I have been delaying starting this thread for a few months until I was 100% sure and my first batch of plants switched into flowering and none of them flowered prematurely.

So here goes...

HP, HP2 and HFH Danish Gold strains in the first batch were planted at the end of February in a heated green house then moved outdoors when the weather allowed.


Given that we only had daylight hours of between 9.5/10 hours per day at that time of year you would expect them to go straight into flower once they hit 4 or 5 nodes but this is not the case.
All 3 strains made no attempt to flower what so ever.

March 28th


April 10th


April 15th, first few males showing sex, HP2



April 25th, first of the females showing sex (hp2)


May 1st Danish Gold females showing sex


May 12th HP, HP2, Danish Gold females all sexed.


June 24th HP2 and Danish Gold are starting to flower

Heres a few from the 2nd batch planted at the end of April which are only beginning to sex now.

May 8th


June 20th


Every plant pictured in both posts was grown under natural light and before anybody says this years plant have started to flower because they are in pots and root bound, take a look at 2010's outdoor thread and you will see that last years plants sown in the soil started to flower around the same time.

Well I hope this is of help to a few of you guys and I would encourage all you Irish HFH growers to try an early batch next year.
Stay safe n happy.

[esbe]

awesome observations my friend! love and learn every day, the way to go!

Originally Posted by esbe

love and learn every day, the way to go!

Definitely the way to go...your strains are good teachers

[rocket high]

i'll defo start early next year .... i was a little late to the party this year i planted out the last week of may and my plants are small.... so it would make sense to start that wee bit earlier.

good info there Cookie

ps thats the biggest stone mushroom in Ireland by the looks of it ..lol

[VonBudí]

that danish gold looks great, you got those cross you made running? With the plants started that early and in pots do they ever get root bound, or moved in doors much?

Originally Posted by VonBudí

that danish gold looks great, you got those cross you made running? With the plants started that early and in pots do they ever get root bound, or moved in doors much?

Yeah the Danish Gold is looking good, it's had a rough life outdoors with the weather this year but it's a tough strain and well suited to our shitty weather.

Yep I've a few of last years cross (HFH Hash Plant x Sour Queen/White Russian) on the go.


No real signs of being root bound, pots are reasonably big and the soil/compost mix they are in is quite rich so the roots should not have far to go to find food.

The first batch spent from late Feb to the start of April in the greenhouse, then outside.....if temps hit 6C or lower they came back into the GH.

[VonBudí]

great that them getting rootbound isnt a problem, ill try give them an early start next year. What sized pots are they btw?

20-25L pots......but they have gone into the ground now, was having to water every day and got sick of it.

Hello CM!

Nice thread, You have very interesting genetic's in garden.
I pick up chair and watching.

Good luck