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[plantlight]

Im attempting to flower them this year, no sign of flowers yet

Are you also attempting to flower the mother plant again as well?

[When]

Yes, they are currently under 12/12, but no sign either.

[plantlight]

Yes, they are currently under 12/12, but no sign either.

Would you please explain how you regulate 12/12 lighting?  I read your initial post as the plant receives only natural light.  Daylight hours here are about 11 hours now and the days are getting shorter.  I wonder if I should supplement with artificial light.

[When]

Sorry for being vague but Yep that's right, they only receive natural light.
They are receiving Autunm light now and are getting less than 12 hrs light, more like 11.5 hrs and that's decreasing daily.
 

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[The Seedist]

We need more growers taking part with seed propagation.

Looked at your pictures, When. Well done man! Here are mine.

Propagation from SeeD:
sdp01 - 16.09.2015
sdp02 - 01.10.2015
sdp03,-04,-05,-06 - 21.10.2015
sdp07,-08,-09 - 04.11.2015
sdp10 - 22.01.2016

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[The Seedist]

Propagation from SeeD:
sdp11,-12,-13 - 17.02.2016

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[Mangrove]

Propagation from SeeD:
sdp11,-12,-13 - 17.02.2016

KUDOS!!!!

[Wyald]

With all the amazing people doing this kind of thing, it wont be very long before we can start trading Salvia seeds and start getting some new genetics out there.

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[Sunshine]

Seedist- Those leaves look very silky smooth and shiny. Do they have any trichom-y hairs on them? All the salvia I've grown have hairs and no luster like yours has. It almost looks velvety. New genetic variant perhaps?

Thanks for sharing! +1 to Seedest and When for the cool pics

-Sunny

[plantlight]

Super sturdy and healthy!  What are you feeding 'em?

[The Seedist]

Super sturdy and healthy!  What are you feeding 'em?

My soil mixture is made of common home flowers or vegetables garden mix soils. The only component I'm usually adding in is rotten straw. I have plastic barrel full of straw, being soaked by water in the beginning of each summer. Three months until Fall is coming - and my mixture is ready for use during the year. That's the feed, and only water of course.
When they were young they grew like crazy. Many-many years ago I had some different clones of SD (I disposed of them because they got me depressed) and all that plants I had from the others' hands were not so strong and full of vital energy like these ones I was happy to encounter with - from the very start in my own pots. It was incredible, you know guys.

Seedist- Those leaves look very silky smooth and shiny. Do they have any trichom-y hairs on them? New genetic variant perhaps?

I'll look at them adult plants when will be at home and let you know.

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[Bach]

That sheen Sunshine is asking about is exactly what one strives for when growing Salvia. When you get that 'velvet emerald' look you know they are happy.

I'm only familiar with the 'Hofmann/Wasson' claone and the Bloser clone (been growing them for 25 years)  but they both get that sheen when conditions are right.

[Hummingbird]

Love seeing Salvia Divinorum plants grown from seed. I see it's not as unusual as it was in the past.
It's very interesting, because of the unique genetics and rarity of this method of propagation.

Offtopic - I read a study months ago about Salvia Divinorum not being directly related to Salvia genus.
It's supposedly from a different plant family, if someone is interested also got the study somewhere on the hard drive.

I had a Salvia plant which had a distinct smell when it was the happiest, usually in the morning. Never smelled anything similar.
Very interesting plant to grow. One of my favorites.

[sporehead]

I'd be interested to read the study on salvia. I think we all would

[Hummingbird]

Can't find the study anywhere, on the hard disk nor online. And I swear I had it somewhere.
Here is a similar study I found, only abstract though..
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10265-010-0394-6
It puts Salvia Divinorum in Salvia genus, but they found a closely related Salvia species,
called Salvia Venulosa. There is not much info about the species online, though.

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