My 8hr flowering experiment
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ttystikk
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How far along now?
I've been thinking about this from a systems point of view; what if eight hours of light, for example, produced well? This could mean that on a given circuit one could run THREE growrooms, rather than the current two on a 'flip' schedule.
This has huge energy and infrastructure cost saving implications.
torontoke
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Thats a good point too.
Theres a million positives to using 25-50% less energy. The possiblities are a game changer for everyone regardless of their system or set up.
Thats what excited me about the idea.
My longterm goal has always been get out of the city and run a cozy lil place off the grid. But the cost of enough batteries to run a decent sized room were crazy like 15k but now perhaps 7-8k is more than enough batteries
Id call these 2-3 weeks in havent counted or looked but they seem to be developing ok.
Not the biggest yet but i wasnt expecting monsters anyway. The pots are small and theres only a 400 watter on em for 6 hours.
Theres a million positives to using 25-50% less energy. The possiblities are a game changer for everyone regardless of their system or set up.
Thats what excited me about the idea.
My longterm goal has always been get out of the city and run a cozy lil place off the grid. But the cost of enough batteries to run a decent sized room were crazy like 15k but now perhaps 7-8k is more than enough batteries
Id call these 2-3 weeks in havent counted or looked but they seem to be developing ok.
Not the biggest yet but i wasnt expecting monsters anyway. The pots are small and theres only a 400 watter on em for 6 hours.
torontoke
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Looks like the week or so that i couldnt take care of these ladies and remove the male plant quick enough may have caused these bitches to get knocked up.
Appears to be a handfull of seeds on each plant.
Not sure yet 100% but perhaps i may have accidentally created my next batch of seeds.
Not sure if they will be worth using or not.
Chemdog x solo stash, phantom cookies
Apollo13, snow lotus x ss, phantom cookies
Chuckysbride,lemon skunk x ss phantom cookies
I thought the males didnt pollinate so early into flower guess i learned the hard way
Appears to be a handfull of seeds on each plant.
Not sure yet 100% but perhaps i may have accidentally created my next batch of seeds.
Not sure if they will be worth using or not.
Chemdog x solo stash, phantom cookies
Apollo13, snow lotus x ss, phantom cookies
Chuckysbride,lemon skunk x ss phantom cookies
I thought the males didnt pollinate so early into flower guess i learned the hard way
Joedank
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hell yea they are "usable" DANK i bet . accidental crosses are what this shit is built on.. chemdog and sour d were accidents too..
Mr.Goodtimes
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Id think they'd be pretty good. Only one way to find out 
GrowUrOwnDank
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I personally was rooting for the 6 hours to work without hurting the yield. Hey, not only for saving money, but also because it's the green thing to do.
At the end of the day, as much as I wanted it to work, let's face it, if it did work a lot of people would probably already have been doing it.
Nevertheless, a bit disappointed but, thanks for taking the hit and sharing first hand. After all you never know until you try.
At the end of the day, as much as I wanted it to work, let's face it, if it did work a lot of people would probably already have been doing it.
Nevertheless, a bit disappointed but, thanks for taking the hit and sharing first hand. After all you never know until you try.
torontoke
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Well im not willing to say the experiment has failed completely just yet.
Im not even half way through flowering. The fact that the plants actually went into flower less than a week after the switch is actually encouraging if anything.
I disagree about if this worked than more people would be doing it because most people generally scoff at anything new and say it wont work without trying.
Your free to draw your own conclusions this early if you like but i dont think the buds look like they are doing to badly. I wouldnt call them undersized for their age or anything so i will wait it out.
Thanks for watching this long tho i guess.
Amos Otis
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It was a male solos stash that dusted the mom phantom cookies. A mesh w/ Bodhi's apollo 13 x snow lotus [ dad of goji] should be killer, and you'll have a strain unique to yourself, if things like that matter. Chuckys Bride mom was hit by some L S hermie dust, but the L S was very potent, and CB is delicious.
torontoke
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Sounds exciting to me now.
I was bummed about these buds having seed but now im glad. Hopefully the offspring are awesome.
Guess i better think up some of my own names for these potential mixes lol
thenotsoesoteric
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100% a bean right there! Should have a few seeds from this round for sure.
USbeginnerguy
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this almost brings tears to my eyes lol i really wanted to to see how it all turned out but hey atleast you got some positive out of her. Another seed another day i guess. Im hoping you run this again for sure. Good luck dude
ttystikk
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It's no secret that many of today's best strains don't do well outdoors- for good reason; they were need and selected for desirable traits under indoor lighting for many generations.
Thus makes me wonder if a focused program of breeding for six hour light might create strains that make the most of it?
Thus makes me wonder if a focused program of breeding for six hour light might create strains that make the most of it?
torontoke
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My life has been pretty upside down the last few years with waning health and the inability to work, ive learned to see the positives in everything.this almost brings tears to my eyes lol i really wanted to to see how it all turned out but hey atleast you got some positive out of her. Another seed another day i guess. Im hoping you run this again for sure. Good luck dude
I cant afford to buy seeds so this actually works out to my benefit. Now and for future projects.
Got to always see the silver lining man.
I Take disappointment with a smirk