Here we go again. This time we are running 2 new clones(taken from another of my plants), and a third clone that was taken from my last grow 2-3 weeks into flower. That clone was only ~2.5inches tall. It took almost 2 months to root and didnt start rooting until I cut the tiny flower off of the top with a razor blade and stuck it in some dirt.(It sat in a cup of water for over a month) Because it was so small it didnt have a lot of stem under the soil so its leaning pretty hard.
They have been in the tent for about a month now.
The plants are in 5 gallon pots of ocean forest amended with garden tone and mixed with the soil from the last grow, dead roots and all. Dont mind the clone in back, it went straight from water propagation to a 5 gallon pot so its struggling. Im going to keep it outside the tent during this grow and it should recover.
The plan is to switch to 12/12 and fertilize with 1/2 cup of garden tone the next time I water. Im also going to add some straw to keep the soil moist to hopefully improve the effectiveness of top dressed fertilizer. Im also also going to take a clone from the leaning plant to preserve it for another run.
How long do you plan to wait before flipping them into flower and taking clones? What are you gonna be amending in flowering and using for calcium source?
My tap water ec is like >600 so I dont need to add calcium. I have an RO system for if/when I need to add synthetic fertilizer.
I havent decided on my exact fert schedule but the current plan is to give them some gardentone (4-5-5) and flip the lights when I water them next. My partner has a small fish tank so I will be watering with the fish tank water whenever the aquarium gets a water change. I keep the water in a 5 gallon jug until I need it. The plants seem to love it.
After that Im thinking of hitting them with gardentone again ~4 weeks after flip so maybe week 2/3 of flower depending on how these plants react to the light change. (not sure of this schedule, still deciding) The last time I ran this cultivar it took a couple weeks to be visibly in flower after the light change.
Oh, and Ill take the clones whenever I flip, or I will wait a week or so after flip and see which branches arent developing properly and take those as clones. Maybe both if there are good candidate branches, I wonder how long after flip I can take clones before they have to flower and reveg to be grown out again? idk but maybe I’ll find out.
Clone 1 is from my last grow. Clones 2/3 are the same cultivar but taken from a different plant. The runt isnt numbered because even though its recovering Im pulling it from the tent on friday. It is from the same plant as clones 2/3.
I either didnt water thoroughly or this low humidity is making my plants tear through their water extra fast. I checked on them this morning and the 2 sensitive clones(Clones 2 and 3) were a little taco-y on top. I watered them which boosted the humidity from 29% to 44%, and turned the light up to 100% . I also raised the fans a bit above the canopy. I know the clones 2 and 3 are annoyingly sensitive to too much light(and too little humidity apparently), so Im going to start adjusting now to see how they react to get ready for flowering them; the plan is now set in stone they will be flipped on friday. Clone 1 dgaf about its environment and that makes it my favourite plant.
Earlier this week I found evidence of spider mites and their eggs on #1. I stripped all the leaves that showed evidence and all of the leaves near those that showed evidence of spider mites, then I sprayed all of the plants/walls of the tent with rubbing alcohol(its all I have on hand), then misted with water to get the humidity up so the alcohol took longer to evaporate, and held high humidity in the tent for an hour. Do not do this unless you know what youre doing, too much alcohol can kill leaves especially at full strength. I have a lot of experience with it, and still burned a couple leaves. I didnt get any pictures of this process unfortunately. I closely inspected all of the plants the last few days and I think I got them before they really got established. I didnt find any nymphs at all the entire time, and only found 2 adults, and 1 of them was dead. They were both next to eggs.
Anyway, I went ahead and added fertilizer today but I decided on 1 cup instead of 1/2. I also mulched with straw, and cut come clones. Light schedule changed to 12/12, and Im gonna start lowering the light over the next few days.
Week 1 since flip is over and I watered them today. I probably should have done it yesterday or the day before. Clone 1 didnt care but 2 and 3 were looking a little droopy. Still no signs of mites so I think I won that fight.
