Cream Mandarine XL Auto (Sweet Seeds) grow

6 weeks old plant. I will give her only Bloom nutes and Bloom Stimulator from now on. Next week I will add PK Booster to the mix.
In my opinion plant is too short and not very branchy (hens Sativa this one is kinda ok). As I noted before about triple nodes on it, that could be Hop Latent Viroid (HpLVd) that causes slow root development and slow growth.
I will have to clean my grow space, change soil and pots after I finish the grow. Because there is no way for me to know for sure is it HpLVd or not.

7 weeks from braking soil. She gets Bloom and Bloom Stimulator. Next feed I will add PK Booster.
I can't figure out why tips of fan leaves got burnt. I give her light feed and she still get burned. Maybe side lights burn her.
I am fighting low temps in root zone. That can cause slower potassium uptake up to full stop.
Anyway, buds are growing bigger. Colas still stretching but very slow and not a lot.
Now it is waiting game.

Cappuchino said:

7 weeks from braking soil. She gets Bloom and Bloom Stimulator. Next feed I will add PK Booster.
I can't figure out why tips of fan leaves got burnt. I give her light feed and she still get burned. Maybe side lights burn her.
I am fighting low temps in root zone. That can cause slower potassium uptake up to full stop.
Anyway, buds are growing bigger. Colas still stretching but very slow and not a lot.
Now it is waiting game.

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I'm not an expert, but one thing I've noticed is that fabric pots dry out way more quickly than plastic pots. I think the feed schedules that come with nutes assume we are using plastic pots. When we grow in fabric and water more often because they are drying out much faster, then we are effectively increasing the amount of nutes the plants are getting beyond the feed schedule's anticipation. Could that be it?

Humanrob said:

Could that be it?

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Thanks for the input!
Yes, definitely. Not my case, though. I have temps around 30C at canopy level and as low as 16C (at dark period) at bottom of the pots level. High leaf temps cause increased evaporation rate and faster water uptake. And low temps in root zone cause nutrient lockout. So combination of those cause stress and stunned growth.
This strain is designed for outdoor grow. I could tell by the size of the seeds. My other plant is more or less fine.

8 weeks old plant. She gets Bloom at half of minimum recommended by manufacturer and PK Booster at minimum dosage. She gets Bloom Stimulator as well. Now when I dropped bloom nutes even more, plant looks healthier.
I noticed a split on one of big colas. Like she topped her self.
Now I can see how buds are getting thicker. But she is far from be ready. A month maybe or even more.
I upped amount of water I give to my plants so they can evaporate more due to high canopy temperature. Looks like they like it a lot.

9 weeks my ass Sweet Seeds. "If there is more than 50% sativa in it, no way it will finish in less then 10 weeks".
Taking in account 3 weeks of veg before plant showed sex, I think I am half way through the flower cycle.
Nothing realy to say: I give her food and she grows buds. Now I wait when she is ready.

Wow she's pretty short but looks good

I_grow_weed said:

Wow she's pretty short but looks good

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I didn't expect her to be that short, hence to XL version. My Gelato is almost the same size, but much bushier.
This plant is from 2-3 year old seed. maybe that the case.

10 weeks old plant. Buds are fattening and plant get some frost on it.
I don't change anything as everything is going fine.

11 weeks old plant. Nothing is really going on. Plant is ripening. Maybe she will be ready for harvest in one or two weeks.

She may be short but those buds are fat! Love it bro!

Johiem said:

She may be short but those buds are fat! Love it bro!

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I think this strain will flourish outdoors. It, probably, could grow 6-7 feet (2 meters) high and have giant buds. Look at Super Thai'98 structure, they are similar.

I skipped last week because there was nothing to show really.
So at 12.5 weeks old plant was harvested this weekend. Now it is drying in the box. I will post here dry weight before she goes to jars for cure.

So final results. Cream Mandarin XL had yielded 44 grams (a bit more then 1,5 Oz) of dry bud. I put them in 2L glass jar with two Boveda 62% packs.
From Gelato and Cream Mandarin XL (didn't separate) I collected 27 grams (almost 1 Oz) of trim and popcorn buds.