L.A Woman + MK ULTRA (DTRave420)

[fourkicks]

thay look nice and healthy man. can you explain the multi tier transplant(bog)???? i have never seen this done before.
keep up the good work:thumbsup:

fourkicks Reviewed by fourkicks on 09-23-2009. L.A Woman + MK ULTRA (DTRave420) Hi all, My next grow is gonna be DNA's L.A Woman and THSeed's MK Ultra...Gonna try and give ya a good show... Seedlings Rating: 5

[DTRave420]

thay look nice and healthy man. can you explain the multi tier transplant(bog)???? i have never seen this done before.
keep up the good work:thumbsup:

Glad you asked fourkicks...

BOG are the initials of one of my favorite growers...It stands for "Bushy Old Grower"...Besides being a Master Breeder,he's also famous for this "Multi Tier Transplant" style...As I've said,this style gives the roots more room to run and more oxygen as well...I have a grow book by him called,"Bonanza Of Green",and while it's not a coffee table book lol,it's very good reading and I recommend it...

One of the most frequent questions people ask me about this is,"Doesn't it harm the plant to have the roots exposed"???

My answer is no way...The amount of roots that are exposed is very small compared to the ones that are covered...I usually put the rootball down a little more than half way,but even if I just put em in a couple of inches,I'd have a carpet of roots from the top of the pot to the bottom by the time I finished flowering...I've seen trees growing in the country that have roots bursting through the grass and trees growing in the five boroughs with roots that bust through sidewalks,lol!!!

If you look at the pics at the beginning of this grow,you'll see I started em in small plastic cups...(MAKE SURE YOUR CUPS ARE RED!!!)Sorry man,that's an old HG420 joke,lol...Any color will do...When they get root locked,I transplant into 1 1/2 quart pots...After that they go into the 2 gallon pots you presently see...It's so cool watchin' a plant that was starting to get bunched up just all of a sudden take off!!!I'm talkin' "Born Free" and "Little Shop Of Horrors",lol!!!

These are pics of rootballs in 5 gallon pots from previous grows as the L.A Woman and the MK Ultra are still veggin' in the 2 gallon pots...

Hope this helps a little and thanks so much for lookin' in fourkicks!!!

5 gallon rootball pics

[oxyvodka]

Hey DTR.

Great thread and looks like you are doing well. Sorry you got laid off....but hopefully you did get that lay when you were away for a few days.

I was reading that you were switching the plants to the 600 watt for the warm feel just before flowering. I am growing a hybrid of the MK Ultra now and took the advice to use a 400 watt after cloneing. I was dissapointed and switched back to the 600 watt bulb with a Lumitek immediately when into the vegitative. I noticed a great difference.

I don't have as much experience as you but I thought it would be of interest if I could be the test subject. It did not hurt my fully rooted clones and gave me very robust 12 to 15 inch plants in 14 to 16 days. I flower them from there as I must, due to limitations of height.

Hope you are well and thank you again for the great pictures and information.

OV

[fourkicks]

thanks for the info man.it makes sense and i might just give it a go next time. your plants are looking :thumbsup:... do you water the top layer of roots or just the lower part??

cant wait to see them flowering

[DTRave420]

Hey DTR.

Great thread and looks like you are doing well. Sorry you got laid off....but hopefully you did get that lay when you were away for a few days.

I was reading that you were switching the plants to the 600 watt for the warm feel just before flowering. I am growing a hybrid of the MK Ultra now and took the advice to use a 400 watt after cloneing. I was dissapointed and switched back to the 600 watt bulb with a Lumitek immediately when into the vegitative. I noticed a great difference.

I don't have as much experience as you but I thought it would be of interest if I could be the test subject. It did not hurt my fully rooted clones and gave me very robust 12 to 15 inch plants in 14 to 16 days. I flower them from there as I must, due to limitations of height.

Hope you are well and thank you again for the great pictures and information.

OV

Thanks OV!!!,and don't worry about the job thing...I've been a union journeyman in the constuction trade for 21 years and not once did I not make my hours...Layoffs are part of the biz man...If I was worried I wouldn't be shootin' upstate,lol!!!

I'm not familiar when the Lumitek...I've heard of it though and I'm sure it's a fine light...I'm a little suprised to hear your 400 wasn't doing a good enough job for veggin...

I start off with a 200WATT CFL for new plants...I then use a 400WATT EYE Hortilux Metal ACE Conversion bulb for most of the veg...Next is a 600WATT SunMaster MH Conversion bulb that might outlast me as I use it only a week out of every grow,lol!!!This is just to help ease the transition into flowering that will come within a week when they're flipped to 12/12 with a 600WATT EYE Hortilux Super HPS bulb...

Wishin' you a trouble free grow and an abundant harvest OV!!!

PS...If height is a factor I can't recommend SweetSeeds JACK47 enough...Short uniform plants that kick ass!!!I have a journal here somewhere...

thanks for the info man.it makes sense and i might just give it a go next time. your plants are looking :thumbsup:... do you water the top layer of roots or just the lower part??

cant wait to see them flowering

I water from the top until I get runoff most of the time...If I'm going to be away a short while as I'm about to be,I'd rather my "plant-sitter" feed em from the bottom,as there's less room for mistakes...

I fed em Alaska Fish Fertilizer and Botanicare Sweet today...I like the Alaska as they near the end of veg...MaxiCrop Liquid SeaWeed is awesome veg food as well,throughout the veg cycle...

Excellent questions fourkicks...Thanks again man...

40 days veg and slurpin' Alaska Fish Fertilizer...

[headshake]

DT, i just transplanted some plants today and used the BOG method. i'm interested to see what happens. i was gonna do it to the ladies that are in flower, but i don't have the headroom at the moment.

looking great as always!


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[DTRave420]

DT, i just transplanted some plants today and used the BOG method. i'm interested to see what happens. i was gonna do it to the ladies that are in flower, but i don't have the headroom at the moment.

looking great as always!


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Cool Shake...Hope it's workin' out for ya...Took a look at your grow but couldn't find the transplant pics...



OK, I'm back home...Left a little teary eyed as usual,(I know,I'm a wuss,lol!!!)Cool chick and I'm missing her alot already...

I'll be transplanting to 5 gallon pots today(10/3),after I buy more water...I'm also gonna switch the 400WATT system to a 600WATT...They'll veg 3 to 5 more days under a 600WATT MH Conversion bulb which will give this grow a total of 52-54 days veg...They'll be flowered with a 600WATT HPS and T-5 side sup lighting...

L.A Woman(fem)+MK Ultra(fem)
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[DTRave420]

Alrighty...These are the last veg shots of the L.A Woman(fem) and MK Ultra(fem) at 50 days veg...They were transplanted yesterday from 2's to 5's...

My flowering mix consists of (per gallon)..

3 parts Pro-Mix
1 part perlite
1 part earthworm castings
1 heaping TBS (fine) dolomite lime
1 TBS FoxFarm Peace Of Mind 5-5-5
1 tsp bone meal
1 tsp bat guano
1 tsp seabird guano

I'm flippin' em on Tuesday 10/6...

L.A Woman(fem)+MK Ultra(fem) freshly transplanted at 50 days veg...

[fourkicks]

looking lovley DT..

im gonna try this bog method on my next grow. you should have some nice big fat buds by the time santa comes

[EvilCartman]

Sweet! Came upon your grow in time for the main event.

Just scanned your other logs...You get some kick-ass results. :thumbsup:

I didn't get all the specs on the space, looks about maybe 4 foot square? How much side lighting are you using, are those 4-bulb fixtures?

Gotta comment on the transplant method, never seen that before, looking at your plants tells me it's a good method, though. I'll definitely be adopting that!

I'm in for this thread! Got some LA Woman on the way from Attitude. It'll be cool to get a look at what she does for you.