Just wanted to share a pic of my baby. It's starting to show the fifth set of nodes. It was started from seed about 3 weeks ago. Is it time to take a cutting?
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Just wanted to share a pic of my baby. It's starting to show the fifth set of nodes. It was started from seed about 3 weeks ago. Is it time to take a cutting?
Very nice looking baby.. maybe give it 1 more node and then take a cutting!
Thanks :)
Actually, the small set of leaves in the center are the 6th set, but I will wait a little longer anyway. I want to take a cutting from a side branch instead of the central leader.
ya thats a good idea, do you have any side shots to show vertical growth?/
Nice looking plant .will you only be taking the one cutting or is the planr tyo take more.the postman.
Nice healthy looking plant what are the nutes your using.
I heard it's good to wait 2 months before attempting to take a cutting. From the looks it doesnt have any young growth tips, only fan leaves so wait until it develops some branches with young growth tips protruding to take a cut for clones.
It's funny you ask. To answer your question "homemade fertilizer". I mixed just about everything I had in my shed into one bottle. I had fish emulsion, big bloom, tomato fertilizer and a fertilizer for acid loving plants that I use on my citrus trees. I wanted to make sure that I provided the plant with all the essential micronutrients and trace elements :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by floyd2zapper
It's beginning to show growth on the bottom that will soon be ready to cut :thumbsup:
Not sure on exact age, but it's still under 4 weeks. My other one is not as big so I'm afraid this may be a male :( I will keep you posted.
where u get your seed from pass thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Pass That Shit
http://www.nirvana-shop.com/seeds-wh...ns-c-24_6.html
It's cool the way they ship it to you. It's nicely hidden in a free gift they send you :thumbsup:
They sent them to me last year, and I didn't take care of them at all. I'm surprised that they germinated. I fried one seed cause I planted outside and then we had 3 straight days over 100 degrees. Another one I physically damaged after germination, so I have 8 out of the 10 plants growing now :D
i would wait until it about 6 weeks if you are going to take more than one cutting.that plant looks nice.white widow is some kick ass weed.be safe . the postman.
PostManDave, Thanks :thumbsup:
The lower growth is looking pretty good. I would already be able to remove the first set of lower leaves from this cutting. I'm getting inpatient to find out sex. It appears that it's ready to be cut. I'll give it another week and post anothe pic. What do you think?
Give it some more time on those side shoots so you have a bigger chunk of plant matter to work with.
It's easy to break small weak young branches like those.
And the more nodes you have under the rooting medium the more potential root development sites there are.
I wait until the shoot I'm interested in cutting has at least 4 sets of leaves plus the growing tip:
Leave the growing tip
Leave 2 more sets of leaves
Slice off the rest cleanly with a razor blade
Thanks for the tips :thumbsup:
Also, I got some root stimulator but I don't quite understand the label. It says to apply to the soil before transplanting? But I will be taking cuttings so I was just gonna fill a cup with it, and then dip the cutting in the cup and then plant it. Is this ok?
Root stimulator and rooting hormone are different:
Stimulator has vitamin B12 in it.
Hormone has indole acetic acid (IAA) in it, or another similar-acting hormone.
Stimulator is great for watering after you transplant your plants.
Hormone is just for the rooting process.
What you need to dip the cuttings in is a true rooting hormone.
I've tried Rootone, Schultz TakeRoot, Olivia's, and Clonex and holy crapola the clonex works FAST.
Let the cutting sit in it for a minute or so before planting.
Make sure you pour out just a little into a vial and don't contaminate the original bottle it came in, or you could get rot.
My gutt feeling was that I bought the wrong product but that's all they had @ home depot. Since it says that it promotes new roots and stimulates root growth I figured it would help. I will look around for Clonex.
Vigoro....Root Stimulator and transplanting solution 2-5-2...Contains Vitamin B1....
Should I return it? Or will I need this for after transplanting? Thanks for the feedback stinkyattic :thumbsup:
Here's an update of my plant. Still waiting for some more growth to start cutting. I took them outside today even though it's a bit cloudy. Check out the visitor on the left branch :thumbsup:
Try and convince her to stay - Ladybugs are good mite assassins.
Thanks stinkyattic. I found the right product :thumbsup:
PostmanDave, can you explain the difference between taking one or multiple cuttings?
i have the same stuff tell me if it works. because im not to sure about it ive heard the gell is soposed to work better.
Not sure how I will tell if it works. I'm sure you can root a cutting without any products, but I will post to let you know if it helps speed up the rooting process.
passthat, can i ask you 2 questions?(that was the first one) what would be the postage to get a leter the nirvana seed bank in the netherlands from america?
I've used takeroot, olivia's, rootone, and clonex and IMO clonex works best but is only sold at specialty shops.
Save the transplanting solution for the day you transplant your 3-4 node seedlings into the next size pots. It's good for their first exposure to chemical fertilizers.
Mastachronic, I just paid 90 cents to mail to gypsy nirvana. That was basic. The other rates for the same letter would have been $5 and $21 from the US to the UK.
Here are some more pics of my White Widow.The weather has been nice of late here on the East Coast so I've been able to get real sun and save on electricity. They are probably getting close to six weeks now (not really sure), but I'm getting ready to take some cuttings. The lower branches already have six decent sized leaves and three smaller ones growing at the tip. The suspense is killing me.
What do you guys think? Can I hack it?
Should I give it more time?
Being that two of the plants are much taller than the others, can I take cuttings from the top to have an even height under the light? They are larger cause they were started before all of the other ones.
i dunno much about cloning, but ive popped into this thread more then enough times. i just wanted to say ur plants looking very nice man keep it =]:thumbsup: <3 u all
stylus
Thanks Stylus......Stay tuned as I will keep posting pics as I grow along :)
Just finished light proofing my room for the flowering stage. Now I will have to work on ventilation.
Here are all 8 of my plants :thumbsup:
I completely changed my plans. I turned off the light about an hour ago to start to force flowering on all 8 plants. I also took cuttings from the top of the two larger plants and will try to root them. The cuttings are gonna stay in veg. I wanted to harvest what I have ASAP. So I'm hoping that one of the two cuttings I have is from a female plant which will eventually keep vegging into a mature mother plant (for future cuttings). I kind of did it backwards, so we will see what happens. The cuttings seem to be doing ok after one night. Worst case, I'm sure I'll get some male plants to keep some seeds. I'll keep you posted.
Funny, I took cuttings and started flowering the mother plants and put the cuttings in veg I think I'll call this experiment Polish Cloning :thumbsup:
Here's a pic of the cuttings I'm trying to root. Notice how I planted them near a large lake to raise humidity:D The lake is filled with hot water that I will refill daily. :thumbsup:
im no old school pro but my method to cloning is.....
NOTE: i have bad luck with most rooting hormones i use DIP&GROW
1.select location i look for a branch with a lot of growth nodes
2.make 1st cut @ lowest point below lowest growth node
3.cut leaves in 1/2 or 1/3 but leave most of the ones close to the crown (cut leaves for resperation reason's if u dont know research it a lil)
4.make 2nd final cut BELOW the lowest growth node but make it right below it maybe leave a 16th of an inch of stem below the node or less (iv had luck cuting the node in half on mistake)
5.put in dip and grow (mix to 20x dillution) for 10-45 seconds (to long and it can harm your plant or make it take longer to root)
6.after dip&grow i put in 1x1x1 rockwool cubes and wait 5-15 days for roots to show:dance:
i personaly clone pre budding branches and i do a 18hr cycle waiting for roots after rooted i go 12/12 in dwc hydro buckets 3 1/2 gal
3.cut leaves in 1/2 or 1/3 but leave most of the ones close to the crown (cut leaves for resperation reason's if u dont know research it a lil)
I don't know if you can tell from that pic, but I had cut the tips of the leaves as well :)
I'm on the second day of flowering. I fed them tonight a couple of minutes before the light came on. I fed them with the same that I had fed during veg since the flowers are not here yet. I will change over to big bloom when I see that they are girls :thumbsup:
I can see why people say that you can grow more with HPS. It's very noticeable when you change over from MH. It just seems "sunnier" with HPS light at the same wattage.
Hey Pass that thanks for the input on my thread. Ive actually been following your thread too and I have to say you got some nice lookin plants there. I have to say my Veg box is not filled with such happy plants. How often are you watering from clone through veg? I am growing a decent plant in veg that I think Im going to mother and take a bunch of cuttings from what I learned so far on this thread. What does cutting the leaves do? Again thanks for the post and I look forward to ur next pics.
Dude once their ready Pass That Shit cause they look good
Omega, LOL....That's what I'm talking about :thumbsup:
McMike, I started these from seeds and they just entered the flowering stage. I don't know if they are male or female. I took two cuttings of the two plants that were taller. I don't water the cuttings since they don't have any roots yet. I just mist them and keep them warm. As far as watering the plants, I just wait until the pot gets light weight and then I water heavy. Tonight I used the same "mixed" fertilizer I mentioned earlier in this thread.
The center pick was topped. It's showing alot of bud sites so I hope this one turns out female but I'm sceptical of it cause it's the fastest and tallest growing plant in there. The cutting on the right is still erect. I only used the take root powder and water so far.
heres my babies 1 week after transplanting from coco soil to rockwool.:D
8 in all
EckyThump,
You don't want to expose the roots to direct sunlight. They will recover, but the shock can slow them down.
Today I moved the plants away from the low corner and up to the center of the room. The light is now above them. Pruning the two in the back helped even out canopy height pretty well. I put the smallest plant in the center hoping it will catch up.
I'm gonna guess and say that 5 of the 8 will be females but if this grow goes like my last one, I'll only get 4. I'll be happy with 3 since they are White Widows. Can't wait to taste these bitches :thumbsup: