Sister Duck - Outdoor Indian grow

jyodinath My second Frisian Duck grow. Hoping to implement what I learnt from the previous grow, which is yet to reach harvest. Day 3 crisis - Some bird knocked down the seedling container yesterday and the first set of true leaves got damaged and are now almost white and dried 😫. Fuck you Harry J. Anslinger! The cotyledons are perfectly safe though, and there is some green growth structure persisting in between. Will it grow new leaves or should I start over? Thanking in advance. Day 4 Update - She survives. Seems to be growing four leaves, two new leaves plus two from the remnants of the 1st true set leaves. Day 4 epiphany - She was strong enough to survive after taking this much damage from the world. I previously bought a 3 seed pack of Dutch Passion Frisian Duck through Seedsman who have lovely packaging services. I germinated each of them two weeks after the previous one died of "Dampening Off", all 3 faced the same Dampening Off problem, where they got so thin somewhere in the middle of the shoot and fell down for good. And then I ordered again through Seedsman for a 10 seed pack of Dutch Passion Frisian Duck thinking maybe the magic number is one in 5 germinate or whatever, so that atleast I'll end up having two plants. And Now out of the two I germinated both have grown well, only difference is it was kept in a windy location. So I think that Dampening off is absolutely because of the grow area not being windy enough for the plant to grow healthily.

jyodinath Entering the second week of Sister Duck. Her elder sister is actually in bloom, you can check my other diary to see her.

jyodinath A little drop of nutrient spilled on the bottom leaf, now it's burnt half white. Some tiny insects have chewed up and made holes in another leaf. Day 15 - Help! Some bird had uprooted the seedling, looking for straw in the coco coir maybe, 😞 I have tried my best to revive her and have replanted her. Day 19 update - She survives. But she's not fully recovered yet, am wondering why is she yet to produce any new leaf growth.

jyodinath 4th week has started. She's finally showing some new growth, after the accident last week.

jyodinath Ducksfoot takes over. Transplanted to bigger container.

jyodinath Hoping the pace picks up well. Look at those beautiful camouflaged duck foot leaves. Topped her and she has responded well. Day 40- Bottom leaves are developing yellow rash.

jyodinath She's responded well to the topping. Hoping she gets bushier.

jyodinath Had a bad episode with neem oil. Mistake was mine. I applied it directly on the leaves thinking it'll safeguard against pests, but it was a poor decision, the older leaves survived but the young leaves got burnt and dried up. She survived anyway and new growth has started towards end of this week.

jyodinath One side of the plant looks stunted. The lingering effects of neem oil burn maybe? Will it get normal automatically as it grows?

jyodinath Nice vigorous growth. Looking at all the diaries from Canada and South Africa, titled as 'Legal Outdoor grow', I feel obligated to change my title as 'Illegal Outdoor Indian' grow. 😜

jyodinath Pre flowers are visible. She's getting into flowering soon.

jyodinath Started flowering.

jyodinath Doesn't look like I got the purple phenotype, it turns purple by the second week no? Btw the clone shows life. And hey has anyone else been facing recurring problems while ordering seeds through Seedsman using Crypto payments?

jyodinath It's been a nice n sunny October. It's been raining an hour for the past few days during midnight, no watering business for me. The clone is around 2 weeks behind the mother in flowering.

jyodinath Rainy season has started. Unfortunately that means she'll get less light.

jyodinath Let's hope for sunny climate. The purple star genetics from it's Frisian Dew parent is coming out as we cross the 5th flowering week.

jyodinath Couple of weeks more

jyodinath 7th week of flowering starts. Hoping she packs weight.

jyodinath Hoping she'll swell. Update - Harvest done. Buds are curing currently. Clone is still flowering.

jyodinath Faced multiple obstacles as she was growing, but still she kept going through the veg phase. Towards the end of flowering, I faced some issues with some insect laying eggs on the under sides of buds. I had to harvest immediately and basically cut and just throw off the bottom end of the buds.