McTokers' 3rd Grow ~ Hempy Buckets

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sounds like a good plan McT! hope it works out for you this time!

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[McToker]

Well, the WH that showed pre-flowers turned out to be a male. We'd had our suspicions but waited a while to make sure.

On the clone front, the two BA clones are just starting to form roots. The AK clone is withering. Ain't gonna make it.

We'll try for a WH and another AK clone later today or tomorrow.

[Shovelhandle]

howdy bro!

[McToker]

Hey Shove. Glad you're still checking in.

We found another thing that doesn't work on the power converter. Twice in the last 24 hours we've had to replace the CFL bulb over the cloner. Guessing they just don't like the lower amps or ???

The converter kit came with a 4-prong converter, as well. We're going to test it and see if it works out any better. If it does, we'll just run an extension cord over from the outlet for the welder.

We went ahead and cut two more clones, one each of the AK and the WH.

Also had to start LST on one of the BA's. It was just getting too much taller than the others.

[McToker]

The latest AK clone has already keeled over. Guess this plant just doesn't want to give us clones. So, we'll just veg it a bit longer and put it in the flowering tent.

The other clones are hanging in there.

[McToker]

We decided to go ahead and move the AK into the flowering tent on a transition mix of nutes. Hopefully it will be a girl and give us some meds while we play with cloning the others.

The roots on the BA clones are looking GOOD!:thumbsup:

WH clone is hanging in there.

We're thinking about enlarging a couple holes in the cloner to accept Jiffy cubes. We feel it may ease the transition to a vegging pot after growing roots.

Mrs. McT can't decide if we have a farm or a laboratory.

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if the cloner is giving you trouble you can just put your cutting in the jiffy cube and put it in something that will retain humidity. i use a rubbermaid tub with plastic wrap over the top. works like a charm and 100% success rate. hardly ever have to deal with hardening off either. (sorry if i said something about this before, but i haven't been on in a while and i'm really stoned!)


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[McToker]

if the cloner is giving you trouble you can just put your cutting in the jiffy cube and put it in something that will retain humidity. i use a rubbermaid tub with plastic wrap over the top. works like a charm and 100% success rate. hardly ever have to deal with hardening off either. (sorry if i said something about this before, but i haven't been on in a while and i'm really stoned!)


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Lucky you. About that last part, that is.:jointsmile::jointsmile:

The cloner is working fine. We just thought we would explore the option by enlarging a couple of the clone spots. Seems like it would be easier to just stick a jiffy cube into a hempy bucket when the time comes. Just an experiment. If I recall correctly, that's how Opie Yutts has his cloner set up.

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i hear ya about the experimenting McT. i do it all the time. get's me in a good bit of trouble sometimes as well!

keep pushing it my friend!


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[McToker]

Hey!!! This cloning thing really does work.

Not sure how long we should let the roots on the clones get. But, since we are in experimental mode, we went ahead and stuck them in their hempy buckets. We ran about a gallon of pH corrected and CalMag'd water through the buckets before transplanting the clones.

The WH is just starting to show an itty bitty root.

1st pic is the roots on the 2 BA clones.

2nd pic is a group shot of the vegging table.

3rd pic is the two new BA clones.

The AK was unavailable as it was night time in the flowering tent.