Thank you much. No rush at all, just being a bit optimistic, The one called "tikal" has some indica in it, not much, and it is stated at 10 weeks, still, I have a grow lined up with 3 week cushion before throwing them in the tent.
I am going to grow malawi within the next two grow cycles, I am going over to two lemon hazes and two jack herers, with one strawberry cough which is in tent right now and may be an in between as I still have about a month on the first four mentioned. Then Malawi, purple haze, and chocolate haze. So, I have also currently sampled all three, for hours minimum on the high, uplifting, slight LSD/ or shroom kind of high, paper bag dry. The only reason I am saying that the back two will take less time is my lights are set at about 11/13, this does shave some time off a grow, well, depending on the plant, the other factor is one of the guys that works for the company I received my seeds from said that fem. seeds have a tendency to flower a little faster due to them being a more domesticated strain, so far, my trichomes are milky up and down, the hairs are about 25% red, this harvest is going to be HUGE, I have a few tall and fat buds that i know are going to be heavy. Still, if on the other hand if you are right, I would smoke a fat cone with you, well in spirit at least.
Sativa's take a lot longer to flower, and most of the heft and flavor come in the last weeks as the plant puts most of it's energies into flower and (hopefully to the plant) seed production. I have never heard about feminized seeds finishing sooner despite a few years of growing. If you are planning on growing Malawi or other fairly pure Sativa strains, a LOT of headroom is recommended. I grow mostly Sativa plants and it's hard to keep them below 7 ft, with 12-14 week flowering times. Seed vendors are notorious for short season descriptions on their seed selections, as @[LEFT][B][SIZE=4][FONT=lato][COLOR=rgb(28, 45, 65)]MIMedGrower[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/LEFT] said. Most commercial growers don't wait for the full finish of their plants because time is money, and selling is how the money is made. If you allow your Sativa plants to fully finish, you will be rewarded with fat and heavy buds that are at the peak of flavor and aroma. Sativa plants don't grow the fat nuggets that everyone loves and produces longer, less dense buds. This translates into a larger loss of weight when drying, since the bud density is a lot lower. I'm not trying to be difficult, but you would greatly benefit from letting them go as long as they can. FWIW, Sativas often lose most of their leaves at the end of flowering, so don't panic if you start seeing yellowing leaves towards the end of flowering. Just go easy on the fertilizer towards the end.
I do appreciate the heads up, there is a difference between smoking and growing. I have been growing for awhile, mostly hybrids, I have had a couple hybrids that grow and smoke like the old school sativas, not very many. I have also stated what mistakes I made on this grow, one gallon pots from now on fer sure. I don't sell, not my thing, I grow for my girl and I, I am not looking to be champion grower of the universe, just good trippy highs. I will wait on harvest as I know it could take longer, my view is marred with hybrids, the longest plant that I ever grew was twelve weeks of flowering, that was a jack herer. I have a seven foot tent, so I was supercropping the plants a lot. Although if you get a chance, try to experiment with different light schedules, 12/12 is not always king, and 18/6 is not always what is said.
The pure Sativas, notably ones from Jamaica, were the trippiest I have ever had. In the early 80s we were getting Jamaican that was compressed into bible/book size packages weighing a Lb. One or two batches of it were very psychedelic, causing a "cartoonish" like aura around everything. Driving was very difficult despite many years of smoking prior to the Jamaican. I'm unsure of the origins of them, but I always suspected Malawi. High THC with very low CBD made for a sometimes overwhelming and paranoid feeling. Interestingly, the paranoia that was always part of Cannabis lore probably came from the earlier smokes of the 60s and 70s, which were usually pure Sativas from central/south America. It seems paranoia and psychedelics go hand in hand with some old school Sativa's.
Started smoking in the eighties, lived in an area that was a hub for farmers. I never heard of half the strains out now. Some stuff out right now is just named differently, I remember the really bad mexi brick weed that used come in all pressed out like that. I always looked forward to what was coming from the rural areas, some of the most mind shattering stuff, I still find some companies have pure sativas, just got know which ones. The hybrids out now are not bad, just I think DJ Short hit the nails on the head when he said that people went bland, to many super fast grows, of some substandard weirdly named plant that gets you high.......just no heart in the buzz. I never really had the paranoia, I do remember the high that felt like I was on some shrooms, never had weed like that again. Some stuff comes close, and some have a different "feel", so far, most hazes still have a pretty great high.
There is in modern strains still thcv, most is dormant, I still find strains that do have trippy effects. You find thcv in some indicas. Really strange that the breeding practices are so uniform though, bigger yields, more trichomes, higher thc, where is the experience in the buzz, that heartfelt journey where going for a walk becomes a crusade. By the way, I read animal farm, what was strange is I seen a cartoon years ago that was based on Orwells book, I think it was a late sixties early seventies effort, still very close to the book.
Looks like my grow... everything got way top heavy despite propping things up. Good Job!
Thank you, I guess our plants being top heavy is our"burden", Laughing. It is just insane, I even had every problem in the book, of course I sorted them out, it was just a very un planned grow. I am trying to find that decent mixture of what I like in a buzz, I have found a few, still, I had never grown this companies brand before, I love ace seeds that is for sure.
