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Purple Bubba & the Old Riders of the Purple Sage
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This is neither here nor there but something I feel a bit guilty about not mentioning before - in private or otherwise... I've found that tamping off of the tap-root after germination generally means that your starting medium is too wet which will result in the tip of the root rotting.
TOKABIGONE
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This morning I find that one of three has shown her head and interestingly, it's the one that dropped in the hole with tap root sticking up. it's trying to turn down but was pretty close to the surface down 1/8 inch. I covered it with more soil. No sign of the other two as yet but I think they were a little deeper. This grow seems slower than others with 3 days to germinate and 3 days now to sprout. I still have faith in them so it's a waiting game!
grouchyoldman
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I am pulling up a chair, sparking a fatty and settling in to watch this horse race! :tasty:
-Grouchy
PS, not to be a jerk or anything, but it is 80 degrees here in Fernandina Beach, Florida!
-Grouchy
PS, not to be a jerk or anything, but it is 80 degrees here in Fernandina Beach, Florida!
PPP_123120.pdf
Here ya go bud ... or maybe best said Here ya grow bud :laugh:?
I really can't put this out there without thanking the grouchyoldman Without his efforts there is very good chance the info would only be available on the forum and NOT in the improved PDF format that it is now.
Feel free to share it but it will ALWAYS only be available for distribution here on GWE and will only and forever link to the GWE website as a gift to the GWE community for being such a great group of folks.
Here ya go bud ... or maybe best said Here ya grow bud :laugh:?
I really can't put this out there without thanking the grouchyoldman Without his efforts there is very good chance the info would only be available on the forum and NOT in the improved PDF format that it is now.
Feel free to share it but it will ALWAYS only be available for distribution here on GWE and will only and forever link to the GWE website as a gift to the GWE community for being such a great group of folks.
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Mercy! Looks like the race is on... I've heard TOKABIGONE 's girls are on the way up
Until then here are Susie & Hazel at day 3. Both are about 30mm tall but Hazels jiffy pod didn’t expand as much as Suzies so she’s sitting a little lower.
Suzie - still carrying her shell.
Hazel Playing hide & seek in the hydroton
Just a recap; Suzie is Purple Platinum Kush, Hazel is Purple Bubba
They look kind of scrawny to me - come on girls and get those roots to the water!
Until then here are Susie & Hazel at day 3. Both are about 30mm tall but Hazels jiffy pod didn’t expand as much as Suzies so she’s sitting a little lower.
Suzie - still carrying her shell.
Hazel Playing hide & seek in the hydroton
Just a recap; Suzie is Purple Platinum Kush, Hazel is Purple Bubba
They look kind of scrawny to me - come on girls and get those roots to the water!
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grouchyoldman
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Thanks for not hating me guys! LoL.
Meanwhile back in my New England homestead, they have four inches of powder (the cold kind), and counting, with black ice for the immediate future.
Glad I'm not That guy!
Meanwhile back in my New England homestead, they have four inches of powder (the cold kind), and counting, with black ice for the immediate future.
Glad I'm not That guy!
TOKABIGONE
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I've been avoiding writing this as I'm a bit (lot) embarrassed about it but I have had a 67% loss on sprouting again. I've changed something or omitted something and I've yet to figure it out. The most devastating part to me is there is no more Purple Bubba and they were a gift from my dear friend BU2B to do this run and I feel like I've failed him. However I do have the one left so all is not lost! The comparison test can continue for now. I almost feel like the Sorcerers Apprentice and blessed to be able to work close with such a good friend who must be the top hydro grower on GWE for now. The concept of growing a plant in water I find to be fascinating but for myself it is very foreign. I need the feel of the soil and the dirt under my nails so that I become a part of the process in the living cycle of the plants and the soil, just a cog in the wheel of life. Ok,sorry I got a bit esoteric there for a minute. Must have been something in that last bowl. Oh look, there's a bit left...I'll be back..
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Oh TOKABIGONE I gotta tell ya: This was not done to make you feel better, but it's a perfect example of ship happens.
I was sitting here thinking to myself and self I said, you know you're right those seedlings do indeed look scrawny. So after a short debate with myself; which I won, I decided to do a bit of rooting around and checking on roots. Remember my mention earlier about starting medium being too wet and it damping off the tap root due to it rotting? Well, that's EXACTLY what happened. Both of their roots extended just below the soil and then tamped off with a corresponding section of brown rotting tap root. To their credit they are both trying to push roots out sideways but the original tap root is gonna have to be bypassed if they're gonna make it. Just to be on the safe side and as I don't hold much hope for the original sprouts; the jiffy pods were wrung out, older seedlings replanted, new twin planted point down for each girl and the water level in the tubs was reduced even further so that only very few bursting bubbles reach the net pots. So, 1 new Suzie (PPK) and one new Hazel (PB) on their way up to replace their ailing sisters.
Maybe both TOKA and I both need to be re-skooled - Thank goodness NebulaHaze addresses this in the last newsletter (I think she was watching and felt bad for the old guys
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More ramblings...
just so 'y'all' know I really haven't given up on trying to help others, honest. It's just that sometimes I can't click on and see an image that corresponds to the !Help request; I find it a bit hard to answer a question if I can't see anything more than a thumbnail image of the patient in question. Lately it seems not worth the effort to try and get to a viewable image. I'm old and don't want to have to work that hard to throw in my .02 - Especially when there are those more or equally capable of offering working solutions that can see the image in question perfectly fine.
I was sitting here thinking to myself and self I said, you know you're right those seedlings do indeed look scrawny. So after a short debate with myself; which I won, I decided to do a bit of rooting around and checking on roots. Remember my mention earlier about starting medium being too wet and it damping off the tap root due to it rotting? Well, that's EXACTLY what happened. Both of their roots extended just below the soil and then tamped off with a corresponding section of brown rotting tap root. To their credit they are both trying to push roots out sideways but the original tap root is gonna have to be bypassed if they're gonna make it. Just to be on the safe side and as I don't hold much hope for the original sprouts; the jiffy pods were wrung out, older seedlings replanted, new twin planted point down for each girl and the water level in the tubs was reduced even further so that only very few bursting bubbles reach the net pots. So, 1 new Suzie (PPK) and one new Hazel (PB) on their way up to replace their ailing sisters.
Maybe both TOKA and I both need to be re-skooled - Thank goodness NebulaHaze addresses this in the last newsletter (I think she was watching and felt bad for the old guys
)More ramblings...
just so 'y'all' know I really haven't given up on trying to help others, honest. It's just that sometimes I can't click on and see an image that corresponds to the !Help request; I find it a bit hard to answer a question if I can't see anything more than a thumbnail image of the patient in question. Lately it seems not worth the effort to try and get to a viewable image. I'm old and don't want to have to work that hard to throw in my .02 - Especially when there are those more or equally capable of offering working solutions that can see the image in question perfectly fine.
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TOKABIGONE
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Oh mannn, shucky darns and stuff! If that was supposed to make me feel better uhhh, No, It's even more discouraging! It's catching! Ok,I'm replacing the 2 deceased with some Critical Mass photos I had left from first grow as I need 3 at harvest. The one remaining PB I now call Pretty Baby looks fine this morning so onward we grow! This time I'm gonna try the paper towel so I can really see what's happening. Our penalty for delay of game should be waived as we already suffer from the loss! Now we're looking forward!
Five days since popping their heads above the soil of the jiffy pod the girls are still hanging in and hanging on. The sticks mark the spots where their sisters will soon be popping up from and hopefully putting them to shame. Here are Suzie & Hazel as of 8:30 am local time (I think their days are numbered):
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TOKABIGONE
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If at first you don't succeed, grow more!
Going2fast
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Well that was exciting. Got my hopes up and didn't make it out of the gate. Got some purple Haze beans laying around I'll send your way if y'all want to try again.