16 clone grow log....

[SCIENTIXT]

High summer temps have been kicking my ass. I have had probs up the butt, it sucks. So instead of giving up I am going to try and try again.

My first try in this new spot was an eight site eurogrower. Everything was fine til I went out of town for three days. While I was gone the power went out on my pumps. Needless to say the roots dried out and started to die. Well mixed with high temp water and dead roots the plants didn't flower for chit.

Same exact thing happened to me the second time I went out of town a month later. I go on vacation and have a good time to only come back to dead little ladies. So after my 4th of july good time I planted some female seeds I had and a couple of bag seeds.

The four easy bud females sprouted and one bagseed did as well. I transplanted over to the hydro unit and they started taking off. Two weeks pass and an emergency happens that I have no choice but to be away for two days again. I know sucks right! Anyway, I get back and the ph and temp levels were so nuts that one easy bud female completely died and the other three were suffering from root rot.

Strangely and oddly enough the one bag seed look like nothing was wrong with it. At first the bag seed was the runt and looked the weakest. Now a month later I am taking clones.

The first pic is the moms of the 20 clones I took. 10 each. The one on the left is the bag seed and the other is the easy bud female. I hope I don't end up fudged with a male from the bag seed but the characteristics of it are female so I have my fingers crossed.

From the 20 clones I am going to transplant after about two weeks of rooting to a 16 site drip/dwc that I am going to make from my panda res. Updates to come.

All questions and comments are welcome.

SCIENTIXT Reviewed by SCIENTIXT on 08-26-2007. 16 clone grow log.... High summer temps have been kicking my ass. I have had probs up the butt, it sucks. So instead of giving up I am going to try and try again. My first try in this new spot was an eight site eurogrower. Everything was fine til I went out of town for three days. While I was gone the power went out on my pumps. Needless to say the roots dried out and started to die. Well mixed with high temp water and dead roots the plants didn't flower for chit. Same exact thing happened to me the Rating: 5

[SCIENTIXT]

I forgot to mention that this is my first time using this bubbler/cloner. I made it this week. 3.5gal res with 1" holes cut in lid. 4 12" airstones and an air pump. To drain I have a small 66gph pump to suck out the water. Didn't want to take my chances cutting into it and installing a valve.

Anyway as for an update, 11 hours after taking the cuttings the clones seemed to have responded well. All leaves are facing up soaking in the light:thumbsup:.

Clones:
ppm - 450
ph - 8.8
ec - 800

Moms in day 1 of FL:
ppm - 1260
ph - 8.5
ec - 1980

For the first week of FL on these I will still give grow nutes. The second week flower nutes will be added and along with the first flower nutes I will add the bloom booster, Kool Bloom. This will be only to jump start the flowering process and won't be added again until the sixth week of flowering.

[palerider7777]

i know in hydro u should check atleast once a day as to many things can go wrong power wise,sprayers clogin up stuff like that so going out of town every mo is risky

[bongerstonerd00d]

pH of 8.5 and 8.8 ???????????????????


D00d, you MUST get it down, I dont know how they are even alive. WHat are you testing the pH with ?


http://boards.cannabis.com/attachmen...0&d=1121829312

There is a link for your reference.



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[KHAN]

What light are you using btw? You didn't mention

[SCIENTIXT]

pH of 8.5 and 8.8 ???????????????????

Damn! ROTFLMAO!!!!! I swear I didn't notice I wrote 8.8 and 8.5. LOL! I meant 5.85 and 5.88.

KHAN
For flowering 1000w HPS and for clone / veg 250w CFL.

Hey palerider, I ain't going out a town for a year! I hope.

[socialistpete]

Why do you leave such big fan leaves on your clones? And I noticed that you cut the tips of leaves off on your clones, I read that this will help the clones root faster and did an experiment last time I cloned and noticed no difference. Do you see a noticeable difference?

[palerider7777]

Damn! ROTFLMAO!!!!! I swear I didn't notice I wrote 8.8 and 8.5. LOL! I meant 5.85 and 5.88.

KHAN
For flowering 1000w HPS and for clone / veg 250w CFL.

Hey palerider, I ain't going out a town for a year! I hope.

lol ok btw i took sum cuttings and just stuck them by the bigger plants in the same 5 inch pot with the same nutes as the 4 week old plants i pretty much did everything ur not supposed to, did'nt cut the tip at an angle no cloning gel or powder and in about 5 days theres roots they were a lil limp but not much and after about 3 days they perked up and now there doin great just goes to show that it's not always matter of fact like people would like u to think lol

[SCIENTIXT]

Why do you leave such big fan leaves on your clones? And I noticed that you cut the tips of leaves off on your clones, I read that this will help the clones root faster and did an experiment last time I cloned and noticed no difference. Do you see a noticeable difference?

Don't let the pics fool you. The fan leaves are no wider than the length of the first joint of your thumb. I haven't really noticed a difference in root growth from cutting the fan leaves and not but by trimming them they don't overlap each others tips and get light. The last clones I took showed signs of rooting by day 5 and had roots by day 8. That was without trimming the tips. I guess we can see what happens with these.

palerider - anything is possible. This plant will do so much. We just have to try.

[SCIENTIXT]

Clones are looking good. All standing tall at attention.
ppm - 440
ph - 5.95
ec - 800

Moms - added 1/2gal of water
ppm - 1260
ph - 5.88
ec - 1870