Maple leaf indica....Selection for medicinal use

[A.N.Other]

Hi longshot

The leaves do indeed look a little thicker than the maple leaf I have grownm (edit - from Sensi in Amdam, circa 2004, still in the garden until recently). It's a lovely smoke, strong but it won't knock you flat and the flavour is supa-sweet, syrupy in fact!

I found that they were easy to grow, supa-branchy, great to clone and generally pretty hardy, mites like them but they will struggle through an infestation to harvest.

Mite Attack:


Maple Leaf Leaves:


Early Flowering Maple Leaf (note this pheno's close to the stem, upward branching):


Maple Leaf Indica Flower:


Recent Finished Maple Leaf SOG Plants:

 

[bluebublelove]

I can vouch for its medicinial qualities, almost numbing in potenct and almost in a way of pain relief, incredibly relaxing, very piney/hashy taste.

 

[longshot]

Greetings all

Before I start, I just want to say again, thankyou all for your words of encouragement and great contributions, it is appreciated.
I apologise for not posting sooner to answer your questions but life's been getting in the way as usual!

Your MLI leaves are thinner than ones SWIM has seen. Because of that, they might go longer than 45 days.

Hi Jack, love your books man.
They are just starting to flower now. Most of the faster flowering plants I've grown have kicked into bloom by about 10 days of 12/12. These MLI are sharing their quarters with 3 C99 plants(there are some pics in my gallery if anyone's interested..not very exciting though!) and the cindys look a bit further on. I normally find the C99 goes about 49-53 days, so I've got a feeling these may go a bit longer than 45 days too. We'll have to wait and see though.

i know i'd be keeping one of them fat leaved pheno's, it will probably be the most heavy hitter too...i'd be looking for the most indica thats forsure.
did u keep any of the males or did you cull them all?

I've got a bit of a soft spot for plant 4. It is the shortest, fattest leaved plant of the group. It just looks pure indica!
I've still got 2 males but I doubt I'll be doing much with them, unless I find I really like the MLI personally in which case I'll get another pack of seeds in order to get some more males for selection.

Id give my nuts for A pack of those seeds described here...

"Our Afghan Mix was propagated from his original stock, completely unselected, therefore possesing all the variety that existed in the original gene pool. Due to extreme variation that exists between the seedlings, this mix is recommended for serious breeders and collectors only. Sold in a special breeders pack of 50 seeds."
Man oh man alive.......

Hehe...I bet a lotta people woud be queing up with limbs, organs, children etc..!
Thanks for popping in tiedye420, your stinky strain sounds interesting. What's the background? (edit: just seen your thread) I hope you find what your looking for man.

The leaves do indeed look a little thicker than the maple leaf I have grownm (edit - from Sensi in Amdam, circa 2004, still in the garden until recently). It's a lovely smoke, strong but it won't knock you flat and the flavour is supa-sweet, syrupy in fact!
I found that they were easy to grow, supa-branchy, great to clone and generally pretty hardy, mites like them but they will struggle through an infestation to harvest.

Hi A.N.Other, Thanks for info and thanks for the great pics.
Your plant most closely resembles my plant#1. They are not identical but the structure appears similar. It sounds like a nice smoke too.
I had also noticed the mite attraction qualities of this strain!

Ok, I've got some up to date pics for your perusal.
We are now at 13 days of 12/12...

...and a comparison of the 6 together. I hope the white board and the twisted bit of wire give you a sense of scale with each plant (well, I did say I'd try harder)

Some of the differences are more noticeable now. They have been fairly well behaved, although plant#2 seems to be turning into a twim stemmed plant and plant#6 is continuing to stretch more than the others. Talking of stretch, I'm raising the lights on a daily basis at the moment.
Here's a peek at the leaves on a couple of the plants...

The first one is from plant#4, the squat widest leaved pheno. The other is from a different plant Alright, I can't remember which one it was! Anyway, the bottom leaf is the same on plants 2,3 and 5.
I've started calling them 'the skunk1 phenotype'.
....Cynical, moi? It's just a joke... really
Here's what Mel Frank said about Afghani in the Marijuana growers insiders guide:

Afghani and Kush plants (indicas) grow smaller and thicker than sativas. Afghani leaves often are very dark green, almost blue-green color, with wide blades that sometimes overlap each . Usual height is between four and eight feet. Generally buds are compact and dense, and stigmas sometimes are pink,purple or deep red.Full maturation ranges from the end of August through October. Afghani and Kush (from the Hindu Kush mountains in central Afghanistan to the Pakistan border) often are interchangeable, and growers interchange the names enough so that either description may apply. Kush generally are slightly taller than Afghani and the leaves are between Afghani and sativas in both broadness of blades and in color. Potency can be mediocre to very strong, and the high of the stronger plants is often debilitating, stupefying or knockout. Both Afghani and Kush have a range of tastes and fragrances, but the term 'skunk-weed' came from the common skunk-like fragrances of many of these varieties. Fragrances may also be spicy or wonderfully sweet.

Interesting stuff, I'm sure you'll agree.
These last couple of shots are of plant#1 and plant#4 respectively..

Any comments welcome.
Take care,
longshot

 

[mischievous]

nice, i just picked up a pack of MLI let me know how the smell n smoke is then... eho did you order your seeds from? good luck bro, myself i m looking for a piney phino

 

[T.doT.Toker]

Looks really good man. The plants look real healthy n lush. I am betting number 5 will be the biggest yielder

 

[green goose]

ahh very nice this MLI and decently priced at 62.00 bones for 15 beans

 

[Guest]

I just picked up a pack of Maple Jelly after reading this thread.

Love the indicas - thanks guys...

ws

 

[T.doT.Toker]

What is maple jelly exactly? Btw is there any updates we fiend for some pics

 

[indicalover]

Maple jelly is Mountain Jam from Chimera X Maple Leaf Indica.

 

[longshot]

Hi all, thanks for your words of encouragement everyone

Here's the update...

We are now at 22 days of 12/12. The plants have just about finished stretching now. The shortest plant(4) has gone from under 6" upto 18" and the tallest(6) has gone from under 6" upto 35". I suppose it's a good job I didn't

Grow her to about half the size you want her in the end, then induce flowering.

A peek at some of the flowers...
Plant 4 for starters...

and I think this is plant 5...

This is definitely plant 6...

As you can see, plant 6 is a little sensitive to my industrial strength soil!
Astute observers will have noticed plant 4 also showing overfertilisation symptoms. It really is worth stressing that I do use a very strong soil. I don't use much in the way of liquid ferts, just a little seaweed occasionally and some humic acid. It all normally sorts itself out by the end.
Some more differences are becoming apparent now. Plants 2 and 3 have lighter leaves and a less robust structure than plant 5 now. Plant 1 is clearly different. Plants 4 and 6 are also individual. So at least 3 phenotypes, possibly 4. I'm beggining to get some aromas from the plants now, and again there is a fair amount of variation.
More as we go.
Any comments welcome
Take care,
longshot

 

[T.doT.Toker]

Wow im surprised at the varation they are giving off because past grows i have seen were pretty uniform. This can be a good thing though with more phenos is a greater chance of finding the best pheno? Nice to see plants are turning out trichs on the leaves already this is going to potm worthy soon. Good luck.

 

[mischievous]

any new pics???????????

 

[Guest423]

Maple Leaf Indica Flower:

really like this one, nice photo and plant.

plant #4 is looking good, kinda looks like the best bet to look like the plant above in the end....nice work fellas!

 

[FIREGOD]

THE ONES IN THE PREVIOUS PAGE ARE SERIOUSLY BURNED!!!
potting methods and nute burn can actually change the leaf shape and size!
in optimal conditions they would be great!

 

[JackKerouac]

Maple Leaf Indica Flower:

Those leaves look like the chron'. It is the shortest strain from seed other than AF strains.

Beautymous!

 

[longshot]

Good evening all!

any new pics???????????

Here you go....

I wasn't expecting that.

As you can imagine, I am not best pleased. To make matters worse, I have been very busy lately and I failed to spot it early. It's not the end of the world but most of the plants seem to have been at least a little pollinated.
The culprit was plant 5. This one, along with plant 1, has the best looking structure as far as yield is concerned, so it really is a bit dissapointing. Still, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, as they say.
I will try and get some more pictures of the remaining 5 done soon.

THE ONES IN THE PREVIOUS PAGE ARE SERIOUSLY BURNED!!!
potting methods and nute burn can actually change the leaf shape and size!
in optimal conditions they would be great!

Thanks for the tip FIREGOD. I don't think my plants are burned though. A couple of the plants were showing symptoms of excess nitrogen, but no fertiliser burn. Here's a pic I stole which shows a little bit of tip burn on the leaves, along with an excess of N..

As you can see, my plants are not showing this sort of burning.
Take care,
longshot

 

[Guest423]

i wanted to order it a few times also but i haven't for some reason.

T2U- you should hurry up and order some MLI because all sensi seeds packs are gonna change to 10 seeds per pack instead of 15 but stay the same price!

thanks T2U, good looking out....i just ordered me a pack!

 

[FIREGOD]

I ORDERED A PACK!
also went with classic afghani#1
the maple leaf intrigued me enough to buy it!
is it the old maple leaf wilson afghani???
i wonder how these are compared to twilight of dutch passion or afghani 1 ?

 

[FIREGOD]

its crazy how some plant strains eat heavy and some burn like crazy!
my superskunk ate and drank to the max!
my widow was finiky to the point of almost "not" feeding! i had to read them every step of the way!

 

[hidingtree]

i always wanted to try that MLI . ihad the presumption it actually had maple leaf shaped leaves . now i know it was name after the (western)founder/collector of this indica . many blessings , hidingtree