New Grower How do?! and much obliged...

[Waira]

Hi everyone- I just reg'd the other day, and got introduced to Muddy-san,.. though I ought to fire off a post here too... I'm sure I'm not alone in getting blown away by all the strain choices! The decision process has often ended up looking exactly like this :joint: Thanks to the many contributers here for helping pare down the list some,...! I've found several on my woody list (see below) that have been reported on, but still several others with little or no info (that I could find so far! There's sooo much here nowdays). Red dwarf, UV, Star Ryder, 7 dwarfs in general, Transiberian and pineapple punch, B.Lee auto are candidates I'd like to hear more about,... also, I'll start looking for growers that have tried Mycos (RTI). Thanks! I'm all ears/eyes.....


(copy of intro messg. sent to Muddy)

Hello there Muddy! What a fantastic find this website has been.... From what I gather you're one of the sensei's here at AFN, so I wanted to introduce myself and tap into your (and others) wisdom before I get started on my first auto-crop. Oh yeah, I love your Fabulous Furry Freak Bros. quote!! I'll bet scant few of the folken here have any idea who they are!.... My name's Andy... and I'm an old hat at growing plants, species type orchids especially, but I'm a n00b with MMJ. I had 1 outdoor grow last season that went well, and now I've got a whole new grow-bug up my vent pipe! This AF phenomena has me interested on many levels; practically it suites my needs perfectly; namely, speed, stealth and potentcy. I'm fixin' to start my grow in a few weeks, and I'd very much like some advise/input on things.... Here's the big picture: Ideally I want a low height, high potentcy, multi-strain crop, I>, S>, and hybrids represented; grow methodology- K.I.S.S., with high Q soils and nutrients. I'm unconcerned about yields; the priority is on quality and aromatics. This brings me to the tormentful decision making on what strains to grow. I've mined the forums for results others had, and have a list that's just killin' me! The sudden explosion of AF strains onto the scene is staggering to one just arriving to it. Questions swirl, which co.'s to trust, which strains are tried and consistent (or not...), as you know all too well, ay? Some strains seem to be well tested (RRF, MI5, blueberry x's), while so many others not even on the radar.... Here's my list: (vision) AK49, white widow; (short stuff) HBD, RRF, MI5, or ?; (auto) transiberian, pineapple punch; (samsara) UV; (buddha) red dwarf, purple kush; (sweet) crm. mandarine, SAD; (DP-JD) star ryder!; (7dwarfs) cyclops, or ?...;(Mossys) purple jem. or ?.... Still there are others,.. I'm thinking a bit crazy here, but a shotgun approach is what I'm angling for; 8-10 strains, 2-3 seeds each. Of course I know that what I end up with will be luck of the draw due to nongerm's, males, and other misshaps.... Finding the seeds is solved, except for Mossy's p. jem; this is the same Aunty Mossy here , yes? Is it okay to inquire about it?... don't want to be a tool,... Anyway, I've got great choices on soil and nute's, but one glaring question remains about mycorrhizae; specifically, given the plants speedy developement, will the colonies be established enough to be truly beneficial to the plant in time? I see alot of back and forth about this; as a scientist, I know they're otherwise highly beneficial,... Okay, enough prattle,... thanks Muddy and other sensei's, and to the general membership for all the valuable info! Maybe I should post a copy of this on the new members intro forum,... I'll be around​

 

[Waira]

hey, anybody out there try Vermisoil yet? .................. off to the soil section..............

 

[virginia gent]

Hi. welcome to AFN. You and I have some of the same ideas. I have been just learning how to grow and have been trying different seeds. As to soil be careful, auto seeds burn easy, while many here use most blend something into it. Autos are different than photos it seems in several important ways, most of what I thought I knew just caused trouble. Samsaura has some powerful and productive beans but they don't always grow the same. Royal Queen have been the easyest to grow but yeild and power are a bit weak. Check out alleywalker about short stuff. The problem is the growth rate for autos is not stable yet. Yeild also can vary dispite treating all the plants the same. For a nice mix of I & S you might want to consider Minestry of Cannabis, thats' about all I have personal experience with. Good luck.

 

[Waira]

Hi viginia gent- yeah, the soil issues are one of the things I learned about here thankfully! A mix of some kind is definitely the plan. One newer product the local hydroP' shop is buzzing about is Vermisoil/vermifire (nut'-hot); in fact, I'm heading over there today scope things out, maybe even settle on a final blend. I've not found (yet) any info here about this soil, but i sure would like some objective input about it.... The folks at Samsara nicely sent me some pics and size info about UV, thunder bloody mary, and supersonic crystal storm :drool: mmm, porn-a-licious! i'll see if I can figure out how to post them from email to here,... One shot of a UV crop showed some variation in build and height, but nothing to deviant; most had slight to moderate branching, 2-3.5 ' high, fat main cola.... One thing that peaves me about some growers who don't get it is that all seeds have natural genetic variation built into them, and certain traits/charactertistics will be expressed to variable degrees, if at all, because of this. With all this mad scientist hybridizing going on, it's a miracle that they achieve the genetic stability that they do! Alas, this don't stop some tools from bitching about outcomes that didn't meet their expectations, so they hack on the seed companies:cough: Okay, end of sermon, pardon the rant good sir, not directed at you of course..... As for Short Stuff/stitch, his good works are unanimously praised, so I'm definitely trying 2-3 strains for him! I like all manner of buzzes, so that's why I'm trying such a spread of varieties.