Stanks Go Perpetual In 2018!

Ya,..here too bud! Had a bit of a thunder storm a few min's. ago...cooled down some. Both Sat and Sunday were in the low 30's (C)..friggen hot ...great for bbqing...lol....with cold beers and other stuff...:ganjamon:
 
Amy Gardner said:
I think SweetSue has a great system that endures over time - with multiple clone generations.
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Thanks Amy! I PM'd SS to see what her system is. And thanks for the flower timing. I'll look back on the pics to see when I can spot pistils on top. The lower branches have been in flower for a month now!

Van, Black Cherry updates too please! And your pipe cleaner close-ups are a tutorial in training all by themselves. :thumb:
 
I am going to be up potting that BCP to a 5 gallon tomorrow.....will take pics when I do it then (along with the Tangie x Ghost Train Haze....which is stretching like crazy!)
 
Thanks! Looking forward to it :).
 
Van Stank said:
Hawaiian Mayan Gold Clone Day 53

Definitely see the Columbian Gold coming out in her! She has officially outgrown all her funk from the Neem baths. No signs of any pests on her and she is growing really nicely. She has a sweet smell to her that I cant quite put my finger on. Got her up potted last night as well.....to a 3 gallon. Hoping to keep her from getting too big before there is room to move her to flower. Definitely lots of bud sites on this girl. I think I will take a clone from her...just in case!

Still have a lot more training to do on her but need her to spread out a bit more first. I have a vision coming together for her in my head.......lets she if she is at all interested in playing ball with me!

No name tag required for that "Hawaiian Mayan Gold", nice looking plant.
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Hey Van! Everything is looking great! Forgive my ignorance, can you tell me what the small pipe cleaners towards the top of the plants is doing?

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Hey Ween, no worries brother. The little "C" clips are used to kind of guide the top shoots out the sides more instead of letting the growth just shoot straight up. You can slide the clip out the length of the fan leaf as the shoot continues to grow.
 
Van Stank said:
Doing the perpetual and trying to keep it on a good schedule is the main reason for the veg times. 60 days of vegging along with a week in seedling stage brings me close to 70 days. Sativa strains I veg for a shorter time due to height limitations in the tent. I am worried about how big this African Meltdown is going to be by the time I get ready to flip her. But for most hybrids or Indica leaning plants, that 60-70 day seedling and veg time generally gets the plant about the size I want.

If I have a plant that is slower growing or just isn't getting the size that I want, the timeline helps keep me on schedule. The plan works if I stick to it. The monkey wrenches come into play when I start taking clones LOL. Then I end up with the ripple effect. More plants than I planned effects the smoothness of how things run. Like right now, I have to hold everything in veg while I clear the backlog in flower. Well now the plants in veg are growing bigger than they would if I stuck to the 60-70 range which effects the number of plants that I can flower. Instead of flowering 5 or 6, I am only able to get 4 in there. That means my African Meltdown, Black Cherry Punch, and Hawaiian Mayan Gold are gonna be closer to 70-80 days in veg than the 60-70 range and that means bigger plants going into flower. And I am doomed to keep repeating the issue.

So in my mind, knowing I still want to play with clones AND have a nice variety of strains going at any given time (8 different strains currently), I will need to change my strain release a little better. Instead of dropping new strains every 2-3 weeks, I am thinking that one a month is probably more aligned to keeping me rolling along smoothly with the perpetual. That allows me to work clones and make crosses and feminized seeds from decent plants and still have decent variety AND maintain the schedule I want. It will likely lower my variety number to 6 different strains (and 6 clones of the strains)

This is where refining the veg time as it relates to the pot size for optimal yield as it relates to my schedule will really be beneficial. It might be better for me to run plants a little shorter than the 60-70 day range and in smaller pots than 10 gallons (5-8 gallons?) and be able to flower 5-6 plants at various phases of flower than to run 4 bigger plants in 10+ gallon plants while still exceeding my demand.

I am looking at everything from a number of days and number of slots perspective. I have 365 days in the year x 12 plants (my legal limit) as my capacity to stay legal. That means I have 4380 days of production capacity. Averaging 1 gram per day per plant means I produce about 155 ounces per year or 12.9 ounces (365 grams) per month. As long as what I keep producing, exceeds our usage then I can be selective about how we go about planning everything. And again, I am trying to figure out a way to maximize my production while being as easy on my back as possible.

Sure I could just grow fewer plants and grow them bigger and probably get more yield, but that isn't my end goal. Its the yield in as easy way possible. Growing in 15 gallon pots is fun but not real wise in my set up and probably not necessary with my production capacity vs meeting our needs. And its a pain in the back!

I may find out that for me.....I would be better off with growing in 7 gallon pots and vegging most plants around the 50 days. Sure my yields might suffer relative to a 2+ week longer veg time.....but I gotta think I am loosing capacity by trying to keep plants smaller while I deal with backlogs isn't really optimal.
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Now bear with me because I have amnesia right now :passitleft:...but this sounds a lot like when things don’t go as planned you end up with monsters! Lol. Dang it boy! At my place if things don’t go as planned I have no marijuanas! :rofl:
 
Just driving by to peek at afew pics. Nice plants. I got a ? Are you planning on getting a cut of her?
That Myan Gold one ? Alot of strains that pop them yellow tops out,, as long as they been fed good bit of nitrogen diet, but those strains could make some hella good colors come cooler winter weather? So I was wondering if your going to go another round with it.............
 
Norcaliwood said:
Just driving by to peek at afew pics. Nice plants. I got a ? Are you planning on getting a cut of her?
That Myan Gold one ? Alot of strains that pop them yellow tops out,, as long as they been fed good bit of nitrogen diet, but those strains could make some hella good colors come cooler winter weather? So I was wondering if your going to go another round with it.............
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Hey Woody, I haven't finalized the plans yet but I was talking to the guy I got the cut from and I think I am going to take one in case I like the smoke. I can always ditch it if I don't like it after the cure.....but can't do anything if I don't take a cut. So yeah I will likely take a cut. I figure I have about 3-4 weeks until Ms Stank's Hindu is done so I have that long to figure out a plan. She will have a few weeks to impress me.
 
Mr. Magoo said:
Now bear with me because I have amnesia right now :passitleft:...but this sounds a lot like when things don’t go as planned you end up with monsters! Lol. Dang it boy! At my place if things don’t go as planned I have no marijuanas! :rofl:
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Good light, good soil, and give the plants a bit of time and monsters are inevitable (assuming you started with good genetics). Most of my issues tend to revolve around planning issues which are self inflicted generally LOL. If I can keep the pests away and the mold at bay I am usually pretty good.
 
Mr. Magoo said:
A lot of good info in there Van! And the African Meltdown is a beautiful plant! They all are but I’ve taken a shining to her!
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She is a sexy sexy girl, thats for sure! Hope it smokes as good as it looks! Thanks for swinging through Mr Magoo! I will try to catch up on some gardens today. :passitleft:
 
rikvasen said:
Van Stank I told you I would join you on this journal! Maybe I didn't... Anyway! Let's take a little read around here
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Hey Rikvasen! Good to see ya brother! Its moves a bit quickly over here, especially when things get chatty. Should be lots of pics to catch up on though. Cheers bud! :welcome:
 
Yes,..moves a little quickly!:passitleft:
 
Kinda like yours around harvest time Duggs. I think I blinked and you jumped 4 pages!
 
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