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thalboy, thank you.

skiweeds, to paraphrase: hyper-stressed, hermaphroditic seeds can carry compromised genetics compared to a random XX seeds, 50:50 female seeds from good old-fashioned plant sex. What kind of problems can one expect?

Sorry, my bad. It was so vivid - I was sitting there in the front of embryology class: grad school flashback.

ScarletFire - so you're the one who scooped my 1st choice user name =). The stories I could tell. Back to business. So I'm clear, you are seeing trichomes going milky inside the calyx toward the pistil first. That gets back to my question. The flowers across the whole plant. Do their...

Best of luck to you and I sincerely mean it. I'm a licensed owner and NRA member. May the luck of the Irish give you a compassionate judge.

thalboy, excellent reply. That answers my questions. At the risk of hijacking my own thread, do I run the risk of shocking my plants (whatever that means) by performing a staggered harvest? I'm beginning to understand that nothing can replace experience and specific experience with a given...

Good information. So, from the plants perspective, are the trichomes the resins that prevent it from drying out in hostile, late-summer conditions? If so, would cutting down on the watering (as well as flushing) facilitate trichome production?

thalboy, thank you for taking the time to reply. I'm going for the "sativa" aspects of a sativa strain so I guess this goes double for me. I should have mentioned this before, but this is a virgin trial, or trial by fire depending on your preference with metaphors. I want to know which aspects...

Many resources recommend that you stop fertilizing and switch to pure water during the final two weeks prior to harvest. I understand the telltale signs on the trichomes and hairs for when to harvest, but I do not know the signs two weeks prior. Can anyone educate me or point me to a link so...

mcpurple, I misspoke. That wasn't my meaning at all. The "drag" part was crashing an airplane requiring three surgeries that were far from successful and losing my career. Searching for real pain management for years and having an enormous four-volume medical record is the only "drag". And I...

scionide, thanks again for the information. Would anyone happen to know if the "super lumen" feature actually boosts the Wattage to 430W? There is the definite logic as it's on the same dial as the Watt switch, but I ask because it is very important: luminosity can be increased by shifting...

In terms of ballast build quality, can anyone compare lumatek with Powerhouse?

scionide, thanks for the tip. Please don't take offense, but does the "super lumen" feature actually boost the wattage to 430W? You can increase luminosity by futzing around with the spectrum and highlighting portions of the spectra more visible to the eye. Is this the lumatek model...

quietgardener, thank you for your time. Several of the "Blue" strains have been recommended to me. "Aussie Blues" twice. Is it the blue parent that I should be searching for and if so, would "Aussie Blues" perhaps have a more stable phenotype? tingpoon, thak you for the advice as well. Oh...

I assume you can dial it into 430W for the Phillips Son Agro bulb?

To everyone who replied to my questions: thank you. You provided invaluable information and I can certainly take it from here. Like I mentioned, my existential irony is that it's super easy to verify my need. The drag is having the need. Are there any support group forums for people who...

Couldn't you do it hormonally? We all start existence as females. Human embryos (XY - destined to be male) secrete Mullerian Inhibiting Factor (MIF) in the first seven weeks after fertilization from their primitive androgenic cells that cause the female "Mullerian" system (that would become...

Thanks people. Clearly, I'm spooked of being that guy on the sofa whose been watching the weather channel since he had his coco puffs. Nothing is wrong with that lifestyle; it simply doesn't make me happy. Herijuana, Madonna, and primary Kush. Thanks people. You have been more than helpful...

One final point regarding Strawberry Cough and Madonna strains (thanks ganjaluvr & grizzdude) is that I do not need a powerful strain. A very light, low THC, delicate strain will do the job and allow me to remain engaged in life since my tolerance is so low. ganjaluvr, does this resemble what...

Unable to find a 430W ballast, may I ask if it is sake and workable to plug a 430W Phillips Son Agro buld into a larger (600W) ballast? I've been looking for two days either in the wrong place, or 430W ballasts simply are not made. Suggestions?