Day 102 (18/04/2022): Tenth week of flowering started !
Watering for Malawi 1: 6L, pH 6,2 with Elycitor 0,3g/L, Orga bloom 3ml/L and molasses 2ml/L..
They all smell great and start to be really sticky. Although it's not finished, most of the journey is already behind :(.
I play guitar for them at least once a week and I know that they love sounds and rhythm.
Cannabis plants strongly react to the attention you give to them and - there you can't cheat - to the way you really consider them ( simple plants or representatives of the living reign as you and I are too), the respect you really have for them and your intentions. More: I believe it affects the final result and the way the final results affects you.
Day 103: Nothing. Blooming H does its job for the third time and buds are fattening. I'll water the golden tiger's tomorrow.
Day 104: Watering for both goden tiger. 6L/plant, pH 6,2 with Elycitor 0,3 g/L, Overdrive 2ml/L and molasses 2ml/L. I took the day photos and put them on my dektop and erased them from my phone before going out to eat something. Well.. coming back, I put them to the trash and emptied it as I do everyday. Yes... Again.
Because of health issues, I stoped smoking 3 weeks ago (tobacco and anything else): I feel much better but my brain 's nervous balance is still in the middle of nowhere resulting into these kind of jokes. On another hand,I ll be 100% clean, prepared with energy at its max for my 1st encounter with Ace sativas.
Day 105: Watering for Malawi 2. 6L, pH 6,2 with Elycitor 0,3g/L, Boost + 1ml/L, molasses 2ml/L and sesni calmag 1,5 ml/L.
Checked the trichomes: Malawi 1 and both Golden tiger 's trichomes are cloudy with +/-+ 5% amber ?!?!??? WTF ?? 10th week of flowering isn't even finished... I'll get in touch with Ace seeeds to know if it's possible. If it is it means that I will harvest those 3 as soon as possible.
Day 106: Nothing to mention . Ace seeds answered (very nicely and quickly as usually). GT1 is the most advanced and can be harvested althought it's not fully ripe. They advise 1/2 more weeks for GT2 and Malawi 1 (who could however be harvested if I like early sativas). Even more than 1 or 2 weeks if I want the killer effect what they recommend.
=>I'll wait at least 2 more weeks. I have 2 GT1 micro buds from 1 week ago cleaning. I'll check if they're dry enough and will have a test to decide what I do with GT1.
Day 107: Watering for Malawi 1. 6L, pH 6,1 with Elycitor 0,35 g/L, Overdrive 2ml/L and molasses 2ml/L.
EDIT: I finally vaped the 2 dry GT microbuds... !!!
1) In the same vein than ' I put the photos of the day in to the trash and empty it - and sometime find them somewhere else the day after- , the 2 micro buds ( 0,15 g dry) didn't tell me anything about GT1 because they were from GT2 despite what I wrote yesterday.
2) vaped with my Solo 2, 3/4 hits at 170°C and 5/6 at 180 and 185 ¨C: It kicks in almost immediately but very gently.smoothly. After 3/4 minutes feeling good, high and happy it stopped for a while ( I thought I reached the pic... :) )and then go higher and stop for a while again before taking you higher and again and again and again for 1,5 hours. Very progressively, very gently, you get very very high, joy in your belly head in the clouds, then the effects lasted for another 2 hours: now when I"m writing these lines. The highest is behind but I'm not back yet. No anxiety, very good for tripping, listening or playing music, go deep inside.
Well... So promising thinking that all this comes from only 0,15 g of tiny buds who barely saw the light, hidden under the plant which isn't mature yet.
Day 108: Watering for both Golden tiger. 6L/plant,pH 6,1 with Elycitor 0,3g /L, Overdrive 2ml/L and molasses 2ml/L. Another advantage of scrog is plant's branch support. That said, I had to tie 2 branches now too heavy even for scrog.
I had lots of watering today with both tents and not enough time to take all photos before the light is off. I also ordered more Ace seeds ! This time Malawi x PCK, Congo and Zamaldelica x Kali china.
End of tenth week of flowering !
@@@Weedelfe, Well, I've not personally grown Panama x Malawi yet...I think it would be 1rightangle. I had the cross from their RD section Bubba Kush Katsu x Old Malawi Killer.
All Malawi were different but similar. All of them had in common a very intense effect on every hit (well, it comes to a point, if you roll a few grams joint....), with dizziness and visual effects. Not the common Sativa type high. I have grown many strains over years but the resin production on this strain is exceptional. Therpene profile vary from different phenotypes.
The one I Love the most😍 is the one crossed with Bubba Kush, from their RD section. But the strongest is the one grown with the Killer A5.
It is very stable in the way it won't hermie out and effects are consistent with some similar look, texture, background smell-taste. Awesome IBL breeding job from ACE preserving diversity and minimising hermaphrodite common survival traits from landraces.
What I've learned growing it? Don't be intimidated! stretch is about 3.5 but stop stretching before bulk. Medium feeding but might be Calcium hungry at bulk stage.
@Sorsdetacachette,Thank you Sorsdetacachette !
I'm very happy with the result. The downside is that I won't grow before a few months...What was the initial goal . :)
I have a look at your gorilla cookies daily and it looks like you won't be disappointed with the crop... ! 👌
Keep on the good work ! Cheers my friend.
You are at the right place: it all depends on how growers count days. As an example to me day 1 is when all seeds have broken soil, and a week is added to my diary once all days are passed. Like day 7 would be 1st week, day 14 week 2, so week 3 would be day 21.
(... I am the one who's struggling in veg. as my tents are in the same room, and for flowering purpose I have very low Rh and low night temps...)
All route leads to Rome.
Merry Christmas!
@sativaman,Thank you, Merry Christmas to you too !
I count day 1 as soon as I put a germinated seed in soil. Only a convention. But... i always count this way in order to compare from diary to diary.
Usually, on day 15, 4th node is almost fully grown, 5th growing 6 th starting to show up and secondaries are a bit more developed.
What changed ( strains apart) is T° ( using more eco bars but not anymore the tent's room electric heater as I used to do during winter) => Soil is warmer than usually
and the light.
I would say that the plants seem to like the light (SE 5000) but... Not quite as much than with the SF 4000 from what I remember and see from 3 last diaries.
I think that I have been a little too cautious when It's only 30 W more and that light is sprayed a different way with much less hot spot in the center.
@sativaman,Thank you ! I visited your diaries several times for the last months trying to get as much infos as I can about Malawi !
I chose 2 different malawi seeds by the size hopping for 2 different phenos. Yes, usually you don't use CO2 during seedlings ( neither than...germination :) )but they last +/- 6 months once activated= longer than the previous grow. So I use them anyway right now. It shouldn't hurt the plants.
Quel beau travail tes plantes sont magnifiques 🤩
On sent plus le master que l’apprenti quand on voit tes plantations …
J’espère , grâce à tes conseils que je pourrais m’approcher de tes résultats ( on peut toujours rêver 💭🌱-🌿-🌴-🌳)
Bonne continuation , et bonne chance pour le reste des aventures
@Sorsdetacachette,Thank you for the compliments and good wishes. These Ace seeds are great and react very well to scrog...that I don't like vey much ! 😂
Grow some and you'll even do better than me: Hydro is the way to go !
And your Fast buds Gorilla cookies looks awesome for now ! Many would like to grow such a nice plant 😎
You have a green thumb so nothing to worry too much about growing ! Cheers and later 😊
Pero que cultivo Dios mío.
Mis felicitaciones a tan gran trabajo, esas variedades son solo para manos expertas y los resultados que estas opteniendo son envidiables
@Aero_Sativo, Hello and thank you for the compliment !...Although I'm far from being an expert 😂 ! Yes, the results should be good and imo the reasons are 1) excellent genetics, 2) Good environmental conditions ( very good soil, good light correctly used, RH and T° checked and adjusted daily if required, correct watering, pH adjustment 3) scrog technique !! 4) good nutrients 5) much care and love. Nothing really special if you are really interested in the subject, experiment a bit and learn from your experiences.
@PaulM,Thank you PaulM !
I visited your diary several times , very excited to see your scrog. I think that your plants didn't grow enough because the lamp is 10/15 cm too far from canopy.
Good grow to you 🙏 !