Chasev89
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Hello and welcome 
. Nice plants
. Nice plants 
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Kingstonmike1964
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Hey....sup?to the community, Mike and Hello from Hamilton, Ontario.
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Kingstonmike1964
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Yeah, I have about 1/2 dozen buds.....maybe a dozen to 15 on both.
Not expecting a super massive yield but hopefully enough to justify the time and cost....
All in all, it was just a learning experience for fun, rather than expecting a lot of free weed....lol
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Kingstonmike1964
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I haven't tried growing indoors...Good Morning and welcome to 420 Magazine @Kingstonmike1964
Have you tried to grow indoors?
Don't be shy we have lots of Canadians on the forum, so you should feel right at home here.
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Tok..
To be honest my wife is still on the fence about letting me grow.
I tend to get VERY interested in topics and subscribe to web groups like this as well as various seed companies and all in all this past feww months have been very cannabis-centric.
That being said, she has suggested that if I REALLY had to grow inside (/ resigned voice) I could make room in the corner of the furnace room for a grow tent and vent out through the side window.
So, all in all, as long as it's not going to be Cannabis talk 24/7, I have her permission to start small and see what happens.
TwelveCoffee
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Welcome to the gang @HYPHOTONFLUX!
Welcome to 420magazine my friend.
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Hey Mike. It's a wet day here today and unfortunately, I have to go out to my torture appointment.
That's great news that your wife is going to let you get a tent. Have you checked out our sponsors? You can get a complete tent kit with everything from @Mars Hydro, for example for quite reasonable prices, IMO.
You will definitely become obsessed with everything cannabis. I've been down this rabbit hole since 2015.
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Kingstonmike1964
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So yeah, turns out the (now gone) plant on the left of the photo was a male....
Sooooooo, entirely possible that the other plant was pollinated.
And all the seeds from the bag sprouted but then the seedlings died for some reason.
s$$%%#!!!
Sooooooo, entirely possible that the other plant was pollinated.
And all the seeds from the bag sprouted but then the seedlings died for some reason.
s$$%%#!!!
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Kingstonmike1964
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See what happens to the plant over the summer, maybe collect seeds if that's the way the plant goes and start over in 2023, having learned from my mistakes this year.
Hello newbie! I'm a newbie also! Looking good
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Kingstonmike1964
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So, the female wasn't pollinated, as far as I can tell.
It seems to be flowering up nicely, so hopefully, I'll at least have something to dry and try in October.
Basically, if I get enough to be the equivalent of 50 bucks' worth of flower in a dispensary (basically my start up cost was roughly fifty dollars) I'll consider it it a moderate enough success.
I know what mistakes I made (too small of a pot and not topping it when I should have) and how they will impact my yield.
I figure that if I plant directly into the garden in good, prepped soil, top at the right time and make sure that I let my seedlings get big enough to survive any critters, my crop next year should be far better (maybe 4x the yield per plant)
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Kingstonmike1964
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Well, I think I got a mulligan on the crop, seeing as how I almost accidentally pollinated it.
Hopefully you harvest something decent this year.
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Kingstonmike1964
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So, after all that drama...I harvested my Auto Northern Lights. I ended up with one 6' tall stalk and about 12-14 buds, ranging from 2g down to .5 g.
Not the best yield and I'm almost positive I harvested too soon---tricomes were milky but not amber, but that seemed to not be changing, so I figured the plants were done.
Harvested and dried and cured and got enough to make a lot of joints.(I ground 3 of the smaller buds (about 1/10 of the crop) and got enough for 8 Js)
The effect is pretty good but not too over-powering...definitely something I can enjoy during the day and still function, so while it's probably not the strongest iteration of Northern Lights, it's definitely not garbage weed, like I feared.
All in all, I think I made my money back and more and definitely got a lesson in growing cannabis for next year.
So, while it wasn't all that it could have been, I still feel I came away from this in the black, not the red, in terms of the experience.
Not the best yield and I'm almost positive I harvested too soon---tricomes were milky but not amber, but that seemed to not be changing, so I figured the plants were done.
Harvested and dried and cured and got enough to make a lot of joints.(I ground 3 of the smaller buds (about 1/10 of the crop) and got enough for 8 Js)
The effect is pretty good but not too over-powering...definitely something I can enjoy during the day and still function, so while it's probably not the strongest iteration of Northern Lights, it's definitely not garbage weed, like I feared.
All in all, I think I made my money back and more and definitely got a lesson in growing cannabis for next year.
So, while it wasn't all that it could have been, I still feel I came away from this in the black, not the red, in terms of the experience.
Awesome experience Mike! Enjoy! Come back next run and grow with us!
