Eleven Roses flowers are juicing up quickly. Loads of sticky trichome on main flower bouquets. Leomony/kush smell dominates my garden. Eleven Roses started off slow but looks like it will take only 56 days of flowering. WIth only a couple more weeks to go, mold started to form on a flower nugget. Well, it had been humid. And next entire week is supposed to be dry.
The only thing that I can do is place my faith in Eleven Roses genetic resistance to mold.
This throws my cloning plan off a little bit. I wanted put Slurricane and Banana Joint in the two flowering spot being occupied by Eleven-Roses. So, I have to cut Slurricane branches off for rooting now. And it will give Slurricane two weeks to recover before putting her into flowering spot.
Last week, I fed Eleven Roses with more Epsom salt for magnesium, seaweed powder extract for potassium, and molasses to keep the microbes going. Also added a quart of milk to 20 liters pail and water the plant with that. Milk is to promote lactic acid bacteria in the soil.
Toward the end of the week, I top the soil one last time with a couple liters of earth worm casting. Also started to trim off some fan leaves. By the end of next week, I’ll trim off more fan leaves. This way smaller leaves will extend themselves out and make trimming easier during the harvest.
With only two more weeks to go, I still keep feeding Eleven-Roses with earth worm casting, seaweed, and molasses in my normal manner. I really never had problem with fertilizer making buds taste bad. No idea why people are hyping about flushing before harvest. Also I am going to re-use the soil and 80-liters pot in a “not till manner. So, I want to keep soil alive and active.
Plant 3 is blooming well.
Clones are coming along quite fast. I’ll let them flower around March. And this would put them right in the hottest season.
@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.