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[zephyr]

@StevieG

And again @zephyr was also on the list, and the same thing happened 0 photos as well. Ur the co op team. I know your going to take it disrespectfully it’s not intended it’s to make u see my side real quick.

if you want to drag someone’s name, at least do your research. It’s in this thread, you couldn’t even do a search?

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thanks again diggy. These went to a local gardener in need of heady medicine. I will get you some photo updates at each stage of growth. and thanks for the dvd, this is the only time I’ve ever seen a movie endorsement blurb by larry king where did you find these hahaha. ‘in the CIA nothing is as it seems! this modern suspense thriller was as taught as my suspenders!’

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My friend started 6 seeds and got 2 females. He sexed and then reveged them for his outdoor grow. He said they were slow under t5 lights, but once he planted them outdoors they became the most vigorous plants in the garden.

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The kashmir testers in my friend’s grow are showing the same variegation as gman’s plants. It’s pretty much all over the plants now that it has new growth all over from being sexed indoor and reverted under outdoor sunlight. The variegation showed up in full when the new veg growth started. Otherwise, they are still growing vigorously. I will get you some photos at some point.

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my friend says the kashmir is doing well. after the variegated leaves showed up all over, he eventually aggressively defoliated all the variegated leaves. it was displaying as split color leaf blades, half green and half pale divided by the spine of the leaf. after growing back from just the new growth tips, the variegation has diminished. only about 10 leaves are showing it now, but it always comes back a little bit after he prunes the affected leaves. he says it is very branchy. ill try to …

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Lol. Birds of a feather. If you follow Adam Savage on youtube, there’s an episode where he’s upgrading some sort of shelving, I think for rolls of sandpaper, or maybe duct tape. He mentions something along the lines of “In a workshop, any and every flat surface will be quickly covered with things,” and that has brought me immeasurable relief.

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current update- my friend’s 2 kashmir plants are very bushy, and needing constant pruning for air flow in this climate. They are putting out a lot of leaves. After consistently removing the affected leaves, there is no variegation visible at this point. They look very stressed during mid day heat but keep growing.

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High soil temps, maybe? Without knowing your friends’ circumstances, I would guess adding a lil hardwood mulch might help.

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my friend’s outdoor kashmir flowering and looking good. very little variegation present at this stage. [1] looks like it will be a good producer, and flowering quicker than just about anything else in the garden.

I gave these to a friend to grow out before I knew about the virus. Sure enough the plants displayed major viroid variegation.

Fortunately the plants were in plastic pots with no drainage, so they were easy to isolate.

We were able to avoid contamination of his garden, but the risk is unacceptable.

sending more of these seeds out into the world would be a deliberate disservice to this entire community.

@stevieg even though the plants had a virus, we grew them out and provided documentation, including photo documentation.

Simply because I had made an agreement by taking the seeds in the first place, and my word is good.

I also wanted to document the viroid symptoms so the community would be aware of the risks of taking these seeds into their gardens.