Zamal Delica through the rain

Still can’t be definite on the gender. This is after putting clones in the shade for two weeks. I am running plant 1 and 2 through the course as if they are girls. This week, I trimmed off leaves and sucker branches. Think that I need to play with c/n ratio (carbon / nitrogen). Basic idea is that plant will flower once they have metabolized and store up carbohydrate. If they have too much nitrogen, then they would continue to get bigger and grow more leaves. So I start feeding Zamaldelica plants with molasses and bloom nutes at the end of the week. Hopefully, by next week, the clones would let me know their gender. Plant 1 – slender with two main columns. Plant 1 is in well familiar form. Looks like a Thai and behaving like a Thai. In this case, she won’t flower until fall equinox. Key is to keep her small in a container. On the clone, I still can see long pistils coming out. There are some buds that I can’t decide if there are leaves buds or balls. My mistake is probably by giving worm casting in the mix. I don’t think she will flower until nitrogen is depleted. This may take a few weeks. Light deprivation only make her stretchy. Plant 2 – unfamiliar Sativa. Plant 2 has four main columns. The main crotch split from the weight and not quite healed. So, I looped a piece of wire to keep it from splitting further. I need to glue this split crotch later to prevent disease. Plant 2 produces many side branches. Would be great if she is a garden basil that I use for cooking Thai food. Zamaldelica plant 2 leaves smell like it would make a nice salad. Plant 2 clone is not flowering either. At least I can see that it has leaves buds and not ball. Plant 3 – vigorous runt. Plant 3 was slow. And still had not caught up. It is doing well in the rain. I took out the two clones and transplanted to a 2 liter pot. One died after a couple of days while the other is okay. Could be that I did not mix the soil well enough and there were pockets of concentrated fertilizer that killed the root. Strategy for this plant is to flower the mother and raise the clone. Again, the mother plant 3 had not flower after same treatment as plant 1 and plant 2.