Godspeed, may they live and grow to be strong and potent.
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Iām getting excited for you! I love when the plants start producing flowers. After a month or two you will know which plant is going to be the best. Iām thinking this minty plant is going to be special at the momentā¦
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Thanks brother. I too am excited about the minty one. Though I am exited for all the plants but minty one seems to be the most vigorous with the probably hermaphrodite one. So I am exited. Cheers
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Update
Good news we have 3 females as of now and 1 male from a lot of 7 plants across both the spots
Spot 1 -
Top view
Male Plant - I uprooted this plant as i am trying to keep the females seedless
The lone female at this spot the other plant has not shown any sort of sex signs. So, hopping it turns out to be a female.
Spot 2 -
Top View
The plant throwing minty smell has turned out to be female and has just started to show sex signs
the others at this spot have not started to show any sex.
Cheers
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Iāve got some araku seeds here. Iāve been looking for info on the strain. Whatās the flowering time like? Iām guessing kinda long since itās tropical. Nice grow btw
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Yes itās long, 14 + weeks from the breeders info .
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Iām interested in seeing if this is the flowering time after flowers begin to form or if this is the time experienced indoors after flipping lightsā¦
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Outdoor in the ground they would be huge , im definitely going to try one
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Generally plants in their native area flower from mid September to late Jan/early feb.
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Yes sir absolutely, plus the stretch is indeed real. Lol
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Hey all, an update on the grow, with some bad news
One of the plants died, well the first one to flower died. something ate the roots of that plant.
aside from that the other one at spot 1 is a female.
so thats a good thing
while all the plants at spot 2 seem to be females
and i required some advice regarding something i found lurking among the plants if anybody can tell me what it is, it would be greatly appreciated
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Not sure what that isā¦a beetle of some sort maybe. Too bad you lost the plant. Sounds like the type of thing that would be caused by a cut worm, nematodes, or something like a pocket gopherā¦ nematodes will leave knotty growth on the rootsā¦
Good female numbers at least.
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I am happy you shared this grow with us! I have to say I donāt know much about Indian landraces and the strains that grow in this particular area (Araku Valley). Is Sheelavathi one of many strains that grow here? Or is it the only strain that grows around here, and shows a lot of phenotypic variation? Has Araku Mango anything to do with Sheelavathi or are they 2 completely different strains?
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They are different strains altogether. Sheelawathi is a relative( daughter) of Kerala strains
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Yes, grandchild of Idukki and child of Kerala. It was my understanding that Sheelavathi is mostly grown in Andhra Pradesh and Orrisa. Arakku Valley beeing one of the places. I assumed there would be more than one strain growing there, I just didnāt know exactly.
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Sheelavati is grown everywhere from orrisa to Andhra and Chattisgarh, though each place has had hybridization since seeds travel from places to places without much documentation, so itās very difficult to determine the parents of any one particular strain. That said araku is know for itās mango flavour which is very dominant in the flower that comes out from that area, while sheelavati is known to have a spicy flavour, mostly found in strains from orrisa
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Those were the details I was looking for. Your feedback is much appreciated, sir!
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Have you grown any south Indian variety?
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I havenāt grown anything yet. Right now Iām just connecting with people, absorbing as much information as I possibly can and preparing for my first grow for 2024 season.
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Hello. I collect and preserve landrace genetics and this grow is fascinating. Thank you for all the history and local background information. Also, the pictures of the surrounding area are very helpful to show me the local climate. How did your plants turn out ?
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