Whatkind of soil/medium are you using?
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Whatkind of soil/medium are you using?
Just keep in mind plants use the most nitrogen then potassium then phosphorus. Plants also have the ability to store phosphorus at much much greater levels then the nitrogen or phosphorus.
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The hieght of flowering depends on the strain. Prohaps a sativa may be two feet but I would flower AK47 for instance at 5 inches and have it finsh at 12 inches with a solid nug the whole way up. 8 grams dry. I super crop though. The bottom of my stems are the size of my thumb. Only way to do hundreds of them
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No more pics, sorry, camera died. I'll borrow a friends when it comes down to harvest or if I have any problems that I cannot identify... It is growing pretty well, except for a little stretching from when I went on vacation. I think I may start with an LST program to get some growth from the bottom branches (it sounds pretty easy so no questions for that...) , but I do have a question about cloning.
when can you start cloning and where on the plant should you take the clippings from?
i know lots of people use neoprene collars and such, but i was wondering where i could get those or what you can use as as alternative. I was just going to place wet tissues around the main stem so they dont fall down and then place above a bubbler with the bottom of the stem just touching the surface of the water. (I was prolly going to use rooting hormone too) then i was going to transfer to a perlite mix when roots develop.
I've read a little about supercropping, basically, you trim off the top of the plant or what?
well, i answered my own question about cloning and everything so I should have a bubbler cloner going soon...
foliar feeding for clones, yay or nay?
im using perlite/vermiculite for medium, I don't know if that is classified as hydro or soil-less but it is working... :)
here's a link for cloning
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=25408
btw, thanks for all the postive responses
It's funny reading some of my earlier posts... For those just starting out, take the time and do a little research: It will really help. Be a knowledge sponge, if you have any questions, go and ask them in the live chat. Someone will point you in the right direction.
I cloned my main plant and have it under 24 hours of cfl in bubble cloner. I'm thinking about putting it into soil when it starts to develop roots.
Where can you get promix soil?
I will probably lst the clone and scrog it in honor of justaseed. Wish me luck!
I currently have a few plants starting in peat pellets to see if that works... I hear they don't allow enough space for roots. eh, just bagseed, we'll see what happens. I had another question, but I can't think of it at the moment and I've got to get going...
Right on MJM...I'm glad it finally worked out.It was a rough childhood but it should be fine!
Super cropping is more cracking the inner husk thickening the stems and giving a stouter growth. Twist slowly back and forth starting at the bottom.
Could you send pics or something...I am kind of hesitant to start working in the lower part of the stem for fear of it falling over, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. I have read other posts on supprercropping and nowhere did I find anything on breaking the tissues on the lower husk. Are you sure this gives the desired results, a stout shrubby plant?Quote:
Originally Posted by karmaxul
Thats what I did or you can flower little clones. I had alot to play with in terms of clones. You swell the inner husk and create scar tissue
nutrients for vegging have a high first number, flowering go to the bigger second number ... and stop pissing on your plants !!! no wonder its dying ....acid, and who knows what esle is in there ... ureic acid, for one thing ... :smokin:
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Originally Posted by the image reaper
yeah, what he said....
It has been growing pretty well considering that for two months, it was being grown with plant food and trace amounts of urine... But, anyways, I went away for a week and came back to find this. It looks to me like a magnesium deficiency as the leaves are droopy and starting to yellow towards bottom of plant...(pic of detatched leave shows signs, but I took shot almost a whole day after clipping it from the plant)
I flushed the plant with mostly water and a weak nutrient solution to rid any toxins that may have been created as a result of the urine. I will prepare an epsom salt foliar feed and spray that on tonight to solve the mag. problem. It should do the trick, right? The clone is doing alright in the bubbler but the roots don't seem to be developing, it's been about 5 days and there are no signs of white bumps or any root growth at all... I don't get it, but they should be developing soon with any luck. (it seems to be growing still)
The plant has started asymmetrical internode growth, which is typical for a plant its age (and an exciting sign of maturity). I don't see any signs of preflower yet, but you can be the judge. (if anything, id lean towards identifying it as a male, but please tell me I'm wrong)
I don't know about lsting the plant at this age, any comments or cautions?
As to the foliar spray, any suggestions or is my diagnosis accurate?
One more quick question, How detrimental is it to have a light that faces away from the plant on 24/7 even if it is a minimal amount (and it is cfl so I don't think it will be catching much light at all.) I have been running the cfl for the clone 24/7 and the light has a reflector that blocks out any direct light towards the "big guy", but there is still some that reflects off of two walls and onto the bigger one. Should I pull the clone out of the same room and let it root elsewhere?
I guess the big guy needs her rest, and any light during lights off could potentially stress her...
Should not matter if it is not in bud. I ran my mothers for years on 24 hour HID light and they were healthy as can be.
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First shot is of one of the biggest "solar panels" that unfortunately got fucked over. There were a number of things that went wrong as far as I can tell. pH wasn't monitored for a while and it turns out it had dipped down into the 4.5 range...shit. Secondly, I think she was overfed (because someone thought she needed more nutrients to solve her slower growth). In case you were interested if there was a moral to this story, never let some idiot monitor your plants.
anyways, second shot is her after some pruning.
she looks like she might be lacking magnesium because she has the "praying" look, but I will wait to see if a change in nutrient levels straightens her out... (is that mag def?) What does a low ph do to the physical appearance of the plant? (also, what about a high ph so i know in the future...)
lastly, can anyone tell the sex yet?
re-pot it into a larger pot, with plain,simple potting soil ... do not feed it for two weeks, clear water only, NO piss ... let it dry out completely between waterings ... looks like Pythium Wilt damping-off damage to me ... run lights 18/6, and the dark hours mean dark hours ... the plant will try to grow by itself, stop trying to do so much with it ... like a lot of growers, you're overwatering, overfertilizing, ... just forget the nutes for awhile ... keep it SIMPLE ... :smokin:
It is in hydro, I don't think I could safely move it to another pot without damaging a bunch of roots. I added another bubble stone so the plant would get more oxygen and this should solve the damp feet problem...if not, what else could i do?
i am running the lights 18/6 (the clone died, so I don't need to keep a light on it anymore)
I cut back the nutrients already. Ill update in a week or two hopefully with a progress report.
Thanks for the help image reaper.
(ps. I'm glad I have a growlog, because even if nobody else uses it for help, I sure will :) )