Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

[Trousers]

Thought I'd share my (possible) triumph.

I planned on doing a feminized seed crop in my veg area.
I had a few regular Dutch Passion Blueberry seeds left over from about 5 years ago that a friend had given me.

Plant on the left is a male right?
Nope, two days ago it showed tiny white hairs.
Just a stretchy female, right?

Every Blueberry grow I have done the taller plants are males, except one.
I once had this Blueberry plant that looked male early on. It showed sex early, with tiny white hairs.
It produced huge buds that leaned a bit more sativa in the buzz than other Blueberry plants. It was some of the fruitiest weed I had ever grown. I was a fool for not revegging it.

I'm almost positive I hit that pheno again, by pure chance.
I was just going to fly blind and make some feminized seeds and a cross or two.
Now I'm going veg the tall one and take a couple clones, then make feminized seeds from those clones.

 

[Trousers]

I just got some organic aloe vera juice.
Any tips on foliar feeding?

ounces per gallon etc?

anyone add liquid kelp?

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Super Blue Dream x Freedom Baby. Short pheno. 6 weeks in bloom.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

Curious to see what happens with it not having any hairs...doubt it'll make a difference. I switched from 20/4 to 18/6 and got some Criticals to flower unexpectantly. Thought it was a damn auto mutt...cut a couple hairy ones and they took about four weeks just to root! Worst case scenario is you just have to be patient.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

I just got some organic aloe vera juice.
Any tips on foliar feeding?

ounces per gallon etc?

anyone add liquid kelp?

That's one hell of a foliar feed! Add in some ProTekt and your set. I use kelp meal instead to save $...heard it's better for some reason I can't recall. Aloe 1 tsp/g and 1/4 tsp kelp meal/g for me works fine. I always go light on the foliage. I quit putting kelp in teas as I've heard it's more available through foliage than roots.

 

[Trousers]

Nice, I already have kelp meal.

thanks

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

I make a tea out of the kelp meal before using. The longer it brews the stronger it is. I usually go 2 days.

 

[Mad Hamish]

Here is my latest shitstorm. This is so May knows he's not alone.

I always run my veg room at 24/0. I thought I would cut the hours to 19/5 about ten days ago. My Engineers' Dream phenos must be very photsensitive because they are looking to be going into bloom. I switched things back to 24/0 the minute I noticed this. I also cut a bunch of clones of each pheno just in case I could not revert the plants to veg. I am cool with not using the plants for clones until the spring, so I will wait them out. I am thinking it may take 2 months to straighten them out. I can't overestimate the love I have for these phenos.

Anyone ever run into this? I took clones of the lowers which were not showing any pre flowers or beginning of budsets. What do you guys think are the chances of these reverting back to veg? I am brewing a tea that is intended for the veg cycle and will use it tomorrow night.

The point to be learned here is to always slowly alter such light cycles.

A couple of points to ponder here though: Were they showing signs of PROPER bud-set or just pre-flowering? Going down from 24/0 will a lot of the time cause the plants to get ready to flower, but they won't really develop more than those few pre flowers. We've been doing it with our moms for years. Our Diesel moms always had pre-flowers, always. From that point on, you could shave at least a week off the expected flowering time for the clones, expect faster rooting, zero sacrifice in quality or yield.
I have just done it to my LVBK keeper mom. She spent a week in the flower room and got put back into veg. By end November she will be ready for a pass of around 20 clones, fat ones.

Re-vegging only becomes a hassle after week 5 or 6 of flower. But I have revegged a clone that was DONE before. It took around 2 or 3 weeks, most amazing thing, the calyxes grow and grow and grow until eventually some of them are these little mutant leaves, then they pop out on sticks. Next thing you know, you've got a fat little bush. Really weird thing is a lot of the calyxes stay calyxes, and kinda rot off after a while. This was an NYCD clone. And we all know the D isn't known for YIELDS. Well, the clones off this re-vegged clone gave me the biggest Diesel nugs I have ever seen Some of them weighed in at 32 grams DRY. Over a zip, PER BUD. I'm talking plants not much higher than my waist in pretty tall bags, total height must have been around 60 cm. I got 80 dry grams off the smallest, 150 dry grams off the biggest.

You have nothing to worry about mate. I'm willing to bet they are going to teach you a trick or two during this process. HGK also feels that the best clones are taken of flowering plants and then re vegged. Might be something different just came your way, but definitely not something bad.

 

[Mad Hamish]

I just got some organic aloe vera juice.
Any tips on foliar feeding?

ounces per gallon etc?

anyone add liquid kelp?

Out of interest, how much do you guys pay for Aloe juice? I have TONS of Aloe Ferox growing on my land. And I do mean that literally. I really do have several tons worth.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

A couple of points to ponder here though: Were they showing signs of PROPER bud-set or just pre-flowering? Going down from 24/0 will a lot of the time cause the plants to get ready to flower, but they won't really develop more than those few pre flowers. We've been doing it with our moms for years. Our Diesel moms always had pre-flowers, always. From that point on, you could shave at least a week off the expected flowering time for the clones, expect faster rooting, zero sacrifice in quality or yield.
I have just done it to my LVBK keeper mom. She spent a week in the flower room and got put back into veg. By end November she will be ready for a pass of around 20 clones, fat ones.

Re-vegging only becomes a hassle after week 5 or 6 of flower. But I have revegged a clone that was DONE before. It took around 2 or 3 weeks, most amazing thing, the calyxes grow and grow and grow until eventually some of them are these little mutant leaves, then they pop out on sticks. Next thing you know, you've got a fat little bush. Really weird thing is a lot of the calyxes stay calyxes, and kinda rot off after a while. This was an NYCD clone. And we all know the D isn't known for YIELDS. Well, the clones off this re-vegged clone gave me the biggest Diesel nugs I have ever seen Some of them weighed in at 32 grams DRY. Over a zip, PER BUD. I'm talking plants not much higher than my waist in pretty tall bags, total height must have been around 60 cm. I got 80 dry grams off the smallest, 150 dry grams off the biggest.

You have nothing to worry about mate. I'm willing to bet they are going to teach you a trick or two during this process. HGK also feels that the best clones are taken of flowering plants and then re vegged. Might be something different just came your way, but definitely not something bad.

Thanks Hamish. I really appreciate the info. Hearing from you and Hyroot has put me at ease. You are the man. I love the sharing of info. Nothing like hearing it from sources you trust who have seen it before. I would love to pull buds like that off these plants.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Out of interest, how much do you guys pay for Aloe juice? I have TONS of Aloe Ferox growing on my land. And I do mean that literally. I really do have several tons worth.

$6-10 per per 32oz bottle it seems. Here is a cool read:

https://gagegreen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=629

 

[May11th]

Check out this lil girl. I found one seed which would of been from either superskunk or blueberry pollen, I sampled a dried, non cured bud and it taste excellent, my favorite plant for meds so far regardless of the low yield this Lil thing smokes wonderful. Thank god, I been stressing and kicking my self in the ass over my mistake on Coco, this takes the pain away lol

 

[st0wandgrow]

I just got some organic aloe vera juice.
Any tips on foliar feeding?

ounces per gallon etc?

anyone add liquid kelp?

1/2 cup aloe juice per gallon H2O is the recommended ratio.

 

[st0wandgrow]

Out of interest, how much do you guys pay for Aloe juice? I have TONS of Aloe Ferox growing on my land. And I do mean that literally. I really do have several tons worth.

That depends. I used to buy 32oz (1/4 gallon) containers of aloe juice at a local market for $6.99 a bottle. I now order an 8oz package of 200x freeze dried aloe for $79 including shipping. When reconstituted it makes around 12.5 gallons of aloe juice. I would pay in excess of $350 at the market for that much aloe juice. Big time cost savings doing it this way.

In fact, I just ordered another pack of it which arrived yesterday ....

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Sweet info st0w. st0w is a great source of info. Next level stuff. It's awesome to have the info here. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of you guys for sharing your knowledge.

That looks like a great frosty flower May. You deserved a break.

 

[st0wandgrow]

What's your call for tonight Gandalf? Are the Sox gonna put the Tigers out of their misery?

 

[st0wandgrow]

Check out this lil girl. I found one seed which would of been from either superskunk or blueberry pollen, I sampled a dried, non cured bud and it taste excellent, my favorite plant for meds so far regardless of the low yield this Lil thing smokes wonderful. Thank god, I been stressing and kicking my self in the ass over my mistake on Coco, this takes the pain away lol

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That looks delicious May! I bet that little nug is killer. I love the smaller flowers part way down the plant. The big colas look impressive, but they always seem less ripe, and less frosty to me.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

What's your call for tonight Gandalf? Are the Sox gonna put the Tigers out of their misery?

This is way too close to even toss a prediction out there. If our bats get hot again we'll be in good shape. I think we have a shot with Clay on the mound. Living with my wife will be hell for a month if we lose. She is the biggest Sox fan ever. She watches every inning of every game every year. I almost root against them sometimes just to piss her off. Not now though.

 

[st0wandgrow]

This is way too close to even toss a prediction out there. If our bats get hot again we'll be in good shape. I think we have a shot with Clay on the mound. Living with my wife will be hell for a month if we lose. She is the biggest Sox fan ever. She watches every inning of every game every year. I almost root against them sometimes just to piss her off. Not now though.

That's funny! Best to tread lightly with teasing her over playoff games though. She holds the ultimate trump card

 

[hyroot]

You can make your own aloe powder. Just need a food dehydrator. Filet one side of the leaf, chop leaves into 1 inch pieces and throw into dehydrator and run. Once dried, puree leaves.. Ta daaa. $79 for 8 0z is too much loot to spend imo.. I can make more than that for free. The dehydrator only costs $40. You can buy huge aloe plants for $5 or less