Hi folks. I have a situation happening that i interesting for me, I thought it might be for others bored and looking for a chuckle. I have 3 clones to make use of. Another friend of mine said he would start over with some clones from these.
this first post is long winded as I try to set the situation up. I can be a story teller. I recently trashed my last grow due to Spider Mites found just as flowering was in process. I wasnt up for the battle and gave up. Tents have been sanitized, cleaned and treated with a couple of anti mite (to be updated if wanted) chemicals.
I have 2 tents, 1. a 3 by 3 by 5 ft with a MH ts3000 and 2. a 2 by 4 by 6 ft tent with 2 Sf-1000's and one Best VA reflector 600. I am pretty happy with the current lighting. would like to upgrade the 2 by 4 by 6 to a higher intensity LED for more penetration, but these should do well. I like 4 indicas in the 3 by 3 and hoped for 3 sativas in the taller tent. plans for me are always open to modification.
I was about to start seeds for my next grow, when a friend called to say he had 4 plants surplus that he couldnt fit, almost ready to flower, to which i said yes please. See attched for a photo in transit and one after transplant to 5 gallon square pots and recent bending/training to get a canopy as much as possible.Anyway, when i picked em up, the plants appeared to me to not be in great shape. they had gone through some chilly time, since he lost power for 24 hrs with cold (-5C windy) conditions and the ones in basement would have been very cold. also, he hadnt bothered with humidification and this year it was super dry. I had same thing which helped me get the spider mites. I am not sure exactly what the soil he used is yet, but believe its a standard potting soil with an activator and worm bastings.
regardless, to me it looks like a few nutrients are needed, Ca, Mg , Mn and maybe K. My thinking is that the PH of his well water are high, leading to the odd growth. the geology in his area is such that lots of gypsum around. He is figuring it out , but mine are in totally different set ups with city water.
My last grow I tried my HID lights in the cold basement, but even with exhaust up quite high, the temps were averaging 80 for vegging. I also didnt bother with humidity for first time and it was dry a lot, under 30 routinely. Perfect borg breeding conditions - which is now in my memory bank and shouldnt happen again. I really had 7 strains going that had me excited so it hurt - see the photo of the last grow, which was a couple weeks into flowering on average
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The gift clones are 1 runty Orange Bubba (maybe a window grow) and two 2ft Orange Bubba along with one 2ft Crude Cake. An aside comment is that Orange Bubba is one of my curretn favourites, and I am almost out. As you can see in the photos, they are having some issues but to me are still quite nice. The main stems were extremely hard and red, such that I couldnt even do any supercropping low unless I were to try pliers. I am old n weak. The girls have very red stems and many leave are somewhat reddish coloured around the veins. many leaves died lilkely induced a lot by that cold day. I will maybe put more detailed photos if anybody is interested. To me, they are too sparce and the bud sites just dont seem to be developed normally. My buddy isnt concerned and i gotta think he knows what he is doing. He's investigating his new lights as well as other stuff. the rest of his are very similar to my bigger ones and I would hope/expect i got the least successful ones.
So, the 3 big ones were transplanted from 2.5 gallon to 7 gallon fabric square pots 3 days ago with photos showing them in transit and after LST. For the transplanting, they are placed such that there is approximately a 2 inch perimeter of very hot soil on the bottom and all the sides. They were bent two days ago to attempt a much canopy as I could and just watered yesterday. If they survive this weekend, I will put them in flower as soon as i get a good number of new vertical growths in hopes of keeping these in the small tent as is. then I can start 2 taller strains to compliment the just sprouted Canuk CBG (2 by 4 tent) and Northern Lights (3 by 3 tent).
The runt is not likely to be used.
Comments should you want. I am very open, but may not always listen. Would you have just re-started? Anything special you would suggest I do? I am worried about spider mites, but the only other plants in the house are an Aloe and a cactus upstairs
I will be humidiying this time, added some neem meal, and have only led's so temperature is easy to control day and night - hopefully stay away fromn the borg.
If you read this all, you need a life.
Cheers
this first post is long winded as I try to set the situation up. I can be a story teller. I recently trashed my last grow due to Spider Mites found just as flowering was in process. I wasnt up for the battle and gave up. Tents have been sanitized, cleaned and treated with a couple of anti mite (to be updated if wanted) chemicals.
I have 2 tents, 1. a 3 by 3 by 5 ft with a MH ts3000 and 2. a 2 by 4 by 6 ft tent with 2 Sf-1000's and one Best VA reflector 600. I am pretty happy with the current lighting. would like to upgrade the 2 by 4 by 6 to a higher intensity LED for more penetration, but these should do well. I like 4 indicas in the 3 by 3 and hoped for 3 sativas in the taller tent. plans for me are always open to modification.
I was about to start seeds for my next grow, when a friend called to say he had 4 plants surplus that he couldnt fit, almost ready to flower, to which i said yes please. See attched for a photo in transit and one after transplant to 5 gallon square pots and recent bending/training to get a canopy as much as possible.Anyway, when i picked em up, the plants appeared to me to not be in great shape. they had gone through some chilly time, since he lost power for 24 hrs with cold (-5C windy) conditions and the ones in basement would have been very cold. also, he hadnt bothered with humidification and this year it was super dry. I had same thing which helped me get the spider mites. I am not sure exactly what the soil he used is yet, but believe its a standard potting soil with an activator and worm bastings.
regardless, to me it looks like a few nutrients are needed, Ca, Mg , Mn and maybe K. My thinking is that the PH of his well water are high, leading to the odd growth. the geology in his area is such that lots of gypsum around. He is figuring it out , but mine are in totally different set ups with city water.
My last grow I tried my HID lights in the cold basement, but even with exhaust up quite high, the temps were averaging 80 for vegging. I also didnt bother with humidity for first time and it was dry a lot, under 30 routinely. Perfect borg breeding conditions - which is now in my memory bank and shouldnt happen again. I really had 7 strains going that had me excited so it hurt - see the photo of the last grow, which was a couple weeks into flowering on average
. The gift clones are 1 runty Orange Bubba (maybe a window grow) and two 2ft Orange Bubba along with one 2ft Crude Cake. An aside comment is that Orange Bubba is one of my curretn favourites, and I am almost out. As you can see in the photos, they are having some issues but to me are still quite nice. The main stems were extremely hard and red, such that I couldnt even do any supercropping low unless I were to try pliers. I am old n weak. The girls have very red stems and many leave are somewhat reddish coloured around the veins. many leaves died lilkely induced a lot by that cold day. I will maybe put more detailed photos if anybody is interested. To me, they are too sparce and the bud sites just dont seem to be developed normally. My buddy isnt concerned and i gotta think he knows what he is doing. He's investigating his new lights as well as other stuff. the rest of his are very similar to my bigger ones and I would hope/expect i got the least successful ones.
So, the 3 big ones were transplanted from 2.5 gallon to 7 gallon fabric square pots 3 days ago with photos showing them in transit and after LST. For the transplanting, they are placed such that there is approximately a 2 inch perimeter of very hot soil on the bottom and all the sides. They were bent two days ago to attempt a much canopy as I could and just watered yesterday. If they survive this weekend, I will put them in flower as soon as i get a good number of new vertical growths in hopes of keeping these in the small tent as is. then I can start 2 taller strains to compliment the just sprouted Canuk CBG (2 by 4 tent) and Northern Lights (3 by 3 tent).
The runt is not likely to be used.
Comments should you want. I am very open, but may not always listen. Would you have just re-started? Anything special you would suggest I do? I am worried about spider mites, but the only other plants in the house are an Aloe and a cactus upstairs
I will be humidiying this time, added some neem meal, and have only led's so temperature is easy to control day and night - hopefully stay away fromn the borg.
If you read this all, you need a life.
Cheers
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