Malawi Gold ScrOG with Magenta Kessil

Mohican

Mohican

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She seems to be a little ruffled from the res change. I was worried about the low pH but one of the gurus here said to just leave it and let it ride back up to 6 on its own. I am trusting him!

Day 53 LED and CFL light:



Cheers,
Mo

Edit: The leaves look funny because I was blowing a fan at the plant and it was bending the leaves.
 
Mohican

Mohican

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April 3rd - She seems to like the low pH and is really starting to grow fast. Took several pictures today.

Top Natural Light:




Side:




Side LED:




Roots - they look brown but it is just the way the flash gets absorbed by all of the root hairs. They actually look white to the naked eye:




Macro 1:




Macro 2:




Cheers,
Mo
 
Mohican

Mohican

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She is starting to get big. I need to cleen out my cabinet so I can set up the screen and block all of the light for when I go 12/12. Right now I am using 18/6. I cut the second tote lid in half and added metal tape to the bottom tote lid to block light where the two halves do not meet completely.

Day 55 Top view natural light:




Side view:




Light setup:




Macro:




Tote lid halves and seam:






Cheers,
Mo
 
HinduWiff

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NIce.. im subbed! do you like your led?? i have a H600 solar storm.. its a banger.. ahhaha but cuz wait to follow up on iyour grow

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Mohican

Mohican

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Hi HW - My Kessil is bright and it runs cool and 90 watts of draw. I just started 12/12 today so I do not know what the results are yet. When I got the light in December I put it over a house plant for a couple days and saw amazing results so I think it should work great. I also like the fact that with the CFLs removed for flower, my cabinet is staying cool!

Cheers,
Mo
 
Sunbiz1

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Hi,

I'm about to start Malawi as well, I'll be using contained organic soil blend outdoors for the project. Because this strain grows similar in structure to industrial hemp and does not produce big, I intend on doing 6 footers to finish off indoors due to 16-20 week flower length.

Should be a fun project, and I'm looking forward to following your grow as well.
Peace!
 
Mohican

Mohican

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Got the cabinet finished enough to move her in. It is not fully finished but the lights are in there so the plants needs to be in there!

Cabinet before:




Cabinet after:




Day 60 Top Natural:



Cheers,
Mo
 
ourkansaw

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Looking real good. I hope you have the lights a lot closer than the look in that last picture. Like maybe 1-2 inches from the top? That plant is gonna be huge enough as it is, might as well try to minimize stretching at this point.
 
Mohican

Mohican

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what type of light to you plan on flowering with? i bet thats gonna be the young kush pack piece
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I have started 12/12 and I am using the Kessil H350 Magenta LED. What is a young kush pack piece?

Pretty cool, never seen a Malawi grow

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Welcome JLM! I am excited to grow a landrace sativa also :)


Looking real good. I hope you have the lights a lot closer than the look in that last picture. Like maybe 1-2 inches from the top? That plant is gonna be huge enough as it is, might as well try to minimize stretching at this point.
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Hi Ark - wait until you see the pictures coming up! Yes the cabinet has been refined several times after the pictures above.

Cheers,
Mo
 
MrRush69

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Nice work so far, good to see african strains are still on the map. I haven't been able to find Gold in South Africa for years. Even Durban Poison has been extremely hard to find, and most of the time its Swazi. If i can say one thing about African strains is that they should be grown outdoors. They are all monsters! Swazi, Transkei, DP, MGold & the Mozambique Monster(Not real name, cause nobody i met knows either). I think the reason for it looking the way it does could be down to the fact the stem was damaged early in its career. I think early stress can cause plants to show very unusual characteristics in later growth. Hope all goes well!
 
Mohican

Mohican

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Hey SB1,

I had the same concerns when I saw the first leaves. However I have talked to some seasoned growers and they tell me it is just the first leaves that are broad like this. You can already start to see how the top leaves are looking more sativa. When I was trying to find examples to confirm the strain I could not find anything that looked like mine. However, there are not any pictures out there that show the whole grow cycle, just bud shots. So we will need to wait and see.

I also sent some pics to Nick at Holy Smoke and he says it looks right.

Cheers,
Mo
 
Mohican

Mohican

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Nice work so far, good to see african strains are still on the map. I haven't been able to find Gold in South Africa for years. Even Durban Poison has been extremely hard to find, and most of the time its Swazi. If i can say one thing about African strains is that they should be grown outdoors. They are all monsters! Swazi, Transkei, DP, MGold & the Mozambique Monster(Not real name, cause nobody i met knows either). I think the reason for it looking the way it does could be down to the fact the stem was damaged early in its career. I think early stress can cause plants to show very unusual characteristics in later growth. Hope all goes well!
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I was wondering what effect the beheading was going to have on this plant. I figured it would go male on me (still could). I have a clone that I moved outside three days ago and it is just starting to recover from the shock. I expect it to grow 15 feet and be ready in December! I just need to know how to keep the caterpillars from infesting my buds like they did with the Mr Goo.

Cheers,
Mo
 
Mohican

Mohican

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Still adding to the cabinet. I couldn't figure out how to mount the CFLs and be able to adjust them as needed. Then I got the bright idea to use adjustable shower curtain rods.


Full shot of cabinet:




New light setup - 4 100 W 6500K CFLs and Kessil LED:




Cheers,
Mo
 
Mohican

Mohican

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Well she is really starting to stretch! Looks a little scraggley! I wonder if I should top her?

Asked Uncle Ben where to top her:




Day 62:



Cheers,
Mo
 
Mohican

Mohican

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Here are the seeds I got from Attitude:

Product: Holy Smoke Seeds Mulanje Gold Regular
Options: Reg Seeds Per Pack - 12 Seeds
Quantity: 1

Product: UFO#1 CH9 Female Seeds Afghan Haze 33
Quantity: 1

Product: FREE Holy Smoke 2 x Malawi Gold Reg
2 x Mozambique Poison Reg
2 x Mulanje Gold Reg
Quantity: 1

Pics:








Cheers,
Mo
 
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