QT's Second Grow - 1st Journal

re: QT's Second Grow - 1st Journal

Yeah, I am green with envy because I think he has bonsai trees and I have always wanted one of them. I like how they grow short and curvy or does one make them that way? Thanks for the vote of confidence, Aston. It means a lot to me. I realize I have come a long way since the first grow but still has a long way to go. What I like about growing is all the different things you can do with your plant. It's like with each grow you become more advanced. And mj being the strong weed that she is seems to adapt under the most stressful circumstances.

Hey I don't consider myself no expert or a novice grower... this is only grow number 3... or 4 i can't remember, I feel I am a part of everybodies grow cus I want them to grow the best medication they can!!! you are doing well my sista!!! I still have a lot to learn myself!!! we learn something new everyday!!!

:peacetwo: and never give up!!!
 
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@Warrior---He will eventually get it about listening to the plants. I think I relate alot to Kamy because I was just like him during my first grow. Just ask Aston and Vince, they will tell you...lol... I think after he has his first grow completed, he will begin to understand. I agree with your mom too, animals are people too. I treat my cat just like he is my son. And he is plenty spoiled too!!

LOL...That's great! A lot of people don't understand how to get that pleasure from their animals, that comes from being good to them and giving them your love.

It is repaid back to you ten fold...just like your plants will do for you when you give them what they need.

yes I had to get through my first grow as well in order to get that green sense!!! after you know what your plants can do and what things look like when they are happening... you start to know when they are starting to happen again!!!

Ok, so I guess what I felt about my plants is a common bond that all growers must feel after they have accomplished a few grows...hmm? Glad to know it wasn't just me :high-five:
 
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Ok, so I guess what I felt about my plants is a common bond that all growers must feel after they have accomplished a few grows...hmm? Glad to know it wasn't just me :high-five:

what do you mean??? like how you know what they are saying!!! yea you learn what they are telling you after a while!!! thats why it hurts so much to do the cut!!! just like for me now after the GDP sickness and coming back... in 2 months I have to say thanks for the fun time!!! see you when you come out the jar!!!

its g0nna hurt!!!
 
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what do you mean??? like how you know what they are saying!!! yea you learn what they are telling you after a while!!! thats why it hurts so much to do the cut!!! just like for me now after the GDP sickness and coming back... in 2 months I have to say thanks for the fun time!!! see you when you come out the jar!!!

its g0nna hurt!!!

Yea, it's like having to put your old dog down so that it doesn't suffer anymore but at least I don't think plants have nerve endings like an animal does...or do they? IDK?

You always have the option of regenerating Cannabis plants and keeping them for mothers as well so, if you feel that kind of attachment to them, that's a way to go?
 
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Wow, you should have seen me on my first grow when it came time to harvest. I was almost ready to cry. It lasted about a whole 10 minutes but I did thank them before I killed them. That is also why I am considering revegging plant 1 and maybe plant 2 as well. I have tried to do a search for it on here but all it really shows is conversations that people had about revegging, not the actual process of what has to be done.

So Warrior, you are not alone about getting emotional when the time comes to say goodbye. But then when you smoke them, you are taking them into you so they are still kinda with you. Know what I mean? Yeah, smoked one just now and am getting deep...:bigblush:
 
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Yep but I deleted all my pics from my first grow but they are on here still. So, I can look back on it. I think I will just keep the pics of them when they get bushy. I love that, the canopy just looks so pretty.
 
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Now Now...It'll be ok ).;b...lol

Regenerating is pretty easy, actually :thumb:

All you really do is cut the top off right below the main chola bud and then all the buds from the side branches except for leaving the first bud or two at the bottom of the stems, then revegg them for a few weeks, to ley them get bushy again, then go back to 12/12 again and reflower them again...cool? Easy Cheesy!

The trick is to feed them well during this process so that they will have the energy to make that transition back to the vegg stage.

I'm not sure, nut I think you could do this as many times as you want...IDK?

You can even turn her into a mother for clones too, if you want? Nothing to it!
 
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Yeah, it sounds easy but when put into action is a whole nother story...lol..I think I am going to give it a try with plant 1 because she is just so bushy. I can't wait to start flowering because I think she is gonna have some gigantic buds, may just get a good yield from her too. And I am also considering keeping one of my plants as a mother plant to clone from. I just haven't decided which one yet between the lemon skunk and big bang.
 
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Which one to flower, which to harness as a donor? Both, of course!
Take two or three cuttings from each, stick them in wet coco coir, then
put your new light to work. Vegetative propagation is not magic, but
standard normal common practice. In your dry grow area, use a humidity dome.
You can be creative, if you can't easily buy one. Saran wrap over a frame? Dry cleaner's plastic bag.

Cuttings will root in 7 or 10 days, and be growing strong in 20 with more light.
Cfl or T8 straight florescents are fine till then. Hold your nose, close your eyes, and jump in.
 
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Which one to flower, which to harness as a donor? Both, of course!
Take two or three cuttings from each, stick them in wet coco coir, then
put your new light to work. Vegetative propagation is not magic, but
standard normal common practice. In your dry grow area, use a humidity dome.
You can be creative, if you can't easily buy one. Saran wrap over a frame? Dry cleaner's plastic bag.

Cuttings will root in 7 or 10 days, and be growing strong in 20 with more light.
Cfl or T8 straight florescents are fine till then. Hold your nose, close your eyes, and jump in.


Once again...sound advice! :adore::bravo::Namaste:
 
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When I free up some room, I will give it a try. So do you actually cut a branch off to clone it? I get confused on which part of the plant to cut from.
 
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Now Now...It'll be ok ).;b...lol

Regenerating is pretty easy, actually :thumb:

All you really do is cut the top off right below the main chola bud and then all the buds from the side branches except for leaving the first bud or two at the bottom of the stems, then revegg them for a few weeks, to ley them get bushy again, then go back to 12/12 again and reflower them again...cool? Easy Cheesy!

The trick is to feed them well during this process so that they will have the energy to make that transition back to the vegg stage.

I'm not sure, nut I think you could do this as many times as you want...IDK?

You can even turn her into a mother for clones too, if you want? Nothing to it!

little on the confused side here brotha!!! now... do you cut off just the buds off of the lateral branches?? or do you actually cut off the whole lateral branch???

I do believe it is as many times as you want, but it is recommended not to go over 3 times, after stressing a plant that many times, it can herm easier!!!

:peacetwo:
 
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When I free up some room, I will give it a try. So do you actually cut a branch off to clone it? I get confused on which part of the plant to cut from.

congradulations QTL!!! you just got yourself a plant portrat of where to clone from!!! LOL!!! Let me go draw it up for you!!!

hey remember this!!!

BRB

:peacetwo:

HEHE
 
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after the cut
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Hope this helps ya!!!

:peacetwo:
 
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little on the confused side here brotha!!! now... do you cut off just the buds off of the lateral branches?? or do you actually cut off the whole lateral branch???

I do believe it is as many times as you want, but it is recommended not to go over 3 times, after stressing a plant that many times, it can herm easier!!!

:peacetwo:

Actually, I think hermies would give you feminized seeds...I think?...am I right?

I've never made fem seeds, so I'm not sure about this?

Honestly, I only did the re-gen thing a couple of times and it's been a few years ago now.

I'll look around the site and see if I can find some good literature about this, so that I can refresh and give y'all something to see as well...cool?

I do remember it was pretty easy though.

I would turn her into a mother after the 1st re-gen though, like get two harvests from her and then she becomes a mother...feel me?
 
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REGENERATION

It is possible to harvest plants and then rejuvenate them vegetatively for a 2nd and even 3rd harvest.

A second harvest can be realized in as little as 6-8 weeks. Since the plant's stalk, and roots are already formed, the plant can produce a second, even third harvest of buds in a little more than half the time of the original harvest.

When harvesting, take off the top 1/3rd of the plant. Leave most healthy fan leaves in the middle of the plant, cutting buds off branches carefully.

On the lower 1/3rd of the plant, take off end flowers, but leave several small flowers on each branch.

These will be the part of the plant that is regenerated. The more buds you leave on the plant, the faster it will regenerate.

Feed the plant some Miracle Grow or any high nitrogen plant food immediately after harvest.

When you intend to regenerate a plant, make sure it never gets too starved for nitrogen as it is maturing, or all the sun leaves will fall off, and your plant will not have enough leaves to live after being harvested.

Harvested plants can come inside for rejuvenation under continuous light or are left outside in Summer to rejuvenate in the natural long days.

It will take 7-14 days to see signs of new growth when regenerating a plant. As stated before, and in contrast to normal growth patterns, lower branches will be the first to sprout new vegetative growth.

Allow the plant to grow a little vegetatively, then take outside again to reflower. Or keep inside for vegetative cuttings.

You now have two or three generations of plants growing, and will need more space outside.

But you will now be harvesting twice as often. As often as every 30 days, since you have new clones or seedlings growing, vegetative plants ready to flower, and regenerated plants flowering too.

Regenerating indoors can create problems if your plants are infected with pests.

It may be best to have a separate area indoors that will not allow your plants to infect the main indoor area.

An alternative to regenerating indoors is to regenerate outdoors in the Summer.

Just take a harvest in June, then allow the plant to regenerate by leaving some lower buds on the plant, and leaving the middle 1/3rd of the plant's leaves at harvest.

Feed it nitrogen, and make sure it gets lots of sun. It will regenerate all Summer and be quite large by Fall, when it will start to flower again naturally.

PRUNING

Plants that are regenerated, cloned and even grown from seed will need to be pruned at some point to encourage the plant to produce as much as possible and remain healthy.

Pruning the lower limbs creates more air-flow under the plants in an indoor situation and creates cuttings for cloning.

It also forces the plant's effort to the top limbs that get the most light, maximizing yields.

Plants that are regenerated need to have minor growth clipped so that the main regenerated growth will get all the plant's energy.

This means that once the plant has started to regenerate lots of growth, the lower limbs that will be shaded or are not robust should go.

The growth must be thinned on top branches such that only the most robust growth is allowed to remain.

Once nice aspect of regenerating plants is that some small buds left on the plant in anticipation of regeneration will not sprout new growth and may be collected for smoke.

The plant may provide much smokable material if it is caught before all the old flowers dry up and die with the new vegatative growth occuring.

Try to trim a regenerated plant twice. Once as it is starting to regenerate, collect any bud that is not sprouting with new growth and smoke it.

Then later, prune again to take lower clippings to clone and thin the upper growth so that larger buds will be produced.

If a regenerated plant is not pruned at all, the resulting plant is very stemmy, does not create large buds and the total yield will be significantly reduced.

Good read--->joys-growing-great-guide
 
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