A Cannabinerd's Journey

@AlphaPhase your flower room is looking boss mate
@Mohican that rebar looks very nice, looks pretty damn frosty!! @Dr.D81 that's some sweet property man, wicked river frontage. I reckon I'd spend all my time fishing if I lived there!!

AlphaPhase said:

I think you'll be good not topping a headband. I flowered some untopped from clone not long ago and holy hell they fill out hardcore. How big did you let the headbands get? I've not much experience flowering seeds early because iIalways let them reach preflower stage so iIknow they are ready, are you flowering auto flowers? Topping definitely will slow the plant down a bit. Some strains just branch out naturally and don't need to be topped. If I'm growing big plants I'll always top regardless because iIlike all branches to be an even canopy at the top. Hopefully this helps ya bro, if iImissed a question just ask and I'll try to answer better


That is some beautiful land bro! Wow!! good vibes to you, I'd love land like that!

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Nice to see some water running...

These headband came from Palm Springs 4 years ago.I had some light issues indoor and the seeds came out of the buds...maybe 500 or so.
I planted 50 of these seeds last season in 7 gallon smarties.
Bye mid September the plants were head high...that is the last I saw of them...rippers took 99 plants from my back yard.

I started in dixie cups outside,and this was about july 1st...than I potted them in 1 gallon pots and into the GH...the tallest headband is at eye level.
The roots are growing into the planter box...do you think the holes in the nursery pots are big enough to let the roots out?

fandango said:

Nice to see some water running...

These headband came from Palm Springs 4 years ago.I had some light issues indoor and the seeds came out of the buds...maybe 500 or so.
I planted 50 of these seeds last season in 7 gallon smarties.
Bye mid September the plants were head high...that is the last I saw of them...rippers took 99 plants from my back yard.

I started in dixie cups outside,and this was about july 1st...than I potted them in 1 gallon pots and into the GH...the tallest headband is at eye level.
The roots are growing into the planter box...do you think the holes in the nursery pots are big enough to let the roots out?

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That sucks about the rippers man! Freaking assholes so you're doing trees then! No need to top anything in a green house, they will fill out no problem at all. Sometimes iItop 1x for outdoor plants, but not necessary. The roots should grow out just fine. Are they mesh bottom or just the standard soil pots with the holes at the bottom on the sides? With soil, more root space the better, are they still in 1 gallons and they are at eye level?! Or did you repot them?

AlphaPhase said:

That sucks about the rippers man! Freaking assholes so you're doing trees then! No need to top anything in a green house, they will fill out no problem at all. Sometimes iItop 1x for outdoor plants, but not necessary. The roots should grow out just fine. Are they mesh bottom or just the standard soil pots with the holes at the bottom on the sides? With soil, more root space the better, are they still in 1 gallons and they are at eye level?! Or did you repot them?

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The pots are standard...holes in the bottom...I was quite short on cash,so I took a gamble that the roots would work their way out the bottom into the bed of Sunshine mix before the plant became root bound...at this point I can not move the pot with out ripping the roots out.
Each day I make a rain forest in the GH and soak the bed down too.

Feeding Maxi bloom 3tbs per 4 gallon...and pro-tek,just a splash.
What else do you think I should put in there?

fandango said:

The pots are standard...holes in the bottom...I was quite short on cash,so I took a gamble that the roots would work their way out the bottom into the bed of Sunshine mix before the plant became root bound...at this point I can not move the pot with out ripping the roots out.
Each day I make a rain forest in the GH and soak the bed down too.

Feeding Maxi bloom 3tbs per 4 gallon...and pro-tek,just a splash.
What else do you think I should put in there?

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If you can't move the pots then the roots are good to go, no worries there. You're nutes sound good too , keep it simple is my advice, maxi and silica and you'll be good to go. Maybe a kelp product and aminos, floralicous plus I believe has all that, it's not necessary but should add some benefits in a sunshine mix, just a little goes a long way

Make sure to cut out the silica about 1/3 of the way Into flower @fandango

Long day today, but I got 23/24 gg4 potted up. One cut didn't root, which is totally insane, it was so super healthy, but no roots to be found. So i potted up the rest of them, and low and behold, my tray only holds 23 1 gallon mesh bottom pots lmao! My plants know me too well, it's what I'll call being in sync with the garden

The mysterious unrooted cut

Gg4 sog

These gdp are at 28 days into veg, I'm going to flower them Wednesday to make it a full month of veg. They have totally made a 180 into beast mode (except one little healthy runt, she's still small).


I've cut the mama's down and cloned them all.



And iIhave some more glue in grow plugs iIneed to plant this week. These will be vegged 4-5 weeks and go in the ebb buckets, 6 per light and 2 in the middle


I picked up some antique-ish things today. Been trying to get all the stuff iIused to have back that iIsold to move out here. Slow and steady. An old washboard and an old sewing box. Dove tails and all, love me some well made things!


Also got this wooden tree this guy carved with a chainsaw. His work is freaking incredible, I wish iIhad money for the larger things he has.



The glue, Spog, pog18 and kushberry are at 5 full weeks today, but I've not taken a pic of them yet

Oh, there's the proof that WAYYYYYY more round pots fit into a square /rectangular tray than square pots. Holy moly it's a mind trip lol

Cemalope

Hell yeah doc! That's looking beautiful how's the nose on her? That one looks way more Chem than mine, but tangie is really dominant in all crosses so it's hard for that tang not to be there, if there's no tang you have a winner. I really need to get some more of that pollen because I've been having insane success with f1 fems with the pollen I had

Here's the sour power OG x Chem 91 at day 35.. And get this.. It's furthest from the light that has a shit bulb since day 1 flower, I need a new bulb bad because I finally got a light meter, changed capacitor in ballast, and it's still not even registering on my light meter, but the other light is perfect. This Spog has bigger, more frosty buds than anything else in the garden and it's getting no light lmao! I cannot wait to get a bulb and run her properly next round. I took 3 clones before chopping the mama, so 2 of them will now flower with the glue

Here's a tip, never EVER use a used bulb. Ever. Lol.

Swapped out the bad bulb for a some what better bulb. Much much better than the last anyway, actually getting a 5000lux reading at about 20". I almost forgot I need 2 more bulbs like asap I tested 1 and it's ok for now, but it needs to be 17" above the canopy for the proper lighting, which will be OK for the first couple weeks.

Anyways,

Here's kushberry. This one is doing well and I'm loving the structure and smell.


Here's pog18. This one is way more sativas than iwanted but it's starting to do OK. The smell is finally there, it's densing up, but spear like colas which has to be from the train wreck. No OG anymore in its bud/plant structure which is really weird because it was Hella OG looking in veg

Finished the trellis for the glue sog. I just have to cut the holes where the pots will go.

Done with the tray, I like it. This is how iIused to grow about 10 years ago, I crushed the game with this alpha tray tech.


Here's the glue at day 35.

Alpha Tray Tech....sweet

fandango said:

Alpha Tray Tech....sweet

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Thanks man, the cover keeps light out and will keep humidity high and the roots should be able to spread out with no issues. More roots = more Fruits I've always used this style tray with small suspended net pots, this will be the first time in mesh bottom pots, but it should work killer

Hey AP,

just got to smoke some of my first tester nugs of your cut of GG#4. Was really premature, but she still packs a wallop. Got several fat gobs of scissor has to, just one tiny lower broke, over an ounce though. looking like shes gonna be a 2# plant at least.

AlphaPhase said:

More roots = more Fruits

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I said the same thing the my buddy at work today

AlphaPhase said:

Thanks man, the cover keeps light out and will keep humidity high and the roots should be able to spread out with no issues. More roots = more Fruits I've always used this style tray with small suspended net pots, this will be the first time in mesh bottom pots, but it should work killer

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One day late for me,I spent over a hundred bucks on lumber to make my tray stands and than I see your set up...bo hoo

I have some 6x6 RW cubes left over so I am just going to use them up this round,but the next tray is going to be a copy cat AlphaTray.

papapayne said:

Hey AP,

just got to smoke some of my first tester nugs of your cut of GG#4. Was really premature, but she still packs a wallop. Got several fat gobs of scissor has to, just one tiny lower broke, over an ounce though. looking like shes gonna be a 2# plant at least.

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Hell yeah, that's great! She sure is a yielder I hear that she yields very very well with extracts too

Dr.D81 said:

I said the same thing the my buddy at work today

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it's only the truth more roots = more vigor = more nutrient uptake = more branching = more leaves = more buds = more smiling faces at harvest time

fandango said:

One day late for me,I spent over a hundred bucks on lumber to make my tray stands and than I see your set up...bo hoo

I have some 6x6 RW cubes left over so I am just going to use them up this round,but the next tray is going to be a copy cat AlphaTray.

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Right on man, the back end of the tray sits on a saw horse, you can buy saw horse brackets for about 10$ and build it to whatever height you need, Just a tad higher than the reservoir is best, then the front of the tray sits on the res, this allows the most height for a flood tray. The res is a horse trough, works great. The saw horse idea I got from Aero, I've always made tray stands and still will if I have the height, but in situations with height issues, the saw horse combo is great