420Somehow
05-06-2010, 08:32 PM
Well, decided to continue logging this seed, original post was "what's up with this seed" under plant problems. this is my first real stint at growing from seed, thanks to forums like these and the internet searches my whole garden is thriving well, despite NOOBE problems. i thought this could be interesting to some so i'll take the time and try to keep it that way.
this came out of some decent swag that i had saved once this idea of growing began. it was the best that i'd seen in years so i found about 8 good seeds. i soaked them until the shells popped and then transplanted them into "sure to grow" (not reccomended, i had trouble with it and none with rockwool). out of 8 i got two sprouts, and i transplanted them both into a one gallon. i figured with a 50/50 chance i should get one female. these were my neglected plants, unfortunatly i tended to over water and under nute them. both plants did well under the stressful conditions, seems to be hardy. as the story goes on they grew up. they were sprouted and transplanted by 3-28. i would stick them outside to sunbathe as well as kept them in my veg room running 24/0. i used canna terra pro soil with hydroton on top and bottom. i topped the larger one and less than a week later it showed it's sex at the spot of topping!!! i've never heard or read anything about stressing to show sex, it was clear as day i saw two white pistil hairs on one site. so i topped the tallest of the three branches on the "special" one and amazingly three days later at the spot of topping it showed it's sex as well, unfortunately it had balls:(. so i pulled him out yesterday and decided to give him a chance and me more experience by planting him outside, in the bare ground. i'll give him a cup of water a day until dead or established. there will be pics of him as well. and since this has gone the way it has i felt a wild hair and lollipopped the female, sent her straight to flower after taking three clones and trimming 2-4 sites up on each branch. the clones i took were the top two from the previous topping and the shortest bottom branch. i had chicken in the cloning tray i'm using. saw it in the back of the fridge and figured it make a great tray and dome for my three clones. i'm using 2" rockwool blocks, although i think 1" is better, treated overnight in RO + hormex at 5.5 pH. i use scissors to cut from the plant, then it goes into a bowl of water where i scrape the stem and make a new cut. into clonex and into the rockwool. i have four T-5 lights linked together, there's foam insulation between the shelf and the trays/heatmat. temp and rh are unknown but a guess would be high 70's. i'll put a temp guage in there.5-6 first day of flower for "swag". she's going into my flower room with some cin 99, i have 3 1000w hps and 2 1000w mh. she'll be next to my mom #1, pics in my album, which is getting a great cross spectrum of two lights, 1 mh- 1 hps. my temps stay high 70's day, low 70's at night, rh 20%, three aircooled lights, two cheapo wings. can't think much else.
pic 1 taken 4-9, the small plant is the 3 stemmer, outside
pic 2 taken 4-14 inside
pic 3-4 the 3 stemmer, crazy genes eh?
pic 5 taken 4-29, both plants
this came out of some decent swag that i had saved once this idea of growing began. it was the best that i'd seen in years so i found about 8 good seeds. i soaked them until the shells popped and then transplanted them into "sure to grow" (not reccomended, i had trouble with it and none with rockwool). out of 8 i got two sprouts, and i transplanted them both into a one gallon. i figured with a 50/50 chance i should get one female. these were my neglected plants, unfortunatly i tended to over water and under nute them. both plants did well under the stressful conditions, seems to be hardy. as the story goes on they grew up. they were sprouted and transplanted by 3-28. i would stick them outside to sunbathe as well as kept them in my veg room running 24/0. i used canna terra pro soil with hydroton on top and bottom. i topped the larger one and less than a week later it showed it's sex at the spot of topping!!! i've never heard or read anything about stressing to show sex, it was clear as day i saw two white pistil hairs on one site. so i topped the tallest of the three branches on the "special" one and amazingly three days later at the spot of topping it showed it's sex as well, unfortunately it had balls:(. so i pulled him out yesterday and decided to give him a chance and me more experience by planting him outside, in the bare ground. i'll give him a cup of water a day until dead or established. there will be pics of him as well. and since this has gone the way it has i felt a wild hair and lollipopped the female, sent her straight to flower after taking three clones and trimming 2-4 sites up on each branch. the clones i took were the top two from the previous topping and the shortest bottom branch. i had chicken in the cloning tray i'm using. saw it in the back of the fridge and figured it make a great tray and dome for my three clones. i'm using 2" rockwool blocks, although i think 1" is better, treated overnight in RO + hormex at 5.5 pH. i use scissors to cut from the plant, then it goes into a bowl of water where i scrape the stem and make a new cut. into clonex and into the rockwool. i have four T-5 lights linked together, there's foam insulation between the shelf and the trays/heatmat. temp and rh are unknown but a guess would be high 70's. i'll put a temp guage in there.5-6 first day of flower for "swag". she's going into my flower room with some cin 99, i have 3 1000w hps and 2 1000w mh. she'll be next to my mom #1, pics in my album, which is getting a great cross spectrum of two lights, 1 mh- 1 hps. my temps stay high 70's day, low 70's at night, rh 20%, three aircooled lights, two cheapo wings. can't think much else.
pic 1 taken 4-9, the small plant is the 3 stemmer, outside
pic 2 taken 4-14 inside
pic 3-4 the 3 stemmer, crazy genes eh?
pic 5 taken 4-29, both plants