[ReikoX]

I'm trying to dial in the perpetual SOG. Yields aren't as good as when I did all the clones at once. I believe that in the end yield is a sum of all the little things going right. For example, when I was watering, I noticed some clones looked the perfect height after stretch. But I never documented how tall it was when it went in to flower, so I can't replicate that. That is one thing I can do to improve right there.

Tuesday is clone day. Taking clones is a huge part of dialing in my perpetual SOG. To keep it humming along, I need three healthy clones a week. I usually take six clones a week, let them root for two weeks, then transplant them into 12 oz. cups for a week or two to veg. Finally I transplant the three best into my MT38 tree pots to flower. This usually gives me a few extra for other patients or to throw into other cabs.

I've decided the second transplant from the 12 oz. cups is not only unnecessary, but also stunting the plant right when I want it to take off. By skipping the transplant I should have a bigger root system going into flower. When I mono cropped last time, I transplanted directly into the MT38 tree pots. I also used White Lightning mycorrhizae. This week I transplanted the rooted cuts into the MT38 tree pots directly and dipped the roots in mycorrhizae.

I'll walk through the process and see whats working, and what to improve. Let's start with my Tahoe OG mom. Here you can see, according to my calibrated measuring device, that my moms are trimmed to about 4" tall. This usually happens every two weeks if clones are needed or not. In this case I got two nice clones from her.


Next I strip off all but the top node. I cut the fan leaves in half to lessen the need for respiration. I then re-cut the clone to two inches long. I scrape the outside, dip it in rooting powder, then add it to the micro hempy bucket. I noticed they were getting pretty dry between waterings so I decided to mix in 50% vermiculite with 50% perlite.


Here we have two trays worth of clones. For the first week the dome is kept on tight. After the first week, they are hardened off by lifting the lid and letting air circulate. They get watered with RO water and 10 drops of superthrive per gallon. The RO water is different, I used to use my tap water and have to correct the pH. I never bothered checking the pH since I switched. That could be an issue.


Alright, enough about the clones. Next to take care of are the Holy Grail 69 girls. They were trained back to the screen. This should encourage the side branching to stretch some. I'll then tie that back, and fill the screen this way.


They were fed RO water and my home-made fertilizers. They got the following:
15 ml / gal Fermented Fish Fertilizer
15 ml / gal Fermented Cannabis Leaf Extract
1 ml / gal Lactobacilius Culture

I haven't been messing with pH lately, but decided to test it and it was 4.1. I had no idea it was that low. I corrected it to 5.9 or so using potassium bicarbonate. This is a similar mix to what I feed my moms, so poor plant nutrition could also be part of my cloning issue.

Finally I fed my Bubba Kush S1 seedling. She took about 1/2 gallon of the same mix as above. I filled the eight fabric pots for the PC with soil, watered them and am letting it "cook" for a bit. I checked on the seeds and it looks like one may crack. I put them between paper towels.



So I have a list of six improvements to work on:

- Document the height of clones going into flower, as well as after harvested.
- Transplant rooted clones directly into the MT38 tree pots.
- Use mycorrhizae when transplanting rooted clones.
- Clone in 50/50 mix of vermiculite and perlite.
- Adjust pH with clone waterings, possibly switch back to tap water for micro nutrients.
- Adjust pH for mothers to keep them healthier.

[Tbonegrower]

The perpetual SOG is very interesting, and I think you will be happy with the direct planting. I have seen much happier root systems, although I have been trying to plant them a bit deeper as of late. I flip one plant every 1.5-2 weeks. It's is much nicer to have a steady stream...

[#1cheesebuds]

This is an amazing setup you have here. I like how this setup can keep clones and flowering ladies too.

I just set up a lil veg/clone area so I can try to keep the herb coming all year long.

[ReikoX]

Originally Posted by Tbonegrower

The perpetual SOG is very interesting, and I think you will be happy with the direct planting. I have seen much happier root systems, although I have been trying to plant them a bit deeper as of late. I flip one plant every 1.5-2 weeks. It's is much nicer to have a steady stream...

Yeah, the perpetual harvesting is pretty nice. Yields need work, but the quality is there.

Originally Posted by #1cheesebuds

This is an amazing setup you have here. I like how this setup can keep clones and flowering ladies too.

I just set up a lil veg/clone area so I can try to keep the herb coming all year long.

When I built it, it was the only cabinet I planned to have. So having a mom/veg area was required.

[ReikoX]

I made these last week, but forgot to post it here.
To make them you will need:

- 1 cups granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- 3/8 cup water (6 tablespoons)
- 1/2 dram (1/2 teaspoon)* LorAnn cinnamon
- 1 Oz Green Dragon (8g/Oz reduction)
- Red food coloring
- Hard candy molds


In a sauce pan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water. Using a medium heat, stir until well combined. Insert your candy thermometer, making sure not to touch the bottom of the pan. Turn up the heat and stop stirring. Once the temperature reaches 220*F, you can add the food coloring.


As soon as the temperature reaches 300*F, remove from the heat. Wait for the bubbling to settle down, and then add the cinnamon flavoring while stirring rapidly. Be careful not to inhale the fumes. Next add the Green Dragon while still stirring. You may need to add a little bit of heat to re-melt the candy.


Quickly pour the candy into the molds, You can add more heat to try and get the last of it out. I usually just get as much as I can and give the rest "to the gods". Next time I may boil some water and make a tea with it.


Allow the candy to cool, then break the candy up. Store in a cool dry place in an airtight container. Now for my favorite part, licking the spoon!

[ReikoX]

My Arduino board got here today. I will have to mess around with this soon. It's Friday night and I'm going to relax at my desk for a while.


*COUGH COUGH* Alright, now I've got the munchies, just a minute. Now if there was only something I could do with this empty yogurt container...


It's time for the yogurt cup challenge! I remember one of the first threads I read here was the shotglass challange. I remember thinking, that looks like fun. I want to assure good drainage, so I cut that inner circle out. I cut out some weed blocking fabric and put it in the bottom. I mixed up an airy medium with three parts recycled soil, one part perlite, one part vermiculite.


This is a crazy coincidence, the other night I was thinking about how I would be able to keep up with watering these tiny pots. I suddenly remembered my burpee seed starting kit. Dave Coulier was using them in his thread for starting seedlings. The next morning I woke up and he posted:

Originally Posted by Dave Coulier

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Would be very useful for anyone competing in the yogurt cup challenges *wink wink*

Granted, the idea came from him using them. So here we are with medium testing this capillary mat for the yogurt cup challenge. I should have some clones in a week or two ready to go in. I think they will get a spot with my screens since I'm only running four this round.


The Bubba Kush S1 is a vigorous little girl. She is developing with 1-3-5-7 leaf nodes so far. I think I am going to try mainlining again. I tried it a couple times before, once was just a bad cultivar who has been culled (THC Bomb accidental F2). I think I was rushing the process before, so I plan to take it slowly and be patient. The first step is to let her get to five or six nodes, then top her. I'll try to clone the toppings, she should produce quite a few clones for me in the process.

[ReikoX]

Today was harvested time for these three girls. They are, from left to right, Delicious Candy at 9 weeks, THC Juanita at 10 weeks, and CBD Juanita also at 10 weeks. Since this is such a huge harvest, I recruited a few buddies to help me trim.





I gave them some bud for their troubles...




[ReikoX]

I'm still having trouble with these Lowryder seeds. The seeds cracked after about 48 hours, but didn't do a whole lot more in the paper towels. I'm not sure if these seeds were old stock, or if something happened to them during shipping. I have three more seeds left to try, perhaps someone has some advice to help the issue?


I went ahead and germinated some more seeds from that same order to determine if something may have happened. Eight total, two each of Delicious The Devil, Delicious La Diva, Delicious La Musa, and Samsara Ultraviolet. I haven't decided what I'm going to do with them. That all depends on how those Lowryder seeds turn our. I will probably just germinate them in peat pucks until roots are showing on the bottom, then decide where to put them. The big cabinet will be done soon, I was debating running a round of autos in there.

[doams]

Originally Posted by ReikoX

I gave them some bud for their troubles...
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lol luke looks too much devastated at the end.

[doams]

are those Cinnamon Candies medicated?
I wonder how I add some thc into them i.e. in what form hm..