First attempt at a 24-hour "Martian Method"

[Mother]

Looks great, Dog!

Question for you: I noticed that you cut off the fan leaves of your flowering plants... at what point do you do that?

I also spoke too soon on my own plant... it's not a girl, it's actually a boy. :-( So I just made some clones that I'll start in the hydro tub in about a week, once they've rooted, then I'll veg them for a few weeks, THEN I'll start the log. :-)

[Dogznova]

Most of the time we don't cut off the fan leaves, but with this strain and doing a SOG type of grow it was a must. We started at the end of week 4 of flowering (I think). That's funny because that debate has been going on between my uncle and I for quite sometime . Personally I think it's better when he cuts off the fan leaves. It gives more light to the flowers below.

[salmayo]

I just made some clones that I'll start in the hydro tub in about a week, once they've rooted, then I'll veg them for a few weeks, THEN I'll start the log. :-)

Looking forward to it Mother.

Good to see you back at it.

Take Care, Sal.

[salmayo]

Nice bud Dog!

I was just looking at the last set of photos from that "Tub O Clones" #2 update at week 5, and I'm wonderring if you took a sample, what the potency would be like if any.

Since PAD use tends to stimulate trichome/resin productiong, looks can be deceiving in such examples. The plant my be producing resin with higher secondary resins and little if any THC. THC is production is triggerred by proper scheduling, not just by resin production alone.

We've produced some experimental examples that look very much like this one, and some had little if any potency at all.

Trichome production is a good indicator of resin production, but potency is based more on resin profile than total quantity.

Just sharing some thoughts.

That last bud standing is a beaut though. Nice work Dog.

Take Care, Sal.

[Dogznova]

Good point sal. I will have my uncle try some later this week. I wouldn't be surprised if it is doing that. This might be our first bad batch using our DIY Martian light setup.

Here's a question. If it turns out the flowers don't have much potency. Can we let the TOC #2 go a few extra weeks to get some back now that we have been doing the proper flowering schedule or no?

I will post some TOC #2 pics this weekend. I just saw them a day or so ago. They looked about the same to me as week 5.

I told my uncle he is doing the manicuring on these.

[Dogznova]

I was at my uncles house today. These pics are of the last flower standing mostly cured. This flower will now go into a jar and be enjoyed on Memorial Day 09... :thumbsup:

We also cut up and smoked a nice top flower today. It defiantly has a good hash taste to it.
The bud itself has good density to it like it was grown in a hydro unit. This is by far the best 10 hour HPS grow we have done with this strain (hydro or dirt). :rasta:

[salmayo]

Here's a question. If it turns out the flowers don't have much potency. Can we let the TOC #2 go a few extra weeks to get some back now that we have been doing the proper flowering schedule or no?

You can get more potency from them by doing this, but the new buds forming will be more potent than the one that have already formed, so there will be differences in potency depending on what part of the final harvest is sampled. This is true to some extent usually, but it will probably be noticably so in the results for the harvest of those plants. You'll probably notice the newer buds near the tips are more potent than older the ones at the bottoms of the colas.

Take Care, Sal.

[Dogznova]

Here's the pic's I was going to post on Sunday..

Update TOC #2

This is 7 full weeks of flowering. I'm having trouble getting good pic's IMO. My uncle won't cut off the fan leaves on this batch. I told him he needs to get rid of all those leaves so the PAD lighting can get down through the canopy. Anyway it's his stuff.

He also said he will be cutting down these flowers in about 3 weeks wether there done or not. He took some samples on Sunday. One from towards the top of a flower and one from the middle of a different flower. Sal I will let you know if it's what I like to call "fools gold" or not. LOL

[farredeyed]

What it be Dog? it seems like every other time i try to check this thread the board is down. no wonder posting fell off

[Dogznova]

Farred what's up. Ya it's like that for me also. Mother is going to start another tread soon I think. I'm thinking about starting one of my own also..
We shall see. Good to see ya still around. :thumbsup: