A Taste of Africa from Malawi

[SolarLogos]

Male clones

Male clones

Here is a picture of the 2 males, side-by-side. They are the clones I kept of them. The one on the right (M-3) has very wide leaves compared to the one on the left (M-2). They both have purple stems. I've seen a lot of purple in these plants, including my female, M-1; her clone has a red stalk and red stems, just as her mother did when she was younger. Don't think it's the cold as it hasn't been cold yet and my clone room stays an even 75F at all times. I don't know if any of these males resemble either of the killer malawi's but they are quite vigorous and healthy.
Peace, God bless

 

[Burro Johnson]

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[dubi]

Just tested mine yesterday... noticed a very subtle hazey touch (incensey?) when bagging her, main aroma (subtle) being an "oily" vanilla.

Even with the pests problems, this lady foxtailed a lot and packs a punch.

I didn't notice how deep it hit me until realized I had been 3 hours straight into listening music in complete and absolute bliss with a very focused high.

Even being "green" and potent, it doesn't do that kind of "mind reset" other potent sativas induce when uncured. Absolutely clean landing, really impressed.

Thanks friend

Glad to hear you are enjoying with the early smoke tests of your recently harvested Malawi, it can only improve with the drying and curing!

 

[dubi]

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I have posted. I've got Malawi in the greenhouse now. I did not try to force flower them, so it looks like I'm in for a long flowering outdoors, so hopefully the greenhouse will help them ripen properly. I have 3 female Malawi from standard seeds and 2 nice males. The first 2 pictures are M-1, which was the last to show her sex. You can see from the second picture, she hasn't been in flower long. She had a lot of purple on her stalk and leaf stems when she was younger, but now that is all gone (not from cold). She is the tallest, thinnest stalks and the longest inter-node spacing. Her leaves are long and very narrow.
The next 2 pictures are M-4. She has medium inter-node spacing, medium length and width leaves. She was the second to the last to show pistils.
The last pic is M-5, the first female to show her sex, about 2 weeks before M-4, very early. She is the biggest of all of them. Her leaves are long and wide (widest of the 3), thick stalk and very tight inter-node spacing.
This is my first time growing Malawi, so I will keep you all posted; I will for sure need some help around harvest time. EC=1.6, pH=6.5 and flushing every 3 weeks. N is pretty low right now and they seem happy so far.
Thanks for stopping by. I will post the males later.

Here is M-3, one of the 2 Malawi males I have M-2 is the other). The clone next to him is of him; I put him into flower to find out it's sex and at the same time, M-3 decided to show his sex at the same time, so that is why the clone is in flower at the same time. I still have an extra clone of him that I saved. M-3e showed big balls on the main stalk about 3 weeks before the first female even showed a calyx. I have a second male in flower also, but I have paper sacks on this one, covering the pollen sacks and keeping him separate as I don't have an extra room for him. I will post my 3 GT's later, they are touching the top of the greenhouse. I did not get a GT male, so I have crossed this male into my most Thai pheno and maybe cross the offspring into another (or 2) GT clone(s) until I get the one I'm looking for.
Other than making regular seeds, I have no breeding experience and very little pure sativa experience so I'm here to learn and am always grateful for any help or advise.
Thanks for stopping by. Peace, God bless

Hi SolarLogos,

Thanks for the update about your regular Malawis from this season.
Your Malawi phenos clearly lean towards the Old Malawi Killer parental plant. They indeed look happy with the feeding you are providing them
Glad to hear you are using the males to produce your own seeds.

Best wishes for the rest of the flowering. Blessings!

 

[Azure]

Here's a single Malawi

 

[SolarLogos]

Hi SolarLogos,

Thanks for the update about your regular Malawis from this season.
Your Malawi phenos clearly lean towards the Old Malawi Killer parental plant. They indeed look happy with the feeding you are providing them
Glad to hear you are using the males to produce your own seeds.

Best wishes for the rest of the flowering. Blessings!

Sorry I don't have time to be on this site as often as I like, but I want to thank you Dubi for your reply. I was wondering if I had the new Malawi or old, but I will certainly keep you updated, especially once I can determine the smells a little better.
Peace, God bless

 

[SolarLogos]

Those are HUGE Azure! More importantly, very healthy looking! Nice job! Looks like a blessed and bountiful harvest around the corner.
Peace, God bless

 

[Phrenos]

My Malawi under Leds

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

Looks good! How far along is she? How many weeks flower? Malawi was the first Ace line to catch my eye.

 

[SolarLogos]

Malawi's in Greenhouse

Malawi's in Greenhouse

This is my first time growing Malawi. This first girl, was the 1st to show sex and flower. She has a piney, lemon and herbal smell with almost a hint of skunkiness in the background.

This next girl was the second to flower. She is a little shorter but has much fatter flowers. Her smell is a very pungent fermented lemon.

I have one more to post. I always post the runt, but most interesting last.
Peace, God bless

 

[SolarLogos]

Here is the last girl. She was the last to show sex and flower. At least 3 weeks behind the other 2. She has the narrowest leaves of any plant I've had so far. Her flowers are smaller, but she did start late. She can take her sweet time, Daddy's in no hurry. She might end up being the best one, who knows.

Peace, God bless

 

[Ras Pablo]

Looks killer SolarLogos!

 

[SolarLogos]

Looks killer SolarLogos!

Thanks Ras Pablo. These and the GT is really a trial run for spring, when I start the OTH. I will wrap everything up by then and focus only on the OTH and finish them in the greenhouse.
Peace, God bless

 

[newFish]

Hello to everyone, i want to present my lady a malawi plant in the first week of the flowering. She is growing in a dwc with love and care. Everyday i do super cropping and i try to keep her i a low level becasue the last time i had a huge issue with a mxpck that became huger than my tent.

The rest of the plants are coming from a different breeder and they were suffering from pythium in their their roots.The malawi never had that issue because i believe that is a strong genetic.

The malawi is the first one on the photo and she seems really happy.I have in my plans to change the water of the buckets tomorrow and i will provide to her more nutrients.

Guys when do you thing is the appropriate instant to reduce the nitrogen because i read somewhere that it is important to do it otherwise she ll have longer flowering period and i don't want harvest her on coming easter

 

[Consolidated]

Hi New Fish, glad to see you around.
I am not sure about N,but generally Malawis don't need food as usual anyway...
Beware Malawi stretch, at least x 3.


Boom
Consolidated.

 

[SolarLogos]

Guys when do you thing is the appropriate instant to reduce the nitrogen because i read somewhere that it is important to do it otherwise she ll have longer flowering period and i don't want harvest her on coming easter

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I don't grow in DWC, so I may not be very helpful. My Malawi are in soil and they did not need much feeding. I did not go over 1.2 ec in soil and reduced it down to 0.9 in early flowering. Personally, I try to keep the ec (or ppm) the same as veg, just reduce N and increase PK. I go by feel and if the lower leaves yellow, time to increase the N a little (or flush if it's time) or if I see any signs of clawing/burnt tips, I reduce it. I try to keep everything as low as I can, as long as she is proper color for her pheno/strain and healthy. That is what I have learned from my past mistakes.
Hope it helps. Your plants look great! Nice work my friend!
Peace, God bless

 

[SolarLogos]

I'm surprised to see Malawi still in the greenhouse and it's almost December. M1 was the last to flower and has the really narrow leaves. She still has about 30% trichomes still clear, no amber yet. Lots of white hairs still on a lot of the flowers.

M5 is the biggest. She has no amber trichomes and at least 25% of the trichomes are still clear. Guess she will stay a little longer.
I will post the last one on the next post.
Peace, God bless

 

[SolarLogos]

Last but not least, M4 is the most mature of the 3. She has a few, very few amber trichomes. 20% clear and the rest cloudy.
I would like to harvest for maximum potency, cerebral (don't we all?).

Peace, God bless

 

[King kahn]

Just purchased my seeds waiting on arrival!!!!!!

 

[Andyo]

male leaf potency

male leaf potency

I like to breed my plants.
So nice males are always welcome.
I wouldn't want it any other way.

Ace does offer a Malawi fem if you don't want to make seed.

Do you test your males for leaf potency?
I used to grow a lot of african bag seed and select my pollen donor via leaf potency.A