a 2nd try with Cali-O

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growone

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time again to fire up the grow chamber, had a pause between grows
my 1st run was a Cali-O male, got pollen but no bud, the price of regular seeds
grow setup is a 15 inch diameter cylinder made from aluminum flashing
pre-painted white which makes a nice inexpensive reflector
3 27w cfl's(currently home depot 5500k) at the top, with a 80mm case fan for ventilation
a very slow start here, grow chamber is in a lightly heated room, chamber temps down in the 60's
things will pick up, but for now a tiny plant for 9 days
 

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add 7 days, and a plant emerges
nothing fancy, but beginning to catch up a bit
kind of a funny half twist on the largest leaves, doesn't look unhealthy, just a little odd
 

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growone

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a week can make quite a difference, looking to be in the zone
this is flower time, about 5 inches with 5/6 nodes
the 1st cali-o i grew was just as compact, but turned out male
so lesson learned, compact does not equal female for this strain
 

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glad for the company, now just need the female luck
no smell to speak of, but that will likely change
 
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7 days of 12/12 - not obvious yet whether male or female
a few more days should be enough, i find the squatness hopeful
healthy looking and has caught up from the slow start(cool grow chamber temps)
 

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theoldmerchant

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Damn dude looking great we are almost on the same time frame. We hopefully will be able to harvest the nuggage together.
 
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nuggage sounds good oldmerchant, but a wrench seems to have hit the works
2 weeks of 12/12 - some balls have sprouted, so this is not the best of all possible worlds
but they seem a bit sparse, so not sure if just a male or a she male
plucked the balls i saw off, guess i'll let this plant run a while longer
very squat for a male, if it is a male, only a foot tall at the moment
i think there are pistils too, but showing slowly, so it's a bit confusing
 

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it looks like the rooster has crowed, no female here but a full balls male
so time to tidy up the log with a final pic and summary
2 for 2 on males with nirvana cali-o so far, but that's well within normal for reg seeds
and the male is a rather compact one, 18 inches tall, so i shall freeze dry some more pollen
 

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xebeche

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Damn, dude, sorry to see those balls there. I've got two Dutch Passion Cali-O ladies vegging atm. I grew the DP reg Cali-O years ago and liked it very much, but now they only sell fem seeds, so I bought a few, germed three, two survived and are thriving. I'm hoping the smoke is the same as what I got from the reg seeds, we shall soon see. Anyways, you might wanna check out Dutch Passion Cali-O fem seeds if you want a guarantee of buds from your next attempt. I know it's tough, I've gotten plenty of males from reg seeds, that's why I always germ at least five reg beans at a time...so I can be almost sure to get something to smoke (besides leaves) out of every attempt.
 
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thanks for the look and suggestion xebeche, for a micro grower a male can be a hit
but i still have some jars of cured, not doing without
but i have another 8 seeds of the reg cali-o, i will taste that sweetness eventually
i may eventually try some femme seeds, just working through the regs i still have
and good luck with the femmes
 
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thanks for the condolences oldmerchant, though there is a funny wrinkle with the male
the upper 1/2 inch is female, it has a tiny little cola on top, with nice perfect pistils
it's amazing the strange things you see with mj
 
theoldmerchant

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I'm interested. You should post a pic of the nug when you harvest it haha, that's dope sometimes life throws you a little bone!
 
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