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Hey Nebula! Love the site!! I have one...
Is tissue culture a useful method for the hobby grower to store prized phenos long term? Is this cost effective and how sustainable is this practice?
 
Yes...I read most of the information available out there. I know what it is, I understand how it works, now I was wondering if anyone here has tried it? I assume you can store genetics long term with out the downfall of genetic drift (like mother plants eventually get), has anyone successful stored genetics for a long period of time like this?
The pros and cons list on the link detailed above is short and does not elaborate on cost effectiveness and risk of losing stock genetics.
if I am not planning on making thousands of clones, is this just a waster of time and resources for my hobby grow?
 
I think kits run around 250$ there's a lot of time to invest from the sounds of it. But depending on how many strains and phenos you're dealing with it could definitely be worth a shot imo. Don't think it's for so much of a "hobby" grower though. As you're dealing with thousands of variables.
 
Chefbjy said:
I think kits run around 250$ there's a lot of time to invest from the sounds of it. But depending on how many strains and phenos you're dealing with it could definitely be worth a shot imo. Don't think it's for so much of a "hobby" grower though. As you're dealing with thousands of variables.
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http://www.horticulturesource.com/ti...eywords=Tissue

I found one for $160 something. Yeah, time to grow genetics...time to store them... might be a wash there. It’s a new beast to conquer, sure. I get that.
what type of veriables do you mean? Like controlling temperature, humidity, and filtering the intake air? I think that is accomplishable.
I guess I am really wondering is cost effective to store genetics using this method, are there risks of losing genetics, is it easy to mess up, and if you do mess up are the consequences disastrous or is it easy to recover your prized phenos?
 
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Hi, I'm new here! I've had a read but haven't seen this covered yet. I'm using a 250w hps at the moment but I started with a borrowed cfl. Will I be able to start my next grow using just the hps or is it too intense for seedlings?
 
New grow...1st grow; the seeds germinated on Aug 11 2018 and were placed in rapid rooters to develop.about August 20 they were planted in 3 gallon fox farm ocean floor soil and started feeding the fox farm trio. So far it is almost 6 weeks and all appears well with 2-1000 led light 36”-42”off the canopy and bending training . Amazed that in 6-8 hours they are fully curved back looking at the ceiling. 18/6 light schedule All seems text book.

i can leave them in veg, no auto here but wonder, since I am the sun, moon and stars to these ladies, I’m wondering how long and what benefit comes from long veg periods besides stem and leaf growth. The overall height is currently 20” on the blueberry kush and 18” on the velvet cheese . They are both equally wide about 18” 4- plants. Some of the fan leaves are bigger than my hands..room temp is 75, humidity is 56, co2 ranges 850 to 1140. Plants were topped two weeks ago and new growth is there and in place.

i think my question will be, when would be a recommend time after seed, to convert the lighting schedule to 12/12 and coax them into flowering? And then, keep an approximate future date for a possible harvest .
I am considering going to the 3200k 315W LEC ceramic metal halide for the flowering portion...vented reflector out of the room for heat assist.
thanks...Farmall
 
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Hi Farmall, the longer in veg = the bigger the plant, of course. Depends on how much head room you have for them to stretch after you switch to 12/12...
 
Just came back from checking them out after reading your post. So far, the pot is 16” tall and the plant is 16-18” so I have a Total of near 34” out of 80” to the bottom of the glass shield on the 315w vented lec light when it goes to flower. So this light will be 46”of space to the top cola when it grows. All lighting at this time has been from 2. 1200watt phlizon led for 2 pots each....I have LST these very bushy plants and topped them 3 weeks ago and all following text book growth pattern 18/6 schedule working. In this space at the warehouse, the co2 levels rarely drop below 900 and today I watched 1240 for several hours. Anxious to move on but you know that wine ad...’we will sell no wine before it’s time’

after All the work ...ain’t changing before its time too. I don’t mine long veg, just watching and waiting as we all seem to do.does another 3-4 weeks of veg seem too long? That would be 9 weeks since germination. Appreciate all thoughts...
 
If you're going for monster plants, keep vegging!! ;-} I wish I had the headroom to veg longer, but I use grow boxes. I'm good vegging for between 4-6 weeks (depending on what the avg. stretch is for each strain).
 
Currently involved in two processes; soil and hydro. The soil is ready for the text book photos... the hydro is pretty good but not what I’ve seen here. They are stretchy, have some nice topped growth but also some thin nothing sprouting at the bottoms near the first node. I’m tempted to prune that growth off. It does not seem like it can amount to anything. Switched to 12/12 4 days ago mostly because the soil is ready, hydro...I just want it to go into flower and finish things off. Probably need two grow areas separate from each other in this case.

the hydro had some issues I have not identified properly like a few spots mid leaf in the lower nodes, fine looking from node 2-5. Leaf curl upwards only on the edges...again nodes 2-4. Sparse growth between nodes like maybe 4-5 “ of stem then a node. A few giant fan leaves maybe 9” across at node 2 on 2 separate plants, they shade anything below them but they are node 2 level. I need to find if my trouble is nutes, pH, temp, or lighting. I have made routine pH down adjustment to 5.9-6.1. Using the GH trio with hydro-guard and cal-mag. My LEDs are 1000 w and cover 3 plants each. I know about leaf burn so as a test, since I’m not happy with these, was to measure temp and humidity at the top of the canopy. I get 74.7 and a humidity of 61%. Have 2 21” fans oscillating and try not to direct the flow directly at them .. 1 for hydro, 1 for soil at low speed but still a bit of a breeze.

nutes changed every Week and now measures about 760 ppm and ph of 5.9using a continuous top feed with each in its own 5 gallon bucket with water level at 3 gallon mark, about 1 inch below the net pot. Air stone for each bucket and 3 air stones in the reservoir. During the first 2 weeks I did notice and cleaned, a tan color foam in the 20 gallon reservoir... not sure of what it was but having used protein skimmers in marine aquariums, it must have been some form of dissolved organic material. No smell ever.

Anyone care to offer any opinions. Thanks in advance
 
I get some muck that builds up in my reservoir, but I think it's the Great White mychorizae I use. My roots get stained as well from the nutes, but I don't worry if there's no root rot.

The hydro plant sounds like a Sativa-dominant... no?
 
stookin, is your soil got time released nutrients in it ?
Can you post a picture of your bag, the soil came in.?
And welcome to GWE, growing is very addictive, in a good way,
HappyGrowing, and be sure to ask questions, an start a grow journal, if you can.
With lots of pictures.
Have a nice Thanksgiving brother.!!
 
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So you are not using a “hydroponic’ grow. Using soils, my nutrient of choice was Fox Farm Trio. And, I did use their Ocean Floor soil mix and did not add nutrients for the first 2 weeks. D.A.A.S.69 is so right....ADDICTIVE but as he says, in a good way
 
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