Dreaming Blubonic dreams

[Dr Dog]

Howdy all

I have completed my AK grow, and I can say that I am pleased with the output I received. About 2 oz from two plants, in which I made alot of mistakes. So my "supply" had extra blubonic clones, that they did not want, so it will be blubonic this time.

I got 13 clones in jiffy pellets, all at varying stages of rooting, mostly none visible yet.


This be a picture of all the blubonic clones that were there. They were just starting to root at this time. as one did not live through the night, when i checked the roots before I gave it a proper burial. It had two small roots off the stem.

Once the roots started showing through the canvas on the side and through the bottom, I transplanted them into 4 " pots, with about 25 % perlite. The pellets were pretty damp when I put them in, so I did not water them for about 2 days after transplant, to force the roots to hunt for food.


This one is the shot of them right after transplant, The yellowing of the leaves is stress the plant took during the whole process, no new discolorations whatsoever. If my camera was better you could see the preflowers still there. The temps are just about 20 to 23 c during the day, and probably about 18 to 20 overnight, I don't really know as I am sleeping, and it has never been an issue before. Humidity is only a problem for me, come summer time. But it is normally about 40 %. I am going to put a fan in there soon to get the stems thickened up.

Here is today


One week in the pots, one dose of half strength nutes. 18/6 lights. 95 w cfl.

I will be back in a few days with some more updates.

 

[Guest]

looking good bro will tag along for this show if u dont mind
keep it growing green!!!

 

[Dr Dog]

Thanks Walk

Here is a shot of the mother it is from, i am kinda hoping I can get the same fullness

 

[southwind]

thanks

thanks

please keep us updated on Blubonic!

 

[hempman]

keep posting i would like to see that strain in action .

 

[Dr Dog]

Will do as much as I can, they grow some everyday right now, I have roots poking through the drainage holes right now

 

[Dr Dog]

3 Weeks from clone

3 Weeks from clone

Hey folks

Been having some cam issues, so not only does it suck, it would not power on for a few days. But I was off sick from work today so I decided I would get the damn thing working and get an update on here.

I have done some cosmetic work on the plants by topping some and FIMing 1. Because I am in no hurry to flower these girls I am trying to produce a clone making "machine", so the best plant makes a mother, and the rest get to flower for me when i am ready.
This is my first time with clones at such an early age, the first leaves having that yellowing is always disturbing, but I am very happy with the growth so far, I can see noticeable growth everyday.



Here be my hidden jungle. 12 beauties all basking under the mild warmth of the CFL.


I have yet to see any issues on the new leaves, they are actually concerning me how wide these plants are getting.




These plants have two colas now









I will need to transplant them into bigger pots this week, as the roots are starting to grow out the bottom drain holes. I put a fan in the box to get the air moving a bit quicker, and to thicken the stems. I do need to start construction on their hole soon as they will get big fast, and i don't want to be messing with space problems while I am in veg mode.

Be back soon with some updates

 

[Guest]

looking great bro
keep it growing green!!!

 

[Dr Dog]

4 weeks from clone

4 weeks from clone

Ok, they have some new homes. It is ridiculously hard to find nursery pots at this time of year here. If I can find a garden centre open , they are all out of stuff like that. I went looking for a few 2 gallon sq pots, but this is the slimmest I could find. I spent an afternoon driving around place to place.

But no ill effects appear to be brought on by the long period of time my babies spent in the 4 inch pots. I had to toss out 3 plants as I have no room for them. So I now have 9 plants in deep veg cycle.


The two on the right are tagged "test". There are being grown using recycled soil, I had left over from a previous grow, and the soil I had from the three plants I tossed. I added some peat and perlite to the mix and warmed it to room temperature. I will be keeping a very close eye on these, to make sure nothing goes wrong with them and ruin the rest of the crop.






There are starting to get really bushy. I am about a week from flipping the lights over. I will be flowering under a 400 mh but I was going to keep at least one as a mother. I need to find a place for the mother to live while all this is goin on. If the weather would warm a bit outside, I could use my sun room for the flowering but the overnight temps are still much too cold, and I don't really want to be running a space heater in there 24/7.





This is going to be a mother plant, I am just not sure If i will flower 8 yet or not, would be nice, as I am expecting an ounce a plant dried weight when done.( That is what the guy who cloned these got, from 2 plants two ounces)

I will figure my shit out and get back with a update as soon as I can.

 

[Dr Dog]

A few days later

A few days later

I was in checking on my plants and I could not believe how much they had grown I figured it must have been a while since I took some pics, but it is only like 4 days. I really wish the outdoor temps would get above freezing overnight soon, but I can only hope about that one. Me and Jebus don't speak anymore.


Heres the gang, my two with the recycled soil are in back, they are doing well, new growth, looks healthy, and does that soil ever retain moisture. I only need to water once a week for those. I am having some issues with keeping the temps up in the box, I am not sure if my trusty analogue thermo is accurate, when i had it on the other side it was showing 25 c when the box is in "stealth mode".


The plant dead center is in the next pic, it is the prospective mother, I am quickly falling for this plant, it is quite beautiful.




I should be switching the lights over in a week or so, I might top a few more once more. Be back soon

 

[Guest]

Looking great DR.
I have some and so will sit down for the show.
Cant wait to see these flower!
good luck with the grow!

 

[Dr Dog]

Hey Neil, thanks for stopping in
Lots of seats here, get comfortable.
I think they are going to spectacular.............................I hope

 

[Dr Dog]

5 Weeks Veg

5 Weeks Veg

Well, I am finally getting my space issues resolved, I should have the flowering chamber constructed by this weekend, I will get some pics in of it when I have it made. But here is my regular weekly update.
Shit is going good, I am having no issues at all with anything. The plants are not very thirsty yet, so I am watering every three or 4 days, half of them are on a different watering sched, not sure how that happened as they were on the same one last week, but the soil is not dry enough for more water, it is leaving me having to move the plants and putting the non thirsty ones up front so I can monitor them.
My test plants are doing well, with one seeming to enjoy its home a bit more than its counterpart.


Here is everyone all tucked away, the canopy is staying pretty low and quite even.








This is the normal root development of the plants, they probably want to grow in bigger pots but that will have to wait until I get the other box built, all the plants have roots like this one.

And finally, here is my mom to be, it is growing in so bushy, I have the move the leaves around constantly to get light on the new growth.


Be back soon with an update

 

[Core]

well i'm taggin in for flower bro....looking real nice there...looks like your thumbs are green nway

 

[Dr Dog]

Ty Core, yeah green thumbs. who would have known....

 

[Dr Dog]

11 Days Later

11 Days Later

Well not much to report over the last while, so I have had no reason to post any updates, that and having a 9 yr old hanging around most of last week(march break). I did not really have the chance to be messing with them much. One major difference though, they are separated now. The veg box is vegging and the plants seeing their first dose of 12/12 are in their space.
I just repotted them last night, so I am waiting a day or two b4 I switch the lights. The roots were growing out of the pots so badly I ended up tearing off lots of roots just trying to get them out of the pots. I am using a cheap potting soil from Wal-mart, mixed with some perlite and some peat. Alot slower draining and a thicker soil. A couple of the plants the water moved through the pots so quickly before I only had a couple ounces in their before the majority of it was coming out the bottom, made watering a major pain and very messy.


This be the mothering chamber, these plants are doing awesome,I was kind of leary about the cfl, but WOW!, do the plants ever like this light. The one in the back right, is one of the testers, and growing like a champ, these ladies will be my clone machines over the next few weeks, as I will be doing a continuous flowering until the end of July. I am going out of town for a while then, and have no one( within 50 km with a car) that can look after these things for me, so I will need to take a break.


Overhead view of one of the moms.



6 plants in the flowering box, I have 7 feet clearance in here so height will not be an issue, I require some more black/white plastic, which I will be getting this evening, Wednesday the temps are back up over 15 c, so the lights gets flipped then, It has been below freezing everynight again, so I have been fighting temp issues.



I am dying to see how the buds come into this plant, a couple of them still have tric's from the first grow before they were cloned, so there is a small scent coming from a few, smells nice.

I will be back once something changes, or buds start showing.

 

[Guest]

Looking great doc Dog! How many watts of fleuro's have you got the mums under? I just about to build somewhere for mine for now i got 46w's of compacts but i think i will need more. Keep it green i cant wait to see your ladies in flower!
Good luck with the grow!

 

[Dr Dog]

Hey Neil, 95 watts cfl, very low temps from it. I am going for a bit of stretch in them so the light is about 20 inches above them. Because my home heating system is on there is little humidity in here for air circulation is not needed. I cover the box with a blanket to keep in as much heat as possible. Seems to be doin the trick, I got some jiffy pellets( which I have seen on sale everywhere lately) and will probably clone a few later this week, I am really anxious to see how the clones respond to the light.

 

[Orangelazaris]

I like the uniformity of the canopy.


Should fill out beautifully.

Bst,

OL

 

[Dr Dog]

There is one of them that is kind of shrunken, not sure what is up with it, possible root bound, I am waiting to see if if the new pot will help it shoot up a bit, but stick around, I am going to be rockin this grow