Humboldt Afghani in the desert

The days have been hot so I try to keep the soil moist without overwatering. Put this pine needle mulch around the surface to try to keep the moisture in my soil from evaporating before she sprouted. She found her way through in the end. I water with a watercan. watered this seed pretty rough - I usually mist the water onto the soil after planting seeds but it seems the pine needles helped diffuse the water across the surface. I water them with about .5 gallons of well water over 2-3 pours to help the moisture absorb into the soil rather than of the pot. It is also windy most days which results in some conditions not unlike a Hairdryer the fabric pots can dry out on you pretty quickly so I try to check on her often. Weather reports of some decent rain for the next week hopefully if the temperature cools enough and we get a little rain we won't have to water her for a day or two. They seem to really explode with growth on these cool humid days. See yall next week.

I did my best to try to average the grow conditions over the week. Its been relatively mild for the area. A front blew in and whipped the girls around. I had to pull their wagon from out in the open to an area where they weren't being abused. I took them back over the bright white caliche when it calmed down a little. (Caliche is hard to look at sometimes its so bright when its reflecting the light similar to Mylar or Foil. Obviously not as intensely but still giving the girls some extra light I think.) No additional nutrients this week. Been having some nice well water and an occasional kiss of a rogue raindrop. This lady was allowed to have a chance to "dry" out a little bit to help try to prune her roots during the nice overcast days we had through the week. The first leaves after the original cotyledon stretch a massive 5 inches across, 5x the plants height. I don't reckon I have recognized such strong horizontal growth in anything I have grown as of yet. I wonder if the leaves will just be massive or if the plant is already showing its strong Indica genetics with fat leaves, and a wide bushy structure. As she gets a little larger I will try to take a few more photos. Perhaps I can include some more for this week. As at the moment of writing this I don't think it has been a full 7 days since our previous entry. We will do our best to come and see all the kind words. Thanks for checking us out! See you next week.

Just Starting out this week with a couple of photos and and update on the grow. Transplanted her into a 33" diameter 12" tall fire ring. Relearning how to find the area of cylinders I found this thing is πr^2(h) 3.14(16.5^2)(12) = 10,258 sq. inches. A gallon has 213 sq inches. I learned there are imperial gallons, though they are measured 277 sq inches. 10,258/213= 48.1614 gallon pot. Mixed in a mixture of spagnum peat, organic soil, manure humas material, Down-to-Earth kelp meal, neem seed meal, and greensand. Dr. Earth HomeGrown, Nitrogen favored NPK Bat Guano and eventually Flower Girl. I also added a big shot of bloodmeal from a generic brand into the soil mixture. In addition, bone dust in the transplant area from the same company. i'll be back with more words. We are growin steady and well. The plant has nice tapered out leaves with a lot of surface area for photosynthesis. Its branches are just pushing out of their Nodes enjoying the sun.

Overcast and cool lately the Humboldt Afghani is loving it. Relatively mild but we are in the desert after all I am just thankful we aren't midsummer cookin' we could be averaging 5 degrees hotter days already the 10-day reports rain and mild temperatures throughout this week aswell. Her leaves were so large and heavy she could barely lift them up so they did take some damage and have some battle scars. Just goes to show the resiliency of the strain she seems absolutely undeterred by it and has finally grown-into her floppy ears. I'll try to leave them on they are plump leaves and great for energy. I would like to see how massive they become. Rain is hit and miss and it doesn't often hit here. So I simulated a rainshower with a lawn sprinkler after having them dry out from the water I had given them during transplant into these new firerings. This pile of compost they sit on top of mainly consists of grass clippings and potash and is very hot. Weeds refuse to start inside of it and will only grow on the edge but they grow very quickly so It will be interesting to see what will happen when these girls dip their roots into the potent nutrients. As always thanks for coming and checking us out and taking an interest into the growth of my plant as well as my hobby. Best of luck on your grows and see you next time. Come back throughout the week as I try to up date the pictures every few days and update the text on any changes.

Hey folks. She got thrashed by a pretty good storm but I think she'll pull through. This season is an anomaly the rainfall has been above average and a tornado occurred just a few miles away. The girls were looking absolutely stunning before hand though. I was very proud that morning and before even lunchtime it started hailing. It will be easier to tell what the real damage is when I can get into the mud without making a mess but mostly the plant was fine. Still raining good hadn't had to water her. Got her cleaned up from the hail damage and decided to try out cutting all of her branches out from below. Hopefully I end up with a tree.

This week has been nice and warm. I say warm - in reality we are cookin'. The rain has chilled out and I might be able to finally water these girls again in a day or two. Now that they are established I am thinking of topdressing the soil with some Tomato Secret. I topped the plant trying to get a F.I.M. result I want 4 main stems out of this tree trunk base. I've taken some branches out from above the lowest leaves the rest of the girl is growing unimpeded. I won't be defoliating for the rest of the week at the very least. She responds well to the plucking of limbs. She just seems to double in size visually everyday. It maybe just be my fishermans' story - but watch along we want to show you our fall colors. 6/13 just watered these girls with about a tablespoon maybe more 8% hummic acid. 1/2 gallon for each girl assuming me water can is 1 gallon. Everyone is looking happy happy happy. Going to get out there and try to pull some weeds from around the old compost pile and the planters. They're taking all my expensive organic amendments. I've decided against the Tomato Secret and will instead pack these girls with some Dr. Earth Flower Girl dry organic amendment this evening - that way when she is ready to eat some P, K it will be baking and available towards the end of the month as summer solstice is merely a week away now, how time flys. Hope this girl explodes. weeds were wed. EZ 6/14 - 91 degrees Fahrenheit 12% humidity. Now these are my normal growing conditions. Humbold Afghani is loving it and branching out like wild going to let the branches do their thing for a bit and top them when they have about 2-3 nodes of growth. Im trying to water the area around her to help bring down the temperature of the area if not allow the wind to pick up some of that moisture and blow it across the plant to help cool things down and encourage downward root growth.

Branches are taking off out of this central area looks just like a tree. Not sure if my F.I.M. took and I think I just topped her but her node spacing is tight so it worked out regardless - her leaves are bigger than my hands. 12" tall and about 18" across. She could probably be trimmed so leaves and branches aren't trying to grow into the plant and obstruct other leaves and branches. once these branches get a little clear of each-other I will top them. The plant would benefit from LST but im just going to let her do what she wants and just defoliate problem areas. raked away the mulch and introduced some Dr. Earth flowergirl into a topdress feeding. evened out the mulch and applied more to cover the soil better. I will also drench the soil in a tea of the remaining supply when she shows signs as well as worm castings, humic acid, Dr. Timz tree secret. Heat is getting us good but we're pushing through. trying to water the plants in the a.m. water the surrounding area so that it cools the wind pushing through. watering the compost around the raised beds to keep from sapping. I would introduce shade but o7 life is hard girls. She is holding onto her big leaves like nobodys buisiness and frankly I think they've been keeping this girl soaring with her head above the clouds. I don't want to pluck on her too much more. I've mostly got all the leaves away from eachother so they aren't growing into eachother and i've topped her branches to bring out my final touch of training. this girl should in theory grow out similar to an Acacia. This week is the week of summer solstice - may she stretch to at least fill the diameter of her planter with several flowering nodes

All I am doing is letting her ride out the summer into the fall now. Pumping her full of water everyday. Too hot to let off I have to cool these girls down so I let the sprinkler rain on them and the area around them. Needs weeded again. I will probably make a 1gallon can of the flower girl as a fertilizer drench with some humic acid and some variation of a molasses source probably Tree Secret if not straight up molasses. cleared out some leaves growing into eachother plucked anything trying to grow into itself and thinned her out for airflow absolute heavy defoliation and branch removal here at the end of the week on a nice breezy overcast day.

Im not the happiest about the size of our humbold afghani but she has put up with a remarkable amount of stresses I myself had inflicted the majority of.. I do like her shape however. This structure will hold some large flowers I think we're going to need it. Blackberry Kush neighbor as you can see is happy happy happy with her regiment. Don't have a diary on her but ain't she a healthy lookin' girl. thanks for coming back. Should be drifting into flowering territory. going to start feeding her some fox farm open sesame.

Plants are showing sex - smooth sailing 2 months - Looking strong and healthy. Enjoying the sun. Once a week shes been getting a dose of Fox Farm Open Sesame since showing flowers until they are established and then we are switching to Fox Farm beastie buds If its a hot week i'll dose lightly. If its going to cool down I'll give a good dose.

I hurt my Achilles tendon some how but was able to peg leg these girls through another week. Feeling better now. Inspecting the Afghani sometimes I see a bit of shiny resins already developing. It is sadly pretty hot so these girls don't have much musk at the moment. Plucked the Blackberry Kush hard to get rid of some weak branches. let about the top 1/3 survive most of the limbs. The Humboldt Afghani flowers take about 50 days putting these girls on schedule for about the week of September 14-22. thanks for hanging out with us and get ready for the show!

Have you been following along well enough to tell which girl is which? Things are going well. hot hot hot. Feeding some Beastie Bloomz fed heavier to the Humboldt Afghani she was asking for some. Shes got some visible crystals doing well for me out in this miserable heat. thanks for the visit.

Shes closing in on her due date. Look at those flowers stack and swell. 32/50-60 days suspected harvest time. Do you remember? the 21st night of September?

this girl will stiffarm pathogens, bugs, and even nosey neighbors. If you are a gorilla grower and you want a squat plant that can produce some serious weight this is your girl. The internodal spacing - almost non existent. if Danny Devito was a plant it would be her. But her flowers mature to the size of softballs and FAST. She is curing now, but inside those buds have some wonderful fuel like smells. very pungent almost sour..My second method buds smell very skunky and sweet like candy - so I think i'll be looking into perfecting this method and looking into more of its pros and cons. The blackberry kush survived another 2 weeks and was chopped just before a week of storms. She just recently dried up and was packed into bags herself. Her flowers smelling smoke-ready as is. We'll see what she's pushes out flavorwise here come halloween.