First Grow Stealth Bubbleponics

MostlyCrazy

MostlyCrazy

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Ray,

Still don't think you should mess with genetics unless you need the space but I guess you could do what I do about two weeks before I cut. Sado stuff for sure! LOL. I stick thumbtacks in every stem leading to a bud about 6" from the bud and keep them there, I twist the shit out of it by grabbing it about 1/3 down from the top with one hand and about 1/3 way up from the base (wear latex gloves - it's sticky in there) and just twist in opposite directions, I turn off the light mid light period for an hour or two, I move the lights "too" close and then "too" far away and anything your mind can conceive. The purpose it to make it think it's hurt and it might die. It responds by pumping all it has to repair the injured site and in the mean time also sends those same repair nutes/auxins to the buds and they get a bit bigger with a few more trichs (defense mechanism). You do it 2 weeks before the cut date so that the stress has no time to hermie the plant. Still wouldn't recommend unless you absolutely need the space to start the next grow.
 
Ray Fox

Ray Fox

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motif said:
ahhh ray got sativa monster too!!
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Thanks guys, all great advice, especially you motif :joint:. But as of the last watering we're just letting it drink up what it has and see what happens. We might try the thumb tack thing or something. But this part sucks! Damn freak Sativa genetics!
 
Roseman

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Ray Fox said:
Does anyone think adding another air stone would help the grow? Also, we took it down from 15/9 and set it back to 12/12 (this happened about 4 days ago). Any thoughts?
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When I went from one air stone to two airstones, my rate of growth changed a lot, I mean really really alot. Now I use two 12 inch long stones on one DUAL air pump.

and I did about 4 grows experimenting with gradually changing cycles, trying to be like nature and all my experiments with 18/6 instead of 24Light/7 darkness, and going from 24/7 to 12/12 by reducing the light by one or two hours a day, is all BS and a big giant waste of time. I do VEG 24/7 now, and in one day I go to 12/12, with not graudual changes, no increments.
 
Ray Fox

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Roseman said:
When I went from one air stone to two airstones, my rate of growth changed a lot, I mean really really alot. Now I use two 12 inch long stones on one DUAL air pump.

and I did about 4 grows experimenting with gradually changing cycles, trying to be like nature and all my experiments with 18/6 instead of 24Light/7 darkness, and going from 24/7 to 12/12 by reducing the light by one or two hours a day, is all BS and a big giant waste of time. I do VEG 24/7 now, and in one day I go to 12/12, with not graudual changes, no increments.
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So what you're saying Roseman is that light cycles are bullshit and air stones and a dual air pump are where its at? Yo? :joint::peace:
 
MostlyCrazy

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Think he is saying when you make a decision about lights, just do it. We've all experimented with light placement and duration. Personally, when I think it's ready to flower (I go by alternating leaves) I wait for the next res change and throw in the bloom nutes, turn the light to 12/12 and wait till I see male/female and act accordingly.
 
Ray Fox

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More Pics. These seem to lack a general frostiness that the first plants had, but are at least three times as large. Should we trim some of the leaves a bit to encourage faster growth?
 

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Roseman

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Ray Fox said:
More Pics. These seem to lack a general frostiness that the first plants had, but are at least three times as large.
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the grow I do in COLD weather, with the central heat on, is very different form the summer grow I do with the central air on, especially in visable trichs.
 
Ray Fox

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Okay so check this out: today we did a total overhaul of plant care. There was some old dirty water and rotten roots so we siphoned out the rotten water and filled it with fresh clean water, threw in some H202, and a bag of micro nutes and an eighth bag of bloom.

Then break :joint:.

Then we trimmed a few of the dying fan leaves and made tiny cuts with a razor into each of the branches to get the plant growth moving. After, that we tied the largest bud (the one closest to the front of the box) to the top of the box so it gets more light and isn't laying on the grate under its own weight. Whew! Work, work, work. Buts its SO worth it. :weed: We're hoping for some nice results in the next couple days.
 
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Ray Fox

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Hey everyone! So due to some slight molding on the back half (probably due to laying on the grate because of its own weight) we decided to cut down the largest bud. Wet weight: 22.3 g's. The other buds are doing fine, slow Sativa development aside, but look like they're gonna take at least a good couple weeks still.
 

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Roseman said:
Man, I haven't seen any GOLD BUD in a long time!

Congratulations!
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Hold the phone, are we missing something? What is a gold/blonde bud?

Do you guys mean the parts where the bud started to mold and turned yellow and purple? All the trichromes started to decay too and that makes it seem like lots of little molding trich's. Its weird but we read that (In Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman no less.... oh the 60's, what a time right?) that smoking molded buds will make you trip. Who knows?
 
Roseman

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looked like blonde or gold buds to me. so are you tossing them, saving them, or what?

smoking MOLD is not good for your lungs.
 
MostlyCrazy

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I was only referred to the dead leaves that seem to give the girls a blond highlights. I'm a sucker for a girl with blonde highlights!
 
Ray Fox

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MostlyCrazy said:
I was only referred to the dead leaves that seem to give the girls a blond highlights. I'm a sucker for a girl with blonde highlights!
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haha! Aren't we all. Well we trimmed most of the moldy parts off, but there's still a little left. We're just gonna leave it to dry and hope no other parts get contaminated.
 
MostlyCrazy

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That "blond" part doesn't look like mold to me. It looks like a dead or dying leaf which would be natural. Does it smell like mold? You're closer than I am to it! LOL!
 
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