9lb Biscotti F1 Reg Test

At 8:00pm I'm going to be starting a 3 day dark period. These little things were going to be fed tomorrow but that's not going to work out for me.
I fed them today at 2 tsp per gallon so hopefully they will take it ok, I'm not going to be able to look in on them so I won't know until Saturday morning when the light comes back on.
Let's see what the week brings 💚.
 
Update 7/8/23: Today is the end of week 7 above the surface and they're still green.
After a 3 day dark period the light is back on and the growing continues to go forward. I don't remember the stretch being like this the first time I did it, but I'm sure it happened and I didn't know enough to see it.
If this works like it did the first time, I should know in about a week what I have and I'll go from there.
All in all everything seems to be going fairly well with them with the exception of #1... I seem to have picked up a calcium deficiency so the next time I feed I'll give it a shot of WCA and see if it straightens up.
Let's see what the week brings 💚

Edit, on second thought I have to water them today so I'm going to be giving #1 a tsp of WCA and see if it straightens up.

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For reference, and you probably already know this, WCA comes from the Korean Natural Farming method, and like many of their concoctions it is diluted at 1:1000 for use and can be applied as a foliar spray.

I usually go a bit stronger at 1:750 which works out to 1 tsp/gallon.
 
Azimuth said:
For reference, and you probably already know this, WCA comes from the Korean Natural Farming method, and like many of their concoctions it is diluted at 1:1000 for use and can be applied as a foliar spray.

I usually go a bit stronger at 1:750 which works out to 1 tsp/gallon.
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Yeah I use it at 1 tsp per gallon also. This is going to be the first time in 3 grows that I had to use it.
 
And worm castings come out of the worm covered in a calcium carbonate slime which is another good source of calcium, but oh so much more for your plants. :thumb:
 
Update 7/9/23: This morning I'm in the lung room looking at the plants taking care of the morning job and I think there might be something to this 3 days of dark thing.
Yesterday the light came back on and I do believe I have a tent full of ladies, I'll keep an eye on them but I think it's going to get crowded in here.
If anyone else tries this to sex your plants, I sure would like a tag so I can see if there's really something to this. I've tried it twice now and it seems to be working but I would have to repeat it several times before I can say.
Let's see what a few more days bring 💚

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Ok now that I know I'm setting on a tent full of ladies I removed all the big fans from the mains.
I'm just a hobby grower and I don't let my garden get real big, so I'm going to give them a week to veg yet and I'm throwing the 12/12 switch.. I know most will say not yet but everyone has their own thing I guess.
Anyway all I do from here is every other feeding I add unsulfured blackstrap molasses to the mix. The back 2 and front right are 9lb Biscotts, front left is the RXA..
Just about time to make some flowers 💚

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Well now isn't this a kick in the a$$. Saturday morning when my light came on I forgot to turn it down, now I have 2 plants with burnt leaves on the top.
100% on a Hyphotonflux HPF3000 is just a touch too much light I guess.
Oh well I never said I was a professional grower.
All I can do now is wait and see what happens.
If need be I'll top them off and give them a little more time.
OOPS...

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This really isn't an update, more like a just put it out there kinda thing.
I'm always thinking about my next grow ahead of time so here's my plan.
I went and got two 12gal totes from the DG, I'm not sure if I'm going to make a wicking pot or a SIP out of them yet. But either way it's going to be 1 plant under 2 nets, and it's going to be a long veg maybe 12/14 weeks.
I made the first stage net out of an old 26 inch bike rim, and the square net I made a while ago.
I'm not sure what strain yet but I'll figure it out later, I have time.
Let's see what I can come up with 💚

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Bud Bokashi said:
Well now isn't this a kick in the a$$. Saturday morning when my light came on I forgot to turn it down, now I have 2 plants with burnt leaves on the top.
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:laughtwo: Doh!

Hey, shit happens. And they'll be fine. They're having a bit of a temper tantrum now, but not a disaster.

Bud Bokashi said:
I went and got two 12gal totes from the DG, I'm not sure if I'm going to make a wicking pot or a SIP out of them yet. But either way it's going to be 1 plant under 2 nets, and it's going to be a long veg maybe 12/14 weeks.
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That's a  very long veg for a SIP and I suspect also for a swick. How big is your tent? That's gonna be an absolute monster of a plant if you veg that long.
 
Azimuth said:
:laughtwo: Doh!

Hey, shit happens. And they'll be fine. They're having a bit of a temper tantrum now, but not a disaster.


That's a  very long veg for a SIP and I suspect also for a swick. How big is your tent? That's gonna be an absolute monster of a plant if you veg that long.
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I have a 3X3 tent I can make it fit.
The first single I did was a 12 week veg and the last one was I think 16 weeks before I flipped it.
I'm not real up on the self watering pots but I'm doing some reading on it before I decide on the path of travel.
 
Bud Bokashi said:
I have a 3X3 tent I can make it fit.
The first single I did was a 12 week veg and the last one was I think 16 weeks before I flipped it.
I'm not real up on the self watering pots but I'm doing some reading on it before I decide on the path of travel
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12-14 weeks of veg in a SIP in a 3x3?

No chance.
 
7/11/23 Early week check in: Seeing that I can't put any moisture to the plants today, I decided to go ahead and get the net in. As soon as I can I'm going to push 3tsp icecube and 1tbsp unsulfured blackstrap molasses per gallon and get ready to flip the switch.
Other than that it's just another day.
Back 2 and front left are 9lb Biscotts, front right is Runtz X Afghani.
Let's see what the week brings 💚

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Update 7/13/23: This morning I'm going to be giving all the ladies something to eat. I am giving them each 3 tsp of the Bokashi extract and it won't be long to find out if they like it. I'm sure the 9lb will be fine but I'm not too sure if the RXA will handle it, she's just not acting right for some reason.
Let's see what the rest of the week brings 💚

Edit: I just noticed that I mixed up 2 of my pots... OOPS.
The back 2 and front right are the 9lb Biscotts and the front left is the RXA.
Good thing I have that one in a different bag or I may not have noticed the mixed tags.
In comes the safety pins I guess.
 
Update 7/15/23: And just like that we hit the end of week 8 and they're still green.
#1 is doing really good with the calcium issue and going strong.
#2 has recovered from the high light intensity after the 3 days of dark, OOPS but, I do believe I cought it in time.
#3 has also made a full recovery from the same mistake, I won't be doing that again for sure.
Thursday I gave them 3tsp per gallon of Bokashi extract and 1tbsp of unsulfured blackstrap molasses per gallon and they seem to be ok with it.
Now that these plastic wrapped bags and I are getting to know how to work together and I got the moisture issues under control today I'm going to give them a shot of water.
I'm going to stay with a feed, water, water and see how it goes.
With the light coming on this morning, it kicks off day 1 of 12/12.
All in all everything seems to be going good with all 3 of them, no sign of want or need so on I go.
#1 Back left. #3 Back right. #2 Front right. Front left is the RXA, I have that one in a different journal.
Starting today I'll put a full tent pic in my updates.
Let's see what another week brings 💚

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Bud Bokashi said:
Now that these plastic wrapped bags and I are getting to know how to work together and I got the moisture issues under control today I'm going to give them a shot of water.
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And why do you wrap the fabric bags in plastic wrap? Seems like you'd be losing the main advantage the cloth bags bring to the table.
 
Azimuth said:
And why do you wrap the fabric bags in plastic wrap? Seems like you'd be losing the main advantage the cloth bags bring to the table.
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My soil gets too dry around the outside and the roots pay full price for it. I've been going to switch to plastic pots a while ago but never did. I'm trying to keep the roots from air pruning so bad.
These are from my last run, tiny little root I think.

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I just got finished up in the lung room for the night and after looking everything over, I got to thinking about something.
What are the chances of dropping 3 beans just randomly selected from a dozen of Regs, and have all 3 of them be ladies... Not as much of a question as it is a course observation.

Also this is the 2nd time that I've grown regs, and both times I did 3 days of dark then back to 18/6.
I don't know if there's really something to this or, if it's just a 2 for 2 fluke.
I found this method in some notes I got from a friend of mine, well really from his wife after he unexpectedly passed away a few years ago. It seems to work but I'm still not convinced.
I never really payed attention to how long it took the first time, I just know it was within a week.
This time I knew the day after the light came back on.
These are the testers I was sent, names are hidden for, well you know.
Have a wonderful night my friends 💚

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Three is too small an 'N' to make much of anything from. I've read that your environment can actually help determine sex, less than ideal = more of a chance for males.

I've had more than my share of females as well, but I also tried to select the female seeds from the males:

Azimuth said:
I saw that article a few years ago and it has seemed to hold more or less true for me. I've found not all that many seeds are clearly definitive, though, at least for me. But the ones that have the clean, round volcano shape have turned out more female than male for me over time.

Also, I've read that your germinating environment can help determine sex, as anything outside the ideal zone is more likely to turn out a higher percentage of males. That would suggest the sex is not predetermined in the seed itself but maybe it "leans" more one way.

But I don't know if that's true. I haven't seen any research on the subject. I will say that I have had way more female plants than I should have if it were truly a 50/50 deal, but it's a relatively small sample size so could completely be luck.

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