Ok here's a very mini update of a peek at the veg room right now. I've got the 2 ladies still in the flower room - big girl and frosty both Krystalica C pheno. When they come down,big girl this weekend just need to find a large enough space to hang her we will be doing a tear down and clean and re-set back up. Fall cleaning if you will. I usually do 2 complete cleanups once in the early spring right before going from VEG to flower and I'm doing it again now right before we go full swing into the fall/winter crop.
Ok so here we go with the VEG room. All the big plants in the back are Krystalica clones - the cuttings were taken before we went on vacation the first time this summer - so that would make it July 15th, sat in the cloner until we got back in August 2nd and into soil on 8/3 or there abouts. So make them 6 weeks in soil. They need to be put into flower or I will have a major issue with too tall plants, but hey I'm practiced at LST so bring it on!
The rest of the plants were from seed I think I popped them before we went on vacation the 2nd time so make them 9/4 into soil from seedling so they are about 3 weeks old right now - the autos I'm leaving in the VEG room and will be turning the lighting down from 24/0 to 20/4 here once all the big girls go to flower room.
I'll get way more into detail on the seedlings and the strains I picked in an upcoming post. I'm always on the lookout for a new better bigger buds strain... aren't we all eh? I like Mendala seeds as they grow organically so I feel their options, at least for me, are a very good match and so far I've been very happy. Smoking the same thing for a year now tho so I'm gonna branch out some more with a few other Mendala strains this fall. So more to come...
Sweet Sue likes the Black Autos and so do I and all my smoking buds LOVE them too. I can never get them to cure properly, they get smoked up too fast!! This plant was 4" tall and started getting black right from the get go - experience tells me all the buds on this plant will be dark dark brown to black after drying even the fan leaves. Quite the sight to see:
Sweet Sue's journal is here if ya haven't seen it yet, get your reading glasses and take a gander!
The SS Black buds linky:
Dark Devil Auto: A Community Grow Record
SS perpetual linky - we both grow with LOS no-til - she's been experimenting with the other side to make sure LOS is best... hows that going there Sue?? I'm lazy so no-til for me. Not banging the Brix (I love them Brix buds) - just too much work for me, plus my worms would feel neglected .. I can't have that.
The Joy Of Growing - SweetSue Goes Perpetual
Here's to you SS - This buds for you cheers:
Here's the black buds sister ... Blakberry Kush Auto. I'm filling in with autos and there's a new strain I'm trying called Matero Blue.. lets see how they do!
Blackberry Kush - no colors yet....?
Here's my Krystalica pheno C (back row big girls) for round 6 I think! not too shabby they are healthy and happy. Today all the ladies got treated to some Alfalfa SST - 3 days ago we did a corn SST watering as well. Look back to my post a few days ago and you can really see a tremendous growth spurt. I mix about 1/2 cup of SST to a gallon of water then water in.. thats it. If anyone is wondering why there's bamboo stakes in there they are from my last run - I'm running no-til so nothing changes cept the plant and a bit of top dress... each successive round is better than the previous.
Here's Matero Blue from seed - trying a new strain the companion crop is Fenugreek
Info bomb alert: here's some info for Fenugreek and nitrogen fixing in soil. Probably not all that important in container growing but this companion crop will die off and release the nitrogen once the host plant gets big and blocks the light.
Linky:
The Regional Institute - Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) compared to five temperate legume species in Wimmera farming systems. 1
Info bomb 2 - boom Fenugreek my old friend.. this stuff is the real deal for companion crops and can be used medicinally which for me and my digestive issue is PERFECT. Waste not want not.
Mankind?s Old Friend Fenugreek :: Hella Delicious
My other test run - Purple Pine Berry - the name was enough for me to snatch it up. She's looking pretty good getting a little purple already with cool nights this will get even better as will all the purps ladies and I've got a room full ...
Pediatric nursery pic from a few days ago - they are all ready to go into soil now. I've already up-potted one the others are all ready to go. For some reason those peat pellets have fungus gnats in them .. little fuckers.. I've hung up a yellow trap to see what I can catch. They were supposed to be blue traps for thirps but got the wrong stuff so I hung one here for those pesky gnats.