early_hominid's ACE Grow 2024-

[early_hominid]

I'm overdue for an update.. been smoking on a lot of great ACE plants lately


Nepal Jam 1

Nepal Jam 2

Lowers from both I tried to reveg outdoors unsuccessfully

 

[early_hominid]

Bubba Kush x PCK

A few days before harvest

Afghan Lemon (Khalifa)

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[early_hominid]

Thai Chi (clone)

Speed Queen (Mandala)

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[Mitsuharu]

Nice selection.

These Afghan Lemon Phenotypes 3 & 4 doesn't look afghan at all. ^^

 

[early_hominid]

Yeah an interesting shape @Mitsuharu #4 was my favorite, she smells like lemon rind and burnt rubber. I grew one in 2022 that was similar but struggled to form any buds at all so I culled it. I popped the rest of the pack not expecting much and all 4 are nice smoke

 

[early_hominid]

Outdoors, it's my third year at this plot. I really love it despite the challenges (high humidity, clay-ey, poor light at low sun angle) and that its just under an hour's drive away.

Running my favorites again from the last two years - Panama, Bangi Haze, Satori (Mandala), Orient Express
Three clones from this past winter - 2 Bubba Kush x PCK, Thai Chi
Fem seed I've had for a while - Zam x KC, Pangi, Kali China, Trainwreck
I also popped Superlicious (Mandala) and Bangi reg seeds looking for a male

Here we are at July 29, a few days into stretch for most things for me at 37N

Zam x KC 1

Zam x KC 2

Pangi 1

Pangi 2

Pangi 3

 

[early_hominid]

Thai Chi (Clone) Same plant as post #3

Kali China 1 (RIP) killed by tropical storm debbie. Both KC flowered early on me unfortunately

KC 2

 

[JAHNODUB]

Lovely work bredda beautifull plants for Real

 

[early_hominid]

Thanks! @JAHNODUB

Superlicious (Mandala) happy and sad

Bubba Kush x PCK completing their reveg just in time to flower for real
Can't find pics of #2
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Later in the season I planted some OE and Panama

OE #1

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Panama always steals the show, they are such beautiful plants. These were my last two seeds from my first ever ACE pack, I wanted a male but can't be upset about two girls.

A bit crowded..

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[gedLang]

I'm interested to see how that superlicious turns out - I haven't been able to find any reports on it but it sounds amazing!

 

[early_hominid]

I have a lot of Bangi Haze, love love love these plants. I had too many females and kept them all

Big momma #1

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[early_hominid]

I'm interested to see how that superlicious turns out - I haven't been able to find any reports on it but it sounds amazing!

Yeah they are interesting plants for sure and I'll do a full write up. The cross looks MG dominant to me, none of my 5 Superlicious looked anything like the 6 Satori I have grown. Flowering initiated about 2 weeks earlier than everything else in the garden.

I do have one Satori outdoors this year:

And of course a couple more Superlicious kept small by the sweet potatoes

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[early_hominid]

Big Daddy Bangi Male that's gonna dust everything

July 29

August 9

 

[Tranquilidade]

Beautiful selection. Would you mind sharing why you like Bangi Haze, Satori (Mandala)?

 

[early_hominid]

Of course @Tranquilidade, for Bangi I like the energetic high without the euphoria bomb complacency that weed can give me. After a few seasons in this plot Bangi feels like she belongs here the most. I love the musky, vegetal stink that hangs in the wet air and it smells pretty normal for around here. She tolerates the pests and humidity and manages to stay upright pretty well during the storms. My goal is to gain more experience evaluating traits in crosses and Bangi being pretty consistent will make that easier I think.

For Satori, I finished my 6 pack of fems and I'm moving on to other Mandala varieties. I really like the structure and vigor, but the high is heavier than I'm looking for and the flowers have eneded up requiring more trimming than other lines.

 

[early_hominid]

The outdoor season came to a close this week after chopping the Thai Chi on 11/11. Flowering through two hurricanes was a huge challenge; I'm thankful for all I learned and for the cobs, flower, and seeds.

Thai Chi cutting

Sept 17

Oct 29

I harvested some here, it smells similar to my indoor plant. Despite the cold temps and longer season, she didn't show the purple leaves seen in post #3.

 

[early_hominid]

Bubba Kush x PCK cutting did well, the bubba aroma came through better outdoors. The reveg cost me a lot since she was so dense. Chopped 9/25

Sept 17

Superlicious - Mandala, wish I had more to report on these. These flowered first, so the storms hit these the worst and I had to take most of it early. I think they would come down around Oct 10 at 37N. The smells are sweet fruity-candy and pine, and I can feel the half sibling relationship with Purple Satellite in the high.

Sept 17
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Edited for more pics of the seeded branches that made it until Oct 10. Some were germinating on the plant with all the rain

 

[early_hominid]

Orient Express - They struggled in bags but made it through. These two are THC dom, I really wanted a CBD plant from this line. Chopped 10/10

Sept 17

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10/10

#2

10/10

Panama - #1 was lemon, creamy, floral, #2 more musky, incensey. Neither finished to show their character. Chopped 10/21

Sept 17
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Edit for more photos

 

[early_hominid]

Aug 3 pic of my in ground girls

Both Zamaldelica x Kali China became monsters despite their suffering in the weather. Chopped the tops too early on 9/25 and the rest on 10/10

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Sept 17

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9/25

#1 looked more KC leaning to me, and #2 more Zamaldelica. Both smell like loud tropical fruit with incense, with hints of hash and spice. Early smoke tests are very favorable but I can tell they need time. The smell gets stuck in my brain just like the lemon, cream, incense of Panama or the floral, musk of Orient Express. Really nice

Edited for more photos from early harvest.

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This blight I haven't seen before

 

[early_hominid]

Satori - Smells like fresh fruit mountain air with some spice, really refreshing and nice. I think she's the 'pagoda' pheno from the strain description.