SweetSue's Perpetual 2.0 - The Transition To Doc Bud's HBB Kit

Randoobula said:
I'm doing the same. As far as root bound, I believe re-potting is more important than one would think considering the little attention given the subject. In soil, and in my limited experience, graduating pot size is important to keep the roots in steady growth while maintaining control over the soil moisture levels the plants thrive in.

If this is done properly, the plants will go into their final flowering pot(one size larger) a week or two before flower. Then, by the time they stretch the plant will be ready to move energy from root growth to stretch and flower and roots will run throughout pot but not bound so tightly that they compete for available moisture and nutes.

First pot: a solo cup or other small pot. While the roots are still young and growing, they don't use much water.

Second pot: once they need water ever 3 days, it's time to triple or quadruple the size/volume of soil.

Third pot: soil should be well saturated when transplanted and u till roots stretch out it will remain moist for up to a week. Again, once they need water every three days it's time to transplant again. Next put into 3 to 4 gallon pot.

Fourth pot: and once again, when they need water every 3 days, transplant into final pot... 5 to 7 gallon.

This of course all varies depending on space limitations and size of plant desired. But I think as general rule it still applies. One would lessen the number of pots rather than the step up in size of pots.

I believe that a root bound plant will have a tendency to grow in spurts rather than steady growth. It never really has a chance to get a groove on! Compact roots quickly draw moisture out of soil resulting in short term growth spurts. When they have spread in a regular incremental way... in a consistent reaching for moisture and space, moisture is draw from soil more evenly resulting in a steady growth pattern.

Just my thoughts on the subject... I'm always open to having my thinking challenged. When ya stop learning yer dead!
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I'm sure your way works just fine. I started my growing career with Doc Bud and learned his ways and I can't argue with his results. Wet/dry cycles happen in nature, it's how strong root systems and strong branches are built. Everyone does what they are used to and it works for them. I run a perpetual garden so I can't veg them in their final container, I flip into the final (10 gallon) pot and flip immediately. The one time I was able to veg for a couple weeks first, the plants got too big for my area. I don't think the plants complain about having all that fresh soil to start flowering in. I usually flip from a 1 or 3 gallon to a 10 depending on strain.
 
Sue, you can try and train her low but I doubt you will succeed unless you have a very wide space and kept pulling her down. She will continue to grow all through flower for the most part. I had it wrapped all around my 4x4. I vegged her out in a 3 gallon though. That's why I'm suggesting you flip it at transplant time.
 
Upcanning... or re-potting...

The way I have done it when I grow from seeds..... I kinda just put the seeds into their final container from day 1. I never re-pot them. Never had any problems because of it. When I grow from clones however, I of course re-pot them. But only once. I move them from 1 liter pots into 15 liter pots and then let them grow for 2 weeks before I flip them.

So I could actually benefit from starting in smaller containers? I just feel you lose time because the plant needs to make new roots for every re-potting. But if what I am doing is reducing potential yields I will of course re-think my entire philosophy around this
 
hmmm. I don't quite understand. What is the button for?

SweetSue said:
With a switch. How f'n cool!
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neikodog said:
Sue, you can try and train her low but I doubt you will succeed unless you have a very wide space and kept pulling her down. She will continue to grow all through flower for the most part. I had it wrapped all around my 4x4. I vegged her out in a 3 gallon though. That's why I'm suggesting you flip it at transplant time.
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Good advice Neiko. Wrapped around the 4x4? :laughtwo: That may be an option I'll need to explore. Lol! My tents are only 5'3" tall.
 
DeVille said:
hmmm. I don't quite understand. What is the button for?
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It turns on the tiny lights inside the top.

Transplanting frequently, incrementally, is but one way to possibly get higher yields. I grow in fabric pots, which air prune and increase root mass because of that feature. You use air pots, which have the same effect. I wouldn't recommend you change a method that works for you to get negligible increase in yield.
 
Good morning everyone :Love:

I'm filling capsules with the DDA oil from last month. When I took the jar out of the fridge I noticed that this batch, which I'd worked longer on trying to remove the water I'd added to make it easier to mash up, had seperated into a sludge with water and a layer of oil floating on top.

I piped the oil off and into capsules, made one capsule of the sludge to test the effect, and mixed enough coconut oil with what was left to have enough for a pan of brownies, likely the best use of the sludge.

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As I'm stirring the sludge/coconut oil mix, sitting in a hot water bath to melt the coconut oil, the capsule I popped about ten minutes ago slapped me up side the head. Whoa! :thedoubletake: These will be some potent brownies. :laughtwo: That picture I posted yesterday may be prophetic. Lol!

It's Sunday....:slide: I don't know what it is, but don't Sunday's feel special? I used to think it was all those years of churchgoing, but I don't remember all those years with a fondness that would explain this love I have of the beginning of a new week.

Maybe that's it - a new beginning to a new week, full of promise and hope. Yeah...... that sounds plausible in SweetSue Land. :cheesygrinsmiley:

Ok team, get out there and spread that joy everywhere you can. I know you feel it, and you know the best way to perpetuate it is to share. Have fun with it. Life is meant to be fun. It's meant to feel good. The best part is you, and only you, get to control how you feel.

Time for a breakfast to fuel this manic stoner. I have another seminar speaker to get through, and I'm hoping I can get it done today. Think I'll start the day with a casual walk to Lowe's and do something about better hangers for the quantum boards. Sounds like a plan.

Are we ready for another day playing with the cosmos? Alrighty then, game on! :yahoo:
 
Buckshot317 said:
I've been looking at those for past year, just wonder if can ship with girl in it.
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That was how I got my Malawi Buckshot, and I'm told by the grower that the shipper took longer than he'd anticipated.

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She got bounced around too, and there was soil in the top. I shook her off, plopped her into almost a gallon of Doc's kit soil with a TransWater drench, and hit her with a mist of DeStress this morning. She's gonna be just fine.

Roots! is a fabulous product.
 
A busy day in the garden. :battingeyelashes:

I headed led off to Lowe's and got myself invited to breakfast at my favorite restaurant, then they drove me to the store to save me the walk in the sun. I'll get out there later anyway for a stroll along the river, but I finally got the bolts to hang the lights proper.

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It's pretty sloppy in here gal.....

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Much better. :cheesygrinsmiley:

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This plant is looking like my best CBD Critical Cure yet.

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Time to clean this up a bit.

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There ya go. :battingeyelashes:

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Then I wrapped the brownies and popped them into the freezer for special occassions.....

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....and potted up Ultra Dawg 1.1. She got 1/4 strength nutrients. Yes, I had a brownie. :cheesygrinsmiley: These are half-strength, safe for anyone. Lol!

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Ahhh....... a productive day. On to my waiting class. I'm enjoying an afternoon of Dr. Ethan Russo teaching me about the endocannabinoid system. Continue on with your joyful day. :ciao:
 
Norcaliwood said:
Pretty plant Sue.. Hope things are good in your world... Keepem Green
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Thanks Woody. :hugs: And I hope things in your world are as deliciously satisfying as they are in mine. :battingeyelashes: :Love:

Have a wonderful rest of the day. :ciao:
 
Good morning everyone:Love:

Before I head out for my conversation café I wanted to stop and offer my regular encouragement to get out there and share that joy I know you're carrying with the lucky souls that cross your path. I'm taking some pain cream for a participant, spreading a little more canna awareness in my community. Apparently, it's going to be up to us to find ways to quell the cannabis hysteria our government created. I don't know about you, but I don't shy from speaking up.

Be joyful my friends, and spread that joy far and wide. You know I will, and it warms my heart to know you will too. :battingeyelashes: :Love:

Until later......... :ciao:
 
JuanCarlos said:
Sue, you going to be around tomorrow? I have your number somewhere and I think I should use it tomorrow if you will be about.
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Indeed I will Juan. :battingeyelashes: I carry the phone with me all the time.
 
I cannot let an entire day go by without posting a single beautiful picture. How about some leaf porn? :cheesygrinsmiley:

Carnival 4.1 (Day 52)

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You're welcome. :kisstwo:
 
I have to say it out loud again..... This Chem Dawg Hash Hound gifted me with is the most potent thing in my arsenal.

Thank you Hash Hound. :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: I'll take a cutting anytime you're ready to let one go. I can root it myself. :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
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