Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!
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Saladsmokin
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yup the roots are actually almost to the bottom of the first container haha.. but the 3 on the left are just popin out the net. i jus ripped out the gdp 2 weeks early cuz the mites.. o well haha.. but im gona use the 600 hps to veg for a week til i switch to the flowering system. im gona transfer the veg to the first stink system out the 3... im gona make each system a day before i have to.. i made the first one. then wen i have to transfer the next lid im gona make the next and so on to the 3rd... i dono if this made sense im hella high haha.
Saladsmokin
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fa sho.. good lookin out..my bad i didnt kno u were talkin to me at first til i read the thread over.. haha..hella stoned off da last grape ape harvest i had.
Saladsmokin
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I cant wait til im swimming in purple grapes!!!! mmmm
andyman
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is that one of those yeast ones?
sparat1k
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I got a question for the sbuddies. Its regarding how to thin out strains to pick the best genetics. The following is hypothetical...
Say I buy 10 seeds of blueberry(or any other strain) I germenate all 10, 8 pop roots, I put them in the cloner and assign a number to eachone, (ex Blueberry1,BB2,BB3, ect). 3 weeks or so later they go to the veger and I'm ready to take cuttings, I take cuttings of all 8, number those and make sure they are all labeled correctly and place them back into the cloner, the 8 that have vegged are ready for flower but haven't show sex yet. In the flower stage I find that 4 of the 8 are boys. I try to remove them but find out that some of them but the roots have become tangled so I gotta let them harvest and keep the pollen sacks trimmed. Now that I know which numbers were boys I can now kill the clones I took from them.
So I'm going along, keeping good track of the blueberries. I find in harvest I have two phenotypes. 1 tall, 1 short. I want to keep both to see which ones I like to smoke. Now, several weeks later I harvest and find I like both phenotypes, that have slightly different highs. Do I wanna take the biggest yielders of each phenotype? I'm curious if I should just dwindle my 8 seeds down to the best 1 or 2, and clone those. Or keep those 4 females genetics around for awhile.
I guess I'm just trying to put it all together...
Say I buy 10 seeds of blueberry(or any other strain) I germenate all 10, 8 pop roots, I put them in the cloner and assign a number to eachone, (ex Blueberry1,BB2,BB3, ect). 3 weeks or so later they go to the veger and I'm ready to take cuttings, I take cuttings of all 8, number those and make sure they are all labeled correctly and place them back into the cloner, the 8 that have vegged are ready for flower but haven't show sex yet. In the flower stage I find that 4 of the 8 are boys. I try to remove them but find out that some of them but the roots have become tangled so I gotta let them harvest and keep the pollen sacks trimmed. Now that I know which numbers were boys I can now kill the clones I took from them.
So I'm going along, keeping good track of the blueberries. I find in harvest I have two phenotypes. 1 tall, 1 short. I want to keep both to see which ones I like to smoke. Now, several weeks later I harvest and find I like both phenotypes, that have slightly different highs. Do I wanna take the biggest yielders of each phenotype? I'm curious if I should just dwindle my 8 seeds down to the best 1 or 2, and clone those. Or keep those 4 females genetics around for awhile.
I guess I'm just trying to put it all together...
mindphuk
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Yes.
JK. Great questions and you seem to be on the right track. Remember, SB is using clones, so he won't have any variation in pheno.
I recommend posting this in https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/ because it belongs there more than here and I personally would like to see the answers you get
Good stuff.
sparat1k
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StinkBud
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You pretty much got it right except for a couple of things. It will take longer than three weeks for the plants to get big enough to take clones.
I leave my seedlings in the veg system for 6 weeks. I also top them so they will produce enough side shoots to clone.
If you don't mind sacrificing a cutting you can put some spare numbered cuttings in dirt until you sex them. Then you can either chuck them or pull the males and let them continue to flower in the dirt.
Once you have your males sorted out you can find the right phenotype.
I doubt you will see 4 different phenotypes. If you do then the breeder didn't stabilize the strain before releasing it. It could happen though.
I would expect more like two phenotypes.
Pick which ever pheno works the best for you. Usually one plant will stand out from the rest and it's an easy choice.
StinkBud
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Just about any timer will work for your exhaust fan. I would just get one of those cheap timers that go down to 15min.
That way you could dial in your temps for both night and day.
sparat1k
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Thanks SB for clarifying that.
You're saying that generally of about 10 seeds you'll get 1 champ most the time, and take all the genetics from her. Gotcha.
I probably won't mess with dirt, I'll just make sure to take my time and take notes of all the characteristics of the ladies, and weed out (excuse the pun) the champs.
Congrats on 4000+ posts hommie!
You're saying that generally of about 10 seeds you'll get 1 champ most the time, and take all the genetics from her. Gotcha.
I probably won't mess with dirt, I'll just make sure to take my time and take notes of all the characteristics of the ladies, and weed out (excuse the pun) the champs.
Congrats on 4000+ posts hommie!
new1grower
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Thanks SB!
I've been following since you were at around page 10. I decided to go with your system, but invert it. I'm going vertical! I'm on my third set of clones though. The first batch, I fried - heater went crazy. The second, i forgot to plug the pump in.
Anyway, I thought I would give the idea a try vertically. If it doesn't work, I'll go back to horizontal. But again, THANK YOU!
I've been following since you were at around page 10. I decided to go with your system, but invert it. I'm going vertical! I'm on my third set of clones though. The first batch, I fried - heater went crazy. The second, i forgot to plug the pump in.
Anyway, I thought I would give the idea a try vertically. If it doesn't work, I'll go back to horizontal. But again, THANK YOU!Attachments
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andyman
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dude I use to do plumbing as a trade , and I was thinking the same thing and offsetting them diagnally, but the only trouble I ran into was how to run the pipes for the water spray/mist line. If you ran 4" pipes or even 3" pipes with 2" side entrys the netcup would fit right into the 2" on an angle. but the spray lines would be weird. I was also thinking of doing it like your pic and run spagetti rubber lines and just have them go in from the side with the sprayer mounted inside. But the ease of cleaning was one thing that stopped me. The first month I was reading this tread I just kept thinking of ways to inprove or over engineer stinkbuds system. After I thought of cleaning them after each harvest and how lazy I am. It reminded me of what stinkbud said about KISS, I think it was Keep It Stupid Simple or something like that. anyway His system seems to be so simple and easy that it doesnt need modifying. But to each his/her own. and Im sure diff applictions require diff ways. the other problem with running verticly is space. If you dont have a height issue than you should be ok. just my 2 cents.Thanks SB!
I've been following since you were at around page 10. I decided to go with your system, but invert it. I'm going vertical! I'm on my third set of clones though. The first batch, I fried - heater went crazy. The second, i forgot to plug the pump in.
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StinkBud
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Cool! Can't wait to see it in action! You may have to start your own thread if it works good.Thanks SB!
I've been following since you were at around page 10. I decided to go with your system, but invert it. I'm going vertical! I'm on my third set of clones though. The first batch, I fried - heater went crazy. The second, i forgot to plug the pump in.
I think there are a lot of ideas out there just waiting to happen. As long as you understand the concept you can build it anyway that will fit your space.
Good luck bro!
StinkBud
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A CO2 tank is the only realistic option. Burners will work too but the heat they put out is a real bitch.
I spend $34 a month on CO2 right now. That's cheap!
Saladsmokin
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if i move my veg system under the HPS light in my closet that i had spider mites on a plant, will it be alright there? i took out the plant that had spidermites yesterday. today i wipped down the light and walls and fan wit rubbing alcohol and vaccummed. haha.. i dono.? i moved my veg system under the hps and im wondering if the spidermites should be gone or not even touch da plants cuz i already sprayed them with neem oil water once a week 2 times so far..
repvip
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and the humidity! Until you actually get a CO2 burner most people don't realize the humidity it puts out is unreal! Even the new water cooled CO2 generators put out tons of humidity (yay less heat though). It just seems dumb to use a generator to me unless you have a HUGE grow room where the volume of CO2 required offsets the humidity.
Picked up a 20lb CO2 tank today
Now I can finally get rid off the generator. Seems like the ol' tank swap is the best way to go. $18-36 per swap depending where you go ($200 deposit/purchase for tank).
robotninja
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You only need to refill once a month, thereabouts? Guess it depends on the room dimensions... I got a small Stinkbud Jr. setup looking at 4' long x 2.5' wide x 7' tall. Think a tank would last me a month?and the humidity! Until you actually get a CO2 burner most people don't realize the humidity it puts out is unreal! Even the new water cooled CO2 generators put out tons of humidity (yay less heat though). It just seems dumb to use a generator to me unless you have a HUGE grow room where the volume of CO2 required offsets the humidity.
Picked up a 20lb CO2 tank today
Seems like the ol' tank swap is the best way to go. $18-36 per swap depending where you go ($200 deposit/purchase for tank).
repvip
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Beats me! I don't have the regulator yet--it's in the mail.
I think a tank might last you a month.. I was planning on refilling twice a month for a room 7' x 7' x 6'.. but we will see!