cold weather experiment (ghs cheese)

[rocket high]

since the weather is cold... i thought i would put my two cheese mothers in a cupboard with one 20w cfl on 24hrs and no heating its been an average of 10c thats 50 f for our american friends,

they have started to show the strain after 4 weeks
16 week old cheese mothers
coco pots
temps 10c -50f
feed E.C 1.2
ph 5.9

 

[LUDACRIS]

Any bugs ???????????????.
The ph is far to low for soil.
Below 50* is cause for plant death.

 

[rocket high]

no bugs ludo the ph is fine in coco ive raised it to ph 6.0 (1.5 ec) at the mo ... temps are 14c/57f they look good for these conditions what do you think

 

[LUDACRIS]

I was looking at pic 4 and it looks like rust spots to me and your temps are to low.
Have you hade a look for bugs on the underside of those leafes with the rust spots on them ??????????.
The distorsion and twisty growth are a suspicion.

LUDA.

 

[rocket high]

[pic no 4 ]that was a rogue leaf that had me scratching my head it was the only one with these spots ... and deff no bugs ... its a experiment to see if these cheese's can handle our late spring temperatures coz they're going outside ... so wanted to see if they will die at low temps and high humidity but they are strong as f*ck and the leafs are like leather thick

 

[LUDACRIS]

[pic no 4 ]that was a rogue leaf that had me scratching my head it was the only one with these spots ... and deff no bugs ... its a experiment to see if these cheese's can handle our late spring temperatures coz they're going outside ... so wanted to see if they will die at low temps and high humidity but they are strong as f*ck and the leafs are like leather thick

They will never survive outdoors at these temps and its getting near bug time so outdoors is a no no unless you really want to kill them.

LUDA.

 

[rocket high]

have you grown out door before ?....... i have with relative success ... but for the deer they were a problem ... nice and juicy the buggers loved them.
they were haleys comet..impressive for this climate...it depends on the summer if its good or not ..

 

[LUDACRIS]

If you are in scotland the temps are still below 0* at night and i always grow indoors and even at 10* outdoors max/daytime at this time just wont work.

 

[rocket high]

am talking the last week in april -first week in may so should'nt be too cold ... either way there going out .... and am fencing them in this time

 

[LUDACRIS]

am talking the last week in april -first week in may so should'nt be too cold ... either way there going out .... and am fencing them in this time

Cant you keep them indoors.

 

[rocket high]

no room for them any more and they stink to high heaven. got new stock to try out

 

[LUDACRIS]

no room for them any more and they stink to high heaven. got new stock to try out

Cool......................

 

[travstaff]

is this it man!!!

 

[rocket high]

hi trav staff its the one old pink started sorry its the one down from this yin

 

[travstaff]

ya rocket

 

[Lump]

Very nice experiment Mabye I tray it .

 

[smokinweedgi]

hows it going m8?

 

[mosstrooper]

What happened with these plants in the end?
Did it all just go horribly wrong? Or did the plants just end up so big, smuggling them out would have been like trying to transport a xmas tree in a bin bag?

 

[rocket high]

They budded but they were airy and didnt go outside in the end ... the colours they turned were beautiful tho. ive got five off the mother thats at a fellow growers house but she's been alive for 4 years so i think she's tired as the clones are very weak ... so i wont be doing them again.

 

[mosstrooper]

You may have read it already, but i really enjoyed reading this thread about revitalising mother plants using bonsai techniques.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=31919&highlight=bonsai+mother