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Thanks guys! Yip that's the 115l smart pot from Hydrobiz. The material it's made from feels quite flimsy and it doesn't have any handles. Let's hope I can get a couple more grows out of them. Next time I will look for something more robust.

The bud structure is very loose and I'm seeing plenty of foxtails developing. This is good for making hash since a large surface area makes it a little easier to extract the trichomes. The leaf claw symptoms are still visible on about 10% of the leaves on the wider-leaf pheno.

A number of weeks ago I chucked the pollen from the two males onto two branches of each female. The pollinated branches have become so heavy with seeds that they've started bending over sideways! I've since added some support to prevent the branches from breaking. Here's a pic of a seeded branch: Unfortunately the broader-leaf female has become over-fertilised, as can be seen from the "claw" leaf shape. I've since removed the top-dressing layer and flushed with water. Let's hope it doesn't get worse.

I'm not sure why this is such a big problem for you. I guess I can use alternative words, such as "early", or "highly photo-period sensitive". However, semi-auto is the word that landrace collectors/breeders use, so why change anything? I'm not feeling much love here, so I might just delete this thread.

Thanks for the kind words. You seem like a great guy. No, but I haven't found a breeder with more info about their strains and more grow reports on the internet.

Pure sativas can be found. You just need to know where to look.

The semi-auto trait is also found in Moroccan Beldia Kif, which is another landrace plant. Here's a description of this trait [1] : If you are looking for a long-flowering pure sativa, you can try the Oldtimer's Haze from ACE seeds [2][3]. It has a flowering time of 14-20 weeks! ACE also has many Real Sativa varieties with somewhat shorter flowering times. [1] https://khalifagenetics.com/beldia-the-endangered-moroccan-landrace/ [2] https://www.aceseeds.org/en/oldtimershazestd.html [3] https://www.icmag.com/forum/icmag-vendor-forums/ace-seeds/54839-oldtimer-s-haze

This is exactly what I'm saying. Here's the strain description, taken from https://www.icmag.com/forum/icmag-vendor-forums/ace-seeds/349127-lebanese: I see that these seedlings/clones were placed under lights for the first part of their lives. Did the photoperiod changed when they were moved outside? This is incorrect. Please read the Lebanese strain description above.

Maybe I'm wrong about this. I just repeated a rumour I heard. Wow you seem to know my garden/genetics/conditions much better than me. My other (non-Leb) plants aren't flowering yet. Semi-autoflower plants are supposed to flower early. Who else has outdoor plants that are flowering at the wrong time of year?

@Weskush, I've come to realize that most/many modern popular strains are not pure sativa because breeders try to reduce the long flowering period. Also: Dutch Passion's website claims that Durban Poison is a "Durban X Unknown Indica". ACE seeds is a trusted breeder that has many pure sativa lines.

You can find more info here: https://www.aceseeds.org/en/libanostd.html https://www.icmag.com/forum/icmag-vendor-forums/ace-seeds/349127-lebanese

These are autos that work a little different because the autoflower trait didn't come from Ruderalis. There's a layer of wood chips above the soil in all my pots. I also added a bunch of pine leaves on top of the wood chips to further increase the moisture retention in the containers. When I top-dress (e.g., guano/compost) I add that below the wood chips.

The indoor flowering period is 9 - 11 weeks. However, Sativas can finish faster outdoors.

These are semi-autoflowering landrace Sativas that express both THC and CBD. The semi-autoflowering trait causes them to start flowering after about 6 weeks, or if they become root bound, or if they detect that the photoperiod is shortening.

The stretch has finished and these ladies are now between 110cm and 140cm. The pics show a broad-leaf and two narrow leaf phenos. I got some yellow leaves on the broad-leaf plant, so I top-dressed with compost and bat guano and started keeping a closer eye on the moisture levels in the smart pots. They dry out quickly when it's hot! The flowers are releasing some lovely floral notes. I pollinated a branch of flowers on each plant with the pollen from the two male Lebanese plants.

Some females are showing many pistils but no smell yet. The height is between 100cm and 120cm.

24 December. These plants are between 90cm and 105cm.

14 December. The two males started growing towards the reflection in the window. I moved them to the tent to prevent open pollinating the females. The tall male is growing fast and is super vigorous. 16 December. All three female plants are flowering.

12 December. Two plants are flowering.

7 December. Since these plants are semi-autoflowering, they showed their sex quite quickly. I chose to grow out the three most vigorous females (pictured below) and placed each in a 114l smart pot. One of the females were already flowering. Two strong males were kept for seed production.

1 December. All the plants were moved outside by the beginning of December. I saw a big variation in the structure and leaf shape of the different plants. In general the seeds that popped first are the strongest and grew the fastest.

17 November.

11 November.

I will use this thread to document my experience with the Lebanese landrace strain (from ACE seeds) used to make Lebanese Red/Blonde hash. My main motivation for growing this strain is to try to reproduce the uplifting and clean effects that I used to get from the hashish that was commercially available in SA in the early 2000s. ACE's description of the strain: I germinated 6 seeds on 27 Nov en 6 seeds on 1 November, but unfortunately lost two seedlings due to slugs. The seedlings were germinated in a tent but spent some time in the first few weeks in a small homemade greenhouse to increase the rate of growth by increasing the temperature. I'm in Cape Town and it's much cooler here than inland. Taken on 5 November:

My last purchase I'm very much looking forward to making Lebanese hash in the new year.