wallywonks
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone.
I am not new to growing cannabis but I am new to Pure Sativa Landraces.
I have been growing this indoors for 31 weeks now. She is still foxtailing her wispy flowers.
Signs that she is nearing the end or is in harvest window based on my previous experience is there.
But I'd like some input from experienced Sativa growers since these types are known for long flowering etc.
Background: Filipino Kibungan is from the northern mountains of the Philippines near Baguio, PH. It has 8 known phenotypes.
Most develop wispy foxtailing flowers and a couple make thicker flowers. Theres one pheno that turns lavender.
Smell is of peaches and guava, It vegs about 12-16 weeks and flower up to 18 weeks with a 7 week avg stretch period.
The one I am growing matches to the breeder Khalifa Genetics information exactly.
She developed flowers around week 12. She did stretch at least 7 weeks and I was forced to Scrog her branches from the center outwards to handle the additional stretching. My best guess if she was straightened out she'd be 6-7 ft tall. The flowers are wispy and smell of peaches and guava. Somewhat sticky. The branches developed resin heads and were seeping resin on the bamboo supports. She continues to foxtail her buds all over.
In some these pics the buds which normally would be growing up into the cola are growing sideways because the main branches are run through the Scrog net sideways. So there are more ripe flowers (calyxs) below these tops that continue to produce new calyxs. So when I lift up a branch theres more dead dried sugar leaves and calyxs that are starting to turn yellow. Also the pistils just below these new calyxs are brown or orangish red.
Last couple of days I have been checking trichromes to see if she is ready. These past 2 days Ive seen mily trichromes and today using my microscope I can see some ambers which for a Sativa must mean its ready as it takes a long time if at all to go amber from what Ive read. Also the pst 3 weeks she lost all fan leaves and continues to lose these single bladed leaves she developed during flowering. Based on typical Pure Landrace Sativas they mostly are wispy and grow these foxtail type flowers from my research. Kinda like Sativa from Laos, Thailand or Vietnam which would be around the same Latitude as this Filipino Kibungan Sativa. Also its a mountain Sativa too.
So based on this recent trichrome development I want to assume its safe to chop her now to not lose potency. I grew her mainly for fun since my wife is Filipino and also for my friend who likes no ceiling high energy effects.
Would you guys chop her now based on this? Thanks in advance!
I am not new to growing cannabis but I am new to Pure Sativa Landraces.
I have been growing this indoors for 31 weeks now. She is still foxtailing her wispy flowers.
Signs that she is nearing the end or is in harvest window based on my previous experience is there.
But I'd like some input from experienced Sativa growers since these types are known for long flowering etc.
Background: Filipino Kibungan is from the northern mountains of the Philippines near Baguio, PH. It has 8 known phenotypes.
Most develop wispy foxtailing flowers and a couple make thicker flowers. Theres one pheno that turns lavender.
Smell is of peaches and guava, It vegs about 12-16 weeks and flower up to 18 weeks with a 7 week avg stretch period.
The one I am growing matches to the breeder Khalifa Genetics information exactly.
She developed flowers around week 12. She did stretch at least 7 weeks and I was forced to Scrog her branches from the center outwards to handle the additional stretching. My best guess if she was straightened out she'd be 6-7 ft tall. The flowers are wispy and smell of peaches and guava. Somewhat sticky. The branches developed resin heads and were seeping resin on the bamboo supports. She continues to foxtail her buds all over.
In some these pics the buds which normally would be growing up into the cola are growing sideways because the main branches are run through the Scrog net sideways. So there are more ripe flowers (calyxs) below these tops that continue to produce new calyxs. So when I lift up a branch theres more dead dried sugar leaves and calyxs that are starting to turn yellow. Also the pistils just below these new calyxs are brown or orangish red.
Last couple of days I have been checking trichromes to see if she is ready. These past 2 days Ive seen mily trichromes and today using my microscope I can see some ambers which for a Sativa must mean its ready as it takes a long time if at all to go amber from what Ive read. Also the pst 3 weeks she lost all fan leaves and continues to lose these single bladed leaves she developed during flowering. Based on typical Pure Landrace Sativas they mostly are wispy and grow these foxtail type flowers from my research. Kinda like Sativa from Laos, Thailand or Vietnam which would be around the same Latitude as this Filipino Kibungan Sativa. Also its a mountain Sativa too.
So based on this recent trichrome development I want to assume its safe to chop her now to not lose potency. I grew her mainly for fun since my wife is Filipino and also for my friend who likes no ceiling high energy effects.
Would you guys chop her now based on this? Thanks in advance!
