A Taste of Africa from Malawi
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This is just a follow up on my 2022 Malawi and Super Malawi Haze grow, in greenhouse at 47N. After 3+ months of cure, the effect of the strains has mellowed.
Malawi (harvested Nov 7 and 14): Right after harvest, Malawi's psychoactive effect was so strong it was almost incapacitating. I could not even finish smoking a joint. "Devastating", as the ACE description says. Now, post-cure, the effect has smoothed and the "rough edges" have gone. The effect is not as powerful. This is a welcome change. The effect is now clearer and purer, a strong sativa effect, but smoother and with a more focussed body + head high. Long lasting, great in the evenings, sleep is welcome afterwards.
Super Malawi Haze (harvested Nov 17 and 24): After 3 months, SMH still has the more cerebral effect as compared to Malawi, which in comparison lacks cerebral. Still has about 50% of the strength of Malawi's body/face buzz, plus a strong cerebral buzz from the Nevil's side of the cross. SMH was my "all-time favourite" for a month or so after harvest, but the Malawi has slowly become my preferred ACE strain from 2022 because it is such a sweet and smooth feeling. Am going to test the SMH again after more cure.
Cheers all!
Malawi (harvested Nov 7 and 14): Right after harvest, Malawi's psychoactive effect was so strong it was almost incapacitating. I could not even finish smoking a joint. "Devastating", as the ACE description says. Now, post-cure, the effect has smoothed and the "rough edges" have gone. The effect is not as powerful. This is a welcome change. The effect is now clearer and purer, a strong sativa effect, but smoother and with a more focussed body + head high. Long lasting, great in the evenings, sleep is welcome afterwards.
Super Malawi Haze (harvested Nov 17 and 24): After 3 months, SMH still has the more cerebral effect as compared to Malawi, which in comparison lacks cerebral. Still has about 50% of the strength of Malawi's body/face buzz, plus a strong cerebral buzz from the Nevil's side of the cross. SMH was my "all-time favourite" for a month or so after harvest, but the Malawi has slowly become my preferred ACE strain from 2022 because it is such a sweet and smooth feeling. Am going to test the SMH again after more cure.
Cheers all!
Malawi Day 58. Some pistils are starting to turn already. This will be my first time finishing a Malawi so I was planning on 12 weeks minimum but I’m not sure she will go that long, unless she starts reflowering or something, but so far there’s no signs of that.
My grows always seem to finish up a week earlier than others so maybe I will start targeting 11 weeks, we will see though what the plant says over the next few weeks. This is a clone off of a fully matured mother plant afterall
My grows always seem to finish up a week earlier than others so maybe I will start targeting 11 weeks, we will see though what the plant says over the next few weeks. This is a clone off of a fully matured mother plant afterall
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This is hugely helpful. I checked Trichs last night and they are almost all cloudy. It’s looking like it could be a faster ten weeker but like I say I’ll watch her over the course of this week and see how she progresses
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@OZZ_ my Malawi ended her days in the greenhouse on Nov 7 and 14. Staggered harvest so I could compare. Cured now for three and a half months, I think I prefer the Nov 7 as it is the lighter one. A heavier effect on Nov 14. The trikes were increasingly cloudy with a bit of amber. I will grow Malawi again, an extraordinary strain!
I’m not really an outdoor grower so I never know what those dates exactly mean lol…. How many weeks was she in flower then?
I have the same issue in reverse.
haha, I don't have a light switch for flowering.Growing outdoors, there's no way I can answer your question with certainty. But I would guess the Malawi started flowering around September 1 (my post of September 19 in this thread shows her in very early flowering, probably mas-o-menos about two weeks in is my guess). Malawi was of course slower than many strains to go into flower, being a 100% tropical sativa.
What I do know for sure is Malawi was ready for harvest by November 7. Based on that , I'd say she flowered for 10 weeks. Mas-o-menos. You'll want to watch closely, she's approaching the window.
Cheers
I have the same issue in reverse.
Growing outdoors, there's no way I can answer your question with certainty. But I would guess the Malawi started flowering around September 1 (my post of September 19 in this thread shows her in very early flowering, probably mas-o-menos about two weeks in is my guess). Malawi was of course slower than many strains to go into flower, being a 100% tropical sativa.
What I do know for sure is Malawi was ready for harvest by November 7. Based on that , I'd say she flowered for 10 weeks. Mas-o-menos. You'll want to watch closely, she's approaching the window.
Cheers
Excellent. Tomorrow will be 9 weeks of flowing. frost is definitely picking up….. pistils are about 50/50. A few burnt tips here or there from my attempt to find her limits and push past 1.9 EC, if I run this clone again next time I’ll stay at 1.8 EC max which will be perfect for her. I always like pushing the limits on the first run with a new plant to find out how much is too much, then back them off slightly. Currently at 1.7-1.8.
I think I’m going to give her another week of feed, then start flushing her at week 10 and look to take her at 11 weeks. I’m guessing the Trichs arent going to turn on me that fast…..
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Lovely stuff Zanddar!
This Friday will be 11 weeks for my Malawi fem. I’m a little disappointed in this grow, I didn’t grow her as well as I thought I was going to haha
PH rose on me in her tray and caused some fan leaf damage mid flowering, which I’m a little embarrassed of…. But I did get her mostly recovered I believe.
I had planned on taking her down on Friday at week 11 but after her last few feedings of PK last week she has pushed out a small wave of fresh pistils so I’m a little unsure if I should take her down on Friday or give her another week. She has been being flushed for about a week now so she may run out of nutes to make it another week, I’m sure she’s running low as it is….. but I could always give her another feeding to make it through.
Regardless of the damage she pumped out some bulky colas for her small size and loads of frost too. She’s only around around 36” tall as I flipped her very early. I’m seeing the shiny silverish buds that people talk about. This will be my first time finishing a Malawi. Next time I run this clone I’ll know to stop feedings at 1.8 EC (1.9-2.0 burned her tips) and I’ll need to stay on top of keeping her autopot tray clean because otherwise if debris gets in there it causes biological action bumping the PH leading to lockout. I caught it quick only a few days into it…. But the damage was done. On these Sativas in the autopots I’m learning a mid grow cleaning is necessary, with hybrids it’s not as they are so fast.
I’m sure the smoke will turn out perfectly fine and potent as she is super frosty and she smells very very nice …. but I’m more than a little bummed about her crispy fans. She’s got better terps for sure than simply woody. I wouldn’t call it fruity necessarily but more along the lines of fresh pine and menthol. She smells wonderful and it’s louder than I thought.
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Hi OZZ_
That's pretty big for a small plant.
I wouldn't feed it anymore and just give it water for another week or 2. You will be surprised at how long it can go on small amounts of nutes at that stage. It's pushing out more flowers and showing you that it still has lots of nutes to do it. It's still quite green too.
That's pretty big for a small plant.
I wouldn't feed it anymore and just give it water for another week or 2. You will be surprised at how long it can go on small amounts of nutes at that stage. It's pushing out more flowers and showing you that it still has lots of nutes to do it. It's still quite green too.
Hi @paisajedehierba we hope to work on backcrossing Auto Malawi x NL back to Old Malawi Killer (and to New Killer mother as well) this season, so hopefully we save you the time and effort on doing so!
Old Killer and New Killer mothers perform pretty similar when floweredside by side from clone, only slight differences. Old Killer mother has a bit more of vigor and clones easier, has slightly paler green color, thinner leaves, stretches a bit more and needs a week more to ripen. Old Killer is still the strongest of the 2 for raw potency and mind blowing long lasting effects. On the other hand, New Killer is way frostier (white) on the leaves, tests higher for cannabinoid content at lab, and has more quality, uplifting effects than the Old one.
More or less same goes for their offspring.
You are going to be seriously busy in the sativa room next months @Zanddar
Hoping for an epic run like your first one where more Malawi elite mothers and seedlines can be found and produced.
