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Purple Mexican Heirloom IBL- diary grow
- Thread starter BOMBAYCAT
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Thanks for sharing your work with us friend. I love Mexican strains and miss them. I'm going to ride with you and watch how these turn out. Keep us posted.
therealpacific
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I have some of those same beans. Looking forward to seeing how you do!
Day 23- Three of three seeds popped but I immediately lost one to damping off. It was my fault as I had that Solo cup too wet. The two look healthy and I am hoping they show male and female so I can make a few seeds this year. They got up potted to 1 gallon flower pots and are vegging away. They will go outside on the patio when it warms up some.
Sorry, you lost one friend. That's why I always weigh the cups and write the dry and wet weights on the cups.
Looking good.
Day 41 - The grasshoppers munched on the lower leaves some but I ran them off with some Neem. They have recovered nicely and they are about ready to be up potted. They go from the 1 gallon pots into 5 gallon grow bags. When it gets hot this summer I will lift the bags and plants and put everything into some very large clay pots to give the bags some shade.
looking good
do you use Bt ?….that stuff really helps us beat back those moths that lay eggs and then they bore into the plant and are a pain in the arse
for grasshoppers , and we have them in Biblical plague proportions out here on the eastern Colorado high plains…we use chickens
do you use Bt ?….that stuff really helps us beat back those moths that lay eggs and then they bore into the plant and are a pain in the arse
for grasshoppers , and we have them in Biblical plague proportions out here on the eastern Colorado high plains…we use chickens
Not using Bt yet. This neighborhood has an infestation of Japanese Beetles though they don't seem to bother the MMJ. The neighbor is going to try it on his lawn this year. I'm in a suburb of Denver and we also have a lot of grasshoppers that seem to like my MMJ. The yardbirds will give some good eggs since they eat the bugs.
Day 51 I finally got them up potted to the 5 gallon grow bags. I will later slip the bags and plants into some very large clay landscaping pots to give the grow bags a little shade on the roots. I was not expecting Phenos on IBL so I am hoping I hit the 50:50 average of males/females. I checked the tall plant with a magnifying glass and the bumps are too small to tell for sure. The short plant is quite bushy and the node distances are closer. I will try to get some pollen from the male? The Wind Rose is from the North West so that might be good enough if I put the bag down wind. The weather forecast is severe weather with some hail so I am worried about the grow. Oh well the life of an Outdoor grower I guess.
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Day 61 - They are loving this hot dry weather. I have several MMJ plants of various types and the ones that are more Sativa Dom are suffering some. I was wondering about the plant morphology as they seem different phenos of a heirloom IBL? The tall plant has 2 more leaflets on the fan leaves while the shorter plant is quite a bit more bushy. They are both showing sexual maturity as near the tops they are getting alternating leaf nodes. There is still no sign of any preflowers I can sex but I am hoping I hit the M/F ratio so I can make a few seeds.
