Old School Mango Haze Auto #1
Mango was 2 days younger than her neighbors, as I realized I needed seedling nests with my medium mix and had to re-start. Expecting Mango to take her full 13 weeks, this already put a challenging catch-up schedule in front of her. Her nutrients were not diluted (as prefered during veg) because I couldn't find the time. As such she gave clear signals early on, mostly via leaf hue variance, that things went a little fast. That far red is not quite her thing in the higher intensities, that she seems to like high Ca and had issues accessing P during week 2 or so, which some fulvic acid helped neutralize quickly.
From here on out she responded great to all stretching protocols and easily was the largest plant very early - which caused a sub-set of new issues for me as my grow space was not prepared to handle her demanding structure.
A cola that nearly broke clean off during training was held together by tape wrapped over a wire support, then stabilized upwards and instantly (2-3 days) became the new central cola. She was dominating as she was healing, demonstrating clearly how auxin gradients work. This has been the single most damaging and dangerous event during this grow, because it started a stress-spiral ending with consequencial nanner-production.
Light burn ensued due to her changed structure (I was not about to touch that cola again), turning her helped but new light burn confirmed that she was already fairly sensitive compared to the other 2 strains grown (slightly underlit). This surprised me the most, but my setup was a bit experimental so I have learned my share.
I understand that her ideal pharmaceutical profile is likely subdued and likely only prominent in secret under-canopy buds. But the minor sulphur aura present over the spicy notes is clear signal that my interventions were too soft. That is on me and renders my first close-to-landrace sativa grow quite a bit unsuccessful, secretly causing me to enlarge my tent structure just for sativas.
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Originally and during most of flower, her mild, spicy, dry bud aura would get displaced after minor trichome rupture, revealing fresh, bright green leaves with an undiscernable and highly pleasant fruit-twist dancing around a prominent mango framework (sometimes maybe jackfruit-leaning).
Later on, her stress cascade unfortunately caused some profile breakdowns and that pleasant mango fruit twist aroma would convert to softer, overripe mango notes, placing the oriental spices in the center (likely caryophyllene). The profile finishes with what I can only imagine as a sun-cured, dried, woody and spicy mango shell.
I am much more pleased with the results than I could have hoped for. I can not think of a situation other than strict medical conditions in which this product does not compare well against other options in the hybrid - sativa spectrum
This one deserves another slot in my tent and I cannot wait to give her that opportunity. It's likely best to grow her again right away due to her challenging nature & the fresh impressions, but I am frankly out of funds. With 2 very healthy cultivars under the same protocols next to her, the differences in growing close-to-landrace sativas became very apparent.
I am confident, with proper vertical management and less horizontal containment she can be grown healthily right next to an indica, when only a couple of factors (like her differing far-red utilization window) are adjusted on an individual basis. She will get that grow, especially because of her gift ...
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