Maria's Subtropical Outdoor Guerilla Grows with Connoisseur Genetics (Perpetual Journal)

[Hasch]

I'm happy you got your beauties this far even with the humid weather
Thanks for sharing your pictures and showing some surrounding scenery.

Keeping my fingers crossed for their "final lap"!


Om namah Shivaya

 

[Maria Sanchez]

I'm happy you got your beauties this far even with the humid weather
Thanks for sharing your pictures and showing some surrounding scenery.

Keeping my fingers crossed for their "final lap"!


Om namah Shivaya

I'm happy you're happy, @Hasch !
I've become a minute by minute weather watcher near to harvest time.
Cloudy today with RH 80%+ after a bit of rain late yesterday.
Some rain and temps 12C-17C over the next three days.
By the weekend the sun will be out, and clear and sunny for a full week.
Into the 'final lap'!

 

[Hasch]

Aloha Maria and everybody

As requested by the hostess



Team ACE is go!

Mein erster Pax

Ja, denk ich auch. Gleichzeitig fühl ich mich im Zugzwang: am 23.11. ist Schluss, da bin ich dann weg im Urlaub. 🏞️ :canabis: Thailand (erst im Norden und zum Schluss noch auf Kho Chang oder Kho Kood) Bis dahin muss alles komplett trocken sein, damit in den Grove Bags kein Schimmel entsteht...

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Om Namah Shivaya

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Aloha Maria and everybody

As requested by the hostess

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Team ACE is go!

Mein erster Pax

Ja, denk ich auch. Gleichzeitig fühl ich mich im Zugzwang: am 23.11. ist Schluss, da bin ich dann weg im Urlaub. 🏞️ :canabis: Thailand (erst im Norden und zum Schluss noch auf Kho Chang oder Kho Kood) Bis dahin muss alles komplett trocken sein, damit in den Grove Bags kein Schimmel entsteht...

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Om Namah Shivaya

Welcome little baby plants!

Two New Caledonia reg
Two Honduras x Panama fem
One Thai Chi fem

Right? -- I found your post in the NC section, haha!
How long will you veg them for?

Those NC plants do look very lovely and tempting, along with the 3rd ed Golden Tiger.

 

[Hasch]

Dubi suggests to veg for 2 weeks and then flip.
I'll probably do something like that.
But the Thai Chi in there is still small, so might give them a few more days...

 

[Hasch]

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Dubi suggests to veg for 2 weeks and then flip.
I'll probably do something like that.
But the Thai Chi in there is still small, so might give them a few more days...

Sounds about right. Go much longer than that, and they'll be absolutely huge for an indoor grow.

Says: video unavailable

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Ok, can see it now!
Anahata yoga! Psychedelic heart cakra vibes? Let me listen!
...

Sounds like The Orb meets mantra, cool.

 

[Maria Sanchez]

The rain has passed, but it's pretty cold, about 12C or so!
Still a little foggy here, but most of the cloud/fog is up higher on the mountain.
Tomorrow and after will be a fair bit warmer, and more importantly, humidity dropping right down to 50%-60%!
Then a warm week or more of mostly sun.

 

[Hasch]

नमः सूर्याय शान्ताय सर्वरोग निवारिणे

आयु ररोग्य मैस्वैर्यं देहि देवः जगत्पते ||

“Namah Suryaya Shantaya Sarvaroga Nivaarine"

(To bask in the divine grace of the Sun God, this Mantra can be chanted. It is known to eradicate diseases from its roots and help develop the physical and mental endurance required to overcome all of life’s obstacles.)

Let's pray for the sun then...

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Not so much sun as I was hoping for, but the humidity is right down to the 50s or so.
Need to find some time to visit the garden soon.
Checking for any nasties, or checking the drying of recent cut down, or checking how the bigger SSSTN and NLD NHxMM are going and whether they need to come yet, too.

Happy Lunar New Year!!

 

[Hasch]

checking the drying of recent cut down

Yes, looking forward to your first impressions of the high!

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Yes, looking forward to your first impressions of the high!

Haha, so am I!

Where I am, discretion is the key.
Not like where I grew up, not legal, but can light a J on the main street and nobody will really care.
So I found this cool portable bong kit.
It's two tubes, one has the plastic mouth piece that screws onto a regular water or drink bottle, and the other is a glass bowl with tube that seals down into the water bottle.
Portable, easy to set up and pack down / clean.
Grabbed some Zigzags and filters while I was at it, too, because, well, no explanation needed!

Knowing when to cut this big SSSTN is my biggest question at this point.
Should get organized and take a jewelers loupe on my next visit to check trichs.

Also already thinking about the next round, what and when?
Maybe end of this month or early to mid March.
Try the Thais -- Thai Madness and ThaiFrican, with some of seeds I just made from this cross thrown in for fun (and viability test).

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Day 119 -- from sprouting!

7 days since last update.
Weather has been cold again, down to even 9C overnight and highs just up to 20C, but often just 12C or so.
Mostly cloudy / foggy, with some rain on a few days, super high humidity, 85%-95%.
But today is high of 20C, bright sunshine, humidity of 50%! Perfect!

Building Two:

2 X Grail Project NH18 x MM pheno 1 (reg) = (NH18 x MM pheno 1) x (NH21 x MML Male) (12-16 weeks)
In a 15L pot.
Last pollination day 69, 50 days / 7+ weeks ago.

Miss Grail (NLD pheno) -- Day 119 = 42V + 79F:

She's just ticking along nicely, thank you.
Getting a bit fox-taily up top in a good way.
Still a few weeks away, so I'll just let her fade out naturally.

Miss Grail (indica pheno): Harvested Day 112 = 32V + 80F

She's now in the laundry bag, drying.
Due to humidity, etc., hasn't dried that much.
Some of the seeds from Mr ThaiFrican are dropping out.
Nicely caught in the laundry bag. (Thanks @Normannen for the warning!)
Cut some of the remaining fans, lower side buds off the main stem and removed the stem to further the process.


Namo Shivaya!

Fun, fun, fun!

Love and hugs,
~MJS

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Day 119 -- from sprouting!

Building Two:

2 X Super Silver Sour Thai Nevil (fem) = Swiss Thai Nevil 1 clone X SSSDH OJD cut Reversed (10-12 weeks?)
In a big 20L pot.
Last pollination day 69, 52 days / 7+ weeks ago.

Little sister in front and focus again!

Big Miss SSSTN: Day 119 = 32V + 89F

No mold detected, despite the horrible weather!
Not much growth though, either -- too cold little sunlight.
Still she's progressing.

Then the right-side lower branch top:

She's just going to keep throwing more calyxes I think.
Open flowers, very sticky, let that air through and sunlight, too!

Give her this week of warmth and sun at least, almost 13 weeks already.
Then think up the chop depending on progress and the weather.


Little Miss SSSTN: Day 119 = 63V(?) + 56F

She's just gotten even more branched and bushy.
Tiny little calyxes and pistils.
Some hermie male sacks showing, but to be honest, I don't really care.
No time to affect the big girl at this point, and can still get flower of this little miss as well.
Often these aren't even fertile, but sterile.
Probably stress: temps, light-hours increasing again, and she was never pollinated when the others were (helps fix sex in my limited experience).
And... can't bring myself to cut down this whole plant at this point, hahahhahaaa!

Oh, and removed one caterpillar that was making a cocoon on one higher bud.

Namo Shivaya!

Fun, fun, fun!

Love and hugs,
~MJS

 

[Maria Sanchez]

It's been four or five days of beautiful weather!
Full sun, not a cloud in the sky, daily highs of around 22C to 24C, and night lows of maybe 15C or so.
Today forecast for 25C I think with Friday having a sudden drop down to 16C.
But then back up to high 20sC, almost 30C, until the end of next week.
Then cooler again with probably some rain.
Watering may be in order, hopefully today or tomorrow.
Keep them refreshed to last until the cool / rain at end of next week.
Not to mention I think SSSTN girl should be getting very close to finish.
And Grail girl not too far behind...
We all know the other SSSTN girl is weeks away from her party time.

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

The guerilla grow

My location is between 24N and 27N latitude. Not telling you the exact details, don't ask!
We can consider it sub-tropical, with a Cfa climate -- Temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
Though, this will be a winter grow, starting after the heavy rains and storms of August-September, and aiming to finish around Jan-Feb.
The other growing season here is from early spring harvest, aiming to harvest around June-July before the massive rains set in.

I'm at a slight altitude, about 300m = 1000' above sea level.
Means a bit more rain than down in the flat below.
Apart from these abandoned houses and some other used housing, it is forest / jungle all around.

They will thus be starting at about 12/12, and the winter solstice is about 10.5/13.5. Perfect for hazes and other tropical cultivars such as my selection above.
Photoperiod cultivars will flower in the middle of summer here -- my present avatar pick is a Thai Gold (Thai X Guerilla Gold) from La Buena Hierba, and this photo is late July (IIRC). But I'm sure longer nights will help maturity.

Temps are now just under 30C, which is 86F, during the day, and about 5C / 9F less over night.
Temps in Jan / Feb maybe 15C = 68F, during the day, with absolute minimums of a bit less than 10C = 50F.
We don't get close to frost, no ice, no snow.
Not sure how this will affect the end of flowering, but we'll know in a few months!

The site is on terraces of abandoned buildings, in a very remote area.
There were a number of possible terraces in this large site, but I made a few changes after one place had signs of activity from nearby workers after observing it for a few months.
I should be able to observe if others have accessed the site without going to the plants directly.
The terraces face south, and have almost full-day sun, except for the last rays at dusk.

I will be using cloth pots, as these are best for the heavy rains. I have used cloth pots at another site about 10 kms away, and they work well.
If it gets too dry, I will use large drip trays to pool a little water and wick it up the pot. I will need to pay attention to this, and, like any outdoor grower, constantly watch the weather and rainfall.
I hope to visit every week, though rainfall should be enough.
The next few months should average about 150-250 mm / month, or 6"-10" / month.
I also have buckets set nearby to catch extra rainfall, that I can use for manual watering on site.

One large pot is 20 L = 5 gal, two are 10 L = 2.5 gal, and another is just 8 L = 2 gal.
I am not aiming for large plants, as stealth is important and reducing root zone should help move from veg to flowering.
I will probably start multiple seeds or seedlings in each pot, and select the strongest out of them.
But I will probably also leave a few in the larger pot, as it should be big enough for at least two.

Still deciding if I will germinate and start at home, perhaps in a sunny window, before moving outside.
Or, just direct planting on site.
Probably try the latter with a few seeds, see how they go, and adjust accordingly.

My medium is about 33% coco coir, 33% potting mix (peat, a bit more coir, some perlite), 33% worm castings, and the other 1% is a combination of dolomite lime, kelp meal, chicken manure, diatomaceous earth, and various other local organic amendments across the spectrum.
I've used mixes like this before, and they seem to work out just fine in this environment And I'm growing various veges on the balcony at home with this mix.
I will need to amend with higher PK organic amendments when they are in flower, but for now I'm trying not to have the mix too rich to reduce size and move into flowering as soon as possible.

What else do I need to add?

Wow, those are some exotic looking beans steeped with Thai-Heritage! I'd be interested to see how they progress at your latitude MS .

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Wow, those are some exotic looking beans steeped with Thai-Heritage! I'd be interested to see how they progress at your latitude MS .

Thanks for stopping by, @Sparkus_Maximus
If you don't want to read all 14 pages of the grow journal, you can just check out this last page here on page 14 for how they looked last weekend.
The biggest girl is almost at harvest now, just waiting for the perfect moment to cut.

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

Thanks for stopping by, @Sparkus_Maximus
If you don't want to read all 14 pages of the grow journal, you can just check out this last page here on page 14 for how they looked last weekend.
The biggest girl is almost at harvest now, just waiting for the perfect moment to cut.

Wow, Those are some really Sativa looking plants how is the trichome production? I'm guessing a good cure brings our All the best in them, it looks like you have a perfect environment for such long-seasoned Sativas.

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Wow, Those are some really Sativa looking plants how is the trichome production? I'm guessing a good cure brings our All the best in them, it looks like you have a perfect environment for such long-seasoned Sativas.

Hola!

Thanks for the kind words.

Trichome production:
The bigger SSSTN is amazing, big calyxes, plenty of large trichomes, and the calyxes quite quickly mature as well. I think this will win the trichome production competition. Smaller SSSTN still in progress so hard to say.
The more indica pheno of the Grail NHxMM was similar -- large calyxes, plenty of trichome growth. This girl comes second. Slightly smaller calyxes on the NLD pheno.
The two tiny Thai Madness were also very sticky, just small root-bound plants from seedling.

Environment not quite perfect, but close. Hot week this week with more to come so I need to get out and water them.