Sorry to hear about your male plants. I had no idea that autos could be male. Did you buy regular seeds vs feminine seeds?
BakedARea's Cultivated Blessings: A Myriad Of Genetics & Shenanigans
- Thread starter BakedARea
- Start date
Sorry to hear about your male plants. I had no idea that autos could be male. Did you buy regular seeds vs feminine seeds?
- Thread starter
- #322
It was! I'm going to let her recover a bit and get orientated before any more cuts. I'd like to get her height in check. I'm thinking a square foot diameter is plenty for a mother. This one is a special one so I'd like to always keep a mom and clone growing in tandem while I have a couple in flower. At least that's where my head is at right now. I could flip her as is and she would explode with colas. She's such a pretty plant! I can't wait to see her blooming. Thanks again amigo.Looks like time well spent!
- Thread starter
- #323
Meeeehhh...I'm not too worried about it. Just goes to show that odds are not always in our favor. Yes, I got a bunch of regular auto seeds. Still have a few more packages to pop. I'll probably pop all of them soon and be done with them once and for all. I have a bunch of outdoor garden space I can use until my photos go out anyway.
- Thread starter
- #324
A quick update...all the plants were supposed to get their GF topdress yesterday. I missed the boat on that one. That will have to wait until tonight along with another full drench.
I decided to give the clones their first @GeoFlora Nutrients 'Veg' topdress @ 1 Tbsp per 3" pot. They also got some liquid nutes (Dr. Earth's 1-1-1 organic feed) to carry them through. The medium was definitely starting to dry out so they were due for another full drench. They got their first dose of @Sierra Natural Science SNS209 along with yucca extract.
I decided to add a LST bend to the Northern Lights Auto. Hopefully she's young enough to handle it without an issue.
Have a great day folks!
I decided to give the clones their first @GeoFlora Nutrients 'Veg' topdress @ 1 Tbsp per 3" pot. They also got some liquid nutes (Dr. Earth's 1-1-1 organic feed) to carry them through. The medium was definitely starting to dry out so they were due for another full drench. They got their first dose of @Sierra Natural Science SNS209 along with yucca extract.
I decided to add a LST bend to the Northern Lights Auto. Hopefully she's young enough to handle it without an issue.
Have a great day folks!
I wish I had your humidity issue right now! I'm trying to get the grow room down from 64 this morning...with the AC on I've gotten it to 56. Young flowers are sitting in a 59 tent and my flowers 54 since they have dehumidifiers in there but....I feel your pain just on the other end
- Thread starter
- #326
What are your temps? You could get a better result with a small space heater (coil type) than a big a/c unit. Just a thought. I take it your ambient rh is already high, plus the bulk of the flowers are making it climb right?
Looking good to go in there, and good idea with the liquid nutes while you wait for the really stinky GF to kick it! I added it to my lemon tree on transplant as well as top dressing, and I couldn't leave the door to the office open for 3 days because of the smell. 
FTFY.
- Thread starter
- #328
I love the smell of organics!Looking good to go in there, and good idea with the liquid nutes while you wait for the really stinky GF to kick it! I added it to my lemon tree on transplant as well as top dressing, and I couldn't leave the door to the office open for 3 days because of the smell.
NOT kidding! Last year, every fruit tree outside got a large serving of chicken compost. Whole neighborhood smelled like a farm for a week. I enjoyed it immensely!!!
Wifey...not so much!
This year they all got top dressed with a bunch of a similar product like GF. MmmMmmmMmmm...the stink was soooo good for about 4 days.
Uhhh...but I didn't snap the branch! Only a slight twist and pinch and holding it down with a wire. Had I supercropped it, it would have been hanging, no?FTFY.
My supercrops don't hang and my LST isn't a right angle. But that's just me! I didn't see the wire so I guess if it would stand back up without it we can call it LST. 
- Thread starter
- #330
Gotcha.My supercrops don't hang and my LST isn't a right angle. But that's just me! I didn't see the wire so I guess if it would stand back up without it we can call it LST.
Yes and ironically that room is radiant heat so would it provide the same effect? I had the room today at 74 sheesh so the tent was 80 but I try to keep the girls around 74 in the tent during the day and 67 68 at night
- Thread starter
- #332
Have you tried not having the A/C on to see what the RH does naturally?
What's the ambient RH? If it's lower, bring in more fresh air. Unless it is exhausting into the same room?
A quick VPD calculation has your environment sitting better at 82° during the day for mid/late flower with a RH of 54%. Could potentially keep the plants from transpiring too much which would reduce the RH too.
- Thread starter
- #333
I started my morning convincing myself that I had enough time to topdress and spray drench the plants. I squeeked by and left the house with baaaaaarely enough time.
But first...
I made sure I made myself a cup of kickass coffee from Jacob's Bear Coffee. MmmMmmmMmmmm!!! Small batch is the yummiest.
After a quick 24hrs, that little auto pointed right back up! I pulled her back down at that top node. I'd like those lower branches to stretch some more and do my best to even them out. My plan is to try and give her some dedicated light space when I pot her up.
I was already a couple days late (again) on my topdress on the rest of the plants. They were due for some water too so all the plants got another dose GF 'Veg' this morning. They all got a tiny bit extra. The Candida got an extra ounce. The rest got about a 1/2 ounce extra. Afterwards, I mulched it with another layer of Buccaroo Worm Castings. I don't produce enough fresh castings or they'd get that. Yet another reminder to get my worm bins into higher production. I've been neglectful.
The spray drench was 1 gal of filtered tap, 3 tsp yucca extra and 8 mL SNS209.
Speaking of neglect...I keep doing this to my plants.
Weirdly, I was thinking it was the humidifier going dry again but this started the night after the last drench and when I pulled her top down. This is the Candida momma this morning with the sad sections from yesterday crisped up after the humidifier did go dry, again, last night. Urgh...
But first...
I made sure I made myself a cup of kickass coffee from Jacob's Bear Coffee. MmmMmmmMmmmm!!! Small batch is the yummiest.
After a quick 24hrs, that little auto pointed right back up! I pulled her back down at that top node. I'd like those lower branches to stretch some more and do my best to even them out. My plan is to try and give her some dedicated light space when I pot her up.
I was already a couple days late (again) on my topdress on the rest of the plants. They were due for some water too so all the plants got another dose GF 'Veg' this morning. They all got a tiny bit extra. The Candida got an extra ounce. The rest got about a 1/2 ounce extra. Afterwards, I mulched it with another layer of Buccaroo Worm Castings. I don't produce enough fresh castings or they'd get that. Yet another reminder to get my worm bins into higher production. I've been neglectful.
The spray drench was 1 gal of filtered tap, 3 tsp yucca extra and 8 mL SNS209.
Speaking of neglect...I keep doing this to my plants.
Weirdly, I was thinking it was the humidifier going dry again but this started the night after the last drench and when I pulled her top down. This is the Candida momma this morning with the sad sections from yesterday crisped up after the humidifier did go dry, again, last night. Urgh...
The problem I have with my grow room Baked is it is an addition and it wasn't added to the central air. So no ventilation system just the radiant heat and I use a standing AC unit when it's warmer. I took your advice and increased the temp temperatures by upping the radiant heat as opposed to running the AC on dry and it has helped tremendously. I was struggling to get it to 52 and I've I've sitting comfortably around 44-48 since! Thank you so much! You're my special secret!
Brush your teeth, refill the huey. Easy peasy!
- Thread starter
- #336
Haaa haaa. Hey, no secrets. Just glad it helped.
I'm struggling with environmental issues too right now. Or it's something in my soil. Who knows...
I'll get an update posted later hopefully. Just got home after a 12...feeling a little bested at the moment. So maybe tomorrow. Or Monday.
Hey BA, take a moment for an enhancer and hopefully you're soon back on top of it - haha!
Take care of yourself, we can wait.
- Thread starter
- #339
Hey BA, take a moment for an enhancer and hopefully you're soon back on top of it - haha!
Much appreciated gents! Had a wonderful double date night yesterday with some friends we hadn't hung out with in many many years.Take care of yourself, we can wait.
It's a bit of a tough thing socially for me. Same as it is here for me honestly.
We actually reconnected recently when we figured out we are both growing! I've been trying to encourage him to join the site.
Anyway, earlier in the week I gifted him some clones I got off my Candida momma, compliments of @InTheShed ! Thanks again man. I was able to bless someone else with some amazing genetics.
As I have been blessed by being here and winning a few things, I could think of no better way to showcase our sponsors, than by sharing the actual products with a new consumer. I was able to gift him some @GeoFlora Nutrients Veg & Bloom , @Sierra Natural Science spider mite product, and the cherry on top, I gave him my most recent kit from @PerfectPipe ! I made sure to tell him that these were gifts from sponsors of our site. We was so stoked. Thanks y'all for letting me have an opportunity to share blessings with a friend.
- Thread starter
- #340
Some updates from the past few days. I'm missing a lot of detailed info. Brain is fried. L They are drinking far more than I am giving them though. Except maybe for the Northern Lights Auto which I believe I may have overwatered.
She is not happy but I also have not been the best parent. I'm going to pot her up and hope for the best.
One of the issues happening with the plants recently and the crispy leaves, is what I believe to be insufficient watering and the combination of poor environmental conditions. RH has been very inconsistent. Technology is not always our best friend. It is a wifi based unit and it has completely disconnected unexpectedly several times and failed to reconnect. That has caused dramatic decreases along with the fan which didn't stop. The humidity was getting sucked out of the plants at a rate faster than I was able to fix it. Multiple times at that and the damage was already done.
Over the last few days, I have been giving the top soil a spray to keep it damp. I also have given them a bottom watering a couple times.
Today, the C99 male got to go outside! This is my first plant of the '22 outdoor season to get some unadulterated sun. I gave only a small batch of it in the morning, then let him recover, then another hour in a different spot, and then let him recover. Now he's in another spot for the next hour and he will be coming back inside for the night. He won't be getting too much special attention. He's in my front room getting only ambient light. I went ahead and topped him and most of the branches. Goal is to collect as much of that pollen as possible. He will be finishing inside, in an enclosed terrarium, where I have raised dart frogs before. Minimal pollen out of that area is my goal. I have many weeks before I will see any sacs large enough for producing pollen. Here he is getting sun and soaking up a drench. Droopy plants are the name of my game currently.
The rest of the plants today. Clones are ready to pot up but some are looking like they are very hungry. I need to take more cuts from all of them though. Another task that needs a check mark! ASAP!
The Space Queen issues is possibly a potassium deficiency. But I think that was a couple weeks ago because the newest growth since has been much better. I'm moving forward with that assumption. The difficult process for me with soil grows is when problems arise, it could be something that the plant has already balanced/regulated. Then we could potentially be treating for something that is no longer an issue. The buffer or room for errors is much larger, I believe, with soil. Curious to know your thoughts on this.
C99 #1 finally got topped. I did it between the 12/13 node. I have no idea what kind of training I'm going to do with the rest of the plants. Should I flower these after I have all the clones I need? Or should I keep these as moms?? I just cannot make up my mind folks.
She is not happy but I also have not been the best parent. I'm going to pot her up and hope for the best.
One of the issues happening with the plants recently and the crispy leaves, is what I believe to be insufficient watering and the combination of poor environmental conditions. RH has been very inconsistent. Technology is not always our best friend. It is a wifi based unit and it has completely disconnected unexpectedly several times and failed to reconnect. That has caused dramatic decreases along with the fan which didn't stop. The humidity was getting sucked out of the plants at a rate faster than I was able to fix it. Multiple times at that and the damage was already done.
Over the last few days, I have been giving the top soil a spray to keep it damp. I also have given them a bottom watering a couple times.
Today, the C99 male got to go outside! This is my first plant of the '22 outdoor season to get some unadulterated sun. I gave only a small batch of it in the morning, then let him recover, then another hour in a different spot, and then let him recover. Now he's in another spot for the next hour and he will be coming back inside for the night. He won't be getting too much special attention. He's in my front room getting only ambient light. I went ahead and topped him and most of the branches. Goal is to collect as much of that pollen as possible. He will be finishing inside, in an enclosed terrarium, where I have raised dart frogs before. Minimal pollen out of that area is my goal. I have many weeks before I will see any sacs large enough for producing pollen. Here he is getting sun and soaking up a drench. Droopy plants are the name of my game currently.
The rest of the plants today. Clones are ready to pot up but some are looking like they are very hungry. I need to take more cuts from all of them though. Another task that needs a check mark! ASAP!
The Space Queen issues is possibly a potassium deficiency. But I think that was a couple weeks ago because the newest growth since has been much better. I'm moving forward with that assumption. The difficult process for me with soil grows is when problems arise, it could be something that the plant has already balanced/regulated. Then we could potentially be treating for something that is no longer an issue. The buffer or room for errors is much larger, I believe, with soil. Curious to know your thoughts on this.
C99 #1 finally got topped. I did it between the 12/13 node. I have no idea what kind of training I'm going to do with the rest of the plants. Should I flower these after I have all the clones I need? Or should I keep these as moms?? I just cannot make up my mind folks.