List three things you learned from last grow.

Don't add ammonium to nutes.
Keep nutes EC low.
Do not reycle potting mix.

1 - Use a Calendar (don't be impatient) - I got my outdoor starts began way too early. Ended up buying a smaller tent for starts (canna and non-canna) to resolve the issue, but if I had waited a month to begin germing my next round, it would have saved me a headache.
2 - longer veg does not automatically improve yield - looking a little smaller on wet wait, despite the 6 mo grow. Harder to compare given different genetics.
3 - 1212, no veg, is a legit strategy. I potted an extra cindy99 in a 1 gal pot, with no more than 2 or 3 weeks of veg after germination. and threw it into my big tent to flower with my 5gallon gals. 66g of wet timmed bud. I am going to run my clone tests under no/limited veg for my next run.

I didnt run a whole new run yet but I learned something major from all my runs combined. Treat mothers like they give off spring of similar performance. Every few generations or so you have to do a mini pheno hunt to re mother that plant. Do not take clones of clones.

They may grow fine but if you are like me being extracts only.. I literally lose cash money so I urgantly tracked everything every time. Im losing large amounts of hash.

If you perpetuate weak stunted genetics which isnt always seen until the harvest results are in.. You end up perpetuating damaged genetics. They all start to perform poor. So I am doing my first breeding like task of selecting the best called a controlled reversal hunt with what I have left.

If I find that winner again I cull the bad and mother the best. The idea is that cuts from that likely will perform again, but need to run if a few times in different positions in flower room to rule out enviormental advantage. This happens fast, I lost my pheno in like 2 yrs 7 generations that I might still recover.

Its a numbers game but keeping 6 clones growing the way I intend to allows me to evaluate performance better. Otherwise I wont see certain things like flower yield and just a more accurate test. Not a teat lab of the enviorment, but the enviorment itself being tested with test clones.

This is where taking notes in your journal finally becomes relevant. Idk about you but I didnt really known what to note but ended up noting bare minimum. It wasnt too bad but now I know what to note. Same thing I already was just with a little more comprehensive details.

It would potentially be faster to pop a new seed but I need to learn to preserve a pheno and restore it. As I literally will have to every few generations anyway so might as well start now.

I was learning the basics first, that hand trimming can double yield, 60/60 preserves quality and some yield. Now this. That losing a pheno can do it too. I think Il be ready after this. Was very sloppy about it. The idea is that you will bring back predictability in high performance instead if having no clue.

Im talkin 7-8oz flower to 20% flower rosin about an oz and a half rosin every time. To 5oz and 12% which is less than an oz. You may not notice these things in flower but if you pressed it all and relied on it, maybe youd see how your genetics had indeed lost a lot of their zing.

This thread is gold. Just keep coming here to update what you think you learned. Every grow theres a few things. After 8 of them this 8th run it all came together and became a new breeder with a planned project Im already starting. A bit more than 3 things learned this round lol.

1, When temps are above 80, they grow better with higher than 60% rH. Control of vpd is worthwhile.
2, Learn to skip the paper towel and drop seeds directly in starter mix.
3, Plan a schedule from seed to cure and keep track of how accurately the various stages of the grow are predicted.

Small pots are a pain in the ass to keep watered
Make sure your timer is functioning properly
Don't put your timer where it can be bumped with a vacuum cleaner

1. Add pee
2. Add more pee
3. See 1 and 2

1 Stretch can still surprise you if you’re not prepared for it. Flower out a clone instead of a seed plant when pheno hunting.

2 Some plants are just better for outdoors, because they stress really easy inside.

3 Fuck summer heat and humidity

1. Seeds create a more resilient plant than clones.
2. They are tougher than I give them credit for.
3. Silica kinda hides a thirsty plant so don’t just go off the leaves.

Current Grow -
Understand the logistical workload of a lot of small plants vs a few large plants
Spider Mites are a real effing problem, brought in a free clone that was a "maybe," now I have an infestation.
Caring for a mother plant is more hands on than I kept up. Not gonna waste anyone's time with excuses, but I have been kinda checked out in general.

Third grow indoors, first attempt at growing and selecting a mother plant has been a lot of new experiences, I just wish it felt more like progress than two steps back. I know that the experience will only help me in the long term as I find what works best for me. Just been a week of Ls in and out of the grow tent.

Happens. Move on. Remember I am only competing with myself.

Tomorrow I start my lesson to see if @Dboybudz Spider mite remedy of superhot peppers boiled, and spritzed over my girls will let them heal up.


Enjoy the garden's lessons, growmies.