Those flowers are coming along splendidly!
Stunger's Organic Soil Stealth Balcony: Landrace Mulanje & Other Sativas
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Thanks DV8. Regarding watering, on thirsty sunny days I have been giving each plant probably 3 or 4 litres a day, spread over 2 or 3 waterings. I think so much is pertinent to one's specific growing environment. I grow in LOS, so even in the 'off season' I will give water to my pots if there's no rain, just to keep the resident worms and microbiology going. But at the end of flowering, when plants are not drinking much water, then of course I will back off. As I noted previously the stone tiles on my balcony can get up to 50C in temperature on hot summer days, and also my pots are heavily drilled out (bottom and sides) so they don't tend to hold water for long, so for someone growing in cooler temps without moisture loss from the wind and without drilled out pots, I'd guess they would water less. So horses for courses.
Thanks Shed, I have been spending a lot of time imagining the buds to come, and today was the first time I have had any early trichomes to show (only on the Mango Sherbert). I am looking forward to further development but at the same time I am not looking forward to the grow being over! Cheers.
They look so damn happy. Wow, I'm digging the pistils on the Mulanje. Never seen straight, sword-like pistils so consistently before. Wow, does it always grow like that? Very cool. Looks fierce.Update - pics of some early budding
Greetings 420 enthusiasts! Today I have tried to take some pics of early bud development. I can only really do so with the 2 plants on the right most end where the balcony is a bit wider. So lets start off there.
Mulanje
Mango Sherbert
And the full line up viewed from the side window!
Thanks for dropping by, and keep well everyone!
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Thanks Jon, to me keeping the plants happy is the main thing. I presume that is standard for the Mulanje at this stage.
Oh I thought you grew it before. Gotcha. Well they really look cool. Like swords. And yeah man, happy plants = happy Stunger (and the rest of us!).
Pistols and trichs! That's a good day Stunger!
Dam stunger you have no balcony at all now. Wow they fluffed up took me 5 mins go thru all pages I missed.
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Update - harvesting the Mulanje male for it's pollen (mostly pics)
Greetings 420 enthusiasts!
Today I want to journal where I am up to with the Mulanje male. I have been collecting pollen for a few days now. I am trying 2 different approaches to collect the pollen.
The first approach was cutting some pollen ball bearing stems and standing them over some baking paper to collect the falling pollen, I also tried this with removing the fan leaves to avoid pollen landing on them, I am not sure it made too much difference.
The second approach was removing 'ripe looking' pollen balls from the plant and letting them dry in a sieve with the idea that the pollen would fall through to be collected on the baking paper underneath. So far I think I am getting more of a 'return' on the sieve approach.
The Mulanje male
Some closer pics of his 'balls'
Pollen ball bearing stems standing over baking paper (with and without fan leaves)
First try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
Second try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
More pollen can be seen building up on the baking paper underneath the sieve.
So that's the state of play today. Thanks for dropping by, keep well and I hope your gardens are doing great!
Greetings 420 enthusiasts!
Today I want to journal where I am up to with the Mulanje male. I have been collecting pollen for a few days now. I am trying 2 different approaches to collect the pollen.
The first approach was cutting some pollen ball bearing stems and standing them over some baking paper to collect the falling pollen, I also tried this with removing the fan leaves to avoid pollen landing on them, I am not sure it made too much difference.
The second approach was removing 'ripe looking' pollen balls from the plant and letting them dry in a sieve with the idea that the pollen would fall through to be collected on the baking paper underneath. So far I think I am getting more of a 'return' on the sieve approach.
The Mulanje male
Some closer pics of his 'balls'
Pollen ball bearing stems standing over baking paper (with and without fan leaves)
First try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
Second try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
More pollen can be seen building up on the baking paper underneath the sieve.
Stunger! And as they dry out there will be even more falling through the sieve. Don't forget to shower and shave after handling all that. Okay maybe not shave...
Wow I feel like Spock. FASCINATING. I was wondering how this is done, I guess this is one way. That looks like a lot of pollen, but I have no reference point. Is it? Enough to do what you want? And how do you collect and store it from there? Thanks! Awesome informative post.Update - harvesting the Mulanje male for it's pollen (mostly pics)
Greetings 420 enthusiasts!
Today I want to journal where I am up to with the Mulanje male. I have been collecting pollen for a few days now. I am trying 2 different approaches to collect the pollen.
The first approach was cutting some pollen ball bearing stems and standing them over some baking paper to collect the falling pollen, I also tried this with removing the fan leaves to avoid pollen landing on them, I am not sure it made too much difference.
The second approach was removing 'ripe looking' pollen balls from the plant and letting them dry in a sieve with the idea that the pollen would fall through to be collected on the baking paper underneath. So far I think I am getting more of a 'return' on the sieve approach.
The Mulanje male
Some closer pics of his 'balls'
Pollen ball bearing stems standing over baking paper (with and without fan leaves)
First try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
Second try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
More pollen can be seen building up on the baking paper underneath the sieve.
So that's the state of play today. Thanks for dropping by, keep well and I hope your gardens are doing great!
How are you telling if they are ripe color or whatUpdate - harvesting the Mulanje male for it's pollen (mostly pics)
Greetings 420 enthusiasts!
Today I want to journal where I am up to with the Mulanje male. I have been collecting pollen for a few days now. I am trying 2 different approaches to collect the pollen.
The first approach was cutting some pollen ball bearing stems and standing them over some baking paper to collect the falling pollen, I also tried this with removing the fan leaves to avoid pollen landing on them, I am not sure it made too much difference.
The second approach was removing 'ripe looking' pollen balls from the plant and letting them dry in a sieve with the idea that the pollen would fall through to be collected on the baking paper underneath. So far I think I am getting more of a 'return' on the sieve approach.
The Mulanje male
Some closer pics of his 'balls'
Pollen ball bearing stems standing over baking paper (with and without fan leaves)
First try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
Second try of harvesting pollen via a sieve
More pollen can be seen building up on the baking paper underneath the sieve.
So that's the state of play today. Thanks for dropping by, keep well and I hope your gardens are doing great!
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Thanks Shed! I made a point of first attending to my balcony girls this morning, watering and giving them a BT spray, before a couple of hours went by and then doing work on the male with a few hand washes in between!
Cheers Jon! I am no expert in this, but a tiny bit of pollen can go a long way, so although the physical amount is small, it is already more than plenty.
Cheers Dust, I said 'ripe' where the colour does go lighter as they getting closer to being fully mature before releasing, but also the bigger they are, the closer they are to opening and releasing their pollen. So the bigger balls even when picked green can dry and open and still release their pollen after a few days. On the 3rd pic down that I posted above (the closeup of the pollen balls), you can see one that is large and already starting to open, and in the 4th pic down, another that has fully opened and already released it's pollen.
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Thanks Otter, sorry I missed this earlier, yep as an outdoor grower it feels like I have been waiting a year to get here again!
Cheers Dust, you're right, but I never expected to get 3 females from 3 regular seeds, now I have to live with it. haha
Incredible photography Amigo.
That pic of the male flower was fantastic.
I took a screen shot for myself.
Great work all around my friend.
Oh here is the screen shot I kept.
Stay safe
Bill
Hope everything is going good @Stunger
I'm really enjoying your grow.
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Thanks Bill! Glad you liked the pics, I try to use a few to cut back my waffle moments.
Yes all going well here, other than being a small cog in the general global craziness.
All the best.
POTM pic in my eyes!
I second that emotion.....
Incredible Stunger!
And a nice size amount of pollen too!
Are you planning on cutting it with flour?
And a nice size amount of pollen too!
Are you planning on cutting it with flour?
Thanks pretty cool.
I couldn't believe when I saw it.
Stunger sure knows which end of the camera to look through.
Stay safe
Bill
LOL!