Hawaii Growers

Mohican said:
Volcanic areas are known for their high fertility and acid rain.
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That is generally true and we do have fertile soil in some parts, but I think we're probably the exception to the rule on the rain pH. In my last post I meant to say it's weird we have alkaline rain because as far as I know rain formed over the ocean is usually acidic and then any vog should make it acidic too, but I haven't seen it work that way here yet.

Some of the soil kind of sucks here too, just FYI. It depends on the microclimate and/or if the cane and pineapple companies used the soil until it was unproductive.
 
BI is probably the only island that gets the benefit of the volcanic gasses.

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/bridges/bigisland/sulfurbanks/sulfur_banks.htm


Sulfur Bank

This site is a bit of a paradox. You can smell the sulfur fumes in the air. You'd expect the rainfall in this area to be very acidic; you'll not be disappointed. The few measurements made indicate that from this perspective, it is a harsh environment. The paradox comes when you look at the plants. There is an abundance of species and many appear to be thriving, even some quite close to the sulfur vents.

Admittedly, many of the plants are stunted. That gives a hint that something is limiting the root growth. As a result, there is more to this environment than just the air -- and rainfall -- quality. Soil acidity is a likely candidate. Soil temperature must also be important although only reconnaissance-level measurements have been made (check this link for more information).

Take time to examine the distribution, abundance and general health of the plants in this area and you'll see how well adapted the plants are to this type of environment. It is clear that we need more environmental measurements if we are to sort out exactly what is happening here.

Environment

Elevation is about 4,000 ft. Rainfall and air temperature will closely match that recorded at HVNP Park Headquarters.

Plant Species Checklist

Click the following links for the type of checklist that you want.

Getting There

The road to Sulfur Banks (spelled "Sulphur Bank") by the National Park Service) is located about 0.2 miles to the south of Park Headquarters along Crater Rim Road.
The sign along the Crater Rim Road (shown below) is near Park Headquarters and points to a short (about 0.1 mile) dead end road.


 
pakalolo808 said:
Growers who have grown in hawaii.

What time of year can u plant your seeds so that they dont start flowering right away? we got 12 hour sun alot of the year, so what do u guys do?
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I grew before on big island. I used clones and made my own but I just kept my plants under a blue spectrum flouresant bulb ( or few) at night. I put my plants out in the morning and all day then put them in the bathroom under the light till 4 am. The short amount of dark gives them a rest and cycle.Other than that, if growing from seed best April depending on strain and growth. Days start getting shorter June 21st. Two weeks after you will see hairs and you will know what all your males are before this...
 
lehua96734 said:
i had germed 6 last week, 2 mango, 2 hindu krush, and 2 lowryders. then the rain came. my babies are out side. only one made it,a lowryder. so last night i started a new germ, 4 lowrydrs and 2 hindu k.s. sure love the sun but those 2 days of rain smashed my little green babies before i could bring them inside. because i grow outside and i have no light set-up i lost them. hopefully we won't have rain next week so i can get them going.
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I just use a blue flouresant bulb. It keeps it being at night ...
 
Update on my ak-9 x purple nurple seedlings: 2 females and 2 males so far out of 6 the other two haven't shown male pollen sacks so they might be female and i started some of my regular ak-9 x skunk one seeds and have 5 of them poppin out of the soil, and then im saving the best looking ak-9 x purple nurple male for breeding more ak-9 x purple nurple seeds

(I'll upload some pictures when the site let's me)
 
White boy in hawaii said:
Dose anyone know any good reliable and trusted seedbanks that ship to Hawaii ?
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I've used James Bean Company, Great Lakes Genetics and California Seed Vault in the US and The Attitude, Herbies Head Shop and Sannies Seed Shop in Europe and they have all worked good for me. There's several good seed banks in the US now (besides the ones I mentioned) so no need to use the European seed banks unless they have something you really want that's not available from US breeders/seedmakers IMO

https://www.rollitup.org/t/u-s-based-seed-banks.927227/

^There's a thread with a bunch of US seed banks listed.
 
Today i super cropped the 2 female Ak-9 x purple nurple seedlings. in a few weeks when i put them in 20 gallon pots I'm going to tie them down then after a while I'm going to super crop them again
 
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