FryingPan, Have you determined any females yet ? Those plants look great you've got a bit more room than I have here mine are climbing out of my closet! 3rd day of 12/12 and no sign of sex yet !! This is getting frustrating as big as they are I'm not gonna be happy ripping anything out of there , could be a real job..Thank god I don't have to shovel snow anymore !! My ol man used to give me that job back in Cleve. great to be in So.Cal. Want snow go to the Sierras !! Mammoths dumping now maybe be boarding next wk with my boys !!. Did you clone one of the plants in the tub or did you get them elsewhere? That will be my next job as well.. Any tips ? Thanks and have a great Christmas..
Hey ol hippie, nice to hear from you. I have to admit I cheated when it comes to sex, they are all clones so I'm planning on 6 for 6. That space is crammed full already, I'm not planning on many low buds, but there are a ton of tops that look to be ready to pop.
I took cuttings from both a diesel and a nl, three each. This is my first time cloning, but reading Cervantes he suggests taking them from the lower branches, newest hormones there, they'll take the best. But I wasn't ready to put them into res yet. I just stuck them in cups with water like I've done a million times with house plants. I finally got some rooting hormone so I was able to put them in today.
I mentioned the rooting powder a few posts back, got it at Wallie World for $4. You dip the clone into the powder covering it generously, then split a soaked mineral wool cube, lay in the clone and place it in the net cup in the typical set up. No nutes until roots are showing.
When taking a cutting and trying to coax roots out you are asking it to change from producing green stem cells to manufacturing undifferentiated cells. Once undifferentiated, cells quickly transform into root cells, therefore the rooting powder. I'm barely scratching the surface here, I've got more research to do, but I'm thinking everything will go pretty smooth from here.
I haven't set my clones in a closet yet, gotta get to work. But they won't need much for light yet. I'm thinking I'll veg under cfl's this time, don't want to spend the cash just yet. I'm thinking 4-48w 6500k and 2-48w 2700k. That ought to be a good start. I'm thinking cfl due to the heat, I don't want to deal with venting this time.
I'd love to blow off shovelling snow, this was a good dump. But such is the life here in the hills. I don't ski anymore, got my new knee 5 years ago. Knee's great, just don't want to screw the damn thing up. I love gettng way out back on snow shoes, talk about peaceful! My pups and I have a blast. You have a great Christmas too, hey you mentioned boys, how old? I've got two, 26 and 28.
Well, that's about all I know about cloning, there are many who know more than I, but hopefully this gets you going in the right direction.
