Wow! Is this weird, or what? Don't know what it's like across the rest of the State but in the mid-Valley the east wind brought the smoke from the Cascade fires over here, so it'd been like living in Mordor for the past couple of days. Ash is hanging in the air and covering everything, and all activities are curtailed. Jeesh; like 2020 couldn't get any worse. I'm thinking we should be preparing for the Cascadia earthquake in the next 3 months...
Anywho, thought I'd give a quick update. All 4 plants are doing well. The Durban x R2 on the right, Kilimanjaro on the left:
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turned out to be a bushy, Cousin It looking thing eminating a strong sesame/skunk smell with thick bushy buds that are developing a nice frost. I've heard that crossing a sativa with an indica can produce bushy plants so the pheno follows. The Kilimanjaro grew into an 8 ft, slow flowering xmas tree. Bad choice for outdoor here since it won't finish before the end of Oct, but lesson learned. I've taken cuttings for seeds so I'll try it indoors at some point. Actually looks promising if it can just get to the finish line.
The Skunk #1:
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is doing better than I expected and should finish by week 1 or 2 in October. It's developing some nice buds so I'm hopeful. If onlly the monsoons don't arrive until mid-Oct.
The Durban Poison:
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Will probably finish around 10/1. The buds are getting thick and have the nice, Durban smell. My problem with both the Durban and Skunk is heigt: The primary colas are both well beyond my reach, so I might have to get out the ladder to apply worm and PM remediation.
In all, it's been a relatively good year. My 3-hour direct sun limitation -- which you can see from the photos -- keeps the plants less bushy than they could be with more sun, but I am expecting around 1/2 Kg total in the end.