[Santalum]

Gday OC, A question from a novice. knowing Finola is an autoflowering type, what would be the best way to extract the most growth out of that short vegetative phase?

[Mr. Majestyk]

Originally Posted by Halonium

https://www.ekolo.fi/tuote/hampunsiem...6430041350040/

A place to buy cheap Finola seeds.

All I could get from google translate was they are grown without pesticides. Are these viable?

[Only Ornamental]

Originally Posted by Santalum

Gday OC, A question from a novice. If one was planning to do a sensimilla Finola grow, knowing Finola is an autoflowering type, what would be the best way to extract the most growth out of that short vegetative phase? Would you supplement light for 18-24 hours to allow the females the greatest ability to produce photosynthates in that period? Thanks in advance.

It's not truly 'autoflowering' but just very-very early.
Grow them under 24/7 even during flowering if you want, they don't stop growing during flo . I managed to keep mine from flowering under 14/10 for about two months (then I switched the fertiliser) when using dangerously high amounts of nitrogen and too little phosphorous. The latter wasn't intentional and I still don't know why I had this issue. Anyway, low P isn't good as it also prevents growth which isn't that bad in the case of Finola (at least compared to fibre hemp varieties). Maybe keeping potassium low would be helpful too.

[Santalum]

Thanks OO. I have read that you cannot do clones of Finola females because of the speed of their growth. You have any comments about that? What about if you trimmed the primary and maybe even secondary growing points, could that help extend the vegetative phase?

[Only Ornamental]

I tried topping Finola... didn't work out that well as it doesn't like branching out too much.
I'm currently running some hemp varieties indoors... it's not really advisable as the stretch is immense! Some shot up from 30 cm to over 1.2 m within less than two weeks and would have stretched even further if they hadn't hit the bulbs and burnt their tips. Due the absence of wind, their stalks are rather weak and having to put the lights high up is hampering the growth of the smaller ones. Maybe growing colosseum-style with several vertical T5 tubes interspersed would work out better?
Finola as a pretty small variety is quite easy and handy to grow, though!

[oldchuck]

Originally Posted by Santalum

Gday OC, A question from a novice. If one was planning to do a sensimilla Finola grow, knowing Finola is an autoflowering type, what would be the best way to extract the most growth out of that short vegetative phase? Would you supplement light for 18-24 hours to allow the females the greatest ability to produce photosynthates in that period? Thanks in advance.

I can't answer your question with any kind of precision, Sant. I've only grown them out three or four times in the past year and am still using the original Finish seeds. I haven't strictly controlled the growing conditions but have varied them considerably; 12/12, 18/6, natural light on my window sill at different times, different sized pots. They tolerate it all pretty well. I suspect more light hours is the way to go and no need to cut back to 12/12. They don't like to be transplanted. Fertility needs seem modest. I use mostly compost tea.

The males show themselves within a month, more than a month before the females flower so culling them is easy. I've been harvesting about 90 days from seed start. The usual rules for dope growing don't apply but I don't know what works best.

[Santalum]

Doubt you'd need to back off the nutrients towards the end of the crop if CBD extraction is the goal?

[Santalum]

Yep thats what I'm thinking. Lots of lateral lighting. Confusing the plant in some respects but powering up the photosynthetic surface area to maximum.

[oldchuck]

I never tried taking cuttings.

Why should more light produce more CBD?

Get some seeds, dude. I could probably learn stuff from you.

[Santalum]

Oil is the most energetically expensive compound to produce by a plant. Therefore a plant growing optimally has the ability to maximise conversion of light, water, nutrients, CO2 etc into photosynthates which are precursors to all the compounds plants produce. The more complicated compounds also naturally take longer to manufacture within a plant so in theory facilitating a longer 'growing season' will lead to better yields of oils.

This is certainly the case in our canola crops. The longer the season the better the oil yields we attain. Its also the case in our dryland sandalwood trees. They produce oil rich nuts and in drought years oil levels are significantly lower than in those years where rainfall is average or above average. Similarly the fatty acid profile in that oil is greatly affected by seasonal influences. Levels of the more complicated, longer chain fatty acids are significantly reduced in drought years.

So I find it hard to believe anybody that tries to tell me that environmental influences do NOT affect levels of cannabinoids in hemp/cannabis plants and it is largely a function of genetics/strains.