re: s1ingblade's Coco OG Kush & 818 HeadBand 1st Grow Journal 2013
Glad I found your journal! I kept seeing you post and wondered if you were growing. Gotta check out the growers from NoAZ! I left Flagstaff in 2011 (yes, right after MMJ was made legal), and ended up in WA (yes, right before MJ was made legal).
I guess I still feel a stronger bond with AZ than WA. No disrespect to my WA family though! I made sure to get at least one TGA strain to represent the local breeders.
Just was in AZ for 10 years and only been here about 18 months.
I dont have a lid that fits right, think if I did and was able to get the humidity up there they would root faster?
I don't think so. The added humidity helps keep the plant from drying out while it builds roots. Some folks believe that the increased humidity may slow root growth as the plant has less pressure to establish roots. I have always used humidity domes, but I've always cloned in rockwool, and recently tried, the much nicer, rapid rooters. I've already got most of the parts to build an aerocloner, but seeing your dome made me realize I had not even considered that. I may have to get a different reservoir. I'll try to find one that will fit 2 domes well, but I may not use them. If the plants start to wilt, put the dome on. If they don't, I would leave it off. I tend to agree that the dome might slow root formation if it isn't needed. The only way I can see it accelerating root growth is that the plant is healthier and better able to make roots?
Sorry, after typing that, I'm not sure anymore. I'd still use the dome if they wilt, and probably wouldn't if they didn't. In the DIY threads I've read on making these cloners, I don't recall them using domes.
Yes I agree if your patient and really put your heart into it, with each harvest there should be access to some funds to add onto or upgrade.
Thanks Jon
That's how it works! I'm focused a little more on the commercial side of the equation, but I still have to "ramp up" as some revenue starts coming in.
Not sure whats different about this round of cuts but day 8 and still not even root bumps? The cuts are getting very hard compared to when I took them. I took a fresh batch and the 8 day old ones got re-cut , re-dipped and put into rooter plugs and into a humidity dome. If someone thinks they know what is keeping the cuts from rooting please feel free.
Some strains take longer. Again, I've not used that cloner style yet, but it's well known that some strains clone faster than others. My TGA Apollo13xVortex is a cloning monster. I already had high hopes for this strain, but it's already a front runner for mother selection. Some of my other strains are still rooting and making nice clones, but at a much slower rate.
Anyway, +reps for the grow. Bummer about the rental situation. I have a slightly different perspective on it since I have a rental in Flagstaff. Need a new rental in town? I know the landlord would be cool about growing there. Just make it so he can't tell when you leave and he won't care hehe.
Do you mind if I ask how things are in AZ now regarding MMJ? I did notice your avatar. What's the 25 mile rule? Is that something about you can't grow your own unless your 25 miles from a dispensary?
Do you have an idea about how licensing works for growing for a dispensary? The wife and I miss northern Arizona. We like WA well enough, but if I could grow down there legally, that would be awesome!
Don't over analyze...the plants look healthy and I have seen the color you talk about before...as long as the leaves are healthy ...let her grow and stay on the recommended nute schedule...or you may have very serious problems 