Black Willie has been a spectacular grow. And really helped me control my Vocabulary when describing things …
Had I known it was a fairly short olant, I would NOT have FIMmed it, but the resulting tiny plant has truly put on a show in producing significant buds in each of the 16 colas. By the time the plant had matured that was down to 14 Branches.
Willie seems to be a little more sensitive to the lite, as the Leaves Taco’d when they approached the lite as closely as the other plants. I’ll keep that in mind for the future. I kinda blindly accepted the taco, knowing it was Lower in height than the other (still, doh)
This plant carried an attitude through the whole grow, remained a tight little bush and has really picked-up a sharp totally Noticable fragrance.
Dank, heavy with some Fruit notes way up high, have to say a bit of Berry at the top end for sure. And then its simply all EXOTICA
She worked very well, till there were only 2 smallish plants left. Them a small tent made sense.
(Spring 2022 germination will happen in this tent; 24+ plants)
Feb 23rd
Black Willie had been cut - weighed - hung. I am still amazed at how small this plant remained. However it certainly filled-in nicely with buds. Partly involved in issues with our CMH lighting, BW finished strong under LED
- hanging as 1-piece in a dark tent; 17.5c @ 55-60% rh. Trickle of air moving through the tent.
26th
- checked on the buds day 4 and all looks good. Smells even better. Gravity bringing colas together. At 1 week I will split branches up for better air access and rehang. Conditions steady at rh60%. That gets dropped in a couple days > 55%
27th
- found some uneven drying and simply chopped the branch pairs off and re-hung.
- Much better air circulation
March 1
- there is a sharp dank smell starting to come from these hanging buds. Drying nicely there is Still moisture being shed, gonna try to extend the hang. Fan slowed, rh55% 15.5c
- Day 7 today since Chop
March 4th 4 out of 4 tiny bud-branches snapped. and that was the signal I needed. Day 10 and the tent maintained a good climate for these two ladies.
** ps May 12 2022 and I’m almost ready to take the 7 week Black Willie outside for the rest of the Summer. The 1st grow was an amazing introduction and now we are going to let Willie loose on Nature ** an amazing strain folks
May 20th 2022, I have just posted a shot of the next Black Willie that I have grown.
No fooling with height, this beast was allowed to stand-up and she had become a spectacular structure. That Bud STILL ROCKS, it should be tried, Black Willie high thc
July 6 2022- B Willie is doing amazingly well. Pic posted
Can anybody help me ID what is happening to these Fan leaves, at the top of my Black Willie.
Leaf temp is 1c cooler than the room. Leaf 22c, room 23c, rh%55, lite distance 45cm.
The leaf is showing that its folding like a canoe. Always thought that was signs of “ “too hot”.
@sailormoonflowers, Thanks for looking I really appreciate your words.
Cool Place thats for sure and I still get help from all directions as well.
Heres to our Success
When leafs curl inwards like that it is to shut down photosynthesis. We refer to it as tacoing, Too much PAR on the plants is the exact cause of that. Using a thermal laser temp gun like the fluke 62 max and a PAR meter will help you achieve the most optimal position for your lights in relation to the plants.
@Green_Knight, Thanks for that information. Greatly appreciated. There was no obvious Stoppage of any growing or degradation of conditions, but I was nervous. Baby steps and research, people like yourself help keep my Plants together.
Thanks for stepping in
@LegacyMarketFarm,
My Kwazulu (s) are very pronounced in orienting their fan leaves in a "v" configuration when offered copious light.
Given that they collectively orient themselves toward the light source, my experience is that the plant is maximizing it's light exposure.
This is what I suspect most people including myself would call "praying".
On the flip side I have other plants that will curl leaves down and inwards along both the lateral & longitudinal axis simultaneously, under the same exact lighting conditions as the Kwazulu.
Needless to say, if the plant is otherwise healthy and thriving, I would not start making any dramatic change.
Dialling back the light intensity seems to be a safe first step, toward narrowing the possibilities.
@LegacyMarketFarm, that is the exact problem I was facing. BUT, I was monitoring the leaf temp vs the room, and the leaf temp was 2 degrees C cooler. I was also running a pretty cool room. Lights had been dimmed. Certainly a unique scenario with this Strain. Which was also a tad further away from the light, than the pine tar… lets call her sensitive, for the future.
Cheers bro