cereus
12-08-2007, 10:08 PM
Well we do not always get what we plan for, here is an unfinished story that did not start out as planed.
To clones was taken from a mother late in the season and given to a deserving wana-a-be grower and rooted. The clones took a long time to root but it was expected as the mother was a Thai of bag seed origin. But the exited grower noticed as the clones rooted one seemed to grow a little slower than the other (and more compact) he did not think much of it until they were potted and seemingly happy, but wait isn’t that flowers he was seeing:eek:. Too early as he was kind of planning a Scrog grow, they had been under 18/6 light dark and the grower was under the impression that should have been enough to keep them in the vegetative faze. Ok so he reads every thing he can find on Thai strains and starts to be a little concerned, so he asks a well known guru of growth what to do. The answer is course switch to 24/7 as the grower was thinking him self, and he switch the lights and waits. Two weeks no change, and now both clones is happily flowering but to small to Scrog so the grower thinks :rolleyes: to himself o what the heck lets just flower them doing some LST and save what we can.
• Did the grower do the right thing dropping the re-vegetation and instead letting the plants deside?
• What is it about Thai strains that makes them so difficult but jet so desirable?
• And is it possible to know somehow if it is a pure strain or a hybrid?
The grower is starting to think that the mother was just entering flowering, when the clones were taken, and that the plant has some kind of auto flowering gene. He remembered reading that some Thais had a tendency to be more dependent on age than light and other environmental conditions, so perhaps it was just the time for her? Well he is still the optimist and hopes to harvest a couple grams in 6-7 weeks. And he knows the plant can deliver as clippings of the mother made one great buttered tea.
Perhaps we will know how it ends in two months time :)
To clones was taken from a mother late in the season and given to a deserving wana-a-be grower and rooted. The clones took a long time to root but it was expected as the mother was a Thai of bag seed origin. But the exited grower noticed as the clones rooted one seemed to grow a little slower than the other (and more compact) he did not think much of it until they were potted and seemingly happy, but wait isn’t that flowers he was seeing:eek:. Too early as he was kind of planning a Scrog grow, they had been under 18/6 light dark and the grower was under the impression that should have been enough to keep them in the vegetative faze. Ok so he reads every thing he can find on Thai strains and starts to be a little concerned, so he asks a well known guru of growth what to do. The answer is course switch to 24/7 as the grower was thinking him self, and he switch the lights and waits. Two weeks no change, and now both clones is happily flowering but to small to Scrog so the grower thinks :rolleyes: to himself o what the heck lets just flower them doing some LST and save what we can.
• Did the grower do the right thing dropping the re-vegetation and instead letting the plants deside?
• What is it about Thai strains that makes them so difficult but jet so desirable?
• And is it possible to know somehow if it is a pure strain or a hybrid?
The grower is starting to think that the mother was just entering flowering, when the clones were taken, and that the plant has some kind of auto flowering gene. He remembered reading that some Thais had a tendency to be more dependent on age than light and other environmental conditions, so perhaps it was just the time for her? Well he is still the optimist and hopes to harvest a couple grams in 6-7 weeks. And he knows the plant can deliver as clippings of the mother made one great buttered tea.
Perhaps we will know how it ends in two months time :)