Buds on the Maui, haze and other 3 pink kush are developing pretty well in between floods. If I can just fight off the botrytis for a few more weeks I will pit this one in the books. I knew the kush was pushing the limits of strains that can make it thru hurricane season in my area when I dropped the beans , so not crying about it because in another year it could be different weather.
About the *only* times I can possibly excuse hermi stuff, is when plants hermi due to environmental adaptation.
For instance, in very wet/tropical areas, where the rain and foliage, atmospheric density makes pollination very difficult. Like say Thailand, so the plants don't get pollinated easily, and they hermi to try and reproduce.
That's super common with sort of "bunk" weed (hermaphrodite lineage) and/or stresses, actually.
I've seen that, maybe a hundred times, with the random crap I've grown (and if it hermis, unless it's VERY late and was stressed a lot, I consider it garbage).
@ Sir ISO , agreed ! can't tolerate the hermies. This plant was a genetic freak from out the gate and looked nothing like the other 4 in structure , etc . had tri and single finger leaf the whole time but started budding first and I let my curiosity get the best of me.
Should have stuck with my gut and tossed it when I noticed the strange leaf structure. I grew a mexican sativa strain for many years back in the 70's-80's that was perfect for my climate and was peerless in potency back then. After 10 years or so we started getting hermies coming out in every grow and finally got so bad that we crossed it with some afgan kush in hopes that the fresh genes would cure the hermie problem and it did but we lost our straight sativa strain forever. Others tried the same thing with other strains such as blueberry , OG kush but none were ever as good as the original ....IMO anyway.. We started out with Panama Redbud bagseed back in the 70's and I have been trying to duplicate unsuccessfully ever since. So the quest continues....
@Kitties_and_Colas, Thanks but I prefer to think of it as " lesser gain " sort of way. She was a big healthy girl and had much more potential tough and that is for sure.
I always seem to goober up the photos and include at least one that doesn't belong in the group. The next to last photo is of a maui that belongs in with my 3rd run group this spring. Sorry.π¬
I wasn't satisfied with my bud development the past couple of weeks so decided to check soil ph and it had crept into the mid 7s. I use rainwater but the notes! A couple of doses of ph down and I am seeing a difference already.
@Rollex420, thanks Rolex, those runs were anything but . Looks delicious ! And thanks for the report on the dsd, been thinking about running some ( im a suckered for the bright colors ) . Will you grow it again or just not your cup of tea ?
@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, Thanks Bro, its coming along OK. I dream of a day when I can grow my meds in the open sunshine , unhassled like you my man. Your is off the chain Sir ! Digging that garden grow also , mans got to have something around to eat after partaking of the Ganga !
@Kitties_and_Colas, Thanks but I prefer to think of it as " lesser gain " sort of way. She was a big healthy girl and had much more potential tough and that is for sure.
Lost the manifold experiment sister to bud rot this week . I suspect all of the vegetation and so many colas in close proximity played a role. A real shame as she had the potential to be a lb or more plant. I am guessing 4-5 oz of immature bud off her. ( not including the oz or so thrown away because of boytris ) Will report back after drying her. Bummer !