Mini Green House Grow

[Setting Sun]

Re: setting sun's mini-greenhouse grow

gl to you and thank you for refrence.
Botanists are more likely to study the basic taxonomy, anatomy, morphology,
biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, physiology, etc. of wild plants, the
model plant Arabidopsis or cultivated plants. Horticulturists study how to grow
or cultivate fruits, vegetables, cooking herbs, spices, medicinal plants, lawns,
cut flowers, houseplants, Christmas trees, landscape trees, shrubs, vines and
other ornamental plants, bonsai, plantation crops such as rubber and tea, etc.
and that is why i like it learn to clone almost every plant on the planet i think its cool i am sure they have a Introduction to horticulture at the CC near you. anyways great looking bud and gl thinking of moving out near modesto/ oakdale know where thats at?

I think I would enjoy horticulture more than botany. I may have to check out what's available locally, along with some photography classes.

I know where Modesto is at, but don't know much about the town.

wiki this SS I think you might like just thought its a cool way to clean up the earth lol phytoremediation

First time I've heard of that term, but I do know that marijuana is one of the few plants that uptake heavy metals. The russians used MJ to help clean up the soil in Chernobyl.

On a personal grow level, that becomes significant from a safety issue, and I'm not proponent of using unknown dirt, like from the backyard, for growing.

On the global cleanup perspective, however, MJ becomes very useful, but I wouldn't be smokin' the plants after they did their duty.

thanks for the interesting link!

 

[WheeloFortune]

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i think hemp was used, not the kin of MJ we smoke. hemp is sweet.

 

[Setting Sun]

Re: setting sun's mini-greenhouse grow

I'm back! Man, Sun you have a very active(and long) thread! LOL Very informative, too.
Nice job with the pollination. You'll have some nice beans soon. That plant looks like a winner to me!
Excellent work!

This journal has gotten really long, makes it hard to find stuff sometimes, and it's like a Russian novel to read from beginning to end. It is what it is though, and I'm glad you found good info .

The pollinated bud is doing well with some fat seed-filled calyxes.

Thanks for your support tricome, and welcome back! .

SettingSun, plug away. You have good reason too! Very impressive buds you have growing there. Ya have my vote bro.

thanks GMT, I appreciate your support and vote!

If I win, I promise some pot in every chicken, or something like that, lol.

i took a batch of mixed auto flowers and made seeds .they worked fine but a few were really short ,but good smoke .i would say though once is all you would want to do this as rudialis is noted for killing potentcy a few generations down the line as a 30 plus year grower i remember when that first happened the no high thia etc. i am a legal medical grower and am looking forward to trying this sts silver nitrate trick and getting real female seeds .morfs just lead to more morfs when you use them for a pollin sourse .i know from personal testingthis is fact. keep up the good work i love 420

I'm not sure this strain I've been growing ever had much ruderalis in it. Even the original seeds didn't AF, and grew much bigger than lowryders are supposed to. I haven't yet smoked any of this grow, so the smoke report will have to wait a bit.

thanks for your feedback and support brother!

 

[Setting Sun]

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i think hemp was used, not the kin of MJ we smoke. hemp is sweet.

yeah, they used hemp, but as far as I know, all cannabis will uptake heavy metals from soil, which is why I don't think it's a good idea to use unknown dirt to grow.

hemp is indeed a wonderful plant, too bad that money and politics have negated its value and usage.

take care wheelo

 

[OldMedMan]

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yeah, they used hemp, but as far as I know, all cannabis will uptake heavy metals from soil, which is why I don't think it's a good idea to use unknown dirt to grow.

hemp is indeed a wonderful plant, too bad that money and politics have negated its value and usage.

take care wheelo

I once lived in NJ. Glad I didn't grow there. Radon gas in most of the soil.
By the way I voted for you too. No one has done the job better than you and your clear explanations have help a countless amount of folks.
Best is your sense of humor

 

[Setting Sun]

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I once lived in NJ. Glad I didn't grow there. Radon gas in most of the soil.
By the way I voted for you too. No one has done the job better than you and your clear explanations have help a countless amount of folks.
Best is your sense of humor

Oh, I don't know, plants that glow in the dark might look pretty cool, lol.

thank you for the kind words and vote, OMM . I didn't know when I started doing this that I would make so many good friends and have so much fun .

have a green week!

 

[IMA]

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my next grow "3 MILE ISLAND" radioactive SOIL

 

[GMT1975A]

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PAchamama...ummm..call it Plutonium Blue!!....lol

 

[Setting Sun]

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BLOOM DAY 48

I added some side-lighting to my 250w HPS for the second half of the bloom cycle. It's a 65w 6500K CFL security light. They seem to be liking the combination.

 

[Setting Sun]

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I decided to girdle not an entire plant, but just the main cola on one plant.

First saw this technique in borntorun's journal:
Borntorun's 2009 outdoor grow.snottygirl

He mentioned that a friend of his had used zip ties and found them difficult to tighten enough. I used small and thin zip ties so that they would tighten easier and apply more pressure than the larger and wider ones.

It's not cutting into the stem, but it is squishing it pretty good. I placed it three days ago and so far have not noticed any changes, either positive or negative.

the cola in the foreground is the one I did the girdling on.

 

[OldMedMan]

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Sticky Fingers.....................

You have steady hands.....if I had tied that.....I don't want think about it
They look great Sun

 

[Setting Sun]

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yep, and they're starting to stink up the place too! I think I may finally have to use the carbon filter.

I had to pull really hard on that zip tie to get it tight enough to have the desired effect, but yeah, it felt like just a little bit tighter and it would have been one of those "oh oh" moments .

That's one of the reasons I just girdled that one cola instead of the whole plant, but if seems to have any benefit, I'll try it low on the main stem next time.

thanks OMM, I appreciate your visit and comments!

 

[GMT1975A]

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Setting Sun, you should be proud bro, your plants look phenominal.

 

[Setting Sun]

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thanks bro!

I put on some good tunes a few days ago and spent about 20 minutes with each plant removing the white flies.

That finally wiped them out and I avoided having to spray them with anything that might affect the taste after harvest.

The foliage was getting a little sparse and the 6500K CFL really helped thicken the leaves up again, although I think the buds slowed down, so I'm going to switch the side lighting to a couple of vertically hung 42w soft white bulbs.

trich check coming up soon

take care GMT, and thanks for the positive energy

 

[Doc Bud]

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thanks bro!

I put on some good tunes a few days ago and spent about 20 minutes with each plant removing the white flies.

That finally wiped them out and I avoided having to spray them with anything that might affect the taste after harvest.

The foliage was getting a little sparse and the 6500K CFL really helped thicken the leaves up again, although I think the buds slowed down, so I'm going to switch the side lighting to a couple of vertically hung 42w soft white bulbs.

trich check coming up soon

take care GMT, and thanks for the positive energy

Beautiful plants. Superb.

I like your side lighting idea!

 

[Sonzor]

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Looking very, very nice as usual. Good luck with the girdle can not wait to see how that turns out for you. Great job..

 

[Setting Sun]

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Beautiful plants. Superb.

I like your side lighting idea!

I love my grow tents. They make it so easy to do things like this, and they're so reflective that adding additional light is very effective, since it bounces around in there really well.

One plant (the narrow-leaved pheno) is farther along than the rest and may get chopped soon.

thanks for dropping in and for your support doc!

your plants are looking very nice as well!

 

[Setting Sun]

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Looking very, very nice as usual. Good luck with the girdle can not wait to see how that turns out for you. Great job..

The girdling was easy and quick to do. I need a grow with a stable strain in order to determine whether it pans out.

This time was more for learning and fun, but ima keep an eye on that cola, lol.

thanks sonzor!

 

[IMA]

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is the stress suposed to encourage more trichs development

 

[Setting Sun]

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is the stress suposed to encourage more trichs development

snipped from Wikipedia:

"Like all plants, trees use two vascular tissues for transportation of water and nutrients: the xylem (also known as the wood), and the phloem. Girdling results in the removal of the phloem, and death occurs from the inability of the leaves to transport sugars (primarily sucrose) to the roots. In this process, the xylem is left untouched, and the tree can usually still temporarily transport water and minerals from the roots to the leaves until the roots die. Death occurs when the roots can no longer produce ATP and transport nutrients upwards through the xylem."


Essentially, what you're doing is sacrificing the roots for the benefit of the tops. The roots starve, but the tops get more than their share. That's why the timing is important, and I guess if you do it earlier than two weeks from harvest, your plant could die prematurely.

But, why not selectively girdle individual branches and colas and keep the roots alive while increasing the food and energy to let's say, half the buds on our plants? I'm definitely going to try that on a future grow.

When I have a grow with a more stable strain, or clones, I'm also going to girdle a whole plant and see what happens.

Ima turn into a girdlin' foo, lol.

thanks Pacha!