Welcome Liam, nice!
Long Time Grower & Producer
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The Celt
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Hey Liam, that 1m height restriction was scraped, there are no size restrictions on a national level, the only rules for outdoor growing at the federal level are:
4 plants maximum
And
Must be out of the public’s view.
At provincial and municipal levels, the are a wide array of rules.
Where I live, it’s only the federal rules, there are none at the provincial or municipal level.
In the HRM, Halifax Regional Municipality, you are not allowed to grow outside at all.
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Liam Hughes
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Thanks so much for that information, Celt. You are quite right about the removal of the height restriction. Thankfully, I've already created a secret garden so I can get away with 10' tall plants. It's going to be an even better year!
The Celt
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I have always grown 8 to 12 plants in my yard, can’t be seen from the road or neighbours lol
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Liam Hughes
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Even with my shorter plants, I haven't even smoked half of what I grew outside. I grow indoors as well, so I use all of that for edibles and tincture.
I noticed something from my outdoor growing that hasn't occurred indoors; that is, I have been getting a fair amount of seeds per plant. When I grind up the flower in my king can, the holes are large enough that the seeds fall through and are preserved. I'm wondering if you get seeds as well....and have you harvested any of them?
The Celt
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If you are getting seeds in your outdoor plants, and they show no signs of having hermied, then someone near to you has had male plants that pollinated yours lol
I have had a few “false” seeds now and then, looks like a seed but just and empty husk.
The only true seed I get is from self crossing my females indoors.
I have had a few “false” seeds now and then, looks like a seed but just and empty husk.
The only true seed I get is from self crossing my females indoors.
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Liam Hughes
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The seeds are very real and there were definitely no males around. I'm going to have to propagate a few and see what I get.
All the plants I've ever grown were started from female seeds and cloned. I know what you're referring to with empty pods. I get that with indoor plants, but the outdoor, full nature seeds surprised me.
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Liam Hughes
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You must be right that there had to be a male somewhere in the neighborhood. My plants showed no signs of being hermaphroditic.
The Celt
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Always good to have seed even if you don’t know what they might be lol
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Liam Hughes
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I definitely have to propagate a few now. My interest is piqued.
The Celt
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I really don’t worry about my outdoor girls getting pollinated, my closest neighbors don’t grow and the closest growers to me are far enough away that the pollen doesn’t carry that far due to the landscape.
If it was relatively flat terrain and few trees, pollen can carry a long way in the wind.
If it was relatively flat terrain and few trees, pollen can carry a long way in the wind.
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Liam Hughes
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From what little I've read, the quality of the cannabis is compromised by having seeds. Having said that, the quality of the outdoor plants still far exceeds anyhting I've been able to produce indoors.
The Celt
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Seeds don’t actually reduce the potency of the trichomes, but as seed weighs more than unseeded bud, the percentage goes down and seed in your bud doesn’t make for a good smoke, the seeds pop like popcorn lol
When I am harvesting seed, I dry the bud to a crisp, dry sieve on a 150 micron screen and use all the now busted, seedless bud to make oil. Last crop of Blue Dream yielded me 2500 viable feminized seed and 12g of potent, thick, amber oil that I use making edibles
When I am harvesting seed, I dry the bud to a crisp, dry sieve on a 150 micron screen and use all the now busted, seedless bud to make oil. Last crop of Blue Dream yielded me 2500 viable feminized seed and 12g of potent, thick, amber oil that I use making edibles
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Liam Hughes
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I often do 'quantities' of grinding at a sitting, then carefully go through it to extract the seeds prior to putting in a container.Seeds don’t actually reduce the potency of the trichomes, but as seed weighs more than unseeded bud, the percentage goes down and seed in your bud doesn’t make for a good smoke, the seeds pop like popcorn lol
When I am harvesting seed, I dry the bud to a crisp, dry sieve on a 150 micron screen and use all the now busted, seedless bud to make oil. Last crop of Blue Dream yielded me 2500 viable feminized seed and 12g of potent, thick, amber oil that I use making edibles
I'm currently running 3 main strains: Moonshine's Ghost Train Haze for daytime smoking, Blackberry Dream for night smoking and Critical Widow for edibles. I will smoke the Critical at night, at times, just to switch it up, but the smoke is harsh compared to the Dream.
GIjose
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Damn what are the odds of someone else's plants pollinating yours..lol OUTDOORS!!!
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Liam Hughes
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Bees are our great pollinators and they can travel some distance from their hive, I imagine.Damn what are the odds of someone else's plants pollinating yours..lol OUTDOORS!!!
GIjose
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I've been able to smoke outdoor weed, hydro, and indoor(grown in soil). The taste Is so much better from outside (depending on watering) cannabis is very similar to tomatoes in that way. Meaning when you do a good wet to dry watering schedule for tomatoes the "tomato flavor" is more pronounced or stronger than when you keep them watered all the time. Same goes for cannabis outside, If you used a good wet dry method the taste is more pronounced. Hydro is pretty harsh despite how much you flush there is almost always newts still in the buds. Indoor seems to be a happy middle place. This is just my opinion from my experience.
GIjose
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True.. it's justthe possibility of that bee finding both plants..
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Liam Hughes
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LOL. To quote Jurassic Park, "Life finds a way".
The Celt
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If I could send you samples of my indoor crops, I would wager you would change your mind lol
The best smelling and tasting bud, comes from organic soils (hence the reason you prefer outdoor) and a light spectrum closer to the sun and in all honesty, lower temps during flower.
The most aromatic bud I grow is in the seed tent with runs about 70F (21C), the densest bud and not far behind the LED seed tent for taste and aroma, comes from my big tent with CMH lights which runs about 80F (27C)
The best smelling and tasting bud, comes from organic soils (hence the reason you prefer outdoor) and a light spectrum closer to the sun and in all honesty, lower temps during flower.
The most aromatic bud I grow is in the seed tent with runs about 70F (21C), the densest bud and not far behind the LED seed tent for taste and aroma, comes from my big tent with CMH lights which runs about 80F (27C)
