Hello all!
My last journal was my winter garage grow and it went very well.
I got lots of apple fritter from my 2 autos and my gold leaf shined like the champ she is.
I let them dry for a week and then freeze dried it, locking all that perfection in for the long term.
My original 2x2x6 tents now have a double- wide 2x4x6 tent that i used as my dry room a few months back.
So i have germinated 1 sunset sherbert and lost 1 zkittlez that never made it…so im soaking 2 more now. Hopefully 1 makes it.
Yeah.
I only had this one in the try 4 days and when i checked below, the taproot was stretched along the bottom of the try. But the push-pop style made transplanting easy. No broken taproot and she is in her 7 gal forever home.
But something is up with these zkittlez seeds. Barely showing taproots after 3 days in water. Gonna let them soak till tomorrow AM and then seed pod them.
Man, Sunset Sherbert is growing like a weed. Healthy and her taproot was super long after 3 days in water. Here she is since her taproot saw dirt 18 days ago ago.
Now, Skittlez is a different story. The first seed never even popped. So I contacted ILGM and they asked me to try 2 more seeds. I only had 5 since I bought in a mix pack. But, ok…
Both had issues with their seeds popping and the taproots were WAY smaller after a full 3 days in water. I planted them with the taproot mostly down, but with a slight angle so the seed pod could get pushed off. Neither of the seeds lost the cap and they both came up with helmet hair. I waited another 24 hours and very carefully pulled the second off manually with a toothpick. They’re both doing better now.
My Sunset Sherbert is looking fantastic. She’s already putting out some indica notes when i open her tent. She’s staying short and going very bushy. She’s already working on her 5th node, but since I’ll be cloning her, not sure if I should top her or not. Thoughts?
My double Zkittlez are really looking good too. After a bumpy start, they’re both healthy and growing. I can already see how different they are from Sunset Sherbert in the length of the stalk.
Sunset sherbert is doing her thing. I went ahead and topped so i will give her another 2 or 3 weeks to ensure all the clones i pull are from well established plants.
For my 2x4 tent (clone tent) I built some small tables out of junk wood I had from a previous DIY to raise them up. Don’t laugh, they were free.
Thanks to a “Behind the Seeds” tour at EPCOT ( ) , I learned that red/ blue lights are for “roots and shoots” so i will be using those in the room for the first 2 weeks or so to ensure the clones I pull from my girls are ready to rock in soil. I set them up just under the AC infinity lights to make the transition easy when the time comes. I may turn on the light bars at power of 1/10 just before transplanting to get them ready.
I read that you can expect 50% or more of your clones to not survive. So I’ll take a few from each plant and hope for the best. This is my first attempt, so if I get any, i’ll be over the moon.
I topped all 3 plants and had no choice but to trim them soon after. Especially my big bushy girl, Sunset Sherbet. I took a lot of large fan leaves off her and by the next day, she had filled in with her nodes and looks even bigger than ever. She was seriously ready for room. By the way, it’s been averaging 85-90 degrees F in the garage during the day and about 80 in the evenings. And Sunset Sherbet is LOVING it.
I mean, LOOK at her! can you believe I pulled a bag of trimmings off her yesterday?!
My Zkittlez are doing great too. I only trimmed them a bit to keep airflow. As long as there is good spacing, I don’t want to take too much off them, since they’re only about 3 weeks old.
So, if all goes well I’ll be cutting clones in as little as a week from now. I just have to make sure the Zkittles are big and healthy enough to start pulling from. Maybe 2 weeks, I don’t know. We’ll see.
Wow. What can i say. Its been an adventure.
So, the weather has seen some serious extremes. And we aint done yet.
First, heat index of 110F with humidity in the 80% range. So in tents in a garage, there was a serious challenge.
First, i did my clones knowing i would be lucky to have 1/2 survive. I pulled some short enough to fit in my 6 pocket seed trays. And then tried a few much taller.
And that’s when the heat wave hit.
On the bright side, only the strongest survived. And it was MORE than 50% !!
At the same time, once i did my clone pulls, i flipped the mother plants.
Holy cow… zkittlez shot 150% its height. It just wouldnt stop! I had to pull the whole filter out of the tent to raise the light and it STILL grew past it.
One cola is 1mm from touching the ceiling!!
I didnt pull the filter out. But it grew past the light anyway. Buds are looking decent.
As for the clones, i got so many to survive, i was able to gift 2 to a friend for an outdoor grow.
They are healthy and i will flip to flower this weekend. Unbelievable! I am HOOKED.
Zkittles finished flower with 80/20 amber ratio in about 8 weeks. I chopped both Zkittlez and am currently prepping it for my freeze dry and cure.
Sunset Sherbet got a few areas of bud rot on the largest buds (humidity is my enemy) but I was able to save the rest. She’s about 1 week away from harvest.
My clones are doing great! The Zkittlez are pushing in their final stretch and all are looking great. They’ve been flipped for about 2 weeks.
) , I learned that red/ blue lights are for “roots and shoots” so i will be using those in the room for the first 2 weeks or so to ensure the clones I pull from my girls are ready to rock in soil. I set them up just under the AC infinity lights to make the transition easy when the time comes. I may turn on the light bars at power of 1/10 just before transplanting to get them ready.
So I’ll take a few from each plant and hope for the best. This is my first attempt, so if I get any, i’ll be over the moon.
