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Hawaiian Snow 0deg 6300fasl
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Howdy Blackone - not in flower. My strategy was to either top or LST them. They're currently between 2-3' and seem to be thriving. We're into cultivating Hypericums so I just feed 'em on the same fertigation program- EC 1.2, pH 6.5. At flower initiation I will switch to a more heavily loaded P & K mix, raise the pH a little until about two weeks before expected pick, when I'll flush with rain water.
No extra light so I suppose flowering will happen "spontaneously".
I did a grow with Dutch Passion a couple of years back in similar circs and it worked out great, although I am aware that is a predominantly Indica hybrid.
From reading some older posts it seems this variety enjoyed a lot of attention & praise for a few years and then seems to have just disappeared. Any reason why?
Hi jimboyia. I grew Hawaiian Snow for a year indoors and loved it. It has an unusual oniony smell to the buds and is a decent, potent yielder. I crossed it to a sour LSD hybrid and the results were also excellent. I think that it's 12 plus weeks of flowering duration is what has led to it's lack of popularity. That shouldn't be an issue for you outdoors at the equator. It's a stretchy thing and will stretch for 5 weeks so be prepared. It likes topping and lst but don't top it in 12/12. Good luck dude, you're gonna luv it...........
Hey Jimbo your location sounds fantastic for growing.
It is probably way too late to change container size, but I'd have to agree that one gallon is on the small side for a good sized plant, unless of course you are adding nutrients frequently, to make up for the tight confines in which the root system must feed.
From your location description, I picture in my mind a remote spot nestled in a corner of a jungle plateau amid the mountains of the Camerouns or the Congo. Here's hoping the the upland gorillas don't take a liking to your buds ha ha. Keep us posted.
I tried some Hawaiian Snow in a swamp grow right close to the equator, but the seedlings never did take off, unlike the landrace Thai plants that were sown at the same time, but grew rapidly like vines when tied down.
Seeing as you are in Africa, may I suggest that for future grows you try an order of some pure sativas like Malawi Gold, Kenyan "Elephant Killer" Kilimanjaro Bud, and South African Kwazulu. Maybe due to low customer demand, pure sativas are sold dirt cheap, compared to designer breeds like Hawaiian Snow, and yet those pure landraces have, in my tropical experience, out-produced every hybrid I ever tried.
My swamp lineup this year : Hawaiian Maui Waui from Seedbank, Mama Thai from Seedsmamn Seeds, Malawi Gold from Seeds of Africa, and finally Kwazulu and Kilimanjaro from World of Seeds.
It is probably way too late to change container size, but I'd have to agree that one gallon is on the small side for a good sized plant, unless of course you are adding nutrients frequently, to make up for the tight confines in which the root system must feed.
From your location description, I picture in my mind a remote spot nestled in a corner of a jungle plateau amid the mountains of the Camerouns or the Congo. Here's hoping the the upland gorillas don't take a liking to your buds ha ha. Keep us posted.
I tried some Hawaiian Snow in a swamp grow right close to the equator, but the seedlings never did take off, unlike the landrace Thai plants that were sown at the same time, but grew rapidly like vines when tied down.
Seeing as you are in Africa, may I suggest that for future grows you try an order of some pure sativas like Malawi Gold, Kenyan "Elephant Killer" Kilimanjaro Bud, and South African Kwazulu. Maybe due to low customer demand, pure sativas are sold dirt cheap, compared to designer breeds like Hawaiian Snow, and yet those pure landraces have, in my tropical experience, out-produced every hybrid I ever tried.
My swamp lineup this year : Hawaiian Maui Waui from Seedbank, Mama Thai from Seedsmamn Seeds, Malawi Gold from Seeds of Africa, and finally Kwazulu and Kilimanjaro from World of Seeds.
^^looks a great line-up Swamp Thing....
I have grown plenty of landrace Southern African stuff, mostly Durban Poison, Rooibaard & Swazi Reds (I suspect the same thing TBH). Malawi high on my list of grows to attempt but I also know that so much of the Malawi Gold allure is less to do with the strain and more about how the goodies are cured. I used to live in South Africa so the MG was (then as a landrace) quite freely available and we got plenty of it.
For the grow - yep, I'll have to keep the nutes piled up but the plants are already 2-3' tall. I don't really want them to get too much bigger, even with LST I do risk detection....
I have grown plenty of landrace Southern African stuff, mostly Durban Poison, Rooibaard & Swazi Reds (I suspect the same thing TBH). Malawi high on my list of grows to attempt but I also know that so much of the Malawi Gold allure is less to do with the strain and more about how the goodies are cured. I used to live in South Africa so the MG was (then as a landrace) quite freely available and we got plenty of it.
For the grow - yep, I'll have to keep the nutes piled up but the plants are already 2-3' tall. I don't really want them to get too much bigger, even with LST I do risk detection....
I hear ya about keeping plants tied down low for security, Jimbo. Just this year, my jungle river island grow spot went from being totally inacessible to just hidden in plain sight, so I will be training my plants to grow sideways like vines right from the start, and keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks to subsistence hunting and slash-and-burn farming in the developing world, there is always somebody snooping around in the forest, no matter how remote of a location I think I have found for a weed garden.
Thanks to subsistence hunting and slash-and-burn farming in the developing world, there is always somebody snooping around in the forest, no matter how remote of a location I think I have found for a weed garden.
To lower the profile of my site some more, I'm putting a lot of effort into the camouflague of my swamp tubes this year, so that even close up, they look like rotting tree stumps, poking out of the waters like so many others in the area.
The root mass of water plants here uproots in long muddy strands, and when I drape those around the planters, that uniform cylindrical shope vanishes, and the entire site blends in with the swamp. There is a lot to be said for using locally available material for concealment. It will just need replenishing once or twice before harvest, as the vegetation rots in the tropical sun.
When the seedlings start to poke through, I'll start out a thread on my latest equitorial swamp grow, and post some pictures of my ultra-stealthy artificial tree stump planters afloat.
The root mass of water plants here uproots in long muddy strands, and when I drape those around the planters, that uniform cylindrical shope vanishes, and the entire site blends in with the swamp. There is a lot to be said for using locally available material for concealment. It will just need replenishing once or twice before harvest, as the vegetation rots in the tropical sun.
When the seedlings start to poke through, I'll start out a thread on my latest equitorial swamp grow, and post some pictures of my ultra-stealthy artificial tree stump planters afloat.
