psychadelibud
Well-Known Member
To start off I am a fairly expirienced grower. I've usually grown indoor but last year was my first expirience in the great outdoors and I can tell you right off it was the best ever. I'd choose outdoor over indoor any given time. I have a couple questions regarding different things. One is on seeds vs. Clones and the other is about soil. Last year I started all my plants indoors under flourescents for about three weeks and moved them outdoors to theyre location placing three plants in each hole. Keep in mind my seeds werent feminized or anything but theyre great genetics. Everything went smooth, I just didnt like the idea of having to go to my plot so often to check for males. And sometimes you end up with all plant being male in one hole. All I have for lighting right now is four T12's and was wondering if it were possible if I were to start my plants now and sex them indoors. Should I vegetate them for a couple weeks and then put them in 12 12 or should I wait till they show theyre sex and take clones off the mothers? If the second option is best then I only have enough room for maybe 4 mother plants. I have no expirience with cloning mj only tomatoes and flowers. Which would be the best option? I'm afraid if I do this i will end up with a few females and not be able to clone right or screw something up and it will get me behind to get a good start in april. Could someone please give me some advice? And all the room I have is three foot from front to back 5 foot from side to side and about 4 foot in height. And I cant deal with the odors either, I just need some advice on starting, sexing and what to do with the mothers. And how many clones do you think I could get off each plant say if it was sexed out by april? Im thinking that if I vegetate them for a couple weeks, introduce 12 12 and find my mothers then put them back on 18/6 or 24 hour that they will revegetate then i can start taking cuttings? Please help me if you can and how long does it take for cuttings to root and be established enough to put out in the ground? If this is too complicating I guess I will go back to my old method but Id really like to save all the time and work of it. My other question is soil mix. Last year I basically dug holes 2x2x2 and mixed the native soil with promix and mg retaining water polymer crystals. i didnt add any organic ferts or anything just vistited every other week thru vegetation and threw a handful of water soluble mg ( not mixed with water just like a small handfull on the base of the plants) before each givin rain day. Then when they started flowering I used mg bloom booster, epsom salts and molasses mixed in gallon jugs and I ended up with anywhere from 1 to 5 oz, per plant. Does adding organic material and all really effect yield? Im not worried about the taste, chemicals, etc just the yeild mainly. And as far as potency goes it was some of the strongest around here with using what i used. This year I was thinking of using the same soil mix only using more promix than native soil, adding organic home made compost and osmocote time released ferts. i figured that would make an ounce or two difference? What do you think? Im just stressed the hell out theyre too many things people say u gotta do to ammend soil and it seems its not that big of a deal with the results I got last year. Im not purchasing fox farms or any of that high dollar stuff, I dont have that kind of money. And btw for my plants only getting 6-8 hours of direct sunlight last year I thought my yields were pretty decnt but I used a lot of tying down, topping, super cropping and lst techniques. Not only for yield but for security as in my area the helis fly everyday. This year im also digging larger holes 2 ft deep and 3 ft wide. I would like to really know what it takes to get about a quarter lb per plant, people are always asking about lb per plant but i know it just isnt practical for me. Is it hard to get a qp per plant? Please help me, my season is coming up very soon! Thanks in advance.