ReikoX's Workshop 2023

[tobedetermined]

I decided to use these 3-gallon bags and Jacks 321 for this run. Here you can see the bags filled with media. The cups have the bottoms cut out to aid in watering the smaller seedlings until they grow into the larger bags.

So you just leave the cups in for the duration? That's a good idea . . .

 

[ReikoX]

Yep, that's the plan. Makes it easier to water when the plants are small.

 

[ReikoX]

Say it with me SAP-ON-INS

 

[ReikoX]

I shucked the Dominion Diesel F2 seeds. Lots of immature and aborted seeds, but still enough good ones to give away a few packs. I'll let them dry for a few weeks, then clean them up with the bird seed cleaner.

I was running out of rosin for my vape carts, so I pulled about 7 grams of the Solo's Stash from the freezer and decarbed it in a sealed jar at 150°F for about 30 hours. I filled one cart and put the jar in my seed fridge.

I topped the Chem91 x Orange Sour Dub plants and put the tops in the cloner. Plants numbered 1 and 5 are definitely female. Plants numbered 3, 4, and 6 are definitely male. The plant numbered 2 was still undetermined, but I'm leaning towards female.

Since I had the clone dome and tray out anyway, I took a couple clones off of the rest of my mother plants. I also gave them a rather aggressive trim.

The GLo BC1 autos are doing well. The one on the right seems to have found the bottom of the pot and is beginning to grow vertically. The one on the left is about a week behind.

 

[ReikoX]

The other day I noticed quite a few little moths flying around in the flower room. I decided to put out some yellow sticky traps to get a closer look. There were a lot more than I expected. I'm guessing they are attracted to the fungus from the oyster mushroom logs I used for mulch. There were a few fungus gnats as well, but I expected that. I ordered up some nematodes, they should be here by next weekend. Until then, I will continue to change the yellow sticky traps and monitor their numbers.

The beds were getting a bit over-grown, so I chopped the cover crop and removed the males from the flower room. I inspected the cover crop and my plants for any signs of bug damage, but found none.

Transplanting them with the bottomless pots couldn't be any easier. I simply moved away the mulch layer and put the pot on top of the exposed soil. When I moved the mulch I noticed quite a few worms and a couple predatory mites, but didn't notice any rove beetles.

The root development on these looks pretty good. I'm guessing they are going to take off now that they have access to the bigger beds.

Even though I didn't notice any bug damage, I went ahead and sprayed everything with EM5 as an IPM treatment. I sprayed everything in the veg room too, just to be safe.

Finally, I put the first layer of screen up. In a couple of weeks, these screens should be full and ready to flip to flower.

 

[ReikoX]

I've been replacing the sticky traps every day or two and the number of little moths has decreased dramatically. The nematodes I ordered arrived, I'll apply them to every bit of soil in my house this weekend. I noticed the right bed had a bunch of the little moths stuck the sticky trap one morning. When I went to change the trap the next day they were gone, only the legs remained stuck on the traps. The next day, I noticed a few ants carrying off pieces of the little moths from the trap. Cycle of life I suppose. So far none of these insects are interested in my plants.

Webcam shots:

The other day I got an e-mail with a sale at DynaVap for a "Chill bundle". The bundle came with a Chill steel pipe, DynaVap tip and cap, and a "bonger" attachment. I've been loving my DynaVap vaporizer for flower and have been feeling nostalgic for smoking a bong. The Chill pipe is pretty nicely made. It feels nice and durable. I filled it with ice and water and took a few hits out of it with the DynaVap attachment. It was a very nice and cool hit. The draw is a little tight, but the flavor is on point. Because the DynaVap is a dry herb vaporizer, I didn't have any ash to deal with and the bong water stayed relatively clean. The ice lasted for the couple of hours that I tested it out. Overall, I am happy with my purchase.

 

[ReikoX]

I transplanted a bunch of rooted clones. I had two of the Chem 91 x Orange Sour Dub that didn't root and one Grass Fire OG. They are still under the clone dome for now.

I have the males and my old moms still growing. I plan to chop them down and use the for a FPJ soon.

The two GLo BC1 could not be any different. The one of the left is what I was expecting them to come out like. The one on the right is just hilarious. It is one big bud. I might get a whole 1/4 oz out of it.

The beds are doing fine. The plants have settled and resumed vertical growth. I've been tucking the apical shoots under the screen.

 

[MCR0161]

Is nice to see a familiar face here. Least I can still keep up with the workshop. You said on OG you had some more JR f2s there. I planted another 4 recently bro and 10 SSDDF2BX1. I'll keep you posted on the outcome. My mate took 16 cuts a while back too. Should probably check how they are actually. Well reminded

Everything looks ship shape here as usual

I transplanted a bunch of rooted clones. I had two of the Chem 91 x Orange Sour Dub that didn't root and one Grass Fire OG. They are still under the clone dome for now.
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I have the males and my old moms still growing. I plan to chop them down and use the for a FPJ soon.
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The two GLo BC1 could not be any different. The one of the left is what I was expecting them to come out like. The one on the right is just hilarious. It is one big bud. I might get a whole 1/4 oz out of it.
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The beds are doing fine. The plants have settled and resumed vertical growth. I've been tucking the apical shoots under the screen.
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[ReikoX]

Yeah, I actually write my posts in my journal and copy them to the forums.

 

[MCR0161]

Yeah, I actually write my posts in my journal and copy them to the forums.

That's a genius idea but how do you get your images in there too? Thought they would have to be uploaded separate

 

[ReikoX]

I use Evernote.

 

[ReikoX]

I pulled these three males from the main room and threw them on the floor in the veg room. They have stretched quite a bit, six inch internodes? I plan to use these along with some mint I collected to make a FPJ.

 

[ReikoX]

I'm still tucking leaves under the screen. The left plant is really taking off, the middle and right plant aren't too far behind. The moth population seems to be winding down after spraying with nematodes about a week ago. I've adjusted the light schedule a bit. First, I lowered the daylight hours from 18/6 to 16/8. Then, I increased the 2700K LEDs from 35% to 50% on the dimmer. The plan is to flip them to 12/12 in about a week.

I don't know if I'm going to run CO2 this round. I'm thinking I will just leave that and the supplemental lighting off too. I just want see if and how much of a difference they are making.

 

[ReikoX]

I'm still tucking the tops under the screen to keep an even canopy. Today, I trimmed up under the screen.

I took the trimmings, along with the males and some old mother plants, and used them in a FPJ. I had about 400 grams of cannabis leaves, and about 300 grams of fresh herbs. I used mint, basil, parsley, and dill. I mixed that with about 700 grams of brown sugar and put it in a clean growler. Finally, I added a couple ounces of LABS and an air lock. I will wait a few weeks to allow it to ferment.

The clones I took are looking good. These will become mothers and/or be used for some pollen chucking. I have an extra Solo's Stash and an extra Dominion Diesel. I think I'm going to throw them into the QT tent and hit them with some GG4 RIL pollen.

I took two more cuts off the plants in the flower room. The Chem91 x Orange Sour Dub #1 plant never rooted.

These two GLo BC1 autos have been finicky. The one on the right got stunted early on. The one on the left, I tried some low stress training, but it just stunted it as well.

I picked up this coco and perlite from the local grow store today. I'm going to try some coco and the tree pots.

 

[ReikoX]

Today is day four of flower for the Chem91 x Orange Sour Dub. I tucked everything back under the screen. My plan is to let them grow vertically from here out.

I still havent gotten the left bed plant to clone. Go figure its the biggest and fastest. I threw another cut in a cube with a dome. I put some other clones in the quarantine tent. The light is set to 12/22. My plan is to hit them with some GG4 RIL pollen.

Finally I dumped about 30 (Critical Mass x Ginger Alex Blueberry) x Divyder in a shot glass with tap water.

 

[ReikoX]

Here are the Chem91 x Orange Sour Dub plants at day 8F. The left plant wants all the room, I even tucked some branches under the center plant. I don't think I'm going to need the second trellis this round. These have pretty beefy stems and don't seem like they will stretch a whole lot.

I got 24 of the (Critical Mass x Ginger Alex Blueberry) x Divyder seeds in their final 1L tree pots. They floated on top of the water for about 4 days and most had a nice tap root going. I watered the coco in with 2 grams of gypsum and 1 gram of epsom salts in a gallon of water.

 

[ReikoX]

I took a few bud shots of the GLo BC1 plants. I think they are pretty much done. They didn't get too big, but they sure are frosty and smell great.

23/24 of the (Critical Mass x Ginger Alex Blueberry) x Divyder seeds are up. Not a single helmet head. I'll give that last one a few days before I go digging and see what's up. I might have just missed putting a seed in that pot.

 

[flower~power]

I took a few bud shots of the GLo BC1 plants. I think they are pretty much done. They didn't get too big, but they sure are frosty and smell great.
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23/24 of the (Critical Mass x Ginger Alex Blueberry) x Divyder seeds are up. Not a single helmet head. I'll give that last one a few days before I go digging and see what's up. I might have just missed putting a seed in that pot.
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Those do look nice

 

[ReikoX]

Here are the Chem91 x Orange Sour Dub at day 21F. The stretch should be over by now. I've had a hard time getting that bigger, more vigorous plant to clone. I've taken cuts several times off of it with no luck. I have four more cuts from a few days ago trying to root. If it doesn't happen, it wasn't ment to be I guess.

Here are my (Ginger Alex Blueberry) x Divyder testers 10 days after sprouting. They are getting fed Jacks 321 once a day until runoff.

 

[OleReynard]

Reiko it's Motz how have you been?