Well I decided to give the mainline a try. Comedy of errors, not really errors but mishaps.
1st, started seeds, 5 Querkle (two of the 5 made it), 2 Grand Daddy Purple (neither made it).
I believe I started the process to early, but all was fine until my homemade 12 light CFL veg fixture broke loose on one side and gravity took it course. I hit Q1 hard broke off the two main shoots, but all was not lost, was about to throw it away when I noticed a small green shoot coming off of node number 1. It had been buried upon transplanting but was just exposed. So I have been growing it out in hope of salvaging something from it.
8/19/13 Q1
8/22/13 Q1
On the 22nd when I was check on Q1 I noticed that Q2 had one side of the two shoots wilting hard, upon checking I saw that it too was damaged by the light, I tried to tape it but did not work, found it too late. So I removed the one half. Was now down to one half manifold.
8/19/13 Q2
8/22/13 Q2 Right side was limp and could not be repaired. It was removed right after I took this pic.
Well that was 8 days ago. Here we are as of 8/29/13.
Q1 Quite a recovery, hope I can do something with it.
Q2 This is only one half of the original plant.
Will post more later.
Peace Out,
GR