Photoperiod Death's Ceaseless Cycle

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I set the two 315s up to see how warm it got but without an AC, flowering won't happen for a month or two. Fingers crossed for some GLA Highlights in the veg tent though I think I'll do a 90cri 4000k bridgelux+FR for my shelving with the bonsai moms. I'll get some trays, new racking and a few Dewey Mister buckets for clones. Not giving up on the SOG technique yet, I think 45oz per square meter is possible.

Chocolate Cheese is popping up, I planted 17, but I can't remember who the breeder was. Escobar? The Iranian haven't germinated yet but no doubt with the way the cheese came up. Glad to finally figure out I wasn't planting seeds deep enough to remove the shell, I'm guessing the extra moisture makes that easy.

Bottom feeding has kept the Coco moist in the other pots with no detriment to plants sitting in solution for over 12 hours. Funny thing is I remember finding a Wandering Jew cutting that my wife missed, sitting in a 30g reservoir covered in roots. Reservoir wasn't aerated but the cutting was more than alive. Anyways, the Coco has dried just a bit at the top but weight feels the same, and the pots are moist. Every transplant is growing well and I'm going to let them grow around 4-8 nodes more before I take some cuttings for new mothers. Cuttings flower faster than seeds and reach pre flower faster.

Chocolate Cheese is going to take some time as these are regs but I'll have plenty to clone maybe find a keeper. Initial growth is looking really good with that perfect green color and maybe in a week I'll be ready to transplant them into 2" nursery pots. If everything aligns, vowed not to accept any more free seeds, I may flower these before the end of the year.

 

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Roots are coming through on two of the pots, nodes are lengthening, and there is a dramatic difference in the pliability of the new growth. The old growth turned hard quickly and has red striping whereas the new growth is green.

The pest really messed up my last grow medium with such a noticeable difference in growth. Come October, I'd love to have 45 cuts rooted and ready to flower to really pack the table in. I set the 4x4 up with both CMH and combined the ducting with the 5x5 to push that excess heat into the veg tent.

CutterAU is selling kits with drivers and everything minus heatsinks for 2.6+umol builds. Definitely considering their 4x4 2700k 98cri kits for under 450 and a 4000k veg kit for 270. I believe they even add custom monos - UVA+B and a separate strip for FR initiation. I love the highlights from GLA but still expensive and everything else is a trade off on spectrum.

 

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I think these chocolate Cheese are by Eskobar, maybe but only six have germinated thus far. Two germinated and proceeded to die but there are still 15 to go.

All these LBH are doing better aside from the small one but I'm not trying to save lives right now. Whatever is ready to clone will be in a day or two with hopefully better starts in coco.

I made a wise decision not accepting anymore free seeds cause I can't commit. Excited for the cloning, favorite part, with some Rhizopon AA powder but even more excited once I have aero systems again. It has been a long time since I've hit 2# so hopefully I'll exceed that if I can get decent mothers to SOG.

 

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Chocolate cheese aren't where I hoped they would be but I'm not overly concerned since they are regs. Not too interested in separating males from females. Maybe the pot was a bit large to start in.

Everything was topped for a clone except for one plant that is trying to flower at 18/6. It has been a runt it's whole life and may get removed. A clone of one of the unknown LBH strains took root so I may end up with a mother or two.

Grow job has really shown me how important sanitation is. Grow tents just aren't where it's at in regards to cleanliness but there aren't really alternatives. Having fun dealing with all the plants but it's essentially like being a janitor to the plants.

Intending to remodel my room with less clutter, wall mount broom/Swiffer, mixing tubs, water tanks, floors/paint, ac/heat, etc. Freeze dryer would be nice but in the mean time racking in the closet to dry, sanidate to clean tools/surfaces, table to work on, scissors, and a mini fridge lol. I think I'll end up building a grow cabinet rather than going for another tent so I can remain cleaner with something much more suitable to my needs.

The unknown LBH strain took to the topping very well and gave be five branches to clone. Trimmed her back hard(other clones in another pot) and watered everything. Threw them in the tray with a dome and I'll check back on them next week. The LBH DD is not ready to clone but I'm not liking the growth overall of any of those three plants.

 

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I have a little bit of every LBH plant here, cut and dipped in Rhizopon AA and Growpito Beneficials. None of these are really big or thick cuts however many of these plants are still recovering from the last media.

LBH 1 cutting has developed a callus, cut a few days ago, turning nice and yellow.

I'll check back in a week, one cut was floppy or lacking in turgor but overall high hopes everything turns out.

 

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The babies are prosperous thus far with a 10min dome removal to help harden off. Fun fact - the water that is transpired from the cuttings is pure enough to be caustic, and if it remains in the leaves it will leach nutrients. Can't wait to try this again with larger clones, I enjoy this more than any other part of growing.

I was able to borrow a PAR meter again and brought my lights down a bit. Growth improved so yay... Anyways, chocolate Cheese improved as well with the light being dimmed but the bigger issue was that I just used too large of a pot. A shame I only got about 4/17 but I don't know their age.

The LBH are all doing well with the exception of 1/3 of the Diesel Deluxe that is stuck in a state of "flower". I assuming the fast part of it's genetics and all the stress pre transplant have it like this. I'm going to wait for about 4+ new nodes of growth so secondary and tertiary branches can grow.

 

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Getting ~8 days with roots though I'd like to add aloe vera in the future to create a seal mixed with beneficials and the Rhizopon.

I've also increased feed strength to 1.6ec. Stems just aren't thick enough for me though branching has improved.

CutterAU has some new 98cri kits with drivers and heatsinks for their boards, heatsinks don't come with their bar style but great prices and 2.6-2.8 umols in 2700-5000k.

 

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No updates for awhile, me and the family caught COVID but I'm good again and the plants are even better.

First order of business is the transplant of several cuttings that rooted very well. We are now rocking a cutting and seed of every strain of La Buena Hierba. I also believe I have identified who is who with the bigger/branchier plant being Panama Haze and the other being Copacabana Haze.

Diesel deluxe #2 has a much better structure than the other but I took cuttings to verify whether that is true. It could have been sure to the pest that growth was altered but there is no active infestation on the DD.

The Panama Haze grown from seed is infested with root aphids but it isn't spreading while the plant is growing incredibly well. I have three more cuttings of this plant to verify growth will be good and in case I lose the main plant.

Copacabana Haze is growing well with two additional cuttings along with it. Took multiple cuttings for mothers in the event I decided to keep any of these or gift them to growers better than myself lol. Nice large leaves and hopefully by the end of September I may be ready for a flower run.

@Waira @TheMongol @La Buena Hierba @Jaydot @PlatinumGrows @Mcdee

 

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I need as many clones as I can get by the end of the month. I have enough CMH that I can throw two in the 5x5 and flower the 4x4 as well. I get busy at work and I'd like as much weight as possible for my last grow this year.

I won't be able to do the side lighting since I need to move my veg space. I'll flower with the bridgelux and CMH while vegging with another CMH. The plan is to SOG 36-45 plants in the 4x4 and 9-12 in the 5x5 as large as I'm willing.

To that end I'm trying to veg all three strains as large as possible for 15-20 cuts per strain. Also gives me time to get more Coco/Pure Blend Pro/tea/silica/budswel/yucca but I need humidifier stuff as well. Need some more pipe cleaners as well.

Currently feeding at 2.4ec every other day or so and I've pulled back/super cropped as much as possible to spread everything out. The Copacabana has a beautiful structure with thick branches, should be a great mom in the future. The Panama is branchy but with thinner branches, I'll enjoy shaping these in the future. Diesel Deluxe is very branchy but needs to be trimmed through the middle on the #2 pheno but the other is just not giving me much.

 

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Working 12 hour shifts at the grow and just fuuuuucccckkkk.... Somehow I've found enough time to hand water(ugh) and make more cuttings but no budget quite yet for everything I need. Slight spider mite infestation occurred on the chocolate cheese and is trying to hit everything else. So I'm looking at Pure Crop 1 - courtesy of @Fermented_Fruitz - and triple threat nematodes. We actually use them weekly at work for general prevention buuuut I don't want to spend the time to grow another large Panama Haze despite the root aphids so there it is.

Overall I'm looking at doing around 12 in 5 gallons in the 5x5, might even SCROG them but simultaneously FUCK THAT. I have reached the point where I have around 3-5 of every cultivar so I'm well on my way. The SOG is still a go as the largest plants are generous enough to give me at least 10 beautiful cuts. Mid to late October shit is going down for flower.

Now I did a crazy super cropping over a week or two ago that took awhile for the Panama Haze and Diesel Deluxe to recover from. They are recovered now, the Copacabana Haze was just like "IDGAF" and handled it well. CH is crazy beautiful in growth structure but they all are except for the lanky Diesel Deluxe pheno, not even sure I'll flower it.

Anywho, I like sub irrigation much more than dripping and I'm pretty sure I can do a decent frequency of irrigation events from veg through flower. That's where I'm fucked, I need to set up plumbing and a 4x8 flood table. Too much to do in the room lol.