A Cannabinerd's Journey

[AlphaPhase]

 

[Mohican]

Happy New Year Alpha! Garden is looking killer as always

I don't accept any clones from people any more. So much corruption and competition to be the top strain that you never know what will happen.

Not everybody is a happy organic hippy like me


Thanks for posting this info. I have heard from a production farmer that he was not impressed with it.

I will stick with my old school sativa strains. AK and Bubba seem to be winners also.

Here are some Ace Purple Haze x Local Paki Punch:




Cheers,
Mo

 

[AlphaPhase]

Happy new year MO! And thanks

I totally hear ya, the clone scene seems to be causing issues slowly for people's gardens around the globe. All it takes to spread something fast is a clone distributer that didn't take precautions when taking cuttings and then 100s or even 1000s of clones are sold, then cloned by the buyers since they look good at first, then give those to friends, and next thing you know a virus (or whatever is going on at the moment) infects 1000s of gardens and even potentially causes people to lose all their plants and strains. No good!

By not taking cuts you skip all the potential problems that's for sure

I still haven't tried the Bubba! That was one that has always been a good cut from what I hear.

Purple haze and paki?! Holy saliva! Have you grown those out yet? That sounds amazing, how long of a flower on those do ya think?

Happy New Year Alpha! Garden is looking killer as always

I don't accept any clones from people any more. So much corruption and competition to be the top strain that you never know what will happen.

Not everybody is a happy organic hippy like me


Thanks for posting this info. I have heard from a production farmer that he was not impressed with it.

I will stick with my old school sativa strains. AK and Bubba seem to be winners also.

Here are some Ace Purple Haze x Local Paki Punch:




Cheers,
Mo

 

[AlphaPhase]

I've added ridomil Gold to the ghostrider reservoir at 2ml for 20 gallons. The first flood will be in an hour. Let's pray the plants don't die I don't see any root issues at all, but as a precaution I figured I'd give it a go and see how plants react. I did notice some sizzling in the water when I added it, kind of like h2o2 would do, not sure if that's normal. Maybe it's already killing pyhtium or furisium in the water (hopefully).

I've also added 5 drops per gallon to the cloner with the glue s1s in them.

 

[AlphaPhase]

Here's an update with the results of keeping the roots covered for 7 days.



Not too shabby. I may give rockwool blocks a try with this method of using hydroton as a root cover. Just not sure how to go about planting a Aero clone into rw blocks.

 

[AlphaPhase]

Everything is still alive! Woo-hoo! The cloner has so much foam bubbles on top of the water now, not too much in the reservoir for the ghostriders. All 8 of the gg4 s1 #4 clones have root nubs/small roots coming out now at day 6. If the ridomil doesn't kill them I'll be extremely happy. Nothing has started to root in cloner #2 that has the other s1 cuts in it. At least the 8 cuts of the best looking s1 appear that they'll make it that'll fill a full light and I'll be able to clone those for the next run.

 

[eastcoastmo]

Holy shit Alpha, those spog and gg4 buds are frosty as hell!! Sorry you had to ditch the gg4 but it sounds like the best call to make, that virus is some scary shit your garden just looks amazing bro and I really hope you've knocked the funk on the head now!!

 

[Mohican]

I have not tried it yet, just collected the seeds. Paki is a fast Pakistani strain and so it should be an interesting mix.

I am currently keeping the second round of Rebar clones going and also working on a new local strain called SRS. It is a super plant in every category.

SRS:



Paki Punch bonsai mainline:




Paki harvest:








Smells like old school incense hash!

Cheers,
Mo

 

[papapayne]

I have not tried it yet, just collected the seeds. Paki is a fast Pakistani strain and so it should be an interesting mix.

I am currently keeping the second round of Rebar clones going and also working on a new local strain called SRS. It is a super plant in every category.

SRS:



Paki Punch bonsai mainline:




Paki harvest:








Smells like old school incense hash!

Cheers,
Mo

mmmmm frosty@!!!

 

[AlphaPhase]

Holy shit Alpha, those spog and gg4 buds are frosty as hell!! Sorry you had to ditch the gg4 but it sounds like the best call to make, that virus is some scary shit your garden just looks amazing bro and I really hope you've knocked the funk on the head now!!

Thanks bro! I've been saying it's my last glue run forever, but never pulled the trigger because even though it was a pain in the ass it yielded alot of dank buds lol. But it's time to move on got my trip planned to pick up the Skywalker og, pre 98 bubba and ogkb so it's totally fine next week!

 

[AlphaPhase]

Damn MO! That looks nice!! That paki is definitely shorter than the one I grew, I had a lanky one for about a year, it was Hella dank though. That insense smell I totally remember and I think I'm getting a touch of it on my spog91! @Aeroknow said it smells like insense like Sandlewood or something, maybe not Sandlewood but some sort of insense can't wait to see how that haze paki cross turns out, you're so damn lucky to have outdoor this time of year, I'm so damn jealous lol, I just want to be able to do even 1 or 2!

 

[AlphaPhase]

For my next project I'll be using the alpha pots I made a prototype of while back. Since these s1 clones don't look great I figure it's a good time to do the experiment.

I'll be using 4" net pots suspended in the 1 gallon mesh pots for veg. I'll use 50/50 rockwool croutons and hydroton for a media. I'll then fill in the tray with hydroton just above the holes in the 1 gallon mesh pots.

When it's time to flower, I'll transfer them into the 2 gallon ebb buckets. They'll be suspended by pie tins (cheap and effective and they fit perfectly and are easy to cut).

Been wanting to try this for a while

 

[eastcoastmo]

Thanks bro! I've been saying it's my last glue run forever, but never pulled the trigger because even though it was a pain in the ass it yielded alot of dank buds lol. But it's time to move on got my trip planned to pick up the Skywalker og, pre 98 bubba and ogkb so it's totally fine next week!

Yeah it would've been a hard decision to make but hey, I'm sure you have many more dank strains to grow bro
Mmmm yum, those new strains are gunna be awesome man, cant wait to see the ogkb, heard a lot about it but never seen it grown out!!
Those new pots sound cool man, hope they work out well for you
@Mohican crikey mate, that looks dank! Top stuff as always mate!!

 

[fandango]

Here's an update with the results of keeping the roots covered for 7 days.
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Not too shabby. I may give rockwool blocks a try with this method of using hydroton as a root cover. Just not sure how to go about planting a Aero clone into rw blocks.

I have been slicing the RW and putting the aero clone inside the cube seems to work just fine

 

[Mohican]

The local grower who gifted me the seeds grew some 2 foot long monster colas with the Paki Punch.

I made some cool crosses with a dank male I had last year.

 

[AlphaPhase]

For sure eastcoastmo, can't wait to get the ogkb and hopefully the mendo breath, I'm going to try to time my trip when they are in Stock but since it's a few hr drive there's no guarantee they'll be there when I get there, but I'll get the best I can will be doing 2 of the alpha pots and 2 4" rockwool blocks in their own 2x2 flood trays. Can't wait to try it out, the top 9 healthiest clones will be grown the usual way though.

Thanks for the tip fandango! I do remember you mentioning that a while back. Do you put the clones in when the roots are still really small?

 

[AlphaPhase]

It's looking like I'll be able to plant some of the gg4 s1 cuttings in a day or two. The gg4 #4 pheno was by far the fastest rooting in 7 days. 12 have roots (mostly #4 and #2) and the rest have root bumps (the ones that had the root issues). Seems like they will pull through but take a little longer to root.


I'm going to do something a little different when I transplant the ghostriders into flower. I have some extra 1" and 2" foam insulation board, so I'll be suspending the 1 gallon pots into the ebb buckets. If I use 2" foam board, the pot will be raised about 5" from the bottom of the ebb bucket which will be extremely similar to how I was growing last year. I won't have to back fill the 1 gallon pots with hydroton, the roots will just be suspended in air with no media other than what's in the 1 gallon pot. I should be able to flood much more. Curious how this will match up compared to suspending 3" or 5" net pots. If it goes well, I'll be doing this from now on. Much less hydroton to deal with and much more o2 to the roots, not to mention way less possibility for salt build up. I'll most likely use the foam board instead of pie tins for the 3" pots as well, when I get to that point.

 

[eastcoastmo]

Top stuff bro, I'll keep everything crossed for you that you can get the ones you want
Good news with the gg4 S1's too mate. Are you sure you want to keep the ones from the plant that had the root issues? If it's systemic, wouldn't it be in the clones too? And possibly the cloner? Just a thought anyway mate.
That new pot setup of yours looks wicked bro, I'm looking forward to seeing how they go too, +rep for thinking outside the box

 

[supdro]

It's looking like I'll be able to plant some of the gg4 s1 cuttings in a day or two. The gg4 #4 pheno was by far the fastest rooting in 7 days. 12 have roots (mostly #4 and #2) and the rest have root bumps (the ones that had the root issues). Seems like they will pull through but take a little longer to root.
View attachment 3586053

I'm going to do something a little different when I transplant the ghostriders into flower. I have some extra 1" and 2" foam insulation board, so I'll be suspending the 1 gallon pots into the ebb buckets. If I use 2" foam board, the pot will be raised about 5" from the bottom of the ebb bucket which will be extremely similar to how I was growing last year. I won't have to back fill the 1 gallon pots with hydroton, the roots will just be suspended in air with no media other than what's in the 1 gallon pot. I should be able to flood much more. Curious how this will match up compared to suspending 3" or 5" net pots. If it goes well, I'll be doing this from now on. Much less hydroton to deal with and much more o2 to the roots, not to mention way less possibility for salt build up. I'll most likely use the foam board instead of pie tins for the 3" pots as well, when I get to that point.
View attachment 3586057

I likey. Looks very low maintenance. Im firing up my ebb and grow not looking forward to washing lava rocks all day

 

[fandango]

For sure eastcoastmo, can't wait to get the ogkb and hopefully the mendo breath, I'm going to try to time my trip when they are in Stock but since it's a few hr drive there's no guarantee they'll be there when I get there, but I'll get the best I can will be doing 2 of the alpha pots and 2 4" rockwool blocks in their own 2x2 flood trays. Can't wait to try it out, the top 9 healthiest clones will be grown the usual way though.

Thanks for the tip fandango! I do remember you mentioning that a while back. Do you put the clones in when the roots are still really small?

I found the roots to work best from the aero cloner when they are over 6" long..I wrap some of the roots in the cube and the rest set in the rocks,seems the cube just helps hold the plant up