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Happy birthday, boo! I hope you have a wonderful day and do something special for yourself - 70 is certainly a milestone :cool:

Everything looks yummy, Subbie! Great job :cool: 👍

Field expedient, baby! 😆

Welcome to MP, roadking! Lots of wonderful folks here that have decades of experience in growing our favorite plants. Feel free to ask any question, as I'm sure someone on this forum will know the answer.

Definitely do it! I agree with OF that you could have a nice "shining star" above it for lighting. I wonder if a T5 would be enough?

The flour is to both extend the amount of pollen and to keep it dehydrated, I think. I took some regular baking flour and spread it on some parchment paper and cooked it in the oven @ 200F for 35 minutes. I'm assuming this is to drive off any moisture, or maybe it's to get rid of anything...

Hi Crash, the one time that I reversed a female to gather pollen, as soon as the sacs started to open I cut off the stems that had pollen sacs and placed them upside down in a brown paper bag, then folded the top closed. I left them there to dry, then crushed them against my trim bin screen to...

Wow - a full moon! But why is it orange? 😆

Hi everybody, I wanted to share something awesome with all of you! I only grow veggies and herbs outside (herbs being basil, mint, rosemary, dill, etc.), but this summer I had a visitor in my Blue Skullcap (first pic). She outgrew (!) this little plant (she was long enough to hang off my open...

Me too! I had to cull my SFG in the 3rd week of flower, because it started growing pollen sacs o_O It looked so good that I considered trying to remove them to save the grow, but each day I found more, so <chop chop>! I don't know why it happened, because her tentmate was and is just fine (SFG...

Welcome uropa! This forum is filled with wonderful folks who love to help out both newbies and experts in all things growing. Definitely post a pic when your babies come up...

Welcome aeode! I am also a new-ish grower, but from what I understand, some strains/cultivars have more variation between the phenotype of each plant than others. That may be why some of your plants appear mostly green, while others seem to have a lot of purple in them. I have only grown...

Hi Bruce, nothing like beautiful Fall colors to make a girl smile :) In your case, I'd say you see a lot of the maples turn! Edit: welcome!

Hi R0ttie1, I agree with Subby - beautiful plants! Welcome 🙂

Welcome, Shatzie24! You'll find that the folks here have a wealth of knowledge and are happy to share it with you. RosterMan, another great avatar!