Live Stoner Chat Who In The Hell Is Lime Green

[LimeGreen]

Hi Friends,

Just doing the obligatory intro here, glad to be on board. So much good information here that it's truly humbling.

A little about me, grew up in So Cal in the 80's and was in the cannabis business as a youngster. Took 21 years of my life in a completely different direction, and also relocated to the Northern area of the state. Got back into cannabis a couple of years ago solely as an Insomnia patient, and it has greatly blessed my life.

Having been involved in 30 years of genetic experimentation and horticulture, I feel Autoflowers calling me.

 

[Joedirt]

Bring it LimeGreen!
The more the merrier.


Its a great party here

 

[81camaro]

Grew up in the 80s myself. Good background, you'll have a lot to share, the reason we're all here. Back to the canna after a long lay off and my blood pressure is down 20 points. Welcome to the club!

 

[Ronin]

Welcome to AFN @LimeGreen

 

[armanidog]

Welcome, your expertise on genetics may come in handy here. Were you a botanist?
I remember folks were looking into crossing marijuana and hops about 20-30 years ago. Maybe end up with a marijuana vine type growth.
The latest I've seen is a Popular Science article in 2012:

The upshot: by comparing sequences of rbcL, trnL-F, ndhF and matK DNA regions, they confirmed that Humulus and Cannabis were very closely related and belonged in a single family, Cannabinaceae. They also found that the Cannabinaceae family shares a common ancestor with other families, and thus all of those families needed to be lumped together. Confusingly, because Cannabinaceae is the older name, this bigger group is also called Cannabinaceae, under the order Rosales.

I liked this at the end of the article:

And yes, before you ask, homebrewers have made marijuana beer. Details online are thin, because the homebrew forums actively discourage discussion of it and the pothead forums are teeth-clenchingly imprecise. All I've found is 1) dry your bud first, then 2) don't add it to the boil without first soaking it in water to get the worst of the water-soluble tars out. I have no idea why people don't try to dry-pot their beer -- despite the worries I've read from these pot-brewers, the chances of contamination from the plant is very low, especially if you pasteurize it first. As for style, I've seen reports of a very dark ale recipe. Anything with a good malt backbone should be enough to dispel whatever gnarly flavors might develop. Finally, THC is alcohol soluble, so you probably want your beer to be in the 8% ABV range for maximum extraction. (Or just go the cheap and cheery route and extract it in vodka, then throw that in during bottling/kegging.)

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-11/beersci-marijuana-related-hops

Maybe if I get enough buds one day...

 

[pyrokev]

TO AFN BRO

 

[LimeGreen]

Thanks all! It's like I asked to my buddy the other day, "you ever run into an asshat at the collective?" Nope, kind of like the AFN set, just cool people I suppose.

To answer your question Armanidog, all of my genetic experience is self taught, but it truly has been my calling in life. I had one 5 year experiment in my youth, and I started and maintain a 25 year closed genetic pool project currently. I'm really not that smart, but I have developed a set of breeding principles that are interchangeable regardless of discipline.That should translate well to working with autoflower cannabis genetics. My actual job however is in horticulture/agriculture.

 

[Renaissance Redneck]

Welcome to the Family, LimeGreen! I'll second the opinion, if genetics floats your boat you've found the lake of your dreams The way autos have been advancing is nothing short of amazing, thanks to the hard work of some very gifted breeders.

 

[epenguin]

Hey LG,

so happy you made it to AFN land. We can grow together in more ways than one. Keep in touch chum, and welcome eP.