Diary and other stuff.

A couple of days after cutting back that plant I noticed it was a bit wilty.
Later that evening I looked again and knew something wasn't right, it had wilted further, it was time to panic!

I pulled it out thinking possible root rot with the low temps and frequent feeding but no the roots are fine

but the stem didn't feel very sturdy?
The life was draining out of it, I picked up the scissors and cut the 3 best shoots from it.

And put them into a H202 mixture today everything is looking good so I moved them into my cloner.


Idk about botrytis in veg but that's my guess assuming it is possible?

Star Dog said:

March 16th...
Clones taken from each plant wk 4-5
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March 16th/April 2nd...
Flower clones are nicely rooted now.

They'll be put into 1ltr air pots and kept under 2-3 T5s by the time I harvest, dry then test the mums they should just be hitting their stride.

2nd April cloned G/P x4.

Saturday past was 50 days
They don't have long now




Next up...

King Gelato (Fem)

April 8th...
Bonsai monster mothers!
Cloned March 16th wk4-5 into flower.

Potted 8th April

The reason behind wk4-5 cloning is to slow things down I won't need them for a few months and I don't want a forest to light heat etc

Looking good bro. You sure got a lot going on. Strange about the plant keeling over. The only times I've had that was when I haphazardly messed with h202, I think I killed the beneficial stuff and that let the bad guys in.

In the earlier posts there is a clear plastic cup that appears in a few photos. Has what looks like a vial of purple liquid in it. What is that?

TrichDaddy said:

Looking good bro. You sure got a lot going on. Strange about the plant keeling over. The only times I've had that was when I haphazardly messed with h202, I think I killed the beneficial stuff and that let the bad guys in.

In the earlier posts there is a clear plastic cup that appears in a few photos. Has what looks like a vial of purple liquid in it. What is that?

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Cheers bro I appreciate your comment
That's the 1st time I've seen a plant keeling over like that?
3/4 days previous I'd trimmed the branches right back to the 1st node to get rid of all the older growth, I'm guessing that gave botrytis the opportunity to take hold?

The purple stuff in the vial is clonex rooting gel I leave in the picture so at a glance I know it's day #1

Putting it in a vial also gives me good coverage from a small amount of gel.

Star Dog said:

That's the 1st time I've seen a plant keeling over like that?

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Yeah I had it happen a few times but it was pretty random, just one here, one there. Eventually stopped using h2o2 and it stopped happening. Your theory probably makes sense too. Maybe sterilize your snippers.

Ahhh! Clonex! Cool, now I can sleep tonight. Well I'm subbed so I look forward to seeing what you pull outta this. Cheers.

It's good to see roots emerging from my unplanned clones it's an important plant to me.

Idk what to do with that so I thought cloning it was a safest option given the circumstances.

I'll sleep better tonight now

A few recent pics of the flowers...
Bluchi

Star dog

Skunk special


King's Juice

This plant is taking up too much space now so I've trimmed the roots back and re potted it.


Hopefully it'll not suffer from transplant shock lol

Kami Samurai said:

Good photos bud. Plants look awesome. Sometimes that happens to my DWC plants. Especially The Alien Rift OG. I usually just change water. Hit it with heisenberg tea and rapid start, take it from under the light (they don’t get better if I don’t). Then reintroduce it to the light slowly. As soon as it wilts I pop it out basically like hardening it off or acclimating it to the light again. And keep ice bottles in the water.
Got rid of the rift though she was way to finicky.
You grows very nice bud. I’m about to do soil so I threw it on my watch.
what star dog you working with?

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Thanks bud I appreciate the comment, the star dog in the picture is from the discount seed company, the buds are nice but the plant itself isn't great for indoor it's too tall, spindly and not very neighbourly I nearly cut them down on two occasions but decided it was more sensible to leave a couple of branches, I've got a clone from them but it's the last plant I'd like to grow again in regards to growth pattern and structure but if it's special I'll need to work with it... Lol deep down I'm hoping it's not special

Star Dog said:

This plant is taking up too much space now so I've trimmed the roots back and re potted it.
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Hopefully it'll not suffer from transplant shock lol

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For anyone interested the plant hasn't missed a beat.

Taken this morning it's just fine after its root trim.

Star Dog said:

April 8th...
Mini monster mothers!
Cloned March 16th wk4-5 into flower.
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Potted 8th April
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The reason behind wk4-5 cloning is to slow things down I won't need them for a few months and I don't want a forest to light heat etc

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My mini monster mum's have started actively re vegging.


All my clones have rooted to some extent.

20/22c ambient 19/20c water temp rh 50/55%.

Star Dog said:

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Clones taken from each plant wk 4-5
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Cut March 16th (37 days ago)

21st April...topped 1 they're coming along at different speeds but all actively re vegging.

I potted 2 rooted clones for mothers into 3" pots and topped them straight away.

I've made up a capillary tray to feed them.
The pictures pretty much explains it, the valve bit isn't necessary you could hand fill it just the same however a valve and reservoir makes things easier for me.

Hole drilled for the tubing and a top hat grommet to finish it off.

A suitable material for a platform and some mesh pots, I used a hard plastic for a platform that was some sort of flooring tile?

A piece of capillary matting over the platform so it reaches the bottom at both ends or you can use suitable sized wicks if necessary.

A piece of black/white to seal out light and keep in moisture, now i just need to cut the pot sites.

Keep it filled it keeps the plants fed

Eta... Potted 2x King Gelato 21st April...

Soaked on the 20th April potted 21st April sprouted 23rd

Day #1 23rd April

King Gelato.

Skunk special 70 days... I'm getting some sort of issue near the end of flowering I can't work out ?

One plant in particular is quite bad as you can see, dry rolled up edges and burnt tips but 10 others are fine?

Star Dog said:

Soaked on the 20th April potted 21st April sprouted 23rd

Day #1 23rd April
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King Gelato.

Skunk special 70 days... I'm getting some sort of issue near the end of flowering I can't work out ?
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One plant in particular is quite bad as you can see, dry rolled up edges and burnt tips but 10 others are fine?

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There fussy feed wise i find each pheno varied some were more " hungry " than others and some were pretty light feeders looks like some chunky bud u got there anyway mate

conor c said:

There fussy feed wise i find each pheno varied some were more " hungry " than others and some were pretty light feeders looks like some chunky bud u got there anyway mate

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Thanks for the comment mate I appreciate that.
It's good to know they differ I'm already having a minor headache with varying ec,s now the plants are finishing up at different rates, the bluchi is almost done but the skunk, star dog and kings juice still have a bit to go.
I need a hassle free grow to recharge my batteries lol.

Cheers mate!

Monster clones 54 days since cutting, seedlings 18 days since sprouting and clones 34 days since cutting...

Clones to choose from for the next run 34 days...

Considering I had 4 shoots I'm happy enough with them for 34 days

+ seedlings for the next run

18 days since sprouting...

Monster clones 54 days, some mothers are already harvested others will be done this week.

I pruned back one of them today and cleaned off all the bud remnants.
Before...

And after pruning/clearing...

For anyone that's interested after root punning that plant.

It didn't miss a beat.

I might flower this instead of a clone?


I'll post some bud pics soon

How the worlds top growers are drying and curing.

One of the skunk couldn't bear it any longer
I should've netted them but it wasn't convenient with so many different strains.

Seeing this brought forward my plans to chop them over the weekend.

I've still got one to chop I might catch it tonight?


A few pics from the harvest time

Nice size of buds on the Star dog (Above)

The skunk special below is a nice plant to.

Some more star dog below.

Skunk special.

The pics got a bit mixed up

Maybe I was a bit harsh pre judging the star dog lol...