Useful Seeds

radiant Rudy

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Hey Fellas,

Thanks to suggestion from @Tangerine_ I grabbed a pack of Useful fem beans. This is my first try with this breeder. This stout lil lady is already a bit of a stinker with fuely choco notes readily apparent if you rub the stem and also a little perfume in the local atmosphere. Cover crop stems are showing through in the pics

2 questions 1- Should i take some clones right now since she is a stinker at the early age of 24 days?
2- Is she too squatty? I think the top is 5th node and the plant is just 10 inches tall?

Appreciate any observations, many thanks.

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BDGrows

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Hey Fellas,

Thanks to suggestion from @Tangerine_ I grabbed a pack of Useful fem beans. This is my first try with this breeder. This stout lil lady is already a bit of a stinker with fuely choco notes readily apparent if you rub the stem and also a little perfume in the local atmosphere. Cover crop stems are showing through in the pics

2 questions 1- Should i take some clones right now since she is a stinker at the early age of 24 days?
2- Is she too squatty? I think the top is 5th node and the plant is just 10 inches tall?

Appreciate any observations, many thanks.

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It depends on what you're wanting. If you're wanting to keep a mother, then clone her asap and don't put her into flower, instead put the clone into flower. As for the structure, that depends on what the grower is wanting IMHO and what environment they're in. You can also manipulate your stretch by varying your wavelength as well as time the light is one. She looks super healthy and great plant though, keep posting pics they look great!
 

radiant Rudy

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It depends on what you're wanting. If you're wanting to keep a mother, then clone her asap and don't put her into flower, instead put the clone into flower. As for the structure, that depends on what the grower is wanting IMHO and what environment they're in. You can also manipulate your stretch by varying your wavelength as well as time the light is one. She looks super healthy and great plant though, keep posting pics they look great!
Thanks BD. My main interest with this plant was to learn about Useful. Ive got a pack of the BJ x CD fems. With this first plant I'll likely just give it six weeks veg and flip to 12/12. Maybe if she gets super stinky as she matures I'll reconsider taking a few cuts. Otherwise I can surely find other decent plants in the pack.

I would like to see more spacing between the nodes. I'm using a 4k cob to veg. When I observed how tight the nodes were on this plant I raised the light and added in a few watts of a 1750k cob.. The extra red light had a positive effect but it did not increase node spacing. I've got a far red bar that I know causes mad stretch with sufficient exposure. I am gonna give it a try.

Thanks for the support. I'll def put up more pics. Of course the juiciest pics come at the end.
 

radiant Rudy

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what’s your cover crop?
Im not 100% sure what germinated in that specific pot but I'm using the clover cover crop mix from BAS. I try to stay a step ahead prepping the pots by pre seeding a pot and then when potting up time comes I drop the plant into the pot w cover crop already under way.

Are you into cover crops? I think that they are good insurance that your substrate is healthy and good to go.

Pic shows 5 gal pot, w cover crop getting started, for this plant to move into in about one week IMG_20200421_185258718.jpg
 

iriemartin1974

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  • I'm telling you guys.. Give me one site that takes CC's AND rides with Useful and it's a wrap..
  • Thanks for the heads up, ended up getting Blueberries n Chocolate and Chem D x Chocolate Diesel so far. Never ordered from them, they look l legit. Anyone from here order there?
    I got the chock d s1 fems. Send me a pm I'd like to talk about the blu's n chock.
 

HamNEggs

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Rebuilt? Bad ass. I love to be taught how to do that.
Originally I had a project box on top with on off switches for up to 4 top mounted power supplies. At one time I had 4 citi cobs each on a switch. That is removed in favor of a single power cord. Swapped out the hlg 240 power supply for an hlg 320 on an external dimmer. Its not as pretty as the qb panel but its every bit as functional and for some reason it gives me a little more room. I have plans to make a sheet metal enclosure around the fans instead of the hillbilly tape but that can wait. I started off small with small light projects. and it gets easier and easier the more you mess with it.
Oh and here is some boo flower. Crap now the desk smells like oranges......
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iriemartin1974

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Originally I had a project box on top with on off switches for up to 4 top mounted power supplies. At one time I had 4 citi cobs each on a switch. That is removed in favor of a single power cord. Swapped out the hlg 240 power supply for an hlg 320 on an external dimmer. Its not as pretty as the qb panel but its every bit as functional and for some reason it gives me a little more room. I have plans to make a sheet metal enclosure around the fans instead of the hillbilly tape but that can wait. I started off small with small light projects. and it gets easier and easier the more you mess with it.
Oh and here is some boo flower. Crap now the desk smells like oranges......
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My biggest fear would be doing something wrong and burning the house down. I can hear the neighbors.. "The roof, the roof the roof is on fire!"
 
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