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Getting ready for the summer grow season! Purple Kush is my favorite strain so I'm excited. Soaked the seeds for a few minutes in hydrogen peroxide to soften the shells. Then into distilled water over night. Tomorrow they will go in the paper towels to get the tap root going. Then into pots to get started in time for a top, mainline, hardening off and transplant on May 10th. All three seeds cracked! One was slow to open... I was about to give up on her but then today I saw that there was a little curled up root. If all goes well, I'll have the last baby in the dirt tomorrow.
Two seeds germinated nicely, and one is struggling to fly. The seed cracked open but the root was curly and the first cotyledon hasn't cracked or popped up.
The grow room is up and running and the lights and temperature are in spec, but the humidity is low. I ran out of wicks for my humidifier and I put an order in... still waiting for them to be delivered.
I adopted one baby out.. and started one new seed :) Just to complicate things. The PK plants are growing really well. I was able to fix up the RH which was waaay too low last week. I raised it from 21 up to 55 and the plants look clearly healthier. Next week I'll be starting nutrients, and then we will start to think about topping and cloning. Stay tuned.
These plants are growing nicely, in spite of some leaf damage in the early nodes. Took longer than I thought to sort out the RH in the room. Also, I'm not sure if the soil is a good choice for these. I'm not too worried though because they are going outside in a few short weeks... and that's when things get easy :-)
One plant is behind the other... she's not ready for topping or nutriends. But the second plant is getting big. I topped the big one this week and cloned the growth tips. It's always fun to see which clones will take and which will not. My success rate is not high... but I don't put much energy into it. I already have more plants than I can handle.
I'll start nutrients next week.
The plants are topped and mainlined now. There are just a few weeks left before they go outdoors! So exciting. It can't be too soon because the roots are already looking for more space. The smaller plant is catching up nicely :)
This is my favourite strain of all time. This year I have two plants of Crop King Purple Kush from two different packs of seeds. You can already see the two phenotypes are distinct. I'm excited to see some purple flowers.
The moment we have all been waiting for... the summer outdoor flowering photos... enjoy :)
Started the season off with a difficult start... I put them outdoors while the says were still too short. The plants all started to follower, but then as the solstice approached they all converted back into veg and grew like crazy. I was sure my entire grow was fukd...
Now we are well into August which is solid flowering for Ontario growers in zone 5.
I have two purple kush plants both from Crop King Seeds, but each from a different pack of seeds. You can see they have different phenotypes. One is lean and tall with clear purple pigment and super low tolerance for powdery mildew. I have to treat her with a nasty milk and water spray as the mildew was about as bad as I've ever seen on an outdoor grow. The second phenotype is bushy and had no purple pigment so far, and she is not vulnerable to the mildew. It's interesting to watch them grow so differently side by side. As you all know, this is my favourite variety, and therefore I have high hopes for a solid yield. I have grown this each year for the past few years so I already know the yield won't be massive. These ladies offer quality over quantity. This bud ends up on the 'top shelf' or hidden away so I can save it :-)
Two plants with two different phenotypes, both are Crop King Seeds Purple Kush, but from different packs of seeds. I've been growing this variety every year since 2018 and it is still my favourite... like top shelf not sharing with anyone...
Plant #1 has the purple flowers already shaping up. She's suffering mildew but I've managed to control it with milk and water spray (40:60 ratio). She is lean and tall but modest in yield, in true purple kush form. This is why her buds are so valuable.
Plant #2 is much bigger with fat colas up top. The flowers are not showing early signs of dark colors.
The Purple Kush is still fighting off the mildew, but I think we're gonna make it.
One plant is fat and huge, and the other is lean but spectacularly purple. These ladies are going to need a few more weeks still... so I'll have time to finish chopping and trimming the FFT10 and then the White Russian before they'll be ready. Phew! Tis the season :-)
I am at war with the powdery mildew, but I will not lose this battle! The PK is my favourite, and I will see these plants to a solid harvest even it if its the death of me!!! I have tried milk and water spray and it kinda worked, for a few days. It keeps coming back tho!
The war against mildew rages on. I will not lose. We are almost to the finish line... Stay tuned!! The second PK plant - the green one - is not suffering the mildew infection, the buds are huge and fat! Its a real trade-off and the purple PK is not easy to grow.
Njanne
