Hi folks, just a quick hello from an old smokin' fool who only recently joined this forum.
I have only ever sown seeds that came from commercial dope where quality is a bit hit and miss.
Last year I grew five plants which all turned out to be male which got me thinking about how to ensure that I didn't waste another year.
So this last season I raised my seeds in punnets and transplanted them into six inch pots about a fortnight after germination. A month later I grouped the pots together and covered them with a very large upended black plastic pot, which had the drainage holes covered over, so that they only received 12 hours of light. Within 2 weeks they began flowering and I discarded the males and ended up growing 9 females that I am going to spend the next year enjoying with my friends and neighbours.
Although I have heard of people cloning plants to ensure that they are growing females I have never read of anyone doing this before. Surely, I am not the first person to do something like this.
Anyway, here's a pic. It was taken about three weeks before harvest and the buds are not like some of those huge buggers I have seen pictures of on this site but they sure are sweet.
I have only ever sown seeds that came from commercial dope where quality is a bit hit and miss.
Last year I grew five plants which all turned out to be male which got me thinking about how to ensure that I didn't waste another year.
So this last season I raised my seeds in punnets and transplanted them into six inch pots about a fortnight after germination. A month later I grouped the pots together and covered them with a very large upended black plastic pot, which had the drainage holes covered over, so that they only received 12 hours of light. Within 2 weeks they began flowering and I discarded the males and ended up growing 9 females that I am going to spend the next year enjoying with my friends and neighbours.
Although I have heard of people cloning plants to ensure that they are growing females I have never read of anyone doing this before. Surely, I am not the first person to do something like this.
Anyway, here's a pic. It was taken about three weeks before harvest and the buds are not like some of those huge buggers I have seen pictures of on this site but they sure are sweet.