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[Rwise]

Just cut down male number 2, so far each one in a different pot, if this holds I will have 1 more male, we'll see.
The pic is from the berryfreak F2 with 13 fingers!

 

[Rwise]

Those are luvely eggs! The girls get all the bugs they can catch, makes the yolks nice and dark. And the shells go to compost, that is what the girls dont eat.

 

[Rwise]

I dont know that I will do this again inside, I made banana peel tea and used it for PH down in the water. With that I use some liquid potash as PH up and balanced the water to 6.3-6.5 range on several 1 gallon jugs of rain water. The tea did have a bit of smell, but an hour after I watered all the girls with this concoction (about the colour of leaded gasoline), well the living things in the soil must have gas and be farting up a storm! 45 more minutes I can go in and check on them, look for males etc. (dont forget pics!) hopefully the smell is down, LOL

 

[Rwise]

Things are starting to look different in the grow room! The adopted girls are getting over the 5.8 PH soil, that Greasy Grapes is a beast!

 

[Rwise]

Well so far the results of this test with regular seed (SMCG) are females 5, males 2 with 3 plants from 1 pot given o another grower. I'll have the results from them later, but from their growth I would guess 1 male and 2 female, and yes it is just a guess. 1 pot had 2, 2 female, 1 pot had 2, 1 male 1 female, 1 pot had 3, 1 male 2 female. The test was to see if the roots touching each other made any dif, and it appears it does. Now someone else running regular seed needs to do this and let us know their results! I will try this again with regular seed. Lights will be on in 1 hour 10 minutes,

 

[Rwise]

Pulled a BB4 male, again regular seed with 2 plants in the pot, 1 male, 1 female (came up first), I think everything else is female. Once for sure, I'll start the pollen making.

 

[JohnEmad]

Interesting Rwise. What is the thought behind the roots touching and the gender of the plants?
I could imagine that for every female a male would appear and vice/versa by some form of communication between the plants such as chemical that insures seed production and the continuation of the species.

 

[MeEasy]

This doesn't have anything to do with your experiment but figured I'd share. I read an article a couple days ago on determining sex early on and it was saying that you can tell sex as soon as they sprout. If the taproot comes straight out of the seed it's female and a male tap comes out of the side of the seed. I have a bunch of fem seeds in line for my next couple grows, but I will definitely be paying attention to this when I get back to my preference of growing with reg seeds. It sure would save alot of time and money if you could determine sex when they're sprouting.

 

[Rwise]

MeEasy I dont think it'll work, but do let us know. I plant mine so I dont see that, I could get off some regular seed for someone to play with.

Wildthing grew balls last night, its outside waiting for tonight's freeze. It was 1 seed in the pot, 1 male. I will try this again to see if it really works or I just got good odds this grow!

 

[MeEasy]

I have hundreds of seeds that are all reg but most are 8 or more years old some could be 20 and I'll put 10-15 in a bowl of peroxide and water and hope for 6-8 to pop. I just moved out of my closet into a tent and I want to try some different things. This time I cramed 9 plants in it and then I want to do 3 or 4. To do that few I didn't want to use my old reg seeds so I bought some fem seeds. I didn't want to start 3 and end up with 2 males or worse all 3 . With 9 if 4 are males it doesn't hurt as bad. My goal is to maximize the space 9 plants or 3 which turns out better

 

[Rwise]

MIzz Greasy is getting it done! Not that the others are not but she's a beast, the BB4 is a phat bush. Monday is 3 weeks in 12/12s and defoliation is on schedule to begin with Mizz Greasy, though many of the yellow leaves have been shed already. Then the MPxT1000, BB4 and so on, bushiest firstest.
Looks like I'll be using CS this round as well, and the generator is being set up today, I may start spraying 1 of the SMCGs in the morn.

 

[Rwise]

CS will be ready this morn, any thoughts on adding a drop or 2 of dish soap to help it cling to the flowers? Lights on @ 7:30

 

[Rwise]

Good morning sunshine! The view out my front door this fine morning. And inside the first is the Berryfreak F2 with her ripsaw leaves praying to the lights (a few 13 finger leaves on her), then the SMCG that is being sprayed with CS, then BB4, MPxT1000. And the rest are of the Greasy Grapes, now how can one read the leaves when they are not the same on the whole plant? Some are a very nice green while those under the hot part of the light are certainly yellow. I have started defoliation, (I'm slow) so far over 30 cuttings from the GG (you can see how many have found a new home), and more to come off. This plant has been the easiest plant to clone I have ever done, though I may have lost 1 cutting as it got to dry below it, my fault. Just clip, trim, aloe, and plant, then keep the soil moist, no spraying, no dome 45-55% RH 72-78*F.
The PH is much better, but some still have a bit to go to be "in the zone". The wood ash has helped get the PH up and keep it there

 

[Rwise]

For whatever this means, my RH jumped from 45% to 65% yesterday, dehydrator working hard to bring it back. That was not getting the job done and I opened the door and let in some dry air.

 

[MeEasy]

RH is such a pain in the ass!! Spend 2 months trying to keep it up just to turn around and for 2 months struggle with keeping it down smh

 

[Rwise]

Well I gone done it now, went like an Oklahoma tornado and worked over a couple of girls. Since what I find on the GG is its a heavy setter, fix it so i an drop the lights for better penetration. As they heal I will then pull them around a tad for air/light flow. 2 of the SMCGs have already been bent over and now tied down as they tried to get back up. They kinda look sad all beat up like this, I bet they get over it.
The first is the Berriefreak F2, GG,the dark one is the SMCG sprayed with CS (setting out of the light as she's wet), her bent over and tied down sisters, Mendo purps x T1000, before and after of this mornings storm in which the GG and the barlyfreak took a hit.

 

[Farmbuck]

Such beautiful gals..! I'm thinking of getting Colombian from WOS myself for the next grow.

 

[Rwise]

I luv the strong flavor it has, and plan on crossing it with Tajikastani Hash plant and Acapulco Gold, then cross them, then back to the CG, something like the Skunkman did to make skunk #1.
Edit, that new PH meter is showing now!

 

[Rwise]

I forgot to mention, I am running CO2 (making shine) at this point also.

 

[RagWeedDWC]

Was going to follow up on your PH meter, happy with it? I have went thru several different styles and brands and have not found one that is consistent and accurate.