Three of my plants had really crinkled leaves last summer. All of the mature leaves looked hideous but it didn’t seem to affect the bud growth. These three were in the same holes I grew in the previous year and the other three in unused ground had good leaves.

Not sure why it happened, but like I say, they still yielded well.

"they still yielded well" -- that's what I like to hear!

The crinkles have largely straightened out, see below...
 
Garden visit today.
Had some free time, returned home, and the weather is wonderful (though a few people around...)

Loaded up the bag with about 2.5 L of mix. I used my veg hydroponic mix, it's at NPK 5-11-26, plus micros.
It's been clear here for about 6 days when I was out, and no rain at all.
I mixed it up to about 900 PPM on my cheap PPM / Temp meter.
The mix doesn't have much Ca, but the egg shells I dug in, plus the chicken shit fert do have high Ca and Mg.

They were all fine, the ground here was well soaked, and they are near the river.
It's a very good spot really.

Enough talk, we want photos:

Group 1:
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One of the younger Safaris. Looks like her mother a lot.
Top bud just about 30cm tall, a couple of little lower buds, but really just one main cola.
She's a bit yellow at the bottom (also like her mother),
but the fertilizer I gave her today will help a lot.
And unlike her mother, she's not facing rain every day and extreme humidity.

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This one is the older but very small auto (I think),
which topped itself, so has two tops.
Very smalle plant, just starting to flower as you can see.


Group 2:
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After I pulled the second male from here, just this lady left by herself.
She's a lot like the one above, and like her mother.
One straight single bud. A bit greener than her sister.


Group 3:
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The older Safari lady, who had slightly crinkly leaves last week.
That seems to by largely gone. So I'm guessing it was a humidity thing.
She's got about 3 or 4 tops, which are starting to fill out a little.
I think her stretch is almost ended. So, she's not very big, a tiny bush.
Her leaves are a little thinner, and not super fast like her other older sister (below).



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This is a little younger Safari that was next to her.
The one which leaf growth which looks more like post-bloom reg,
single and three bladed leaves.
But, the one above is largely blocking her light....

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And another one blocked by the older Safari lady above.
Really just starting flowering now.
This may be one of the autos. :p

Group 4:
This was the site where the older fast male was pulled.
So it's down to just one older Safari, and another younger plant.

First, the younger plant, which is blocked by the older one for light.
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The older Safari is a very fast bloomer.
No more white pistils at all, for maybe a week.
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In my bag also prepared a brown paper bag and box cutter knife.
She came down today, and is now drying.
More photos below....

Love and hugs,
MJS
:love:
 
Mandala Safari F2 Fast Indica pheno
(Safari F1 Indica/Afghani pheno X Safari F1)

(Micro) Harvest


The older very fast Safari girl above, came down today.
Really just a tiny little plant, grown in the middle of winter.
Wet weight was 12g, so maybe dry and cure out to 3g or so.

It was hard to inspect closely on site.
Security issues. Lots of people around today.
So just cut her down with a box cutter, and brown paper bagged her.

Got home, and trimmed further, leaving the larger sugar leaves on.
I prefer to leave some leaf on to protect the crystal which the dry and pack.
I cut it off before smoking, or add it in if I want a weaker / mellow smoke.

Anyhoo..... Pics. Done of phone camera, which is very hard to zoom in close.
The light isn't great, but that's it. Some with flash on, some with flash off.


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She has purple on the tips, which is cool.
Her mother didn't have any purple that I remember.

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Quite sticky on the under side.
When I got home, I used a loupe, which was the first time I've done that. Very helpful!
The trichomes are about 30% clear, 60% cloudy (varying degrees), and 10% amber.
Should be nice. That's about right for me.

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Just a few grams from this.

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Sorry about the focus, but can see the purple at the top of the calyxes.

I also have to dry and cure guerilla style.
So found a nice space on a top window sill, which is secure, and will have a cool temp.

It's surprisingly dry for here, maybe RH 65% or so.
In the past, in old location, my harvests have been in wet conditions, very high humidity.
Finally may get to dry naturally and without too much fear of mold / rot.
Also, tiny little buds won't be a problem.

Love and hugs,
MJS
:love:
 

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