Lots of training for the Papaya and Tangilope – they’re far wider than they are tall. Even so, Tangilope has been pretty manageable for a sativa-dominant strain. This Wreckage is a dreamboat: compact, great branching, and hasn’t been finicky about feeding. If it weren’t feminized, it would be my breeding stock.
Wow, I cannot imagine taking a ten year break from the greatest hobby in the known universe.
It appears as if you are rust-free…your garden looks nice.
May you enjoy a bountiful harvest😎
Good luck!
ETA: I grew out Nirvana’s Papaya about 13 years ago…I liked it very much…nice buds with great flavor and high.
General Hydroponics GO line. I’ve been about 90% satisfied: on one hand, I’ve got bushy little beasts that are flowering quite nicely. On the other hand, I had phosphorus issues for much of veg, and the “no pH adjustment necessary” is bunk.
I’ll probably start a thread about my GO box soon…
Is there anything those assholes don’t get involved in? Oh well. Long-term I’m planning to mix my own soil, anyway. In the meantime, GO box with some Happy Frog is getting the job done.
Update, day 30 for Papaya/Tangilope, day 20 for Wreckage.
Things are progressing pretty well. Has been a little chilly in my flowering area (20C/68F day, 12.5C/55F at night) which may be slowing down the bud growth a bit, but trichome production has definitely accelerated. Tangilope seems hungrier – think I could have kept going with high-N feeding for an extra week, as it’s starting to shed inner/lower fan leaves a little earlier than I would have liked. My tent smells like sangria, though I prefer the sour citrus of the Tangilope over the slightly-rotten sweetness of the Papaya.
Papaya (d30, back-left), Wreckage (d20, front left), Tangilope (d30, right):
This has been interesting. She’s been losing inner leaves for a while, but as described in this thread, larger and outer fan leaves have started to yellow. Gave her a boost of vegging nutrients and topdressing of EWC, but haven’t noticed much of a difference. Gave her a solid flush and a strong dose of nutrients next watering, which hasn’t helped with the leaf yellowing but it did seem to plump up the buds quite a bit. The bad news is that this resulted in some bud floppage, but the good news is that I had wire and stakes prepared for such an occasion.
Additionally, she seems to be ripening a bit: hairs are turning brown, and I’ve spotted a few cloudy trichomes. I’m pretty sure she’d be bald by 9 weeks, so I’m glad she seems to be finishing up earlier than anticipated.
Seems to actually be behind Tangilope in terms of plumping up and ripening. She should have a little more than 2 weeks left, but I don’t see any brown hairs and trichomes are still clear. That said, there are some delightful pinks in some of the upper leaves – hopefully she starts to ripen soon and I don’t have to worry about whatever terrible deficiency this represents
Coming along quite nicely, started frosting up a lot in the past few days. Seems healthy and vigorous overall, has been a dream to grow. Hope she continues to thrive through the end. She’s petite compared to the other two (3.5 gal bucket, others are in 8 gallon pots), but looks like she could be a heavy yielder in the end. I’ll cross my fingers.
I don’t think you have a lot to worry about. All i can see is some nitrogen deficiency. Flushing won’t help anything. Wait till the end to worry about that.
Do you know those sugar-coated gummy candies? That’s what my hands smelled like after staking up the tangilope the other day. Sweet is an understatement.
I’m keeping her clones around for now – unfortunately only had 1 seed, but seems like a good one. Will give her more nitrogen early in flower and heavier feeding later in flower next time around, but I’m still rather impressed so far.
If at first I don’t succeed, keep flowering clones until it’s perfect. I’m now strongly considering bulking up another Tangilope for the next round – just topped, no LST – and keep up the nitrogen until it’s done with the stretch.
LA Confidential is on my wishlist. My only real complaint is that it’s hard to find non-feminized seeds from DNA, but then again, breeding a perfect strain is a pipedream so long as I remain in my quaint suburban home
