Re: 6x90W UFO LED / 2x600W HPS soil grow: Medibud, Super Silver Haze + WW
DAY 54 - CLONE WARS
I decided the plants were big enough to take some clones, and so I did. I bought an "X-Stream Aeroponic Propagagtor" with 36 sites and got to work. You can see the product details here:
Propagation
I am posting some pictures to show how I put the kit together. First off, the kit isn't exactly cheap, but it certainly looks made out of el-cheapo compontents. The delivery tube connecting to the pump had lots of flimsy plastic grates and leftovers in it which I carefully removed with the help of a screwdriver and a sharp knife:
Anyhow, it seems to do what it should, namely deliver a constant screen of liquid to the roots-to-be. Some pix:
After putting everything together (the pump is held in place by suction cups and the delivery system fitting into grooves in the container), I pH'd plain tap water with no added nutrients to 5.5 and filled the container with about 15 liters.
A quick test run of the pump left me moist and a happy grower.
I took 24 cuttings overall, 12 Medibud and 12 Super Silver Haze. Since the White Widow is still heavily flowering (doesn't seem to care about 18/6), I decided not to clone her for fear her clones grow up into naughty girls like their mother.
The cuttings (at least two nodes) were taken from the lower parts of the plants, where the prevalence of root hormones is greatest. Some test cuttings were taken from higher places, where the shoots had little light and would not develop into great bud anyway.
I used a sharp, disinfected scalpel, cut at a 45-60% angle just below the lowest leaves, cut these leaves cleanly off the stem and used
scarification on the bottom part of the stem. Each cutting was put in
CLONEX rooting hormone gel for about 30 seconds, so that the bottom 1-1,5 cm were thickly coated. Then, I put them in their foam collars and put them in the cloner.
Almost done: I misted the leaves with plain tap water, misted the clear dome also to maximise humidity and put it on top of the cloner. The pump is running 24/7, the lamp fixture has 2x75W 6000K CFLs on 18/6.
Btw: don't let the picture fool you, the cuttings are of a lush green colour, not yellow. Shitty cam.
I plan on lifting the dome once a day and spraying the leaves with water. Once a week, I will
foliar feed with 1/4 strength nutes.
Does anyone know if pH is important for foliar feeding?
One last look at the rest of the jungle:
Cheers mates!
Most of the leaves are looking very well, but some on the larger clones are drooping, as expected.
