Help! Must leave town for 5-7 days

[Tea Party]

How many nodes do your plants have? Are they sexed?

Sexed, yes...just did it. I am an amateur, so I was waiting to clone for sex. I forgot about pre-flowers. Half have been sexed. Unfortunately (in this case), only one male. I was hoping they would mostly be male so I would have to toss them and start over. Now I have to figure out how to keep the mums going while away...

[Tea Party]

Somebody Help! I cannot figure out whether it I should leave in veg for what would be a full nine weeks and wait to flower until I return, or flower early...and if so when? Which would be easier to manage while away?What will present the least amount of growth and require the least amount of water? It is looking like I will be gone about five days at this point. Please give me your two cents.:twocents:

THE STRAIN IS AK99 by the way.

[twoguysupnorth]

after starting to flower they will probably streatch for 2-3 weeks after. they will continue to grow in veg as well. i hope this helps, but sorry i couldnt be more. is there any possibility of setting them outside somewhere safe to start flowering then bring them back in when you get home?

[Dr. Bloor]

You really need a good friend you can rely on right now!

[Tea Party]

You really need a good friend you can rely on right now!

I am such a nice guy that I gave all my friends away to the needy!

...but seriously folks, how come nobody has suggested that I build a bubble/aero cloner? I searched and searched within the Cannabis.com search field and did not find much in the way of a basic how to with good pictures and easily understandable directions (Latewood's sprinkler thing notwithstanding). Found a few on other sites though. I will giver it a try, and then the cuttings and moms can fight it out for who wants to live the most while I am gone...For the moms, I might get a garbage can and a pump and set a timer to water them once mid vacation.

Somebody ought to compose a Sticky for general plant survival schemes while away for short times, and another for how to build a simple and reliable aero/bubble cloner--something like Children of Bodom's threads for the carbon scrubber and Rubbermaid growbox with nice step by step photos. I found this bubble cloner faq on another site, and it was informative. There was another one from the old overgrow.com, but I cannot find it right now. At any rate, I get the general idea, I think, but it would be helpful if it were right up front in the beginner grow faq so that amateurs like me could find it without spending a couple days...though I love nothing more than spending a couple of days learning something. It stays stuck that way, even with all the smoke...:stoned:

[twoguysupnorth]

Hydroponics Gardening - Start a Small Garden Indoors- Helpful Guide
this is the guide i found a while back, i havnt had a chance to build anything but it looks good. there are some good diy's in here.

[Tea Party]

Hydroponics Gardening - Start a Small Garden Indoors- Helpful Guide
this is the guide i found a while back, i havnt had a chance to build anything but it looks good. there are some good diy's in here.

Thanks for the link, Two Guys. It looks good. I will check it out. I am going to suggest that the mods add a section entirely dedicated to DIY projects, if it does not already exist.