LaVieEnRose 1,762 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Hi friends ! Here comes a diary of my actual grow, an outdoor session, in France, located on the 47.5° N . It was now 6 years i stopped growing, mostly indoor for 15 years. Just like riding a bike, you don't forget your basics. i always be an soil & organic grower. I try every possible technics in hydro, aero, and always came back to the good old dirt. For a successful grow, you need few things: - Good genetics - w/o a decent strain, it is loosing times and energy - Good medium, in my case a decent soil, organic feeding : The pot is 40 liters, filled with 6-15-13 premix(30mS/m) + 4-8-10 - slow release granulate - Passive feeding. - Sun i lost an hole life of genetics, but find back this winter a bag of seeds, the last cross i did in 2013 before i quited. But never tested them before this year. And that is not the most easy strain to work with. It a 4ways cross of Pure sativa strain, from Landraces parents; So not yet stabilized, but full of promise "on the paper" [Gambian male x Neville's Haze female] x [Colombian gold 1972 male x Jamaican Lambs-bread female]. Except the Neville's Haze, the landraces genetics i've worked were provided by USC seeds in early 2010's. And i grew all these strains individually at the time, and made my own selection, The Gambian male is very special : as far as i know, he has not been bred with a ruderalis, but he grew like an auto, flowering after only 3 weeks and showing pollen after 5 - Fast ! And he was my choice of male in order to shorten the flowering period of the 14/16 weeker i was going to pollinate; as we will see later in this diary, the result to make it as early as possible is better than expected. The seeds are 6 years old and has not been store in the rules of art, but enough to get some viable kids. In my area, spring started early, warm and sunny, and i threw directly on the ground of my garden a bunch of seeds at the end of March. 3 weeks later, on April14th i saw two of them showing up. Stage #1 - The Seedling - Early April 2019 [.../... To be continued - Stay tuned] 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papalag 5,393 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Chair pulled up popcorn in hand and joint rolled I am ready for the show good to see you back and growing once more papalag 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaVieEnRose 1,762 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Stage #2 - May - Early veg' time Showing up April 14th, the weather happened to turn cold with some -1°C nights in the beginning of may who slow them. I decided to repot the two plants after 3 weeks in pots, 10 & 12 liters. Two reasons, more easy to manage in case of a visit i didn't expect, and to have a better control of height and feeding. I should have started sttraight from a 20 liters pot but by acting this way, throwing a bunch of seeds in the dirt, only the strongest showed up April 30th - 2 weeks The cannabis grower best friend May 18th - 5 weeks and Repoting in containers May 23rd - WtF, not suppose to be 100% Sativa ? broad leafs, so i began to doubt about the cross i did ... Plants looking great but i didn't explain myself, yet, these Indica specificity. 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papalag 5,393 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Beautiful looking garden 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaVieEnRose 1,762 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 June 2019 - from 50cm to 320cm and above ! Once in their final pot, a 40 & 20 liters, they grow strongly - June weather was sunny and warm. Too warm, we broke the heat record in my home town, 42°C, with last couple of week of June above 35° - Middle East heat in center France, climate change is a fact, if someone still doubt ... !!! Easy, during all the month long, the pheno #1 in the 40 liters pot grew 10cm/day, the pheno #2 in the 20 liters pot 7cm/day. july 28th,. Pheno #1 was 320cm (360cm with the pot !), and it was not manageable anymore, and he was going to double with the later stretch . Anyone could spot it from the street, even with my high fences. So i bend her // to the ground at 80cm from the ground. Pheno #2 was still manageable, 175cm/210cm with pot. I do bury the pot in tthe ground, digging deep hole to gain height, and also it helps to keep potted roots cooler in this canicule period June the 2nd Massive fan and sugar leaves, Indica type, who was still confusing me. very wide, 40cm wide for the biggest. But as we will see later, itt will radically change the next weeks June 6th June 28th, above 320cm ! i'm almost 2m tall myself The huge temperatures certainly play a huge role in this wild grow 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papalag 5,393 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Beautiful very healthy i never grow out doors never could find a good spot hidden that is , but I love to watch 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaVieEnRose 1,762 Report post Posted August 13, 2019 July 2019 - Here comes the real game ! After the >42°+ of the last week of June, July begins with a 37-40° range, who will last until the end of month, with an over-all heat record broken with 44°C - My plants in my garden handled up to 57°c in full sun. YES, 57 fucking degrees centigrade !!!! The good and very unexpected was thalt July 1st, the pheno #1, the Colombian/Thaï pheno, decided to show her first pistils. If you have followed, it is sttrannge to see such a landrace cross starting so early. But it is a WONDERFULL thing ! With such 12 to 16 weeker, who ripes up to mid November in my latitude, to gain 2 full months is a gift. And here comes my African Gambian Male, the one who grows like a Ruderalis. I'm sure that he impact the cross, in the way i wanted. He is also responsible of the "indica shape" of the early stage. As you'll see, it is turning now to pure Sativa, wild one, landrace's one ! they stretch a lot, both pheno, #1 more than #2, but the second also went up from 175cm to 300cm - Not including the pot who is burred 1 meter deep Pheno #1 started July 1st, pheno #2 July 8th; (For me day #00, is the day where i see real pistils). July the 2nd July 5th to 7th July 17th 2019 - 2 weeks flowering pheno #1 - 1 week flowering pheno #2 July the 27th 2019 - 4 weeks & 3 weeks into flowering To be continued [...] 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papalag 5,393 Report post Posted August 13, 2019 Very nice 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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LaVieEnRose 1,762 Report post Posted August 14, 2019 The heat wave is more calm now close to the usual August's standards - It also didn't rain for 2 months - It raised up to the Hell"s fire temperature, don't forget i'm in center France, so 46°C / 115° F inside my shack and 58°C /137° F in my crop ! No one ever saw such temperature in my area since weather forecast exists. Butt we survived, the Ganja also, that's not the case of some others vegetables and flowers i'm growing. 10 liters each day was the minimum. They also ate a lot of food, the soil resources were quickly exhausted with such temp and growth, and i had to provide a good handful of organic 4-8-10 once a week August 13th - Let's bud Pheno #1 - The Colombian pheno . Secondary thin branches are filling up gently, butt surely. 6 weeks since she declared her sex with first pistils July1st. A 11 to 13 weeker i guess, so harvest should be done between September 15th and 30th - I never had/saw such king-d of pure sativa being so early. but let's see what will happen in the next weeks Pheno #2 - The Jamaican pheno . leafs are more broad, inter-nodes are more closed, and she is also fatter and faster, but still typically sativa ; she started to flower a week after the Colombian pheno, July the 8th. She is full 5 weeks old now, and is faster also as you can see. Even she was 1 week late compare #1, after 5 weeks she is 1 week above in her development now. If she makes it in 9 weeks, i will harvest September 2nd, so early for such a strain, but i think she is a 10/11 weeker so ready to harvest between the first to second week of September. Unfortunately, she experienced spider mites when i was 15 days in holidays, with no rain till 2,5 months, 15% RH and temperature above 40°, a mite's paradise. I applied Black soap twice, and a huge storm few days ago finished to washed them and rinsed away these crappy bugs. You can see some of their deadly bites on lower leaves, but i think it is ok now This pheno has also a lighter green, i went to what i considered to be the max feeding amount she can managed w/o risks, but she stay with this genetics light green, in healthy condition. Pheno #1 is very dark green (above and below pictures are made with flash so not revealing) - she is 320cm high, pot is buried 90cm into the ground, to avoid bad view from neighbors . 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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elchupacabra 670 Report post Posted August 18, 2019 I remember one of your indoor coljam grows from back in the day. best vibes, plants lookin beautiful. reminds me of local landraces in the tropics. booooooom El Chupa 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saxo 12,616 Report post Posted August 18, 2019 they do look excellent,LveR pretty nice Ladies there!!!!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigun 6,521 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 Reallynice.. Wish I could grow openly like that.. Looks like a great harvest in your future . 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaVieEnRose 1,762 Report post Posted September 1, 2019 Things are doing great at the end of August, but i will make an update tomorrow 8 & 9 full weeks of flowering of these two babes, so just a little teasing :p 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigun 6,521 Report post Posted September 1, 2019 Some of the prettiest I have seen. I never had a blue bod other than many a few light hues of blue. Love it..what is the blue one and do they come that way often? THANKS 4 SHARING 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gardenartus 13,816 Report post Posted September 1, 2019 Very nice indeed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gardener 2,161 Report post Posted September 1, 2019 I love the giant sativa in the middle of your garden. Incredible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papalag 5,393 Report post Posted September 1, 2019 That is a thing of beauty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redman* 232 Report post Posted September 11, 2019 Very beautiful LveR, respect! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dogtowns 59 Report post Posted March 14, 2020 Hi @LaVieEnRose great cross, beautiful plants and lovely pictures! When did you harvested them and how is the smoke and effects? Thanks Dogtowns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
