Shov's Christmas Grow

[Shovelhandle]

Watered today and checked for preflowers. Now both Afghani and two "Z" plants (out of five) are verified females so far. No males have shown yet.

Shov

[ProGroWannabe]

Looks like those girls have a good caretaker! Keep 'em comin Shov.

[Shovelhandle]

It's been 8 weeks and time to flip. However, I just picked up a nute pack from Technafloura Plant Products so I fed them the menu as shown. The 12 or so plants take 4 gallons of water with "BC Boost", "BC Grow", "Thrive Alive B1 Red", and a foliar feeding of "Thrive Alive B1 Green".

While the plants are dripping and drying I will swap out the (8) 4' 5000K flourescent tubes for the 3000K Flowering Stage lighting.
I will use plain water for the next two feedings and go to the Technafloura Flowering Stage products.

Have any of you tried these products and have an opinion of their value?

Thanks,

Sho

[ProGroWannabe]

Sorry I can't help ya there Shov. Never used em. Where's the pics? lol No pressure though, no pressure.

[Shovelhandle]

I have to cull the crop. Too crowded in the 3' x 4' space.
I had been waiting to cull male plants but each of the 12 plants to show sex have been females!

Here are the remaining four plants. They are looking pretty fine, but haven't shown preflowers and like I said, too crowded so out they go.
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Sho

[Shovelhandle]

A couple of other growing points of interest. I also trained the remaining plants. Kind of lst but the way I do this (usually outdoors) is to fold the long branches right over. Now the plants are taking over a larger footprint of light but more of the bottoms of each plant get better light too. Bottom line, everything is as crowded as before.

Also, Last night I noticed that the light timer had not shut off. It was broken. So I replaced it with a spare and since I had (thought that I had) started 12-12, I wasn't sure how long I was on 24-0 Definetly only a day or so. So I set it up for 6 am-6 pm lights on starting tomorrow am. So, the plants will have a dark period for about 30 hours before they start into flowering stage.....again. : )

The (4) culled plants are just too nice to ditch outright, and I'd like to see if actually, all 16 plant are females (indoors they are 12 for 12 so far...no males!) So, I put the four plants in a cold frame. They will have to go 8 weeks at least to maturity and in Vermont this is doubtful, but we've had some weird weather lately, so here goes!

I'll post a pic of the two Afghani plants at the end of this week or so.

Shov

[Weedhound]

What's a cold frame?

[Shovelhandle]

a cold frame is like a low-rise greenhouse. Just a wooden frame sitting on the ground with a pane of glass on top. It keeps the cold night air from the plants and heats up the soil nicely during the day.

Sho

[Weedhound]

Ahh...thank you. Bummer about those 4 beauties you had to toss. Next time ship those babies my way and I'll find them homes....

[Shovelhandle]

The Premier strain is Foxy's Afghani x Bog Medley
Here are two females.
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Other good strains are the "Y" and "Z"
Here's one Y and four Z females.
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Also a Premier strain is our Vermont Bubblegum. This seed bred stock is still very potent herb and a favorite. These are weeks younger and have not sexed as of yet...fingers crossed!
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Shov