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[Waira]

Big fan of the chikamasa straight blade. Almost 4 years old and still crazy sharp. I've definitely cut myself pretty good with them
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I use these and also the angled version with the dark handle. Love um and no springs. Clean with alcohol and a sharp blade to get the scissor hash.

JP1-- That's looking about 15%THC to me....
F' yes they are sharp, like you can shave arm hairs off sharp! And my first pair did bleed me some when my snipping got careless LOL
The steel quality and tempering are tops for sure, my original pair is now a beater but still has enough sharpness the handle branch snipping...

Mason, the blue handled one you showed got me looking into that model, never saw them before. Those a really canna-specialized which sort of surprised me as the Japanese are very anti-pot, but the $$ talked louder!

It was fun trying out the curved and fine-trim models - Everybody has their MO for this, and I did try the same cut pattern with the different models to explore the +/-'s of each for that pattern.
Curved ones are heavier bladed and can handle some pretty heavy chops if you use the back of the blade. For bud that's tight, not so much sugar leaf, the curve contours very nicely whether you trim parallel or perpendicular to the long axis of a bud; makes short work of it and I found better than the fine or straight blades for this MO...

The fine blade angled blue handled ones are great for more leafy bud that you have to kinda weave in between budlets, trimming perpendicularly; they don't beat up the surrounding trich's as much, leafy bits stick less because the surface area of the blades is much smaller...
Same deal for when you're after those smaller mini-fans, blades tuck right down into the stem for a clean snip...
Any finish trimming, wet or dry, these are tops for that! ...they are not good for heavier cutting as you'd expect.

I love the handle design too; the closed loop lets me hang a pair off a finger if I need to grab something, less pick-up/put down... Excellent ergonomics allows you to hold and position the blades different ways as well...

I know some folks love the spring action types that offer "power assist", helps with hand fatigue... I found I didn't miss this. All Chika's are made with high tolerance spec's it seems, effortless open/close and the coating helps even more when they get resin covered... the rivet design and their factory tuning really bring it all together-
I know, I sound like an advertiser-

Yeah, I think my light blasting later in flower caused the big girl, in a little bit to some extent the smaller ones,, to foxtail quite a bit. I really don't think so in veg.

yeah on the foxing, can magnify that tendency a lot but then some do this naturally so sometimes it's hard to tell! Same guy had another cross that grew dreadlock buds, looked cool and trippy as heck...
I think in veg it can force ridiculous bushing-out...
I'm thinking true equatorial types have a lower DLI max than "Indica" higher Lat. types that have longer days...

Eh, so much for generalizations, as so much depends on other factors, what's cause and effect can be anything but clear!

... time to take down the tent, BBL....

 

[MasonJarOG]

JP1-- That's looking about 15%THC to me....
F' yes they are sharp, like you can shave arm hairs off sharp! And my first pair did bleed me some when my snipping got careless LOL
The steel quality and tempering are tops for sure, my original pair is now a beater but still has enough sharpness the handle branch snipping...

Mason, the blue handled one you showed got me looking into that model, never saw them before. Those a really canna-specialized which sort of surprised me as the Japanese are very anti-pot, but the $$ talked louder!

It was fun trying out the curved and fine-trim models - Everybody has their MO for this, and I did try the same cut pattern with the different models to explore the +/-'s of each for that pattern.
Curved ones are heavier bladed and can handle some pretty heavy chops if you use the back of the blade. For bud that's tight, not so much sugar leaf, the curve contours very nicely whether you trim parallel or perpendicular to the long axis of a bud; makes short work of it and I found better than the fine or straight blades for this MO...

The fine blade angled blue handled ones are great for more leafy bud that you have to kinda weave in between budlets, trimming perpendicularly; they don't beat up the surrounding trich's as much, leafy bits stick less because the surface area of the blades is much smaller...
Same deal for when you're after those smaller mini-fans, blades tuck right down into the stem for a clean snip...
Any finish trimming, wet or dry, these are tops for that! ...they are not good for heavier cutting as you'd expect.

I love the handle design too; the closed loop lets me hang a pair off a finger if I need to grab something, less pick-up/put down... Excellent ergonomics allows you to hold and position the blades different ways as well...

I know some folks love the spring action types that offer "power assist", helps with hand fatigue... I found I didn't miss this. All Chika's are made with high tolerance spec's it seems, effortless open/close and the coating helps even more when they get resin covered... the rivet design and their factory tuning really bring it all together-
I know, I sound like an advertiser-



yeah on the foxing, can magnify that tendency a lot but then some do this naturally so sometimes it's hard to tell! Same guy had another cross that grew dreadlock buds, looked cool and trippy as heck...
I think in veg it can force ridiculous bushing-out...
I'm thinking true equatorial types have a lower DLI max than "Indica" higher Lat. types that have longer days... View attachment 1716708
Eh, so much for generalizations, as so much depends on other factors, what's cause and effect can be anything but clear!


View attachment 1716709... time to take down the tent, BBL....

Both are sharp and always managed to snip a fingertip every year, and through gloves too!

Final sunrise in Barcelona as we disembark the ship and spend the afternoon visiting some sights, paella and a cannabis club Monoloco.

We visited a club in Alicante Spain too. Met some cool people from

 

[Jean-O]

Have you checked welding supply places? I saw someone post about it like a year ago or so.

Yes I could also get it at a welding supply like Lindsay Corp which bought out Miller Welding just a few months back. Air Gas also carries it. I don't know of any Lincoln dealers in my area but I would imagine they also carry it.

 

[Jean-O]

Jean, have you tried Chikamasa brand trimmers? I won't use anything else now, they are that superior! The Fluorine coated models are excellent, and there are straight, angled and curved style blades available, plus the finer duty angled one that @MasonJarOG showed a while back that have blue handles; these have even thinner blades for fine work or reaching tough snips -
I now have all 3 blade types, bought the curved and fine-trim ones this year, and have found them all to be the right tool for the right job perfect!
The sharpness and durability of the blades is a big plus too, like no others...

-- Hi gang, trying to get caught up here.... ...we are technically done, so let's see where things are at now....


Maria luv, I'm rowing through replies now, but I think you have finished one way or 'nother?
Yeah, this was my worry, that you're in the other hemisphere and are getting light increases now...

Trust me Bill, this is not a generally wise strategy for many true NLD types, particularly ones with a lot of landrace/heirloom lineage. It will depend a great deal on what cultivar/cross you chose, and the pheno' spread. Some of them do not like light blasting, and in bloom, many of the master NLD growers I know run under 12/12, 10/14 is common... Photonic blasting doesn't bring out the best in them.

They (landrace/heirlooms) just don't behave in a typical manner generally speaking, so whatever you chose do your homework! I recommend ACE seeds, they have solid genetics and good grow info in their descriptions, and many come in fem' format -
Check their site out for sure! I think Golden Tiger could be a fine choice, reports on this girl are glowing...but the high is very psychotropic which comes from the New Malawi Killer side....

I gather it's the unique quality of the high you're after? It's the #1 reason I see stated by the NLD guru growers who grow them, nothing else will do, and it still is a pheno' fortune thing to some degree.
You saw the Destroyer pearl pheno pics I posted a while back by a mate at another site? That special one shook out after 2-3 runs of plants to find the One that checked all the boxes, but he is a bit extreme as an example... But now he has a "grail" level cut, doesn't care that it's a 15 week bloomer! ...even other pheno's of the same don't compare...

Killer A5Haze is notorious; Malawi will straight-up scare most people; New Caledonia has shown very well (regs only); Zamadelica is beloved too... Anyway, lots of others so have a look! The high qualities are very different among them, and BTW Malawi has a rep' for causing freak-outs with lightweights/inexperienced NLD tokers. I grew a cross of it a few years back, Killer Orange, and several friends found it overwhelming and not-so-fun (the pheno's I got were totally Malawi-dom', not a hint of Orange Cookies in them)....
Panama has a good rep for smooth easy dreamy sailing...

I'm envious! ...Malta intrigues me, my bro' did that 23&Me genetic test thing and we came out with 10% Maltan in us - LOL


Bad pheno luck mate, at least not a total loss... ...I'm see if I can get you something I KNOW is super fast and good... like that GhostMaverick x 3BearsOG that finished first for me, maybe the UltraEarlyLove too...
At least the GPF1FV came through! What's her aroma like? ...I'm seeing good reports about the KillerKushFV from guerilla growers in shite climates too....

Wow, yet another blaster! You're right, it's not been the best conditions this season, and buds may not be what they usually are but that they are still around at all is damn impressive- -- Urban guerilla skillz and diligence for the Win! View attachment 1716597

Ill take a look at those I haven't heard of that brand. Thanks!

 

[Jean-O]

@Waira final living and dry photos and selections
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Cream Cheese F2
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Wild Thing R2
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Luckily I was able to recover most of my pics this year but somehow I managed to delete all my pics off the phone and didn't realize it... getting old enough to argue with my phone sucks lol.

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

Spring-Summer Grow -- Maria's Haze Heaven Hacienda!

Luckily I could get in from the bat cave side.
Though there are only about 10 bats left.
Maybe they left with that last nasty typhoon.

Temps around 18C-21C low/high.
Wet, raining on and off, cloudy.
Extremely humid, around 90% +/-.

Day: 82F - 90F

Seven SSSTN (Sticky) x ThaiFrican

Let's start with these little ones.
Six photos of seven plants.
One just ... not so photogenic, shall we say?!

This is a faster SSSDH dominant plant.
I cut her today, and she's now drying right next to me.
Pics below.

More open pheno, maybe from the Thai side.
(But I don't know what the Karibe looks like.)
She's gonna take a while yet, still mostly white pistils.

The pearl pheno, still rolling along.

Later but balanced pheno here, I quite like!

The slowest flowering on this girl.
Also looking very promising!

Back to the SSSDH dom pheno that I just cut.
Faster means smaller in this case.
But good flower development, and she has a great diesel stank, haha!

Tasty!

Spark it up!

SSSTN x (Grail x ThaiFrican) -- Maria's Guerilla Style


Peace and Love,
~MJS

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

Spring-Summer Grow -- Maria's Haze Heaven Hacienda!

Day 380: (re-veg) 145V + 101F

Grail (NLD pheno)

14.5 weeks flower for this lady.
Great effort.
She was in the smallest pot, so most prone to drying out.
But she took the typhoon and wind the best.
Kept shorter, with many colas.
Lost a few, but three big ones left.
I cut two of those today (top of one needed to be removed),
and am leaving the last big cola on the plant for a bit more time.
She has lots of other smaller side colas and buds, too.

Peace and Love,

~MJS

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

Spring-Summer Grow -- Maria's Haze Heaven Hacienda!

Day 380: (re-veg) 145V + 101F

Grail (NLD pheno)

Peace and Love,

~MJS

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

Spring-Summer Grow -- Maria's Haze Heaven Hacienda!

Day 380: re-veg + 145V + 101F

Super Silver Sour Thai Nevilles

This Sticky pheno girl came along nicely in the last week or two of terrible weather.
The calyxes did swell out a lot more, but still not close to her first round of flowering.
A few white pistils here and there, but largely she's done.

A few months ago she had a number of big tops.
But after the typhoons and the split stem, Sticky is mostly just one cola.
I cut this off about 1 m long.
In the photos I'm still holding the bottom of the stem, it's even longer.

Peace and Love,
~MJS

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

Pity a few of the pics are too big to show here.
Lighting for the pics was horrible, such a wet cloudy day.
Just me holding a big cola in one hand and trying to work my phone camera in the other!
Enjoy!