I did some cleaning today. Decided to kill the Valley Ice pheno #2. It produced less than pheno #1, and there isn't a difference between the two in any other way. I originally kept a cut from pheno #2 because the plant had an amazing foxtailing flower structure when it was growing in the greenhouse. Its obvious now that it was nothing more than an environmental factor which caused the foxtailing.
The root mass of the mother is way more dense than the root mass of the clones I recently harvested. This observation reassured me that 1gl pots are large enough to flower small plants. (Pic below demonstrates the difference.)
An update on the recent graft. The branch is looking much sturdier and is pushing new growth. The scar is rather odd looking. It seems only one side of the cleft graft actually bonded. The other side has a gap that will eventually grow into each other.
I will try to graft an SFV OG cutting again, after this graft looks stronger. I will be trying a different grafting method. A cleft graft doesn't seem very effective for cannabis.
I now have a little more space to work with. It was feeling crammed with 4 mothers. I will kill the deep purple mother, once the graft is strong and pushing lots of growth. I will have only one mother, with multiple strains grafted onto it. Im considering doing the same thing for the males.
That would make a total of two 1gl pots in this space. Less work maintaining them.
Below is a picture of the two males. This is how small I keep them. Ive trimmed the roots and replanted them once so far. They are hardy weeds.
Lastly the seedlings and clones were heavily pruned today. Everything was overgrown and it was difficult to water the trays.
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