White Russians.

[The Hooded Claw]

Been growing them for some time now and although stated a 10 week strain, without veg I've got em down to 6 weeks.
I take two swathes of cuttings from each mom and then flower it out, taking a clone on to be next mom. I understand genetics so its a hard thing to say that maybe clone from clone from clone can behave differently with changing growth methods, but somethings happened somewhere along the line and now I've got em to 6 weeks I can't se myself pulling this gene until I can find a replacement!

[WilliamClarkeQuantrill]

How about comparative pics of the first grow and the most recent? :smokin:


I've grown a few out aswell, loved em all. I've ordered two packs of seeds and had three really good, but really different phenos. From purple to blockheaded to tight little nugs. I liked the blockhead the best so far. I'll try to get some pics up if you will. :smokin:

[The Hooded Claw]

Sure Q, I'll dig some up.
Same gene, same number of plants but with zero veg they came in at 6 weeks and down from 33 to 29 at weigh in, but the 29 was my first NFT here.

I'll get them pics up tomorrow.

[The Hooded Claw]

Heres two pictures with the first showing longer veg and the second no veg.

As for numbers, theres either 2 or 4 in difference.

[vernonsupreme]

well i know that when flowering from clone it usually knocks a week off the flowering time of the same strain from seed

[WilliamClarkeQuantrill]

Nice, thanks THC. :smokin:

Heres some of my favs, two pics of eac dif pheno. None of which look anything like yours, imo. :shrug: I think what vern said is pretty true. but yours were all clone grows?

whatever the case is it sounds like a major plus, going from 10 to 6 weeks bloom to get similar results.

[The Hooded Claw]

Yep Q, Mine are all clone grows, which is where maybe clone from cloneing can alter the make up a little? OK I know this isn't possible as the gene is in fact that, a gene. But somethings hapened. To try this another way I'm going to veg 8 Russians in my F&D veg cab to 12 inches high and then throw them into 12/12 NFT straight away. I'm interested to see if they can mature in the 6 weeks a 4 inch clone does.......

As for your pics, they had me smiling. The 5th picture could be one of my grows. Strange how you can look at grows again and again but it's simply another hemp plant, but without much thought when you clap eyes on the same strain it has you smile, or at least it does me.
The 6th picture looks just like a clone 12/12 grow but is it?

I'm interested Q, do you find they need a 2 week flush minimum or are you in soil now?

By the by there's some Russians X C99 (Spice Brothers) X Heavy duty fruity (TH Seeds) being sexed amongst the current grow, if you wondered what them 5in pots were! I'll probably take a male and 'kind of' back cross it.....

[WilliamClarkeQuantrill]

Cool man.

Pics 5 and 6 are the ones I am growing currently. they are clones that were about 12 inches tall at the time I initiated flower, and I trained them under a screen for the first two weeks or so of flower.

As far as flushing goes, now a days I stop nitrogen about two weeks out but feed everythig else up to a day or two of harvest no matter the strain. I am in soil but I feed them continuos like ebb and flow.

[The Hooded Claw]

well i know that when flowering from clone it usually knocks a week off the flowering time of the same strain from seed


I understand Vern. Seems strange to knock a plant back from 10 to 6 though? I've read of peole having a struggle to get them under 10, so somethings happened.

Q.
N only the first two weeks of flower?

[Fred Lemonjello]

Nice Stuff Claw!!!

Fred

[CB]

say claw,

been mess'n with WR some myself and mine go 9 weeks or a bit less from seed

6 weeks tho from clone kicks ass :cool:

grow on

[WilliamClarkeQuantrill]

No bro, I stop the N and maybe Mg two weeks prior to harvest. I do give them high N all the way through the stretch though, then cut back for most of flower(according to the plants wants), then stop it two weeks before harvest to avoid the snap crackle pop when smoked.But I like to keep the Ca and K supplied all the way to the end.


:smokin:

[The Hooded Claw]

CB. I'll tell ya what bro, next grow when its on I'll grow some WRS from clone with a journal. I'm also interested in making a 1 minute caption reel of the grow, but whatever happens we'll give it a shot and see how it goes.
Under 9 weeks is just as impressive from seed CB! Have you seen some people going past 12 and fretting? I remember a post in the last six weeks stating"help, 14 weeks and no bud" although he was probably sold peruvian vine seeds :rofl2: We'll get something together CB.

Q.
I understand. I thought you were knocking out the N two weeks prior to harvest and not the whole flower period. Phew!
Removing the MG sounds interesting, would one mind expanding on this delightfully sounding morsal of informacion? Monsior?

[WilliamClarkeQuantrill]

Magnesium is the main element in chlorophyl, and chlorophyl smokes poorly imo. :smokin:

[CB]

Under 9 weeks is just as impressive from seed CB! Have you seen some people going past 12 and fretting? I remember a post in the last six weeks stating"help, 14 weeks and no bud" although he was probably sold peruvian vine seeds :rofl2: We'll get something together CB.

was gifted these seeds , but pretty sure it's a good strain of WR...

I have only been grow'n this for 3 years like now but love it and the crosses i have done with other white pheno strains

heres a couple shots 15 day into flower

grow on and thx for ya kind words bro

:pass:

[The Hooded Claw]

Now that, is a healthy plant!

I didn't doubt your seeds CB. You obviously know your stuff, but when some people complain at WRs taking longr than 12 weeks I wonder what and how. Lighting is most probably a factor and little of it, but get the right one and I find em a killer plant.