DIY Aero-Hydro CFL grow

[faderharley]

I'm in my 2nd grow and thinking about cloning. I have only 1 Blue Widow and 3 Columbian Gold from the attempt of germination of 8 separate strains. These 2 were the only ones that made it. Each grow-box has 6 3" grow-pods. Right now I have 8 empty pods total so I'm gonna clone 4 BW and 4 CG.

My question is once the cutting roots in the cloner, when can it go into my growbox.

 

[MrGreenChucks]

As soon as you see roots you're golden. Good luck

 

[faderharley]

As soon as you see roots you're golden. Good luck

Can you suggest a great clone jell?

 

[MrGreenChucks]

I use Clonex with with great results. It's a thick Gel which really coats the stem. More importantly though is your method and attention to detail. Tons of good info in the propagation forum. Read up and you can't go wrong.

 

[faderharley]

I use Clonex with with great results. It's a thick Gel which really coats the stem. More importantly though is your method and attention to detail. Tons of good info in the propagation forum. Read up and you can't go wrong.

Picked up some Replicator, root plugs and got my cloner up and running. Thanks

 

[Motta-Tokka]

See if your hydro store has free samples of anything. I asked and he game me some rooting gel/ bloom booster and a seaplex sample bottle. The time before that I asked and got plant suscess tablets.

 

[faderharley]

I just found out you should not clone from feminized plants, what's that about? Something about the clone will turn Herme in the 4th week or so..

 

[fatigues]

I just found out you should not clone from feminized plants, what's that about? Something about the clone will turn Herme in the 4th week or so..

You heard wrong.

 

[faderharley]

You heard wrong.

Thanks, going to clone them tommorrow

 

[faderharley]

34 days

34 days

Well it's been 34 days and my gals are looking and doing great. The Blue Widow foliage is much darker than the Columbian Gold. I could easly put them in flowering, but I plan to veg up to the end of the 5th week, pull a dozen clones and then put the 3 C.G. and B.W. into flowering.

Picked up a few extra clamp-on fixtures and six 26 watt, 2700k, 1850 lumen CFLs to go w/my eight 105watt, 2700k, 5000 lumen CFLs. With these 14 CFLs combined with a few 23watt, 6500k, 1800 lumens to add some flavor to the spectrum. That will give me over 1000+watts, 70,000+ lumens for my 4ft x 4ft x 9ft grow closet. So thats the plan for the next week, heres my 2nd grow in progress


grow-box #1 and Columbian Gold #1, day 34


Columbian Gold #3 and my single Blue Widow, day 34.
She has darker foliage than the Gold


Columbian Gold #2, day 34. They are doing awesome. Can't wait to take 10-12 clones from the Gold and Blue Widow

later

 

[faderharley]

Day 6 of flowering

Day 6 of flowering

Day 6 of flowering, 46 of the grow. Getting nice new toppings from the plants. Took some cuttings before switching to flowering, they are hanging on at best.

 

[faderharley]

Quick update, day 73 into the grow, day 32 of flowering...

my gals

 

[faderharley]

Day 80 into the grow, day 39 of flowering

Day 80 into the grow, day 39 of flowering

Day 39 flowerng, switched to 14/10 light schedule. Burning 20 CFLs in a 12 sqft closet.

 

[faderharley]

Flowering day count was off by 10 days

Flowering day count was off by 10 days

It dawn on me around the holidays, my switch to 12/12 was my day count, but it was to happen whenever I noticed my gals first pistils. With that said, the actual day count is 45 days into flowering, 55 days in 14/10 light schedule and 96 days into the grow as of 01-04-11...

 

[faderharley]

getting close

getting close

3 maybe 4 days before the cut

 

[faderharley]

Wrap-up

Wrap-up

116 days into the grow, 66 days of that was flowering. Cut, not destroyed 3 feminized Landrace Colombian Gold, 1 Blue Widow....

 

[Stagetek]

Were your Colombian Gold from World of Seeds?

I just finished an RDWC grow that went 14 weeks into flower, and look as if they could have used a bit more time, as buds on the plants I tried to re-veg started developing black leaves (color in, not on the leaf) and even more trichomes.



This spring/summer has been incredibly damp though and 2 of my top colas had small spots of mold. Broke everything else down, photographed samples and found nothing more.




For me, a 10 week strain that goes 14 or more weeks and is sensitive to damp weather, makes it something that I may try again, but not for a while.

My grow area was reasonably ventilated and had dehumidifiers going 24/7. To say I was shocked and disappointed is an understatement. Thankfully the plants had a decent yield and initial samples are quite tasty and potent.

 

[faderharley]

Hey stagetek, yeah I got the CG from World of Seeds, they claim it's a true landrace but I'm not so sure... I let my regrow flwer for 11 weeks, trichomes were at 70% cloudy w/+40% amber... It was even better in quality than the 1st grow, it has more knockdown power or more of a couchlock effect...

Also when I started the regrow I too got some black leaves, but I had cut away after they took off again... no mold to speak of..

Looking at your photos, looks really awesome, did you get your seeds from WoS as well? After my harvest of the regrow I decide to wait until Sept. for my next grow, to damn hot this summer for a summer grow imo... thanks for the input, your grow looks awesome...