Homesteader's Diary

[Homesteader]

The Mazar here is one of the fastest growers I have ever seen to be honest Already + four feet high at six weeks from seed.
Only able to get one female from both the Nepalese and Mazar and I tossed the males.
Still waiting on the sex of three of the Malawi's. Found one female so far and one male which was tossed.
I think I will bin the Critical Kush and trainwreck and feed them to the rabbits. Not really the strains I was looking for.

 

[Homesteader]

I put the three landraces under the string line with the Mazar in the middle to get a more uniform quality and keep the size at bay. Took a few cuttings from each. The Malawi is very slow to flower under 12-12 so I switched it up to 11 hours on and 13 hours off.

Nepalese

 

[Homesteader]

A close up of the Mazars terminal bud. The camera is on its last legs.

 

[Homesteader]

A few photos of the landrace strains progress. The Malawi is beginning to show what she is made of.

The Mazar-i-Sharif

The Nepalese

The Malawi

 

[jaguarlax]

How many watt diodes do you use?

 

[Homesteader]

How many watt diodes do you use?

The boards are made with Osram Oslons and I think I run them at around 3w each, maybe slightly less. Ill finish up with that light soon and document the rest on here.

 

[jaguarlax]

The boards are made with Osram Oslons and I think I run them at around 3w each, maybe slightly less. Ill finish up with that light soon and document the rest on here.

Sounds good... following along

 

[Homesteader]

I took these lights and had a company in California mount them to the sinkpads using the 3000k and 660nm reds.
The Osrams have silicone domes over top of the emitters which projects the light at 80 degree focus for the whites on the outside and 120 degrees for the reds in the middle.

I also drive these lights A LOT harder than the manufacturer (Osram) recommends. I drive both the Red and whites at 1400mA and haven't had problems with 24 hour running, months at a time.

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[jaguarlax]

I took these lights and had a company in California mount them to the sinkpads using the 3000k and 660nm reds.
The Osrams have silicone domes over top of the emitters which projects the light at 80 degree focus for the whites on the outside and 120 degrees for the reds in the middle.

I also drive these lights A LOT harder than the manufacturer (Osram) recommends. I drive both the Red and whites at 1400mA and haven't had problems with 24 hour running, months at a time.

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Mind if I ask what MW driver you are using? Ive been running into hiccup mode on mine when overdriving.. I use osrams in my marine pucks and have never had an issue

 

[Homesteader]

I use HLG series in both 185 and 320 depending on the light.

The Meanwells will shut down if overheated and turn back on 30 seconds later. Is that what is happening?

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[Homesteader]

The Malawi has an interesting structure that doesn't alternate. Looking forward to seeing what comes of this one.

The Mazar-i-Sharif is starting to form nice flowers with pink stigmas. Not as much stretch on this as I thought would happen but the buds are swelling up.

I have no idea on how long this Nepal landrace will take to finish but I am doubtful it will be before 14 weeks.

 

[jaguarlax]

The Malawi has an interesting structure that doesn't alternate. Looking forward to seeing what comes of this one.
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The Mazar-i-Sharif is starting to form nice flowers with pink stigmas. Not as much stretch on this as I thought would happen but the buds are swelling up.
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I have no idea on how long this Nepal landrace will take to finish but I am doubtful it will be before 14 weeks.
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how many gallon pots?

 

[Homesteader]

30 gallons grow bags I believe. I do use 45 gallon as well but I don't think I did on these ones.

 

[Hidd3nGr0w]

Looking good. That stuff is going to be next level.

 

[Homesteader]

Some of the pink stigmas of the Mazar-i-Sharif. The lower buds seem to have a bit more color than the larger colas do.

 

[Homesteader]

The Malawi growing uniquely

A close up of the Nepalese, starting to fill in. Seems to be going to be a very airey variety.

 

[Dirtbag]

Those are some really interesting genetics Homesteader. Looking forward to seeing how they finish.

 

[Kanzeon]

That Nepalese looks a lot like the Nepalma that I just ran. Light, airy buds, huge fan leaves and all. Our plants are probably cousins, haha. If the highs are similar, you're in for a treat! Which breeders did you go with?

 

[Homesteader]

Real seed company isn't a breeder but they collect from various farmers crops around the world. Always found really different genetics with them. https://therealseedcompany.com/

 

[Kanzeon]

Love their stuff! I've got their Sinai running right now, with Rasol, Ukhrul, and Iran on the way. That Malawi Gold looks awesome, I'll be watching her closely.