Mostly for self documentation.

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Cloning experiment. I preface this with i suck at cloning.
I took the bottom two branches from each of the plants let them soak in an aloe and water mix overnight. I notice that there were a few that were very droopy but most seemed great. I'm guessing these were the few that my snips squished more then cut through. Anyway.. today I cut them to 45 degree angles dipped them in rooting powder and put them in half happy frog half worm castings with some great white in the hole also. They are in the tent with just a floro high over head. Temp set to 80 humidity 75. Will see what happens.

 

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Day 2 from second topping.

 

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Day 3 from second topping

 

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They really needed a heavy watering today I think (I'm so used to sips lol) so gave them water phed to 6.2 with a bit of yucca for a wetting agent. Used a sprayer to have uniformity. No enjoying the yellowing on some of the leaves, guessing it is my lack of heavy watering.

 

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Early morning garden work today. Day 4 from second topping. They enjoyed the water long last night.. I can't wait to get them into their SIP homes and not have to worry about watering much lol. Amazingly the clones are still looking great... I might actually have finally figured out an easy method for me to clone... we will see in another 1.5 weeks. Thinking this weekend will be very busy. Flower room will be 70 days on Saturday and all are looking very ripe.

 

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All looking good today on day 5! Looking like its final topping day tomorrow! A pic of the flower room coming down this weekend. Been in flower for 70 days! These ladies were a bit neglected prior to flowering so they are a little sparse. Won't happen this time!

 

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Things did not go as planned today so not final topping day but will do it tomorrow. These ladies needs lots of water at this stage. Also had some bugs get in so gave them some diamecetous earth. F you bugs!

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Final topping was today! For future reference to myself do not delay this step!

 

[FastFreddi]

Final topping was today! For future reference to myself do not delay this step!

Looking good Bro and yes, the earlier the better. I tend to train mine to where I like them, then after the first week in flower, midway stretch or so, I release their bondages lol.
About ten days til flip on these..

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[meangreengrowinmachine]

Looking good Bro and yes, the earlier the better. I tend to train mine to where I like them, then after the first week in flower, midway stretch or so, I release their bondages lol.
About ten days til flip on these..
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Thanks man! This is my first time trying this tech. They will be transplanted into earthboxes and tomato cages added hopefully within the next 1.5 weeks

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Final topping was today! For future reference to myself do not delay this step!

Weird how much different my phones auto contrast made these pics lol

 

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Harvested the flower room at day 71 yesterday. Now that room is doubling as a dry room... I need to mix more soil... transplant all these into earthboxes/inntainers and add tomato cages and its flower time! Might need to use veg lights for a week or two for flowering half while new light is one the way.

 

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Going strong! Can't wait to up pot these and send them into flower! Just waiting on the others to be dried. We will see how this balancing act goes lol

 

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Tied them down today some will need to be re done because them being tied to the pots with the large gauge wire does not seem to work the best. Will add some chopped up tomato cages to them later today or tomorrow. Watered the new little ones yesterday per my guidelines above. Not sure if these clones are getting powdery mildew or if this is residue of the yucca or something else in my water. Now I'm just waiting on the other harvest to dry then will up pot these to earthboxes and off we go!

 

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So I got a new phone and I took a bunch of awesome pics with its 68 megapixel camera... yeah they are all too large to upload doh! Lol but here is one I have not mentioned. My temps and humidity. 1. Is my veg area at canopy level (LEDs in here hence the high humidity) 2. Is my clone/seedling tent ( just floros in here) 3. Is my flower area which is currently on day 6 of drying 4. Is my house temp.

 

[Polyuro]

Tied them down today some will need to be re done because them being tied to the pots with the large gauge wire does not seem to work the best. Will add some chopped up tomato cages to them later today or tomorrow. Watered the new little ones yesterday per my guidelines above. Not sure if these clones are getting powdery mildew or if this is residue of the yucca or something else in my water. Now I'm just waiting on the other harvest to dry then will up pot these to earthboxes and off we go!

Bit early for pm. Veg room should be humid. Looks like evaporated residue to me. Can't wait to see your blueberries and choc turn out!

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Bit early for pm. Veg room should be humid. Looks like evaporated residue to me. Can't wait to see your blueberries and choc turn out!

Ok I was thinking the same, but have never dealt with pm. Thanks man!

 

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All the seeds are up! I gave them each just a shot glass full of plain water phed to 5.8 using only citric acid as my ph down ( my water comes out of my tap at 9.7 clear as crystal at under 100 ppm no filter or anything 300 foot well).

The big ladies got the umber foamy compost tea, (has some of my soil mix, worm bin runoff, fish emulsion, some em1, kelp, mollasses...dried banana peals... I think that's it lol) as a top dress with a sprayer and the rezs on the SIPs i gave each about a gallon of water phed to 6.5 again using only citric acid to stay organic as possible.

The big ladies are on day 28 of flower.

Thanks for watching!

looking back at this post... I wonder if my storage tech is not up to spec.. I seem to be getting much lower germ rate this time round...

 

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My most recent pics of this useful grow. I think they are double dipped chocolate strawberries maybe? But man this soil bed is killing it! Sadly I have seen a few male parts on the front plant. I have decided to pluck them and watch for more each day..not the best decision but I have too much time, energy and funds invested in these ladies, I am NOT giving up on any one of them. Cheers all (if anyone is still watching... or to myself in the future!)

 

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Week six still zero discoloration. Some wind burn on a few big fans but no big deal there. The tips are curling up very slightly on some, guessing this is due to top dress of build a flower and dehydrated banana peals with water over microbes and biophose. Gave the bed 10 gallons of plain water with just the Q on Sunday, I think I might just go plain water and wetting agent from here on out.