Let's Grow Some Super Skunk!!!!!!

[Mariojuana]

F1 is a week and 3 days old.

[Mariojuana]

Poor F2

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[alltatup]

The little one may need more time on a heating pad. For my past few grows, I've kept the seedlings on a heating pad (after they pop up, I put the plug in a leca-filled net pot and put that on top of the heating pad). I also water them very carefully during that period with a syringe, a few times a day, because the heating pad dries the moisture faster. This has produced faster, stronger growth of seedlings for me.

Prior to this technique, it would take much, MUCH longer for them to grow. They needed some more heat.

[Mariojuana]

Ok thanks for the advise.

[alltatup]

Mariojuana Does the runt just have one cotyledon and one leaf? Or am I seeing things in the big pic???

[Mariojuana]

The cotyledon is one up in the air and one sticking out. And a deformed leaf in the middle.

[Mariojuana]

Alright, F1 is 2 weeks old and looking good. So far my tent temps have been in the mid 80's F. to lower 90's F. during the day and upper 80's F. to lower 80's F. at night. So between 82 F. and 91 F. or between 27.8 C. and 32.8 C. throughout the day and my RH is between 60 and 72. It's been this way in the last 2 weeks. To counter heat stress I use Botanicare Silica Blast at 5 Ml. per gallon of water.

[Mariojuana]

This is the side view of F1.

[Mariojuana]

And here's F2 at a week old.

[Mariojuana]

This is the side view of week old F2 and is lagging way behind in growth and development than the others. I think just an unlucky seed but out of curiosity I'll think I'll hold on to it until the 4th week just to see what it looks like then.

[alltatup]

Hey!!! She's bouncin back!!! Love it.

[Mariojuana]

Yeah she's a trying.

[Mazzariman]

I always give every dorky seedling that fights for its life a fair shot. But once, in my southern Humboldt guerrilla patch (1983) I ripped up a 6 ft. herm so fast, I got a face full of dirt! Over the cliff he/she went, in one swift motion. Up, out and over. Laughed my butt off, spitting dirt. Wild times. Yee Haw!

[Mazzariman]

Right allatup, just before it took flying lessons! It was totally worth it, after what I went through to dig the hole, haul the soil and haul water twice a day by buckets from the river. Once at 4:00 am and then at 9:00 pm. I learned to try and never put any undeclared plants into the ground. I use containers nowadays and follow the same principle. Hate wasting time, materials etc. Thanks for commenting!

[alltatup]

Mazzariman I feel you! I pulled three plants (I grow indoors in 2 hydro grow boxes) because I knew, deep down in my heart, that they would stay runty and unfrosty. It always hurts me to toss a plant, tho I never threw one over a cliff. It's kinda fitting for a hermie... ;-}

[Mazzariman]

Yup, it was so spontaneous it was hysterical. I just grabbed the trunk at the base, jerked it out and tossed. It was already flying over when the dirt hit me. That was back when we were dealing with CAMP and Ronnie's Raiders right before the ACLU stepped in and started monitoring their behavior! Smoked so much Purple Kush Indica and Afghani Indica, that my poop smelled like skunk! Had a Chinook come up over the ridge that year while I was harvesting, first I heard this ungodly noise, grabbed my hefty bag full of branches and put it behind me and forced my way into a bush, pulled it around me just as it crested the ridge and was right over me. 100-150 feet off the ground. Bay door open and dudes with machine guns looking for someone kinda like me! They just flew right down along the Eel River. Amazingly I didn't soil myself. Outlaws in Babylon we were. Sure ain't like nowadays for the outdoor grower, but I still get frisky when choppers are flying over my house!

[Mariojuana]

Week 2 for M1, M2, and M3. M1 has some inter node branching, a lot more than M2 and M3 and I treat all 3 plants the same and wait till they're thirsty to water them. M1 is just way ahead. I can clone M2 but I want to wait till I can clone F1 and all 3 M's together in maybe 2 more weeks. The right middle is M1 side view and bottom left to right is M2 and M3 side view.

[Mazzariman]

Right, we're pulling for her not to be pulled! Or as John and Yoko sang, Give runts a chance! Peace and Peas work to.

[SoOrbudgal]

Very healthy looking plants

[Mariojuana]

Thanks and yes the runt get's a chance and I have updated on how she's doing.

[Mariojuana]

This is my dehumidifier I bought from lowes and it works great even with my window open and a fan blowing 24/7 venting air inside my grow room where my 2 tents are, my tents RH is also 60%. I use the condensed water to water my plants. The condensed water's Ph is 7.03 and the TDS-3 meter reads 016 which is a hell of a lot cleaner than tap water but I use just 1 drop of ph down and sometimes that's too much especially if you just ph the plain water.

[alltatup]

Mariojuana This came up on the forum before: it's not a good idea to use the dehumidifier water, which can contain lots of bad stuff. My dehumid. gets very gunky in the reservoir and I clean it with H2O2 periodically.

[Mariojuana]

So I saw someone's research that I googled and If you clean the condensation bucket regularly like once a week with anti-bacterial soap then the water is as clean as distilled or RO water. But the plants love it and you got to keep the filter clean also. I'll let you be the judge on how the plants look this Wednesday's update for F1 and M1,2, and 3 on Saturday.

[alltatup]

Mariojuana Now that's different: I completely agree if you keep the bucket clean. Someone had problems with the dehumifier water because of all the gunk in its reservoir. Right on!!!

[Mariojuana]

And my rooting powder, I get 100% clones with this. In my last grow I cloned 6 clones and kept 4 just to find out they were all male. Maybe I should've kept the pollen because the plants had a heavy mint smell but I tossed them.

[Mariojuana]

This is an update on little F2, she is barely an inch tall and will be 2 weeks old on Wednesday 07-22-2020. She hasn't even drank hardly any water from when I first watered her when I planted her as a seed sprout. Which means I haven't watered her in nearly 2 weeks and her medium is still wet as you can see in the picture. The others have been watered 3 times already and are monstrous compared to her. I bet her root system is dysfunctional and just about nonexistent. We'll see in 2 more weeks but she is definitely the runt of the litter.