| I grew out the Calizahr from seed in the light-polluted, space-limited world of a northern European urban balcony. I was quite impressed with the hardiness of this plant -by the end of the season it had become a bit rootbound but it still produced very potent, dense buds despite being harvested early because of inclement weather.
In the veg phase it does everything that I like to see a plant do: extremely short internodal space, stocky christmas tree shape, nice, strong branching.
In the flowering phase it added dense, thick buds which were extremely sticky and trichome laden. It basically became a christmas tree laden with colas.
Despite its sativaish characteristics I managed to get it to finish on time (mid October). Without the light pollution problem so common to outdoor growing in cities it probably would have finished about 1 week earlier. So I am happy to have found this quality strain with sativa characteristics for my clime.
The high is quite potent despite the early harvest. It produces what I like to call a philosophical stone. Can be smoked both in the daytime and is not a party killer unless too much is smoked. Actually, it is the best weed I have come across for hanging out at the lake and swimming, wind surfing, rowing etc.
This plant does well indoors and out. Even very small clones put into flowering will produce dense buds.
Favorite characteristics of strain:
Easy harvest! Very little trimming is required with these dense, compact buds. Also very few popcorn buds towards main stem.
Extremely easy to clone. I have not seen a single one of the clones from this plant die. All in all, an excellent strain for finding a long-term mom.
Compact growth. I like plants that have short internodal spacing and don't need to be topped, fimmed, etc.
Mold-resistant despite thick, dense buds. This has become a problem with other strains in my clime.
Needed only a moderate amount of ferts. I used a mild, sugar beet based organic fert in veg and the sea kelp-based 'Plagron Alga Bloom' in the flowering phase.
A note of caution when growing this strain:
Some of the plants have a tendency to get red stems. This seems to be a natural quality of the plant and does not mean it is unhealthy and needs to be drowned in ferts. Also, some plants will naturally have light green leaves.
When it starts getting cold, a majority of the plant may turn red, making it a great plant to grow guerilla style in a stand of young red maple trees.
Conclusion: Definitely a keeper.
Garden Information for this report Northern european outdoor balcony with 3 to 7 hours of direct sun (depending on placement and time of year). Grown in soil mix (organic soil, bentonite, cow manure pellets, mineral rock powder, hoof clippings) in pots. All organic. Molasses-based fert in veg and kelp-based fert in bloom. |
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