G13 Haze - 2024 Outdoor Canadian Grown

[quinxstar]

already in bloom ?
it's good for you will finish early

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Warm greetings to All MNS Aficionados and Happy Labor Day long weekend to those of us who labor for a living, and who labor in the Garden. May your garden always flourish!

Here's to pushing the limits!



Bud-set is progressing nicely, all things considered:


Cheers!! FF

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Female #1

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Greetings to all MNS Aficionados!

Here are a few updates on Female #5: The RUNT




She's a runt due largely to my error, that resulted in her stunted growth. This is the seed that sprouted and stood up tall but failed to spread her wings. She stayed like that for a good week before I noticed the problem and corrected it.

Well, after I freed them up, they slowly opened, at a snail's pace. So, she was way behind the other 9 in terms of growth and size. She stayed behind them all except the dude that was planted in the DE Blended Mix. It turned out to be male.

Anyway, this stunted lady eventually caught up to, and past her brother, in the DE. She currently stands at 45" (in.). Not sure if she'll grow are further vertically, at this stage. It looks like all of them have slowed down, vertically.

At any rate, I "imagine" this girl, #5, could easily grow another 2 feet, under better circumstances than she experienced in this cycle. She definitely has untapped potential, imo.

She is definitely sativa dominant, imo, and at this stage or size, her stem is a little on the thin side, for the strong winds we get here, in the Fall. She needs a male with a much thicker stock, for seed production.




Cheers! - FF

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

 

[musashi]

Love the bamboo!

mu

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

 

[BrotherBoris]

Very healthy looking leaves there FF...Some NICE thin ones too!

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Kind greetings to the MNS Crew & Forum Members! A few photo updates. Fall is in the air. Weather has turned very cool, here, this weekend.




The above plant is the one I intended to pollinate if I could harvest some gold dust. So far, none to be seen. I suspect the lighting is the problem, so I'm working on a fix for that; but those lower branches were designated for seed production. Not sure if that's going to happen, but we shall see.

Otherwise, those lower branches would have most likely disappeared a while ago. Cool to watch her grow, though, when trained to stay low.

To my great chagrin, I spotted some swollen seed pods, on one of the girls, this morning. So, I don't know how to explain it. I haven't seen any male flowers on the girls, but maybe they're hidden, out of sight.

I didn't think it was my "Dude" who did it, because he was culled as soon as I spotted any sacks starting to open. I culled him to avoid pollinating neighbors, as much as my own crop. However, I suspect it is near hopeless to grow outdoors in a sub-division, surrounded by novice growers who barely have a clue about growing.

Case in point, my wife recently went to visit "a friend of a friend," so to speak; who entertained them in her back yard. My wife noticed there was some large pot plants there, planted in the ground, right next to her neighbor, separated only by a low fence. My wife took a photo to show me.

Turns out the lady who owns that house is a widow and has never "grown" the dank; ever. It grows itself. Her husband was a cultivator and grew it in that very same spot. It seems he passed during an outdoor grow. Well, the wife just let them keep growing, because they reminded her of him.

Apparently they keep growing back every year, on their own, since he past. She just lets them do their "thing" "in honor" of her dearly departed.

Broke my heart, in a sense, to think about it; and face the reality that outdoor growing in a city or town sub-division is probably contaminated with male pollen coming from amateur growers; many of whom barely know more than that lady, and never think twice about pollinating a neighbor's grow.

Fortunately I was able to root some cuts, after experiencing some difficulty with that process, this year, due in part to the lack of a temperature controlled heat-mat. So, in future grows, I'll grow the males indoors, for better pollen control.

Anyway, I'm rambling a bit. Back to some photos:



Cheers! - FF

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Apparently they keep growing back every year, on their own, since he past. She just lets them do their "thing" "in honor" of her dearly departed.

Here's the photo of them, that my wife sent me:


A harsh reality of outdoor growing inside a town sub-division, with neighbors like this. - FF

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Kind greetings to all the MNS Aficionados!

Female #1 Update for 09/10/24



Cheers! - FF

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Fortunately I was able to root some cuts, after experiencing some difficulty with that process, this year, due in part to the lack of a temperature controlled heat-mat.

Just to clarify, though, I do own a heat-mat but it's packed away in a box buried beneath dozens of other boxes, from a recent move I went through. Unfortunately the box contents weren't properly noted on every box.

At any rate, I failed to save a cut from all ten, but managed to end up with 10 rooted cuts, but it took about 30-36 cuts to get these:



These ones were under the humidity dome for a good month, I'd say. The oddest thing about them is that only 2 of the 10 had actual roots that grew outside the Rapid Rooter plug wall; just barely but clearly broke through the wall.

A third cut had a few tiny tips just exposed at the very edge of the plug wall, but just barely. You had to look really close to notice them. They were far from obvious. The other 7 cuts had absolutely no exposed visible roots, but they were still green and as healthy as the other 3.

So, I reasoned that these 7 cuts must have had tiny hidden roots, inside the plugs, or else they couldn't have survived as long as they did, and stayed as green as they did, for an entire month. That conclusion was also based on what I saw happen with the other cuts that eventually turned yellow and were culled.

Before I tossed them, I'd pull the yellow cuts from their plugs, to see if they resisted my pull. Several of them did cling to the plugs, indicating that they were being held in place by tiny roots. Several of them showed clear visible signs of root growth, when I pulled them out, and examined where I had applied the gel.

So, that led me to suspect the 7 green cuts, with no exposed roots, had to have some tiny roots, for them to have survived that long. So, if I had to form a "theory" of what happened in this case, as to why the root growth was so slow and minimal, I would blame it on two factors:

1. Hormonal, and 2. Temperature. Some photos below will show why I suspect it was a hormone issue. Secondly, whenever I removed the Rapid Rooter plugs from the tray, to examine them for signs of root exposure, they always felt cooler to my touch than the ambient temperature of my Sun Room, where they were kept. So, I'd say the temperature of the plugs was sub-optimal at best.



The above photos are all of the same cut: Male #4. If you look back through the Journal, you'll see the 5 males. This one was the second shortest of the 5, and the second to be culled.

You can clearly see the surviving male flower buds, in the earliest stage of growth. At least that's what it looks like to me. What do you all think? Odd thing is, I can't remember them being there when I took the cut. If they were (there), they must have been so tiny that I missed them, not having inspected it that closely.

I tend to think it's a fairly recent development, which tells me the light cycle is wrong, and needs adjustment. I haven't been giving them supplemental light, to extend their light cycle, because I assumed they weren't mature enough to flower, in terms of root development. Being in the Sun Room full time, they're getting a short day right now; because I assumed they were too young to flower.

They haven't been in these pots that long. I expect it'll revert back to veg, when I give it more light, but if it doesn't, I have 2 extra cuts of that same male, atm.

FF

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

The RUNT Update


Notice her thin stem, but what she lacks in terms of stalk thickness, she more than makes up for it in frost and terps. She is the frostiest of the 5, at this early stage. Training, combined with a better nutrient plan, should enhance it well enough. She hasn't received any training, obviously, because it wasn't required, due to her short stature.









Two of her cuts have survived, thankfully.

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Greetings MNS Aficionados!

09•11•24 Update






All photos taken today...

Cheers! - FF

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Greetings my fellow Aficionados!



Experiencing some good weather here, today.... but windy as hell, which makes it a bit tricky to snap a good photo from the opposite side of the shed:



A few photos taken from between the plants. This next photo is the middle plant, directly beneath the light (Female #3):



Female #4: If you zoom in, you can see the bent stem, in the upper right hand corner of the photo, with training wire:


Female #3:


Female #4, from between the plants:


Cheers! - FF

 

[Uncle Jack]

What sort of smells are you getting off the g13 FF?

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

What sort of smells are you getting off the g13 FF?

Hey Uncle Jack, thanks for asking. I'm still fine-tuning my nose to them, but there is definitely 2 distinct terp profiles, for sure. I'm clear about that much. If I had to generalize them, I'd say they are Earthy and Fruity. The Earthy one is stronger and hits me at 8 feet away. I'm delighted with their strong bouquets at this early stage, and can hardly wait to be completely mesmerized by them over the next 30 days. - FF

 

[Uncle Jack]

You appear to be having alot of fun with your girls.
They look very happy.
God job mate.