AbuKeif
Member
Hello all—
As a budding landrace geek, I’m interested in contributing in my own small way to the body of knowledge about how and whether these varieties can be grown indoors. For my inaugural ICMag experiment, I’m working on three Malana Cream plants from Real Seed Company—I’m really grateful for the grow reports contributed by meizzwang, et al, which will contextualize my attempt.
I’ll be growing in soil, and have made the decision to do 12/12 from basically the moment the sets of true leaves emerged, since height control will be a primary concern and I simply don’t have the room to let them grow four or five feet before flipping to bloom. I’ll also most likely be implementing an aggressive regimen of topping and supercropping in order to encourage them to head sideways a bit instead of reaching for the [artificial] sky. Most of their life will be in a 2’x3’ tent under a 300w Mars Hydro LED.
I had a 3/5 germination rate from my five-pack from the Real Seed Company (they were purchased in fall 2018, so age may be a factor—I’m also waiting on another pack, which I may toss into the mix depending on whether or not I get both males and females to do some pollination.) Two are packing on the leaves, while one seems a bit more ‘runty,’ to borrow a word from another grower, but has recently decided to show hints of another set of leaves/nodes. This could also be the result of getting more light--until recently, they were all chillaxing under a 110w LED along with an RSC Lebanese that’s getting to the end of flower, and which was rescued from outside after botrytis started to become an issue. (I had tried to make some seeds for a second generation of Lebanese, but the pollen I collected from the males seems to have been a bust—I guess that’s a story for another time.)
I would be particularly curious to hear from anyone about recommended height-management strategies! Any thoughts on LST vs. topping vs. supercropping, etc.?
As a budding landrace geek, I’m interested in contributing in my own small way to the body of knowledge about how and whether these varieties can be grown indoors. For my inaugural ICMag experiment, I’m working on three Malana Cream plants from Real Seed Company—I’m really grateful for the grow reports contributed by meizzwang, et al, which will contextualize my attempt.
I’ll be growing in soil, and have made the decision to do 12/12 from basically the moment the sets of true leaves emerged, since height control will be a primary concern and I simply don’t have the room to let them grow four or five feet before flipping to bloom. I’ll also most likely be implementing an aggressive regimen of topping and supercropping in order to encourage them to head sideways a bit instead of reaching for the [artificial] sky. Most of their life will be in a 2’x3’ tent under a 300w Mars Hydro LED.
I had a 3/5 germination rate from my five-pack from the Real Seed Company (they were purchased in fall 2018, so age may be a factor—I’m also waiting on another pack, which I may toss into the mix depending on whether or not I get both males and females to do some pollination.) Two are packing on the leaves, while one seems a bit more ‘runty,’ to borrow a word from another grower, but has recently decided to show hints of another set of leaves/nodes. This could also be the result of getting more light--until recently, they were all chillaxing under a 110w LED along with an RSC Lebanese that’s getting to the end of flower, and which was rescued from outside after botrytis started to become an issue. (I had tried to make some seeds for a second generation of Lebanese, but the pollen I collected from the males seems to have been a bust—I guess that’s a story for another time.)
I would be particularly curious to hear from anyone about recommended height-management strategies! Any thoughts on LST vs. topping vs. supercropping, etc.?
