My 8hr flowering experiment

[torontoke]

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?

I shall find out soon.
Its super ironic that i was talking about maybe getting into breeding so i could supply myself an friends with good cheap genetics and a lone male pollinates within the first two weeks of flower.

I hope your right and these seeds raised on 6 hr light will thrive in the same environment.

 

[ttystikk]

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.
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

There is more to be learned in failure than success. I too will smirk at it from now on- and think of you.

 

[ttystikk]

I shall find out soon.
Its super ironic that i was talking about maybe getting into breeding so i could supply myself an friends with good cheap genetics and a lone male pollinates within the first two weeks of flower.

I hope your right and these seeds raised on 6 hr light will thrive in the same environment.

It takes lots of iterations while selecting only the most vigorous to continue with.

 

[torontoke]

There is more to be learned in failure than success. I too will smirk at it from now on- and think of you.

Lol glad i could be of any help motivational or not.

 

[Amos Otis]

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.
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

I have a strong suspicion that Ganja Bean Santa will be descending on your habitat soon.

 

[torontoke]

Ganja santa is welcome to visit my habitat anytime lol

 

[DrunkenRampage]

Interesting experiment. If the yield is less but flower time is cut down-it might equal out.

I just want to say that a recently read a "Anarchy," book, that would be considered a no-no by today's governemt. Anyway, the book was mostly about survival in a post-apolytic world. MJ and cannabis growing was in the drug section. Pretty interesting read, and it's from the 80s lol.
Anyway, this passage was relevant to this test becuase it mention seeds getting flushed into the New York City Sewer systems. Apparently weed, grows so much down there that they have to go in and cut it or else it will block certain tunnels,pipes, drainage etc.
the author says the plants are nearly white in color due to their lack of sunlight but they live full cycles down there. This was back in the 80s...I can't imagine how many MJ plants there are now!

that would be the anarchist cook book, which ive read cover to cover. he calls the weed white rhino or something like that. urban legend. ever see a pic of a crop of albino weed clogging a dark sewer drain?

 

[torontoke]

It takes lots of iterations while selecting only the most vigorous to continue with.

Im nothing if not stubborn and patient.
I will eventually have a big enough room to be very selective. Hopefully one day soon i will get to become someones ganja santa myself and help out people in shitty situations like mine.
I love the idea of creating my own strains and helping others.
Mj has given me a new purpose in life and changed my outlook on humanity in general.

 

[ttystikk]

Im nothing if not stubborn and patient.
I will eventually have a big enough room to be very selective. Hopefully one day soon i will get to become someones ganja santa myself and help out people in shitty situations like mine.
I love the idea of creating my own strains and helping others.
Mj has given me a new purpose in life and changed my outlook on humanity in general.

We may have different approaches, but I feel the same way about life and weed as you do.

 

[torontoke]

Wow am i ever gonna be a dad again lol
I give that male plant credit there are seeds everywhere. Sucks that i will end up with an ounce of the seediest bud ever but i think it will be worth it in the long run.

 

[torontoke]

This one shows the stretching chemdog from ghs. It has grown 5-6" overnight.

 

[torontoke]

 

[torontoke]

I am going to count flowering time from a week after the lights were switched and flowering actually started so these are officially 4 weeks on sunday.

 

[ttystikk]

I am going to count flowering time from a week after the lights were switched and flowering actually started so these are officially 4 weeks on sunday.

This seems strange to me, because one starts counting every other kind of run from the first day of flip.

Doing this will just subtract a week from your count. I agree the buds may not mature as quickly- but don't you want to accurately quantify that?

 

[torontoke]

Perhaps your right.
Ive heard of alot of people counting both ways but going from flip then sunday is 5 weeks and i will be done a week sooner.
I generally chop when ready anyway so looking at these today id say they look like they are going to go longer than the traditional 8-9 weeks of 12/12.

I guess we'll see

 

[ttystikk]

Perhaps your right.
Ive heard of alot of people counting both ways but going from flip then sunday is 5 weeks and i will be done a week sooner.
I generally chop when ready anyway so looking at these today id say they look like they are going to go longer than the traditional 8-9 weeks of 12/12.

I guess we'll see

I'd expect them to take longer to finish. Quantifying that would be an important part of the experiment for me.

 

[torontoke]

I would have expected them to take longer as well but according to the article they are supposed to finish sooner.

 

[NewtoMJ]

I would have expected them to take longer as well but according to the article they are supposed to finish sooner.

Is it possible that the seeds are what's slowing the buds down some? Like the female knows she's was in the presence of a male because of the initial pollen, so budding slows somewhat to allow the greatest window of fertility?

 

[torontoke]

Not from what ive ever seen or read about.
The article saying that running a 6hr light period and it speeding up the process was the part about the whole article i couldnt quite understand.
To say they would take the same amount of time would have surprised me but to say quicker....that i find hard to believe.

I was very doubtful of the whole thing to be honest.
But now being halfway through i am shocked that they actually flowered and not surprised that i think these will go at least 8-9 weeks.

 

[torontoke]

Just read a bunch of posts by some of the people watching this thread on other threads.
Putting this out there for you guys....up in the top right corner of the thread is an unwatch button.
Please feel free to use this and stick with the methods used by the "ancients."
I did this experiment to see if the article was full of shit or if this is a viable alternative not to be talked about and ridiculed in other threads. I was told from the beginning to keep the whole process to myself but thought it may benefit everyone so why not share it.
Im sorry that my medical situation kept me from removing the male plant in time and made this alot less sexy to all the experts but life is what it is.
Perhaps i shall stop posting to the thread and just grow these out long enough to collect the seeds and be done with all of this.

My desire to help the collective is waning fast.