first grow journal. WW

yea they are. k i didnt know the 18/6 thing and i backed the light off quite a bit.

sounds good keep us posted. for anymore additional tips check out the faq and read it carefully. i had bad cloning success because i skipped over the things i told you

k so day 10 on the clones and i still see no roots but they are as healthy as they have ever been since i backed the light off.

i just got my lamp and put it all together, i have 2 5 gallon buckets full of water already premixed for the first batch in the system, all phed and everything.

i neglected to get hanging shit for my lamp so im going to have to get some from the hardware store in the next few days.

im stuck between keeping my mother as a mother or just flowering it with the clones... i have more seeds so i dont need a constant mother...

i tried the diy zen carbon filter and i gata say... i couldnt get air through it no matter what. i even took out half the charcoal and it still doesnt really work...

any advice? do i need a strong fan?

k well i decided that im just going to flower out my mother with the clones after i veg them all for a while longer.

since i decided to flower my mother, i just transplanted her into a bigger pot with fresh new soil and finally some nutrient solution.

i was wanting to LST her if i was going to flower but she was perty tall before i decided, so while i was transplanting i figured hey why not just transplant it basically on its side, that way i wont have to deal with it getting stressed from me bending it over and i will get the benefits of LST. i took a before and after picture of this because i have never really seen a plant replanted on its side like this.

i have never done LST so any advice on what the next thing to do would be i would appreciate any tips.

oosps, forgot pics... sry

GlassFreak said:

oosps, forgot pics... sry

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Try to bend it to the left or right a few inches, you can use yarn or string to tie it down. But after a day you can bend it some more and slowly make it into a spiral. That's what I'm doing with one of mine. See what I mean...

You actually might be interested in this thread on grasscity.com

Hey, glassfreak. You`re WW looks great.
That`s pretty interesting, how did You repot you`re plant. I think it`s gonna work great. Gonna come back and see, how you`re doing.

Keep the good work goin`, man.

brianc01088 said:

Try to bend it to the left or right a few inches, you can use yarn or string to tie it down. But after a day you can bend it some more and slowly make it into a spiral. That's what I'm doing with one of mine. See what I mean...

You actually might be interested in this thread on grasscity.com

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i tied the top down after i took those last pics(you can see the string in pic 3 now) so that it wont be able to just bend the whole plant back up strait but im just going to leave it how it is now... im sure when the branches grow out more i will tie them down too to spread it out. heres a pic. see how much its already bending toward the lighting? and i had to come up with a kinda wierd method for lighting it equaly untill i get my 400w runnin. ill post a pic of the whole setup now also. so i it goes 30w 6500k, 26w 2700k, 26w 6500k. kinda mixing specs... but working great for like 12 hours in...

dsn said:

Hey, glassfreak. You`re WW looks great.
That`s pretty interesting, how did You repot you`re plant. I think it`s gonna work great. Gonna come back and see, how you`re doing.

Keep the good work goin`, man.

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thanks brother man! glad to have ya. my mother is kindof big for the pot shes in... shes 16 inches and was still in a 2.4 liter pot. so you could imagine how the soil would be one big root ball basically... this did make it hard to water for the last week or so... i found a pot that whas deep enough so that i could put a layer of fresh dirt at the bottom and then just lift my root ball out of the old pot by the stem as close to the dirt as i could. my meristem is as big as a pencil so its strong and the roots kept all the soil together. anyway i took the pot shaped root ball and put it into the pot just like the pic. didnt tie it till after that. so the plants was just transplanted into a bigger container as far sideways and with enough dirt to make the stem clear the rim of the pot. the more you can get it on its side the better.

brianc01088 said:

Try to bend it to the left or right a few inches, you can use yarn or string to tie it down. But after a day you can bend it some more and slowly make it into a spiral. That's what I'm doing with one of mine. See what I mean...

You actually might be interested in this thread on grasscity.com

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oh shit man i missed the part about the spiral... sry i was talkin on the phone and typing...

that would be really cool if i could just make the whole plant spiral like that... i think i might try it! thanks alot.

+rep for the great idea man!

well as soon as i figure out how to give rep...

you plant is too old to lst

oh well the lower branches need some growth. and its only a month old

i just want my damn clones to root! im so eager!

GlassFreak said:

oh shit man i missed the part about the spiral... sry i was talkin on the phone and typing...

that would be really cool if i could just make the whole plant spiral like that... i think i might try it! thanks alot.

+rep for the great idea man!

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No problem... I just can't wait to see what mine will turn out to look like once I'm done.

i started to do that and its going to be so sweet. thanks again.

cloning day 13... no roots

k so i have my mother tied down and starting to spiral. heres a pic of the progress. there was one area that kinda kinked but not all the way, just a little kink in one side, is this ok? i figure ill give it at least a week befor i fuck with here any more.

the meristem (red) and all the branch tops that will hopefully shoot up (blue) are traced and circled.

GlassFreak said:

cloning day 13... no roots

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That sucks. I usually see some roots in about 5 days and am fully rooted within 10.

nomaninsf said:

That sucks. I usually see some roots in about 5 days and am fully rooted within 10.

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what method do you use?