Maple Leaf Indica

[dextr0]

MAPLE LEAF INDICA® A relatively new release as a seed, this fat, sticky hash-makers’ plant has long been prized for its sparkling coating of resin glands and syrupy sweet citrus bouquet. Maple Leaf Indica is bred from precious, vintage Afghanica gene-stock – parent plants that have formed part of several important Sensi Seeds hybrids and which represent one of the surviving strains behind original Mazar-i-Sharif hashish.

The direct forebears of Maple Leaf Indica were brought out of Afghanistan just before the Soviet invasion and older smokers lucky enough to have visited the region in its peaceful era may find this variety to be a taste – and a blast – from the past. Some of the earliest western references to the Maple Leaf parent strain describe both the plant and the hashish produced from it as “renowned throughout the Hindu Kush and the whole of the Middle East as the best there is.”

Even by the high standards of the region, Mazar-i-Sharif is a celebrated center of cannabis and hashish culture, and prior to the Eighties its reputation was greater still. Situated just inside Afghanistan’s northern border, the town’s proximity to the territory of the former USSR made it one of the very first areas to be affected by the invasion. This threat was perhaps the only reason that the traditional cultivators of the Maple Leaf parent strain allowed it to leave their possession, and the collector who received the original seeds made it a personal mission to preserve this unique Indica.

The exodus of sublime Afghani genotypes during that period changed the face of ganja cultivation around the world and western growers have literally reaped the benefits ever since. Maple Leaf represents one of the finest Afghanica varieties ever seen outside the region, back-crossed to express the purity of her ancestors. This strain quickly and easily produces solid buds that drip with crystal and sugary orange-grapefruit flavors. While not the biggest-yielding Afghani in the Sensi collection, Maple Leaf Indica tops the list for resin production and has always been one of our personal favorites.

Flowering: 45-55 days
Height: 110-135 cm
Yield: up to 110 gr

Getting em started. Figured I would give yall a lil background, its what I could find anyway. They may have been crossed (if so with blue widow), either way we gonna see. I know a few of you have wanted to see a complete diary so here it is.

Ive started with some peat like pucks. Not my personal favorite but they ok. Gonna go ahead with a simple soil mix once more. I dont have the funds once again. What a coincidence. Oh well.

So its goes like this; Fertilome ultimate potting mix; Earthworm castings, rocket fuel, and kelp meal.

Ill be feeding with EWC, and a little fish when I need some real greening up almost all the way through. For flowering im making some fermented Banana/Pineapple mix. Mr.bong posted something else for me, Imma go check that out and see if I can scrounge the ingredients for a bloom booster.

Oh as always RO water. More when I think of it or its asked.

EDIT: Dextr0: an option for bloom booster would be to top dress with fish bone meal and sul po mag for P and K as well as mg and sulphur. Having a myco infection will help in P uptake as well.
mrb

I forgot to say earlier as always when i transplant Ill be adding mycorrhiza.

 

[phenotyper]

Cool, im interested to see these and follow along. I've been using ACTs with my girls, mostly foliar, and they seem to love it. Any plans to make some fungal dominated tea?

 

[dextr0]

Cool, im interested to see these and follow along. I've been using ACTs with my girls, mostly foliar, and they seem to love it. Any plans to make some fungal dominated tea?

Pheno thanx for popping in. I have loved how my girls react to acts and the fact that they never burn from teas. The fish on the other hand can burn so I always go light.

To the best of my knowledge using kelp, EWC, and hydrolysed fish would be a fungal base tea. I actually dont care much if its bacteria or fungal based, I just try and keep it simple, and of course as always use what works. I also like to put a little of that rocket fuel into the mix. More or less it just has a bunch of good stuff in it. Colloidal Rock Phosphate, Bat Guano, Greensand, Red Phosphate, Volcanite, Brewers Yeast, Premium Fertilizer 7-2-2, Earth Worm Castings, Zeolite, Diatomaceous Earth, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp Meal and Molasses..

Common Compost Tea Recipe Ingredients

Ingredient Feeds
Molasses Bacteria
Corn Syrup Bacteria
White Sugar Bacteria
Fruit Pulp Bacteria/Fungi
Kelp Bacteria/Fungi
Rock Dusts Bacteria/Fungi
Humic Acids Bacteria/Fungi
Maple Syrup Bacteria
Cane Sugar Bacteria
Fish Emulsion Bacteria
Fish Hydrolysate Fungi
Ground Oatmeal Fungi
Yucca Fungi
Soybean Meal Fungi

Note - Fungi like to attach to the surfaces of various ingredients while they grow. Some of the above ingredients feed bacteria, and also provide surfaces for fungi to attach too (e.g. kelp).
http://www.compostjunkie.com/compost-tea-recipe.html

 

[dextr0]

 

[phenotyper]

I have been using 1 cup ewc, 1/4 cup alfalfa, 1/4 cup kelp, oatmeal and a dash of molasses in a 2 gallon. Bubble for 72 hours and ppm is at 1500. Dilute with a couple of cups per gallon. Man i love it. Ill be watching your skills brosif.

 

[Chronic Monster]

pass that white owl over here :)
only thing I like better than the white grape is a watermellon philly :joint:

 

[altitudefarmer]

I had a strain that was MLI x Mr Nice- it was stellar. Stolen from me by an ex business partner. Loved that cross.
Never run the straight MLI. Will be lurking! Peace.

 

[johnursery]

NICE!!! i got some MLI from a dispensary in Co it wasnt in very good condition and deff wasnt cured to well BUT the stone was veracious so i ordered some and the packaging the seeds came in was a very nice little box, felt like i ordered a rolex lol...anyway im rambling, im running there hindu kush now and liking it so im realy looking forward to the day i get to em...in the mean time im very much looking forward to seeing yours grow, good luck and peace

 

[dextr0]

I have been using 1 cup ewc, 1/4 cup alfalfa, 1/4 cup kelp, oatmeal and a dash of molasses in a 2 gallon. Bubble for 72 hours and ppm is at 1500. Dilute with a couple of cups per gallon. Man i love it. Ill be watching your skills brosif.

What kind of oatmeal do you use??

pass that white owl over here :)
only thing I like better than the white grape is a watermellon philly :joint:

Puff, puff, pass mane. Keep it going.

I had a strain that was MLI x Mr Nice- it was stellar. Stolen from me by an ex business partner. Loved that cross.
Never run the straight MLI. Will be lurking! Peace.

Thanx for stopping in. Sorry to hear about the loss. Im hoping I get something good here. I want to pollinate one and get some babies. I basicly just needed to grow something and picked what I had the most seeds of, that I havent grown. We see how I do, stay tuned.

NICE!!! i got some MLI from a dispensary in Co it wasnt in very good condition and deff wasnt cured to well BUT the stone was veracious so i ordered some and the packaging the seeds came in was a very nice little box, felt like i ordered a rolex lol...anyway im rambling, im running there hindu kush now and liking it so im realy looking forward to the day i get to em...in the mean time im very much looking forward to seeing yours grow, good luck and peace

You gotta try it cured. Its killer. I choked on almost every hit, its just strong like that. The high was one of those make me super chill, and feel no pain. I really wanna make some Honey Oil with a bunch of this...Dont tell nobody though.

Thanx for stoppin in guys.

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Plant updates; I got two to pop and two stalled out on me. I dont have the patience or the time so I trashed em. Lesson learned, I will not be putting anymore seeds strait into any medium. I always lose like that. I need to be sure that they were not viable, and For the life of me, I could swear those were good seeds....Anyway no more guessing. Seeds go inside a cup from now on for 24/48hrs. The two that I had to replace the two that I lost here, popped within 8 hrs. Cant beat that.

Moved the girls indoors. They are under a 400w Hortilux Metal Ace. Never used this bulb before but its real blue. For Flowering Ill be using some HPS. This is a closet grow being done at a friends. So I may be a little slow on the pix. I will get em though.

Thinking about throwing a Water-farm in there. If I do Ill be throwing a Gorilla Hair in there. More on that later. Stay tuned.

 

[phenotyper]

I've been using the instant super processed quaker oats. I chose this because 1) i had it lying around 2) i figured the additionalprocessing would make it easier for the beneficials to break down.

 

[dextr0]

I looked instant super processed quaker oats up but found nothing.

I was asking because I remember a thread on Cannabis World by gojo. He was talking about starting off mycelia using EWC and baby oatmeal. I never found out what baby oatmeal was either. If I would have known what he was using I would have tried a long time ago.

So it looks like you can use any kind of oatmeal...already. Just a thought though...I was reading about how processed food can sometimes lack certain enzymes. You know enzymes are what make some chemical reactions happen that would otherwise take years and years to happen right? An example would be canned pineapples. You could see this in action bye using jello and pineapple juice, and a canned pineapple juice. The regular pineapple juice will dissolve the jello, while the canned will not. That is because of the lack of enzyme. I always try to get the unprocessed in everything I use.

 

[joeca1i]

mli has a good smell,and taste,just not that potent..

 

[BlackBart]

I have grown it a few times . She is syrupy sweet and has a nice buzz . Not super potent as joecali has mentioned and not the biggest yielder but a keeper in my book . I lost her and was just gifted some F2's so its on again for me . Good luck with her .

 

[blu420]

the girls are starting to look nice and are being maintained at a stedy 78-84 degrees pic coming soon

 

[dextr0]

Transplant

I know imma get some hate on the temps...but uhh u aint growing this are you??

Shoulda transplanted about 3 days ago, but I like my roots to fill out; if you dig what I mean.

Soil was a simple mix, at top u see some rocket fuel (lot of phosphorus so I like to apply directly to roots; and of course the mycorrhiza for the roots. EWC were applied because they were starting to yellow a little. Maybe heavy feeders?? We see.

Thats about it. Not alot goes on during veg so...oh and whas up to all the players that stopped in. Sorry for the belated response but shit been hectic here. Sounds like nothing but good things from this strain.

Oh and still struggling with these other seeds, these peat free plugs suck that thing. Never again.

 

[phenotyper]

So it looks like you can use any kind of oatmeal...already. Just a thought though...I was reading about how processed food can sometimes lack certain enzymes. You know enzymes are what make some chemical reactions happen that would otherwise take years and years to happen right? An example would be canned pineapples. You could see this in action bye using jello and pineapple juice, and a canned pineapple juice. The regular pineapple juice will dissolve the jello, while the canned will not. That is because of the lack of enzyme. I always try to get the unprocessed in everything I use.

I think you have a good point with processing removing a lot of the beneficials, but mainly I'm not sure it matters with the oatmeal. From what I have read, the oatmeal can act as a surface for fungi to attach to, as well as carbohydrates as the oatmeal breaks down. Along with some molasses, it seems to be a fairly reliable food source. I am happily corrected though if someone knows otherwise.

 

[mrbong73]

He was talking about starting off mycelia using EWC and baby oatmeal. I never found out what baby oatmeal was either. If I would have known what he was using I would have tried a long time ago.

dextr0
I've heard that baby oatmeal is the thing to use also. It's in the Teaming with Microbes book also.
You can find it at the grocery store either by the other baby food or by the other oatmeal. It says baby oatmeal or powdered baby oatmeal I think.

 

[mrbong73]

I think you have a good point with processing removing a lot of the beneficials, but mainly I'm not sure it matters with the oatmeal. From what I have read, the oatmeal can act as a surface for fungi to attach to, as well as carbohydrates as the oatmeal breaks down. Along with some molasses, it seems to be a fairly reliable food source. I am happily corrected though if someone knows otherwise.

The oatmeal is mainly a food source for the microbes (fungi) I believe.

"Foods added to a brew will select for particular species that can use those foods. Do you want a bacterial tea? Add sugars, simple proteins, simple carbohydrates. If a fungal brew is desired, add more complex foods, such as plant material (oatmeal, soybean meal, flour), humic acids, fulvic acids (which will release bacterial foods after fungi begin the process of decomposition). Predators can be enhanced by adding hay (cut green and dried), or by soaking hay for a few days and adding the water to the tea brew. "
Soil Food Web

 

[dextr0]

I think you have a good point with processing removing a lot of the beneficials, but mainly I'm not sure it matters with the oatmeal. From what I have read, the oatmeal can act as a surface for fungi to attach to, as well as carbohydrates as the oatmeal breaks down. Along with some molasses, it seems to be a fairly reliable food source. I am happily corrected though if someone knows otherwise.

Processing
Porridge oats before cooking

Oats processing is a relatively simple process:
Cleaning and sizing

Upon delivery to the milling plant, chaff, rocks, other grains, and other foreign material are removed from the oats.
Dehulling

Separation of the outer hull from the inner oat groat is effected by means of centripetal acceleration. Oats are fed by gravity onto the center of a horizontally spinning stone, which accelerates them towards the outer ring. Groats and hulls are separated on impact with this ring. The lighter oat hulls are then aspirated away, while the denser oat groats are taken to the next step of processing. Oat hulls can be used as feed, processed further into insoluble oat fiber, or used as a biomass fuel.
Kilning

The unsized oat groats will then pass through a heat and moisture treatment to balance moisture, but mainly to stabilize them. Oat groats are high in fat (lipids), and once removed from their protective hulls and exposed to air, enzymatic (lipase) activity begins to break down the fat into free fatty acids, ultimately causing an off flavor or rancidity. Oats will begin to show signs of enzymatic rancidity within four days of being dehulled if not stabilized. This process is primarily done in food grade plants, not in feed grade plants. Groats are not considered raw if they have gone through this process; the heat has disrupted the germ, and they will not sprout.
Sizing of groats

Many whole oat groats are broken during the dehulling process, leaving the following types of groats to be sized and separated for further processing: whole oat groats, coarse steel cut groats, steel cut groats and fine steel cut groats. Groats are sized and separated using screens, shakers and indent screens. After the whole oat groats are separated, the remaining broken groats get sized again into the 3 groups (coarse, regular, fine), and then stored. The term steel cut is referred to all sized or cut groats. When there are not enough broken to size for further processing, then whole oat groats get sent to a cutting unit with steel blades that will evenly cut the groats into the three sizes as discussed earlier.
Final processing

Three methods are used to make the finished product:
Flaking

This process uses two large smooth or corrugated rolls spinning at the same speed in opposite directions at a controlled distance. Oat flakes, also known as rolled oats, have many different sizes, thicknesses and other characteristics depending on the size of oat groats passed between the rolls. Typically, the three sizes of steel cut oats are used to make instant, baby and quick rolled oats, whereas whole oat groats are used to make regular, medium and thick rolled oats. Oat flakes range from a thickness of 0.36 mm to 1.00 mm.

Oat bran milling

This process takes the oat groats through several roll stands to flatten and separate the bran from the flour (endosperm). The two separate products (flour and bran) get sifted through a gyrating sifter screen to further separate them. The final products are oat bran and debranned oat flour.

Whole flour milling

This process takes oat groats straight to a grinding unit (stone or hammer mill) and then over sifter screens to separate the coarse flour and final whole oat flour. The coarser flour gets sent back to the grinding unit until it is ground fine enough to be whole oat flour. This method is used often in India and other countries.
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Been looking at some Soil books, What I find is lyases is a major enzyme in soil. Im just studing up tho, Ill do some schooling later. Interesting shit tho.

dextr0
I've heard that baby oatmeal is the thing to use also. It's in the Teaming with Microbes book also.
You can find it at the grocery store either by the other baby food or by the other oatmeal. It says baby oatmeal or powdered baby oatmeal I think.

Thanx for reassuring, I think Ill go c&p the thread I was speaking of. Interesting if nothing else. Thanx for stopping by.

 

[dextr0]

The littler one was showing signs of yellowing from the get go. So I hit it with some Water Solvable Calcium basically some dolomite lime that I had that i mixed with vinegar and let set for a month. Greened up nicely and went from having ram horned leaves to regular ones.