56 days flowering, I shall harvest Eleven Roses tomorrow. Some parts are ripe. They have some fox tails. However, I want to clear the space for my next grow. And I don’t think a couple more weeks will make much of the difference for premium grade buds.
Last week, Eleven Roses showed more purple color on fan leaves. It is pretty but I trim off fan leaves anyway.
Fed the plants as usual but I added some dilute yoghurt. Next grow will use the same soil pretty much as it is.
There is no visible mold and forecast called for dry weather. Timing is perfect.
Plant 3 is doing nicely on the third week. And the clones grow quickly in cooler climate. Our cool climate is 30 degrees C during the day and 20 degrees in the early hours.
Drying will take a week. And harvest weight / smoke report will be update around the new year.
So far, I am very happy with Eleven Roses growth behavior. The strain is tolerance to heat and humidity. There had been a mold issue when flowers went under two weeks straight rain. But it had cleared. After recovery, there had been no more sign of mold. The smell lessened. I think smell is a reaction to mold attack.
Nice surprise is the pretty dark purple leaf colors during the last week or flowering. It is nice but personally, I go for effect and production rather than color.
This round what I did differently were:
Feeding mostly with earth worm casting.
Using much more Epsom salt
Using less compost tea, less compost tea, no fish tea, no amino acid, no humic acid, no bat guano.
Used anti-bugs microbes in soil and both on plant from the start. And stop spraying the microbes after pre-flowering.
Switch auxin from IAA to IBA.
Cloning without fertilizer.
@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.