Indoor Stunted's 16 Oz grow log

[Stunted]

I have pollen in the freezer so that is no problem; Sour60, BlueStreak and Bluestreak V (a few variegated leaves were on it

And really I have no idea where I want this grow to go yet, I need to make some more seeds but only want to pollinate the 16oz AA if it goes female for me

 

[Dr.Trich]

Ima lil late....but sub'd. Nice work!

 

[Stunted]

27 Dec 2011

quick update:

S60 (day 19) is male...3 1/2 inches
Since this S60 is no longer in the 16oz comp, there will be no more pics of this plant unless he turns into a "Stuntman"


AA (day 19) still has not shown sex, but its got some funny twisted leaves
It is about 1/2 inch tall so far


Blue Streak 1 (day 19):
1 1/4 inches.


Blue Streak 2 & 3 (day 13) and both 1/2 inch tall.


Things are not exactly going to plan and stunting them was not part of the original plan......

Hope everyone had a good Christmas

Stunted

 

[Stunted]

Look ma another update from detnutS....

Sour 60 (day 20) is definitely male, ballage everywhere


Next is Blue Streak - 1 (Day 20), it is Female


A stunted AA....


And finally BS2 & BS3 (day 14) stunted


Well that's the pretty pictures done with a little bit of info, now for some shitty writing....

Stunting: how to, why and fried rice. (also if you don't want to stunt do not do this) (most of this is hydro only as you need to be able to get out some of what you put in)
Ok, so you want to stunt your AF and need help dong it, well you have come to the right place.
For this I will assume your beans have popped and are just above the surface and have their first set of true leaves, this is the best time to stunt and many techniques can be used.

1: The smash in the face nutes;
Run close to 700ppm (or bit higher if you like) from seed and you will have stunted plants, 3 or 4 days will be enough, then drop the nutes down to around 200-300
(this is not recommended as it takes the plants a while to get back to normal, also watch very closely for nute burn, if you see nute burn flush with PHed water immediately).

2: The Tarzan PH swing; (I like this one, it is easy to do and fix)
Run a PH of 7 or slightly above from day 1, after 4 to 5 days drop back to 5.8....stunted

3: The Chainsaw (this is done to seeds before sprouting)
The only reason I know this works is because I have done it.
Get a seed and on the side is a join, now get a chainsaw file and file the join.
After a little bit of filing you should be through the seed case and can see some blackish looking stuff, this is where you would stop if you didn't want to stunt.
Anyhow file a bit more until you get just past the black, now plant it, if done correctly one of the first two leaves will be missing and growth will be slowed for a bit.
P.S. I do not recommend you try the above unless you have loads of seeds you don't mind wasting as there is a fine line between too little and too much filing.

4: The chopper (also not recommended)
After your sprout is up cut one of the very first two leaves off, in most of my trials this resulted in stunting but not always.

5: The hungry (easy to do and can be done in nuteless soil)
Do not feed your little plant anything except plain PHed water for a week or two or until you see it start to loose some green color, then feed as normal.

For older plants (3-4+weeks)

6: The topper
Simply cut of the top cola and waste a good chunk of your grow, this will not stunt but will slow it down a lot.

7: The cutter (for those who have cutting issues just remember one thing: "It's down the road not across the street")(oh that's nasty eh, bad Stunted bad)
Go look at you nice plant holding some sharp implement, see all them big fan leaves, cut them ALL off...this will very rapidly halt growth.
(NOTE: I do not recommend anyone doing this as it severely stresses the plant)
(If you really need to remove some leaves then do it slowly, a couple here and there will not cause much problems, but you are better off leaving them and just tucking them under somewhere)

8: The darkening (another easy one to do and fix)
Once your plant has sprouted and has it's first set of true leaves remove it from any light, it has to be dark, really dark, leave it in darkness for 4 or 5 days then back under lights. Your plants should be nicely stunted but will take around a weekish to get going again.

Well that is most of what I have tested and hopefully it will help someone on this crappy planet.

Oh I nearly forgot the fried rice:
Ingredients (serves 4)

• 2 tbs peanut oil
• 150g rindless bacon rashers, cut crossways into long thin strips
• 300g medium green prawns, peeled with tails left intact, deveined, chopped
• 1 small red capsicum, halved, deseeded,
• finely chopped
• 300g (2 cups) frozen peas (thawed following packet directions)
• 3 eggs, lightly whisked
• 600g (4 cups) cooked long-grain
• white rice, cooled (see tip)
• 65g (1 cup) bean sprouts
• 2 tbs soy sauce
• 2 green shallots, trimmed, diagonally
• thinly sliced

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large wok over high heat. Add the bacon and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the prawns, capsicum and peas, and stir-fry for 1 minute.
2. Reduce heat to medium-high and pour the eggs into the wok. Use a wooden spoon to break up the eggs until just set.
3. Add the cooked rice to the wok and cook, tossing often, for 2 minutes or until well combined and heated through.
4. Add the bean sprouts and soy sauce to the wok. Reduce heat to medium and cook over medium heat, tossing, for 1 minute or until well combined. Divide the rice amongst serving bowls, sprinkle with the green shallots and serve immediately.

 

[Auto-snooch]

I feel for you man. at least you get some more pollen.

The new year is coming soon. Perfect time to break that stunt-cycle and get some monster buds growing in your cabinet..

Hope you had a peaceful Christmas buddy

 

[Stunted]

I feel for you man. at least you get some more pollen.

The new year is coming soon. Perfect time to break that stunt-cycle and get some monster buds growing in your cabinet..

Hope you had a peaceful Christmas buddy

Thanks Auto-snooch, Christmas here was good and I hope yours went well
I am not very concerned about the current round of stunting as many of them were for testing, however it may put me out of the 16oz grow comp......

 

[Auto-snooch]

Yeah I let mine dry out.. It might recover yet.

I have been hammering my stash for days now
It's been awesome lol

 

[Stunted]

I forgot to add:
Today I dropped the nutes from 700ppm back down to 350ppm as all but the S60 were not liking the 700ppm

I should also point out that this is my first go using GH MaxiGrow, 90% of my growing has been with GH MaxiBloom from start to finish (hydro, DWC and Ebb&flow).
But my last grow was a nightmare with lack of nitrogen from just using bloom nutes, this is why I bought the MaxiGrow...that is why I have been experimenting a bit trying to get the feel of this MaxiGrow.
So now I have to get used to having more nitrogen available to the plants.
BlueStreak - 1 (female) should start stretching real soon, BS -2 and BS -3 I believe are too far gone and are very unlikely to recover and unless they do something special in the next few days they will be ripped out....

Other than lowering the nutes to 350ppm I will raise my HPS 6-12" or so higher to try induce some stretching, if things keep going like this I will have to withdraw from the 16oz comp

 

[Stunted]

30 Dec 2011
Group shot of some stunted plants.


Also a crappy usb microscope shot into the guts of the AA

I say its female....what do others think?

 

[Rello]

Hey just stopping in to let ya know thats a female lol At first im like I cant seee nothing... but ya pistols everywhere!

Nice stunted plant to lol I got 2 tiny plants I forgot to mention on my introduction(ya... forgot...) ones dieselryder, the other is sour60, they will yield 1-3 grams each They are about 4-5 inches tall because I left them in small containers.