Auto Malawi x Northern Lights Feminized

[Luiggi]

Hi all,

Little update.

I have been checking the Auto Malawi x Northern Lights which is more on the sativa side. somehow I recognize sympthoms that lead me to think this might be getting moldy. Yellowing of leaves which get easily separated from buds and which are brown in the petiol. How do you see it for harvesting. After thoroughly counting the weeks it was started on 1st of may and started to flower after about three weeks later. It means it has been flowering for seven to eight weeks now. Not sure how long this pheno might take to finish. after a week with no new reflowerings it has started to reflower again and I can see what I might recognize as nanners (not sure) which are not yet opening. In the overall, after some rainy days, unfortunately it seems it has lots the glands which were previously covering the leafs on white.

Greetings,

Luiggi

 

[Mtshasta]

Good morning,
Week 9 update for my 2 girls. The slower sativa pheno is huge. Buds are starting to fill in and it's going to be a monster if I can get her to the finish. The faster pheno is still reflowering and buds are really getting heavy this week. She is really getting stinky (in a good way!). Very happy with both these plants. Chop date is fast approaching.

 

[Luiggi]

They are giants. I guess this is what they mean when they say it can get quite big when proper cares are provided.

Luiggi

 

[Lebanizer]

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Beside that, we are also using this first ACE Seeds autoflowering strain to pollinate our best female parental plants of some of our classic strains (Bangi Haze, Orient Express sativa pheno, Panama Goddess, Tikal, Zamaldelica elite mango carrot, Malawi x PCK best purple pheno, Nepal Jam, ...) to hopefully produce in the future more autoflowering versions of our strains. All this will take time (probably 2 years or more) but i'm very enthusiastic with the projects and with the chance to widen up my breeding knowledge with different kind of cannabis.

Dubi,

I still can't see auto-honduras on your website, how come ?!! This one is essential !

But more seriously, it would interesting to know how tall do the plants get according to the pot size.

 

[Luiggi]

Hi,

@Lebanizer, I guess it depends also in the type of pot you are using and if it is being grown in or outdoors, the type of nutrients you use and quite a lot of factors.

By looking at how @Mtshasta plants in that air pots are performing, how did they grow in ground for some other people, how do they perform outdoors for some other people in not so big plastic pots and how they are performing in tex pots I would say they grow bigger when drainage is high and watering is required in a high frequence. This somehow relates it to hydroponics and you might have seen the type of plants one can obtain with hydroponics in not a long time.

Nevertheless, pot size plays an important role too. The bigger the pot, the less the gardener's errors affect the plant and so they don't need so much attention. The healthier the plant, the bigger it gets.

I am near harvest and so I can't yet determine how good final product is but regarding size, they are together with Dinafem's auto Haze 2.0 the bigger autos I have had. Not sure in the final weight but that auto haze were about 90 grams grown directly in the ground.

I don't want to miss the opportunity to let a little update.

on one hand, the most sativa pheno is suffering something which I would say is mold issue but I am not sure because it is in a location which gets really hot in summer and it doesn't have the best of the air flowings. This seems it can go longer because of another reflowering just arose but I am worried because of it getting moldy (only symptoms of yellowing sugar leaves getting brown and fluffy in their attachment to the bud) and because some pollen sacs appeared (not too many but just some immature ones). What do you think? is it mold or is it heat the root cause? I have been overtaken by job during last two weeks and so I haven't implemented yet anything regarding separation for the pot from the tiles.

 

[Luiggi]

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I'll continue in a new post because of can't add al images.

On the other hand, the another auto malawi is performing great. buds are already thick and I don't think it will take to long to finish.

Smell is not that strong as it used to be in the third or fourth week of flowering so at the moment are the auto zamaldelica the ones blowing their perfume.

Peace,

Luiggi

 

[Mtshasta]

Hi Luigi,
It's hard to see from the photos but doesn't look like mold to me?

 

[Luiggi]

Hi,

Thanks @Mtshasta for replying.

I will try to take more accurate picture but is like petioles are getting brown, fluffy and easily breakable just by pulling the leave off, as when a fruit gets rotten.

When I see this at the end of flowering in photoperiod driven plants it is usually indicating where a mold spot is being initiated. That's why I thought it could be getting moldy.

I was not so sure so that is why I haven't take it out yet but I am closely looking at it so to cut it down if it gets developing.

Peace,

Luiggi.

 

[Luiggi]

Hi,

Took some more pictures and a video. Not sure if this is due to the heat, mold or nutrients lock but due to the flowering stage I will say I can't do much to fix it.

not sure these pictures are quite much better but might help. Sugar leaves are turning yellos and then drying in a lapse of a couple of days. Might also be a nutrient excess or ph switch but I don't think it is going to get better from now on so probably it will get pull off tomorrow evening.

Took also a video of how dry the leaves get inside the bud, even some pieces of bud got yellow and started to dry. However I don't know how to share a video in here.

Regards,

Luiddi

 

[Luiggi]

Hi all,

Unfortunately, as I was not sure what happened to the plant I decided today to be its harvest day. If I had kept it flowering longer, all the sugar leaves and some buds might have finished drying. I think this seems a kind of fungus derived of heat, humidity and probably some ammonium which might have damaged the roots. Not sure, so preferred harvesting than waiting to see it dying.

The other malawi more indica leaning will get chopped along this next week because I will go on vacations and really prefer to have them in the dry room than outside. I think it is pretty well done and probably will be a bit less overwhelming while smoking. will soon update pictures.

Peace,

Luiggi

 

[Mtshasta]

Harvested my earlier pheno this morning, really happy with her. I think about 97 days from germination. Buds are dense and smell yummy, filled my 2x2 dry tent. Can't wait for a sample.

 

[Mtshasta]

An update on pheno#2, seed was germinated April 5. Buds are just starting to fill in so a few more weeks to go. Much bigger plant than pheno#1, lots of branches and much slower flowering. Cheers.

 

[Veritas629]

I'm day-by-day reading my way through this entire thread in preparation for ordering some Auto Malawi x NL. Has anyone simultaneously grown Malawi x NL and Auto Zamaldelica indoors? The flowering times look close enough that I could plant them together for a single harvest. Or just plant the Malawi x NL a week earlier than the Zamaldelica.

What I'm more interested in is will they make good tent-mates? Will either overgrow the other when planted closely together? Similar nutrient and water requirements? Anything that would make them a difficult pairing in a single tent?

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Harvested my earlier pheno this morning, really happy with her. I think about 97 days from germination. Buds are dense and smell yummy, filled my 2x2 dry tent. Can't wait for a sample.

That's a beautiful cola on top there!

An update on pheno#2, seed was germinated April 5. Buds are just starting to fill in so a few more weeks to go. Much bigger plant than pheno#1, lots of branches and much slower flowering. Cheers.

Gorgeous specimen!
Looks like those bricks are there to stop it blasting off into space!

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Hi all,

Unfortunately, as I was not sure what happened to the plant I decided today to be its harvest day. If I had kept it flowering longer, all the sugar leaves and some buds might have finished drying. I think this seems a kind of fungus derived of heat, humidity and probably some ammonium which might have damaged the roots. Not sure, so preferred harvesting than waiting to see it dying.

The other malawi more indica leaning will get chopped along this next week because I will go on vacations and really prefer to have them in the dry room than outside. I think it is pretty well done and probably will be a bit less overwhelming while smoking. will soon update pictures.

Peace,

Luiggi

Absolutely fantastico!

 

[Luiggi]

I'm day-by-day reading my way through this entire thread in preparation for ordering some Auto Malawi x NL. Has anyone simultaneously grown Malawi x NL and Auto Zamaldelica indoors? The flowering times look close enough that I could plant them together for a single harvest. Or just plant the Malawi x NL a week earlier than the Zamaldelica.

What I'm more interested in is will they make good tent-mates? Will either overgrow the other when planted closely together? Similar nutrient and water requirements? Anything that would make them a difficult pairing in a single tent?

Hi @Veritas629 ,

I have no experience with them indoors. Actually I have almost no experience indoor (3 grows in a square meter room with a 400w bulb about 10 years ago or so and not the best experience).

However, as far as I have been able to see from this grow, auto malawi tends to start flowering earlier than auto zamaldelica. both the two Malawi started to flower after 3 weeks or so, while auto zamaldelica took about 5. both get quite big but also, from what I have found outdoors, auto zamaldelica might get bigger.

Hope this input helps.

Regards,

Luiggi

 

[Luiggi]

Absolutely fantastico!

thanks @Maria Sanchez . I think it could have got more mature and thicker but was very worried about getting nothing due to the fast degradation of the plant. It is still in the drying room and seems it is not going to be the best yelding, but lets see if this already has a good effect.

Peace,

Luiggi

 

[Luiggi]

An update on pheno#2, seed was germinated April 5. Buds are just starting to fill in so a few more weeks to go. Much bigger plant than pheno#1, lots of branches and much slower flowering. Cheers.

I can only say gorgeous!

 

[Luiggi]

Hi all,

have been quite busy lately and so wasn't able to update. In addition I was able to visit the plants late in the date and was not possible to take pictures.

First of all I have to say that due to some issues with my family way of thinking I was forced to move some plants from location 2 to location 1 a week ago, causing damage to some branches. This way I have already harvested two colas of the auto Malawi in the pictures but left the rest to mature.

In my opinion it seems quite ready but suffered of an storm today and probably will wait for the next week to start before harvesting it completely. How do you see it for harvesting?

Buds are quite big for the size of the plant. they are thick and I think it is in its last reflowering.

anyway I am feeling still a bit sad because of the other pheno auto malawi I did harvest.

@Veritas629, I encourage you to check auto zamaldelica forum too, just for you to compare. They were sprouted on the same date, so you can see which stage each of them is.

Love,

Luiggi

 

[Mtshasta]

That's a beautiful cola on top there!



Gorgeous specimen!
Looks like those bricks are there to stop it blasting off into space!

Thanks Maria Sanchez,
Very happy with these plants and yes, they are like big sails so the bricks are required! Good problem