McTokers' 3rd Grow ~ Hempy Buckets

Good morning Shake ~ The breaker is two 15 amp modules tied together. Anyway, we've got enough power to do what we need to do. Other things in the shop are on their own circuits (lights, compressor, welder, etc...) so we should be OK.

The babies are doing pretty well. The BA's are really shooting up and out.:thumbsup: We're really torn between cloning to determine sex first or throwing a couple into flower and play with cloning later. Yup, you guessed it. We're out, again.:( Either way, we have a couple weeks to decide.

i gotcha MCT. just trying to throw my $.02 out there as always.

why not try your hand at cloning? you don't have to take cuttings off of all of them. it's easier than most are led to believe. i just use jiffy pucks and an old rubbermaid tube with plastic wrap on top. haven't lost a clone yet. again, take with a grain of salt.

sucks to be out, but i feel your pain. perhaps i can shove a nug in the mail for ya once harvest time is about!?


-shake

Thanks shake, but, we'll last.

I was reading an article on cloning to determine sex last night that said that going with 10 on/ 14 off lighting will cause them to show their sex in only 3 to 4 days. I think we can afford that.;)

One of the B/A's will be ready to take a clone from quite a bit sooner than the rest so we'll give it a shot. Heck, the cloner is already built and ready to rock n roll.:thumbsup:

I forget to mention, a few days ago, that we culled out the deformed WH. We went ahead and removed the plant from the bucket to inspect the roots. Noticably absent was anything resembling a tap root. There were only 2 small roots that only extended about 1 1/2 inches from the jiffy cube.

It looks like we'll be ready to try cloning as early as tomorrow on the larger of the 2 WH's.

I hope I'm correct in assuming that the water in the cloner should have the same corrected pH as used in hydro gardening.

We'll be sticking with Botanicare Power Clone (gel and solution) products for cloning since that is what we're using in all the other stages.

In the pic, from left to right: AK-47, two Wrecked Homicide, two Blue Apollo

We fired up the cloner yesterday only to find that the air stones suck. Not litterally. One put out a few bubbles and the other did absolutely nothing. Went back and read the sticky on cloning, again, and found where Opie Yutts recommended the air tubes. Off to Wally World for tubes and a bigger air pump. Now, we have air.:thumbsup:

This morning we cut two clones off of the biggest BA and set the light timer for 10 on and 14 off. We're using a single 2700k CFL bulb in a clamp-on shop light over the cloner.

you want to keep that CFL running 18/6 or 24/0. and keep it backed off just a bit, higher than normal.

the pH of the cloner should be about 5.5-5.8. i don't think you'll have any problems. remember though, when they root to keep an eye on hardening off.

good growing!


-shake

Shake ~ I would agree with you on the lighting times if we were trying to veg these clones. But, we're just trying to determine the sex of the donor plant. These two clones will just be "throw-aways" after they show their sex.

That is, if it works.;)

So far (knock wood) it's been over 24 hours and both are still alive.:thumbsup:

The donors are still too young to take viable (potent) clones from. I've read that donors should be at least 2 months into veg and that up to 4 months of veg will produce even more potent clones. We'll see.

One of the clones didn't make it. Starting to have doubts about showing sex in 3 to 4 days like the article suggested.

We topped the largest of the BA's so we could even out the light. We bumped up the Grow nutes to mid-vegging level a couple days ago. The babies seem to love it. The fan leaves on the BA's are HUGE.

The lone clone is still alive. No signs yet.

BUT, one of Killa's purples (WH) is starting to pre-flower. Shouldn't be long before we know on that one. :)

I think for our next attempt at cloning, we'll veg them for a bit first before turning off the light.

Will the learning ever end?;):D

The "lone clone" didn't make it.

Executing PLAN B. We moved the cloner to a warmer spot in the room. Cut 3 more clones, 1 from each BA and 1 from the AK. The plan is to leave them under 24 hour light and veg them first. That reminds me, I need to change out the CFL to 6500k one. After some roots take hold we'll move on to flowering them to determine sex.

The WH that started to pre-flower hasn't shown what sex it wants to be, yet.