Malawi x Ethiopian and Mulanje (Malawi)

[Tangwena]

You have them well under control by the looks of it. Mine was a beast outdoors this year. 9 feet high and loaded with small buds on her many slender arms. I lost about half to powdery mildew but her clone is doing great and maybe has a few weeks left now, indoors. Same jungle structure as mom but this one has a fighting chance to finish.

I don't find this one very strong, but the grassy wispy buds are so freaking sweet you just want to keep smoking it. Like honey dew melon. The high is clear and soaring. Very pleasurable.

Mine

Mine needed aging I gave a lot away in the beginning but once the cobs were over 6 months they were fantastic. I will not be giving any of this harvest away its all going in the cellar to age.
Please post some bud shots they are such beautifully delicate flowers and the aroma is out of this world so floral.

 

[ULMW]

Looking forward to seeing your results Tangwena.
So nice how this combo is ticking most all of people's boxes when they grow it and sample it. Keep up the great work. Happy growing and happy Harvest!

 

[Tangwena]

2 weeks flowering

2 weeks flowering

So this is the second week of flowering by my calculations third week if you count from first showing of bud sites.


The smells are still very light as these are not skunky smelling plants I dont anticipate needing a carbon filter at all during this grow.


The Mulanje is a week ahead of the M x E as it started flowering fast.
These have been on 10/14 since they were topped.
I love the M x E at the front of the group its hopefully going to produce some of those fat airy buds I had from my last grow which were superb.
The pheno at the rear was a tall lanky plant, the one in front more Xmas tree shaped. I topped them all at the same time.

It will be interesting to see how she develops the buds are certainly different from the plant in the front so I will get 2 different highs yeeha!
I have pollinated the Mulanje with the short male M x E.
The plant was very compacted Xmas tree shape with tight nodes.
I also pollinated both M x E with the vigorous Xmas tree shaped Mulanje male pollen.
All plants were only pollinated on selected lower branches and all have taken and are starting to make seeds.
The cross of these two strains will produce stellar results with a very African feel I am sure.
Here are the pics the Mulanje is on the left and the 2 M x E on the right its easy to tell the difference.

 

[Tangwena]

Looking forward to seeing your results Tangwena.
So nice how this combo is ticking most all of people's boxes when they grow it and sample it. Keep up the great work. Happy growing and happy Harvest!

Thank you my friend with these plants and the Panama x Honduras I have everything I want in life.
Thats without neglecting my other favs Zamaldelica, GT and Panama ha ha.
I will just keep rotating that lot for the rest of my life ha ha.
When you get to my age it helps to pass the time ha ha. I cant think of a better way to live.
I'm really looking forward to tasting the end products after a good cure and 6 months aging they really come into their own then.

 

[Tangwena]

A third of the way through flowering

A third of the way through flowering

The LED panels I bought from China are doing great I have two 240watt full spectrum 3000k Samsung quantum boards with extra red and UV.
The plants are loving the light first a shot of both boards dimmed then a shot of the undergrowth with them undimmed.

 

[Tangwena]

Now the plants

Now the plants

The Malawi x Ethiopian have given me 2 phenos both sexy as hell.
They both smell similar at this stage an oily resin smell but will develop the amazing floral scents as the the flowers fill out if they are like the others from the same pack that I grew last time.
I have seeded some pop corn buds with Mulanje male pollen.
I have also seeded some Mulanje pop corn buds with M x E male I had.


The M x E are a week behind the Mulanje in flowering but you cant hurry quality like these.
#2 is different from my previous grow of 3 M x E plants that all looked similar to Pheno 1 in this grow.
Out of the 3 in the last grow the slowest flowering was the stand out high very exceptional effects.


First 2 pics pheno 2 at the back of the box a gorgeous looking plant to my eyes.


The next pics are pheno 1 including a seeded bud shot.
This one is like my previous grow of this strain and I have high hopes (pun intended ha ha) of getting the instant boner high I had before he he.




Here are some pics of the M x E

 

[Tangwena]

Mulanje

Mulanje

This is a strain I have long loved the effects of.
I have been growing it since 2012 and injected some fresh life into it last year when a friend gifted me some pollen from his own grow of the same strain.
The seeds originally came from Malberry seeds I hope I spelt that right.


The plant started flowering very quickly one week before the M x E
All plants are on 10/14 from first true leaves from seed.
I love the high from this its just like the laughing grass we used to get in Limbe Malawi.
First pic a cola shot, then a seeded pop corn bud and finally a group shot the Mulanje is on the left.
The smell is very deep menthol lime at the moment but that will change as the flowers mature.

 

[SolarLogos]

Plants are loving those new LED panels brother. Love that early resin, those are going to make trip cobs for sure! Have a great time at the concert and psychedelic trip cob vibes tomorrow my friend.
Peace, God bless

 

[Tangwena]

Plants are loving those new LED panels brother. Love that early resin, those are going to make trip cobs for sure! Have a great time at the concert and psychedelic trip cob vibes tomorrow my friend.
Peace, God bless

I'm not going a good friend is I would need to hang from the ceiling on a bungy cord ha ha.
Can you imagine that it would be trippy hey?
By the end of the flowering the resin will be over the top, well usually if I dont kill them somehow ha ha.
They live on a knife edge every day with me looking after them ha ha.

 

[Tangwena]

Malawi x Ethiopia week 4 or 5

Malawi x Ethiopia week 4 or 5

Here are some shots of pheno one of the two phenos I have going.
This is the same smell as the best one I grew last grow.
I have taken clones as this is a keeper for me.

 

[Tangwena]

Malawi x Ethiopian week 4/5 pheno 2

Malawi x Ethiopian week 4/5 pheno 2

This pheno is new to me in this cross the smell is very oily like the Malawi side of this cross.
Being at the back of the cabinet its hard to get up close.
But it has long pistils and more compact buds than pheno one.
I have taken clones just in case.
Pheno 1 is def getting another run at the end of summer outside.

 

[Tangwena]

Mulanje week 4/5

Mulanje week 4/5

This plant is outdoing itself its still early but the signs are good for a high yield as well as a strong plant.
The smell is menthol/pine not sweet at all.
I have a given a clone to friend to grow outside he grows big plants and should get a huge plant by the end of the Aussie summer.
Also I can get cuts from him for an Autumn grow to keep the plant short and stealthy for my own personal stash as I want a lot of this to cob.
This is the most potent smell I have ever got from this strain and has forced me to use my carbon filters a little earlier than normal.
Luckily I got a super cool male from this batch of seeds that I have used to pollinate a few lower branches as I only have 11 seeds of this plant from my last grow.

 

[robotwithdreams]

Beautiful flowers, Tangwena.

 

[Tangwena]

Beautiful flowers, Tangwena.

Its early days yet my friend still time for me to kill them or failing that for them to explode ha ha.
Second option is the preferred one obviously ha ha fingers crossed all day long.

 

[Tangwena]

Week 5/6 flowering

Week 5/6 flowering

Pheno #1 seems to have stopped reflowering after the seeds started growing so it looks like its going to be ready very quickly maybe 8 weeks.
I will be harvesting the seeded branches for sure I cut a few buds off to stop the seeds falling out onto the floor.
These seeds were from pheno #1 my favorite pollinated by the big Mulanje male should make for some very interesting plants.


First pic #2 at the back of the box then a close up of buds from #2.


Followed by a branch of #2 on the left #1 on the right and last a pic of pheno one flowers.

 

[Tangwena]

Pheno 2 Malawi x Ethiopian

Pheno 2 Malawi x Ethiopian

This was my favorite pheno last grow this smells just like the best one last grow so I have a clone to grow seedless.


Its finishing very fast unless its going to reflower and surprise me I think the pollination has slowed flowering right down.


Still i will get a nice bag of honey buds to cob and the clone can deliver the goodies later.

 

[Tangwena]

Mulanje

Mulanje

This is a big fat mama like the Malawi its a prolific flowerer.
These plants grow huge if you let them especially outside.
This one has been pollinated by its own male and the M x E male on noted branches should be some more interesting seeds from this one.

 

[rolandomota]

I can order mulanje gold from h Depot 2 for 1 right now but I don't trust them after those shitty hemp seed they sent me instead of what I ordered 8 for 10 free drakensbug grew but I binned them because having that many grow from such old seed is suspicious maybe I'm wrong and I just suck at growing? The ace stuff sure was frosty and fit the description freeze was resinless and onion smell no pine whatsoever I guess theirs only one way to find out and that's to buy the mulanje it's the only interesting one to me I should have asked for a free pack of it instead they threw in drakensburg and crappy wannabe freeze I'm so unhappy with that

Anyway carry on sir your doing a wonderful job I'm happy you got that mulanje going

 

[Tangwena]

I can order mulanje gold from h Depot 2 for 1 right now but I don't trust them after those shitty hemp seed they sent me instead of what I ordered 8 for 10 free drakensbug grew but I binned them because having that many grow from such old seed is suspicious maybe I'm wrong and I just suck at growing? The ace stuff sure was frosty and fit the description freeze was resinless and onion smell no pine whatsoever I guess theirs only one way to find out and that's to buy the mulanje it's the only interesting one to me I should have asked for a free pack of it instead they threw in drakensburg and crappy wannabe freeze I'm so unhappy with that

Anyway carry on sir your doing a wonderful job I'm happy you got that mulanje going

I will have seeds after Christmas if you pm me also the M x E crossed to Mulanje they have got to be awesome.
The buds are delicate on the M x E but little jewels and they pack a hell of a strong punch.

 

[40degsouth]

Hey Tang looking good,
I particularly like the look of those seeds, a little bit far south for me though after my experience with GT last year.
I've been eyeing off the A5Killer lately wondering if that would finish around the end of April around these parts??
I also wanted to say "thank you" for posting up the link, a few weeks back, for the LED lights and l see they've made a bit of a cameo in one of the photos; looks like they're producing the Christmas presents as expected.
I've been looking at getting a single one, in order, to have a crack at producing some S1s and female seeds. I need a light that runs at around two amps because I'm off grid and can only afford the power during the summer.
Anyway, thanks again,
Cheers,
40