knows growers in the valley up there and said they were going to take their canna males, make a bunch of pollen and start spreading it upwind from the hemp patch(es). If hemp really takes off for sure growers will be relegated to indoors only in some areas and something like HEPA will be required. Dolores county in CO has been reluctant to allow hemp production because they feel it will promote canna production and those that know are like...WHAT? It's the opposite.

I've had Grape Ape since I grew it indoors back in about 2005 and not the same thing. That's not uncommon though.

As for CO outdoor flowers talked to a close friend, since I'm now back in Cali, and he's got full term outdoor plants about 1 week from harvesting to start things off. Wish I could have stayed to see everything finish. He's been taking his light down for about a week and 1/3 left to go. All the tops down and working on lowers.

No way that hemp will be grown indoors. It's not that profitable.

Pollen chucking at hemp fields won't accomplish much, either. I'm sure people have been doing it with feral hemp in the midwest for decades with nothing to show for it. The target population is so large that it just absorbs foreign pollen like it never happened. It's like trying to heat up a battleship with a bic.

The presence of hemp fields is of concern to outdoor drug cannabis growers, obviously, and to greenhouse growers as well. Few of them would be growing for seed, but the fact that there might be some seeds in the product is not what spoiled consumers of sinsemilla want at all. OTOH, if it's too seedy, commercial growers will process it into dry sift, bubble & oil, move on from there.

 

[who dat is]

Hemp growin' Farmer John be like...

 

[dragging hooks]

Happy National Dog Day

 

[KiefSweat]

most European hemp will be flowering 3-4 weeks before your drug strains anyway.

 

[Moonjuice5050]

greasy ass flo

 

[CaliGabe]

No way that hemp will be grown indoors. It's not that profitable.

Where did I say that hemp would be grown indoors? That's nutz.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I'm sure people have been doing it with feral hemp in the midwest for decades with nothing to show for it.[/FONT]

Your proof is where? The point I was attempting to make was 'contamination' of hemp seed stock with canna genetics. Can't remember the THC threshold that hemp needs to meet to be legal in CO so if there's 'contamination' over time then hemp will exceed the threshold.

 

[Jhhnn]

Where did I say that hemp would be grown indoors? That's nutz.

I misunderstood.

Your proof is where? The point I was attempting to make was 'contamination' of hemp seed stock with canna genetics. Can't remember the THC threshold that hemp needs to meet to be legal in CO so if there's 'contamination' over time then hemp will exceed the threshold.

Why would you want to contaminate hemp genetics?

Hempies are every bit as much a part of the legalization movement as the rest of us, at least here in CO. Our purposes are congruent, if not identical. We're a long, long ways away from hemp pollen contamination being much of a problem. If it gets that way, it'll be drug strain seed producers who'll have to deal with it. If there are a few half hemp seeds in greenhouse sinsemilla, people who grow 'em will be mighty disappointed, I suppose.

I wonder how growers in the Midwest deal with feral hemp nearby. In some places, there's a lot of it. When I think of all the growers who lived in such places over the decades, it's hard to believe that none ever tried crossing to the feral population.

We all prefer sinse, I think, if only because it's more convenient & better value at the same price & weight as seeded pot. Being an old hippie, I find the aversion to seeds among younger tokers to be amusing at times. I think some would be less dismayed by mouse turds in the bag than by a few seeds.

 

[MHBGuy]

Being an old hippie, I find the aversion to seeds among younger tokers to be amusing at times. I think some would be less dismayed by mouse turds in the bag than by a few seeds.

Imagine if they were transported back to the 70s/80s when bags had seeds like these

 

[CaliGabe]

Imagine if they were transported back to the 70s/80s when bags had seeds like these

I grew up smoking pot starting in about 1975. I'm 52 years old. I know what bags of Columbian and Mexican looked like. I used to buy sacks, roll doobies, sell a bunch then smoke for free. No transportation to the past needed for me to know what that scene was like . The hash was the real treat though...Lebanese, Moroccan and rarely Afghani...THAT is what I was on the lookout for. Some AWESOME Mexican flowers used to come through now and then. Definitely some bag seeds I wish I had kept yet not many.

 

[MHBGuy]

I grew up smoking pot starting in about 1975. I'm 52 years old. I know what bags of Columbian and Mexican looked like. I used to buy sacks, roll doobies, sell a bunch then smoke for free. No transportation to the past needed for me to know what that scene was like . The hash was the real treat though...Lebanese, Moroccan and rarely Afghani...THAT is what I was on the lookout for. Some AWESOME Mexican flowers used to come through now and then. Definitely some bag seeds I wish I had kept yet not many.

Didn't think you needed a flashback, Cali (although the smell from those bags is a bit of olfactory time travel you might trip out on), but thought some in the sinsemilla generation might be amazed at what we used to clean from our stash.

Hash back in the day was rare, but what a treat. First time I ever had some was because there was no pot available, but my connect could get a couple grams of hash. Sounded good to me. Tried it out 2nd row at a Commodores concert in 78 or 79 and got so fucking high the Commodores looked like they just arrived from outer space!

 

[Avinash.miles]

Can't remember the THC threshold that hemp needs to meet to be legal in CO so if there's 'contamination' over time then hemp will exceed the threshold.

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[Corvette Doc]

After about 40-50 pics these are the best i could get of the Blue Sattalite. I popped seeds the day after Christmas. This thing is SSSSLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWWW to grow. Only about 3 feet tall she never had even ONE single leaf that has more than 4 leaflettes. Most are 3, 2 or single leaflettes. But the trich size and count looks like this might be a good tasting bud. But 9 months and only 3 feet tall and i don't even see 4 OZ after trimming and drying...not exactly worth it to me since none of my other plants are under 8 feet right now and some are close to 12 feet tall.

The last pic is the entire plant. The couple of leaves at top left are from a NYCD that got drowned durring our heavy rains earlier this summer. It never did realy recover from that but is getting some budding started so maybe???
Please remember that this Blue Sattalite is from freebies given out as unstable genetics in 2011, NOT the current type going out.

 

[2 Legal Co]

I misunderstood.



Why would you want to contaminate hemp genetics?

Hempies are every bit as much a part of the legalization movement as the rest of us, at least here in CO. Our purposes are congruent, if not identical. We're a long, long ways away from hemp pollen contamination being much of a problem. If it gets that way, it'll be drug strain seed producers who'll have to deal with it. If there are a few half hemp seeds in greenhouse sinsemilla, people who grow 'em will be mighty disappointed, I suppose.

I wonder how growers in the Midwest deal with feral hemp nearby. In some places, there's a lot of it. When I think of all the growers who lived in such places over the decades, it's hard to believe that none ever tried crossing to the feral population.

We all prefer sinse, I think, if only because it's more convenient & better value at the same price & weight as seeded pot. Being an old hippie, I find the aversion to seeds among younger tokers to be amusing at times. I think some would be less dismayed by mouse turds in the bag than by a few seeds.

A certain number of 'young farmers', used to apply Round Up on the native/volunteer/rope plants/hemp, and then replant the patch with 'saved' seeds.

As noted previously, it was not a cure for the 'hemp' crop. The level of potency would drop substantially every year. But made for a good cash crop back in the day.

 

[KiefSweat]

You would get hybrid mixed ratio thc/cbd seeds if your crop got pollinated by hemp. The f2s would be all over the place with high cbd, hgh thc and mixed plants.

 

[Munson]

Gonna try to do it how the natives did

 

[MrTea]

Gonna try to do it how the natives did

Some of the best compost money can buy, but damn pricey. If I could afford it I'd do that and ewc 50/50. Grass fed buffalo manure aged 2-3 years (most composting companies only age their compost 6-12 months) before being bagged and unlike most every other gardening product this compost is bagged and the inside is plastic lined for better moisture retention. Truly a A+ product, IMHO.

 

[Munson]

Some of the best compost money can buy, but damn pricey. If I could afford it I'd do that and ewc 50/50. Grass fed buffalo manure aged 2-3 years (most composting companies only age their compost 6-12 months) before being bagged and unlike most every other gardening product this compost is bagged and the inside is plastic lined for better moisture retention. Truly a A+ product, IMHO.

Found a place that does it for like $1 per pound. Not too bad if you consider what other companies are charging and its local. Im gonna do the same and mix it with some homemade ewc. Also some ACTs to stretch it. Made some organic wild rice EM1/bokashi gonna add to the mix(keeping it native as possible)