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Sqwheels' Perpetual 2L Hempy + Moms
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Hi Folks,
Another weekly update...Wonder Woman, day 58, is almost ready to harvest. PE, 21 days 12/12 is developing nicely...1 week since first flowers appeared and I was certain she was a girl.
Flower room...first thing this morning
PE before defoliating, she looks nice and healthy with 6 arms and some good looking colas
after defoliation...this will really let some light in
Here's what I removed
Flower room after some adjustments
I've been giving only RO/tap to the Wonder Woman since 2-16 in prep for harvest, I'm a little undecided about when is the best time to harvest...so, I divided them in half, I will continue to let 4 dry out (it's been 5 days since flush and they're still a little moist) and the other 4 got another thorough watering and excess dumped (I tip the 2L on it's side and drain all the res water) these 4 will wait another week. Just to experiment
I repotted all my moms to the next bigger size pot a few days back...here's a few pics...
she was really root bound
For Mr.K--
I've been using 4, 5 & 6" square pots for my moms, they seem to work well
They have holes in the bottom, but that doesn't seem to matter, I overwater by a couple ounces, let them sit for a few minutes (5, maybe) then tip the pot to let out the excess and put them away...they were needing water every other day until I repotted on the 22nd, they aren't going to need watering as often now...I can tell. May be because the bigger pot holds moisture longer.
Cloning day--here's the donor...
I'm including more photos of the process, because some people have a lot of trouble getting their clones to take...I've had 100% success with this method.
the tools...
once I've cut all the clones and dipped them into clonex and put them into cubes I use what's left of the gel and mix with water...it's really thick (you can see it in the bottom of the shot glass) so
I stir it well with a toothpick, until completely diluted
I then dump this into the water that I had the clones sitting in and dip each cube to about 1/3 - 1/2 into that water just enough to moisten, NOT saturate
I feel like for the best chances of success you should take a certain kind of clone...5-7 nodes, close together, removed the bottom two leaf sets so 2 nodes get coated with gel and buried into the cube...twice the opportunity for roots. I think too big of a clone has too much green to keep alive while trying to make new roots, too small and they don't have enough stored energy to produce new roots and keep the green alive.
IMO these pics show the perfect clone...
This pic shows a dipped cutting, you can't really see it but I also use a blade and shave just a little of the stem away
I trim the very ends of the biggest leaves
Once I've cubed the clones I stick each into its own prepped 2L...prepped means premoistened mix with light nutes dose, less that 300ppm, and a hole dug into the middle so the cube fits, then snug the mix around the cube.
Then spray the bottle top/cap and fit it into the 2L...this makes a nice little environment for them to take.
All done and in the veg room
This morning while airing them I snapped another shot, no wilting or flopping
I usually open them once a day to air out, then spray the top and recover...I do this for about a week...shortly after that I can tell by the way the cutting looks that it's growing roots and I remove the top for good.
Musn't forget -- OG seedling...popped on 2-16, she just got her second set of true leaves
Wow, I just realized how enormous this update is...I hope it posts. If you have any comments/questions...please feel free to say...I love the input.
Happy Growing Everybody
Another weekly update...Wonder Woman, day 58, is almost ready to harvest. PE, 21 days 12/12 is developing nicely...1 week since first flowers appeared and I was certain she was a girl.
Flower room...first thing this morning
PE before defoliating, she looks nice and healthy with 6 arms and some good looking colas
after defoliation...this will really let some light in
Here's what I removed
Flower room after some adjustments
I've been giving only RO/tap to the Wonder Woman since 2-16 in prep for harvest, I'm a little undecided about when is the best time to harvest...so, I divided them in half, I will continue to let 4 dry out (it's been 5 days since flush and they're still a little moist) and the other 4 got another thorough watering and excess dumped (I tip the 2L on it's side and drain all the res water) these 4 will wait another week. Just to experiment
I repotted all my moms to the next bigger size pot a few days back...here's a few pics...
she was really root bound
For Mr.K--
I've been using 4, 5 & 6" square pots for my moms, they seem to work well
They have holes in the bottom, but that doesn't seem to matter, I overwater by a couple ounces, let them sit for a few minutes (5, maybe) then tip the pot to let out the excess and put them away...they were needing water every other day until I repotted on the 22nd, they aren't going to need watering as often now...I can tell. May be because the bigger pot holds moisture longer.
Cloning day--here's the donor...
I'm including more photos of the process, because some people have a lot of trouble getting their clones to take...I've had 100% success with this method.
the tools...
once I've cut all the clones and dipped them into clonex and put them into cubes I use what's left of the gel and mix with water...it's really thick (you can see it in the bottom of the shot glass) so
I stir it well with a toothpick, until completely diluted
I then dump this into the water that I had the clones sitting in and dip each cube to about 1/3 - 1/2 into that water just enough to moisten, NOT saturate
I feel like for the best chances of success you should take a certain kind of clone...5-7 nodes, close together, removed the bottom two leaf sets so 2 nodes get coated with gel and buried into the cube...twice the opportunity for roots. I think too big of a clone has too much green to keep alive while trying to make new roots, too small and they don't have enough stored energy to produce new roots and keep the green alive.
IMO these pics show the perfect clone...
This pic shows a dipped cutting, you can't really see it but I also use a blade and shave just a little of the stem away
I trim the very ends of the biggest leaves
Once I've cubed the clones I stick each into its own prepped 2L...prepped means premoistened mix with light nutes dose, less that 300ppm, and a hole dug into the middle so the cube fits, then snug the mix around the cube.
Then spray the bottle top/cap and fit it into the 2L...this makes a nice little environment for them to take.
All done and in the veg room
This morning while airing them I snapped another shot, no wilting or flopping
I usually open them once a day to air out, then spray the top and recover...I do this for about a week...shortly after that I can tell by the way the cutting looks that it's growing roots and I remove the top for good.
Musn't forget -- OG seedling...popped on 2-16, she just got her second set of true leaves
Wow, I just realized how enormous this update is...I hope it posts. If you have any comments/questions...please feel free to say...I love the input.
Happy Growing Everybody
Great job, Sqwheels! +REPS! 
HomeMedGrower
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Looking great Sqwheels. Your cloning tutorial should come in handy soon. 
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Thanks a lot guys...I hope it helps somebody.
Mr.K, --
for the +reps...I got all those ideas from reading journals on this website. The 420 community is as good as they come.
Thanks all.
Mr.K, --
for the +reps...I got all those ideas from reading journals on this website. The 420 community is as good as they come. Thanks all.
Great post Sqwheels! That's a great method for cloning, and works brilliantly for how you're growing them. +rep for a really great post that will help others for sure.
Just plain of good work..sqwheels.
I too have given you +reps. You have earned them.
I book marked this page for a reference on how to clone. Thank You
I too have given you +reps. You have earned them.
I book marked this page for a reference on how to clone. Thank You
OG13
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Nice Tutorial on cloning, glad to see you are having no problems. Plants are looking good too.
Mrgivemethat
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Great grow sqwheels im hooked my hempies are coming along and the pe looks great m my pe is almost ready for flower + rep.
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Ok here's an article I read on GLR among other interesting ideas about how we treat our girls. These are not necessarily my opinions and I don't know if it works or not...it's just something to consider and think about.
MORE INPUT Sometimes it frazzles my brain
Grow Bigger and Better saving 30-50% on your energy cost!
How to reduce the cost of growing cannabis saving 30-50% on your electricty bill using the 12-1 lighting schedule.
The biggest innovator in the history of cannabis in my generation is Reinhard Delp. Not only did he invent and is the holder of the patent for ice water extraction, he has been building flower forcers since 1992. His new solar powered Sun-gate is the leader of the industry. He was the first to feminize seeds and sell them in Europe in the late 90's. His process was done naturally, without the use of any chemicals.
No one is more copied but seldom matched than Mr. Delp, who to me is the top grower of our generation. The first time he impressed me he showed me 2 plants, planted next to one another, 1 completely covered in powdery mildew, the other completely clean and beautiful. He was developing mildew and mold resistant genetics.
In the late 90's Reinhard brought back the gas lantern routine that you find in any college grade horticulture book, and applied it to cannabis. Cannabis needs only 13 hours to stay in the vegetative growth stage. The 18-6 lighting schedule in vegetation, actually stress your plants, that never get that much light in one-day outdoors. Cannabis is an outdoor plant. Growing indoors you should copy how it grows outdoors. No Cannabis growing in Afghanistan gets 18 hours of light in growth pattern. Most strains today have some part Indica in their genetic pool. Even equatorial strains don't get 18 hours of sun a day.
The 12-1 lighting schedule is as follows 12 hours lights on, 5.5 lights off, 1-hour lights on, 5.5 lights off, and repeat schedule. The 1 hour on in between off period fools the plants that stay in vegetative growth state! Your immediate savings are 5 hours in energy costs daily, as well as your bulbs and equipment lasting longer. But how do the plants react to this lighting schedule?
You see immediate growth response from your plants, they are happy from the added rest time. By day 14 the plants tripled in size. The plants are bushy with twice as many bud sites without topping or bending, In fact when you top and stretch your plants out, you get many more bud sites than you would have had under 18-6 using same procedure of topping and stretching plant, your growing bigger and better and faster.
So your saving 5 hours daily in energy costs, as well as your excellerated growth pattern which also saves you time and energy and equipment use.
In the flowering stage, never use 12-12, start your flowering period at 11 hours on 13 hours off. When your are growing outdoors each day you get less and less sun light, you should copy the way the sun acts naturally in your indoor grow. So first 2 weeks of flower you go 11 on 13 off, the next 2 weeks you go down to 10.5 on 13.5 off, next 2 weeks 10 on 14 off, next two weeks 9.5 on 14.5 off and the last weeks of flower you should be at 9 hours on and 15 hours off. You'll get bigger and better buds by copying the way the sun light works on cannabis outdoors.
Cannabis is an outdoor plant and you should copy the way it grows outdoors indoors. The only thing that 18-6, and then 12-12 lighting schedule's do is make the energy companies rich as well as the people who sell lights and equipment, the more you use the more you spend. 12-1 lighting schedule is a more natural way to grow indoors and you well have the best results you have ever had and save as much as 50% in energy costs.
More info...from a different source.
Plants that have been grown up using the Gas Lantern Routine are now supercharged with floral hormones, and ready to go into flower with the slightest provocation. The interruption of the dark period has been destroying enough of the naturally building hormones to keep the plant from expressing sex, and the well-rested plant now has plenty of stored nutrients and energy to finish its life cycle and flower. Triggering the plants is essentially just a matter of removing the interrupting light period, so the plants may now experience the full buildup of hormones that will trigger blooming.
In keeping with providing all the correct organic biological and environmental needs of the plant, the diminishing fall schedule should be employed to take full advantage of the hormonal preparation created by using the Gas Lantern Routine. The diminishing hours of light in nature trigger acceleration in the production of hormones in the plant, making it flower with increasing speed and power
Some tips using GLR (theory):
- Have the light on a timer so the on/off is consistent daily. Manual on/off may induce flowering.
- Use mix light or MH. Try not to use just HPS. The spectrum from HPS may induce flowering even with the 1 hour on between the dark cycle.
- For the 1 hour on use a cheap light source like Fluorescent light or CFL instead of using HID light. Have it on a separate timer only turn on 1hr between the dark cycle and have the HID light set at 12/12. Normally with any other light cycle the ballast is turned on once in 24hrs, with GLR it turned on twice. This may shorten the lifespan of the ballast and bulb. If you decided to run Fluo/CFL then make sure the tent is well lid any shaded area or area left in the dark may induce flowering. The 1 hour on between dark cycle help destroy floral hormone, lack of light will not be able to destroy the hormone and will send your plants in bloom.
MORE INPUT Sometimes it frazzles my brain
Grow Bigger and Better saving 30-50% on your energy cost!
How to reduce the cost of growing cannabis saving 30-50% on your electricty bill using the 12-1 lighting schedule.
The biggest innovator in the history of cannabis in my generation is Reinhard Delp. Not only did he invent and is the holder of the patent for ice water extraction, he has been building flower forcers since 1992. His new solar powered Sun-gate is the leader of the industry. He was the first to feminize seeds and sell them in Europe in the late 90's. His process was done naturally, without the use of any chemicals.
No one is more copied but seldom matched than Mr. Delp, who to me is the top grower of our generation. The first time he impressed me he showed me 2 plants, planted next to one another, 1 completely covered in powdery mildew, the other completely clean and beautiful. He was developing mildew and mold resistant genetics.
In the late 90's Reinhard brought back the gas lantern routine that you find in any college grade horticulture book, and applied it to cannabis. Cannabis needs only 13 hours to stay in the vegetative growth stage. The 18-6 lighting schedule in vegetation, actually stress your plants, that never get that much light in one-day outdoors. Cannabis is an outdoor plant. Growing indoors you should copy how it grows outdoors. No Cannabis growing in Afghanistan gets 18 hours of light in growth pattern. Most strains today have some part Indica in their genetic pool. Even equatorial strains don't get 18 hours of sun a day.
The 12-1 lighting schedule is as follows 12 hours lights on, 5.5 lights off, 1-hour lights on, 5.5 lights off, and repeat schedule. The 1 hour on in between off period fools the plants that stay in vegetative growth state! Your immediate savings are 5 hours in energy costs daily, as well as your bulbs and equipment lasting longer. But how do the plants react to this lighting schedule?
You see immediate growth response from your plants, they are happy from the added rest time. By day 14 the plants tripled in size. The plants are bushy with twice as many bud sites without topping or bending, In fact when you top and stretch your plants out, you get many more bud sites than you would have had under 18-6 using same procedure of topping and stretching plant, your growing bigger and better and faster.
So your saving 5 hours daily in energy costs, as well as your excellerated growth pattern which also saves you time and energy and equipment use.
In the flowering stage, never use 12-12, start your flowering period at 11 hours on 13 hours off. When your are growing outdoors each day you get less and less sun light, you should copy the way the sun acts naturally in your indoor grow. So first 2 weeks of flower you go 11 on 13 off, the next 2 weeks you go down to 10.5 on 13.5 off, next 2 weeks 10 on 14 off, next two weeks 9.5 on 14.5 off and the last weeks of flower you should be at 9 hours on and 15 hours off. You'll get bigger and better buds by copying the way the sun light works on cannabis outdoors.
Cannabis is an outdoor plant and you should copy the way it grows outdoors indoors. The only thing that 18-6, and then 12-12 lighting schedule's do is make the energy companies rich as well as the people who sell lights and equipment, the more you use the more you spend. 12-1 lighting schedule is a more natural way to grow indoors and you well have the best results you have ever had and save as much as 50% in energy costs.
More info...from a different source.
Plants that have been grown up using the Gas Lantern Routine are now supercharged with floral hormones, and ready to go into flower with the slightest provocation. The interruption of the dark period has been destroying enough of the naturally building hormones to keep the plant from expressing sex, and the well-rested plant now has plenty of stored nutrients and energy to finish its life cycle and flower. Triggering the plants is essentially just a matter of removing the interrupting light period, so the plants may now experience the full buildup of hormones that will trigger blooming.
In keeping with providing all the correct organic biological and environmental needs of the plant, the diminishing fall schedule should be employed to take full advantage of the hormonal preparation created by using the Gas Lantern Routine. The diminishing hours of light in nature trigger acceleration in the production of hormones in the plant, making it flower with increasing speed and power
Some tips using GLR (theory):
- Have the light on a timer so the on/off is consistent daily. Manual on/off may induce flowering.
- Use mix light or MH. Try not to use just HPS. The spectrum from HPS may induce flowering even with the 1 hour on between the dark cycle.
- For the 1 hour on use a cheap light source like Fluorescent light or CFL instead of using HID light. Have it on a separate timer only turn on 1hr between the dark cycle and have the HID light set at 12/12. Normally with any other light cycle the ballast is turned on once in 24hrs, with GLR it turned on twice. This may shorten the lifespan of the ballast and bulb. If you decided to run Fluo/CFL then make sure the tent is well lid any shaded area or area left in the dark may induce flowering. The 1 hour on between dark cycle help destroy floral hormone, lack of light will not be able to destroy the hormone and will send your plants in bloom.
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X, OMM, OG,
Thank you for the compliments and +reps
...I really hope it helps someone. I feel like everyone here has helped me sooo much, I want to give something back. I know a lot of people do sprayers and resevoirs and such but I don't/can't manage all that. This method is pretty simple (kiss) and has worked great for me.
Hi MrGMT,
Welcome to
Nice to see another hempy nut...I think it's a great way to grow. My PE's got some nice little flowers started. I can't wait to see how she finishes.
to my journal, and thank you for the compliment
Thank you for the compliments and +reps
...I really hope it helps someone. I feel like everyone here has helped me sooo much, I want to give something back. I know a lot of people do sprayers and resevoirs and such but I don't/can't manage all that. This method is pretty simple (kiss) and has worked great for me.Hi MrGMT,
Welcome to
Nice to see another hempy nut...I think it's a great way to grow. My PE's got some nice little flowers started. I can't wait to see how she finishes. to my journal, and thank you for the compliment
I wanted to rep you Sqwheels, but I guess I have to spread some love first... I'lll have to owe you one! 
I'm interested in GLR myself, but anything "contrary to popular belief" interests me! I think conformity stifles us, dampens our inner being. It's sad that we've focused so much on equality in this nation, when we as individuals shouldn't want to be equal... We should want to be extraordinary!
I'm interested in GLR myself, but anything "contrary to popular belief" interests me! I think conformity stifles us, dampens our inner being. It's sad that we've focused so much on equality in this nation, when we as individuals shouldn't want to be equal... We should want to be extraordinary!
Your garden is looking excellent sqwheels! Every time I come to your journal it puts a smile on my face. Watching you progress as a grower the way you have has been a joy. Be proud of yourself. I am. 
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I wanted to rep you Sqwheels, but I guess I have to spread some love first... I'lll have to owe you one!
I'm interested in GLR myself, but anything "contrary to popular belief" interests me! I think conformity stifles us, dampens our inner being. It's sad that we've focused so much on equality in this nation, when we as individuals shouldn't want to be equal... We should want to be extraordinary!
Hi Frat,
Spread the love...we all need it
Catch me later sometime. Thanks for the thoughtI too believe in exploring the contrary...I've been contrary my whole life. I'm the black sheep of my family for it...but I like being individual, I don't know about extraordinary
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Your garden is looking excellent sqwheels! Every time I come to your journal it puts a smile on my face. Watching you progress as a grower the way you have has been a joy. Be proud of yourself. I am.
420fied,
so much for the kind words...it's a real compliment from my inspiration.I really love growing
Glad to see you're trying out GLR. I've been using it for 5 months it is still going strong. I see you used my GLR (Theory) tips from my journal but did not see you credit me on that.
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VERY, VERY
T/12 If you didn't get the credit you deserveAre you referring to this post I made a few days back...
Ok here's an article I read on GLR among other interesting ideas about how we treat our girls. These are not necessarily my opinions and I don't know if it works or not...it's just something to consider and think about.
When I originally started researching this theory (I think it started with a post in Mr.Krip's journal) and just went from there... I didn't really intend to repost the wp doc I made that day, (cut and paste what I thought was really good info on growing MJ for future reading) but a big discussion in 420fieds journal led to me doing just that.
From now on while researching I'll try to keep better references to the info I find ... and give credit where credit is due...
again I'm sorry you didn't get credited, it wasn't intentional
Thanks sqwheels. Not upset or anything just thought to give you a friendly reminder. If you have questions I'll try to help. I believed (in my humbleness) that I was the first to documented the use of GLR for a full month on this forum. Started to see more growers giving GLR a try after September 2011.
Hope to get your thoughts on it after your 1 month trail run. I can see you'll be loving it.
Hope to get your thoughts on it after your 1 month trail run. I can see you'll be loving it.
We're expected to reference where we heard tips? Who knew.
I always try, but sometimes I have so much information accumulated, that I forget exactly where something came from...
