Damien's Photo Grow: Malawi X Panama Edition

[Funk junky]

I get 100% germination this way. Just have problems cloning in this house for some reason something I will addresse as have two bingo pajama I wish to clone if find girl

 

[Funk junky]

P.s. may be better to soak and leave the wipe or paper towels part till find feet. Just go straight to pots and cling film till confident

 

[damien50]

Day 62 - 8th Week of Flowering

Coco coir - 640ppm/6.1 ph

Jack's FeED 5-12-26/Growpito enzymes and microbes

78-84f Leaf Surface Temp - Night Time Temps 62-68f

50-58% RH

8" Light Height

Not much to say because I've never went 9 weeks into flower nor do I have experience with sativas so I don't know what to expect from here.

Bud pics though

 

[damien50]

Day 65 - 9th Week of Flowering

Coco coir - 590ppm/5.8 ph

Jack's FeED 5-12-26/Growpito enzymes and microbes

80-84f Leaf Surface Temp - Night Time Temps 68-72f

50-58% RH

8" Light Height

Took care of the clones today. Under feeding them but I'll fix tomorrow. They are in Growpito Sim Mix in 5 gallon buckets with Jack's FeED and Growpito enzymes and beneficials. I've trained them to the rims or beyond the edges of the buckets and made branchy monsters.

In the mean time I figured a 3/4 pvc 4-bucket system with the control bucket inside the tent and two 400gph pumps to flood and drain through 1/2 pvc. Probably just use a 40 gallon trash can and some WiFi timers. I think. I need to buy a new tent, my zippers are ripping fabric off lol.

Called Botanicare and found Pure blend pro wasn't OMRI because of the phosphorus and leonardite. I still like it better than Jack's FeED.

In the flower room I have buds fattening and some senescence/ph issues. My drippers keep clogging.

To the pictures. I took them but I don't even know how they look beyond thumbnails.

 

[Funk junky]

Day 65 - 9th Week of Flowering

Coco coir - 590ppm/5.8 ph

Jack's FeED 5-12-26/Growpito enzymes and microbes

80-84f Leaf Surface Temp - Night Time Temps 68-72f

50-58% RH

8" Light Height

Took care of the clones today. Under feeding them but I'll fix tomorrow. They are in Growpito Sim Mix in 5 gallon buckets with Jack's FeED and Growpito enzymes and beneficials. I've trained them to the rims or beyond the edges of the buckets and made branchy monsters.

In the mean time I figured a 3/4 pvc 4-bucket system with the control bucket inside the tent and two 400gph pumps to flood and drain through 1/2 pvc. Probably just use a 40 gallon trash can and some WiFi timers. I think. I need to buy a new tent, my zippers are ripping fabric off lol.

Called Botanicare and found Pure blend pro wasn't OMRI because of the phosphorus and leonardite. I still like it better than Jack's FeED.

In the flower room I have buds fattening and some senescence/ph issues. My drippers keep clogging.

To the pictures. I took them but I don't even know how they look beyond thumbnails.

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That’s what put me of drippers nutrients clogging them up. My tent is in upstairs bedroom and I’m out all day, didn’t want a flood.
Before I came here my girlfriend rented a flat above a shop.
The guy who was there before us was on the run from police as his grow had flooded the flat and destroyed the shop below.

 

[Funk junky]

We constantly were getting letters from bailiffs asking for money he owed. Was nervous of letting on that I was opening the mail at time but as our postal service used to be owned by the queen.
Post bag theft carried seven years, not my game but as a 14 -15 year old had to learn keep trap shut through association.
Turns out as long as you dont try to de fraud from what you find you are not breaking law. One day someone posted £10 looked like birthday money?
Don’t know where it went but it disappeared rather quickly and we forgot about the nuisance of the baliffs! Maybe my girlfriend posted return to sender?
It’s a mystery to me

 

[Funk junky]

I meant I didn’t want open the mail at first because I thought might be against law. When I found out it was ok as long as there was intent to defraud.
As a kid I knew plenty of shady characters but never got involved myself. And if you didn’t want to get dragged in it was best to just ignore things. I’m in no way condoning what they were doing. Just some of my friends lived on rough estates growing up

 

[Jimster]

Day 65 - 9th Week of Flowering

Coco coir - 590ppm/5.8 ph

Jack's FeED 5-12-26/Growpito enzymes and microbes

80-84f Leaf Surface Temp - Night Time Temps 68-72f

50-58% RH

8" Light Height

Took care of the clones today. Under feeding them but I'll fix tomorrow. They are in Growpito Sim Mix in 5 gallon buckets with Jack's FeED and Growpito enzymes and beneficials. I've trained them to the rims or beyond the edges of the buckets and made branchy monsters.

In the mean time I figured a 3/4 pvc 4-bucket system with the control bucket inside the tent and two 400gph pumps to flood and drain through 1/2 pvc. Probably just use a 40 gallon trash can and some WiFi timers. I think. I need to buy a new tent, my zippers are ripping fabric off lol.

Called Botanicare and found Pure blend pro wasn't OMRI because of the phosphorus and leonardite. I still like it better than Jack's FeED.

In the flower room I have buds fattening and some senescence/ph issues. My drippers keep clogging.

To the pictures. I took them but I don't even know how they look beyond thumbnails.

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Things are looking good! I'm at 6 weeks flowering and things are falling over despite staking... I need to seriously work on keeping them upright. These pics are actually from about 8 days ago. After they lay horizontal, they usually grow more buds vertical, which increases the size of them and the yield, but makes it difficult to work and water them. Hard to deal with such problems, eh? Pardon the lousy pictures... the camera doesn't work well with the lights in the remote location. The tall pair is the Malawi and the single tall one is my 30+ year old strain, Matanuska Thunderf**k. Both have been topped/pinched but still grow pretty tall. The ones in the pictures are about 7 ft tall, with 8.5" ceilings. They grow above the bulb level!

 

[Srenots]

Things are looking good! I'm at 6 weeks flowering and things are falling over despite staking... I need to seriously work on keeping them upright. These pics are actually from about 8 days ago. After they lay horizontal, they usually grow more buds vertical, which increases the size of them and the yield, but makes it difficult to work and water them. Hard to deal with such problems, eh? Pardon the lousy pictures... the camera doesn't work well with the lights in the remote location. The tall pair is the Malawi and the single tall one is my 30+ year old strain, Matanuska Thunderf**k. Both have been topped/pinched but still grow pretty tall. The ones in the pictures are about 7 ft tall, with 8.5" ceilings. They grow above the bulb level!

nice Jimster ....used to run the Matanuska as well....good work keeping it going all this time ~

 

[Jimster]

nice Jimster ....used to run the Matanuska as well....good work keeping it going all this time ~

I grew it decades ago then got out of growing for a while. I had a few old pill bottles that had some seeds that I had saved over the years, which included a few of the Matanuska strains. I was surprised when one of them popped.. actually a couple, about 30% germination rate after 30 years, although it took a week and they weren't giants at the beginning. Since then, clones and a few unseen male flowers have worked to keep it alive. I have another bottle that is full of all kinds of older, pre named strains from the 70s. I haven't had much luck popping any of those, but it's a work in progress. As much as I love the strain, I need some variety and I have had enough of this to keep me satisfied for a while.

 

[damien50]

Day 68 - 9th Week of Flowering

Coco coir - 490ppm/5.5 ph

Jack's FeED 5-12-26/Growpito enzymes and microbes

80-84f Leaf Surface Temp - Night Time Temps 68-72f

50-54% RH

8" Light Height

I just wanted to highlight the 6 different phenos and how just about all their bud structures are different. ROOR lighter for reference.

Spoiler: Malawi x Panama 1

Spoiler: Malawi x Panama 2

Spoiler: Malawi x Panama 3

Spoiler: Malawi x Panama 4

Spoiler: Malawi x Panama 5

Spoiler: Malawi x Panama 6

Spoiler: Senescence+Tent Shots+WiFi Cam

@Jimster your plants look great. If I can ever get all the parts for my ebb and flow I'll be able to start flowering the next batch mid July otherwise I'm scared I won't be able to handle the stretch of pheno #1 very well.

 

[Jimster]

They DO love to stretch!! Sativa's keep growing during flowering too, which makes for more headaches. They slow down considerably, but they never seem to quit growing taller until they are ready to come down and the fan leaves have mostly fallen. I don't know about going another 6 weeks, as things are falling over already and the experiment with TRIA really seems to have bulked things up. It's a disorganized grow plagued with spider mites, but we will persevere!!

 

[damien50]

They DO love to stretch!! Sativa's keep growing during flowering too, which makes for more headaches. They slow down considerably, but they never seem to quit growing taller until they are ready to come down and the fan leaves have mostly fallen. I don't know about going another 6 weeks, as things are falling over already and the experiment with TRIA really seems to have bulked things up. It's a disorganized grow plagued with spider mites, but we will persevere!!

These stretched for almost five weeks but it was fun lol. Do you think the TRIA will improve the terpenes and the?

 

[Jimster]

These stretched for almost five weeks but it was fun lol. Do you think the TRIA will improve the terpenes and the?

I don't know how the TRIA will affect the Terpenes, but if the delicate smell that wafts from them as they grow is any indication, I would say that Terps have increased considerably. The smell is a LOT stronger than I remember it being at this stage. So far, I'm pleased with the TRIA results. No wild mutants or anything, but there is accelerated development and maybe faster finish... this is my 1st try with this, so I'm on a learning curve myself. It doesn't seem to affect the shape or growing, just seems to make the buds bigger/thicker, at least so far. Of course, some of the effects could be in my head, just like every grower thinks they grow redwoods! :)
The pack I got was pretty diluted and didn't need to be pre-dissolved in alcohol or another solvent... it dissolved into the hot water directly. I sprayed it during lights on (once during lights off) for a total of 3 treatments. So far, so good!

 

[damien50]

I don't know how the TRIA will affect the Terpenes, but if the delicate smell that wafts from them as they grow is any indication, I would say that Terps have increased considerably. The smell is a LOT stronger than I remember it being at this stage. So far, I'm pleased with the TRIA results. No wild mutants or anything, but there is accelerated development and maybe faster finish... this is my 1st try with this, so I'm on a learning curve myself. It doesn't seem to affect the shape or growing, just seems to make the buds bigger/thicker, at least so far. Of course, some of the effects could be in my head, just like every grower thinks they grow redwoods! :)
The pack I got was pretty diluted and didn't need to be pre-dissolved in alcohol or another solvent... it dissolved into the hot water directly. I sprayed it during lights on (once during lights off) for a total of 3 treatments. So far, so good!

TRIA is just hormones right? What brand did you get? I'm already impressed with the structure and density of the MXP, thicker than any indica I've grown, but I wouldn't mind trying it

 

[Jimster]

TRIA is just hormones right? What brand did you get? I'm already impressed with the structure and density of the MXP, thicker than any indica I've grown, but I wouldn't mind trying it

TRIA is a type of PGR, which is pretty much the same as a hormone, I think. I got mine off of Ebay, 10 grams@ 1.5%. Mix 1 gram with 1 liter water, and spray. A 10 gram packet will last forever as I have made 1 batch so far (1 gram) and still have a bunch left over for additional applications. All totaled, it cost about a dollar to treat the grow. I looked at several other PGRs, like ibberlic Acid, but the effects were different... they are true hormones that affect the growth of the plant in different ways. TRIA seems more like a booster in it's actions, while the others seem like they take command of the plant and force it to grow long, or short, or to flower, etc. TRIA seems more like a secret weapon that just improves the results. It can be brewed from Alfalfa and some other plants, and is some type of a waxy compound, hence it doesn't dissolve easily in water. The 1.5%, however, is dilute enough that it will.

 

[damien50]

TRIA is a type of PGR, which is pretty much the same as a hormone, I think. I got mine off of Ebay, 10 grams@ 1.5%. Mix 1 gram with 1 liter water, and spray. A 10 gram packet will last forever as I have made 1 batch so far (1 gram) and still have a bunch left over for additional applications. All totaled, it cost about a dollar to treat the grow. I looked at several other PGRs, like ibberlic Acid, but the effects were different... they are true hormones that affect the growth of the plant in different ways. TRIA seems more like a booster in it's actions, while the others seem like they take command of the plant and force it to grow long, or short, or to flower, etc. TRIA seems more like a secret weapon that just improves the results. It can be brewed from Alfalfa and some other plants, and is some type of a waxy compound, hence it doesn't dissolve easily in water. The 1.5%, however, is dilute enough that it will.

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I found a kit for 30 that you mix and apply. All natural so I'll get some eventually. Seems better than a lot of these other products and improves mineral uptake. I was planning, if money allows, to try some azomite/kelp meal/sea 90 with pure blend pro/liquid Karma for my 'organic' ebb and flow. When I called Hawthorne Group they said the only reason pure blend pro isn't OMRI is because of phosphorus and leonardite making it like 98% organic.

I started reading up on TRIA and it seems incredibly legit increasing terpenes, aroma, yield, plant structure, and roots. Growing out these clones has been an incredibly slow process compared to seeds so I'm curious how a foliar application would affect clones. It also seems to improve disease and pest resistance.

I eventually want to try using RapidLED's exotic and Emerson boards.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Im just reading along and did some research on TRIA and this page has tons of real scientific info and trials and results posted.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17429145.2011.619281

 

[damien50]

Day 72 - 10th Week of Flowering

Coco coir - 440ppm/5.9 ph

Jack's FeED 5-12-26/Growpito enzymes and microbes

80-84f Leaf Surface Temp - Night Time Temps 68-72f

50-54% RH

8" Light Height

I have dropped the light schedule down to 9.5/14.5

Not much else going on though I may be getting a job as a professional grower locally. They just don't know that I'm a sub par grower yet lol

 

[Jimster]

Hey Dude... You need to flod them with Nutes and Cal-Mag... can't you see those yellow leaves?? :mushtache: Actually, they look great!! I love how Sativa's lost their leaves and everyone freaks out!! You have done a great job and I'm impressed. Some of mine are getting ready for their big day, but the Sativa's still have a little ways to go (even though I think they are pretty big already). I'm having a lot of issues with stuff falling over and the grow is starting to look like a Vietnamese Punji Stick trap, with all of the bamboo sticking up trying to support stuff. I noticed some general leaf yellowing and that is telling me that it's getting closer.