Me Ken's Ganddaddy Purple Grow Journal

[philgood4life]

I wouldnt say there be males but forcing the tap root to the side isnt good, I wouldnt start with so little soil in the future, I would also transplant to bigger pots now if roots are showing at the bottom rather than adding soil to the top, that doesnt give anymore root space low down, only new root space to grow new roots from the stem, n sometimes that can take sometime

Ok I understand your point guess I was thinking backwards lol...ill transplant them to 1 gallon pots on Sunday. I can't afford to mess these up...these seeds were a arm and a leg lol..do you recommend anything else while im transplanting...maybe some old school tricks that would help when transplanting.? Also is it best to wet the soil in the both pots before transplanting them...or put them in dry soil then water....

 

[400wattsallday]

when transplanting u want the soil moist so when u flip the plant the dirt stays 2gether, plant it into drysoil then water it in good so u have even soil penetration. hope that helped

 

[philgood4life]

Ok thanks..it worked out well...all 5 plants are in 1 gallon pots...also when should I start feeding them ferts...I'm using organic soil with no ferts in it...here's alittle pic of the plants...the small plant in the middle is just a autoflower strain I have in there

 

[mrecio87]

Hey phil good looking girls there. I am going to sub to this because I want to see how those girls grow and compare them to my cut. I have a clone of Ken's GDP from Harborside and she is the slowest grower I have. She takes half the water of my bluedream and deahead og moms and is very branchy but her stems stay thin. I harvested one clone on my last run but she had problems the entire time so did not harvest well. Fault was mine and I will give her a fair shot sooner or later.

I did notice her starting to purple on her own about week 7 but she was so weak by then I had to pull her soon after. as far as nutes go I give my seedlings lose dose nutes when I see the first set of true leaves after the single and 3 leaf sets.

 

[CircuiT37]

If theres no nutrients in the soil you will have to feed some straight away, very low dose will work, about 1/6 strength
I always use soil with feed in it, usually john innes no 2 for veg and multi purpose compost with added john innes for flower. I dont feed any nutrients throughout veg

 

[philgood4life]

Here's a updated pic of the GDP plants..I've decided to put them on 12/12 today. Since they take around 10 weeks to finish I want them to be dryed with 2 weeks of cure to be ready for a nice Christmas smoke. Now for the question I have.....I wanna breed a male and female so I can have a stash of seeds for future back up...now should I just clone the females or should I just plant the seeds once they are done and harvested...also I would like to keep a couple mother plants for later also. By me putting them on 12/12 would I still be able to take clones once sex has been established or should I say forget Christmas and let them go til preflowers show....here's a new pic of them I just set them in my flowering room like 5 minutes ago...

 

[philgood4life]

Now that I think about it...ill just veg them til about 2 feet tall....I can just smoke the plants that's in there now once their done....I read somewhere that the GDP doesn't stretch much...is this true...

 

[philgood4life]

New update. The 5 planted were topped today. They have been showing good side shoot growth. I'll be purchasing a cloner soon so I can have some mother plants when they reach a good enough size.

 

[CircuiT37]

I reccommend a aerocloner

 

[truepunk87]

I reccommend a aerocloner

Or save some money and use rapid rooters and a humidity dome

 

[philgood4life]

Or save some money and use rapid rooters and a humidity dome

I tried the humidity dome thing...takes way too long and not a good success rate...

 

[philgood4life]

I reccommend a aerocloner

Do u have a link to a fairy priced one that u recommend ..

 

[truepunk87]

I tried the humidity dome thing...takes way too long and not a good success rate...

Hmm... I get roots in less than a week with 99% success, To each his own thou.

 

[CircuiT37]

Or save some money and use rapid rooters and a humidity dome

If you plan on using it long term I doubt you save any money, afterall aerocloners dont need rooting gel or rapid rooters, only water

 

[CircuiT37]

Phil you can make your own but just do a search on google, I believe they go for about £40, you dont need the heated version just the normal

 

[PaulN'Chuck]

If cloning is an issue, I made a mini DWC cloner at walmart for like 11 bucks... Air stone, Tupperware, driled hole, and a gallon of water

 

[CircuiT37]

Just to help you out, these are the ones I have although this site is known to be expensive so it might be worth your while to shop around. Theres plenty of forum posts how to make your own aswell if you upto that

http://www.growell.co.uk/aeroponic-propagators.html

 

[philgood4life]

I have a dwc setup a friend gave me with the hydroponic solutions I just never used it. Maybe ill get a new lid for that and turn it into a cloning machine...wanna hear some thing weird. I had taken 3 aurora indica cutting and just stuck them in some dirt with no hormones and they all rooted in like 10 days...how ironic lol...

 

[philgood4life]

I'll be posting a new pic soon of the plants...they are all growing great after I topped them..they are about a foot tall...I think ill start to flower when they are 2 feet tall since people say they don't stretch much during flowering I hope to end up with a 3 foot tall plant...

 

[Mr.Nobody215]

If u havnt got a cloner yet... I got mine from Clonebucket.com..... A little diy but I have never lost a clone that I put in there... It's the only way I will ever do it again.... I too am starting some GDP seeds but I just started 4 about a week ago