Four weeks after pulling the plugs on solar cell lamps, plant 1 and plant 2 flowers are developing well. Initially, the first two weeks into flowering was slow. This weeks, the flowers started to develop in a hurry. Trichomes are pooing out. And in 35 degree heat, flowers is dripping wet with delicious ganja smell.
This week, hot and rainy weather returned. Oh well, this can happen. I hope December will be dry.
Top the soil with earth worm casting every two weeks. Drench soil with mollasses, seaweed, and epsum salt once a week. Spray the plant once with calcium nitrate. At this stage, there is a month left for plant 1 and plant 2. I no longer care about leave color. So, no more spraying and I shall start to remove leaves.
Plant 1 is nice and big. She is 160 cm tall in 80 liters pot.
Plant 2 is a bit smaller. There are some red color leaves. Temperature is 35 degree C. Red is due to genetic and not temperature. All the plants are also getting enough phosphorus from earth worm casting. So, I think that the red coloring is from genetic and could be from overdosing of iron.
Plant 3 just starting to put up wisps of pistil after a week.
Clones are coming along. They will test how eleven roses perform outdoor in 40 degree C tropical climate.
Also include in the pictures are two IHG girls. One Slurricane and one sugar cane. Stretchy Slurricane phenotype seemed to do better in Thailand than more indica leaning sugar cane.
@KingSalomonsWeed, Bangkok is tropical. Thai landrace is well known. However, these grow in hill country north of Bangkok. And I grow Indica hybrid out door. 😬
@GYOweed, becuz I usually put up diaries of my first runs. Once i learned what each strain like, i grow clones that do much better than what are in the diaries.
Some time “new” strains are just the same stuff as i have grown before. Only with different names .
So, this skunk x afghani blend is in well familiar territory.
@GYOweed, plant health has a lot to do origin of genetec vs sesonal sun intensity and temperature. This is my primary growing season for stretchy kush leaning plant.
@GYOweed, mine are getting tall. And they will only go into flowering after four mor months. Time to take prepare for topping to control bush shape. And I might as well take some clones.
it has been raining heavy here too
I just noticed this is Appalachian Kush x Sugar Black Rose
Appalacia is relatively humid like florida and has a lot of rain, and the best part is the people there like to get reaaalllly effed up so your keeper should be frosty and resilient.
You'll be playing the banjo in no time Mr. Tropic.
@Med_in_Tropic, do u remember the days u used to have smaller nugs with bug semen and mold everywhere? Im so proud of u now. Ive been pretty nostolgic lately
@GYOweed, i still have'nt update. One plant is okay. The other is too slow. In general, s;urries are slow in my climate. Feel like they are slow sativa than a proper indica.
I also have a sugar cane from IHG growing. Seemed to be more "indica" like than the slurries.
This week end, I think I would have time to spend on my garden. It is time for me to finally put plants ito flowering. Shall snap a few pics to up date.
Great stuff med. Really nice job on these, the end product looks spot on .
How's the bugs! Was that the only bud lost to them?? I don't think I've seen them in AUS. We do have these tiny like moths that leave a white powder on everything it touches. It reminds me of that with the white colour!
Another great grow and diary med 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@Shooey, these bugs flies about. Laid eggs. Have powedery protection. Then burrow in bettween flower buds. My anti-bugs fungi don't quite work on them.
These mealy bugs secrete syrup to lure ants. Given a chance, ants woudl farm and protect these buds. The bug syrup is a cause of mold.
I "lost" aout 10 grams due to these. There was not much rot. But I separate the buds to pervent them sreading mold in my curing boxes. These "lost" buds are ususally my tip to people working on my house on odd jobs like servicing my air condition units and heavy yard work.
It is troublesome to dispose of branches and leaves from my trees. So I have people who do this professionally help me.