A lot to review here
First off, new soil is hard to work with, wet and dry period, hard to get use to. But it all starts with your soil, We know what to put in it, that was last post, Getting the watering right is another story, 200ml every other day just so the media could dry down just doesn't work for me. I was having watering problems from the start.
Transplanting and re-potting, I learned on autos, very different in that you don't touch auto. Regular seeds require at least two transplants. The ghost Jack in the pic was re-potted from a little clay pot to a 1 litre. What a lousy two transplants, roots sticking to the clay pot. so now, in those 1 litres, I'll let them grow to another10-12 inches with luck, any luck.
Toppers, dam, it attracted rodents. why I didnt think of repottings with those clones, why didnt I time my nutrient mix with the repotting? Because my mindset and belief systems were based on autos,
So, with the regulars I'm growing, pot and re-pot then final pot, Each repot timed for fresh nutes and trace.
The clones, omg, the mouse chewed my stems and took down my plants. they were ready to take off too, hence the clones. With a bit of suffering, I think most will make it.
Monster cropping, I fimmed a few clones, forgot which ones, but they started to flower when the mouse took them down, Mostly the fog and the gg4, the tahquitz might still have been vegging. So, as I understand it, it's wait and see.
Rebuilt grow box, angle iron, nuts and bolts, angle grinder, cabinet doors. And a Tarp. Just stuff laying around that can be decomponeted without nails or screws. Previous box had way too much air, but did it's job.
Light leaks, I'm thinking ahead to when this next crop will be ready to flower.
Action plan - I have a lot of reg plants, not to mix with autos, repotting and nutes are to be timed, The 100 litre of soil per M2 time honored rule, aint quite working for me, I have to fiqure out how to grow stalky plants instead of 6 2 x 2 plants in a 3 x 3 space. If my clones succeed, I'll cross that bridge when I get there. My rotation, I think I'm on the right track or basically starting a new crop,
Remember that pruning is high stress. 2nd gen clones, You can get a lot of clones if your monsters succeed. Seeds costs money, I'd get animal, mothertounge, but I'm not there yet.
You do what you gotta do I guess, with what you got. I'll be ok, Just trying to create a perpetual garden while learning on the fly, creates opportunity. Instead of looking at it as a set back or detour, you make or set your goals differently. So, instead of my plan to drop dispensary clones into some soil and then get buds, it kinda changed to preserve the genetics if the nursury discontinues the strain, and have a new strain, tahquitz, multi generational, I want to clone it over and over if that's possible. Money wise, my last batch got taken, batch of seeds, I'll just go and find a seed or clone outlet around here. But I'm thinking these gentetics/terpenes I have in the box now are good ones. Being I cant go buy clones or seeds everytime they dont flourish, I'll learn how to clone. I'm not impressed with gg4, it might be too cold for it. Also the seeds prices are going up, I cant afford those either, like 120 bucks for 10.
So ya, it's worth a drive after lockdown to get proper kinda almost landrace genetics maybe different from og,