Captain's Log: Dispatches from Planet Milson

[Terpz719]

Yeah i want this to play with for crosses myself. I have had NL in college, but I mean it had to be watered down and i don't remember a ton about it. But i know afghanis can be extraordinary and this just seems like a great version of it to have to play with. If I find a mom I really like, crossing it with either a widow or haze dad (if I can find one in my current run) sounds like some old school good good.

Good luck with the crosses! The only NL5 anything I recall having was Thai Lights (Thai x NL5), which I enjoyed.

 

[Milson]

Good luck with the crosses! The only NL5 anything I recall having was Thai Lights (Thai x NL5), which I enjoyed.

Thanks!

I forget where I read this, but it stuck with me: every generation around their late teens to early 20s briefly thinks they invented sex and that generations and generations before them have not themselves delved into these pleasures.

Talk to most old timers and there are either fond memories of NL or of a cross. Either they were all just naive and getting jazzed about some basic ass, decent weed like most of what people get called Northern Lights......or there was a watering down of the genetics of one of the most popular strains on earth and the original selection is just better.

I'll get closer to finding out which way it leans some time next year with these, i hope. My guess is the old timers know a thing or two.

 

[Milson]

How good are these vibes, man? Skunk #1 (reproduced from 1984 stock) will also get grown at some point next year and I am stoked about it. It was open pollinated for vigor and so I am hopeful I will find a good pheno in there when I grow it.

 

[Milson]

I love seedlings. These haze babies look so nice!

 

[beluga]

I also love seedlings.
You can really sense the power in those cotyledons.

Wonder how cannabis microgreens are..?
Would be a $500 plate with these crazy seed prices though...

 

[BudGoodman]

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How good are these vibes, man? Skunk #1 (reproduced from 1984 stock) will also get grown at some point next year and I am stoked about it. It was open pollinated for vigor and so I am hopeful I will find a good pheno in there when I grow it.

Super cool!
I believe my Skunk #1's are waiting for me at the P.O.
Won't be planting them anytime soon though... Maybe spring.
What's your plan?

 

[Milson]

Super cool!
I believe my Skunk #1's are waiting for me at the P.O.
Won't be planting them anytime soon though... Maybe spring.
What's your plan?

Summer. Plan to drop 10. Hope to get a good pheno and maybe cross it with something ...but more than anything I just hope it's rounded and not flat like so much stuff that has been worked heavily.

 

[BudGoodman]

Summer. Plan to drop 10. Hope to get a good pheno and maybe cross it with something ...but more than anything I just hope it's rounded and not flat like so much stuff that has been worked heavily.

Flat?... As in the high?
I'm just hoping for some real skunk.
Used to get some stuff we called "the lime green"... Ounces were often one main cola cut in half to fit in the baggie... 99.9% sure that it was a Skunk #1 pheno... That's what I'm after.
I'm on the fence about the NL he's selling pre-orders of now... Probably order some, because I'm sentimental, but have always preferred stuff with more nose to it.
Used to be a lot of it here... First indoor I ever smoked and saw growing was NL#5.

 

[Milson]

Flat?... As in the high?
I'm just hoping for some real skunk.
Used to get some stuff we called "the lime green"... Onces were often one main cola cut in half to fit in the baggie... 99.9% sure that it was a Skunk #1 pheno... That's what I'm after.
I'm on the fence about the NL he's selling pre-orders of now... Probably order some, because I'm sentimental, but have always preferred stuff with more nose to it.
Used to be a lot of it here... First indoor I ever smoked and saw growing was NL#5.

Yes, as in the high. Most of the dispensary weed i have had is like that. Product of breeding for thc above all else....like trying to take a dragster to a rally race imo.

 

[beluga]

I'm always wondering what the gripe is with dispensary weed and those adjectives made it click.
Again, why I love landrace/heirloom varieties so much.
All that nuance.

 

[Grownsince95]

I also love seedlings.
You can really sense the power in those cotyledons.

Wonder how cannabis microgreens are..?
Would be a $500 plate with these crazy seed prices though...

I had the same bright idea a few years ago when micro greens started to be all the rage. I bought a jug of hemp seeds from the health food store thinking I could sprout them until I got them home and realized that they're "cooked" and wouldn't sprout!..oh well

 

[Terpz719]

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How good are these vibes, man? Skunk #1 (reproduced from 1984 stock) will also get grown at some point next year and I am stoked about it. It was open pollinated for vigor and so I am hopeful I will find a good pheno in there when I grow it.

Great news! I'm eagerly awaiting mine.

 

[Terpz719]

Yes, as in the high. Most of the dispensary weed i have had is like that. Product of breeding for thc above all else....like trying to take a dragster to a rally race imo.

Yep, yield, thc, and finishing time. Where I used to work, a lot of the grower's compensation was based on yield bonuses. If it didn't yield it didn't get grown, now matter how good it was otherwise.

 

[BudGoodman]

Yes, as in the high. Most of the dispensary weed i have had is like that. Product of breeding for thc above all else....like trying to take a dragster to a rally race imo.

Yeah... I get that.
One of the last ounces I bought from the store was Gelato. Nice light green with purple hues and tons of white trichs... I think it was 28% (lol, sure) thc. Anyhow, very little taste and I was rolling one up every half hour.

 

[Milson]

Yep, yield, thc, and finishing time. Where I used to work, a lot of the grower's compensation was based on yield bonuses. If it didn't yield it didn't get grown, now matter how good it was otherwise.

Which totally makes sense for them because that is what they are trying to do!

It is not what I am trying to do! So.....I don't want to have seeds that bare the.....genetic karma of that selection process. If I can help it. Not for like, ethical reasons. It just isn't what I want in almost any way beyond some established minimum.

Put another way.....I think there are "minimums" in terms of yield and flowering time. They think there are "minimums" in terms of "is this effect good enough to get a consumer to buy it."

And most consumers don't have much nuance with effects because they smoke rarely enough that they get overwhelmed pretty easily.

Sooooooooo......that is not a match. We are both being logical about our own needs, and it's cool! Whatever!

(It really, really sucks for medical patients though....)

 

[Fudge]

Okay I'm just going to put my notes up as I don't have the mental energy left for what I had outlined lol maybe another day.

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If they help anyone that would be dope. If not, whatevs they help me!

Just sat nd watched this , so so interesting

 

[Milson]

Just sat nd watched this , so so interesting

I think about it multiple times a day lately.

 

[Milson]

For anyone with a November harvest.... https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/n...ur-plans-for-your-buds-lets-get-hyped.121196/

 

[Milson]

I will rewatch this and write notes then share them...but if you use cannabis for pain or muscular issues, the information in this course is like gold dust.

Medical Cannabis for Pain Control

Offered by Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Cannabis is a group of flowering plants that has been long used for industrial, ... Enroll for free.

www.coursera.org

Offered by a university in Israel. 100% free. You can just watch all the videos. Very condensed. Sheesh.

 

[Cracken]

Tea, earl grey, hot. just had to jump in on the captains log.