CaliforniaKid's Dark Harvest Grow Challenge

[Californiakid]

Rearranged the furniture, took out the cfl.

Sprawled em out good.

[Chefbjy]

Ever think about putting the plants in a diagonal row? I think that's what I'm going to do with mine to try and fill the footprint. Maybe somewhat of a staggered line and try to spread the canopy out to potentially maximizing my space.

[Californiakid]

I rotated one at an angle Chefbjy sounded good 🤣

[Californiakid]

Lights out picture about 2 hours ago.

[Canuck147]

Wow - great start, look very nice.

[Chefbjy]

kingfish doesn't top his plants and ends up with some nice bushes with nice structuring. Guest I have one in my shop grow now that wasn't topped either but the canopy is all even. Breaking the main cola dominance is key to getting more colas from not topping 😉.

[Californiakid]

The escapee is one I didn't top. I'll put ratchet pulleys on her if I have to 😁. This grow needs to wow me. The last run with autos was ok. I trained way too late. Hurt my yield. But if I let this canopy fill out hopefully I will have to break down and buy new lids for my jars I've been hoarding.

Here's a picture of one I ran off the edge a bit...
Crap no pics in a comment.

[Californiakid]

[Californiakid]

Chefbjy check this out.
This one is going to be my show stopper. More of how I've trained in the past.



Don't worry we have a support system 😂🤣

[Chefbjy]

Haha. I'm too much of a klutz to have things hanging that are attached to my plants. I still hit my head on my light almost everyday. Another reason I use stakes and not yoyos 😉. Looking good kid.

[Californiakid]

Guest 😂😂😂🤣 peace day resistance 👍 classic


PaganRich that 2nd picture creeps me out ! Looks a scene from hellraiser.

[RosettaStoned]

Hellraiser....my mom called me that.
Gotta love Clive and his fucked up imagination

[Californiakid]

I'm liking the progress so far.

[Californiakid]

I stuck this cutting in the aloe about 8 hours ago, now its going into roots organic original with a shot of casting tea.


The jug is for support.

[Blazed227]

The girls are looking awesome bro.. But wjats the deal with the aloe?? Works like cloning gel I'm guessing?

[Californiakid]

@blazed227
Yes, aloe has salicylic acid, which is a rooting hormone. Coconut water also can be diluted and used for the same reason. Being in the desert, aloe is abundant, virtually free. This is my first time cloning with this method. But so far so good. No machines, just aloe soak and into soil.

[Californiakid]

I put her under her mom's wing. We'll know in about a week if it worked.

[Doubledealing72]

I love the structure of your plants man! Training plants is addicting lol. Can't wait to see the end results!

[Californiakid]

Thank you sir. I've been doing it this way since the first plant. In or outdoor, I do it like this.

I'm excited to see the outcome as well 👍
Thanks for stopping by.

[Californiakid]

A bit like a shot of 151 into a beer...

not sure why the hell one would want to, but surprisingly not bad.

[Chefbjy]

Lol that's the first time I've seen Motown and metal mixed into a video. Rofl

[Californiakid]

Chefbjy here's some mometal for ya...

[KingKush]

Excellent stuff! 🤙

[Tika]

Uh...I hear this current not historical. Chefbjy. 😂..did a dance in the kitchen with my pasta..,there is always hope Californiakid. Old doesn’t mean useless...heard it through the grapevine 🤡

[Chefbjy]

I like Motown 😆. I like all kinds of music 😉.

[Californiakid]

Well I would say 5 days in and the clone looks good. The pictures are through plastic, so kinda blury/dreamy 😂😆
I took the tent off to give some tea, but didn't have my phone to take a picture. This is DG, now that I've done it, I can continue to clone the GC. Only had one seed of that one, now that I've started to play with her, I want to keep this one around for awhile. So the cloning will continue with aloe.

[Californiakid]

I could have flipped yesterday but I wouldn't have been happy with the results. My GC is just getting to where I can get the cuttings I want without sacrificing canopy. My canopy is filling in and shaping nicely. Now I want a bit more height before I flip. This pull has to be BIG. And big it shall be!

[oldjarhead100]

had a dog that would run up grab your beer and run away drinking it he loved his beer lol

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Sounds more like, he loved your beer 😁

[Californiakid]

Gaps are filling in and generally getting taller...just need to make time to take some cuttings of GC. But that isn't something I rush, when everything feels right I do it. I don't know if that makes any sense. Or how weird it sounds, but the aloe is always ready, mj sometimes tells me she doesn't feel like it, and I am the worst. Always fussy when it comes to cloning, because when it's right it works and when it's off it doesn't. So I wait until its right. My time is the biggest limiting factor though.

If it gets cold enough I can remove the ac and get 2 more plants in there. Still need to buy a vented hood and a bigger exhaust fan. All in time...

[Redwasp]

Looking great. And yes I always listen to what my plants are telling me.

[Californiakid]

Cant get a break in the action around here to take some cuttings of GC.! This Saturday will be 9 weeks. They're ready, I'm ready to flip, but I want more of this GC first.