South African Spring 2020 1st Gro

Hi All Excited about my 1st late Winter/Early Spring Grow. 24/08 Temps today and for the week forecasted to avg at 25 centigrade. Night temps will avg 13. 1st spring rains forecasted for early next week. Lets hope for some good mild rain. I must make it clear that I do not know any of the strains of the seeds and plants I am growing. However being in close proximity to Swaziland I suspect they may be of Swazi-Gold lineage. I have atleast 15 seedling at various Stages of development. But will focus on 3 plants on this diary going forward. The other plants may be featured in separate diaries time permitting ;). This btw is an “experiment grow project”. Some in pots (started out indoors in winter) Some direct into soil, however growth was extremely slow due to the harsh outdoor conditions in peak winter (June/July). None have yet revealed sex. Although plant 1 and 2 and 3 are expected to mature in the week or the next few 🤞🏽. Soil used was normal garden soil (Ph untested) with store bought and homemade compost. Only training techniques used are, topping, fimming and minor defoliations on the slightly more mature plants. Will keep this grow as natural as possible until harvest. Sho/Ciao! 26/08 Pretty hot day today. Max Temp @ 27 deg. Took off a bunch of leaves from Plant 1. For better air circulation and light penetration as seen on pic. No Preflowers yet. Impatiently waiting for those babies to start forming. Plant 2 had a some small branches removed and atempted to do something of a Mainline. Not sure if it turned out good or average *shrugs* Other random scattered plants in the garden bed growing slow but steadily. Hopefully still getting used to the outdoors and developing some strong roots & stems to hold it up before focusing on above ground growth. Ciao 30/08 End of week update. We've had pretty cool and mostly overcast weather. Intermittent dense rain clouds, but no rain. Patiently waiting for the 1st Summer rains". Plant 1 very healthy. Super impressed with the growth rate of it, especially the thickening of branches and stems. Every morning it seems to look differnt than the previous night. No Sexing yet. Plant 2 not much above ground growth observed since the major defoliation and mainlining done during the week. I suppose its still healing itself. Will transplant this one into a bigger pot in the coming weeks. No Preflowers as yet either. Plants growing steadily. Most of the scattered garden plants growing steady too. No growth spurt yet, stems getting firmer and thicker tho. No Preflowers as yet. Yeah folks, that's the end of the week. Tommorow (Monday) we feed all plants and maybe training. Hopefully some will begin to flower during the upcoming week. May Green be the Grass! Ciao