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Balkh Afghan Pheno Hunt & Preserevation

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Week 1. Vegetation
2 years ago
2.54 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
70 %
27 °C
Germination went well, all 13 Balkh made it. Day 3 out of soil everything is looking good.
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Week 2. Vegetation
2 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
40 %
27 °C
Looking good not much to say
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Week 3. Vegetation
2 years ago
15.24 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
40 %
27 °C
Looking good, not much to say they're just now getting established and really starting to grow. They definitely seem to be decently vigorous however not nearly as fast/big as the Lao. Its fun to observe the different leaf shapes/sizes
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Week 4. Vegetation
2 years ago
22.86 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
45 %
27 °C
Day 22 the tents starting to fill in! I will begin flower next week. Its nice to see these plants are already branching, many tend to display tendency towards lateral versus vertical growth.
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Week 5. Flowering
2 years ago
30.48 cm
12 hrs
27 °C
Weak
45 %
27 °C
These plants are really starting to fill out the tent so I went ahead and flipped to flower. I have no complaints atm just waiting to sex these out and then figure out how I'm gonna separate males and females. Its insane looking at these plants next to the Lao. They seem to have a similar number of leaves but all in the same 6 inches rather than spread over 2 feet haha. I'm starting to see why indicas are the only strains you see on the shelves at the dispo
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Week 6. Flowering
2 years ago
45.72 cm
11 hrs
27 °C
Weak
45 %
24 °C
Came back from vacation and have been able to sex them out into two different tents. Theres only 4 females out of 13 seeds but that's definitely enough and that means I'll be able to make a nice male selection to cross to my favorite Lao. The plants are all looking happy + healthy and and starting to stretch out pretty nice. One of the females is definitely a runt but somehow the runts often end up being the best flower so I'm not tossing it.
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Week 7. Flowering
2 years ago
45.72 cm
11 hrs
27 °C
Weak
45 %
24 °C
Not a ton to update on. Im starting to feel out my male selections and have my eyes on two different phenos. The females are praying like crazy, I've never seen any plant pray so hard so looks like they're happy and off to a good start in flower.
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Week 8. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
11 hrs
24 °C
Weak
45 %
21 °C
This week has pretty much been on cruise control. The females are starting to fill out with pistils and the lowers will be ready for pollination in the next few days. The males have been dumping pollen super hard and are way surpassing the space available in the tent. I'm having a hard time choosing a keeper male a lot of them have similar structure and similar smell although one is showing some purple which might be trait I may want to pass on.
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Week 9. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
11 hrs
24 °C
Weak
45 %
21 °C
Not too much to update on. I pollinated a branch of each female for preservation. The buds are just starting to form and the leaves are beginning to purple up around the edges. I'm still having a hard time deciding on a keeper male, no one plant seems much better than any other so maybe there is no keeper?
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Week 10. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
11 hrs
24 °C
Normal
45 %
21 °C
The Balkh are coming along nicely, very easy to grow. The buds are really starting to fill up although it looks like there might've been some crossover pollination on some. We're starting to get into the fade and they're definitely starting to put on some smells. I've narrowed my male selection down to 4, we'll see if I can cut it down anymore or if I'll just use all of them for breeding.
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Week 11. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
11 hrs
24 °C
Normal
45 %
21 °C
These plants are starting to really ripen and fade out. Should be ready in 2 weeks or so. Looks like there's been a lot of stray pollen contamination so I might harvest early and just try to get started with a new round as soon as possible. Im starting to get a feeling for the different phenos but we'll see how they smoke. The small one has lime terps, the two medium ones are berry scented with some gas and the big pheno has almost no odor. Good news is I found a male with some resin that I'm going to hold onto. I narrowed down my male selection to 3 plants to use for any further pollination.
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Week 12. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
11 hrs
24 °C
Normal
45 %
21 °C
Plants completely wilted over the last 48 hours... At first I thought it might be overwatering but I'm now thinking it might be fungal. I'll probably have to chop them down like tomorrow if they don't get better.
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420pete
420petestarted grow question 2 years ago
Complete wilting of garden over 48 hours... My best guess is its fusarium wilt. Is there any chance that I could save and reveg a plant or is this pretty much a complete death sentence?
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
your male tent looked to be doing the same thing on week 10, I would guess this is a long term issues from under/over watering and something is not rotten in the medium causing all these issues. need to get that under cantonal and stabilized. Best Of Luck!
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ChamiChumi
ChamiChumianswered grow question 2 years ago
It's not fusarium, it's more like root rot
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
wow, no experience with that so no idea on the fungal infection. if about to toss out, maybe lift plant from pot a bit and inspect roots? i would think it would be a clear sign in root zone if it is an infection? you should clear out dead, fallen leaves. this is an opportunity for microbial growth - good or bad. I see dead leaves in pots last 4 weeks in pictures. probably not the cause here, i'd assume. those tall ones look like they started to go downhill after week 7 or 8. Lost their perkineess. anything newly added since week 7? it may have taken a while to build up severity... even anything new (product or behaviour) a week or two before that.
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