Pandemic Garden: sativa, indica, blends.

And, sadly, I suspect my #1 plant, the sativa LH, is a boy.

 

Of the three new LH sprouts, one seems to have died from damp off.
So I am down to 6 plants with two males.

 

The #1 plant, the sativa LH 2, has shown a few more ball sacks.

So I think tonight I will cut the boys way back. The next two in line, plant #s 3 & 4, seem like they are going to be girls. Fingers crossed! They should be at their 6 week mark in a few days. This indica dominant strain seems to throw male flowers early and often so since none have shown, yet, my hopes are up.

I still have two very late starting LHs to sort out. They are finally starting to take off. Hopefully at least one will be a girl.

 

A little off the top.

 

Into the compost tumbler it goes!

 

Add some oak leaf compost (the very dry looking material, and some compost from my smaller premix tumbler.

Then give it a good tumble.

 

Another round and we are done with that process.

 

The only issues I have with using these tumblers is I get wads/balls of compost (can be best seen in the last picture).
I break then up by hand but I don’t get crazy about it.

 

So my main two notes for myself:

1) Start bean popping earlier.
2) Tip plants earlier.

 

So plant #s 3 & 4 are at 6 weeks old since popping. No ball sacks seen and they seem to be very girly. I’m a bit concerned about the taller one being a boy but so far, so good.

 

A front side shot of 3 & 4.
In the foreground are the two males that have been chopped back, and the very late planted LHs

 

Transplanting tonight.
Both are over 24 inches, with #4 on the left showing more sativa stretch, #3 on the right show a bit more indica stout growth characteristics.
3/4 gallon pots here.

 

Same plants but each pot has been spun in opposite directions by 90 degrees to show the sativa stretch and indica stout growth characteristics better.

 

#4 in her new 3 gallon pot.

 

#3 in her new 3 gallon pot.

 

So the gals seem to like their new home (3 gallon pots). They are getting huge! No lights, no fertilizer, no fans, no cost.

Easiest grow I have ever done.

 

So I just wanted to mention:

One of the goals of this modest grow was to be as simple and stress free as possible. My last attempts at having a cannabis garden were very productive, despite my naïveté, but very stressful in terms of extra work and time consumption.

So I am thinking I will continue on in this method. Take the lessons from this year and apply them to next year. There are some disadvantages of course. But at the moment, I am loving how this is working out.

The other benefit is low cost. When I was growing last, about 10 years ago, I had an eye towards the future in my purchases. The goals were mainly what I now have. Low cost and minimal stress, while remaining an organic gardener.

it’s going to be interesting to see how this all pans out.

 

Latest pictures.

Girls are doing incredibly well. One has the Leaf tips pointing down. Not sure what that is about.
There is also something munching on a few leaves, and occasionally trying to wrap a leaf around in a cocoon fashion.

Tonight I’ll transplant the third and final plant. Still to be sexed. Really hoping she is a girl as it’s my only hard core sativa. That said, one of the two girls I have is very much showing some sativa lineage. So alls good really.

Tomorrow I’ll give both big plants a detailed inspection under the leaves in an attempt to find any pests hiding out. To keep on my low cost, low stress grow plan I want to avoid using anything for pest control.
So far the plants are growing far faster than the damage the bugs are doing.

 

So here is the more sativa dominant looking of the two.
End of July here. Note how the major sun leaves are near parallel to their window

 

This one is the more indica dominant of the two.