Hawaii Growers

waterproof808 · Feb 23, 2018

I dont think recreational weed has always been the best for the homegrowers and small farmers in legal states, alot of growers in Cali are not happy how things are going right now. It would be nice if our state loosened up a little and allowed licenses for growers other than the dispensaries to provide meds to patients. I personally just enjoy growing the plant and would hate to have that taken away from me because our state feels like we have a recreational system that provides adequate access to cannabis and there is no need for people to grow their own. We've already had a few local politicians try to introduce bills to eliminate home growers so the dispensaries get more business.

Hawaii politicians already view the current dispensary system as this sort of exemplary model of how a dispensary program should work and some have even referred to it as one of the top in the nation. That is ridiculous to me because we probably have the highest dispensary prices for the most mediocre product in the nation.

too larry · Feb 23, 2018

waterproof808 said:
I dont think recreational weed has always been the best for the homegrowers and small farmers in legal states, alot of growers in Cali are not happy how things are going right now. It would be nice if our state loosened up a little and allowed licenses for growers other than the dispensaries to provide meds to patients. I personally just enjoy growing the plant and would hate to have that taken away from me because our state feels like we have a recreational system that provides adequate access to cannabis and there is no need for people to grow their own. We've already had a few local politicians try to introduce bills to eliminate home growers so the dispensaries get more business.

Hawaii politicians already view the current dispensary system as this sort of exemplary model of how a dispensary program should work and some have even referred to it as one of the top in the nation. That is ridiculous to me because we probably have the highest dispensary prices for the most mediocre product in the nation.

Lots of Cali growers left RIU over disputes about the rec vote. They were preaching gloom and doom, and the mods didn't like it. Of course all they warned of has come to pass.

KENTA · Feb 23, 2018

rikdabrick said:
Do you have horizontal air flow fans running in your greenhouse? Good air movement helps.

Yeah def been running the fans full blast 24/7.

Its my drying room mainly. I have a small ac that usually does the job. Been in there a week and still really wet.. May have to bust out the dehumidifier

rikdabrick · Feb 23, 2018

KENTA said:
Yeah def been running the fans full blast 24/7.

Its my drying room mainly. I have a small ac that usually does the job. Been in there a week and still really wet.. May have to bust out the dehumidifier

Yeah, I keep circulating fans, a dehumidifier, air conditioner and humidifier going 24/7 in the dry room. It always stays 68-69 degrees and 55-62% RH. Everything comes out perfect for me with those parameters

rikdabrick · Feb 23, 2018

rikdabrick said:
Yeah, I keep circulating fans, a dehumidifier, air conditioner and humidifier going 24/7 in the dry room. It always stays 68-69 degrees and 55-62% RH. Everything comes out perfect for me with those parameters

Also, I've got the dehumidifier and humidifier hooked up to RH sensors that'll have them kick on and off and set humidity levels so the room always stays in that 55-62% range

bobqp · Feb 23, 2018

What's the best strains you Hawaiian guys have grown outdoors for strength against humidity and raun??

rikdabrick · Feb 25, 2018

bobqp said:
What's the best strains you Hawaiian guys have grown outdoors for strength against humidity and raun??

It's been awhile since I was growing straight outdoors. With greenhouse cover I don't have to be as selective, but when I was growing without cover I pretty much stuck to strains that were at least 75% sativa genetics for the most part. If I was seed shopping I wouldn't even look at indica dominant strains. Sometimes I'd still have problems with bud rot, but I'd guess it would've been worse with more indica leaning strains. The tropical varieties from Ace or Cannabiogen would be up near the top of my grow list. I had good runs with Kali Mist, Mango from Blimburn Seeds (it was a freebie that smelled exactly like Mango and did surprisingly well), some south Indian variety, Thais can handle anything, Malawi from Ace did pretty good, the Jamaican x Goji OG I have did well (probably from the Jamaican side), the Skywalker OG x Pipeline I have did good too (probably from the Hawaiian bred Pipeline) and pretty much any of the local bred varieties do well here too. I'm sure I had some others, but I can't remember all of them, ha ha.

If I was guerilla growing in a tropical climate I'd go with tropical varieties or tropical variety crosses for the majority of my plants and throw out whatever else for fun in hopes that it makes it through the season. Back in the day here most everything was tropical varieties, because they grew well here, until the helicopter eradication program began then most guys crossed those tropical varieties to Afghanis to shorten the flowering time and height and then would select the most resistant ones out of those crosses.

bobqp · Feb 25, 2018

rikdabrick said:
It's been awhile since I was growing straight outdoors. With greenhouse cover I don't have to be as selective, but when I was growing without cover I pretty much stuck to strains that were at least 75% sativa genetics for the most part. If I was seed shopping I wouldn't even look at indica dominant strains. Sometimes I'd still have problems with bud rot, but I'd guess it would've been worse with more indica leaning strains. The tropical varieties from Ace or Cannabiogen would be up near the top of my grow list. I had good runs with Kali Mist, Mango from Blimburn Seeds (it was a freebie that smelled exactly like Mango and did surprisingly well), some south Indian variety, Thais can handle anything, Malawi from Ace did pretty good, the Jamaican x Goji OG I have did well (probably from the Jamaican side), the Skywalker OG x Pipeline I have did good too (probably from the Hawaiian bred Pipeline) and pretty much any of the local bred varieties do well here too. I'm sure I had some others, but I can't remember all of them, ha ha.

If I was guerilla growing in a tropical climate I'd go with tropical varieties or tropical variety crosses for the majority of my plants and throw out whatever else for fun in hopes that it makes it through the season. Back in the day here most everything was tropical varieties, because they grew well here, until the helicopter eradication program began then most guys crossed those tropical varieties to Afghanis to shorten the flowering time and height and then would select the most resistant ones out of those crosses.

Cheers for the info . I have new Zealand x Malawi . tnr from kc brains. And a Mexican strain. We get a lot of rain here on the coast sobim always looking for new sativa strains. Might buy a ace seeds tropical mix and give them a go.

KENTA · Feb 25, 2018

Sounds perfect. Thanks for the tips! I guess I’ll have to go ahead and run them both to achieve that constant temp and RH

rikdabrick said:
Also, I've got the dehumidifier and humidifier hooked up to RH sensors that'll have them kick on and off and set humidity levels so the room always stays in that 55-62% range

rikdabrick · Feb 25, 2018

bobqp said:
Cheers for the info . I have new Zealand x Malawi . tnr from kc brains. And a Mexican strain. We get a lot of rain here on the coast sobim always looking for new sativa strains. Might buy a ace seeds tropical mix and give them a go.

Ace's Tropical Mix is cheap enough it's definitely worth a shot. If I had the time for guerilla growing I'd be growing those too.

rikdabrick · Feb 25, 2018

KENTA said:
Sounds perfect. Thanks for the tips! I guess I’ll have to go ahead and run them both to achieve that constant temp and RH

This is the humidity controller I bought. It works good, it just takes a little time to dink around with it to get it calibrated properly and get the range you want. A good hygrometer helps a lot because it's not calibrated exactly out of the box. I bought two of them and neither were spot on, but I got them exactly where I want them with a little adjusting

i.am.what.i.am · Feb 27, 2018

Hey guys, non cannabis related question. I used to live on Oahu but now live back on the mainland. Anyways, a friend who lives on Molokai sent me some Hawaiian Chili Pepper seeds and I'm gonna attempt to grow them in my greenhouse here. It's been 3 weeks now and they still haven't germinated. I know you have to keep the soil temp warm for chili peppers. My question is for anyone who has grown Hawaiian Chilis from seed,what has been your experience? How long before these suckers sprout? Mahalo guys

rikdabrick · Feb 28, 2018

i.am.what.i.am said:
Hey guys, non cannabis related question. I used to live on Oahu but now live back on the mainland. Anyways, a friend who lives on Molokai sent me some Hawaiian Chili Pepper seeds and I'm gonna attempt to grow them in my greenhouse here. It's been 3 weeks now and they still haven't germinated. I know you have to keep the soil temp warm for chili peppers. My question is for anyone who has grown Hawaiian Chilis from seed,what has been your experience? How long before these suckers sprout? Mahalo guys

Hey! Long time no see. What state are you living in now?

I think something might have got messed up with your seeds or germination process or at least I haven't had it take that long for Hawaiian chilli peppers to sprout. Bell peppers are the only pepper seeds that take awhile to sprout for me.

i.am.what.i.am · Feb 28, 2018

rikdabrick said:
Hey! Long time no see. What state are you living in now?

I think something might have got messed up with your seeds or germination process or at least I haven't had it take that long for Hawaiian chilli peppers to sprout. Bell peppers are the only pepper seeds that take awhile to sprout for me.

Aaaay...I'm in Washington state now. Got land and greenhouse to grow in now for outdoors!

Hmmm...maybe the seeds need to dry out first more before I plant them. They were still a little moist when he sent them

rikdabrick · Mar 2, 2018

i.am.what.i.am said:
Aaaay...I'm in Washington state now. Got land and greenhouse to grow in now for outdoors! Hmmm...maybe the seeds need to dry out first more before I plant them. They were still a little moist when he sent them

Right on, Washington seems like nice state. I just passed through once, but I liked it and the people I've met from there have been cool.

I'm pretty sure most tomato and pepper seeds you want to dry out before you plant them.

waterproof808 · Mar 2, 2018

They could've been harvested too early. I had minimal success trying to germinate seed I saved from some store bought peppers because they were not overripe. I think you want to select the old, wrinkly peppers to save seed from.

sourchunks · Mar 9, 2018

eh bruddas. with long season coming up i just wanted to hear how everyone else goes about starting their grows. I have an indoor veg room with my plants a little over a foot tall right now after being topped. I'm still experimenting with the best day to throw plants outdoors for the long season cuz i know it can be strain dependent as well.

sourchunks · Mar 9, 2018

some plants go into a weird reveg growth if thrown out too soon which sucks especially when they are mid flower

SpliffAndMyLady · Mar 10, 2018

I sow my Sativa seeds on the first full moon after the March equinox into final containers and full sun with no supplemental lighting

Back to the very first question that started the thread! Lol

TantalusBotanicals · Mar 11, 2018

Is anyone on Oahu growing certified high CBD strains?

Patient treating epilepsy in dire need of a cut.

I currently have a garden with some high grade recreational clones from Dark Hourse Nursery

Thank you!

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