Afghan and other Experiments Downunder

My intro post describes my growing environment, so I wont repeat it here. You can click if you want to read it http://boards.cannabis.com/introduce...ml#post1726523

Sara Lou's Triffid.

The longest running experiment began with a sativa sprout (no name) which germinated at the end April, beginning of May. It survived the first frost, so I stuck a black plastic pot (bottomless) over it and topped it with a sheet of glass until September.

What can I say, I didn't pay much attention to it until I had to move the work bench to give it more room. It survived a cold, but dry and sunny winter and has boomed throughout Spring.

im supized its so small for a plant that age ive seen plants at 8 foot after alot of tying down

Thanks for stopping by Smokenss, there are many variables that effect the plant's eventual size. I'm aiming to keep this thing as low to the ground as possible. I'd estimate the trunk length at about 6 feet, 2 1/2 vertical and 3 1/2 ft near horizontal. I'll measure it tomorrow.

edit ~ I have grow sativa in side by side comparisons before and as a rule of thumb, I have found I can halve the height with a strict tying regime.

C. horizontalis

The same seed as the triffid above, but germinated 01/10/07, growing tied and weighted down in 40 litre pots. The purpose, a novel homecoming gift for a friend due back from the west coast. She likes topiary, bonsai etc, so I think she'll appreciate these.

Soil mix is sieved compost, basic proprietary potting mix, coir fibre (peat substitute), processed lucerne and coarse sand in a 2:3:1:1:1 ratio. Plus a handful of 1:2 blood and bone/dolomite lime worked into the lower half of each pot.

Liquid additives, seaweed extract 1/2 strength second weekly, alternating with fish emulsion if they look like they want more nitrogen. Monty's Organic, once for seedlings and monthly according to the directions during flowering.

(only found a pre tie pic for one of them.) :hippy:

Last but not least, Weed Farmer's Afghan sprouts. The postal service here still involves donkeys, I'm sure, so these have spent most of their short lives in the bathroom under CFL's because the weather is already a bit extreme for outdoor sprouting.

Pictured here getting some real sun this morning, between 24 and 48 hours old.

There are a few other random sprouts from some antique bagseed seed, but nothing that warrants me dribbling on any longer tonight.

It's 12:53 am and 18 C outside, goodnight :hippy:

That's a BEAUTIFUL looking sativa in that first photo. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Already looking very nice. I'm looking forward to seeing this grow develop.

That Sativa will give you some really good times i bet. It looks great!

Thanks for the responses :)

The Triffid's trunk measures 195cm from soil level to growing tip, vertical height is now 95 cm and she is over 7 months old. I'm hoping her growth slows in the coming week with the cooler expected nights (last week av o/night 16.8 C, expecting 11-13 C o/night for the next 4-5 days). Between 01/12 and 9/12 she's gained 24 vertical cm.

I've also been decorating the sprout's nursery today. Spruced up the lighting a bit, removed the larger house plants to make some working space and even cleaned the dust and bird pooh off the outside of the window and trimmed back the Hedera that insulates the wall from the outside.

Pic is a canopy view of the triffid a couple of days ago. :hippy:

thats going to have buds all over the shop:thumbsup:

holy shit thats freaken huge.
nice job.