A Cannabinerd's Journey

[AlphaPhase]

Hmm, I'm not sure really. It wouldn't make sense to me, that is kind of like saying if you take a clone from X plant and grow it out, then the clone from X plant will turn indica and purple from cloning (genetic trait change) I'm almost 100% sure that clones hold 100% of the traits that the donor plant had. It could be that maybe the plant herms early on in it's life, like preflower herm (which would be a full herm trait, not stressed herm) with just a few balls here and there, and by cloning it from a spot that doesn't have balls, it may post pone the balls from showing up for a little while. But, I'm 100% sure that it still carries the herm trait and it can pop up when you least expect it and pollinate everything unknowingly which scares me :/

 

[AlphaPhase]

I'm thinking it's best to look for the ones that don't herm the first round (they would be the stronger herm resistant plants and less to worry about, but would still have herm potential like a lot of OG's). I'm guessing not all 100% of them herm, so there's probably a few in a pack that don't. Lots of kushs herm though, so when growing og's it takes a little more time to find the keeper that is a more hearty stress resistant plant, OG's are pretty much my favorite variety so I'm willing to give it a shot some time I just need a new testing tent just in case pollen flies

 

[papapayne]

Ya it would be interesting to test it and see. I will ask my botany teacher to what she thinks, maybe has some insight to shed.

Yea some of my fav smokes have been og crosses just sucks its not the best type of strain to grow and can be a pain to get yield out of

 

[AlphaPhase]

Right on brotha, I keep forgetting you're in school, I admire that and wish I could go back I never got to take Botany but that would be the #1 class I'd pick now. Any good info you get feel free to share bro, I'm all ears! I keep the essential elements table you gave me in my grow folder, great stuff. I think all plants have a hermie Trait, or at least all plants could potentially herm I think, but some just have a more dominant Trait. II've honestly never come across one, I mean I'm sure I have but I've never noticed and actually saw the herm balls. It seems it's more if a recent thing in the last 5 or 10 years, or at least no one talked about hermies 10 years ago as much as nowadays.

I hear ya about og yields, they pretty much suck, Scroggin seems to be the only way to maximize the og yield. But damn it's so good lol. It's probably in the top 5 strains here in cali, it's starting to make a come back.

 

[Dr.D81]

I got a cut of dog you can try.

 

[Dr.D81]

Right on brotha, I keep forgetting you're in school, I admire that and wish I could go back I never got to take Botany but that would be the #1 class I'd pick now. Any good info you get feel free to share bro, I'm all ears! I keep the essential elements table you gave me in my grow folder, great stuff. I think all plants have a hermie Trait, or at least all plants could potentially herm I think, but some just have a more dominant Trait. II've honestly never come across one, I mean I'm sure I have but I've never noticed and actually saw the herm balls. It seems it's more if a recent thing in the last 5 or 10 years, or at least no one talked about hermies 10 years ago as much as nowadays.

I hear ya about og yields, they pretty much suck, Scroggin seems to be the only way to maximize the og yield. But damn it's so good lol. It's probably in the top 5 strains here in cali, it's starting to make a come back.

i can't wait to go back to school man. I had started my wife at LA Tech, but had started the moving shit before she could finish.

 

[hippy132]

Doing some BB Fem Dog in the next grow, hoping it will be easier then the Dog Kush, but its looking nice, just a real pain trying to control self when seeing what look likes seed pods all the time. Finally after 4 weeks in flower decided it is what it is, but all had hairs coming out of pod so not seeds, looking like 11 weeks before I pull, hoping next time is faster.

 

[yktind]

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How often do you find yourself watering with these? Do you water like soil or is more like a hempy bucket?

 

[papapayne]

yea i had my motor tech certificate nearly done before my son was born, took a term off...for 4 years lol. Its been great going back. I can look thru my botany notes and see if there's stuff that maybe useful for ya. This was just a 103 class this term, so it was pretty basic, and covered a lot of stuff unrelated directly to growing- IE mitosis, miosis, cellular theory, dyes from plants, etc. Next term I am doing another full 12 units, one being "wildflowers of oregon" which, on the face, sounds pretty gay, but its more about IDing plant family, and the teacher is the same from my botany class, and shes fucking awesome. According to her, after the class I would be able to id and know every major plant family in the area, and which are edible. As a survivalist, that definitely intrigues me.

Anyway, I am definitely looking forward to your next flower cycle.

Stay free stay high

papa

 

[AlphaPhase]

i can't wait to go back to school man. I had started my wife at LA Tech, but had started the moving shit before she could finish.

Right on bro, we have plenty of time to get er done, I just have a feeling I forgot everything I learned, shit it was like 10 years ago when I went lol. I'd love to go back sometime, it would have to be when I'm all settled in to a town I'll be for awhile though

How often do you find yourself watering with these? Do you water like soil or is more like a hempy bucket?

It dries much faster than soil, the roots are still pretty small and I'm figuring I'll get 2-3 days between watering which isn't too bad. Once they get a bigger root system I'm thinking water every day or two. But I'm planning on getting some drip rings or blumats to automate the watering. I want to set them in a flood table and have the run off drain into a tote and then I can just pump out the run off water when the tote gets full. I really like how versitile the mesh pots and mapito are, I really think it'll work great

yea i had my motor tech certificate nearly done before my son was born, took a term off...for 4 years lol. Its been great going back. I can look thru my botany notes and see if there's stuff that maybe useful for ya. This was just a 103 class this term, so it was pretty basic, and covered a lot of stuff unrelated directly to growing- IE mitosis, miosis, cellular theory, dyes from plants, etc. Next term I am doing another full 12 units, one being "wildflowers of oregon" which, on the face, sounds pretty gay, but its more about IDing plant family, and the teacher is the same from my botany class, and shes fucking awesome. According to her, after the class I would be able to id and know every major plant family in the area, and which are edible. As a survivalist, that definitely intrigues me.

Anyway, I am definitely looking forward to your next flower cycle.

Stay free stay high

papa

That class sounds great! I've always wanted to learn about all the wild plants. I love those survivor man shows, I used to camp for months but I never knew what was safe to eat, pretty much all I can tell is "don't touch that, it's poison ivy" lol. Defintiely would like to hear the cool stuff ya learn bro.

We didn't get the house we wanted They called today to tell us they rented to someone else. In a way I'm bummed but at the same time I'm happy to get the plants going and I'll just keep a look out for anything else that might come around that fits our needs, but I'm not gonna be in a rush about it this time. Just going to go with the flow

 

[AlphaPhase]

Some pics from exploring my town today. Was 75 degrees and perfect

 

[AlphaPhase]

Got the Extrema, Aurora, mk and fcj out of the cloner And in to mapito but I ran out of mapito so one clone got a 50/50 mix of mapito and croutons and another got all croutons. Will be nice to see which one works better. All the veggies are healthy again, those glues had me worried but they made a 100% turn around. Itll be nice to be able to have Aero cloner cuts from the mama glues so I don't have 2 weeks of a set back again using the plugs will take cuts within a month and get ya (doc and payne). So glad it's legit and not an s1, you wouldn't believe how many people think they got the clone only but have s1's, some doucsh bag at the canna cup a couple years ago were selling s1 glue clones as clone only and now a ton of people are passing them along as clone only, sucks the market hascome to dishonesty . Sorry I'll end my rant now lol, damn booze.

Ps: Rufus says damn dad, turn that glue down it's too loud!!

 

[papapayne]

Sounds great to me bud! I would love to try your FJC as well. I sent my boy clones in cali and he said they arrived in perfect condition, so I think I have it down pretty well. I should have taken pics, but basically I took plastic water bottles, cut the tops off the bottle nearly all the way, enough to fold it over. took clones, and wrapped the stems with wet paper towels, then tapped the bottle back together. I think about 11 bottles fit in a standard flat rate box, was able to send about 5-7 clones per bottle.

 

[AlphaPhase]

Dude right on! That's a awesome idea, better than how I used to do it that's for sure. Wish I knew that ttechnique years ago lol. I've seen those clone shippers and that would be exactly the same except for free I'll get ya one asap brotha, they are finally starting to kick into gear and I'll be lollipopping so I'll save cuts and I have two mama's that need to grow, so I should have plenty here shorty. I'll hook ya up with the fcj too, though I have no idea how it'll be but I do like the structure and smell in veg

 

[Dr.D81]

Next weekend is the conference but I would love to ride down here soon.

 

[papapayne]

So, I found out the conference is 349/a person for a 1 day ticket, then to get admission to the key note speaker is 250, or 499 for an all exclusive 2 day full pass...so i am not going, I dont have the money or desire to pay the much if i did have the money

 

[papapayne]

And, obviously your welcome to whatever strains I have that you want

 

[Dr.D81]

Wow $500 to maybe make contacts! Well I don't know how you do in a car but maybe you can ride to Cali when I go.

 

[AlphaPhase]

I'm pretty tied up for space at the moment but once I move to a bigger place I'm gonna hold ya to that mang. Man I wish I had room for everything I want, I think I got 12 strains going now but I really want 30, I miss being able to pick a bunch of different strains each run, someday soon I I hope to be able to again. I'd like to try the dog as well but I have to be careful for this run incase it hermied, I got some seeds last run from a dumb mistake I made messing with pollin and I know Chemdawg is hermie prone, but supposedly the pollin I got came from a very stable cut so I'm hoping the new Chem crosses I'm running don't herm :/ it's all too much to think about at the moment and I have my hands full lol

 

[papapayne]

Ya I have my hands full with strains to lol. Will definitely have to pick phenos out of the dog x honeybee, Super silver haze and such as I can't keep em all. I definitely enjoy running ALL of them. I think long term I will need to pick like 8-10, but for now, I am hunting those jems.