My pollenation took as the branches I used have started to turn their hairs to a orange and shrivle up. It looks like some may have gotten on branches that I did not intend for them to. I moved them out of the room but pollen is so small that it can become airborn with a breath. The trays were almost bone dry so they got watered with a good soaking. I will be leaving next week so I need to see if they will require water every 48 or 72 hours. I have someone to take care of them so I don't have to worry about rigging up something that probably wouldn't have worked and i would have come home to a bunch of dead plants. With the last tray that went in I now have 18 in flower.
I moved 2 more Ch's into the tray that only had 2 plants in it. The roots take fast and I will be able to put it in when I get back. I had talked to my hydro guy about the DQ#5 (tomato plant #5, he knows what I'm talking about but I don't dare say it outloud in his shop) He suggested that I try to root them in soil and maybe the constant water was to much for them, so I put the one with roots showing and the other one that was in the same cup into soil. We shall see what happens. Hopefully they don't die. I have several more Ch's that are showing roots and will be ready for trays before I leave.
I threw out 8 more clones that looked like shit even though the tops looked fine, I just don't have the time for such pathetic looking plants to come around. I took about 20 more cuttings from various mothers and filled the cloner so hopefully I will have a bunch of rooted clones when I get back.
The Vortex and one of the Grapefruit have poped through the soil and look healthy. The other Grapefruit broke open and a very small piece of the tap root was visible but it did not shoot out like the others. I went ahead and put it in soil anyway and I will see what happens.
My harvest is drying nicely and should be ready for the jars before I leave. I gathered the seeds of my favorite plant that I pollenated with the SD and will grow those out at some point.
It's late and I didn't mess with the cloner and I checked to make sure it was on before I left the room. Now I think I'll go to bed.....