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hi mate, your going to love the sensi star, its a very sticky plant covered in trichs, i got 2 clones growing of it, 1 rooted about 4 days ago and the other has been in veg about 3 weeks now, so i know your going to like sensi star, really nice stinky smoke as well.

did you order form herbies, if you did then you should of got some ww x skunk, its a new strain been released so i got a couple growing, the leaves are huge and bigger than dinner plants, but the plant is growing 3 times quicker than plants of the same age, its getting pretty damn big and just shown sex so cant wait to see how it flowers, just placed another order with herbies and im getting some big bud free instead of the ww x sk because i got a few of them now so spoke with herbie and he is swapping them for some new big bud seeds he is going to sell, i keep buying all these seeds and keep taking clones and i just dont have enough room, i got to many plants as it is so hopefully some will turn out male, i know my autos will be done sooner but still im going to run out of space again if this ww x sk keeps growing like its growing, might have to flip that 12-12 early, its well over 1ft high now and should be under 12-12, it looks like a very strong growing strain

nice work with the clone, as long as its still standing up and not wilting then the dome is working and roots will be developingm
what i do with the clone is take the dome off once a day for about 1 min then mist the plant and put the dome back on, it just lets it get some fresh air and stops any pm forming on the inside of the dome of on top of the soil, also if my dome is not misting up on its own then i give the dome a spray with water on the inside just to keep humidity up but you should be ok as long as temps dont get to low.
just make sure you see the clone growing before you remove the dome, if you remove it to early the clone will wilt within hours and just die, so keep it on until its grown a new node or a new set of leaves, when you see that you then know its rooted and keep it in that pot for another week or 2 after depending on size.
ive just took 2 tiny clones, for some reason i find the smaller clones root a bit quicker, so the top of my clone is only slightly above soil level, not sure why it works quicker but i get roots in 7 days and the dome is off, the sensi star was a very quick plant to clone, i dont think you will have any problems cloning, im that sure its going to work that i only take 1 clone per plant and harvest the plant knowing the clone is going to root as i just took 2 just before harvesting the last 2 plants, so this method works and seems to work well

@miwa if you grow in soil then its best to clone direct into the soil, if your growing in dwc or hydro then its best to use a bubble cloner or other type of soil free cloner, but for us soil growers the best method is to clone direct into the soil so we dont stress the plant when transplanted, we are basically treating it like a seed and starting it in a small pot and then transplant into a bigger pot a week or 2 after its rooted,
 
i used to do all my cloning in soil..until i discovered aero cloning..never did have any trouble transplanting..i've even took a plant out of a pot..wash the roots off and put it in DWC..no wilting...i got a cutting in soil now..just to see if it still works for me..no hum dome..just sit the pot and all in a fish tank and mist the inside of the tank..
 
it all depends what your planning on doing,
if your just crossing to produce plenty of seeds then thats a good thing to do as your first cross always is the most stable,

you can make fem seeds, so if you like the sensi star which you will then you can produce more sensi star fem seeds, if i grow a nice strain ive bought then ill either produce fem seeds if its femenised strain or if its regular ill grow a male and collect pollen and put this on a few bud sites and produce more seeds of that strain.

so you can use that 1 sensi star plant to produce more sensi star seeds, you take clones and flower and hermie one to produce fem pollen then put this fem pollen on a few buds on the other sensi star when its in flower then at harvets you will have more sensi star fem seeds.

or if you want to cross strains then it depends if you making fem seeds or if you have a male, its much easier if you have a male but if your going to make your own strain then you need to grow a few males so you can pick the best to breed with, but if all you want to do is cross 2 nice strains to produce some seeds then you dont need to worrys as much and you can just cross what you like to produce some seeds,

the first cross you make is going to be the most stable, when you produce your own strain your looking for pheno types and all that crap, but i cross plants to produce new seeds for future grows and not to produce a new strain as such,

so this is what i did a few weeks back, i had the sensi star you got, i left it in harvets to long so it went hermie, this means its started to produce pollen sacs, so i collected the pollen and this is now fem pollen, now i wasnt using this pollen to help with my own strains but i wanted to use it to produce seeds for future grows,
so this is what i did
sensi star fem cross with ak cherry chz, its the first cross so will be stable and is a new strain but not something ill work with, if it turns out to be an amazing strain from this first cross then ill clone it and produce fem seeds for a future project,
sensi star fem cross kc45 auto, again not looking to make a new strain but it gives me a new fem strain to grow and smoke,
sensi star cross kerala x skunk, same goes not trying to produce a new strain its just something ill grow,

all 3 of them crosses i made will give me fem seeds, all 3 will be new strains, but not strains i want to produce its just gives me something to grow and smoke, but if any of the results are amazing then ill take clones and either keep it in clone form or ill produce fem seeds for a future project with that strain,

so you could cross 2 strains and produce amazing results with the first cross, results will be stable but if your looking for a certain pheno type then you need to back cross with that pheno type to make that the strongest pheno each time you back cross, but thats only if you want to perfect your own strain, if you just want to cross 2 strains to produce a new strain for future grows then by all means do this as i do it all the time, i produce seeds with every grow but im only working on making 2 new strains ive my own, so the seeds i produce each grow just get grown out and smoked,

so it really all depends on what you want to do, you can cross a male from one strain with a female from another strain then you got plenty of seeds for future grows and results should be good, or produce fem seeds but this is a bit harder to do and takes longer, the best option would be crossing a male with a female, but just remember pollen gets everywhere, in clothes, wind, anywhere so you can turn a whole crop to seed if your not careful,

so when your ready let us know what you want to do when their is plenty of us who can help you plus theirs the breeding guide in my sig below that is full of good info that will help you.

for now what i would do is grow a few strains, i know for a fact you will like the sensi star if its the same sensi star strain i grew, it came pretty close to the ak x cherry chz on trich numbers so its a very nice strain, so if you like it take clones or take clones like you have then if you dont end up liking it you can always bin the clones and wait until you find a strain you like.

ive grew ak47 x uk cherry cheese now for over 2 years, ive been keeping it in clone for for all that time taking clones from clones, i then use them to produce fem seeds of same strain, i use it to cross with other strains, so the best option would be to grow the strains you got, take clones then when you flower and harvest then you can see what the strain is like and if you like it you can then decide to work with it and produce more seeds or use it to produce a new strain.

after all all the big breeders do like sub cool, strain hunters,big buddha,exodus,ken estes, etc etc all they do is cross 2 strains they think will produce better results, they then work with the pheno types to make 1 pheno type stronger by back crossing, then they release it for sale, once they have made a name for themselves they could pretty much cross anything nice and market it for sale and we would buy it, so getting your name out their is the hard part, but produce a killer strain and the rest is history, produce a poor strain and you wont get anywhere, so only work with the best of the best, if you do use males then if you want to produce your own strain you need to grow out the males and make sure its got no genetic problems or growth issues,

when your ready let us know what your thinking of doing then we can help you through the process, im still learning as i go along, im no expert im far from been an expert, but ive learned from my mistakes, ive seen where ive gone wrong and ive not made the same mistakes, so im now on my way to producing 2 strains, well 3 in fact but the 3rd is documented in my journals as its something i want to get right before i put it out their.
 
Wow many thanks again Donpaul, I love your info bomb. Yeah I'm quite a ways off it yet, Iknow but I want to produce my own strains down the line. It seems the holy grail to me to be able to create my own magical strain.
I should explain that I am waiting for the perfect time or window in American law to move over their and make this wonderful plant and its growing my career. Im lucky my missus is half American so green card is a certainty. Anyway I digress.
Thanks again don and Ill get back to you once closer to the time.
 
Right today is a good day, my little Sensi Star is up and on her start. The clone of my Tutt is still a cloning. The big momma is having another day with a mix of high stress and low stress training. A tiny bit of defol was also needed.
I could have chosen to remove the big fans near the top, as I know some people here would advise. To me though she only has a few big fans so I'll just tuck em under as I do. They will only stay tucked for maybe 2-3 days max as by then the under shoots should have grown substantially.
The high stress part is at her top, I've seriously bent pinched and forced her over and then back on herself again. I'm being mean I know but she's tough and I don't really care as I like being a little sadistic.
I'm getting loads of shoots that are now building upwards so I'm pretty happy and think I'm on track at beating my last plant, here's hoping!
Finally my workman is coming tommoz ( i hope!) so I should be moving my girl to her second home either tomorrow night or more likely the next day. She will go under Hps for another week of veg. then as she is supposed to stretch up to 70% I'll flip her and start pinching her ends of limbs to stunt her stretch and compact the node spacing. PIC TIME!
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I could have chosen to remove the big fans near the top, as I know some people here would advise. To me though she only has a few big fans so I'll just tuck em under as I do. They will only stay tucked for maybe 2-3 days max as by then the under shoots should have grown substantially.
Hey LightAddict, this is looking amazing. I am practicing what I see here. I do have a question though...is there any particular reason you don't snip off the fan leaves instead of just tucking them back? Will they serve any useful purpose as the plant grows or flowers? I did some LST'ing this morning and tucked some fan leaves and tied some down, but I'm wondering why keep them at all? I'm so new at this, and want to fully understand why we do what it is we do. LOL
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Shes such a strong plant. That training doesnt seem to be effecting her negatively at all.
 
Cheers for the inquiry Cannafan. Right lets just say that there are many , many different outlooks on this. I choose to leave certain ones because my veg lights are all around at low level and that means the ones ileave and tuck every now and then still get light when tucked and when up all new growth below still gets light.
The other reasons are, they are the power plants for your girls, so whilst im being so tuff to her I leave some going and helping her to handle things.
Also and im not sure but it makes sense to me is: as they are the factory sites for your girls their must be a corelation and partnership on some level with your roots etc and they must be more efficient at this than her other leaves.
So I take some that just make sense, but others to aid her strength growth I tuc. Then after a while I let spring free again.they may be taken off by me later when canopy fills out how I want but till then ill keep tucking and un as it were.

breal yeah as long as everything else is happy with em you can treat them however you want.
 
Nice little bush Light Addict. I think you are on the right track for sure.

I remove leaves not saying you should but I remove them constantly throughout my grow. If you were growing really small plants with maybe 1-2 weeks veg then removing leaves would be an issue but when we grow bushes big and the genetics we grow are very leafy it will only make sense to remove. It seems that this has been a widely talked about issue here and I like what you said about how it fits your style cause essentially everyones style will be a little different from the next that is the beauty of it. A big reason for me is airflow and with a garden thats bigger I am more susceptible to problems so I do it also for airflow through the canopy.

How much longer are you planning on growing this monster?
 
Cheers for the inquiry Cannafan. Right lets just say that there are many , many different outlooks on this. I choose to leave certain ones because my veg lights are all around at low level and that means the ones ileave and tuck every now and then still get light when tucked and when up all new growth below still gets light.
The other reasons are, they are the power plants for your girls, so whilst im being so tuff to her I leave some going and helping her to handle things.
Also and im not sure but it makes sense to me is: as they are the factory sites for your girls their must be a corelation and partnership on some level with your roots etc and they must be more efficient at this than her other leaves.
So I take some that just make sense, but others to aid her strength growth I tuc. Then after a while I let spring free again.they may be taken off by me later when canopy fills out how I want but till then ill keep tucking and un as it were.

breal yeah as long as everything else is happy with em you can treat them however you want.
Thanks a bunch! So I'm thinking snip off the ones that are clearly just plain going to be in the way no matter how you try to get them out of the way. There's only two on my plants right now that I am getting a bit frustrated with, so they may very well get snuffed.
Have a great day, and grow on!
 
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