What strain would you pick?
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Originally Posted by RastaKaze
Ok, There are three things you must think about doing in the future... #1 being a transplant, A.S.A.P. (More space = More roots = More effecient nutrient uptake = more plant growth) the second item is rather a question. What is your current nutrient plan? (Brands, N-P-K's, Feeding schedule) and #3 if they are not already in flowering (12/12) you should think about switching cycles in a few days.
Peace,
RastaKaze
Dr. Kaze,
Thanks for your response. It was getting lonely in here without you. My plants are your nieces dude.
1. TRANSPLANT: Definitely. I'm just pussy-footing it around to see if they re-plant themselves because of some holy illumination.
2. NUTRIENTS: The exact plan, I don't know. I've got a 2gallon Rubbermaid tub (used for filling up with water and placing on the fridge... it has a "spout" in its front for liquid dispensing). Inside this 2 gallons, I put Brita filtered water (I haven't hooked-up the RO+DI filter system yet). I put: SuperTHRIVE, FullMag PLUS, Schlutz Cactus Food, bat guano, and a little Dark Energy). I've got a small pump inside the 2gallon container, which I turn ON about 10 minutes before I water the girls.
I must tell you, this mix of mine, IT STINKS THE NASTIEST, MOST VOMIT-INDUCING SMELL in planet Earth. OH MY GOD!!!
3. 12/12: Dr! These are the mothers... they should stay veggie for ever... right?
So, if they're mothers, what am I waiting?
Well, I want to clone for sex soon, but I have only one plant that has good enough secondary growth for cloning. The other 2 plants have their secondary growth coming along, but it isn't "clonable" yet. Then, the little 4th plant, that one is simply growing too slow. It doesn't have alternating nodes yet, let alone secondary growth. I'm only keeping her for the safety net of having a 4th plant. If my first 3 are males, I've got that one. But if/when I find females on the other 3 big ones, that little one will get it self transplanted to the great outdoors. :) LEGALIZE IT!
What do you think Dr.?
Thanks for the reply Rasta,
-turtle420 :cool:
What strain would you pick?
Ahhh, right, I forgot your grow plan. Yes, keep the mother's veggin'... Although I think you might want to chill out on the nutes... mix up a fresh 2 gallons in your resevoir with just the superthrive and cacti juice... (5-6 drops superthrive, 6-7 drops cacti juice) I think you'll see growth pickup tons... (with a good transplant, of course) and althought it may seem a bit harsh... I think you should kill the runt. Chances are it was extremely stressed early on and will turn out to be either male of hermie.
What strain would you pick?
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Originally Posted by RastaKaze
mix up a fresh 2 gallons in your resevoir with just the superthrive and cacti juice... (5-6 drops superthrive, 6-7 drops cacti juice) I think you'll see growth pickup tons...
No bat crap? Guano! (translation: No bat guano? Crap!)
But seriously, no bat guano in the next mix?
Thanks Kaze,
-turtle420 :cool:
What strain would you pick?
Yes... they look a little worn out, perhaps nuting was just a little heavy in the beginning. Sometimes a regular flush (pure water) can work wonders for the plants, it is like a cleansing for the root system. But as they're getting quite old and are going to be mothers, I'd suggest, like I said to add still superthrive and cacti juice.. I think you'll notice a great improvement :thumbsup:
What strain would you pick?
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Originally Posted by RastaKaze
Yes... they look a little worn out, perhaps nuting was just a little heavy in the beginning. Sometimes a regular flush (pure water) can work wonders for the plants, it is like a cleansing for the root system. But as they're getting quite old and are going to be mothers, I'd suggest, like I said to add still superthrive and cacti juice.. I think you'll notice a great improvement :thumbsup:
10-4 Rasta... I follow you. Next mix (tomorrow's) will be water, SuperTHRIVE and Schlutz Cactus Juice.
About 1 week ago, my nute mix bottle was completely used up. I was too lazy to do another mix, so they had Brita filtered water for 2 days straight. Maybe that helped with the flushing thing. I noticed yellowing leaves on the second day. After I re-started the nute mix, everything was fine.
Question about cloning::: Do I chop the entire secondary growth, or do I leave 2-3 nodes on top of my cut?
I need to build the mother cab before I clone, but I'll be doing that today or tomorrow (I know people! I've been saying that for about 2 months now...)
But I can't clone until I get some timers that I ordered. You see, I just bought a fogger system (thanks to Zandor injecting that idea into my brain). The fogger creates too much fog for my garden, so I need the short cycle timers.
Instead of buying the CAP Short Cycle timer Zandor and me like ($100), I bought a X10 controller (USB connect to computer) and the X10 timer modules. I'll be able to create 1 second cycles if needed with those X10 controllers.
I have to play with the fogger, but I think it'll have a 1 minute ON/50min OFF cycle for the clones. For the actual grow (yes, fog grow!!!) I guess the cycle will be something like 6ON/50OFF. Will have to play with it a little bit.
I bought a Dayton axial fan, 550 CFM. So I'm planning on building an 'air box', to install this Dayton. Then, I'll try to replace my other plant fans with this one. Don't know how that will play out. Good thing is that it consumes only 43 watts, so I can run a light dimmer switch with it so it isn't 100% all the time.
Ideas?
-turtle420 :cool:
What strain would you pick?
Ahhh, well as Zandor is the ruler of the cloning realm, I suggest you ask all questions regarding the subject to him directly... (I don't want to point you in the wrong direction) But I beleive you make a 45 degree cut witha razor on a clean surface. The shoot should have 3-4 nodes. Then dip the cutting (quicker=better) into some cloning gel and instert it into whatever medium your using. Again, I don't know much about hydro and my cloning skills are not quite polshed. Oh Zandor, Where art thou?
What strain would you pick?
Finally I've build the freaking mother cabinet... I think, I'm officially, Cannabis.com Board's laziest person.
Here's a picture of it. It's 12" wide, 24" deep, and 24" high.
I plan on installing four 43Watt CFLs (actuall wattage, I think they're 150W comparable).
I'll also install a fan (still don't know if I'll install a 50CFM fart fan, a 90CFM 6" fart fan, or... ???).
I'm waiting for the wood caulking on all the seams to dry, so I can re-apply a second hand. After that (I guess, tomorrow), I'll paint the interior white. Once the interior is dry, I'll hang Mylar inside of it. The Mylar I've got is what was left over from my 25' roll. So I don't know if I'll be able to cover everything.
Once Mylar is done, I'll Dremel out the necessary holes for the electrical cables... and a 2" hole at the bottom so I can insert the fog feed-tube.
This cabinet will be the box for my mothers, but I'll first use it to clone for sex. After I know the sex of my plants, and I remove the males, I'll then take new clones and place them inside my big cabinet and start my grow (FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Then I'll take my mothers (or mother) and place them inside this cab. Same 18/6 light schedule. But I'll probably replant... Maybe... don't know.
What do you think?! :D
-turtle420 :cool:
What strain would you pick?
I hope the three 42watters won't be ALL of your lighting for the mother cab... if you wanna go cfl I think your going to have the fill the top of the box with holes so the ceiling can be covered like entirely by cfl's.
What strain would you pick?
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Originally Posted by RastaKaze
I hope the three 42watters won't be ALL of your lighting for the mother cab... if you wanna go cfl I think your going to have the fill the top of the box with holes so the ceiling can be covered like entirely by cfl's.
More more more! Ok, I didn't think this was inadecuate.
Please Rasta, more input.
I've got a total of four (4) compact flourescents... the ones that I have are the typical bulb socket, and they're made out of four long "U" sections. Again, they consume 43 Watts, but they're comparable to a 150W incandescent.
Not enough? The problem would be really dramatic for my second grow... as right now, the mothers have a 400W MH about 8 inches away from them... so they're receiving plenty of light to be able to produce the necessary clones... but if the mothers won't be able to give me more clones with only those 4CFLs, shit... fuck.
Ideas? I'm re-loading. :)
-turtle420 :cool:
What strain would you pick?
Ok, everything can still work out. What's the area of the top of your box? All you have to do is draw a grid according to how big the fixture/holes are going to need to be... and I'd suggest buying only 100w (the big ones) sprials and fitting as many as possible. Post back if you don't quite understand what I'm saying and I'll try to elaborate...
