First HPS Grow - 600w - Multiple Strains - Closest

AllDayToker

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So I finally got some seeds in paper towels and ziplock bags. I picked three 8-ball kush seeds, a black domina x super skunk, and a black domina x bubblegum. Now I'll be growing some actual bought genetics, and not just bagseed... Pretty exciting. Will have plenty of room to veg as well with my other light coming tomorrow, and my plato clone, the first clone in my life I've taken, has a couple small roots just starting to poke out. I'm on my way!
 

AllDayToker

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Alright so good news and bad news. Bad news, my big healthy plato plant is a male, confirming my saw a few weeks ago when it was still vegging. Going to try to find a place for it outside, maybe get some seeds off it. Good news, my other veg light came today. So now I got 2x 2ft 4bulb T5s for vegging, about 200watts total. Looks great now, will have to post some pictures up little later. Besides that all is normal I suppose; thinking about moving a couple of the platos that have been vegging for 5 weeks or so into the flower closest to make up for the male.
 

SxIstew

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Males don't make seed. they make pollen. you can use the pollen to spread on your female to create seeds though. Unless the male is a hermed female. then just throw it away.

Good luck buddy.
Stew
 

AllDayToker

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Males don't make seed. they make pollen. you can use the pollen to spread on your female to create seeds though. Unless the male is a hermed female. then just throw it away.

Good luck buddy.
Stew
Ah alright. Well it's not a herm so I might just have to collect some pollen off it and save it for later on. Think I got a spot outside for it so I should be able to keep it around for a little while still.
 

AllDayToker

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I believe that males can be used to do some extracts...

Sorry to hear of the loss.

JD
Yeah it's a bummer, but oh well that's the chance with bagseeds or reg seeds. See I've heard about people saying they do extracts from males, but I've also heard that males don't produce thc and just focus on producing pollen, so I don't know if it would work or not.
 

SxIstew

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Also i thought i might add...


You'll have a better chance of reducing pollinating your plants if you kept him inside.
Separate from the females. checking a few times a day for pollen sacs to open. You can catch them before they shed.
it's completely possible to not shed ANY pollen while storing the male.
as long as you have the time to check multiple times a day....
That's how i did it and i didn't shed a spec of pollen. it's all collected and the males tossed
 

SOMEBEECH

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All good advise! You got some good growers helping you.
Nothing good comes from being in a hurry.
For sure keep the Plato.
Beech
 

AllDayToker

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That's why I listen to you guys, great growers :) Well I got a sunroom upstairs so instead of putting it outside I think I'll put it up there, will get all the light it needs. Might move one of the four plato plants to flower to get some earlier bud to test, see if the strain is any good. I remember the bag it came from and it was really dense, dark, and frosty, so it should be decent at least.
 

SxIstew

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Just remember.

NO fan..... you do not want to spread pollen into the air. it can get in your cloths without you knowing and really screw up your crop.


Unless you don't care about producing seedy buds. lol All up to the grower in the end.

I set up a closet where there is No regular foot traffic. and i can keep it closed without the heat from my 150w rising too much. I leave the door open for a little while each day to mix in fresh air, but there is NO fans involved.


Even a breeze on an open pollen sac or a stomp of the ground it's sitting on can cause pollen to expel into the air. just be careful and you should be able to collect some viable pollen for future use.

You don't need alot of pollen so don't go trying to fill a ziplock bag or anything. lol. just get enough for you to use and store whatever is left over.
 

SOMEBEECH

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Finally......... got all my work done,man tht was a job,after the layoff.
You can get behind so fast,when running perps.
Beech
 

AllDayToker

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Note to self - Started flower nutes for Unknown #1. Fed AN BigBud and BudCandy, with GH floramicro. Feed at about 400ppm. All seeds in paper towels have roots, so they will be going into 4in x 4in pots with soil, will probably put them in clone dome until they sprout for a couple days. Moved male out of flower closest, possibly moving one plato plant vegging into flower. All is well it seems like. ADD: Put all five seeds in soil then in the dome. Hung a 4in floor fan to cool the lights, getting another 6in clip fan to hang over the plants, or might switch these around. Going to flower some of the platos soon, if not all. They have been vegging for more then 5 weeks now and just getting really bushy, not much taller though, they are sitting at little over a foot.
 

AllDayToker

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Little over week 5 of veg. They are a little mad about the heat, it's a little hot, but nothing horrible. I'll be adding more fans this weekend or early next week.
 

AllDayToker

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Are the nodes and branches close together?
Beech
Yeah they are pretty close together, closer to the top and middle they are about 1 1/2". Lower branches obviously little more stretch. What's a good range to stay within? Make sure I get them dense flowers.
 
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