The Orange Apricot and Pink Kush cannabis plants are more than halfway done bloom time, the Orange Apricot clone has responded well to training, the Pineapple Express will be trained soon too.
Orange Apricot
This Orange Apricot has had five weeks of bloom time, three more weeks remain until harvest. The little buds have grown together to form colas, with the remaining time they will grow thicker. A sweet orange scent eminates whenever I open the tent.
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More than half of the pistils are a bright orange color, but new white pistil pairs continue to fill in, the leaves are various bright shades of green.
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The buds and some of the leaves have a solid coating of trichomes, their crispy look is reminding me of the Orange Barb parent strain. This plant only had five weeks of growth before it was put into bloom, I'm looking forward to seeing what it's clone will look like in bloom with a longer veg growth time.
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You can see the bent main stem in the picture above-right, the before bloom training gave the branches a chance to catch up in height to the main stalk. You can see how that little bend allowed the multiple branches to rise up together, for multiple bud tops. Three more weeks until harvest.
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Pink Kush
This Pink Kush has had four weeks of bloom time, four more weeks until harvest. A hardy plant with tough leaves, many have started to turn purple with the cooler fall basement temps.
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A sweet and fruity scent coming from the buds. A lot of muted greens, dark and light purple colors. Many white pistil pairs, some have turned bright orange.
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The buds are stacking up heftily, dense looking nugs with a shimmering coating of trichomes.
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Below on the left you can see the lower branch bud that was pollinated with Apricot Kush pollen. Most of it's pistil pairs quickly shriveled and changed color, the pistil pods swelling with crossbred seeds.
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A handful of major colas, many medium sized colas, and lots of decent sized single buds, many weeks to grow. I'm looking forward to a solid Pink Kush harvest, four weeks remain.
Orange Apricot clone
This Orange Apricot clone has had five weeks of vegetative growth, the same as it's mother. I'll give this plant a couple more weeks in veg mode, for a larger bloom.
This plant has bushed out nicely, with extensive training, the upper canopy of branch stalk tops has remained decently level for maximum LED grow lighting effectiveness.
Above you can see how the top of the main stem has been tied town towards the ground, allowing the branches to grow upwards together. Below you can see how much this plant has grown in the past week, you can barely see the container and tie down stick.
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A few larger branches have also been tied town to keep to canopy level, and to open up the plant to more light.
Below you can see that a couple extra agressive branches were topped to allow the other branches a chance to catch up. Two new tops grow up where one branch was topped, it's top two branches becoming new stalks.
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Two more weeks of veg growth time for this Orange Apricot clone to fill in and fortify roots, before it's put into bloom mode, I'm looking forward to seeing it shoot upwards in bloom.
Pineapple Express
This Pineapple Express plant has had three weeks of vegetative growth, it's upper leaves have grown much larger in this past week, this plant is a seedling no more.
The plant is getting tall too, atleast eight branch nodules already, this plant will receive bent stem training soon to keep the tops level.
I'll let this Pineapple Express plant grow for another three or four weeks before it goes into bloom mode. I've been giving these plants in veg a little more distance from the lights to make sure they don't get overheated, about 15 inches, they're off to a great start.
