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calendar week 24 - yesterday i chose one of my remaining Nirvana MW seeds, that I had in a blue glas inside my fridge for over **2 years** !?
24h acclimatization
24h in a little puddle of water (titanium sake cup - that's why it sparkles so pretty)
-- moved to cotton pads
Pictures with a very cheap digital usb microscope from china - which has exactly 2 zoom levels where it is possible to see something 😉
19.06. planted into normal plant earth (nothing special - really just dirt grabbed from the store)
20.06. 2cm tall - so far not using special cannabis soil is working out OK - no nutrients added
well she sure isn't growing a whole lot... but she isn't autoflowering so I should be able to salvage the old girl
I prepared my old soil from the last grow... added some nematodes and stuff...
well it took a while... but she is finally starting to come through...
I also added another of my old MW seeds to try out getting some more seeds:
The 2nd Nirvana's Maui Waui I grew had such a marvelous aroma and intense effect, that I really would like to have a stash. 💚
sooo... the 2nd seed seems to be growing MUCH faster than the 1st one...
I might have to switch up my strategy of growing the 1st one for harvesting and the 2nd one for making feminized seeds...
if the 2nd MW outgrows the 1st - I will either switch their containers or get a second growbag
08-05: earth recycling may have been a mistake - or the tap water's ph is too high again... well - I am pretty sure the second seed will grow nicer anyway so this one may be turned into a seed-shooter
some small spots on the first, bigger MW... since I was sloppy with earth, ph and nutrients - I am using the first MW for making feminized seeds.
I just re-potted the second, smaller MW into a 11l fabric pot with "canna terra professional plus" soil.
both plants won't fit into my tiny, battered 40x40x120cm tent so I will keep the first MW outside on the terrace.
I tied a blue ribbon around the left branch and sprayed it with colloidal silver to become male... the right branch will stay female. shaking the plant should then give me seeds 💚😄
the new MW is growing a bit faster but higher than the one I am now using to make feminized seeds... I topped her and will switch to 12:12 soon
The 2nd seed I started in WEEK-5 seems to be growing a bit faster than the 1st one.
Remembering from last time that MW triples in size when flowering - I will wait just a bit longer.
The clone I cut last week (08-18) and put into a water jar seems to be doing OK.
Original Plant: looking good! but the colloidal silver does not seem to really have an effect so far even though it is 100PPM and i spray half of the plant 3 times a day
New Seed: going very strong after 2 toppings and in the tiny 4l fabric pot
Old cutting: zero roots... does not look too healthy anymore - I just now re-cut it and dipped it into cinnamon and honey (didn't do that the 1st time)
New cutting: dipped into cinnamon and honey - hopeful
09-04: cut off lower branches of non-seed producing test plant - so now I have 4 new cuttings dipped in cinnamon and honey and put into water with some aspirin in it
the first plant I keep spraying with colloidal silver (1 of the 2 branches on it) does not show any signs of becoming partially male... :(
I am no longer hopeful, that the first plant will produce seeds... I keep spraying half of it with colloidal silver and have been for a while now... certainly more than 2 weeks... You can see on the picture: beautiful buds are forming - that are no longer safe for consumption for fear of argyira.
So I guess the entire plant needs to be doused with CS - not just half of it. Or I am doing something wrong...
The 2nd plant is stretching as expected - it grew about 20-25cm in the last 2 weeks since switching to 12:12.
have any of you ever tried spraying only 1 (the bigger one) of the 2 main branches of your plants grown from a feminised seed with colloidal silver in order to create more seeds? I tried and am pretty sure the experiment failed...
STS works better and needs less applications from what I have seen, can be pricier initially, but I have only ever used CS.
I reversed a plant with a 10PPM concentration of CS, I sprayed it 4 times a day for a week and a bit, I did it to one branch on one plant, had it sealed off in a bag, it reversed the branch and I made lots of seeds onto itself and its sister plant.
The CS i used was from Amazon and did the trick but it was a lot of extra work as it was a week solution. Some have concentrations of 30-100PPM and they work better but needs to be tested, PPM pen does not register CS right so don't use it to check PPM. Can spray once a day for stronger solutions like 50+ppm
Knowing what I know now, I would use STS as its much easier to use but work with what you can afford and whats available. Stop spraying once pollen sacks fully form and if your useing higher concentrations don't apply as frequently. Pollen will get everywhere so unless you want all the plants pollinated in the tent be careful and keep it separated. You also can spray a lower branch and not the main cola, Its best to reverse plant A and then pollinate plant B to help prevent to excess inbreeding and retardation.
I'd also stagger the donor plant "giver of pollen/reversed male" 2-3 weeks behind the plants you intend to pollinate. this way the receivers "plants getting pollinated and producing seeds" will be fully grown in flower with lots of sites to grow seeds. Will only need one application to get it all done in one step vs repollinating new growth. Give the seeds 4-5 weeks to fully develop. I will let them go till the plant dies and they are very viable from my experience.
in simple terms:
Auto crossed with Autos = Auto Flower,
Auto crossed with Photo = Fast Flower Photoperiod,
Photo crossed with Photo = Photoperiod,
Fast Flower crossed with Auto = mix of Auto Flowers and Fast Flower Photoperiods.
Fast Flower crossed with Photo = mix of Photoperiod and weird Photoperiod with some auto genetics but not expressed.
gets tricky with lineages of plants that you don't know or that are not documented well.
Good Luck!
STREEETCHING!
She is growing much taller than my first 2 Maui Waui's...
I only have a 120cm tent so this is getting a bit problematic - I also did not do enough LST so partly my bad.
But she seems VERY healthy - although the buds are still very tiny.
#1 - for seeds - failed to turn partially male - I guess I did not drench her enough with my 100ppm CS?
#2 - for consumption - is still stretching... the lights can't really go higher anymore - maybe 1-2cm? and on the bottom I already changed the 3cm water trap for a 0.5cm plate catching pretty much almost no water if I go overboard...
For the main plant now (#2) - she is 4-5 weeks younger then this diary!
The 2 cuttings I made have developed roots but they are not really keen on growing a lot... or at all.
If they survive - and start growing in a few weeks that would be perfect - as I only have 1 tent.
I really... really really need a bigger tent. The sativas I tend to love are just too stretchy. :)
The young MauiWaui is growing very healthy - I really like the soil mix I used: Canna Terra Professional Plus
It remains airy and seems to do very well with the nutrients I give. I think I prefer it to my usual BioBizz Light Mix.
by the way - all my cutlings died on me except 1 but that one is doing OK. it was the top part i cut from the main plant
sje stretched too high and got a little burned. I also cut down on feeding her nutrients. must check if over or underfeeding her currently...
10-16: I think the purple is coming in! 💚 on my last grow - the buds changed color earlier so compared to day 93 here: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/149289-grow-journal-by-fejg87fb2skvf/week/842730
- so... maybe 1-2 weeks longer?
I also cut off a new clone from the 2nd topping i did on the now main plant of the second seed.
We need a visualization of lineage on this platform!
Did I made a mistake feeding my MauiWaui (fem) - or is this just elaborate light-burn because the LED distance was about 2cm?
Due to a massive lack in space I do not give her too much water... and yes - I may not have checked PH in a while.
I don't think its overfed or light burn.Nute burn would be dark/crisp,and light stress would show more on the top. Looks like the plant just using up whats in the leaves because it is almost done flowering. and if you underwatering it's going to speed that process up if you are close. I would at least check the ph of your solution going in.
The fan leaves are not turning out to be as beautifully multicolored as on my previous MauiWaui - but I started the last grow later in the year, so I guess it's due to the temperature. =)
I also have a silicon thermo heating cable wrapped around my pot now.
10-18: last 2 waterings only tap
10-18: Closeups show maybe 70-80% milky - couldn't find amber
10-20: my first plant (the one that started this diary and got turned into a seeder - but failed) got bud-rot... bad.
both main colas were infected - so I threw most of it away. the rest (small budlets that didn't get sprayed) that was not infected will be turned into edibles
But this was enough of a shock for me to turn my fans in my tent to max and harvest my first bud of the #2nd MauiWaui (now the main plant in this diary) with 90% cloudy trichomes should be good.
I also turned on my tiny dehumidifier. and put it in the tent. Should have done that earlier... but I did not find anything sus on the girl in my tent.
Only water...
She is slowing down considerably but the colors are awesome and the smell... tropical and strong.
11-03: I took off most of the old leafs...
11-07: harvested the next 3 biggest buds...
The first bit I already dried a few weeks ago is AMAZING! 💚
Nirvana Maui Waui is truly a strain to behold...
11-08: harvested the last 2 main colas. now I have 1 in a small glas recently occupied by Manuka honey and 5 hanging to dry in my kitchen.
Partial harvest done ✅
The small mid-level and lower-level buds will be given a bit more time
MicroNighthawk
