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I should have taken this picture yesterday.
But it's hard to believe the same little Kerala is branching at such an early age.
This pic was taken 19 days after I put the seeds in water to germinate. If I
could only get Highland Thai to branch at such an age.
I see future clones and seeded branches in them there spots.
But it's hard to believe the same little Kerala is branching at such an early age.
This pic was taken 19 days after I put the seeds in water to germinate. If I
could only get Highland Thai to branch at such an age.
I see future clones and seeded branches in them there spots.
I just found a website where they test all kinds of cannabis strains for their chemical compositions.
Anyways this is the link for some Kerala.
http://analytical360.com/m/archived/364788
Anyways this is the link for some Kerala.
http://analytical360.com/m/archived/364788
D3pthCharg3
Member
Oh what I would do for some Kerala...I thought I lucked out a couple months a go when I found a small UK seed site with remaining stock of RSC Kerala, only to send out payment and later be notified by the shop owner that they had just sold and she had been sitting on them for some time, and could not fulfill my order. What a bummer!
My wife's family is from Kerala, I visited for our honeymoon to meet family. I also met the most beautiful mountains on earth, and the lovely flowers of ganja, some of the most beautiful things in the world are from Kerala. If there is any Kerala going to the server funds or any leads as to where a lover of Kerala may find some seeds, please let me know.
Thanks to the folks here growing these great plants, they are a tropical paradise from a seed I'm sure.
My wife's family is from Kerala, I visited for our honeymoon to meet family. I also met the most beautiful mountains on earth, and the lovely flowers of ganja, some of the most beautiful things in the world are from Kerala. If there is any Kerala going to the server funds or any leads as to where a lover of Kerala may find some seeds, please let me know.
Thanks to the folks here growing these great plants, they are a tropical paradise from a seed I'm sure.
My brother you have family there , IMO that is better then any options of a seed bank
1luvbigherb
I'll post a new picture that same little Kerala tomorrow when the lights goes back on.
Those tiny branching sites are not tiny anymore.
You'll be surprised to see what she looks like now.
I'm using a special technique I came up with the last
time I grew these plants to create a branching monster.
Only this time around, Ive started much earlier and the
results look very nice this far.
Those tiny branching sites are not tiny anymore.
You'll be surprised to see what she looks like now.
I'm using a special technique I came up with the last
time I grew these plants to create a branching monster.
Only this time around, Ive started much earlier and the
results look very nice this far.
D3pthCharg3
Member
Big Herb:
You would think so in regards to the family, however, they are very religious and do not condone the herb. In Kerala, unlike most of India, many citizens are Christian, and do not use or accept cannabis such as some of the Hindu population may. Unfortunately, there is very little chance my family in Kerala will help me on this quest, as kind and intelligent as they are, they consider cannabis as a scary drug. However, having family there has many non-canna perks, my auntie there makes the best fried local panfish (...best fried fish I've ever had period..and I'm a chef living in lake perch country ...). Alas, here I am...continuing on my quest for many years to find the seeds from the beautiful land that blessed me with my beautiful wife.
Corky: is your 'special technique' what you discuss in your thread in your signature? I'm looking forward to see your results.
You would think so in regards to the family, however, they are very religious and do not condone the herb. In Kerala, unlike most of India, many citizens are Christian, and do not use or accept cannabis such as some of the Hindu population may. Unfortunately, there is very little chance my family in Kerala will help me on this quest, as kind and intelligent as they are, they consider cannabis as a scary drug. However, having family there has many non-canna perks, my auntie there makes the best fried local panfish (...best fried fish I've ever had period..and I'm a chef living in lake perch country ...). Alas, here I am...continuing on my quest for many years to find the seeds from the beautiful land that blessed me with my beautiful wife.
Corky: is your 'special technique' what you discuss in your thread in your signature? I'm looking forward to see your results.
The method in my signature does helps a lot.
But I'm working on something to add to it. My light just went on
and I'll take a few pictures I promised after lunch once my plant
wakes up and looks pretty.
BTW: You won't even recognize my Kerala.
I've been researching on way to create smaller and yet more productive sativas indoors. The link
in my signature was one of the 1st things I found online that really helped me achieve this goal.
The last time I grew RSC Kerala I partially stumbled upon something by chance.
Normally when a sativa plant grows in a large pot it reaches for the sky causing
well over a two or three foot at the bottom of the plant to be very sparse with
growth and to me that's unattractive and a waste of grow area.
So using smaller pots does help a lot as the link in my signature explains.
Another thing that helps is pruning the top at one point before flowering
to induces two tops does also control the height of the plant. Most people
leave plants grow naturally and end up with large unwieldy sativas if they
are not careful.
Well this time around I figured I would start my novel idea very early on. It's
"leafing", I remove a fan leaf the minute the little bud leaves have grown.
By removing the fan leaf shading it. It immediately produces a branch. I won't
be removing too many leaves, just the ones that will allow me to create a nice
bushy plant. Once the branch starts growing good I cut the fan leaf below it to
create more light penetration and better circulation as well.
Note: I don't recommend leafing to anyone. Unless your prepared to slow the
growth of your plant. Myself, I'm not worried about yield or speed at this time.
I'm just trying to devise a method to create manageable sativas indoors.
As you can see the results speak for themselves. My Kerala went nuts and created
branches like mad and it's the bushiest sativa I've ever grown. It's only 30 days old
from the time I started germination and it's already 8 inches tall with a width of
11 inches. It seems by causing the plant to branch out at such a small age the
height of the plant is being controlled much better than before. Like honestly,
who likes having plants with 2 or 3 feet of useless bottom trunk?
I suspect that when I top of the plant later on. All the other higher branching
bud leaves sites will fill in causing the plant to be really bushy.
If I really wanted to I could cut those two bottom branches and make clones.
One thing I have noticed though is that the bud leaf should be at least 1/2 inch
long before removing the fan leaf that shades it. If you remove it before this the
branch growth is very slow. At least, I'll know this now for any future grows.
The plant is under four 46-inch T-5 bulbs right now. Two are 6500K and two
are 10,000K. The 10,000K bulbs are extremely rich in blue light and bright.
I'm wondering is this is why they are growing bushy also. I don't see much info
online about people using 10,000K for plants.
Here's my RSC Kerala now:
It's hard to believe that those little bud leaves in post #185 in this thread are now these long branches.
The blue circles on the next 2 pictures indicates where I cut 1 leaf off that bent backwards which was
shading both the budding site before it and after it. The bud leaves closer to the main stem of that cut
would still be very small if they were shaded. Now there are nice.
We'll see how she bushy she really gets in a few more weeks.
How do you like those deltoid shoulder muscles circled in blue where the two branches meet the stalk?
in my signature was one of the 1st things I found online that really helped me achieve this goal.
The last time I grew RSC Kerala I partially stumbled upon something by chance.
Normally when a sativa plant grows in a large pot it reaches for the sky causing
well over a two or three foot at the bottom of the plant to be very sparse with
growth and to me that's unattractive and a waste of grow area.
So using smaller pots does help a lot as the link in my signature explains.
Another thing that helps is pruning the top at one point before flowering
to induces two tops does also control the height of the plant. Most people
leave plants grow naturally and end up with large unwieldy sativas if they
are not careful.
Well this time around I figured I would start my novel idea very early on. It's
"leafing", I remove a fan leaf the minute the little bud leaves have grown.
By removing the fan leaf shading it. It immediately produces a branch. I won't
be removing too many leaves, just the ones that will allow me to create a nice
bushy plant. Once the branch starts growing good I cut the fan leaf below it to
create more light penetration and better circulation as well.
Note: I don't recommend leafing to anyone. Unless your prepared to slow the
growth of your plant. Myself, I'm not worried about yield or speed at this time.
I'm just trying to devise a method to create manageable sativas indoors.
As you can see the results speak for themselves. My Kerala went nuts and created
branches like mad and it's the bushiest sativa I've ever grown. It's only 30 days old
from the time I started germination and it's already 8 inches tall with a width of
11 inches. It seems by causing the plant to branch out at such a small age the
height of the plant is being controlled much better than before. Like honestly,
who likes having plants with 2 or 3 feet of useless bottom trunk?
I suspect that when I top of the plant later on. All the other higher branching
bud leaves sites will fill in causing the plant to be really bushy.
If I really wanted to I could cut those two bottom branches and make clones.
One thing I have noticed though is that the bud leaf should be at least 1/2 inch
long before removing the fan leaf that shades it. If you remove it before this the
branch growth is very slow. At least, I'll know this now for any future grows.
The plant is under four 46-inch T-5 bulbs right now. Two are 6500K and two
are 10,000K. The 10,000K bulbs are extremely rich in blue light and bright.
I'm wondering is this is why they are growing bushy also. I don't see much info
online about people using 10,000K for plants.
Here's my RSC Kerala now:
It's hard to believe that those little bud leaves in post #185 in this thread are now these long branches.
The blue circles on the next 2 pictures indicates where I cut 1 leaf off that bent backwards which was
shading both the budding site before it and after it. The bud leaves closer to the main stem of that cut
would still be very small if they were shaded. Now there are nice.
We'll see how she bushy she really gets in a few more weeks.
How do you like those deltoid shoulder muscles circled in blue where the two branches meet the stalk?
In case anyone is interested. My bulbs are actually fish bulbs and my light was used for my marine tank.
These are the exact brand of T-5 bulbs that I'm using.
Mine are the 46 inch in length at 54 watts each though.
While the image below displays the 24" length and they
also come in 34" length. I bought them a store that
specializes in saltwater fish.
6500 K
T5 HO Ultra Sun® Super Daylight
10,000 K
T5 HO Ocean Sun® 10,000K High Intensity
These are the exact brand of T-5 bulbs that I'm using.
Mine are the 46 inch in length at 54 watts each though.
While the image below displays the 24" length and they
also come in 34" length. I bought them a store that
specializes in saltwater fish.
6500 K
T5 HO Ultra Sun® Super Daylight
10,000 K
T5 HO Ocean Sun® 10,000K High Intensity
Thanks for sharing Corky'!
If you wanna bush your Kerala or other extrem sativa 20 weeks and shorten flo time it is simple i think. Just start the grow from rooted cutings, supercrop them with veg and switch 12/12 just to sex, 11/13 during stretch and 10/14 to the end. From seeds it is 20 weeks minimum, from cutz 16/18 weeks... Kerala/Lambsbread/Zamal/Fil rouge des Antilles, Thaï etc enjoy!. Peace
If you wanna bush your Kerala or other extrem sativa 20 weeks and shorten flo time it is simple i think. Just start the grow from rooted cutings, supercrop them with veg and switch 12/12 just to sex, 11/13 during stretch and 10/14 to the end. From seeds it is 20 weeks minimum, from cutz 16/18 weeks... Kerala/Lambsbread/Zamal/Fil rouge des Antilles, Thaï etc enjoy!. Peace
G`day Corky
In my exp removing shade leaves at the node stunts the growth of the branch on that side .
So expect the lower node with the fan leaf intact to take over .
Gonna be a funky shaped plant . I`ll be interested to see how you train her .
I think the T5`s are helping keep her short . Very little red spec .
Thanks for sharin
EB .
In my exp removing shade leaves at the node stunts the growth of the branch on that side .
So expect the lower node with the fan leaf intact to take over .
Gonna be a funky shaped plant . I`ll be interested to see how you train her .
I think the T5`s are helping keep her short . Very little red spec .
Thanks for sharin
EB .
Well if there's one thing most people will agree on is the sativas stretch way
too much indoors. So maybe enhancing the blue spectrum vs the red spectrum
seems to be a way to control this.
I'm not complaining. I actually like my bonsai looking sativas at the moment.
As I'm not ready to flower these plants just yet. So slow and real compact
growth suits me perfect.
My goal by removing a fan leaf higher up on the plant is to
actually allow the lower bud leaves to create a branch.
To be honest, I had 2 actinic bulbs for the first two weeks of the plants lives.
I'll tell you that's extreme blue spectrum. Then I bought one 10,000K bulb and
one 6,500K bulb. I already had a 10,000K and a 6,500K when I started.
too much indoors. So maybe enhancing the blue spectrum vs the red spectrum
seems to be a way to control this.
I'm not complaining. I actually like my bonsai looking sativas at the moment.
As I'm not ready to flower these plants just yet. So slow and real compact
growth suits me perfect.
My goal by removing a fan leaf higher up on the plant is to
actually allow the lower bud leaves to create a branch.
To be honest, I had 2 actinic bulbs for the first two weeks of the plants lives.
I'll tell you that's extreme blue spectrum. Then I bought one 10,000K bulb and
one 6,500K bulb. I already had a 10,000K and a 6,500K when I started.
G`day Corky
Candelabra sativa an old tech I learnt many years ago .
Remove every other fan leaf as it reaches an inch long . This encourages the node with the leaf to take over . Keep this up for 4 nodes after the cotyledon . miss the 5 th node then top the 6th . you end up with the lower branches catching up and rivaling the double top from the 6th node .
6 tops and a candelabra structure .
The blue is great for leaf and stem . Red is for roots and flowers .
MH or blue spectrum will help keep the stretch minimal during early flower .
Thanks for sharin
EB .
Candelabra sativa an old tech I learnt many years ago .
Remove every other fan leaf as it reaches an inch long . This encourages the node with the leaf to take over . Keep this up for 4 nodes after the cotyledon . miss the 5 th node then top the 6th . you end up with the lower branches catching up and rivaling the double top from the 6th node .
6 tops and a candelabra structure .
The blue is great for leaf and stem . Red is for roots and flowers .
MH or blue spectrum will help keep the stretch minimal during early flower .
Thanks for sharin
EB .
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Actually the tips of both bottom branches on my Kerala are now as high as the main stem.
They are curving upwards like a bow and arrow like the Candelabra you mentioned. The 2nd
set of branches are also curving upwards just the same. I also cut the top off and she's now
going to get real bushy.
I'll post a pic on that in a few days as things fill in some more.
Here's that Candelabra shape you were talking about that I mentioned my plants were going into.
Here's another one of my Kerala plants that was the 1st one that I topped off and it's branching there now.
The following 2 pictures are from the same Kerala I posted earlier in this thread. It's now been topped and it's getting
that Candelabra shape as all the other plants that I have now. She's going to be wild when she fills in.
Here's another one of my Kerala plants that was the 1st one that I topped off and it's branching there now.
The following 2 pictures are from the same Kerala I posted earlier in this thread. It's now been topped and it's getting
that Candelabra shape as all the other plants that I have now. She's going to be wild when she fills in.
Well I guess a little update on how things are going is in order.
Somebody told me that maybe I'm just lucky to have a bushy pheno of Kerala.
I say if that was so how do explain all of my Kerala plants behaving the same way.
This is just a few of my hippy Kerala plants. I do have more.
I really think they need another trimming soon.
BTW: Some middle branches were even removed which is crazy.
Sorry about the fuzzy pic today. It's hotter than Hell and I was shaking too much.
Enjoy
The next two pics are from the original one posted earlier.
Damn Hippy I tell you.
Somebody told me that maybe I'm just lucky to have a bushy pheno of Kerala.
I say if that was so how do explain all of my Kerala plants behaving the same way.
This is just a few of my hippy Kerala plants. I do have more.
I really think they need another trimming soon.
BTW: Some middle branches were even removed which is crazy.
Sorry about the fuzzy pic today. It's hotter than Hell and I was shaking too much.
Enjoy
The next two pics are from the original one posted earlier.
Damn Hippy I tell you.
