2nd Grow from Clones and THC Bomb seeds

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Well the time has arrived to start my next crop.

My intention this crop is to grow the best sisters of the first crop and get 2 or 3 good laidies from the THC Bomb seeds. I am going to have to thin this crop in the future so it is going to seem large at the start.
Thinning is going to be very hard for me due to I have never intentionlly killed a female plant. But the goal is keep the best.

Crop list:
9 clones from the first crop, one from each female. 5 White Widow, then 4 mystery seed that came with the W/W seeds from the seedbank, and 5 THCB from seed that I aquired from a friend of a fellow grower.

The first pic is the cloan box. All 9 first cloans have rooted and are in soil.

Second pic is cloan box with lid off. 6 of the clones are healthy and growing. 3 are alive but barely hanging in there.

Third pic is my clone and plant log for both grows. this is to track every plants qualities.

Fourth pic is of my cloans that are barely hanging on. This was my first attempt at cloaning and they weren't set in the rockwool cubes well.

The fifth pic are of my back up clones taken 2 days ago. 2 are from top performers in my first grow so I don't want to lose them.

I have more pics I am going to put them in another post.

Jerry Garcia 2007 Reviewed by Jerry Garcia 2007 on 12-09-2007. 2nd Grow from Clones and THC Bomb seeds Well the time has arrived to start my next crop. My intention this crop is to grow the best sisters of the first crop and get 2 or 3 good laidies from the THC Bomb seeds. I am going to have to thin this crop in the future so it is going to seem large at the start. Thinning is going to be very hard for me due to I have never intentionlly killed a female plant. But the goal is keep the best. Crop list: 9 clones from the first crop, one from each female. 5 White Widow, then 4 mystery seed Rating: 5

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Here are pics of the germination of the THCB seeds. Started with 8 seeds and 5 sprouted last night and were put in soil.

1st pic is of sprout 6 and went imeadiatly in soil. I used the paper towel and baggie method and placed it on my cable box for warmth. Germination took 32 hours for the first 5, 6th took 40 hours.

2nd pic is of how I labled each container for future identification.

3rd pic is my nursery closet. With a 175 watt MH lamp.

Next week I am going to get another 600 watt ballast. for my veg box.

I currently have a 600 watt flower box going with plants in their 3rd week of flowering.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

I transplanted a few cloans today to 2 gallon buckets, they will remain in these containers for 4 weeks. this a step by step way that I do it.

PIC 1: I fill the buckets with soil 2/3 full I then place an empty container that I used for starting where I want to place the plant. ( I did mine on the side due to I plan on doing LST. Putting the plant on the side makes it easier to train the plant to go around the edges of the buckets). I then add more soil till to the top of the empty container.

PIC 2: I have packed the soil down and removed the container leaving a perfectly shaped hole for the plant.

PIC 3: This pic demonstrated when it is time to transplant

PIC 4: This pic showes the root growth inside the old container.

PIC 5: This pic is after I have dropped the plant into the perfectly sized hole and is ready for water.

The containers are then labeled for easily identified in the future.

I hope this is good information for all.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

WTF

HERE IS A SECOND ATTEMPT

[hydrocannabis]

looks great.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Well I had good success again!!

Started with 8 seeds and 7 popped and 7 spouted of the THCB first coulple of pics are of them look healthy so far except like an idiot I fogot to put a fan on them until tonight. I like to keep my nodes nice and tight.

I did go a little crazy yesterday though. I read the FAQ on pruning and saw I did not prune my firs crop properly so had at and ended up with 43 new cloans from just the best plants of my first grow. They all came from the bottom of the plants where small branches were growing way under the canopy and would have never made it to anything but drain energy from the main buds.

I have to really think about what I do next with thease clones. The main reason I did it was had to prune, they had to be removed, I need experience at cloaning, I have the material to cloan. Sounds like a good oppertunity to learn. So walla

I am thinking of doing a true sog grow. I sow where oppi yutes did one " 50 cloans in rockwool"

Or anyone got any other ideas?

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Sorry got the squirls mixed up (the pic on both member posts) I ment Blink is running the log on "50 clones in rockwool"

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Well I ordered a 400w MH last night I need it bad. With my 175 the THCB sprouts are streaching like a MF even with a fan on them. Nothing like when I started my first grow. It may be the strain, but I am very worried, they are 3 inches tall and barely started the first set of 1 finger leaves, the stems are very weak. My first grow when they were 3" tall they were on their first set of 5 finger leaves. Guess that is the differance between 600watts and 175 watts. I know your going to ask the light is 8" from the tops of the sprouts.

I do have more seeds, if things don't improve I may just start over or just go with the cloans and what survives from these sprouts.

I will post pics tonight when I get a chance to check on them.

[Shovelhandle]

I don't know, I haven't had that problem with the stretch but I use much less light than that for new seedlings. I think that I would try moving them out of the light a little?

Shovelhandle

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Well my first crop were started under the 600 watt before they even popped out of the soil, so I don't think it is a too much light issue. I think I F'ed up by not putting a fan on them untill 2 days after popping up, when they were 1 1/2" tall, my first crop I had a fan blowing on them just as they were coming out of the soil.

I think I was a little over exagerating when I said I may toss them and start over. I will probably give them a little support with wooden skewers until the stems harden a bit and go from there.

I can't wait untill I get the new 400w MH light. The good thing is this crop is preventing me from over loving my flowering crop. I do LOVE WATCHING THEM GROW THOUGH.