badrabbit
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Greetings all;
I had a mind to post this one only when finished, but I've decided to make it more of an ongoing report as some of the progress is at least mildly interesting. Sorry, but no photos at this point; I will, at the least, do some photo's of the finished plants.
Genetic: Master Kaze (Mk/Skunk X Haze), seed pack of 18 purchased in June 2011.
- Started in RW cubes under flouro's on July 2nd
- 17 of 18 germinated at varying rates
- Seedlings looked almost wildly variable in the first few weeks for leaf size, structure and height/growth pattern.
- The hazier looking seedlings (skinnier leaves, more delicate structure) showed both nute and light sensitivity, fatter indica leaners showed no sensitivity at all.)
- Flipped to 12/12 on 7/23 after 3 weeks veg growth under a 600W HPS Sun System)/ I really agonized over this since they seemed barely mature enough to flower, but I decided to go to flowering early since I had a crowded grow in the 'closet room' and figured I'd better stay with a shorter, more easily managed grow, especially with a few showing strong haze tendencies.
- As flowering began, 11 females were identified (pretty nice ratio!). 6 were clearly male (no intent to breed/seed here) and 1 was such a runt that regardless of sex it was not going to make the cut. (first time I've ever seen a runt like that in an MNS pack)
- took cuts and 'lollipopped' the remaining females last week - they were really stretching, but I thought it'd slow down soon. WRONG!
- So far, I'm not sure I can even describe the plants except to say that the stretch is a shock. I thought I started flowering too early and would have a manageable grow ... well, quite the opposite has happened.
They've way 'out-stretched' my other haze hybrid grows (including MNS SSH) by a LONG shot and, unfortunately, I've had to bend tops down of almost every one of them. They've thoroughly outgrown the room height and it will have to be a grow in which all the plants are bent. (Incidentally, I did no topping as the seedlings really didn't hint at the stretch I was about to get).
Not the end of the world ... but I'm quite surprised; Kaze is clearly showing a lot of haze influence and I can only hope the finish time and yield are also not so far to the haze side. I was really looking for more indica leaning/kushy phenos out of the grow... doubt that's going to be the case. BUT, I'm still very positive that I could find some wonderful keepers in there.
So far, I'd say they show excellent vigor (ahem!), are moderately branchy with medium to long internode length. The clear variations between plants that I saw as seedlings is not very evident now. They look fairly uniform in most cases. Tall, hazy looking but with a moderate leaf width.
So, expect a finish in mid to late september (Sept 30 would be 70 days I believe). Of course, with the stretchy nature of these plants, it could go longer.
So far, I'm getting no distinctive aroma other than "pot growing", but it is early and the room/hydro table layout makes it difficult to closely inspect the full crow.
Cheers; hope you find some interest in this grow, I'll be happy to answer any questions and will post photos in the future.
best,
rabbit
I had a mind to post this one only when finished, but I've decided to make it more of an ongoing report as some of the progress is at least mildly interesting. Sorry, but no photos at this point; I will, at the least, do some photo's of the finished plants.
Genetic: Master Kaze (Mk/Skunk X Haze), seed pack of 18 purchased in June 2011.
- Started in RW cubes under flouro's on July 2nd
- 17 of 18 germinated at varying rates
- Seedlings looked almost wildly variable in the first few weeks for leaf size, structure and height/growth pattern.
- The hazier looking seedlings (skinnier leaves, more delicate structure) showed both nute and light sensitivity, fatter indica leaners showed no sensitivity at all.)
- Flipped to 12/12 on 7/23 after 3 weeks veg growth under a 600W HPS Sun System)/ I really agonized over this since they seemed barely mature enough to flower, but I decided to go to flowering early since I had a crowded grow in the 'closet room' and figured I'd better stay with a shorter, more easily managed grow, especially with a few showing strong haze tendencies.
- As flowering began, 11 females were identified (pretty nice ratio!). 6 were clearly male (no intent to breed/seed here) and 1 was such a runt that regardless of sex it was not going to make the cut. (first time I've ever seen a runt like that in an MNS pack)
- took cuts and 'lollipopped' the remaining females last week - they were really stretching, but I thought it'd slow down soon. WRONG!
- So far, I'm not sure I can even describe the plants except to say that the stretch is a shock. I thought I started flowering too early and would have a manageable grow ... well, quite the opposite has happened.
They've way 'out-stretched' my other haze hybrid grows (including MNS SSH) by a LONG shot and, unfortunately, I've had to bend tops down of almost every one of them. They've thoroughly outgrown the room height and it will have to be a grow in which all the plants are bent. (Incidentally, I did no topping as the seedlings really didn't hint at the stretch I was about to get).
Not the end of the world ... but I'm quite surprised; Kaze is clearly showing a lot of haze influence and I can only hope the finish time and yield are also not so far to the haze side. I was really looking for more indica leaning/kushy phenos out of the grow... doubt that's going to be the case. BUT, I'm still very positive that I could find some wonderful keepers in there.
So far, I'd say they show excellent vigor (ahem!), are moderately branchy with medium to long internode length. The clear variations between plants that I saw as seedlings is not very evident now. They look fairly uniform in most cases. Tall, hazy looking but with a moderate leaf width.
So, expect a finish in mid to late september (Sept 30 would be 70 days I believe). Of course, with the stretchy nature of these plants, it could go longer.
So far, I'm getting no distinctive aroma other than "pot growing", but it is early and the room/hydro table layout makes it difficult to closely inspect the full crow.
Cheers; hope you find some interest in this grow, I'll be happy to answer any questions and will post photos in the future.
best,
rabbit