I have another update for y'all!
I'm really pleased with the way everything is going. I haven't had such a bunch of healthy plants of all ages for many months, and I'm not sure what to attribute it to. I suppose some of it has to simply be the soil. Mine is a mishmash mix of various aged soil, some of it fresh, some of it from last year, a bunch of second run soil. I suppose it's probably as tuned as it can be after months of growing cannabis roots, and having all the trim and waste leaves recycled into it along with regular additions of EWC. But the climate is almost perfect at this time of year, too, so that's gotta be part of it. And thirdly, because the room has been so warm they've needed more water, and I didn't alter my feed schedule, so they've been getting drenches more often than before. I'm growing much larger plants than I did before and I'm not getting the chronic fade problems I had. Nice! I just wish I knew why ...
Carnival x Utopia Haze looks Fine! I can hardly wait to get some dried for a sample. I smoked a wet green bud and I got that mild headache I get from that sometimes, but I liked the high - very very promising. She gets chopped tomorrow and it looks like it's a perfect time. The new pistils have slowed way down and the calyxes have gotten plump and greasy. We like it when that happens.
Carnival x Utopia Haze - 129 days old - 69 days 12/12 - 58 since pistils - Brix 16/16
BH x UH is also starting to impress me. I usually do really poorly with these hazey ones, but this one is doing pretty well. I'm liking the spiral colas which don't look like they're done getting fat, and she just finished Cat last watering so now it's watch and wait. So far, I'm likin' it.
Buddha Haze x Utopia Haze - 118 days old - 48 days 12/12 - 36 since pistils
Tikal1 is going to be better than mom, already much more fragrant with an obvious fruity strawberry aroma. This one doesn't have the fade either.
Tikal Cut1 - 126 days old - 48 days 12/12 - 36 since pistils
Ahhh ... now Carnival. What a nice plant! She topped out only 2 inches shorter than Tikal1 at 36 inches with gorgeous spiky slender colas coated with trichs. Yum!
Carnival - 113 days old - 39 days 12/12 - 29 since pistils
DrGrinspoon is slow to grow trichs but it's a long-bloomer so I'm not concerned yet. Otherwise I love the plant - really an easy one. She finished at just over 30 inches.
DrGrinspoon - 107 days old - 35 days 12/12 - 25 since pistils
Channel+ is next in line and she was a surprisingly strong stretcher, finishing at 33 inches. This has been a very easy plant, too, every step of the way - and the cuts rooted like a dream.
Channel+ - 103 days old - 19 days 12/12 - 9 since pistils
Y Greiga on the other hand, didn't stretch much - go figure - only 27 inches tall. Another pheno that's been a snap to grow,
Y Griega - 101 days old - 19 days 12/12 - 9 since pistils
Tikal2 is doing that same posture thing that all mine have done - reaching straight up.
Such a fun strain to grow.
Tikal2 - 126 days old - 14 days 12/12 - 2 since pistils
The new girl in the room will be Purple Haze. She's pretty small, but that node length rattles me so into to bloom she gets tossed. She has 6 tops, let's see what she wants to do with them.
Purple Haze - 51 days old
In veg, we have CarnivalB, taking very well to her topping, perfectly willing and eager to be a bushy bush. I'm getting a little backed up in the bloom room, so I can't flip this one for another two weeks - should be plenty of time to fatten 'er up!
And this is a cut of Carnival x UH. I have another one still in a 1.5, and if the one I'm chopping is as great as I hope, I'll cull the 4th Tikal and run two CarnxUH instead. She'll go into her mother's pot, actually, later this week. They both presented as natural LSTers with tight alternating nodes - it was easy to just bend the top over and let everything else catch up - very nice pheno in many ways.
In the back, from left to right is ...
Tikal3 - 48 days old - too big for her pot and starting to show it
Y Griega1 - 39 days old
little Taskenti peeking out from the corner - 44 days old
In front is ...
the second CarnxUH cut - 68 days old, also too big for the pot
either a BHxUH or CarnA top, still not sure - oops - 58 days old
DrG1 - 39 days old
a good lookin' Channel+ cut - 20 days old ...
A not so good looking CarnivalA cut - 39 days old ...
Freddy's Best - 27 days old, growing kinda slowly
The cuts in cups, including some Purple Haze ...
Th-th-th-that's all folks! I used up all my pics/smileys so I'll have to wish you peace and happiness in words! Remember to be kind to yourselves!