Humboldt's Growing Adventures! Up & Away!

PartyOf5 · Oct 15, 2007

if you have a local company that prints vynil billboards see if the have any scrap you can use to keep light out of the closet. i went and got tons of it for a second room that i built. one side is black and the other side is flat white and it looks like it will work perfect. i will post a pic of it later so you can see what im talking about better. hope the cloning goes good for you since im right behind you(lol).

Humboldt · Oct 15, 2007

Thanks party I'd love to see some pictures of that stuff, also how much did it cost you or was it free as it was scraps?

My clones are looking healthy but are doing some crazy stuff, they are bending, twisting and laying down, is this normal or are they dying? I cut up straws to try and lift them up out of the dirt.

Anything on this would be appreciated!

PartyOf5 · Oct 15, 2007

are those female clones or the males? the vynil was free it was scraps they had left over from a job.

Humboldt · Oct 16, 2007

Yeah these are the girls, the boys are in the back under the pitchers seen in the above image, that vinyl shit looks like it will do the job, send me some lol I don't think we have a company such as that near me but I'm going to check it out.

Can anybody advise me on these clones, is it normal for them to bend and lay down like that also how often should I spray and should I keep the soil wet at all times or should I let it dry out some before adding anymore water? Oh and when is a good time to ace the dome?

Please all the advise on cloning in soil is greatly needed!

PartyOf5 · Oct 16, 2007

i am going to try my first set of clones this saturday. if these fail i will still have a couple weeks to try again and again and again!!! i am going to clone every plant even though i dont know sex yet. ill just mark cup with what plant bucket they came from. if the clones live i will throw away whatever clones come from male plants. the one thing im not sure about is the lighting, i've read not to use cfl's only indirect sunlight and then i've read people putting them under flouresent light. this is confusing(BANG).

Humboldt · Oct 16, 2007

Good luck on the cloning, mine seem to be still healthy although weird looking, as for light they say cfl's and flo's are ok as long as they are far away, im using both.

GOOD NEWS, I got a couple more girls from the smaller stunted batch, I will be transpanting them in the bigger pots tonight.

Sorry I'm in a rush nedd to go like now I will be posting more tonight.

Humboldt · Oct 16, 2007

HOOAH! I found another girl hidden in the back, as of now I have five girls and there's still nine more small plants waiting to be sexed. I replanted the two girls into the bigger buckets and for the other girl I'm going to keep in the small containers along with what ever else that turns female, I want to use the remaining two bigger buckets for two of my clones, that is if they root.

Another girl, I'm soo excited!

Before Transplant,

Dead Males,

Private Parts,

Male Roots,

After Transplant, look at my little twins,

I still need some opinions/advise on my clones, I would like to know if the bending and twisting is normal, also how long should I use the dome for and should I keep the soil wet or let it dry out some?

cali-high · Oct 16, 2007

well on average you keep em under the dome for 5 days at a 100% humidity then you slowely start giving more air and less you humidity.

basically take off the dome after 5 days.

also check out my soon to be grow after seeds germ https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/29538-cali-highs-grow-journal.html

1puff2puff3puff · Oct 16, 2007

Are you sure this is your first time?!?!??! You definately have a green thumb, looks like you going to have a heck of a yield...

Kepp it going and good luck, PLEEEEASE keep us post!!!

Humboldt · Oct 16, 2007

Thanks cali for the info, yes this is my first real attempt, thanks for the comments, I grew one very small plant outdoors a couple years ago, only one seed and was lucky that it turned out female, I had know idea until way after the flowering stage, since this grow I'm pretty confident that I'm now able to tell sex.

I went out and got this cheap moister meter for like 6 bucks and it works well however when I poke it in the soil I hear popping sounds, Im assuming it's the roots, I told my mom that this couldn't be good for the plants and mom seems to think I need to keep it in the soil the hole time, if that's the case this could get expensive, I was under the impression that you poke the probe in the soil each time for each plant.

Has anybody ever used one of these devices and could you tell me how to properly use it, I can't find anywhere on the package that it's for a single plant.

Yes of course I will keep ya'll posted, it's a journal isn't it? well kind of a journal

gst1147 · Oct 16, 2007

The meter is for multiple plants, just stick it in and read. The clones on the other hand, mine tend to bend/twist when they either have to much moister or not enough, you just have to get a feel for it. I leave the dome on for the first three days while misting the rockwool and the leaves each day, then prop it open more and more each day after that, once they are rooted then you can take it off bc they are ready to veg.

Humboldt · Oct 17, 2007

Thanks for the information, so I'm taking the meter won't harm my plants and the clones must be getting too much moister as I'm keeping the soil wet also spraying 2 - 3 times a day, should I let them dry out some?

I started the cloning process on the 13th, it's now 16th I lifted the dome a bit for more air on the 15th, will this be ok and since they are in dirt how will I know when they take root? I'm thinking taking the dome off completely on the 20th, or Not???

PartyOf5 · Oct 17, 2007

im kinda confused on the feeding part. i have ferti-lome(31-11-11) plant food that i am using now during veg. i also have the foxfarm soluble tri-pack to use during flowering stage. on the foxfarm feeding schedule it says to start using open sesame(5-45-19) for one week on 18/6 lighting schedule before switching to flowering 12/12 lighting. what im not sure about is am i still suppose to keep using the ferti-lome plant food during flowering with the foxfarm products?
FoxFarm Soil & Fertilizer Company----- tri pack
http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf---- feeding schedule, im using the right side chart for the solubles.

cali-high · Oct 17, 2007

well usally you leave it in but i guess you can take it out.

when putting it in. try to find a spot where theyres no pressure on putting it in.like nothing pushing back......cause those are the roots and you dont wanna be breaking roots no i tell you...cause that could end in a bad way

wutter · Oct 17, 2007

looking nice and bushy. hope those clones turn out to be healthy good luck on those. I'm looking forward to see how it buds. keep us updated

Humboldt · Oct 18, 2007

I'm sorry I don't know anything about fox farm feeding schedules, I recently learned of their products and could only find grow big, I was under the impression that each product was for certain parts of stages, I was told that grow big was for vegging but then again I was also told that grow big could be used for flower and veg.

My plan was to use the grow big for veg stage and tiger bloom for flowering, all these mixtures and shit is confusing, I'm not going all out this round, I'm just trying the basics, let's see if I can even finish with some kind of a yield this go round.

im kinda confused on the feeding part. i have ferti-lome(31-11-11) plant food that i am using now during veg. i also have the foxfarm soluble tri-pack to use during flowering stage. on the foxfarm feeding schedule it says to start using open sesame(5-45-19) for one week on 18/6 lighting schedule before switching to flowering 12/12 lighting. what im not sure about is am i still suppose to keep using the ferti-lome plant food during flowering with the foxfarm products?

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FoxFarm Soil & Fertilizer Company----- tri pack
http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf---- feeding schedule, im using the right side chart for the solubles.

Has anybody got an answer to party's question?

well usally you leave it in but i guess you can take it out.

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So I was misinformed? I've been sticking it in carefully and pulling it out (like he said she said) and going on to the next plant, now I'm scared, maybe it would be wise to invest in some more sticks one for each pot and leaving it there.

So far I have five girls, since I already have one meter and at 6 bucks a piece that would only be like 25 bucks, I'd say that's not a bad investment for piece of mind, by the time I'm able to tell sex to the reamaing nine, I should have enough money to get a few more.

Thanks wutter for stopping by, I hope these clones root too, at least one would be nice for starters, I can always take more I suppose, stick around as I'm going to be posting lots of updates, ups and downs.

It's almost time to start flowering, it's been almost 2 & 1/2 months, the two girls should be nice and ready, as for the rest I will keep in separate closet until I think they are ready to throw into the flowering chamber, I was hoping to be already flowering by now but it just didn't work out that way.

Update on my first two girls, the burnt one I think is recovering nicely.

I'm really pleased how she is doing, kind of bushy and taking up space but shes my best plant, if I take anymore clones it will be from her.

Thanks guys for all your help and support, I do appreciate it!

Humboldt · Oct 18, 2007

Can anybody tell me what this light/reflector would be used for? I do know it's not hps or anything, I'm curious because it looks like the previous owner had it rigged up like they had a plant under it.

I was thinking about replacing that bulb with one of those 150w cfl for like 20 bucks, do you think this would work to veg two mothers, or could I get away with less watts?

LoganSmith · Oct 19, 2007

Hey, the Most.tester is used by placing it in the soil. Thats it. It gives a reading from like 1-4. You don't need to buy more of the same tool. The easy way of telling if your plants are dry is by there weight. If the plant is heavy don't water, if it is super light then water. Easy is alway good

GLG

Humboldt · Oct 19, 2007

Cool thanks, I've been probing them and they seem to be doing ok, also the wieght of the buckets definitely helps.

Ok I'm just about ready to start flowering, I did a darkness test to see how dark it gets in the closet with lights out, I put my camera in with the plants on video mode closed the closet up and turned out the lights, it gets pitch black so I'm thinking it will now be ok to start flowering.

Check it out dark as dark can be, click on the following link and play the 5th video .. #5 Darkness test.

http://bratcat.net/bratcat/pot/videos/humboldts_videos.html

Let me know what you think, is it dark enough in the grow room to start the flowering process? if so I'm starting tomorrow.

Please Advise!

PartyOf5 · Oct 19, 2007

i put mine into flowering today.

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