El Sobilly
Well-Known Member
I have too many good seeds to wait until long season, so I’m running an experiment with short season plants in my hoophouse.
I started 2 packs under t5 indoors first week of January: Pakistani Chitrali Kush from Cannibiogen and Alenuihaha (Maui Wowie x Kona gold) from Pua Mana Ohana seeds. I’m hoping to make some seed using Paki males into the Hawaiian...provided I like the genetics. I’ll also use the Paki pollen on Paki females, and clones of my killer Bay 11 cut, my Jack Herer f2 selection, and a gorgeous Chemdog cut (harborside.)
My hoophouse is simple 3/4” pvc 10’ wide by 25’ long. It’s covered over the hoop with good 5-layered greenhouse plastic, with the ends open and simple fans moving air through the top. My soil is worked now for ten years with ever improving organic amendments. I’m using water only with a couple of compost tea applications and plants look amazing in it.
The fun started when a mouse came into my closet and ate 6/10 Hawaiian sprouts and 4/10 of the Pakis when they were just opening first set of serrated leaves. So, selection began early
I did some rough calculations based on day length and flowering times and came up with early February as my planting outdoor time...to hopefully mature buds in April before re-veg starts. The clones went out on Feb 3rd, and the seedlings went out on Feb 7th into days about 10.5 hours long. I had some really warm weather for a few days, followed by weeks now of cold cold nights between 28-38 degree lows. Hoophouse does it’s job and surprisingly the plants look awesome. Growth is slower than long season for sure, but things are progressing really nicely.
Pics to come.
I started 2 packs under t5 indoors first week of January: Pakistani Chitrali Kush from Cannibiogen and Alenuihaha (Maui Wowie x Kona gold) from Pua Mana Ohana seeds. I’m hoping to make some seed using Paki males into the Hawaiian...provided I like the genetics. I’ll also use the Paki pollen on Paki females, and clones of my killer Bay 11 cut, my Jack Herer f2 selection, and a gorgeous Chemdog cut (harborside.)
My hoophouse is simple 3/4” pvc 10’ wide by 25’ long. It’s covered over the hoop with good 5-layered greenhouse plastic, with the ends open and simple fans moving air through the top. My soil is worked now for ten years with ever improving organic amendments. I’m using water only with a couple of compost tea applications and plants look amazing in it.
The fun started when a mouse came into my closet and ate 6/10 Hawaiian sprouts and 4/10 of the Pakis when they were just opening first set of serrated leaves. So, selection began early
I did some rough calculations based on day length and flowering times and came up with early February as my planting outdoor time...to hopefully mature buds in April before re-veg starts. The clones went out on Feb 3rd, and the seedlings went out on Feb 7th into days about 10.5 hours long. I had some really warm weather for a few days, followed by weeks now of cold cold nights between 28-38 degree lows. Hoophouse does it’s job and surprisingly the plants look awesome. Growth is slower than long season for sure, but things are progressing really nicely.
Pics to come.