Fish
2023 COE Winner
Hello all. Haven’t done this in a while had a few changes to handle.
But I have just been running the last of the Mango AC seed I was generously given to trial.
My first trial I used 10 seeds to start, all grew, but unfortunately coincided with the wettest summer in generations and consequently did not end how I hoped. I did find two plants I loved and still have my number 2 and the other the number 10. Number 2 is huge (tall) and very strong and in my mind some of the best smoke I’ve had, love the plant! Number 10 has more smell quicker more solid and probably more of a commercial style plant if you know what I mean.
So a couple of months ago I put the rest of the seed down (8). One did not germinate, one had a tail and got nowhere else and the 3rd death was all me and my declining eyesight and shaky hands (I’ll never be a surgeon) trying to take the husk off the struggling seed, or my impatience probably, and broke it in half
. To be honest the other two deaths were me too as I left them in the fridge, in good conditions but with opening and closing and left open uncountable times a day we would of definitely reduced germination vigour.
The other 5 grew fine. I ended up with two males and 3 females. One male had good vigour but I didn’t like his structure so I killed him, the other male had a more stout structure and nice branching, nice healthy green colour and one of the main 3 smells I like that I’ve noticed on the plants, I grew. So obviously I kept him.
Of the females I have #11, #12 and #14. Legs 11 is just that another giant with wicked vigour. Although she is different from #2. She has more of the thicker wider leaf and less branching compared to #2. Still very exciting for me I like my green girls big.
#12 is very similar in habit to the male I kept (#15) but has the velvety feel like the #3 male on the first run. So she’s branchy more squat and a nice healthy green colour. #14 is a bit like @musashi’s variegated crinkled plant. She hasn’t grown out of it yet and I’m on the 2nd generation of clones with her, I know it’s not a preferred trait so this will be her last grow. I haven’t grown these out yet I have just taken clones off the seed plants and then lined clones up with the #2 and #10 clones for a comparison. Let’s see how they turn out.
Below is the five Mango AC’s. The left 3 from bottom to top. #14, #12 & #11. Right side two plants, bottom #10 and #2 above that. The other plant is not part of this thread.
#14 crinkly and variegated looking doesn’t wanna grow out of it. I will finish it but I won’t keep a clone.
#12 nice little branchy structure
#11 not so many branches and just wants to grow up
#2 from other grows
#10 from other grows
On a side note, look at this! I call her Jurassic Park. She’s a cross I made from the #2 mango and the #7 male mango a while back and have just grown a couple out. I’m going to finish this as a seed plant on this run to see what happens.
The top.
Cheers
Fish
But I have just been running the last of the Mango AC seed I was generously given to trial.
My first trial I used 10 seeds to start, all grew, but unfortunately coincided with the wettest summer in generations and consequently did not end how I hoped. I did find two plants I loved and still have my number 2 and the other the number 10. Number 2 is huge (tall) and very strong and in my mind some of the best smoke I’ve had, love the plant! Number 10 has more smell quicker more solid and probably more of a commercial style plant if you know what I mean.
So a couple of months ago I put the rest of the seed down (8). One did not germinate, one had a tail and got nowhere else and the 3rd death was all me and my declining eyesight and shaky hands (I’ll never be a surgeon) trying to take the husk off the struggling seed, or my impatience probably, and broke it in half
. To be honest the other two deaths were me too as I left them in the fridge, in good conditions but with opening and closing and left open uncountable times a day we would of definitely reduced germination vigour. The other 5 grew fine. I ended up with two males and 3 females. One male had good vigour but I didn’t like his structure so I killed him, the other male had a more stout structure and nice branching, nice healthy green colour and one of the main 3 smells I like that I’ve noticed on the plants, I grew. So obviously I kept him.
Of the females I have #11, #12 and #14. Legs 11 is just that another giant with wicked vigour. Although she is different from #2. She has more of the thicker wider leaf and less branching compared to #2. Still very exciting for me I like my green girls big.
#12 is very similar in habit to the male I kept (#15) but has the velvety feel like the #3 male on the first run. So she’s branchy more squat and a nice healthy green colour. #14 is a bit like @musashi’s variegated crinkled plant. She hasn’t grown out of it yet and I’m on the 2nd generation of clones with her, I know it’s not a preferred trait so this will be her last grow. I haven’t grown these out yet I have just taken clones off the seed plants and then lined clones up with the #2 and #10 clones for a comparison. Let’s see how they turn out.
Below is the five Mango AC’s. The left 3 from bottom to top. #14, #12 & #11. Right side two plants, bottom #10 and #2 above that. The other plant is not part of this thread.
#14 crinkly and variegated looking doesn’t wanna grow out of it. I will finish it but I won’t keep a clone.
#12 nice little branchy structure
#11 not so many branches and just wants to grow up
#2 from other grows
#10 from other grows
On a side note, look at this! I call her Jurassic Park. She’s a cross I made from the #2 mango and the #7 male mango a while back and have just grown a couple out. I’m going to finish this as a seed plant on this run to see what happens.
The top.
Cheers
Fish
pulling up a chair and breaking out some 
for the show
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