Duchie, I have used the same things on a couple of my plants and guess what? I have two dwarfs also. My ex growing partner has his new crop started in them, I told him, make sure you cut the bottoms out. I haven't dug my one shackzilla up but I'm sure it's the same problem. I gave a killing fields to my vietnam vet friend, his in no more than six inches tall and I can only presume it's the same problem, the roots never grew out of the cup. I've stopped using them and have gone back to jiffy pellets. I germ my beans now with the paper towel method. I was soaking them in water but I've found in a paper towel if you let your tap root get to be about a half inch long, the seed will pop out of the pellet more quickly. I put six in pellets on monday night, tuesday afternoon they were all popped and growing. I have four dwarf autoflowers and two chocolate berries, all will be donated to my vietnam vet buddy. On a sad note, I think he's starting to develop cancer from agent orange exposure when he was in nam. I told him, you can't die until at least december, you'll have some babies to take care of over the summer and what would they do without a daddy?
Thanks for the chocolope info...how was the smoke? They describe it as a paranoia type high it's supposedly so intense. I hope it is that intense. I have the perfect hiding place should I get that paranoid. I'll go hide in that vagina I fell into a couple of weeks ago.
Damn shame the jack hamers aren't feminized, they would go well with the neville's haze and hawaiian snow.
Edit...if you look at the description for chocolope, it does not give the ratio of sativa/indica but if you get the original breeders pack, it's 95/5 sativa dominant. My ex partner has started some super skunk, tangerine dream and that good old landrace colombian gold.
On another note about curing. I read that in Malwai, the locals wrap their bud in banana leaves to cure and that is what produces the golden color in the bud. My malawi 99 was much more reddish than golden. Probably the most 'red' of any bud I've grown.
cof, speaking of malawi and sannies. My one malawi didn't germ and both of the extremas I tried to germ, no go. Just looked at them again, still no go and all the others I started at the same time are happily growing under a couple of cfl's. The one extrema cracked and started to pop a root and then decided to go into hibernation or die, not sure which, but it ain't moved in days.
Also, for anyone with the second generation lemon skunks and white widows. The widows have retained their dense bud structure and that clear 'widow' smell. The lemons seem to have lost their lemony scent but nice dense buds. This is only a report from the chop. Haven't 'sampled' anything but will tomorrow. I'm sure it won't be an accurate assessment, there is no cure time at all.