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The CannaBunker continues...

CannaBunkerMan

CannaBunkerMan

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I feel comfortable saying that the CannaBunker is now complete. I wanted to start a new thread, since the other one is getting a little long.

If you haven't seen it yet, check it out, and let me know what you think:

The CannaBunker begins:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=209119

This new thread will be devoted to my silent ladies who treat me so devinely.

I planned on starting up on a good and positive vibe, but when I checked the plants this morning there was a near disaster! In the mother room I forgot to turn on my new reservoir auto-fill timer. All of the mothers and freshly rooted clones had their roots dry up. Another day and I would have lost all of my genetics.

Actually, I always try to keep one soil mother around for just this occassion. Future plans will include a backup plan of making "waves" of clones every two weeks, so there is ALWAYS a rooted clone ready to take the place of a dead mother plant.

This is a little bit of a rough start for me, and this could push back my harvest another month. Fucker!

Anyway, the pictures HAVE to get better from here on out.

 
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Rowdy420

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Damn, sorry to hear of your mistake. I've done the same thing, left a timer unplugged after a cleaning session. Sucks to walk in and see all your girls shriveled up, you want to kick yourself in the balls! Keep your head up, hopefully you didn't lose all your genetics.

Good luck, peace
 
CannaBunkerMan

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Rowdy420 said:
Damn, sorry to hear of your mistake. I've done the same thing, left a timer unplugged after a cleaning session. Sucks to walk in and see all your girls shriveled up, you want to kick yourself in the balls! Keep your head up, hopefully you didn't lose all your genetics.

Good luck, peace
Click to expand...

There are a few clones that look like they'll pull through, at least one of each kind. They are:

Green Crack
GHS Lemon Skunk
God Bud x Afgani Dream
Blue Dream (from a bean)

I was also lucky enough that I took a hundred cuttings about a week ago. Let's hope they root!
 
Hippie420

Hippie420

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Right on glad to see a new one of these threads, I read the first one and love it very amazing setup definitely envious... Can't wait to see this one up and running, I'm sure you'll move right past your mistake considering you made sure you had safety nets for such an event.

-Hippie-
 
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Stond_Face

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Man... that was a close one. I'm happy you can recover.

I loved the bunker building thread. Looking forward to this one.

S_F
 
jd4083

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Blessing in disguise...as is anything that makes you question your M.O. and keeps you on your toes...keep it moving forward, can't wait to see what you do with this. Quite an inspirational thread, you're really showing your drive and willingness to commit to a project.
 
Rednick

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That's why I went back to soil.
Love the explosive growth of hydro, but soil is just too stable/buffered.
That and I'm a hippie.
I will say my 4gal bucket Hydroton E&F rocked out with it's cock out!
:blowbubbles:

Can't wait to see them bitches pick back up.
 
CannaBunkerMan

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I'm a bit of a pickle here. It looks like I don't have enough plants after the disaster to fill out my room, and the cuttings are being stubborn as usual. There was a seed giveaway from DutchGrown which would be ideal, but I don't know how long it will take to get seeds in hand. It could be another few weeks before I start to see roots, so I'm considering buying some beans to keep me going in the meantime.

I always seem to run out of cash before the next harvest, I thought this time would be different, but I was wrong. In short, I'm a little short, and I need good genetics for cheap. I'd love to go with RES or DJ Short, but they're a little expensive for me right now. I'm also not going to bother with mother plants on this run, so I won't be saving any genetics.

What do you think? GHS has decent genetics for a good price. I need 5 10-packs to fill up my 48 spots, so I'm trying to make this as painless as possible.

I could wait for the cuttings to root, but I've been having bad luck with cloning lately. Why does it take a month or more to root? I use rapid rooters and a heat mat. The CannaBunkerMan is having a rough week.

EDIT - Oh, yeah, I also have a bag full of DJ Short TBB F2 beans. I'm a little worried about those, since I did a batch and it didn't get people high. I know F2's are widely variable, but could that indicate a problem with all of the beans?

2ND EDIT - DutchGrown suggested I take a look as some of his super duper deals on seedbay. How long does it take for seedbay to deliver? I've never tried. DGS looks like they have some decent stuff, any suggestions? I hate waiting, but patience pays off, especially with growing pot.
 
CannaBunkerMan

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DaPurps said:
What don't kill ya...

Good vibes your way bro, hope you can work something out.
Click to expand...

You are right, sir! As long as the GC survives, I will too. I am resourceful, and I still have the means to take over the world with a new clone army. It will just take a month or two longer.

Or maybe sooner... It always pays to have a plan B. And C.

:peacock:

WTF? Peacock? Who the fuck uses a peacock emoticon?
 
CannaBunkerMan

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Not too much to report. I was spared a major disaster by a minor disaster. I have at least one of each type of clone, except for the GHS Lemon Skunk which only has one.

The first shot is of my backup plan, 2 soil mothers. The left plant is a revegging Blue Dream (from bean), and the right plant is Green Crack.

I don't think any of my hydro moms will survive, but some of the clones will be able to replace them soon. The front left of the 2nd picture is a healthynew mom God Bud x Afgani Dream.

Quite a few clones died, and the 3rd picture is of the survivors. All of the rest got voted out of the bunker.

I'm still waiting on these cuttings to root. Some of them are over a month old.

A friend of a friend offered me some beans. I believe it was Island Sweet Skunk x (Colombian Red x Afgani). If that pans out, growing from seed should get me going faster than waiting for new mothers followed by new clones.

 
CannaBunkerMan

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Again, not too much to report. I decided to crack a hundred of my DJ Short TBB F2's as a plan 'C'. I need to fill that garden up, let's hope it can get people high. I lost all of my mother plants, but at least one of each clone is alive and well.

I have some DGS Killer Queen 99 on the way, so I'll have 10 or so of those on the menu.

 
FunkBomb

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It looks like your about to bounce back. Will you be keeping more soil mother plants around this time?

-Funk
 
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