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HYDRO Project Deuxberry

It's week 8 of veg for the Blueberries (week 2 of flower for the one that moved out!). The coco/worm castings/perlite mix combined with the hydro nutes is making them grow like badasses. I intend to try using slow-release fertilizer some day but right now I have too much of my old nutes in stock to go there yet. I've gone as far as buying some mycorrhizae to add as a top dressing for the big plants and as a root supplement for transplants like I did for three of my seedlings waiting in the wings. I think I'll be able to finish staking out the branches by next weekend. There may only be one more week in veg after that considering how they are progressing.

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One of these guys I nearly left for dead. Really!
 
Week 9 of veg is it for Deuxberry. I've defoliated and tied them up and flipped the timer to 12/12. The timing is mostly because of the largest one - she is threatening to go through the roof waiting for the others to catch up.

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Afterweirds:

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There are no clear signs of male preflowers yet. I may not get seed, but I can settle for a crapload of Blueberry. :tasty:
 
IT'S A BOY!!!
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Week 2 of flower and I've got three females and one male in this tent. Maybe it's the lights; it can't be just pure luck. A few weeks of flower for Tangie might tell me. The male is the one at left front in the group shot.

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The Blueberries all got a top dressing of worm castings along with their weekly liquid nutes. I did just a bit more defoliation and tying stuff down because why leave free weed on the table? This guy and gals started stretching two days after the 12/12 switch and look like they'll produce a lot of seed in a smallish tent. Their counterpart in the new flower tent is standing tall and making bud already. I've noticed no limp stems in any photos I'm growing now that I'm raising them this way. It might only be the strains, too. I've got a Dark Devil auto and a CBDV auto that don't support themselves well, but they haven't gotten the worm castings because I started them too soon for that.
 
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We are at week 3 of flower and there can be no doubt which plants are female and which one ain't. The Blueberries needed the least defoliation this weekend because I pretty much took off everything I could get away with last week! Last week will probably the last time the biggest BB leaves this tent until chop because there isn't much room between this tent and the corner of the nursery tent to carry a wide and tall plant. The grow room will be absolutely florid with all three big tents switched to 12/12 for the next month or so.
 
I borrowed some BB pollen to cross with my Kosher Kush in flower today. Blueberry Kolache seeds are coming soon. I also picked up the dusty boy and gave him a shake, creating a swirling cloud of dust inside the tent just before I zipped it all up as fast as I could. I will likely take him down this weekend and bag the flowers for later projects.
 
It can be collected and frozen then reused months later. Moisture and heat are the enemies. I'm trying to decide if I want to try to hang on to some.
 
At week 4 of flower, the dusty one has now bitten the proverbial dust! His exit came after a few good pollen tornadoes inside the tent and I'm already seeing seeds developing. We lost power from Friday afternoon to Saturday night here. The first night, temps weren't bad, but the RH was, so they slept with their tents unzipped and the door open. Next morning, I was forced to move them outside to spend a day in the actual sun. They loved it, but even with a watering that morning, they were still super thirsty at feeding today.
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I made sure to shake this guy off before bringing it in. It must have gotten wasted - I had to brush it hard to make it move!

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They are still stretching even though pollinated. You can see spent flowers on the floor. Even with only three plants, they look like they could still fill up this 3x3.
 
Just wanted to say that I'm following and have been enjoying your posts buddy. Breeding is something I am very interested in a bit further down the track, once I learn how to grow a bit better and a lot more research when I have the time. Its getting harder and harder to get good seeds/genetics in Australia unfortunately. And when the couple of seedbanks we have here get good seeds/genetics from reputable breeders, they are usually gone within in an hour.

Love the picture of the insect on the plant as well mate, the colors on it are amazing. Cheers.
 
Week 5 of flower is here for the Blueberries which reminds me - I need to give them some more worm castings. They've stretched out nicely and are definitely going to make enough seed to call this project a success.
Here's the group. A demand for nitrogen that wasn't there caused a number of fans to turn yellow and turn loose. I've fed them some grow nutes since.
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Here's a couple of seedy buds. They are even seedier today.
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In other news: The Blueberry pulled from this grow is within a few weeks of chop and the Kosher Kush I pollinated with Blueberry isn't just making seeds on the branch I intended it for. The oscillating fan goes off next time I cross-pollinate on purpose.
 
It is week 6 and the girls are all fed and happy and the seeds continue to swell up and make the tops super heavy.

Somehow, I missed getting their picture! I'll bet it was because of the sneezing fits from Project Murcott.
 
Week 7 in Deuxberry is here and this project is finally nearing an end. I'll feed them one last time next weekend and wait for them to flush out for chop day.

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Here's a close-up of one of the expectant mothers:
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I'm tempted to move these girls in with Tangie so I can use this tent to veg out the next wave of feminzed photos that are crowding the nursery and even hitting a proverbial wall in their growth under a T1 panel.
 
How much seed will this produce? How is it processed? Do you use any of the leftover plant after seeds are removed?
 
I'm expecting somewhere around 500-1000 seeds. I basically have to shred the buds to get the seeds out. What's left will go into hash making and the stems and roots go into a compost pile in the back yard. The seeds go into my fridge after drying to force them to go dormant so they will be ready in a few more months when I want to grow more Blueberry.
 
Me too. I think some of the dealers in my day tried to remove any seeds came with it so you'd think it was better stuff. Either that or they didn't want you growing your own.
 
I knew some that bought back seeds from people, then put them in the bag going to other people just to weigh it down.
 
That's funny. I don't miss buying that way at all. I think all the weed where they tried to get all the seeds was Skunk #1 and they didn't want competition getting those genetics so easily.
 
At midweek, I'm noticing fully ripe seeds peeking out from the calyx pairs at some of the nodes and also a few within the buds. I may chop this weekend. Jah knows I need this space to veg out the stuff in the nursery.
 
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