First HPS Grow - 600w - Multiple Strains - Closest

cannabis love

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Your grow area can never be too clean lol - those plants are looking good! I just started to germinate a few seeds a few minutes ago after almost a year of going without growing, and my closet will be bleached down with a bleach/water solution. I can't wait to see some green in there again myself !
 

AllDayToker

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Note to self - Fed Unknown #1 for first time, 350ppm micro + tablespoon fish emulsion. LSTd more stretchy Plato. Need to figure out yields, rotations, timing, spacing.
 

SOMEBEECH

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Keep records on Feeding.Less is better cant fix too much!!!Easy!!!............. and can really hurt yields.
Underfed is a, Easy Fix...Feel me!!
Beech
 

AllDayToker

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Note to self - Wanted to see if I could pop seeds in the humidity dome I bought, got some crap seeds and tried, both were popped today, so I now that I know I can pop seeds in it, I'm going to try practicing clones with some Plato cuttings. Going to also probably start trying to pop some of these 8Ball kush and Auto seeds.
 

SxIstew

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I've been popping seeds in plugs in my dome for a year+ now. :) works GREAT. 2 of my SxI for the comp. between Dank and I popped in plugs this morning. :) sprouts within a day or 2.
 

AllDayToker

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I've been popping seeds in plugs in my dome for a year+ now. :) works GREAT. 2 of my SxI for the comp. between Dank and I popped in plugs this morning. :) sprouts within a day or 2.
It's my first humidity dome, and yeah worked great. I didn't really worry they weren't going to pop like I do in straight in soil, I just knew it was just a matter of time, I think it was the seed but it did seem to take longer. Yeah I noticed that, heard he hasn't had any luck getting his to pop yet.
 

SxIstew

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I'm gonna suggest my germ method to him for this particular strain. the seeds are super hard and 3 times the size of a breeder seed you'd be used to seeing.
 

AllDayToker

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Note to self - read up on cloning quick, watched a video, more reading, did a cut, and now seeing if it will clone. I know I'm suppose to use an older plant, but didn't want to lose any tops before flowering so I got a smaller branch from my smaller plato plants. See how it goes.
 

AllDayToker

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Tops root slowly. Be patient with them.

Good luck,

JD
Oh it's not a top, my younger platos are about 3-4 weeks old, I just took a smaller side branch that probably wouldn't get more light in the long run anyways, or is that still a top? I just think of tops as all the bud sights that are at the top. Yeah I know it might take a week or two to root so I'm prepared to wait.
 

hbbum

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the lower branches should root faster for you. Good luck, I have had little success. I was pulling one today because it was not doing well, and it actually has great roots.
 

AllDayToker

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the lower branches should root faster for you. Good luck, I have had little success. I was pulling one today because it was not doing well, and it actually has great roots.
Alright cool, thanks. You've had little success with cloning? What type of problems do you run into? And if it had great roots I wonder why it wouldn't be doing well.
 

SxIstew

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Tops root slowly. Be patient with them.

Good luck,

JD
I only take tops... Including the center stalk. I get roots in 7 days. have 4 rooted today actually.(plugged 8 days ago.)

I prefer tops because they tend to grow faster once rooted.
(may have something to do with the 4-6 undeveloped leaf sets sitting within the Apex)......
Works well with a good super-crop...... I have over 30 tops on this girl now.
plus more growing up from the last 12 tops I took off 2 days ago.


Make sure your light source produces enough heat within the dome to keep the plants happy. but not too much to dry them out.... I mist my cuts 4+ times a day as well as the entire dome. all vents closed the whole time.

I used to lose every clone I took. haven't lost a single one this grow. :) things are looking up for the stewie
 

SxIstew

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ADT- wanna see a pic I just took of my latest batch of cuttings? very healthy clones will be rooting from these...
 

AllDayToker

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Yeah I mist the hood a few times a day, then mix threw vents a couple tops. Vents stay closed, dome, ATM is on the far edge of my grow since it's a 600w, stays around 75-80 and rH 90%+. It will be going under some CFLs or T5s soon though because I'll be setting my 600 back. I'm just using rock wool right now, it popped the seeds so I'm hoping it'll be good enough for the clones.
 

SxIstew

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See what I mean by I use all tops?
I'll try to take some step by step pics of my method next week when I start chopping up the cotton candy and blue thai.
Maybe it'll help........ besides not keeping water in the bottom tray the ONE thing that helped me was taking a second cut.
After the first I put my cuts into a cup or bowl of Olivia's Solution. while in the cup/bowl,
I take another clean cut with my blade under water about 1/4" up from the first.
this ensures no air is trapped in the stem tip when plugged..... Seems to be working well for me. You know to cut the leaves in half and remove at least 1 lower one right? to slow transpiration and increase root production.
 

AllDayToker

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See what I mean by I use all tops?
I'll try to take some step by step pics of my method next week when I start chopping up the cotton candy and blue thai.
Maybe it'll help........ besides not keeping water in the bottom tray the ONE thing that helped me was taking a second cut.
After the first I put my cuts into a cup or bowl of Olivia's Solution. while in the cup/bowl,
I take another clean cut with my blade under water about 1/4" up from the first.
this ensures no air is trapped in the stem tip when plugged..... Seems to be working well for me. You know to cut the leaves in half and remove at least 1 lower one right? to slow transpiration and increase root production.
They do look very healthy. All I did was take the cutting, cut a good angle on it, dipped in powder rooting hormone well, placed in rock wool so powder was evening spread, removed lowest leaf and cut the rest in half.
 

SxIstew

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Good luck. BTW I forgot to mention I use Clonex Rooting Gel. some of the best out there.
Olivia's Solution or Clonex Solution are a good thing to look into at least.
Providing the plant with the proper nutes needed to root.(I soak my plugs in it and ring em out. just leaving them moist.)
Cut, Solution, Cut, Gel, Plug, Spray, Tray, Dome. in order my method. lol
 

AllDayToker

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Good luck. BTW I forgot to mention I use Clonex Rooting Gel. some of the best out there.
Olivia's Solution or Clonex Solution are a good thing to look into at least.
Providing the plant with the proper nutes needed to root.(I soak my plugs in it and ring em out. just leaving them moist.)
Cut, Solution, Cut, Gel, Plug, Spray, Tray, Dome. in order my method. lol
At least I know if my method doesn't work I have one that I can use, yours lol.
 
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