President 47 Fem

SouthernIndica Hey Everyone! These AK47 Phenos from President Seeds are in their 20th-ish week of veg and will be starting their 12/12 cycles today. Have been waiting for my cloning replacement gear to arrive to grab a few clones of the AKs because these are some real study genetics! Also waiting for a 240W light upgrade as the lights I have right now are really cheap and just don't provide adequate light. And I know these girls will really enjoy the new light going into flower. The passed 2 weeks have been no nitrogen based feeds, only water from our 2 x 5000L tanks outside. 1 gets borehole water and the other collects rain water. Much better than chlorinated tap water! and the pH sits at a cozy 5.9 usually. hardly ever needs amending really which is great. I SNAPPED THE MAIN STEM OF AK PHENO 1 :O :O !! - Not a total break but it enough of a break to make me worry. I covered the wound with antibacterial rooting gel and taped it for some support. Has never happened to me going into flower so I hope she will recover. Will keep a close eye on her. In the tent is also an unknown strain that came from a seed from my last year outdoor grow. I'm not sure the strain. Also a Lychee seedling that my mother planted a few months ago but was hidden away in the corner of the garden, suffered crazy winter weather and had leaf blight.. found moth worms in the soil so gave it new soil and a home in the tent and the leaf blight seems to have stopped at least. Trying to save it.. Any tips for Lychee seedlings? 😆

SouthernIndica This week has been no real development in any flowering. No clear signs of pre-flower. Feed this week has been once weekly with the Symbionics Molasses Supplement and the Boom Bloom from Bud Juice. The sweet smell of the molasses always gets me lol. Stem that snapped is holding out very well, she will be just fine going into flower :) The Lychee i'm trying to save is growing!! I am so happy about that! Good to know I will be able to bring this little one back to life. Been a slow week, waiting for flowers to develop is as exciting as it is like watching paint dry haha.

SouthernIndica This week at first in the beginning there was no clear sex being shown on the girls, after a week of 12/12 light periods. At the start of this week, which was 2nd week of 12/12, there was no pistils on monday morning but but the afternoon there were a few that I could see. The rest of the week the pistils and calyx's started filling up nicely. Really impressed with the outcome of the new lights and the growth i'm seeing in the 2 girls. The 9 clones i took from the two AK moms have all successfully rooted, some more than others but they all showed visible roots, i planted the 9 clones on wednesday into slightly larger pots to get them ready to come out of the humidity dome. For the next 2 days i let the humidity in the dome even out and get them ready to go outside soon. Today on saturday they have been placed outside for this outdoor season. I have been feeding the girls the same regular low dosage bloom and molasses and amino acids, i may start increasing the dosage very slightly this week as there is rapid growth happening. The lychee is having a hard time in the lesser humid flowering environment, placed it in the humidity dome.

SouthernIndica Mid Week - 17/10/23 Many many bud sites! There are bud sites that are not getting much light because branches are too closely packed. Decided to do a little LST on the girls to open them up. I chose LST over removing the bud sites because i figured it would be less stressful during flower. The stem that snapped healed so well! the Kushy Rooting Gel was pretty effective! Will continue to update Friday - 20/10/23 Girls have responded well to the LST, there are more bud sites open to the light and both girls are flowering really well. President 47 makeup is 40% Indica / 60% Sativa AK Pheno 1 is technically 3 weeks older since she was germinated first, AK pheno 2 was an impulsive decision to germinate the last President 47 Seed I had. The 3 week difference made a huge impact on the size of the two girls, AK pheno 1 is noticeably larger especially since starting her flower stretch. AK Pheno 2 has a different structure to AK pheno 1 - Pheno 2 is not showing as much stretch as Pheno 1 and the internodal spacing is much shorter. AK Pheno 1 seems to have a lesser leaf to flower ratio forming, with AK Pheno 2 looking like there might be more leaves - but both have many bud sites and developing nicely. This weeks feed with bloom was increased from 1.5ml/L to 2.5ml/L - The Symbionics Molasses feed was kept at 2ml/L Only fed once each this week. Symbionics on tuesday and Bloom on friday. 2 - 3 days in between, depending on moisture levels, will be a regular watering with pH lowered to ~5.8pH as directed by the nutrient feed. Soil pH seems to remain in the 6.1 - 6.3 range. Really enjoying the humidity levels staying in the 50s and not having to do much to regulate it because of the warm spring weather, keeping the levels below 55% eliminates the chances of bud rot forming. So far so good! I'm excited to see these girls through the next few weeks as they grow.

SouthernIndica the new lights are AMAZING! The difference in my girls is night and day compared to old cheapos i had. Lesson learnt, DONT CUT CORNERS TO SAVE A BUCK! lol Everything is going so well. The girls have started bulking up their flowers and sprouting pistils everywhere! Bumping up the nutrients slightly this week, looks like the girls may need the extra bit, but still not at full strength. The clones are doing well, some of them have pistils because when I cut the clones they were for about 3 days in the 12/12 tent with the mothers, which I failed to realize, but got them out as soon as i did. So some are going back into veg, but i dont think its a big deal as they seem to be doing pretty well, other than the wind throwing them around a little. The Lychee I rescued has completely blown me away!! The little guy just exploded with growth all of a sudden, picking up that the humidity in the tent was lowering to 50% which was not ideal for the lychee seedling so I placed her inside a humidity dome with a few squirts of water. Also learnt that potassium and phosphorus are crucial nutrients, so i'm feeding it a very light dose of the Boom Bloom which is high in both. This seems to have done the trick and she is just LOVING it! You can see in the picture how dull the leaves look and the shape she was in. Couldn't be happier to see new growth coming out especially at the speed it's growing! Will continue to update in the week as things move along! Happy Growing!

SouthernIndica The AKs have started bulking up and stacking their flowers, Really hope the flower to leaf ratio is in favor of flower. There is not much of a smell, getting up really close there is a sweet smell like berries, cant really put my finger on it. Kept the nutrients at the same levels as last week, almost at full strength feed which i'll work my way to in the next 2 weeks give or take. I want to cut feeding 2 weeks before i plan to harvest, with 1 week before getting a nice flush with 5.8pH water. Can say we're around that half way mark to harvest, perhaps another 4 to 5 weeks but will monitor the girls and decide closer to the time, looking for all cloudy with a slight touch of amber. The Lychee is just making me proud, she is growing so well! safe to say i've successfully revived her and given her another chance at life :) not sure where to go from here though, should she stay in the tent or should she start getting comfy outside? Been a productive week :)

SouthernIndica Week 5 starting and already the girls are looking yummy! This week will still be the increased nutrients, and next week will be full strength feed for the following week as well, by week 7 i may start flushing as the girls get closer to harvest. AK Pheno 1 has a very sweet and pleasant smell, but Pheno 2 has a more Gasy smell which is interesting. There is a clear difference in their aroma lol. The flower to leaf ratio of AK Pheno 1 is less foliage and more flower, but different with AK Pheno 2 where the foliage ratio is much more foliage than flower. The two of them are a few weeks apart in age which may have attributed to those differences but i think it weighs more on their genetics. The Lychee seedling in the tent is also doing super well, i dont know if i should try focus more on adding nitrogen or if i should stay with the higher potassium feed. The leaves are turning green but its a very light shade, may need a tad bit more nitrogen which I think i can give a try this week and see if there is any change that follows. Updated: 07.11.23 The smell in the tent is getting more intense, a wave of aroma hits me the second I zip open. Fed on Tuesday their Molasses and Amino Acids. Flowers are fairly dense and branches feel like they have some weight to them. Pistils are starting to mature at a rapid pace and looking very close to harvest. I haven't looked at any trichomes yet if they're clear or cloudy, but I suspect mostly clear at this stage. Will flush the girls in week 7 or 8 before harvest as directed by the nutrients, depending on the maturity of the trichomes. Aiming for all cloudy with maybe a touch of amber, but would like to avoid any amber if possible. Really satisfied with my first seed to harvest indoor grow💚😁

SouthernIndica Week 6, so close to harvest I can taste it. Feeding this week with nutrients comes to an end. I will be just watering with pH balanced water down to around 5.9 Goal now is to get rid of excess nutrients in the soil, the girls will start to pull nutes from their fan leaves thus starting to show their autumn colours. Fingers crossed. The flowers on AK Pheno 1 are SUPER DENSE! Also showing a more sativa like growth. Her sister however is a short and bushy girl. Both have very nice flower, the extra 3ish weeks of veg for AK Pheno 1 really shows a big difference between the two. The clones I took from the AKs that rooted for 3 days accidentally in the tent which was a 12/12 cycle, have all continued to flower outside😅 like I mean really go full flower.. so much for hoping they would go back into veg lol. But I learnt a valuable lesson, that if I kept them in the tent, I may have ended up with pretty decent and large colas on each clone. I'm very keen to try this some time😁 The Lychee seems to have taken a break from its growth spurt. Not growing as quickly as she was, I know the soil should stay moist but not soaked and it feels pretty damp so I'm going to have her taken out of the humidity dome. I really do think she should be outside in the sun so I'm going to start getting her ready for that. Exciting weeks ahead. Harvest of the AKs is just around the corner!

SouthernIndica Week 7 ends and the Girls look about ready for harvest. Trichomes are all cloudy with a chance of amber, just how I want it. The aromas are intense fruity berries and candy, very sweet. Pretty solid colas, the density is great. Their arrangements to be harvested is underway!

SouthernIndica Harvest day! Super excited to get the dry and cure underway. Humidity in the tent is at 55% trying to get it lower than 50% but I'm happy. Little chance of bud rot happening. No scale to weigh wet weight but it's pretty heavy lol. I think I can expect a decent yield this grow, colas are very dense. The smaller AK dried a little quicker than the larger AK, after trim Pheno 2 (smaller AK) had a very strong gas perfume like aroma, not something I can really describe it to be honest. But I really like it, can't wait for a decent smoke test after curing. Pheno 2 is all sweet. Like candy fruits and berries, just so different to her sister. After trim Pheno 2 had much more frostier buds that were better looking and a little more dense. Not a massive harvest overall, the girls never ha the best veg time under the old and only got the upgraded lights a week into flower. Once the lights came it was a day an night change in growth. Next grows under these lights will be the defining moment