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MrHowardMarks

MrHowardMarks

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Sorry I've been so busy lately, I've got 150 clones rooting, so I'll be all set for a while, almost there... Everything in the orange buckets are getting flowered the white buckets are mothers... the big plants in the orange buckets are 2 weeks old, the little ones just got planted. I built my bubble buckets, didn't take any pics yet, I'll do that in a couple days... Cheap build, cost about 10 bucks.


Here are some pics of the garden.
 

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you can see how drastically I cut back the mother Silver Mangoes... the 5th pic.

There is a before and after cutting a hundred clones comparison between the first couple pics and the rest.
 
MrHowardMarks

MrHowardMarks

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Thanks for all the kind words, :bigjoint: I should definately be flowering in two weeks, I have a shitload of clones, and I'm going to take another tray so I'll have enough for a second round. All the plants there aren't going to be flowered, all the ones in white pots will stay mothers.

I need to stock up on some soil, the bubble buckets should be running in the next day or two.

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Gutterman

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Very nice man! they are looking mighty nice.
I finally got my pictures finished of the plants I posted on your thread, which I apologize for. I am a Newbie here :(I made an album so here they are I think if this works.
 
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max420thc

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what i need me is some of those magic beans that jack has...they say you can plant them and the next day they have grown so big they touch the sky...i hate waiting..:wall:
 
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rhollin1

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mrhowardmarks

1) how are you getting the stems of your mothers so thick?
2) when the mothers are grown from seeds are you cloning them different than a regular clone? Those stems are massive.
 
MrHowardMarks

MrHowardMarks

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Umm, I'm not sure you're getting it, I cut a whole bunch of clones from the mothers, so the branches and main stem are so large because of cutting it back, like bonsai.

The third pic is of the Silver Mango, just showing how much I trim them back when taking cuttings, the pics of the 9 white pots under one light are the same plants, after cutting are the first couple pics, and before cutting are the last few...


BTW nice looking buds gutterman, those are covered in pistols, could they have gone longer/ did you harvest early?
 
MrHowardMarks

MrHowardMarks

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And no, my method for taking clones applies to all plants...

Also, silica aides in cellular structure, that might have something to do with it, but doubtful.
 
manofmando

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MrHowardMarks said:
BTW nice looking buds gutterman, those are covered in pistols, could they have gone longer/ did you harvest early?
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You told Gutterman you thought he harvested early because the buds are covered with pistols. What exactly are you looking for? and what should they look like? I'm 2 weeks out and I'm wondering if I should prolong it a little while longer.
 
Gutterman

Gutterman

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Hi guys. The skunky one was around 2 weeks from finish maybe 3. it was still 75% white hairs, it was showing alot of Nanners. I didn't want it to seed the rest of the girls so it was pulled then. The orange looking Mango one though was just chalk full of Orange pistols as was the skunky one but red hairs on it. The orange one was 8 weeks flowering and was 95% orange hairs and the Resin glands were getting hazy so I pulled it. I'm really upset I lost the orange strain as it wasn't showing any herm traits and the buds were Dense exceptionally strong buzz and the mango/orange tatse was a nice change. those buds were under a 1000 watt HPS 150,000 Lumens high output bulb. 24 inches above plants the whole time during flowering. they were vegged under crappy two 70 watt hps. ick they didn't branch much to say the least.
 
MrHowardMarks

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I assume the one on the right was the fruity mango orange, it looks like it turned out better than the one on the left... That sucks man, banannas are a bitch. I'm sure it was still great smoke though :bigjoint:

ManofMando- particularly the bud on the left seems to have an absolute shitload of pistols, without much calyx build... Harvesting early, when the pistols are still mostly white, and calyxes haven't swollen, will create bud that looks like that. If it wasn't for the herming it would've been alot bigger in just 2-3 weeks. So, yeah, wait until it's finished unless you get a herm.

Still some good looking mango orange bud gutterman. :mrgreen:
 
MrHowardMarks

MrHowardMarks

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Same regiment I always used, Advanced Nutrients, 5gal buckets, peat moss and perlite.

Some were 2 part, the darker of the pictures, some were organic Iguana Juice, the canopy pics, later added.

Should have the same results this time around... At least it's looking that way so far. :leaf:
 
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max420thc

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nice looking nug's.....i cant wait to see your results..the only time i used moss was back in the day when i had a photo tron.....it worked pretty good.that was a long time ago..im using dirt moo doo compost mixed to it at 25% and perlite mixed into that at 40 to 50%...it is growing some beautiful plants..i heard you mention one time about reusing dirt three times before you got rid of it? that would save a pile of work getting rid of it every time..not to mention money...ive always been told to get rid of your dirt after each grow?what do you think?
 
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