22 Hash Bud clones

Northern_Ent May 18: third attempt at cloning after two previous failures due to over heating. Under fluorescent grow light using a 17/7 cycle to match outside conditions.

Northern_Ent May 31: now 13 days since the start of this and we finally have visible roots forming. Right on. Water overheated during first two cloning attempts due to the pump running too much, but this run looks like it’s worked. June 1: took best rooted clones and planted into 5 L pots with ProMix HP. Kept out of direct sun but they stayed outside during the afternoon. These are my first ever clones, but apparently they’re pretty fragile for a couple more weeks.

Northern_Ent June 7: four Hash Bud clones planted out into 5 gallon bags. June 10: all the clones in soil seem to have taken root and are now growing nicely outside. We get 17 h of daylight these days so the clones should be good and continue to veg without starting to flower.

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Northern_Ent June 25: topped clone in the field. Foliar Friday with Extreme Blend, FPJ, potassium silicate, vinegar as needed, and yucca extract.

Northern_Ent June 29: field clone doesn’t look as good as the others. I just used the native topsoil which is excellent for most plants without adding peat, perlite, or compost. Intentionally done to see if that works. Well, this was the biggest clone when planted, but is now behind its peers.

Northern_Ent July 3: added Power Bloom and a handful of malted barley as a top dressing. Did this to field clone on July 8: July 9: started light deprivation.

Northern_Ent July 10: these clones are growing fast with the nice weather the last few days.

Northern_Ent Clones in grow area are being force flowered, but the one in the field is not. The field clone is smaller likely due to use of native soil rather than a lighter blend.

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Northern_Ent July 31: added second round of Power Bloom and malt. Started using soluble wood ash as K source. See today’s Gorilla Gelato diary entry for details.

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Northern_Ent Aug 22: clones are maturing faster than the mother plant. Clones and mothers were forced at same time.

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Northern_Ent Sep 7: late season hailstorm shredded the fan leaves. Oh well, nearly done anyway.

Northern_Ent Sep 8: hailstorm last night did some minor damage. Sep 12: took first round 273 g wet. Sep 16: took a big round of 1,060 g wet or 1,333 g total just from the clones so far.

Northern_Ent Sep 16: took big round of 1,060 g wet. Total of 1,333 g from clones so far. Very nice dense and firm buds. Sep 23: took 1293 g wet, total 2,626 g. Don’t have an exact count of the three types of clones, but likely 13 hash bud clones or 202 g average which seems about right. I lost an early load of 36 hash bud clones when the power went out to the cloner for about six hours. Oh well, know for next time to have a small battery backup during that critical phase. Sep 25: final round of 340 g wet, total 2,966 g from 15 clones.

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Northern_Ent Sep 29: the unforced field clone is the last one still going. This plant was compromised by using native soil without any amendments and was largely neglected during the growing phase. The clone would be bigger if it got the normal attention.

Northern_Ent Oct 7: down to 11 h of daylight. Harvested last small clone for 130 g wet. That was supposed to be a seed plant but the pollination failed. Exceptionally dense high quality buds as these were left going a long time.

Northern_Ent Oct 14: field plant is last one still going. Nice shape with four colas but it wasn’t topped or pruned (I think).

Northern_Ent Oct 24: chopped last one in the field for 440 g wet. Buds are decent but not as good as summer buds from the grow area clones.

Northern_Ent Last clone in field was twice the size of the grow area plants because it was allowed to veg and flower naturally. Clones in grow area were light deprived to force flowering in mid-July. Grow area clones ripened under stronger sun and had better buds. The best buds form under strong sun but bigger yields come later in the fall.