WeedSeedsExpress Godfather OG In LOS Scrogged & Cored

UPDATE

It's an awesome Monday here in Otterville! The 2 Godfather's got potted up after 15 days in their 1 gal pots. They both had good roots going and i expect them to carry on with ease. Let's hope! I watered them with a gallon of water with some recharge microbes mixed in. They went into 7 gallon cloth pots.

Here's how it happens here. I wet the bottom of the pot with water and sprinkle a couple of tbsp's of the Rev's bottom flowering mix and some small piles of ground oyster shell.
Then I fill them up so the pot sits right to the top of the new pot on soil. Take pot out and sprinkle micorrize powder all over the bottom and replace the pot and backfill, tamping a little. Again I remove the pot and remove the plant and place it back in the new "reverse sand castle" hole. Sorry no pics for that.

Another thing is spikes made from the amendments to the soil. 2 veg spikes and 2 flower spikes. I push a rod into the outer area away from the new roots for them and fill with the appropriate amendments.
Then topping. I took off their heads leaving 5 or 6 nodes of growth. I plan to remove the first node branches for clone making when they grow out more. That's it for today. They bask in 550 to 600 par from the @NextLight Core. Here they sit.





SO...looking great...Im liking that Core light...for veg only?
 
SO...looking great...Im liking that Core light...for veg only?
Hey cr8, Those are pretty big par values.
They write it up as a flowerer too. It's hard to understand that this can flower a 3 x 3 area at 185 watts, but I'm going to give it a shot. I think with a flat enough canopy giving me the chance to keep it close there won't be an issue. It reads high par close up. My goal is for 6 to 8 inches. I see plenty of light there I believe. The footprint gets smaller at that point but still. These are pretty good par values I think!
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Hi, good day to you and Happy Saturday! Last night I broke the Pineapple Chunk Cob out for a smoke. I made it 2 summers ago from my first outdoor grow. I made mistakes in that I waited too long to make the cob and it was dryish during the fermentation stage and haven't expected much from it. I was wrong! Over time the taste has become rich and like fine wine or whiskey. It still has a good punch being a 25% thc candidate. I'm definitely going to try it again when I have a decent harvest. Here it is today.



I remember that, are you smoking it?
 
So I was learning about making pickled eggs on the net. Google was answering my questions and in it's bag of answers was this:

Can pickles kill you?
Pickles will kill you. Every pickle you eat brings you nearer to death. ... Nearly all sick people have eaten pickles; therefore, the effects are obviously cumulative. Of all the people who die from cancer, 99% have eaten pickles.

How funny the person was to drop off this odd joke! I had to laugh my ass off.
 
There's a thread that Sweet Sue put together Tangwena's Malawi-Style Cob Cure: Fermented Cannabis It's a fermentation process originating in Africa.
Thanks for the link on cobbing. I remember reading up on that some time ago, but had forgotten about. After seeing the pics of your pineapple chunk, I think I might give it a try with some of this year's harvest.
The 2 Godfather's got potted up after 15 days in their 1 gal pots.
The GFs are looking like they are off to a great start. :thumb: I'm curious what the purpose is of the oyster shells on the bottom of the pot. I know they are a good source of calcium, but it's gonna be some time before the roots make it down that far.
 
I can't figure out why one friend gives me pickles when I give him weed. Sheesh!

Good morning V. :love:
He must not know how dangerous they are. I myself just recently discovered their toxicity.
I knew that I shouldn't have trusted my nana and her unnaturally green bathtub pickles.
 
OMG! I went around and threw out my huge jar of vlasic , tossed the hot mamas out of the fridge and I'm eyeing my cucumbers with suspicion. :thedoubletake:

G'mornin Stone, Luiz.....:passitleft:I'm gonna chop the White Widow today and I want to make a tincture with the little buds. Can you deoxycarbolate fresh, green bud? I've read yes but I have to put it out there. Stay safe and stay stoned.
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Godfather OG Cut.

Yesterday I saved the top of one of the Godfathers in water. Today I cut it fresh at an angle and scraped up the last inch and a half, then dipped it in Dipngrow ala @InTheShed 's advise. Then into very wet ProMix BX.

The clear cup was the same size as the green one or red whatever, so I made a hinge from a piece of Gorilla Tape and it seems to keep a tight seal.

A spray of water into the cup and over the top it goes.
And here she sits under a cfl light.
This is close to the method that I learned from @beez0404 over at his Colombian Gold journal. It's a very information rich journal! In a few days I'll remove the top to push her into making roots for 20 minutes, then re spray and replace. As I go along I'll keep you posted for the on/off times for the lid. All to promote root growth. My Gratitude to Beez and Shed. :green_heart:
 
Godfather OG Cut.

Yesterday I saved the top of one of the Godfathers in water. Today I cut it fresh at an angle and scraped up the last inch and a half, then dipped it in Dipngrow ala @InTheShed 's advise. Then into very wet ProMix BX.

The clear cup was the same size as the green one or red whatever, so I made a hinge from a piece of Gorilla Tape and it seems to keep a tight seal.

A spray of water into the cup and over the top it goes.
And here she sits under a cfl light.
This is close to the method that I learned from @beez0404 over at his Colombian Gold journal. It's a very information rich journal! In a few days I'll remove the top to push her into making roots for 20 minutes, then re spray and replace. As I go along I'll keep you posted for the on/off times for the lid. All to promote root growth. My Gratitude to Beez and Shed. :green_heart:

CLONING BY BEEZ0404
So I had a chance to bring Beez's knowledge here in condensed form. Here it is minus pics.


CLONING ala BEEZ0404 Thanks Beez!





Here is a list of items I use, in no particular order:





1. A sharp razor knife........I use it to cut the cutting off of the plant and to shave the bottom of the stalk.





2. Bottle of Rubbing Alcohol......It might be overkill but clean clean clean your tools with alcohol often.





3. A bottle of Clonex Solution and virtually any brand rooting powder/rooting hormone





4. You'll need a medium in which to grow your roots on your cuttings. For me it works out easy because I use ProMix BX which has no nutrients in it. And it does have Mycorrhizae which help the plant uptake necessary nutrients. I buy this in 25lb bags and use it for cuttings, seedlings, and all the way through harvest. If this is not available to you then you should be able to find a bag of Seed Starting Soil at Wal-Mart or another big box store. Just look for the lowest NPK, preferable none at all. I do not like peet moss, to me it's such a pain.





5. Solo Cups.......I start with a clear solo cup and a red solo cup, the same size, and punch holes around the bottom edge of both cups. Solo also now makes a smaller clear cup which I use as a dome over the plant. The smaller ones fit right into the larger cups. Now if you can't find the smaller ones you can use a regular sized clear cup for a dome. Just put a piece of tape from the dome to the red cup like a hinge. Not as perfect as the smaller cups but it works just fine.





6. PH Up and PH Down............It's important that the PH level of the Clonex Solution mixed with water is spot on. I've found it makes a big difference in my success rate when cloning.





7. A flat bottom pan in which you can sit the solo cups when saturating the medium. Catch all the runoff and not make a mess. I use an aluminum turkey pan I bought at Wal-Mart. Does the job.





Other then a mature plant from which you can take cuttings I believe that's all you'll need.





Let's get ready to produce some beautiful, healthy clones. And remember, every clone you grow is one less seed you have to buy. It's all about not having to buy seeds. Striving to be self sufficient, Breed your own seeds, trade seeds you've made with friends to expand your strain base.

And here's Phase 2 quote from Beez

Here is my suggestion. Pick a day when you'll be home all day. First thing in the morning take the dome off all the way. Set a timer on your cell phone for 20 minutes. Heck, while you have the phone out snap a photo of the cuttings for reference. When it goes off go check the cuttings (no peeking till the timer goes off) if they look exactly the same as they did when you took the dome off set the time for another 20 minutes. This time if they look the same put the dome back on anyway and leave it on for 30 minutes. Then take it off again. This time increase the time to 30 minutes. Timer goes off, check the girls. If they look good (no wilting or bending over) let them go another 30 minutes. If they are still okay after what is a total of 1 hour you're golden. I would put the dome back on and leave it on till the next day. That next day, at some point, take the dome off and set the alarm for 1 hour. Again, check them when the alarm goes off. If they look just the same, store the dome for your next cloning job. Your plant has started making roots. And will do so MUCH quicker not being pampered.

Trust me, I was apprehensive the first time I started taking the domes off. And yes, I had plants that after 20 minutes were drooping over a bit. But in 30 minutes back under the dome they perked right back up again. I try to have the domes off my cuttings in 4-5 days.
 
Caught up and :eek: on those fast growers! My two from @Weedseedsexpress has the same crazy root growth, so they are definitely doing something right over there. Oh, and happy belated birthday. :rolleyes:

Thanks V! :love: 14 months to S.S. $ WOOT!
What made you decide not to wait until 70 to max out the amount? I'm getting close to having to make that decision.
Can you deoxycarbolate fresh, green bud? I've read yes but I have to put it out there.
You certainly can, but because evaporation is a cooling process, the moisture in the fresh buds will keep them from getting over 212ºF until it's mostly gone. I dry mine out at ~180º until they're dry and then kick the oven to 240º to start the decarb.
 
What made you decide not to wait until 70 to max out the amount? I'm getting close to having to make that decision.
That's a good question. For us, the extra $ didn't add up to enough to wait. We both are retired with fixed income and won't be going back to work for health reasons. She retired at 60 and I at 62. We'd be struggling @ 70 we thought.
You certainly can, but because evaporation is a cooling process
Haha, that's how we folk who smoke meat create the Malliard effect, a browning that occurs when meat sweats at 160F maybe for hours before the meat temp can rise. It's sweats and cools until the moisture is gone allowing for the meat temp to begin to rise again. Just like we sweat to cool. Evaporation is amazing.
 
Godfather OG Cut.

Yesterday I saved the top of one of the Godfathers in water. Today I cut it fresh at an angle and scraped up the last inch and a half, then dipped it in Dipngrow ala @InTheShed 's advise. Then into very wet ProMix BX.

The clear cup was the same size as the green one or red whatever, so I made a hinge from a piece of Gorilla Tape and it seems to keep a tight seal.

A spray of water into the cup and over the top it goes.
And here she sits under a cfl light.
This is close to the method that I learned from @beez0404 over at his Colombian Gold journal. It's a very information rich journal! In a few days I'll remove the top to push her into making roots for 20 minutes, then re spray and replace. As I go along I'll keep you posted for the on/off times for the lid. All to promote root growth. My Gratitude to Beez and Shed. :green_heart:
Hi, I have good news! let me tell you how the cloning trial is going.

I left her sprayed and covered overnight. About 8am the next day I took the cover off and began the process of phase 2. Weaning her off taking moisture from her leaves with the r and r'ing of the damp cover. Through the process she never wilted. When she made all the parameters of the test I covered her up for the night as written.

Next morning(today) at 8 am again, the cover came off for the day as I watched closely. No wilting! So I think it's done. The cover is off for the night and hopefully forever. It's the "fourth" day. Easy peasy thanks to @beez0404 :ciao:
Here's the comparison pics. One taken at 12:18 pm and the other at 6:37. Seems good to go though I'll be watching.

 
Highya SO,

Wow, that's a large diameter cannabis clone. She looks really healthy! Great job, man! Happy Smokin'
 
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