SO I haven't updated for a bit. My father had a fairly benign case of colon cancer and died after the operation from complications. I lot of stress on my life in late November, and honestly I forgot that I was posting about the new strains here. Flipped the lights on 12-3 to an 11/13 schedule.
So I have take a few pictures at least and I can show some of the progress so far. The Gauwi has the Malawi DNA in it for sure, and it shows in the main cola formation. If it fills in like my last Malawi the main cola is going to be 18 inches tall (45cm). This one stretched a lot, almost to the top of my tent. It is at about 6 feet tall (1.9 meter) so the stretch was huge. The Panama and the Gauwi were at the same height when they were put into flower. Smell on the Guawi is a little sweeter than the Malawi, and I am only catching a hint of the spicy/pepper smell. I'm hoping for a plant with the hit of the Malawi, but better tasting. We shall see. Also, the Guawi can take a LOT more nutes than the Malawi. I am feeding it at almost 2 times the nutes as the previous plant without showing signs of burning the leaves. The Malawi was burning quite easily, so it seems the Guatemalan DNA is making a more robust plant. Guawi is a strong grower.
The star of this grow is the Panama. I think this is the green pheno, I have not seen any red at all in the buds. As you can see from the close up, the white hairs are very thick, super white and straining to get to the light. The buds are filling in nicely, and they have a more indica structure to them. They might fill in to a main cola, but I feel like there will be bunches of smaller buds. Still good output. If I were to guess at this point, I would say this plant is going to give me about 150g to 175g of buds, the Guawi will be over 200 as I know these genes were put out some weight on a 6 foot plant. Panama buds will be more dense for sure. Then there is the smell...
I feel like if I rubbed the Panama buds on my kitchen table that the resin would take the varnish right off the wood. It has the most powerful lemon smell I've ever had on a plant. Second is an almost as powerful pine smell, with more than a hint of fuel in the back. I can't vouch for taste yet, but I am positive it will be better than the Guawi. This one just looks and smells straight fire, 100% superweed. I cannot wait to get this into the cure and taste it.
As far as finishing time, l'm sure the Guawi is going to be a longer finish. We are at 5 weeks since showing flower. I expect the Panama to finish on schedule, so I should be cutting that one down around 3/11 to 3/31. Really depends on the plant. I hope it goes longer actually, I am on a vacation from 3-17 to 3-24. Should have usable bud in early April. The Guawi is listed at 11-12 weeks, but with the energy it spent stretching I think it is going to go longer. I am expecting to chop that one in early April with final buds ready in May.
As always, I am growing on a blumat system in coco, with H&G nutes, plus bud XL. I will hit them with a single dose of shooting powder at week 9. I love having a feeding system that is self monitoring, I can fill up my tank and leave for up to 10 days without being home.
I am going to order more Panama and get them started. Hoping to have this big tent filled with the Panama as soon as these finish, and I want that red pheno!
pic 1: panama bud structure, pic from last week
pic 2: side by side. Gauwi on the left, look at the difference in stretch!
pic 3: panama bud close up
pic 4: from a few weeks back, at the end of the stretch. Again, both plant in veg came out about the same height. The Gauwi was maybe 5 inches taller, but not a huge difference.