Original Hazes - These are just 2 weeks +6 days into flower now. Still no real smells going yet, but I keep checking daily. Gonna be fun to compare as there are a bunch of both Franken Bubbles and Bloody Monsters at the exact same age and stage as the Hazes (right now). And as usual, there’s one or two plants of each that look like they are 2 weeks ahead of the others!
Here’s some of the tip-growth starting to close in the gaps;
I hear ya Wally, but it’s gonna take a long time on the ground still. It’s ALL about Hype and Marketing here today and very little about the reality of the quality(ies) of the weed! Guess I’m finally reached the stage where I can claim my ‘Grumpy Old Man’ status!
Nah, but I do dread seeing the inevitable ‘turning-of-their-backs’ by indigenous people from crops their cultures have interacted with for millennium. Combined with the fascination for the ‘New’ weeds, pollen’s drift characteristics and today’s marketing I’m really glad to know there are growers like here on OG doing preservation runs on as much as possible. I know a group of Thai’s that did a farm co-op last long season up in the NE in the rice growing areas. This is the same Hill Tribe people, same genetics and very close to the same geography of the old 1970’s Thai Sticks. Anyway, last we spoke they have 7 tons of Squirrel Tail (Hang Karoke) just sitting in grain silos up there! Anybody, looking for weight?
The export thing will be big, but there’s a lot of red tape with EU importing. I just met with a Dutch guy who explained to me the hoops he was jumping through right now just to get on the list of those to be ‘considered’. Have you seen the GreenHouse Seeds Thailand operations yet?
They obviously found the right pockets and greased heavily!
At first it was amazing here, as all the dispensaries brought in whatever they could get their hands on (none of 'em had any grow ops up and running yet). And with the sudden huge demand, the guys w/the connections made a killing. People were buying last years CA/Can weed for pennies on the dollar, Fed-Ex’ing it over and selling it over here at crazy prices all day long! But that end of the business just took over, whoever could wheel and deal survived, everybody else fell to the wayside. It looks like it’ll probably go the same as elsewhere where it’s been legalized…corporate takeover. The story of the farmers making income off ganja, what it ‘was’ all about, isn’t one that’ll ever play out on any scale.
That said, EVERYTHING is up in the air here right now! One year ago I decided to just go for it because after the decrime I absolutely knew they would not get any ganja legislation through until after the next election. Exactly how it worked out 11 months later! Now there’s been an elections and … (This country has some extremely strong internet laws, so I’m not going any farther here…but DO keep an eye on headline stories from over here the next few months.)
Anyway, thanks for the tips on the Haze ferting guys! Sounds like I’m back where I started oh well, I say they get ‘pumped’ just like everything else…and they’re gonna LIKE it!
Bye-the-way…Be careful with the Black Skunk…it can make you ramble on-and-on-and-on-and…