3 out of seven killed in drive by scissor cutting.

The clones look nice.
The ones I cut yesterday are already starting to root.
I could not believe it myself.

I suppose it is because of the fact that they were that much more mature than the 1st bactch.

midgradeindasouth said:

The clones look nice.
The ones I cut yesterday are already starting to root.
I could not believe it myself.

I suppose it is because of the fact that they were that much more mature than the 1st bactch.

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yeah my first clone I cut rooted in 24hrs too, im also curious as to why this happened..

..about the black trays idea...

I thought about that before I decided on the jiffy cubes, I figured the jiffy cubes would be so much easier to transplant bcuz U just pick the cube up and bury it with the roots sticking out, but the tray idea sounds a lot more space efficient.

does it come with a humidity dome like the jiffy tray? if not what would you use?

..about the rubbermaid idea...

I was thinking about doing the same thing..I think..

U wanna use the rubbermaid bin as a clone/seedling/mother box and use the rest of the room to flower? I think thats what you were saying, if so what type of lights would you be installing and what would you do about ventilation? Im only asking bcuz like I said I have the same idea and I have no clue as to how Im gonna do it without disturbing my flowering plants.

comin up on 7 weeks flowering man, how are those cola's looking?!

almost forgot, how is that MG bloom fert that you have? is it working well? are you using any molasses or any other supplement to feed them with? how tall are they now with the 6 42W? I just picked up a few bcuz my 70W HPS shitted out on me, and I was wondering how they work for growing?

The mg bloom fert and the molases are working nicely.
My plants are 24-34" tall.

The cfl's are working great I have 2 42w on the tops of each plant.
I also have the 15w puple gro 21" fluro's.
I put those right beside the plant like1/2" away from main stem.
They are running vertically paralell to the plants.

I rotate my plants a quarter turn each day so the light gives a more uniform growth.

As for the rubbermaid dwc it will be a few weeks.
I now have 4 clones that are in soil starting to root out.
I have 4 other clones in water rooting.

I think I am going to go with six in my dwc and 2 in soil.
I may go half and half just to be safe incase there are any probs with dwc grow.

I figure when the main plants are ready to harvest I should be ready to start the dwc and soil clones in veg.

I am still up in the air about the dwc.
I have also been looking at the hempy bucket but, if I use it it will have to be on a smaller scale.
I would want 4-6 hempy bucket setups.
This would allow me to direct individual levels of care for each plant.

Back to the main grow.
I have been using co2 via sugar, yeast, water and milk jug.
I just made some pvc tube networks so the co2 is directed over the top of each plant.
This will allow it to fall over the plants since it is heavier than air.
Apparently my last batch had stopped producing co2 so I mixed up a newer stronger batch yesterday.
The plants seem to really be enjoying it..

I love seeing differences overnigt.
They are not a frequent as hydro grows.

Happy growing

I think it's all about luck. If you get the mix just right in a larger dwc all your plants will be ok. If you go with the individual, you might win with some and lose with others. I personally went with both, to cover both aspects of it (watch me **** it all up). You'll like the control I think when it comes to either a DWC or an ebb and flow. The more and more I mess with it I think the ebb and flow is the way to go even though they "say" you get better results in a DWC. The thought of changing the solution will make me have to handle the roots and plants is unnappealing to me. I would just try it with maybe a 5 gallon container or something with a bubble stone and just see what happens.

I put the 1 set of 4 clones in there first pots.
I buried the stem a little ways since they were starting to stretch a bit.

I hope to be able to start the other four this time next week.
I am still undecided about dwc or hydro.
I think that a minimum I will do atleast one plant in a hempy bucket.
I want to do atleast one maybe more this next grow so I can see how much faster hydro grows.

My mom has 1 clone that is ready to be taken.
She also has about six smaller ones.

I think I will wait aleast another couple of weeks before I take anymore clones.
I want to end up with something simmilar to a sea of green.
I would like to always have plants going to flower when I harvest the current grow.

It is just hard to determine how much I need.
I think the next time I flower I will have alteast 8 plants in flower.
I plan to trim the lower branches before flower so they will concentrate on growing big colas.

It seems like this strain that I am growing would do much better in a SOG.

As it is right now I have 3 plants with fairly large colas.
The smaller buds below though are big enough until you get about halfway down the plant.

I plan to harves 1 plant at a time by cutting them in half and letting the lower buds flower a bit longer to get the max size and potency out of them

This coming Monday will be 7weeks in flower for them.

The way the plants look right now I would think they will get 1/2 -1 oz per plant. I would be happy with a half on each one.
I will shoot for an oz per plant next grow.
Since I am limited on vertical space I have got to work on maximizing my bud weight with the room that I have to work with.

I would eventually like to get the point to where I have enough smoke in storage that I could wait 6 mo's without growing and not run out.

I guess I have to learn how to walk before I can run.

Bongs hits to all you who took time to read this.
Midgrade

Ok I decided to try to be pesimistic.

I think that I am going to try to wait as long as possible before I harvest these girls.

Monday will be 7 weeks flower after a 3 week veg.
The plants are looking nicer everyday.

I would say the white hairs are 10-20% red now.
I am thinking that I would be alot further along if I had better lighting.

I just decided to change my minimum date to 10 weeks instead of 9.
I may set that back even further.
I think my max date is going to be around 12-13 weeks flower.

I have easy acess to the midgrade that these plants seeds came from.
It is my regular smoke.

The way things are going these clones are going to be ready to go straight into flower by the time the main plants are harvested.

I may even have a cam by the time I harvest.
If not I may just have to get a friends cell to take pics.
My cam on my cell does not work for some reason.
I need to go get another one.

Nothing else to report.

Bong hits all around..

Bubble gum in gravity bong.

I have root nubs on my second set of clones that are in water.
My first set are in pots with a nuteless soil.
It is called Hyponex.
I just ran across it.
It recomends wetting clones good.
Then after has been dried out a good bit add very low dose of veg nutes and go from there.

Seems to be doing the trick the clones did not even go into shock.
They have been looking nicer daily.

I plan to get the second set in soil also and then when they are close in size I am going to top them all.

I also plan on taking a second set of clones from this grow so I can flower the mother.

I may wait and take a few more off of the mother first.
Since I Started Lst'ing her she has all sorts of little clone sprouts all over.

When I get ready to flower her she should be one big ass bud.


I hope all that read this get as ripped as me and hopefuly evenmore so.

hyponex is trash. its made by scotts and it wouldnt be so bad if they had added a little bit of peat moss and some more perlite to it, but hyponex by itself is bullshit to me. Everytime I watered I used to make sure the water drained from the bottom of the pots, but when I transplanted outta miracle gro into hyponex (bcuz everyone recommended I should) it was the worse mistake I had made.

Hyponex doesnt have much perlite so it doesnt aerate the roots/soil

If U overwater, the soil at the bottom of the pot will turn into mud...and when U flush the soil will turn muddy and almost swampy, drowning the roots and over saturating them in water/nutes/salt build up...

when it dries up it turns really hard into like a clay/rocky texture and everytime I transplanted the soil would break off and leave half of my rootball stuck to the bottom of the pot! that severly stunted my plants growth..over time they recovered and I was able to reuse the soil by breaking it apart and either adding it to the top or the bottom of the fresh soil.


And Hyponex indoors invites a lot of mold/mildew to grow on top of the soil, but it never climbed the plant, it stayed right on the soil surface.

Good luck man, you'll need it with that stuff.

Thanks for the feed back spittin.

I have not been using it for long.
I will get some better soil this weekend and repot the first set of clones.
I will also repot each smaller clone starter bottles I have.

I was wondering about the aireation
I was hoping the sand in it would take care of that.

You have had me concerned about the transplant there for a min.
I think If I use a shovel (spoon) to scoop edges and under sides of bottom first then It should not be that bad.
We shall see.
I am sure I will report on the matter either way.

Anyway good looking out.
Now I know.

Knowing is half the battle.

LOL

i'm dying to see pics of these babies!

The taste tests are in.

I have snipped a small sample off of each plant.
The samples were barely enough to pack a bowl each.

My funky smelling plant has a real cerebral high and a really good after taste.
It is sticky as all get out.
The piece I snipped did not have any white or red hairs.
It was frosted and thick. ( I was suprised to see how dense it was)
After I cured it in the oven (slowly 20 min @ 200 -300 deg / increased to 300 after 15 min) I broke it up and smoke it in the gravity bong.

Really nice high. If this is a starting point then damn.
I wana let this girl go as long as possible.
I feel like if it gets much better that this ish will be a handle with care smoke.

I will smoke the other sample from the other plant here in about 2 hours and I will report that high and taste then.

So the 2nd plant has still got awhile to go.
It's high is faint.
I think the 1st plant is more indica and the second is more sativa.

My 3rd plant in flower seems to be taking it's sweet ass time too.

I figure to harvest the 1st at 9-10 wks flower and the second at 11-13.
The 3rd is anyones guess.

I had to take another sample off of the 1st so my roommate could give me a second opinion.

He was seriously impressed.
He has had doubts about this grow.
He thought it would be like what people call homegrown.
On the contrary this looks and smells like the beginings of some serious nuggs.

I am off to pick up some more bubblegum and a lil NL.

I figured I had better get some dank quick before I get scissor happy.

aye
I was just thinking about silica gel for when I harvest.
Does anyone know where I can buy it?

it comes in packs of beef jerky

Silica Gel Packets - Home Page
Silica Gel Dessicant
The Rust Store - Rust Removal and Prevention Categories

Thanks Spittin and 420.
I looked at the website Silica Gel Packets Homepage.
They have what I am looking for.

I want to try to use the silica gel that is blue and it turns pink as it absorbs moisture.

I am thinking this will cut down on some of my drying time before curing.

What's up with some pictures?

no cam yet.
sorry

Congrats on the so far very succesful grow! Goodluck with the next few weeks, and hopefully you will have that camera!!