Day 28 and we are in flower !!!.
The Purple monkey have really accelerated their growth this last week and have been building flowers for the past 3 days. They are all really healthy looking with nice strong limbs to support the upcoming fruits. There are 2 different phenotypes by the look of them with #3 being slightly different to the other 2 .
I have been gently shaping them towards the pots edges without stunting their growth too much vertically. They are very long limbed from their stretching and the nodes lengths are a fairly medium distance from each other so won't be forming donkey di#$s buds but should have some very nice cluster buds with their overall indica leaning sides. At around 18 inches tall and still stretching, these girls could be great yielders. No signs of any issues at all with the addition of the sumo boost which will support the flowering cycle but won't stop the stretch as other boosters can do. this means I can use it from the start of flowering.
Banana mash have spent the week stretching past rhe tries and opening up for light. They are a little behind the Monkey girls but are showing starts of flowers now. Their limbs are a lot less solid than the other strain too with a loose limbed appearance more like a bush. 2 of them have been set in a more splayed out mainline approach to keep them low and get the lowers into the canopy too .i have included some pics of the lst to show howbi did itThey have a lot of potential mains now that the apical dominance has been broken. hopefully a ring of buds should form on them both now. the #1 is more natural with a topping only to stop her getting too tall. She has some nice mains forming now too. The Mutant Banana is a really odd lady. she has so many growth tips close together in her bunched up appearance. She is starting to stretch now so will finish quite good I think. I have been growing out 2 seeds that came from previous grows of exotic strains. sadly the pollen "donated " came from another breeders strain but hit most of the crop on a couple of buds so gave me seeds. i am testing a couple out with this run so include them for their exotic connections. The mango cream X is doing brilliant and had to be supercropped over into an s shape to hold her down a little. def female so far and growing very quickly. The Exotic ? is just starting her real growth now but will be a squat lady by the look of her so far. no idea which she is but will be an interesting grow out for fun. The fact that one went into flowering already is a good sign of an auto genetic at least. So there we have it growmies another week done and exciting times ahead in flower. be a safe and well.
@spyder,Thanks spyder. i am a fan of the breeders tbh. just finishing some more of their genetics with 3 strains and had an excellent mango cream harvest from 4 too. excited to see what we have here now.
@TrickOrTrip,thanks trip. loving the vigour of them so far. all so willing to play ball. now seeing buds so no sneaky male nanners either. lol . I am on virgin defence mode now after last run had a non-eunuch sneak in and spread pollen...be well bud
@Ferenc, thanks. the co2 jas always been a great help with the oven the space can create. deflecting the suns heat away from the roof tiles was a huge win once I got it right. does stop a lot of overheating when the summer hits here . genetics for sure plays a big role too.
@MarsHydroLED, thank you. got to sing the praises of the tsl2000 and the sp3000. i can keep a lot of plants moving through with the footprint it gives out. All three stages in together to keep perpetually growing. I have the tent rattling in a box waiting to get used now too will be figuring out a best way for use it without losing the great footprint already being achieved. would love to put the sp3000 inside the tent with 6 plants but would lose the great results i am getting from them in this array now. the tsl is brilliant but would struggle to keep them as happy and productive on its own in a big space like the 5ftx5ft footprint and I wouldn't be able to bring younger plants along until the harvests either. trying to figure it out at lol thank you
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Hello there! Love those sativa leaning hybrids with their long stems and stacking buds style like yours, awesome, some need very little manicuring!
Well done and thanks for sharing!
@Eauderay, Thanks for the positives. Have to agree there too. sommuchbeasier to rim a few fans off and a little manicure of sugar leaves. bundles of bud always look like fruit to crunch too. so different to the other 2 with their donkey doing appearance. spikey looking buds on #3 too. have high hopes for these ladies.