Landrace West African Sativa (Togo)

Day 1-7 • After holding for 3 years onto a batch of 5 West African landrace seeds I brought back from Togo, Africa in 2017, decided to pop them. • I've never grown Cannabis before. • Followed the paper towel propagation method. • After 7 days without a sign of germination, I let them sit for 3 more days. • When I checked again, 1 out of 5 had popped. • Other seeds never germinated. History of the seeds: • Found them myself in Lomé, Togo (West Africa) directly in buds from a batch of local Jane I got from a local contact • Buds were full of seeds, showing the plant had grown in the wild and had gotten pollinated naturally - there's no cultivation over there • Kept the seeds sealed and in the dark for 3 years

Day 8-14: • Steady seedling growth • First rebellious fingers appear at the top on day 10 Day 14 • First set of leaves coming out messy but healthy • Transplanted to rich organic soil mix (clackamas coot) and 1gal fabric pot • Heavy pH 6.8 watering with root juice to mesh soils

Day 15-21: • Plant growth stunted due to transplanting too early, intense light, wrong lighting schedule, slight overwatering • Growth started again at end of week 3 after new soil mix + transplant back into smaller container, better pH, equatorial lighting schedule Day 20: • Almost a week later, felt like plant development drastically slowed down overall despite absence of deficiencies • Decided to transplant back to a red cup, from the 1gal fabric pot • Root ball in 1 Gallon fabric pot proved out to be tiny and root growth felt even smaller than when I originally transplanted from red cup • Probably caused mild damage to roots during transplant but hopefully the new soil mix will help them recover • Mixed a new soil with actual organic compost from a local nursery, in lieu of Miracle Gro Organic Potting Mix • Followed clackamas coot mix reco (1/3 spaghum peat moss, 1/3 aeration, 1/3 compost (=50/50 compost / worm castings), added 2 tbsp acidifier at the top after new soil mix pH tested at 5.0 • Top-dressed with 1/4 tbsp bat guano, 1/4 tbsp alfala meal, 1/4 tbsp kelp meal, 2 tbsp mulch • Drenched soil in an Alfala sprouted seeds tea containing 1/8 tbsp silica, 1/8 tbsp aloe vera powder, 0.5ml hydroguard to boost root growth and let runoff water exit at the bottom. • Light schedule update: switched to equatorial conditions found in Togo and Nigeria to mimic the local environment conditions where I found this landrace seed. At that latitude, day/night cycles are almost even, at 13/11 during the summer days and 11/13 during the winter. • Plant Light hours will now go from 7:30AM to 8:30PM. Dark hours from 8:30PM till 7:30PM. • Humidity reports in Togo also rarely fall below 60% during the dry season - Boosting to 65% cap DAY 21: • At 24h post transplant, plant is looking healthy and no signs of leaves drooping • No apparent transplant shock • Stem growth seems to have resumed • Red cup weight: 15 1/2oz / 440g

Day 22-28 • Last watering: D23 (0.25 Cup water) • Previous watering: D20 • Overwatering reaction on D24 (brown spots, drooping) -> mitigated • Lower leaves showed lime tones for a bit -> seemingly slowly recovering • First set of true leaves died • One of the two main stems has split • Small spots / blotches are appearing randomly on some leaves - Potentially because of the fan blowing to aggressively at the leaves • Cup weight wait from 422g post-watering to 277g a few days later and going like this into week 5 • Plant grew from ~3 inches to 4.2 inches

Day 29-35: • Steady growth in the last week, both in height and width. It's a wild-collected African Sativa that likes to take her time! • Re-oriented air fans as the plant seemed to suffer from a too aggressive air flow • Started light pure water foliar sprays, she seems to like that • Lime color of lower leaves seems to improve with foliar sprays • Most recent watering on D29 • Previous watering on D23 • She might be ready for a transplant into a bigger pot in the next week or so

Day 36-42: • Container running low on nutrients • Seedling starting to outgrow cup • Good groove with watering schedule and wet/dry cycles • Beginning of foliar sprays/feedings • High N top-dressings • N deficiencies starting at the bottom • Cooking new rich soil and getting ready to transplant to 1Gal pot on D43 • Introduced Great White myco to container

I-T'S-A-G-I-R-L! DAY 43-49: • D43: Transplanted to 1 Gal fabric pot • D43: Compost tea feeding (previous watering on D37) • D46: light watering (1/4 cup) with micronutrient solution (N-K-B-Cu-Fe-Mn-Zn) • D48: sex traits appear for the first time - female! • Daily foliar sprays • Light signs of nutrient burns on a few leaves following transplant into richer soil • Pre-flowering stage well underway

ATTACK OF THE CLONES LST / HST / RE-VEG DAY 50-56 • D50: Watering (previous feeding on D44) • D52: LST / Topping / Supercropping / Cloning (2x cuttings) • D56: Veg compost tea feeding • Daily foliar spray (evening after dark) • Good recovery post-HST • Clones are holding up well at D6

STRETCHING PRE-FLOWERING SUCCESSFUL CLONING DAY 57-63: • Not much to report on for this last week other than LST/HST recovery, growth & flowering • Feeding on D62 • Previous feeding on D56 • Daily foliar sprays switching between pure RO water and a solution with Silica, Aloe Vera, Epsom Salts and CaMg+ • D62: first day on 12/12 light schedule, from 13/11 • D62: Clone 1 out of 2 rooted successfully, transplanted and moved to the grow tent • D61-63: +2.5 inches in 48H • Second clone still under propagation dome • Clones showed first nute deficiencies -> feeding

FLOWERING PHASE CLONE #2 SUCCESSFUL D64-70: • D64: Switched tent to 12/12 • D66: feeding • Previous feeding on D62 • Aggressive upward growth • Clones rooted and in veg mode; new leaflings

COMPOST TEA Day 71-77: • Not much to report on this week as I was away for 5 days • D75: First flowering compost tea feeding • Previous feeding on D71 • Clones are growing healthy and loving their new soil

SUPERCROPPING TOP DRESSING w/ DRY NUTRIENT FLOWERING BLEND DAY 78-84: • Came back from trip to a healthy-ish, thirsty plant • D80: Top node reached 17.5 inches • D80: RO water-only feeding • D81: Supercropped main stem down to 13 inches - recovered fast! • Potential problem: Tea's TDS on D75 was potentially a bit high, followed with an overly alkaline micronutrient solution (8.4) on D80 -> probably sent my soil pH south for a bit • D84: Clawing & droopiness, potential N toxicity or nutrient lockout • Leaves look healthy but will have to go easy on next feeding

WILTING & CLAWING CLONES TRANSPLANTED INTO BIG POTS DAY 85-91: • 2nd week on the recovery schedule, water only • Previous watering on D80, which was the other watering (with D75) that most likely originated my subsequent problems • D85: RO water only ph 7.0 • Elevated my 600W more, suspecting lighting issues as another potential cause for wilting and clawing • Will further experiment with lighting, progressively downgrading to 450W then 300W LEDs if no improvements • Three old leaves at the very bottom got drained - yellowing / necrosis CLONES: • Trying a 3.5Gal pot for A29 to see how big she goes (other pots are 1Gal) • A29 not showing signs of flowering any time soon and is vegging stronger. Pistils are still rare • A28 seems to be racing towards flowering: smaller in size but bud sites are forming fast

CLAWING / WILTING LIGHT STRESS / OVERWATERING CLONES ARE LIVING THE LIFE MOTHER - DAY 92-98: • Problem: leaves point upward, curl downward - could be light stress / nitrogen or magnesium deficiency / soil pH • Solution: Switched to 450W LED, then 300W running at 25% power to reduce light stress, potentially causing clawing • Solution: Regular CaMg+ feedings in watering and foliar sprays • New LED, while less intense, generated way more heat: temp went up, RH went down • Soil dried out much faster; light watering on D92/93/94/96 -> overwatering, damnit • Growth upward picked back up on D97 • Hot temperatures probably freaked me out a bit and made me overwater, hence wilting, will wait / monitor pot weight D99: Clawing started disappearing. Seems like the 300W running at less than 25% intensity is much more gentle on the leaves. D99: Leaves feel like paper/dry / wilt -> overwatering symptom CLONES - D41-47: • A28 is vegging and growing much faster, bigger and stronger than her mother - will sample clones from her soon • A29 is in pre-flowering

SCALED DOWN TO 50W LED RECOVERY FROM LIGHT STRESS & OVERWATERING COMPOST TEA MOTHER - Day 99-105: • Reduced lighting down to 50W hanging at 16-18" above • Clawing reduced overall, leaves at the top started shooting up again • D103: compost tea for flowering phase (previous watering on D96) • Daily foliar sprays with CaMg+ / Aloe Vera CLONES - Day 49-54: • A28 full veg mode, growing taller, wider and developing large leaves at top nodes - no flowers, few pistils • A29 well into early flowering - height stabilizing, buds growing in size • Both plants super healthy, leaves shooting up • D49: compost tea for vegetative phase (previous watering on D42)

ROOM NOW RUNNING UNDER 2x 50W FULL SPECTRUM LEDs COPPER TRICHROMES ON MOTHER'S FLOWERS NEW CLONES MOTHER - DAY 106-112: • It's odd: half the plant is in full bloom, the other half vegging and getting into pre-flowering • Curling downward still occurring but in a way less severe way as before - starting to think it's in her genetics; for example: fruit leaves on colas aren't curling • Tempted to attempt to treat curling with a light dose of K & Cu, particularly as two low, older leaves are getting sucked dry by the plant to feed herself, which isn't abnormal in flowering btw • Copper tones on ~20% of trichromes at the moment CLONES (A28 & A29) AS OF DAY 62: A28: • Healthiest plant of all three - 20 inches tall; she grew large leaves and a few solid stems growing into a somewhat even canopy below main cola • Still in full veg mode despite enduring a 12/12 • A few pre-flower budsites have started to appear A29: • Short healthy plant - 15 inches tall; one main cola • Budsites at every node along main stem and lateral branches • Flowering well underway but buds are still small Introducing new clones from Mother: B22 & B23.