9 plants (5 strains) in a 2x2 tent

[Farmer's Hat]

Hows it going everyone. I finished harvesting the previous crop today, and shuffled 9 plants into the flower tent. Will veg them for a week, or until canopy fills up.

Here is the lineup, from left to right.

Back row
2x_ TLT Malawi Gold
1x_ Super Silver Haze

Middle row
2x_ Valley Ice (Dark Purple Sativa Pheno)
1x_ F1 Valley Ice x Brandywine

Front row
2x_ SFV OG
1x_ F1 Valley Ice x Brandywine





I have 3 objectives.
1. Cross SSH with Purple Valley Ice
2. Cross MTF with TLT Malawi Gold
3. Make more SSH and Malawi seeds.

The males are in my living room, chilling on the windowsill. I will collect the pollen and brush it on the females when they are in week 3 or 4 of flower.

Cheers

 

[Farmer's Hat]

I gave everything another cup and half of water today. I think its crazy that I kept everything alive for a month, in just quart pots.


Did some LST on a few of the plants. ↓


TLT Malawi Gold ↓
I made sure to go very light on the N. I did a lot of research in preparation to growing this Landrace Sativa. I will have to flower everything on 11/13 instead of 12/12. Also, they tend do better when grown on the outskirts. This piece of information I acquired from an old timer who has been growing and breeding old school haze for at least 30 years.
There are two different phenotypes in my tent. I will be breeding with the pheno that has the thin long leaves.



The SSH is looking pretty bad right now. LOL! She didn't take the transplant into the hot soil mix very well. I also topped her hard before transplanting. At least the new growth is doing well. I expect her to bounce back and really take off in about 10 days.↓

Thats all for now. Feel free to leave any comments or pics that are relevant and helpful.

Cheers

 

[Reekwind]

Nice line-up!

Are they your own cuts? And did you reverse the males?

 

[Farmer's Hat]

Nice line-up!

Are they your own cuts? And did you reverse the males?

Thanks. Two of the strains are my own cuts. The rest are from seed.

I did manage to reveg both Males. If your referring to the males from my F3 Valley Ice thread.

 

[MissinThe90’sStrains]

Multiple sativas, highly managed and trained to a small space, with targeted pollinations from different dads - oh boy this is gonna be intense!

 

[Farmer's Hat]

I spent some time training and pinching buds off the larger plants. I will probably have to prune some back, to keep them small. I want to give the SSH some more time to fill out. Im expecting everything to really take off next time I water. SSH ↓

The SFV OG is a nitrogen whore. She looks super juiced up and I suspect these two plants will be the most challenging to keep small.

I kind of messed up on the soil mix for the deep purple Valley Ice. I forgot she is a light feeder. Both of the clones are looking overwhelmed by the soil mix, so I will most likely do a soft flush on the next watering.

I took out one of the F1 plants and replaced it with an Amnesia Haze clone. The clone looks better prepared for this run.

This next bit of information will be rather interesting to many of you. I kept staring at the tallest Malawi and I couldn't shake the feeling that it needed to be much shorter. I pulled her out of the pot and decided to bend her in half, then place her back in the pot. I now have a super short compact MALAWI. I feel much better about this adjustment. Im less likely to run out of height space when she starts flowering.

Below you will see the Malawi in the far left corner. Before and after. Quite the height difference.



I feel a little caught of guard by the SSH. I really put her through some harsh stuff. Wasn't expecting the plant to be sensitive. The SSH ive grown in the past (sensi seeds) were freaking robust bamboo weeds. LOL

Thats all for now.
Cheers.

 

[Farmer's Hat]

Pics of three MALAWI clones. They have been vegging for a few days now.



Seen below is one of the SSH seedlings. It has a quirky leaf mutation.