Greetings,
I am pushing the limits of northern ripening for a couple of strains this year, because of the search for trippy cerebral strains. One of the ones I'm trying is Ciskei, a South African strain. I have 3 of them, and each is unique. One of them is very sensitive to pH or nutrient levels. It has very thin leaves and is quite lanky. All 3 have been bushing out with tertiary branches, but this first picture shows how sparse the lankiest one is. The picture is through the side of the plant just to show how thin/tropical/sativa it looks. It is hard to see through the trellis fence, but quite a bit of light does show through:
Here is a picture of the thin leaves:
Here is the top of one that was squat and bushy in its early stages, but is now shooting towards the sky:
Here is a branch of one that was lanky, fast growing, and less susceptible to my nutrient level mistakes. As the tertiary branches started growing, it now looks quite bushy:
I think they all smell like menthol and lemon, but a friend who knows nothing of S. African strains, or Durban Poison in particular, mentioned a liquorish smell on this third one. I really hope these are stimulative and clear. The Durban Poison I once grew indoors did not turn out so well. I have heard many reports that sound like Durban Poison is one type of high that I would like. I hope Ciskei is similar, but grows better outdoors here.
I am pushing the limits of northern ripening for a couple of strains this year, because of the search for trippy cerebral strains. One of the ones I'm trying is Ciskei, a South African strain. I have 3 of them, and each is unique. One of them is very sensitive to pH or nutrient levels. It has very thin leaves and is quite lanky. All 3 have been bushing out with tertiary branches, but this first picture shows how sparse the lankiest one is. The picture is through the side of the plant just to show how thin/tropical/sativa it looks. It is hard to see through the trellis fence, but quite a bit of light does show through:
Here is a picture of the thin leaves:
Here is the top of one that was squat and bushy in its early stages, but is now shooting towards the sky:
Here is a branch of one that was lanky, fast growing, and less susceptible to my nutrient level mistakes. As the tertiary branches started growing, it now looks quite bushy:
I think they all smell like menthol and lemon, but a friend who knows nothing of S. African strains, or Durban Poison in particular, mentioned a liquorish smell on this third one. I really hope these are stimulative and clear. The Durban Poison I once grew indoors did not turn out so well. I have heard many reports that sound like Durban Poison is one type of high that I would like. I hope Ciskei is similar, but grows better outdoors here.
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