Week 1 Veg
WE HAVE TWINS! ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ
I won one bean of this strain at Product Earth 2017 a few months before its release and have ended up with two plants! Haha.
I had suspicions when I noticed two tap roots poke out on germination but decided to put them in coco nonetheless. Two seedlings soon sprouted so instead of letting one bully the other to death I thought I'd try to seperate them!
The operation was a complete success, with both twins surviving! I had to gently remove the smaller twins root from the other as the fine root hairs had caused them to stick together. It wasn't easy but I managed to do it without snapping or damaging either of them and simply transplanted the smaller twin into her new home.
This will be an interesting one bean pheno hunt! ๐
The bigger girl (Twin1) took off quicker than Twin2 as expected, so her cup was backfilled and she was given her first nutrient feed on Day 6. Although she's bigger, she seems to have a bit of a mutation going on, we'll see how it progresses next week. Hopefully it won't affect her growth too much.
Twin2 didn't have much of a stretch and was getting hungry and needed a bit more light, so I decided to carefully take her out, fill her cup and then put her back in on Day 7. She was then given her first nutrient feed.
Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out and seeing how different these two phenos are.
Make sure to check out the last pics to see close ups of Twin1's mutation.
Thanks for following and happy growing! ๐บ
Haha cheers @@@Tryhard_grower ๐ I've never seen anyone seperate them before but I knew they had seperate tap roots so I thought why not! Lol it wasn't the funnest thing to do but I've got a pretty steady hand so I was confident enough to give it a go! Haha ๐บ
@biggreens420, thanks Big G โ๏ธ I thought I'd share my experience and opinion on them after seeing the discussion about them on another diary. Hopefully it helps anyone that's wondering about using them โ๏ธ๐บ
I saw this grow on your IG when you were thinking about the split. i think its a good call. in my experience when kept in same pot they only grow about 1/2 size what they would seperated (two small plants sharing 1 pot vs 2 large plants in same sized but seperate pots, root competition etc leads to one showing as male/herm in some of my friends experience with twins not seperated). I must say i'm jealous you have the steady hand to make it happen I need to ask for gfs help with the finer stuff since my hands are so shakey from arthritis. following now, excited to see progress here with all the data ๐
Thanks @Jack_Greenstalk โ๏ธ I completely agree mate, that's exactly why I went for it. From what I've seen in the past from other growers, the smaller twin is either a runt throughout and herms, just like you mentioned, or dies off competely. At least this way they both have a fighting chance and are competing to be the keeper pheno! Haha I'm a carpenter so I fancied my chances ๐ cheers! โ๏ธ๐บ
@biggreens420, haha that's light reflection on pic 3, I was close to not uploading it incase there was confusion! ๐ no seeds in any bro, pic 13 is just the pre flowers from a few branches looking frosty โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐บ
@TheFoxFarmer, ๐lmao I admit that you do a monstrous job with all these photos ๐
love to do it is the main thing, even if it takes a lot of time ๐ป
@biggreens420, that would be perfect mate ๐๐ there's also that new 600w ceramic HPS that's in the US, so I think I'll wait on the ceramic tech to calm down and become more readily available. I reckon I'll give the 600w HPS a go and bare with the hotter temps. Atm the 315 doesn't take the tent any hotter than 82 on the hottest of days, so hopefully my fans are enough as they are! ๐บ
@TheFoxFarmer,yeah I'm thinking of putting one inbetween 2 leds in the big tent as hps is getting too hot like u say and iv only seen the maxibright 315 ones so far and there not cheap so the 630 will cost a bit but definitely looking into it
@biggreens420, nice one mate โ๏ธ yeah, the CMH definitely brings the winter colours out very well. And the full spectrum apparently does increase terpene levels, but in all honesty it's not a very powerful light. I'd recommend getting a 630w DE CMH as they have a better area coverage and also penetrate a lot more. But they're not cheap, so I'm still looking at upgrading to a 600w HPS but uncertain what the temps will be now it's warming right up โ๏ธ๐บ
Beautiful rose flowers ;) those are going to make for some nice medicine, that's for sure.
I've had twins before, if I keep them indoors, I separate them, if they go out I might leave them together
@bobo420, I agree mate. I don't think Twin2 would have stood much chance if I left them. I've only ever seen the big twin dominate and kill off the smaller twins from others' experiences โ๏ธ๐บ
@bobo420, nice one mate. If these impress then I'll probably be getting the sugar black rose too, although Eleven Roses is supposed to be the superior offspring. It'd be nice to compare the two in future โ๏ธ๐บ
Haha missed this one this is crazy so far nice going fox twin's then mutants wats next grow some mad crazy buds can't wait to see what happens next lol
@Experimentgreen, thank you very much ๐ and no, it's simply because it's easier in a small veg tent, and pretty much impossible to run a HID in my veg tent. I do need to get a more powerful light for veg though. As soon as I change the room around I may use the 315w cmh for veg ๐ชโ๏ธ๐ฆ
hi when you said crazy foxtail did she grow a extra bud on top off her cola with loads off pistols right near the end
shes a very fast strain got a week left all bottom buds are done its just the top extra bud and cola thats setting me back
ps fantastic grow i learn a lot from you grow shes a monster
@smartstick, hi mate, thank you very much โ๏ธ
My #2 did want to finish earlier, but suffered from foxtails due to the heat more than anything. My #1 didn't have any foxtails and grew more of a normal bud structure and density. Foxtails are called as such because they look like fox tails coming out of your bud. It's just extra calyx growth that can sometimes be a very good thing in small amounts as it can increase yeild considerably. It's not good to have really big foxtails though, as it can make trimming a longer and harder task, and also the new calyx's and their trichomes won't be as mature as the rest of the bud โ๏ธ๐๐บ