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Got some Fire OG going monster crop style. Just took a container filled with perlite and added plain 120ppm tap water until the perlite started to float. Dropped an air line into the bottom to keep the water fresh and bubbly. Took some cuttings and planted about 2 inches deep. Starting them under 23w 6500k daylight cfl. Now we wait...
Day 7 they are all staying perky. Just going to leave them alone until day 14 will check for roots
On day 12 from cutting I cleaned up most the buds off them and topped them leaving the best looking leaves. Also added about a half cup of tapwater to bring the water level about an inch below the top of the perlite. Will check them for roots in a couple days.
If all goes well they will be run in the dutch buckets focused on making big main colas.
The first day of week 3 (day 15) from cutting I checked the stems and 3 of 5 have roots. The other 2 are not showing any signs of rot so I think they will root soon. I added a pinch of maxibloom so they can start taking in a little nutrients.
I will be transferring the 2 healthiest girls to the dutch buckets in about a week when I harvest my gorilla. They are still under a 23w 6500k cfl.
I am sure these would have rooted faster using a hormone, but I like to keep things as simple as possible.
With a little luck I am going to try to focus training for a lot of big main colas on these.
Day 17 from cutting: transferred 2 of the girls to the dutch buckets today. I am running them in the same system as my autos for now to see if they can handle the nutrient ppm. Pumping nutrients 30 minutes every 4 hours. I will monitor them and make changes if needed.
Started the week off with a water change. I am still running them in the same system as my autos so they are getting maxibloom and calimagic with ro water. Starting to see some stretch so it looks like they are revegging nicely.
I topped them on day 12 from cutting so they should immediately grow up 2 monster mains to start. Just going to keep them on the auto schedule and monitor them until I can get them running alone in the system and up the nutrient level to them.
We are at day 35 from cutting and they appear to be building a good root structure. The 2 monster mains are progressing slowly.
I am circulating nutrients 6x per day for 30 minutes. Constant aireation on the reservoir. I am nearing the end of my other grow on the same system so these girls should be running alone with higher ppm in a couple weeks.
We are at day 42 from cutting and I finally got them running alone in the system.
Switched them to maxigrow today with fresh ro water. I started recirculating nutrients 24/7 today hoping it will help them take off pretty fast. Will be running the system with 5 gallons until they start eating more.
I have been tying them down to keep them low and wide. Might give them another topping in a few days depending on how they look.
They are under a 1000w galaxyhydro led that performed great on the last grow. I am sold that led is the only way to go. With the cost to run and heat output there is no comparison.
It took a while but these girls finally starting to take off. Did some trimming and topping again today. Planning to just tie them down a little over the next week or 2 then should be ready to flower. Pumping nutrients 30 minutes every 4 hours.
Did the weekly 10 gallon flush with RO water and filled up with fresh nutrients. Pumping nutrients 30 minutes every 4 hours. Topped a few of the faster growing branches for the last time this week. Been pulling all the leaves that are blocking little branches from popping up. Probably let them go another few days then switch to flower. Hoping to keep these from stretching and keep a tight flower structure with some luck.
I started the week off with 10 gallon ro wayer flush and fresh nutrients. Went ahead and flipped these girls to 12 hrs. I think they have built some decent branches now just need to see if we can build some buds. I was hoping I could stop tying them down but looks like they are climbing pretty fast so will probably keep bending here and there to keep the canopy even. Other than that just going to keep the nutrients pumping to them and hope to see some pistils soon.
Switched these to maxibloom this week after the weekly flush. We are 14 days after switching them to 12 hours and they are hitting full flower. Had to leave them alone for a few days so I moved the lights up about 8 inches since they were right in the middle of their stretch and they shot up looking thin and lanky. Going to give them a few days then clean up some of the lower branches. Nutrients pumping 30 minutes 6 times per day.
We are 3 weeks after switching these girls to 12 and they hit a crazy stretch. I think it is about over now. The buds are getting packed with those thick fire pistils. Everything is going smooth for now. Just flushing with 10 gallons of ro water every week and adding fresh nutrients. The ph has continued to run stable as usual with the maxibloom.
Been a smooth week. Started off with a 10 gallon flush of the system and fresh nutrients. Girls are covered with those fire pistils. Hoping to see some swelling in the next couple weeks. Had to break a couple stems over they were way too tall. Ph ran stable all week didnt have to make any adjustments.
Girls are looking pretty good this week other than a little heavy on the nutrients due to evaporation. Did the usual 10 gallon flush and fresh nutrents to start the week. Ph at 6.0 pumping nutrient 30 minute intervals every 4 hours. Starting to see some nice trichome production. A few calyxes here and there are starting to puff up a little. Just going to keep on keeping on mixing this fire & water.
Not much went on this week. Running smooth. The buds are slowly bulking up. Gave the girls the weekly 10 gallon flush and fresh nutrients. Im thinking they have about 3 weeks to go. Just keep on keeping on.....
Not much happening this week. Just gave the weekly 10 gallon flush and fresh nutrients. Backed off on the nutrients a little. Pistils are starting to turn and calyxes steadily swelling. Checked the trichs for the first time today and they are all still clear. Just going to let her run until we get some amber in the trichs. Probably another 2 weeks or so.
Started flushing these girls today. Gave them each 5 gallons of ro water and will be giving them at least 5 gallons per day. Probably going to flush her for about a week. We got mostly cloudy with a few clear and amber so they should be pretty good by then.
This is some decent average smoke. It does the job. The downfall is all the pistils everywhere kinda take away from the flavor of the buds. This is the risk you take when you grow a strain that has not been bred by a reputable breeder.
The mostercropping took way too long. 2 weeks to root. Over 2 weeks to switch back to veg. I wouldnt recommend the method unless it is a killer strain that you just have to have. It was an overall smooth grow. I grew them both under 1 led so they hit crazy stretch due to lack of light. Overall got some decent buds off them.
@underfunded, thanks for checking it out. I just use plain tap water to root them. No hormones or anything. I have done it without adding an air pump, but adding a little air hose makes the method pretty much foolproof. Almost 100% sucess doing it this way. Just keep them from getting too hot(about 75f) and not too intense light.
@amazongrow, i agree i was gonna ask about your cloning reservoir but then i found the info you provided, very cool to see it worked, I personally am a terrible cloner so will begin using this method. did you even use a rooting hormone?
is this just perlite in a netpot ??? i struggle with clay pellets and hydroton cube lol wtf but i think the perlite would fall to much trough my netpot. but great idea.. hope the perlite blocks the light enough
@Reaper, the bucket is completely full of perlite. My nutrients pump from a reservoir and drain out of the bottom of the bucket. It is a Dutch bucket style setup. It works better for me than other hydroponics I have tried. I have had issues with clay pebbles an all of that in dwc also along with the airstones. I think my first week of my older fastbuds diary I tried to describe the system.
If you wanna grow a beautiful plant with massive yields then you need to look into "Champagne Kush" by Seedism Seedbank. Check out my diary on her to see what I'm talking about!
@Kushlove420, I checked it out. Excellent work on that one! I used to grow some big sativa's outside. This grow was done on a 130w light. I will check that strain out. Thanks
the lot of hairs is a mistake by harvesting way too early, if u waited another 3 weeks they would be much denser and potend and smelling very strong. i had the same problem and my weed smelled like hay
@Reaper, I appreciate the info on that. I knew something was off with it. This grow really got out of control and it didn't get the care it should have.
@@Lucimago,thanks! I normally wouldn't clone buds but they happened to be in flower when I had the opportunity to get them. Monster crops usually start off with branches shooting out everywhere and they don't need much training. That is the benefit most people use the method for. I had some time with them so I went ahead and did some topping and training. I'm anxious to see how they shape up once they stretch.
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