Toast's 2016 Indoor/Outdoor Grow Journal

[Kushtie]

There are times when you've got more going on in that last pic than I've had going on everywhere!

It's been a while since I saw ground as dry yours though.....is it just like that on top?

 

[Lembatoast]

Kushtie, I live in the High Desert. Yes the ground is that dry. That's why I dug all those holes 4 feet deep and replace the soil in the holes every year. The holes are good for a couple days, but the surrounding soil draws the water off so they have to get a lot of water when it get HOT.

 

[Lembatoast]

So after I put the girls out I went and got my Loop to check the El Fuego. There were a couple other plants that were in question. By the time I was done checking there were 3 in pots and 5 on the Hill

there were 3 Chems, 3 Booms, and 2 JDS's. One of the plants on the Hill was ready to open in the next 24 hours. Man it happends so fast some times, literally over night. Its good I got back up plants. On top of that the EF still hasn't shown for sure yet. What a trip these plants are. On a final note I guess I can't pick feminized seeds, last time I was 100 %, I must of been stoned. LOL TOAST

 

[Amadeus Forzin]

I need to come and live at your house

 

[Lembatoast]

Well I replaced the Male Plants with Females and I even added 1 additional plant to the hill. You have to wait for pictures, I don't fell like going up there again right now. Toast

 

[Conradino23]

Hmm man did you ever try to grow carrots in this soil? I mean you could have some spectacular results cause they love soil like that. Actually for the opposite reason carrots in my zone have a hard time

 

[yankeetoker]

ITS CLONING DAY. Here is what I use to propagate my clones:

Then I get a plant I want to clone:

I then count down at least 6 internodes and cut:

and trim up the bottom 3 internodes. This is what you would get if you bought clones from the clubs in California:

Then after I trim the bottom 3 internodes I make my slant cut with a brand new razor blade:

I try to find 2 internodes close together. Then I dip it in Dip & Grow for 5 secs:

and then I push into the Rockwool:

Then I dip it back in the Clonex:

and then on to the rack:

Who's clones do you think you have a better chance of reaching maturity Mine or the Club's. After I finish taking the number of clones that I want of a particular strain, ( I only clone one strain at a time as not to get them mixed up ). I put them in produce bags, blow them up and seal with a twist tie:

Here's the outdoor grow room with 28 new plants waiting to root:

and here's the indoor grow room with the plants I cloned:

While I could of doubled my number of plants there were plants I didn't want any more of, so I just cut those plants back to try and create an even canopy for flowering. Well folks that's it for today. TOAST

About to take my first clone (s) and your method seems the "easiest". Once you put them in bags how long do you go between spraying them?

YT

 

[Lembatoast]

I am going to do this in sections, so this is not it for today. I needed to take Clones before the plants get much bigger. This first one is JDS. I took 4 Clones

and left the plant Lollie Popped

this is El Fuego I took 4 Clones

this is a near perfect Clone, see how close the two internodes are together

you just make your cut right below the two inter nodes and your good to Dip & Grow

This is the plant after I took the Clones

This is SSH. Wait til you see this sucker. This is from seed and its not old enough to be doing this.

seriously look at all the Calyxes and its just a couple months old. I've had seed starts that haven't shown a Calyxe until August. I took 4 Clones from her also. Going to get more Clones, back in a few.

 

[Lembatoast]

Alright, here's another amazing seedling, way further along then it should be. This is a UD Punta Roja

I could only take 2 Clones from this. Look how the seedling is full of Calyxes also

This next one is that Gold Leaf that guy gave me

I only took 1 Clone

Then I took 3 off this JD

for a total of 18 brand spanking new plants

I was going on the Hill for more, but spilled The Dip & Grow so I'm just going to wait til tomorrow. Later TOAST

 

[Kushtie]

Is it just clonex and water you soak your rockwool in? How long do you soak them?

I've been mixing 1/4 strength hydro nutes and pH down to soak my cubes in but maybe that's OTT. Is it different for starting seeds than rooting clones?

Recently I put 3 different seeds into 3 cubes that had all been soaked the same and only 2 sprouted. The one that didn't sprout was real light when I lifted it.....almost like that particular rockwool cube wouldn't hold water. This was trying out your baggie technique with a food tub as that is definitely a whole load less hassle than setting up a res and pump just to germinate in.

 

[Lembatoast]

Ok Yankeetoker, once you put them in the bags you don't have to spray them in less you want to the bags hold the Humidity. All you have to do is check them every few days and put in a few drops of water when they start to dry out, but that all depends on the temperature. Right now, its not that hot, so I only have to check them every 4 or 5 days, but when it gets real hot it can be every other day. Now when you take them out of the bags after they root you have to spray them or keep them wet for about 20 mins or they will wilt. Kushtie, yes its just Clonex and distilled water and I soak them until they are saturated. According to the Clonex Bottle its the same for Clones as seedlings. I how ever don't use rockwool to start seeds, I germinate the seeds in distilled water at room temperature in the dark. When the seeds pop, which usually that takes less than 8 hours, I put them in moist paper towels and Zip Locks until the Tap root is about 1/2 an inch long and then I put them in Jiffy Pellets to sprout and when the root comes out the bottom of the Jiffy Pellets, I put them in Quart size baggies until fully rooted. Wells guys I hope that helped. I got to go get me some more Clones. Later TOAST

 

[Lembatoast]

Went on the Hill and took 13 more Clones

and now I have 31 brand spanking new plants.

TOAST

 

[Budley Dorite]

and now I have 31 brand spanking new plants.

Go big or go home, wtg toast. I'm just a little jealous of your garden, so much to play with.

 

[Kushtie]

Go big or go home, wtg toast. I'm just a little jealous of your garden, so much to play with.

Wait until it gets to harvest time then it's very much a case of rather you than me, mate!

 

[Lembatoast]

My Camera Sucks, I took a bunch of pictures, and these are the only ones worth a crap, and they suck!!! LOL

The first two were WW and then PR, and PK. Check this out, the guy that gave me the Bergman Gold Leaf, grows in Tents. When I got the GL, I gave him some PK, PR, and UD Chem . Well the clones I gave him even though younger, out grew his GL clones so badly that he is bring me my plants back tonight in the cover of darkness. They screwed with his planed canopy. That's cool you know what I say, " The More The More " Later TOAST

 

[Radogast]

Geat you found a babysitter for your PR, PK, and UD Chem. AND he probaby fed them too

 

[Growlow]

G'day Lem! How are ya mate? I've come back from being away for a while. Things are looking splendid! Hope you are in good health!

 

[Lembatoast]

Thanks Growlow, glad to have you back. Hope every thing is grooving with you. So my buddy, shows up a little after 8:00 pm with these

2 - PR's and a PK. I had given him 6 Clones, these 3 out grew every thing else he had, by about 1/2 a ft on the PR's and a good ft on the PK. The 2 - UD Chem's and the other PK he kept. He did take good care of them. Now I either have to put them in the ground or larger pots. That's for Mon-ya- na. TOAST

 

[SweetSue]

Well he did a nice job with them. I say in the ground. I realize that means someone, probably you, needs to dig that hole, but don't they just cry out for the great outdoors to you? If I were closer I'd dig for you.

 

[Conradino23]

Well vigor is an important part of excellent genetics