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  1. bigskymtnguy

    Mel Frank's Durban Poison S1's

    I do not have experience with the current S1's, but have grown out Mel's Durban's that were available through Todd several years ago. I was unable to find an anise odor pheno. I still have about a dozen non-femmed beans left, and may give it another try. I was lucky enough to get Durban beans...
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    how to grow mushrooms the easy way

    Blast off!. Started 12 one half pint jars containing a moist Brown Rice Flour/Vermiculite mix and inoculated with Penis Envy from a syringe. Fingers crossed.
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    how to grow mushrooms the easy way

    Thanks for all the posts! I'm inspired and just ordered some Penis Envy syringes today. Looking forward to continuing to post the continuing journey.
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    Seeking High THC Indica Regular Seed in US

    I'm far from a pro, just a hobbyist. I had planned on an outdoor breeding project this summer, but my plans have suffered a setback by the clusterfuck of the Royal Mail of England. I have some promising high THC regular Indica dom beans on the way, but I'm not sure they'll make it. Can anyone...
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    Your latest seed purchase?

    Just ordered Panty Punch from Sensible Seeds. It is a high THC hybrid available as a Regular seed rather than Auto or Feminized. I'm looking for one decent male to chuck on some of the newer strains with high potency. Seems average potency just keeps going up and although I've got a couple of...
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    Sensible Seeds, a reputable seed bank you can trust!

    I've now popped some seeds with 100% germination from the Sensible Seed Bank Premium collection. Everything looks strong. I recommend buying in bulk, as they doubled my order of 25 seeds and upped it to 50. Looking forward to cloning a keeper from that size of a selection. I took a break from...
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    STRONGEST STRAINS

    I agree completely with your statement of the 25%+ results. Maybe it is true SOMETIMES. I loiter around a buddy's dispensary (med+rec) and watch most consumers go directly to the test numbers and buy the one that's listed highest. As a grower, I'm looking at much more than that one metric. A...
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    Words on Critical + (Dinafem)

    I'm not going to speak poorly of Dinafem, but Barney's Critical had better results for me. Things change, and right now there are many superior choices for seed. For me Dinafem produced nice plants, but not the potency I was looking for.
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    Sensible Seeds, worked well for me!

    I just ordered from Sensible Seed for the first time, and was surprised at the favorable selection and pricing for multiple seeds. I like to grow from seed and not mess with clones, so this was a great find for me. Also, the Black Friday deal helped!
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    Which strain next?

    I've only done Ocean Grown from DinaFem. It was very good but not spectacular. For the most part, I've migrated away from DinaFem as their products seem to grow well but never quite have that "A" grade finished product. I've never experimented with Royal Queen, so I don't have a good comparison...
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    If you’ve been thinking about getting into mushroom cultivation

    C'mon...it's gotta be harder than that or everybody would be doing it. Over the past 6 mo. I've tried micro dosing by simply cutting the little piece of blotter into 8 little pieces. Doing it every other day, then waiting a week and doing another cycle. The results haven't been earth shattering...
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    Soma seeds/strain experience?

    I grew out some of Soma's RockBud several years ago. Results were very good. There was a special at Attitude on packs of Soma Salad (now sold out), a mix of feminized seeds. I snapped it up and will try it out next year. Used to be Soma only did regular seeds and only did organic soil grows...
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    Authentic Genetics

    Not sure what happened, but none of Mel's beans are on AG anymore. too bad. His GDP is doing fine outdoors, Durban is coming in a bit late for outdoor in my Montana grow. I wrote to Mel looking for some more, but got no reply. Just curious about what's up. Todd's Superglue x Haze also a bit late...
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    Bacio gelato

    Good result, congratulations. Seeds were expensive from HSO, but I grew a couple with similar results. No more seed available, so unless you have a good cut, it's not around. I hasd three different phenos from the beans, only one keeper.
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    Best organic way to increase terpenes.

    If you can find a beer brewing shop that has expired liquid malt extract for cheap it works great. Molasses added to it even better.
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    WATER AT PH-8

    It seems like in today's market, just average results are no longer acceptable. Everyone here is a snob and only wants A+ product. Thus, I go the extra mile to get the best possible re3sult. All of my water goes into 55 gallon barrels and warms up for about 24-48 hours. Airstones in each to...
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    Build a soil- Blue Gold

    Blue Gold. I've used it ias a foliar feed, very diluted, along with some kelp. It made a noticeable difference in my outdoor project. Used during veg and first couple weeks of flower. It is very gentle. No burn at all.
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    Good breeder for Afgan/Hindu Kush seeds?

    I recommend you check out Authentic Genetics Seed Company. It has collections from guys who connected with the oldtimers and are the real deal. One of their missions is preservation of landrace genetics. Mel Frank (one of the authors of the seminal growers guide) has teamed up with Bill Drake...
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    Durban poison by Mel Frank

    Wow, seems like lightyears ago since I posted, but I needed to throw my personal experience in this thread. I was lucky enough to meet Mel around 1980 and was gifted a pack marked "Durban South Africa." I grew them out for a few years but wasn't very careful and they got hit with some pollen...
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    Props to AuroraWindsBotanical!

    I placed an order, for five strains. 50% germination. It's not the method, as I popped about 50 from multiple suppliers and had over 90% overall. All I can say at this point is the vigor is not quite what I'm seeing from others started at the same time. Slow to germinate and not as much vigor...
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