Buddha Tahoe | First Grow

@homerjgangia, Thanks! I was admiring that Killer Kush you grew a while back. What a plant! Made my mouth water. That strain is going to be an absolute must grow for me in the future.

@HighGrower89, Thanks!

@Lacrima, Thank you!

@Cannabeast40, Thanks!

@Slurpy_Terpy, Indeed, I am already in somewhat of a tailspin trying to figure out where I'm going to get my first batch of seeds. Currently I've bookmarked over 30 pointers to seed labs, banks, and retail dealers. What a zoo! The thing here with me is this: I'm not interested in the cannabis cross genetics mayhem taking place all over the world right now. Firstly, there's no real way for me to master all of these strains. It would take me at least a few years of working with a single strain to fully (using that word very loosely) understand what that particular plant loves and needs for the most productive and potent yield. In an extreme example, say I have a seed that has been crossed with one strain that can be traced back to a Persian landrace, and another strain that can be traced back to a Panamanian landrace. As a grower I'm getting a seed that I have no idea how to grow properly. It is the daughter of one parent that came from a high altitude, arid, barren, nutrient deprived landscape while the other parent thrived in a low lying, humid, and soil rich landscape. How long is it going to take me to grow and get to know this seed? Years, that's how long. I'm supposed to do that with every whiz-bang new strain that's released? Um, no, that's not going to happen. I simply don't have enough life years remaining to even entertain that idea. So, I'm going to be keeping to what I know. I'm going to be growing seeds that are not too far removed from their landrace origins. No more than three to five steps removed from origin. I'll be seeking Hindu, Afghan, Thai, Malawi & Kilimanjaro landrace strains (all regular so I can cultivate my own seed bank) and strains that are not too far removed from them. I'm going to find them, learn them to the best of my ability, and never or very rarely dabble in something new. These are the strains that will provide me with what I'm looking for: a pure and very potent high. But, yeah, what a zoo the seed game is. If you ask me, it's a fool's gold game at that! I'd be lying if I wrote I'm never going to grow or try them --- of course I am. But they are in no way, shape, or form getting the attention that my either landrace or close-to-landrace plants will get. I think it's a shame everyone is falling over one another like they are. If cannabis had been legal from the beginning like it should have been we wouldn't be going though the genetics chaos we're seeing today. We'd have much better "bibles" on every aspect of the plant from seed genetics to cultivation. But no, we let the cannabis coil get tighter and tighter and tighter so that now that we've released it, its unwound in a crazy tangled up ball that's very difficult to figure out. Oh, well. We're going to have a great time trying to figure it all out anyway, that's for sure. The tests you plan on running sound interesting to me. I'll be trying to keep an eye on what you're doing there. Take care for now . . .

@@T4pr00t, Oh cool thanks for posting the breeder, I had never heard of farmerslabseeds before! These days for getting seeds it can be confusing, the more old school way it to try to properly stabilize the phenotypes before releasing seeds but these days many breeders in the states work with 'elite clones' and they just cross them all together and release limited batches of seeds so if you find something amazing you better have kept clones because the seeds will most likely already be sold out... Also those elite clone crosses are usually pretty expensive 100$+ for 5-12 seeds but I only need small packs... I want to test thseeds for their recent cookies family crosses (wykiwi, pisthash, mont blanc), and will test Aceseeds soon for their rare pure sativas (14 weeks flower!) for some special effects. But finding good seeds can be a hit or miss and misleading process, if you want the best 'og kush' or 'blue dream' seeds, good luck figuring out which are the best 😅 most breeder info are just hype/lies so its hard to figure out what the real genetics are and what you can expect. I guess most people try a few breeders and once they find good phenotypes they stick to that breeder. Watch out for dutch breeders I am dutch and I avoid them they are very commercial and breed for easy growing and high yields but all we want is quality terps and effects (its easy enough to grow anyway and yields should be large enough anyway 😀 so no need to go for commercial seeds)

@Slurpy_Terpy, That's all great advice. Thanks! I don't think I'll be using peat pellets ever again for cannabis. I have a supply of them because I have been known to grow a wide variety of tomatoes and peppers. I've also mastered pickling cucumbers. All of those fruits do just fine in a peat pellet when starting out. In addition to the light adjustments, next time I am going to go with a either a cube or my own small pot mix along with a light seaweed fortified water for when it dries up. My issue here in my area will be humidity. I am fortunate enough to have good control over my growing environment, though, so I'm feeling pretty good about that. Unfortunately, I have no way of knowing where this Buddha Tahoe originates from. It was gifted to me by someone I met at a Memorial Day beach party. I know it's a legit seed because a close friend knows someone who knows the dude who passed me the seed and reports the guy is nothing but on the up-and-up (LOL) 😆. But seriously, it should be a legit Buddha Tahoe. Now that it's legal for me to grow up to 6 of my own personal plants, I intend to get very good at growing them. I want to learn to grow healthy, organic, and potent strains and focus on them. I don't have to be a guru or even a master -- I just want to be very good and as consistent as possible. Thanks again, and good luck with your grows too. I'll be checking in I'm sure as you post. 😀✊ Add 6/27: Just found out this Buddha Tahoe seed came from Farmer's Lab (https://farmerslabseeds.com/). That's a definite. I don't know about this lab nor do I know if I will ever buy anything from them. But this is where this seed originates and I'll be checking them out soon myself. I need to find some places where I can get my own seeds for the strains I'm interested in growing.

@@T4pr00t, haha 2 eyes are fine with me 🙂🍁🍁❤️👍🏻

@OrganicNature420, Thanks! I'm eventually going to have questions so I'll keep an eye on ya. Maybe even two eyes from time to time . . . 😀