Brix day for the girls. Lately I've been working on streamlining my grow to make it less time intensive. Today I'm being lazy and taking my time, so I've got a few pics for everyone.
First up is the lad. He's coming along. He should start dropping pollen in a few days. He's getting his happy butt moved out of flower probably tomorrow. My normal work table has garden seedlings on it so my lighting is set higher than the 11/13 he's used to. I might just keep him in the dark and bring him out for a few hours of light in the evenings after work. That should keep his hormones in flower plus it might just speed up his development as well, as it will signal that winter is coming.
The purple Malawi that is three weeks out from getting cut. If you look close to the tip of the bud in the first picture you can see the swelled calyxes where the seeds are developing. It's interesting that they have stayed green instead of turning purple like the rest of the plant.
Next up are the ZaPa. (Zamedelica x Panama)
Malawi leaning pheno. The bud structure is very much like my purple Malawi and it smells like ripe Mango. I accidently topped her early in flower and managed to root the top and put it into another pot. The first two pictures are that top.
Panama leaning pheno. This has the bud structure and smell of the green Panama I ran. It's also ahead of the other two plants. Maybe by a week or two. I'm going to try and push all of these as long as I can.
The Zamedelica leaning pheno. This is the slowest developing one and looks similar to the bud structure of the mother (Zamedelica, Thai pheno) and has the smell of both cuts of Zamedelica I've grown. Very strong citric smell. Kind of like a zesty lime with some other scent in it. I can't place it, but it's the smell dominating the trio.
I put a small tomato cage around them today to help keep them upright. I might have 'topped' the zam leaning one. Might just be super cropped though. Hopefully the latter.
The purple Malawi that's been flowering a couple of weeks. It's in a 5 gallon bucket and I'm trying to grow better roots. The last Malawi i cut had an under developed root system, and the one coming up next is acting like it's just as poor, so I'm trying to run this one dry while it's early in flower. It's been 25 days since I transplanted her and watered her. The pot feels very light for the size but her leaves look like she's still got plenty to drink so I'm holding off. This is the plant I'm planning on pollinating with the male Malawi. I want a cache of Malawi F1s. You'll notice the clawing leaves on both Malawi. I've been feeding them heavily, to try and push growth and have gotten to much nitrogen in them, so the plan is to back off on GE. Maybe forgo it altogether, except the last one before harvest.
Zamedelica Thai pheno. This one always freaks me out a bit at this point as I've had powdery mildew issues with the plant in the past and the way resin comes on in clusters it looks like it's getting PM. This one I'm going to try and take another 5 or 6 weeks. It's at 66 days now and still coming along fine. Leaves are slowly getting sapped for energy, but it was leafy enough that it still has plenty to go.
Candy. This one hasn't drank in 23 days and is even lighter than the Malawi, but again, the leaves are showing good turgor, so I'm holding off, trying to build a better root system.
Zamedelica Thai pheno. Not really much to say here. Beautiful plant. I love the look of them at this point in flower.
Panama F1. 11/13 from seed for this one so she's small, but looking and smelling amazing. I have around 20 of these beans that I made, to play with. Purple Malawi is still my favorite strain, but Panama is an awesome summertime smoke. Very good for productivity, but also great for just chilling and having a great time outdoors. Definitely a strain I'm going to keep going in my garden. She's at 10 wks at the moment. The plan is to take her another three weeks.
Candy. Sharing the same pot as the Panama. 18 gallon tote. She should be ready in three weeks with the Panama. That'll put her around 10 wks. Frosting up nicely. The two cuts of her are the only indica in my garden at the moment. Everything else is 100% sativa.
The two girls I have in veg. I topped both today to help bush them up.
Malawi purple pheno. My backup of this cut.
Malawi F1. I haven't sexed this one yet. I took off both taller growth tops. I'm planning on putting one into flower to sex it. No point in holding onto a male for a couple of months.
She's nice and uniform height now.
Well, that's all for the tour. I need to get some pics of the outside girls. I might get out to check on them later. It's wet out there from all the rain we've been having. Thanks for checking in on my little garden.
Peace
Cheers eh.
... I gotta put Malawi on the must-have list ...
. Cheers .
