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Kumaoni Landrace (Himalayan India) and Afghan Adventures [diary]

synthesis_314

synthesis_314

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Okay, my first diary here. I'm excited to see what comes from this small run of 8 Nepali landrace seeds from Real Seed Co. The plant can flower into a black color and I'm very interested in black leaved plants with a sativa leaning experience.

Kumaoni is described as having "a luminous, expansive high and an even, long-lasting buzz."

I soaked the seeds for about 12 hours in filtered water, with a squirt of h2o2 to protect against pathogens. Then into a paper towel contraption I made by drilling holes in the plastic top of a pyrex food storage container. This has moist paper towels and the seeds. It sits in a zipper container to block put light and that goes in the tent warmed by the environment.

When I see a tail I plant them into a small 1" hole in my seedling mix:

Promix BX
Biochar
Worm Castings
Greengro Veg Topdressing
Ful-Humix

In the hole I sprinkle Dynomyco Miccorhyzae and Optiveg chitin powder with some biochar and worm castings.

Theyre under a photontek 200, with some fan circulation a humidifier, and a fan filter combo.

I've had good success with seedlings in these 4" pots. They have a nice heavy feel and plenty of room and aeration for the lower root area.

I'm watering with a spray bottle. I did some simple weighing a ways back and noted these weights:

7 sprays is 5g
15 sprays is 10g
30 Sprays 20g
45 Sprays 30g
60 Sprays 40g

I dried a 4" pot of soil to be bone dry then figured out what 2.5-30% of its weight is in moisture.

2.5% of 3 cup is 17.75g h2o (pot=183)
5% of 3 cup is 35.5g h2o (pot=200.5g)
10% is 71g h2o (pot=236g)
15% is 106.49 grams h2o (pot=272)
20% is 142g h2o (pot=308)
25% is 177.5 h2o (pot=343)
30% is 213 h2o (pot=379)

I'm not doing this as strictly anymore but I found it to be an amazing process for learning how to water in the first critical 3 weeks and then into a full size plant with an adult watering
situation.

Once the seeds get established I'll start watering with a water bottle and maybe a scale.

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Oh and by the way, I also have a Chem 91 female from Cali Connection in the tent. Shes an extra but when flowering this Kumaoni it might be nice tonhave the Chem 91 in there. If things go well I'll have Kumaoni seeds, and Khemaoni 91 seeds, plus some nice seeded Kumaoni AND Chem 91 bud.

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Creeperpark

Creeperpark

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Water management is what makes the difference between super plants and just ok plants. Using your method you can learn exactly what the water-holding capacity is in with each type of substrate. I like ProMix BX too because of its antifungal properties. Thank you for sharing your work with us because it's very helpful. 😎
 
synthesis_314

synthesis_314

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Good day all. Appreciate the comments and follows, it means a lot to me ❤

Kumaoni #1 looks very happy. All pots got a squirt on the scale up by about 20 grams of h2o. I like to squirt a touch down the stem to be sure the roots have fluids to reach for at the bottom. Then a circle around 1# from the plant. I try for a 24 hour wet/dry cycle until the plants are fairly mature. Lots of air circulation, about 60RH+/- to help the soil dry back but not shock the seedlings.

KM#2 had a stuck cotyledons issue which I gind happens when I plant them too shallow. The combination of soil moisture and pressure of the seedling oushing through the soil I believe pulls the shellnoff effectively.

I use a spray bottle to set the shell on the seedling and then 5 or 10 minutes later it usually gently slides off no problem. Dont do this with a dry shell it will break your little baby.

Cotyledons look depleted so Id say KM#2 has a 50/50 chance of coming out okay. These 2 cracked first in soak. The rest Im keeping moist and patiently watching.

Chem 91 got about 1.5 cups of water. I find in a 1 gallon container especially a plastic pot two cups to be about the maximum per watering. One couple work but it might not get down to the bottom enough and I think this is where a lot of the confusion around watering happens I want the roots to push down to the bottom of the pot and if I keep giving it one cup without the bottom soil Ever Getting saturated I'll end up with a shallow root system so it's a balance.

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synthesis_314

synthesis_314

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Good morning. So Kumaoni#1 and 2 are cruising. 1 is squat and thick and 2 is stretchy! Perhaps the stretch on 2 is due to the lack of nutrients from the 1 damaged cotyledon.

#1 has a very strange thing ... what looked like a worm eating the leaf tip on both sides appears to be a root tip made of root cells growing out of the tip of the first leaves. Strange!

Either I dried the pots back too far or had sprouting problems but the other 6 seem to be no goes, so I soaked the remaining 8 for 12 hours and they are now in my little DIY paper towel propagater. Once I see a good 1cm tap root I'll plant these in the pots used for the others that had trouble.

Chem 91 looking good but appears to have some Ntoxicity. Expected from the DNC. They usually self correct after a week of N consumption.

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synthesis_314

synthesis_314

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Kumaoni #2 seems to have recovered just fine. Still a tad stretchy but Id prefer bot to adjust the lights as Ive seen the 225-250 ppfd range to be really solid for seedlings with these Photonteks. From the first 8 seeds I had more than half, almost all producing a tap root but once in the soil they fizzled. So I soaked another 8 and of these 4 produced roots and this morning they went into the same pots as the failed seeds. 4 had tails which I planted but 4 did not and so theyre still incubating in my sprouting chamber in the paper towels, in the dark in a humidity dome with some basic dampness. Well see what happens.

Chem91 is very happy aside from some N tox but the lower fans seem to be recovering. Perhaps shes munching on that nitrogen or just acclimating. The DNC soil is pretty hot but I find plants can takenit just fine. And its been my preferred soil for the water only autopots I grow in.

So I'll be watching these freshly planted seed for the next few days. Typically I find healthy seeds sprout a tap root in 24 hours after a 4-12 hour soak and a move to damp paper towels in a humidity dome. In soil I typically plant 1/2-1" deep and I'll see them come up within 3 days. Rarely have a I seen healthy plants outsode this range but thats limited to my personal experience.

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synthesis_314

synthesis_314

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The second pack of Kumaoni are nearly all active but the roots are pretty sensitive. Im wondering if my sprout dome has the oxygen they need?

I planted the one that sprouted over last night and theres 2 left inactive but I'll wait and see what happens.

Chem 91 is happy in her 1 gallon.

Inhave a fungus gnat problem in my houseplants so these gor hit woth a spray of SF nematodes yesterday as well just in case.

The 2 Kumaoni s3edlings are doing well. Strangely one looks like it has too much light (squat) and one is stretchy like it needs light (tall). I dont like to go over 300/325 ppfd with these photonteks in veg so Ill just leave it and see :)

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Old Piney

Old Piney

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TRSC Kumaoni is extremely vigorous I have grown out 3 last year and six this year ,all outside .They are true giants, one grew over 13’ with a late start (fist week in June ) All 3 were females last year and 3 males and 3 females this year , only one is a little purple this year .good luck I'm interested to see how they do inside
 
synthesis_314

synthesis_314

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nono_fr said:
I sow them directly in the ground so as not to have to stress them. It takes longer and you can't see the root but it's safer. Both technics should work .

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I have 12 kumaoni seeds, so I can't wait to see how yours stretch to plan an indoor run !!!

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I should try straight to soil. I feel like a soak and towels lets we weed out the non sprouters. Do you feel like you get better germination straight in soil generally?
 
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