Re: AfricanGrower's 1st Hydro Journal-Ebb&Flow/Bubblelicious 2013
12/10/13
Hello all! I hope everyone's garden's are doing well. Mine is most certainly doing well. My tent is running at optimal efficiency averaging at around 80 degrees a foot above the plants. (In the pic the high was 88 degrees and 84%, this is because I took a shower during lights on).
I also added a makeshift CO2 generator that really is doing justice. I added a TSP of highly activated yeast and a cup of brown sugar mixed with a 1/3 gallon of water (it is being kept at a constant 80 degrees, THIS is important). It has been making CO2 for the past 4 days now
I have just recently run into a slight deficiency problem that I have thought to be a sulfur def. I have therefore decided to add 2.5ml/gal of Microbe Brew (1-2-.03) which has magnesium sulfate in it. My current PPM is now at around 500-520 and I am at a pH of 5.8.
Here are pictures of the suspected deficiency only present on new growth. The first 2 are on Bubb A, the last 2 are of Bubb B.
As you can see Bubb B has passed the 2 foot mark so I want to at least get another foot added in width before I go into flower. Currently she is at 28 inches at her widest points.
It has also just passed 1 foot in height as well. I hope that this strain stretches during the first two weeks of flowering because I still have over 5 feet of vertical height left to work with!
As you can see here Bubb B is root bound. I still feel that I can hold off on the final transplant for another two weeks when I go into flowering.
Okay, so any final thoughts or objections to Bubb A being a male plant? Here are the last pics of 'him' that I will be taking before I get the final word from you guys.
Oh and remember I was talking about root development high up on the lower parts of my stem! Well look at Bubb A here with a massive crown of roots that developed in between the medium and the exposed air.
Here is Bubb B with very minor root development up the the lower stem.
Here is the bagseed that did not FIM (the FIRMd) and continued growing, so I defoliated it 2 days ago and plan on using a 'lollipop' technique on it.
Here is the FIMd bagseed. I swear I am seeing female calyx's form on the upper most growth here. I tried to get a pic but
I just can't get a good focus on the small development.
Here is the regular topped bagseed.
I'm pretty much guaranteed that this method will take longer than any 'normal' cloning method. The purpose of my experimenting in different techniques is to gain experience, and experience IS always good in my opinion! I always imagine I would be growing cannabis in some remote area in the future and I end up with no access to any cloning systems nor rooting agents? This technique might just come in handy to perpetuate the grow 
My plants would be shriveled up if I followed that schedule.
